THE PRINCE'S MATES

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"Thank you, your holiness. Please, teach him well for the future of the Naga Kingdom." She said that sent smirks in Duan Luan and Ellis's faces.

'Get ready to be 'disciplined', Tadashi Naga Seiryū, you dxmn brxt!'

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After chatting with Sakura, Bai Ying and Duan Luan, together with Ellis decided to retire to get some rest that Sakura and Kiyoshi understood. But before leaving, Bai Ying asked for a favour to the Queen.

"If you may, please inform the princes to go to the palace I am staying in for the classes to start." Bai Ying said.

"How long will it take if it's okay to ask." Sakura asked.

"It will only take a day. We will leave the next day. Because there are still matters I needed to do. Don't worry, they will come back safe and sound and have broader knowledge and skills." Bai Ying said that Sakura approved.

Now, Bai Ying and the two returned to the palace they are in. They are welcomed by Sebastian and Blaze who have their last pieces of works to do. But before they can even go to Bai Ying, their mate is already sleeping with exhaustion and stress showing a little on his beautiful face.

"What happened?" Sebastian asked the two especially Duan Luan while gripping his chest while looking at their tired mate with pained face.

Blaze who is in his half-beast form with his red wolf ears and tails started to whimper while looking at the sleeping Bai Ying.

Everyone in that room are watching Bai Ying. They are in pain. But who feels it more is none other than Duan Luan.

Duan Luan motioned for them to leave Bai Ying alone and go to the meeting room of the palace. The other three don't want to go and leave Bai Ying but Táo Shù— the Peach Tree insisted for them to leave and let the guarding up to him.

With the assurance because of the said tree's abilities, they sighed in defeat and then went to the meeting room led by Duan Luan, and Ellis who only knows half of the truth.

Somehow, Sebastian and Blaze felt like the meeting is something that will surprise or shock them. They feel off about it too but they chose to shrug it off and proceeded to the meeting room.

The meeting room is like your ordinary lounge room where you can find couches, sofas, tables, and so on. It is decorated in different shades of blue and white because the Seiryū that they represents or the Azure Dragon is said to be a water dragon that is why the palace is decorated to almost everything blue to symbolise water.

Duan Luan is sitting on a couch. One seat away from him is where Ellis is sitting then in a C form, Sebastian is in between of him and Blaze who are focusing now in Duan Luan's explanation.

Duan Luan sighed. He don't know what to say or where to start. He is now shouldering a very big burden about the discovery from the meeting earlier. He knows it's weight and it's really heavy because this information will now challenge their strength, will and love to Bai Ying, if it will stay and grow strong or it will dwindle and be gone forever.

There are reasons... possible reasons for the latter to happen. Untrue love, greed and cowardice.

Untrue love, is a thing that is the least to happen. Because for a mated couple, the mating process will not take place nor be effective if you have even a miniscule amount of feelings towards the other. And all of them, have successfully 'married' to Bai Ying that means that they really love him.