The Main Course Of The Battle
[UNREVISION] PART 14: PRINCE

“Haaaah... It's late at night.... What do Seeji and Heal-san do? Hm?”

Takai. was on his way home after taking Yuki back to his mother. Takai. stopped because he looked at his necklace.

“This necklace... shine? Why?”

The light from the necklace was the same color as Seeji's gem.

“Did he ever channel his power on this necklace? Seeji... where is he...”.

Takai was shocked when he saw Seeji's hat lying on the ground.

“This, Seeji's hat! What happened to him?”

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BRRUUK

The royal guards dropped Seeji and Hiru in front of the prince sitting on the King's throne.

“We managed to catch them.”

Seeji and Hiru are caught by the royal guard.

“Our guard found a lot of missing people lying unconscious in a school. And we also saw you guys drop out of that school a while later, you guys got involved, right? Especially with the power you have right now.”

“Yang noble..”.

“The school guard even told us that he had previously seen a small child come before he finally fell unconscious.”

“Yang noble! There's a misunderstanding here!”

“Don't dodge! Hiru, you've committed an unforgivable crime. As punishment, you must be put to death.”

“Punished ...mati?”

“How many times have you escaped from this prison? And also, how many people have you rendered powerless?”

“No...powered?” Seeji was surprised to hear the prince's words

“Yang noble! I never..”

“Nothing to explain anymore.”

“Prince...”.

“while you.... blue-haired girl... I've never seen you before, who are you? And what are you doing with this villain?”

“Yes, my name is Seeji Utsuki. I'm just a wanderer, and I'm trying to dispel this misunderstanding.”.

“Misunderstanding? I won't be wrong in judging, you're the same as Hiru, right? You tried to beat me with mysterious powers earlier.”

“I try to help you, your majesty”

“Whispering! You're just a criminal! Don't try to act like you're helping others!”

“Then what about you? Your Highness, you don't even think of him as my own sister! You're acting like you're the truest!”

Seeji stood up and tried to break away. He tried to seal the black hoseki from the prince but the bodyguards still held back his movements.

‘Already expected, he is the owner of black hoseki. But his hoseki was a bit different, like the one on yuki earlier. Is he Kuroseki?’

“Hey, miss, do you know what it's like to be in jail? It must be bad, right?”

“Kh...”.

“You definitely don't want to be down there. so you better watch your behavior...”.

ZRAAAT!

The rope that bound Seeji came loose, Seeji teleported to the prince's back and tried to shoot the prince with a seal bullet so that Seeji could seal him directly. But someone pushed and held his hand from behind.

“Padahan, you've been Iuancam.. You even fight..”.

As Seeji looked back, the person holding him was a stranger. It is none other than Kuroseki.

“Kuroseki!”

“Heh, looks like you haven't given up yet.”.

Kuroseki holds the back of Seeji's neck and attacks his gem directly, causing Seeji to lose some of his power.

“AAAHH!!”

“You're still far away from me, so don't try to fight..”.

“Guard, take him to jail along with the traitor. And you.... Hiru, I will behead you in front of everyone tomorrow morning.”.

“Nii...same..”.

“Hiru, you will..all right...

"Seeji - san..."

"I... promise...!”

"!!"

The guards dragged Seeji and threw him into the prison cell.

“Ukh..shial...”.

“jau caught too.... Seeji"

Seeji saw Rou full of blisters and bruises. He wasn't wearing glasses like before.

“R....Rou...”

“They caught me and considered me a traitor. They even tortured me. Not enough to fire me, right? Prince also has a black hoseki right?”

“Yah...ukh ..” Seeji was still feeling ill from Kuroseki's attack earlier.

“Prince tries to imprison all owners hoseki.”

“We have to go out, Hiru will be beheaded”

“What?”

“If I can teleport, and get you out of here.”.

“You think I'll just let you go to jail? Battle waiter..”

Kuroseki stood to the right of the cell.

“You..”.

“You are already used to going in and out of prison yes... This prison has been quality with my strength, so your strength will be restrained and will not be able to increase. In short.. You won't be able to get out of here.”.

“You!”

Seeji tried to attack him, but Kuroseki directly hit him with a black cold wind from his hand.

“Seeji!”

“I told you, what you did was...usain...”.

“Hah... you... egh....”.

Kuroseki stood in front of Seeji.

“Battle waiter, your soul depends a lot on your gem, and if your gem loses its power, it will have an impact on you too.”.

