After everyone had left the room , King Charles moved his hand and as per magic a barrier surrounding the entire room appeared .

"" What is so important that Your Majesty decides to put up a barrier ? "" said mr Ranch with a doubtful look .

""I will be frank with you Ranch ! The alliance once formed with the representative organization of humankind is about to be broken . "" said the king with a serious look . The humankind organisation was an organization only known between the humans and the vampires . The main purpose of this organization was to ensure a peaceful balance between the vampires and humans , they would help each other in a way that both kinds would profit from it .

"" I feared it would be like this the moment I received the news of the organization Leader"s death . His death was quite suspicious , there were even teeth marks on his neck . No wonder they would directly point it towards you . "" said mr Ranch in a serious tone .

"" Yeah ! The other clans will gather and try to find the murderer , in order to keep the aliance with the humans . ""

"" What about you ? Will you also go at the gathering ? "" asked mr Ranch the king .

"" Yes , I will , but after the heir compet.i.tion of your family is held . "" said the king with a smirk .

"" It really isn"t such an important matter that requires the presence of Your Majesty . "" said mr Ranch.

"" Actually , I"m very curious about your granddaughter , the one who spoke against you . She is courageous . She didin"t blink an eye when looking at you and the others . "" said the king then he noticed that mr Ranch"s expression became angry .

" Interesting ! " thought the king when looking at him and smiling in a devilish way .

"" Let"s not talk about her for now ! She is just an impolite and annoying girl , not worth His Majesty"s interest ! "" said mr Ranch in an indifferent tone .

"" I heard all of the discussion before I entered . You may not like her but she was able to win half of the first token and that is not an easy task . Since she wasn"t treated in the same way as your other grandchildren then the only explanation of how she won is..talent cultivated from suffering...right ?!""

"" Let"s just say that she is a "mistake " . "" answered mr Ranch in a calm tone .

"" Ranch , we have known each other for a very long time . We can be considered old friends too . I know you pretty well ! "" said king Charles and mr Ranch nodded while looking away from his eyes .

Before the king could speak again , a little black thing broke through the barrier. Only the king"s spies could break into the barrier with his will .

"" I wanted to discuss something important with you but seems like time won"t allow it."" said the

king when a little bat landed on his shoulder and whispered something in his ear .

"" When you"re a little less busy let"s talk in front a bottle of wine , old friend . "" said mr Ranch .

The king nodded and left the room leaving mr Ranch on his own thoughts .

" Ah Ranch ! You were always an iron fist guy , you put pride before everything . You even denied your own son just because he wasn"t gifted in combat skills but rather in literature, just to keep your pride but now... that girl will make you reflect and regret a lot . Unfortunately, it will be too late for you to mend anything. " thought the king while going towards the main hall .

When he arrived , the guards opened the door . King Charles went and sat on the couch. It disturb take long till Sky and Iris showed up .

" You brats are finally here ! " said the king . Iris noticed that he was glaring at her with a cold gaze .

" Finally home ! " thought Sky .

" What a bad luck to be here again ! " thought Iris .

" Since you visited us even before we could enter our rooms to relax a bit I guess the shadow spies have been following us for quite a while . " said Sky while looking at his grandfather.

"Your eye is very sharp my dear Eskylrious ! " said the king with a laugh .

" As for you Iris !!!! " said the king with an angry expression .

" Please grandpa forgive me for leaving without notice !"" said Iris with a pitiful face .

"" You wish ! Due to the fact that the Willow family is here, I will temporally suspend your punishment by adding more subjects for you to learn . "" said king Charles .

"" Yes grandfather ! "" said Iris with half a smile .

" Gosh, he intends to kill me through the studies ! " though Iris worried about her future school life. Just the thought of all those book made Iris a bit pale . Sky laughed a little when seeing Iris like that .

"" You will immediately go to school now ! "" said king Charles angry .

"" Before that , grandfather PLEASE take this necklace off me ! I know I did wrong but I am a pureblood vampire . If I go to school with this , all of my friends will make fun of me ! Plus it won"t be good for our reputation as the royal family among vampires ." said Iris with a pitiful face .

"" You should thank me for putting that necklace around your neck otherwise you would have made a mess of our reputation with your reckless behavior ! "" said the king angry again .

"" He is right about this . "" said Sky with a smile .

"" I will remove the necklace a week before the Willow"s family compet.i.tion begins , for their safety ad ours ! "" said the king and then the headteacher inside the palace came to take Iris to the library . Although with a depressed expression she still followed the teacher .

"" Now that I finished with that troublemaker it"s your turn . "" said the king pointing at Sky .

"" Me ?! "" asked Sky confused .

"" Your behavior has been really weird lately , uncle Karl told me . What is going on between you and that girl named Kiara ? "" said the king with a smirk .

" Haaa ! These two old men are a pain in the neck . It seems that uncle didn"t tell him about Iris"s kidnapping . What a sly old man , putting me through this nonsense and keeping himself safe ! From one aspect I can"t really blame him , when we left his school became a real mess and a lot of things were broken from those wild fans . I can understand his rage but I can"t let grandfather know about Iris"s case . If he knows then she will most likely keep that necklace on for the next two hundred years . She is annoying but only without her necklace she can protect herself . " thought Sky .

"" Nothing was going on grandfather ! I just had an argument with her but then things were solved and that"s it . "" said Sky with half a smile .

"" Eskylrious ! Remember that your ceremony is approaching ! Don"t cause unnecessary troubles that will only waste your time ! Also , tomorrow I will present you with the WIllows family , be sure to spare some time "" said the king with a cold glance .

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"" Grandfather , I am a ruthless cold-blooded person . Apart from my family , n.o.body is worthy enough to catch my eye . I just think that having something new to see may make the daily routine a bit more interesting . "" said Sky and then bowed in sign of respect before leaving the room .

"" I know how ruthless you are that"s why I"m surprised . "" said the king to himself .

"" Bran ! "" said the king then a knight in black formal clothes, holding a sword that appeared behind him .

"" What do you think about this ? "" asked the king in a serious tone .

"" I know how dangerous and fearsome the crown prince is , Your Majesty ! Thanks to this reputation he holds we are protected from the enemies well . "" said the guard while bowing .

"" You"re right ! He holds a great amount of power , even I am afraid of him sometimes . "" said the king with a bitter smile .

Before going to his room he thought about walking around for a bit . When walking near the garden behind the castle he heard some noises that were coming from there and went to have a look .

"" Brother ! Let"s do a challenge ! Who climbs the tree first wins . "" said the person who was talking .

When he was closer , he noticed that the noise was coming from Kiara and her brother .

" They have arrived ! " though Sky when seeing them .

"" Don"t try to take revenge if you lose ! "" said Justin with a smile .

"" Come on , you can drop the weakling act now ! There"s no one around . "" said Kiara with a smile .

"" Okay ! "" said Justin and with a fast speed he started to climb the tall tree in front of them .

His actions were very different from before , leaving Sky a bit surprised when seeing how fast he is .

After Justin arrived at the top , Kiara started to climb too . When arriving at the top , she and Justin started to laugh while comparing their strengths . Kiara looked at the castle in front for a moment then noticed that Sky was watching them .

" What is that giraffe doing here ?! " thought Kiara suprised .