Mile's P.O.V:

I looked for that annoying gypsy everywhere around the palace myself.

Then finally found him in the kitchen.

The maids and servants were surprised to see me at the kitchen but I ignored them.

I grabbed Apo's forearm and walked over to my room not saying a word.

"Oh come on...If you wanted your normal voice back you should have just said so" He said chuckling.

I shook my head.

There's no way I'm going to talk in that voice.

I thought it'd get back to normal in the morning but it didn't.

When Bible came to talk to me about the new medical herbs he found I only responded with nods.

He was obviously suspicious because I usually asked him questions but he let it slide.

Well...What happened was...

Yesterday when Apo first came here I slapped him and asked him to submit because I was his new master.

But the result was that I got slapped right away and my voice turned into a child's voice.

And of course I can't talk like that or everyone will laugh at me.

Well...I'm the prince and he's someone I bought to entertain me so naturally he's my slave right?

But he insulted me so I got angry and slapped him.

"Do you really want your normal voice back?" He asked.

I nodded hurriedly.

He chuckled and shook his head.

"Well...I hope you don't find it offensive" He said smiling.

My eyes widened in shock at what he did next.

He pressed his lips to mine causing me to open my mouth.

Then he sucked my breath.

He pulled away and patted my shoulder.

"Try talking now" He said.

"What did you do? Are you crazy?" I asked angrily.

"Do you really want me to explain?" He asked.

"Yes of course" I said.

"Well...I altered the air movement in your lungs making it get faster resulting in..." He started.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Explaining what happened" He said as in a matter of fact.

"That's not what I meant you idiot I meant why did you kiss me? Are you crazy?" I asked.

"Oh well...I'd have told you if you didn't interrupt me...As I was saying...I altered the air movement in your lungs so in order to revoke the spell I had to take the altered air current out" He said.

I didn't get it though.

"Are you crazy? We're both boys" I said angrily.

He chuckled and shook his head so I grabbed his collar.

He stopped laughing and glared at me.

"Let go or the next one won't be your voice" He said.

I let go of him immediately not sure if it was a good idea to make him angry.

He chuckled and patted my shoulder again.

"If I didn't do that you'd have kept the child's voice so you should thank me instead" He said smiling.

Then smiled and tilted his head to the side.

"Or is it that you're embarrassed?" He asked.

I frowned in confusion.

"Aren't you embarrassed?" I asked.

"Not at all...Why would I be? You're the one who wanted your voice back" He said.

Then turned his back on me.

"I'm off now...The girls at the kitchen are making some steamed buns I want to get some" He said.

"Are you stealing food?" I asked.

"I wouldn't call it stealing since I live here now" He said.

Then turned to me.

"Do you want some too?" He asked.

"Yes" I said.

"Good...Go get it yourself" He said.

Then turned his back on me again and put his hands in his pockets then started whistling a song as he walked out of my room.

I took off my shoe and threw at the door in annoyance.

That annoying brat...

I'M THE PRINCE HERE HOW DARE HE DISRESPECT ME?

He's also a year younger then me which made me even angrier.

I sighed heavily and took a deep breath then went to open the door but saw Bible standing in front of the door.

"Oh...You're alright? I thought you were sick so I made you some medicine" He said.

I looked down at the cup in his hand.

Bible was four years younger then me but he was so strangely mature.

While the ten year olds his age played around he usually studied herbal medication in the palace library.

He was so studious that my father made him my companion in the courtly discussions.

I was still training to become a king but Bible's potential will probably make him my second hand man when we get older.

"Do you still need it?" He asked.

"Ahh...Yes...Thank you" I said.

Then took the cup from him.

He nodded and walked away.

I went to find Apo again.

He walked out of the kitchen with three buns in his hands and one in his mouth.

Then he rolled his eyes as soon as he saw me and walked away.

I went back to my room and bathed then told my servants to bring Apo into my room.

After some time one of the servants came back.

"Your highness he's not in the servant quarters" The servant in front of me said.

I sighed heavily and nodded.

"You're dismissed I'll find him myself" I said.

He nodded and left the room.

I passed by the royal guards training ground and saw Apo sitting at the window sill looking at them.