"What do you mean...?"

"Your mother.. she made him hoseki. so that he died in vain..."

Rou who heard Kuroseki's words was shocked.

'What...? Hoseki Seeji.. is... his soul...?'

“So, the one you... did earlier...”.

“Heh, that is the easiest way to torture you.” him then return to the right of the cell. Stand up and fold his hands.

"It's great to be able to go anywhere freely..."

Seeji suddenly fell to the floor made of stone.

“Seeji, survive!”

“Kita... should exit.... Prince who does not know himself it must be.. ukh..”.

“Seeji..”.

“I promised Hiru that she would be fine..... I can't renege on my promise again...”.

Rou held onto Seeji's shoulder and drained a bit of his strength.

‘Rou..’

‘Seeji, one of my abilities is telepathy. We better talk by telepathy,’

‘Hhn..so’

‘The only way out is hoping Takai can get us out.’

‘Takai?’

‘If he picks up my glasses left behind at school, I can telepath them and tell us our location. I had time to drain my power into my glasses, so that I could see other people's gems.’.

‘J-so, that's why you looked at me back then.’.

‘Yah.. I often see black hoseki inside people who behave out of bounds. And suddenly I saw you. Earlier I did see Yuki have it, but yuki disappeared before I said it.’

‘You always look for it, right? And that's why you followed me and Takai.’.

‘That's..’.

‘Takai... will he come?’

Meanwhile Takai goes to Reason's school and searches for them.

“Nobody here...”

He headed to the top floor and looked at Rou's glasses

“This has Rou, right?”

‘Take! Glad you found my glasses!”

“Hah! Who is it?!”

‘It's me, Rou.’

“Rou! You turned into glasses?”

Rou patted her eel. Where does he get such a theory.

‘Basic! Not that! Seeji and I are locked up in a castle prison! You should come here!’

“Prison castle? You and Seeji were there?”

‘Morning later the prince will behead Hiru’

“What? Beheading?”

‘Quick go to the castle and find us!’

“Alright! But how can you talk to me? I'm not imaginary, am I?”

‘You hold my glasses, inside my glasses still flow my strength. One of my skills is telepathy, right? So I can communicate with you. You better hurry.’

“Hah...basic ringer!”

‘Seeji, thankfully. Takai. will be here soon.... Seeji?’

Seeji daydreamed. He still felt weak as his strength did not increase as usual. Seeji remembered when he was in prison first.

“Seeji, are you okay? Eeh....!!” Rou held Seeji's hand and she looked at the past that was being imagined in her mind.

’No! Get me out of here! I can't stay here alone! Eject me!’

'Jee....'

‘I. Want like whatever the prison is, I don't want..’.

Rou speechless. He can't do anything.

‘I won't be trapped again. I'll be out!’

DRAP!

‘Seeji, I can't let him get cooped up again.... Seeji will be tortured if he is in prison again! Wait... again?”

“Rou, tell Takai. to directly save Hiru”

Seeji tried to stand with both hands tied in chains.

“What will you do?”

He held onto Rou's shoulder and gave her a bit of strength.

‘Seeji!’

He then walked towards the iron bars, then concentrated his strength into his hands to hit the cell bars.

JRAAAK!

“Heh, still want to fight too?”

“Promise... I have promised to protect her...”.

“....”

GRAAAK!

Seeji still insisted on smashing the bars, until his hands were reddened and injured.

“I told you, this iron bars I've coated with my strength.”

“You're quiet...”

SRIINGO!

His eyes were running out of energy, Seeji finally gasped and fell silent.

“Hah...hah..

“Seeji! It's free!” Rou stopped him and held him.

“I have to get out!”

‘Do not force yourself! Takai. will be here soon! If you continue like that, you won't be able to seal!’

In the end, Seen lost his consciousness. The energy is getting weaker. Usually the energy increases with time because it absorbs it from the outside, but the black bars block it.

“Seeji!”

Seeji fell. He can't stand up anymore.

“Appointment..” Kuroseki murmured to remain in the folding position of the hand.

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“Finally, I arrived at the castle... but, this castle is quite large..”.

The royal castle, ameytyst, has an area of one-fifth of the entire island, and is built with tall towers on each side. Light purple with silver ornaments at the end of the roof.

‘Takai.! Where are you? Hurry on! Seeji's condition is not good!’

“A-I'll be there soon! I think I'm on the south side of the castle...."

