𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒? × ɱαɾƙԋყυƈƙ

↬ Chapter 6 ↫

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3rd person

"We're here!" Jaemin cheered as he saw the huge royal castle in the distance. It was hard to see it because they were currently riding through the woods, which was pretty dark and not particular see-trough.

"Fricking finally. I'm dying in this wig. Why does the southern kingdom has to be that far from our kingdom?" Donghyuck whinned while leaning out the window, emphasising the southern kingdom part with an deep, cinematic voice, dramatically lifting his hands.

Due the the ride being so long, three days exactly, the poor boy lost all his nerves already, all he was hoping for was finally arriving there. The repeatedly stops and camping in the nature was the pure horror and really tiring. If he had listen to the horses stomping on the ground any longer he would've jumped out of the carriage.

"I have to admit, that wig looks kinda funny." Renjun bursted out in laughter as he pointed at his fully dressed up friend. "Bish you wish you'd had such fancy hair." Haechan sassed as he flipped the brown locks over his shoulders.

He also had his makeup done by some very skilled maids, the boy wondered how it was not going off so long. Sure, sometimes they refreshed it when they did a halt, but still.

"Can't these horses go just a bit go faster." "Dammit Donghyuck- I mean Haechan, we're almost there, chill." Renjun scolded as he signalled the carriage driver to speed up a bit.

After a while they finally got to the huge gate and Donghyucks nervousness basically increased so much till it reached the sky. The whole kingdom was protected by a giant wall, surrounded by a moat. Adding here that the walls looked very robust and slippery, there was actually no chance to climb over it.

The carriage came to halt and the guards from the kingdom of South, who were dressed in complete black, quickly checked the carriage and let them pass. Now they had to get through the village at the foot of the castle.

Everything was just breathtakingly stunning. In which unique shapes, colours and materials the houses were made of and how it melted together into one aestetic scene.

The birds were chirping and you heard people chatting and laughing all around. The whole city was very lively, everything was in harmony and movements.

Trees and colourful plants added a fresh flavour to it all, it looked so calm and welcoming. Haechan couldn't come out of his astonishment, eyes sparkling as he observed every little detail out of the carriage window, hands holding the little red curtain tightly to not fall in front of his vision.

The final stop was in front of the big majestic stairs which let to the huge entrance. But first they had to get through another gate. And that was the point where Donghyuck realized how much more powerful and richer this kingdom was in compassion to his. It was basically nothing, could be called a joke even.

Getting out of the carriage, his servants carried Donghyucks stuff and got led by a few guards of the southern kingdom. Haechan had a little trouble getting up the stairs with the long pink dress he was currently wearing, since he save up the red and black one for the ball.

However, the fabric was just very difficult to lift and he surely wasn't used to it. To that all, his long curly brown hair kept falling into his sight, making things even trickier.

Arriving at the door, it slowly was opened. The huge door disappeared into the inside, reavealing a big hall and Donghyuck never found a door opening so magically. Sure he had seen it in his own kingdom, but the doors weren't that huge if he remembered correctly. Or he was just fascinated by nearly everything due to just staring at the inside at the carriage for three days. 

After passing the door, a certain red haired boy greeted them with bowing his head slightly "Jeno! I-I mean... g-guess I know you sir" The pink haired clumsily said, then proceeded to rub his nape in embarrassment, looking anywhere else then Jeno

"Oh my god, you were right he is cute!" Renjun whispered to Jaemin but it was still audible for the red haired who just giggled in amusement.

On the other side Donghyuck could kill Renjun and Jaemin right there and then and wanted to disappear into the ground. First impression gone. You could clearly guess by the uniform Jeno was wearing, that he was a close servant to Mark since it was more fancy than the guards one's.

"Sir Jeno, I greatly apologize for this not mannered behaviour of my servants." Haechan bowed with an apologetic smile. He just couldn't hide how proud he was by himself speaking that politely and swollen. On top of that he did a small curtsy, cutely lifting the skirt a bit from the ground.

"Apolagy accepted. The majesty asks to see you." "M-me?" "Yes your majesty, please follow me." Jeno said and walked off. Renjun and Jaemin just gave Haechan a teasing smile with wiggling eye brows to which the secret Prince just hit their heads. This sure was a funny sight for the nearby guards.

"Dude he wants to see you!" Jaemin whispered with a surprised face. "On top of that we arrived a day early. I'm so curious what he'll do with you." Renjun whispered with a smug expression.

The three were walking behind Jeno, basically following him through the whole huge castle. And Donghyuck? He basically went insane. Sure, he was confident and sassy, but now, he was just nervous and worried.

He never expected that Mark wanted to meet him. Does he meet all his guest for the ball? No it couldn't be, they're too many. All he was hoping for was that he was shown his guestroom so he could just sleep. However now with the adrenalin flowing through his veins, he just could easily scrap that idea.

With every step they were taking, Donghyuck nervousness got even worse. Renjun words kept lingering in his head, repeating over and over again: "Be submissive, you're taking to the most powerful king in this land." To say the hazel haired was going insane was a underestimate.

"We're here." Jeno simply said while bowing a bit, making Jaemin squeal like a fangirl. Haechan was pulled out of his trance because of the sudden stop. "And also, king Mark required just princess Haechan's presence, I should show you your room gentleman's." Jeno added while looking at Renjun and Jaemin. "He called us gentleman's. I'm about to jump off a cliff!" "Please don't do that." Jeno smiled with a frown. "Renjun I'm going insane, he cares for me!" Jaemin continues his fangirling.

"Is that castle really that big that all princesses and servants get a room?" Renjun asked surprised and took over, distracting from the blondes fangirl heart attack as he followed Jeno while dragging Jaemin behind him.

"Your majesty Haechan... you're Haechan right?" One of the guards next to the huge golden doors asked. "Y-yeah, you've called my name." Haechan replied a bit startled while turning his head to look at the brown haired male.

"I'm Marks personal guard, Johnny. I'll be accompanying you inside."