"Apo...Come down now" I said.

He smiled when he noticed me and the guards stopped their training and looked at me in respect.

Then Apo stuck his tongue out and jumped off the window.

The place wasn't that high so he definitely didn't die.

"Alright that's my limit" I said.

Then turned to the guards.

"Bring him alive...The one who does I'll reward him with whatever he wants" I said.

The guards immediately ran out of the room and started looking for Apo.

I looked out of the window of the training grounds and saw Apo running away ahead of the guards with a huge flying creature right behind him.

Then he suddenly disappeared from sight.

The guards were looking for him everywhere.

I sighed heavily and facepalmed.

This is useless.

Why did I even buy that brat?

I went over to my room begrudgingly as I grumbled angrily under my breath.

My father was in his room talking to my mother when I walked into the room.

"Father I don't want Apo anymore...He's so troublesome to handle" I said.

My father raised an eyebrow and turned to my mother with a smile as she chuckled.

"Mile...If you can't control your people you won't be a king" My mother said.

"He doesn't even listen to me yet alone talk to me...He's a whirlwind of trouble how can I control that?" I asked.

"We're not talking about an iron grip Mile...You should understand...Apo is one of your people now since you bought him...You have to be understanding...He's a gypsy so naturally he doesn't like settling in one place...You shouldn't try to enslave him but be his friend instead" My father said.

I frowned in confusion then pouted in annoyance.

Be his friend? Yeah right...How can I be friends with that crazy sorcerer?

My mother chuckled.

"You're already fourteen but you're still so immature" My mother said.

"How am I supposed to be his friend then?" I asked.

Then suddenly got an idea.

So I left the room hurriedly before my parents could say anything else.

I went over to my room and asked my servants to bring me lots and lots of food.

I looked over at the window and saw something dangling from the tree in front of the window in my room.

"AAAAAHHHHHHH" I screamed in fear when the thing looked at me.

The thing screeched angrily and flew into the room.

But it didn't attack me it only went to the fruit plate I had on the bedside table.

I sat down on the floor not making a sound as I watched that strange creature eating the fruits.

Apo came into the room after a while.

The creature seemed to know he was here so it flew over and landed on his shoulder.

Apo chuckled and played with its ear.

"What are you doing? That thing is a curse...Didn't you hear that black creatures are ominous?" I asked.

"Wik? He's not a curse he's my pet" Apo said.

"Wait...So that thing is a domestic thing?" I asked.

Apo sighed heavily and rolled his eyes.

"Come here he doesn't bite he only eats fruits" Apo said.

I walked over to the animal on his shoulder and it looked at me with its wide big eyes.

It still looked scary from up close so the close proximity wasn't helping at all.

Apo sighed heavily and grabbed my hand then placed it on the creature's head.

The creature leaned into my touch and stuck out its tongue and licked my hand.

I chuckled and shook my head.

"See? Wik is friendly" Apo said chuckling.

I smiled and nodded then started playing with Wik's ears.

"Why did you pick that though? You could have got a kitten or a puppy" I said.

"In my village...Those animals are most prominent...I found this one when he was still small he was a runt so I took care of him eversince" Apo said.

I nodded in understanding.

"Why did you ask me here though?" He asked.

I shrugged.

He raised an eyebrow.

"What? If you miss your village then you could have just said so right?" I asked.

He blinked twice then chuckled and shook his head.

"If I say that I miss my village will you let me go back?" He asked.

I frowned in confusion.

"See? You won't let me leave anyway so what's the point of telling you that?" He asked.

I sighed heavily and nodded.

He was right though...Mostly when people buy slaves they don't care about their feelings.

I suddenly realised what I did.

He must have had parents and friends and siblings and I took that away from him when I bought him.

I took a deep breath and nodded to myself.

The first thing a king should do is understand the people's feelings.

"Can you sit down then? Let's eat together" I said.

He was clearly surprised so I took that as a good sign.

Then he chuckled and shook his head.

"Alright" He said.

Then sat down on the floor in front of me.

I sat down too and we started eating.

"Tell me more about your village I want to know everything" I said smiling.

He smiled and nodded.

That night we talked a lot...