18: Naughty By Nature

"What's with the swarm?" You asked Beast.


"The bea-ssss-t-ssss have gone wild. Protecting the Prin-ssss-e-ssss." Beast relayed.

"This is ridiculous. Where is Kurapika?" You asked themagain.

"I would not know." Beast answered right back.

"Ugh. Probably protecting cute little Sister Woble." You felt a little jealous of your sister and the attention she was getting, but she was a baby, so there was not much you could do. Well... Actually, Beast, could you stir up some trouble with Sister Woble's guards? That way he comes to ask me what's going on? You thought quietly.

"Ye-ssss, my Prin-ssss-e." They responded and then left.

"It is your turn to leave the table, Prince YN." You were alerted by a guard.

"Oh, very well." You stood and left into the corridor. It was all a very blasé affair and you couldn't be bothered with it.

The whole thing proceeded normally and eventually you were excused to your room, where you promptly returned and waited for your beast to get back. But you had to practically fight your way through the nen beasts that were in that corridor before you could get to your tiny room.

"Stupid. I already miss my luxurious room back home. I wish I could have just stayed home and enjoyed my life there. I didn't ask for this. I didn't ask to be launched into some crazy competition..." You muttered to yourself as you opened your door with your key. You demanded that your guards, which every Prince was required to have, remain at their stations outside your room. All the other mothers had hired the guards for you, which you knew meant that they reported back to them. So they were never to be trusted with any vital secrets; but what secrets did you really have? So what if you had that boy come in your room? You weren't playing the game anyway.

As you waited for Beast to return, you became bored and attempted to knit a bit more. You were working on a sock, as per Momoze's suggestion, but you still had halfway to go. And it was looking a little... ramshackle.

Eventually, a few hours later, your friend returned.

"It i-ssss done, my Prin-ssss-e. Perhap-ssss he will come tonight." Their nightmarish swirls coated your body.

"Perhaps. Who knows with him. I'm just so bored here, I almost want to join the fray for something to do. But at least stirring up some trouble within royal guards will do something. That doesn't force me into the game, right?"

"No, I did not touch anyone." Beast assured you.

"Good, good. I'm naughty by nature, but I'm not malicious. Or I try not to be. I care for my fellow Princes. If I don't have to kill them, I'd rather not." You sighed. "I would have liked for Kurapika to see my dress though. It's so pretty."

"I can still see it if you let me in..." You heard his voice through the door.

You fluttered over.

"Kurapika!" You smiled at him, "Please, come in!"

"You wouldn't believe what's happened so far..." He sat on a chair next to your couch and began loosening his tie.

Oh, I think I would... You smiled as you listened to his story.

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