Love is A Magical Thing

chapter 3

When Sorcerer Do was not in Any Kind of Danger of becoming a Sleeping Beauty but Prince Jongin Insisted to do the Precaution Anyway

The road to the cherry farmland was the most miserable journey Sorcerer's Do had ever gone through in his life. He would prefer to have a difficult task, such as transforming a prince into a frog with a special way to break the curse; maybe by a kiss from a princess looking at the particular frog with an 'unconditional love' stare (of course the said princess would have been informed that the 'thing' she was going to kiss wasn't really a frog but a prince from a kingdom, complete with the specification of the prince).

It was a difficult task, because it was easy to turn anyone into a frog, but to turn the person back into human needed special precautions; such as the method (princes usually preferred a kiss although the princesses despised it the most, well, kissing an amphibi was not really a joyful thing), and also the way to do the method (as for the kiss, should it be a chaste kiss or deeper, tongue involvement or not, the length of the kiss, how many kisses, et cetera).

Not being able to turn back the frog prince into human prince surely would cause a disaster within both parties. Problems would also arise if the princess had a phobia of slimy creatures. Sorcerer Do could never manage to convince those royalties to modify the curse, maybe by transforming the princes into cuter and kissable creatures such as white Alaskan Malamutes puppy, or even better: not to tranform the princes to begin with. They politely declined his generous offer, stating that it was a tradition.

Sorcerer Do breathed a deep sigh. Royalties were the dumbest creatures in the universe. If he didn't know better, he would say that Prince Jongin was the stupidest of them all, but sadly, it's not true. He had encountered with even stupider princes along his journeys; for example, the prince who tried to fight a dragon to prove his bravery to his beloved princess but asking him for an immunity against defeat beforehand. A task was a task no matter how stupid it sounded. Sorcerer Do did as he wished, and of course, it was typical for a prince to not ask for the immunity from catching the dragon's breath of fire, and he may or may not had made it sure for the prince to win the battle with a nicely scorched bottom.

Prince Jongin didn't stop muttering praises throughout the journey (sometimes singing or reciting them), causing Sorcerer Do to squirm and grumble throughout his uncomfortable ride.

"You shine like the brightest sun in my day. A day without sunshine is like the night."

Oh dear gods, he cried. Sorcerer Do died a little inside everytime he heard more praises coming from the prince.

"Are you sure you don't want me to turn you into a frog? It is very popular in the western kingdoms; their princesses will fight amongst themselves to give you a kiss," he offered in despair. Never in his life had he got the huge urge to turn someone into a frog. And Sorcerer Do was desperately willing to do that now. For free.

"No. Why would I want that?" Prince Jongin raised an eyebrow. He thought for a while, and smirked.

"Unless you have a fond of kissing a sexy frog prince," Prince Jongin leaned back and seductively whispered into the sorcerer's ticklish ear.

Sorcerer Do flapped his hands in panic because of their sudden closeness. He lost his balance, which lead him to flail around to clutch at anything he could grab to prevent him from falling. Which sadly was Prince Jongin's waist.

The prince chuckled, lovingly stroking the tiny hands circling him tight.

Royal Advisor Byun Baek observed them with a sour face. He barely attends his etiquette lesson, and now he decided to be an expert in the honeyed gooey art of speaking. Byun Baekhyun mentally cried.