'You find a way into the castle through the wooden door there, it's the entrance for the servants...'

"But.. many guards escort the castle..

‘Takai, you can use..your disguise ability..’.

‘Seeji!’

Seeji talks to Takai through Rou's ability.

‘W-time keeps passing... fast.’.

Telepathy stopped. Takai took off his hand which was holding Rou's glasses.

‘Uncover...’.

SRIINGO!

With his ability, Takai recalled the physical form of the person he would imitate.

‘All right I'm ready!’

Takai infiltrated the castle through the door Rou pointed out. Takai disguises himself as Kuroseki. He hid Rou's glasses under his cloak.

‘Heh...the idea is good too..’.

‘Aanya..’.

‘Takai.. she changed to Kuroseki.’.

‘Don't till he looks stupid..’

Takai is still down the palace hallway. Suddenly he was caught wandering around one of the hallways.

“Hei! Who're you! Don't walk the streets in the hallways of the palace carelessly!”

Two palace guards stopped him.

‘Celaka! Why is this castle so big..?’.

Takai lowered his head and did not answer. He turned his face away, intending to run away.

“Still not answering? You won't escape!”

The bodyguard tries to attack Takai but he stops immediately when Takai looks at him.

"He..!!"

Takai looked at the bodyguard with a sharp look.

'Let's go! Go!'

“stupid! Ma...sorry us!”

'Eh?'

The two bodyguards immediately bowed in apology. Takai is still astonished.

‘Surely because I am in the form of Kuroseki, they are afraid of me, they are afraid of me,. But I don't wear blindfolds, do I? Like Kuroseki originally..’.

“Two of you..”.

“Ma...forgive us! We will be more careful!” While looking down they both apologized to Takai.

“You know where the prison that locked the traitors?”

“Di.... behind the throne room....”.

Takai then left them. And after a long distance, he immediately sighed.

‘Almost only..’.

Takai was relieved his disguise was not uncovered.

‘Looks like my impeccable imitation ability, I just imitated his appearance, also changed my right eye. But they don't suspect? Ah, stop.’

Takai's undercover ability depends on what kind of person Takai sees and imitates. He did not see Kuroseki's left eye, so his left eye remained like his.

He found the entrance to the prison. When he came in, the prince came.

“You're there apparently, Kuroseki.”

The prince came to Takai... He did not know that the Kuroseki in front of him was Takai.

“What do you want?”

Takai tries to imitate Kuroseki's style of speech.

“What about our traitors?”

“Traitor?”

“Yes, the owners of the gem..”.

“They are still in jail.”

“Hm... but I'm glad to be working with you, I got the throne and you got what you wanted.”

“Hm.just a thrones”

‘Tahta?’

Takai asked in his mind.

“But, what will you do after the jewel you told me was collected?”

‘Gathered?’

“I will collect it first, you don't need to know more details.”

Takai concocted an excuse to deceive prince Riyou.

“Hmh...do you?”

“I have to check the prisoners, they could have escaped.”

“I can't wait to behead my sister later..”.

'Huh.. this prince has no heart...!'

“Where is your sister now?”

“Dia... is in her room for the last time.”.

Takai. entered the room. He then went downstairs looking for Rou and Seeji.

“Heh..

Takai. went deeper into the prison. There is someone who is imprisoned and it feels familiar to Takai.

“Hey, you”

“???”

“What am I... ever see you?”

Takai then noticed.

‘This person...!’

“A.... what... you... have seen me...?”.

‘T.... No... he... the person who injected me with the drug!’

Instantly Takai returned to his former form. He shook from remembering his trauma.

'Why is he here...?'

“It turns out I was right.. I did not think... dare to deceive me....”.

“You...!!”

“Prince of this kingdom.... Kuroseki is unlikely to ask where Hiru is, because he himself put him in the death row.”

“Aircraft.”.

“You want to save the owners of the gem? They're behind this room. But you won't be able to get through it that easily.”.

The prince raised his hand. He tries to control all the criminals in prison at the time to attack Takai. Including the person who injected the drug to Takai first.

“Oh... if not mistaken.. you...”.

“Away!”

Takai could not concentrate.

“You're wasting your time. Morning will arrive soon.” The real Kuroseki spoke to the prince.

“You're here?”

“I feel another energy.”

“Oh, you're right. Then I'll leave it to you.”

The prince just disappeared. He teleported like Seeji.

"Red petals...?"