In the Aulando Empire

As soon as their carriage crossed the borders of Aulando, Regulus noticed that there were lines of soldiers ready to welcome their King Kallinikos and as they moved further there were shouts of people saying-"LONG LIVE THE GREAT SUN OF OUR EMPIRE!".....The people included everyone from the children to the old ones....They all smiled and praised their King as the carriage passed through them.....Regulus peeked at Kallinikos to see his expression but to his disappointment, he had the same cold and serious face as he had at the start of their journey or since the time Regulus had first seen him......Kallinikos was looking out of the window at his countrymen with his expressionless face.....

The carriage finally reached the castle....the new home of Regulus.......As Regulus stepped out of the carriage, he saw loads of servants and soldiers standing to greet them or rather their King since they all seemed to ignore Regulus and gave him a cold stare instead of any greeting......."There you are Kalli!"---said a voice from among the crowd and a handsome young man, a little dark skinned and almost six feet tall came running towards them......"I am sorry for I couldn't greet you as soon as you arrived Kalli!!! I was busy preparing the interiors and other stuffs you know..."---he said to Kallinikos while panting......"It's okay Udell!!! I understand...."----said Kallinikos and headed inside the castle.....Regulus stood there amazed and clueless.....

Udell looked at Regulus and said---"So you are the great young master of the Valentine family who can predict the future????"

Regulus, got a little embarrssed and flustered and said---"It's not like that.... I can only predict small future events..."

Without paying any heed to Regulus' words Udell kept on examining Regulus and said----"So it's true that all Corvalonians are fair skinned ....Gosh!!! Even your eyecolour is so unique....It's my first time seeing green coloured eyes!!!"

Regulus had nothing to say to these statements....and they were nothing new to him as had been hearing them since he was a child.....The only thing that concerned him was how much longer would he have to stand outside in that extremely hot and scorching weather to which his body was very unfamiliar...... he had never been to such a hot country......

"Oh!!! I almost forgot to introduce myself....I am Udell Adam....I am the assistant as well as a friend of Kalli!!!"----said Udell

"Oh! Nice to meet you....I am Regulus Valentine, the second son of the Valentine family!"----said Regulus and bowed to Udell

"Pfft!"---Udell chuckled a little and said----"I don't think that should be your description anymore!"

Regulus got a little confused....upon realizing his mistake in a moment, he said----"Oh! I am very sorry!....It's my first time getting married so...."

"Haha!!!! It seems you are really nervous.....You don't need to worry about it ....as long as you don't say that to anyone else!....Come, let me introduce you to everyone in this house...."----said Udell and headed inside the castle

Regulus was finally relieved now that he could enter the castle and would not have to stand in the sun anymore....

"Look! This is Sarah...She is the head maid in this house....If you ever need anything you need to tell her......This is Lylia.............."-----One by one Udell introduced everyone in the house and Regulus listened to Udell with all his ears.....

After about fifteen minutes all the introductions were finally over when Udell said---"Oh! Look at the time...It's almost one o' clock.....Regulus! I have to leave now else Kalli will be very angry....I guess you are very hungry by now so just and don't wait for Kalli!....I have to go now!....I guess we will meet again at the banquet this evening  .....Bye!"...and rushed outside as if some wild dog was chasing him....

Regulus looked at Udell as he ran outside and continued staring outside until the head maid, Sarah scoffed a little and said---"Come with me I will show you to your room..."

Regulus followed Sarah as she went up the tall stairs and walked though the long corridors and upon finally reaching the end of the corridor, he saw they stood in front of a door whose colour couldn't be determined among those thick spider webs.....He thought it must be some sort of store room or that the maid must have taken him the wrong way mistakenly for she looked like she was in her sixties with her grey hair and wrinkles and forgetting things in that age was very common.....Regulus was thinking these things when the maid suddenly spoke up in a cold tone----"From now on this is your room....."

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