A Tour Of The Stars [DROPPED]

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"Amber, where are you?" Coda shouted into no place in particular.

"Coda!" Amber's voice was then followed by a pat on Coda's shoulder. "Let's play the other board-" Coda began.

"Why don't you tell me more about your journeys, Coda? Please, Coda? I love them, so could you?" Amber prodded on, gently pushing and pulling Coda's arm impatiently. Coda sighed exasperatedly, and nodded with a laugh, "Okay, fine, fine. That was the... I've actually lost count of how many times you've said that."

Amber had envied Coda's fun and free life, due to being the son of a merchant. It had contrasted his tough life as a prince, having to learn things from governing, to the violin and martial arts.

Especially the fact that Coda had a very free-spirited father, whereas his own father was extremely strict, and always looked down on him.

Listening to Coda's stories of his journeys had helped Amber find some light in his life. Imagining that he was Coda, and that in all the journeys, there was always his 'father' who was kind and loving.

"Ah, and there was this really kind man who offered my father and me food; I wish there were people like that!" Coda grinned from ear to ear while telling his story. "Then, what happened?" Amber stared at Coda intently.

"Instead of taking the food, we ate the food with him, and we found out that he was a very interesting guy! He went on plenty of adventures too, all much more exciting than those that I went on," Coda continued.

As much happiness Amber got from listening to Coda's stories, naturally, jealousy began to develop within Amber.

'If Coda can go through such experiences... Why can't I?' that was a frequent question that got into Amber's head. As bad as he felt being jealous of his friend, he knew. That free life Coda had was his biggest wish in the world.

He could not help but think that being born into the royal family was a curse.