Louis was confused but at the same time he wanted to laugh at the bewildered look on Chance''s face. After all the drama they just did, Chance had no idea it was his last day? The young prince thought.

    "Oh, do not kid me. You are not going to tell me you do not know?" Louis asked with an amused look.

    Chance immediately shook his head, his expression seemed as if he was about to go crazy from what he had learned. "I swear to the Goddess, I did not know tomorrow is the day I will leave!" he explained, all flustered.

    He turned to Louis confused. "But then how did you know I will leave?" he asked with one eyebrow raised.

    The young prince looked away, "Well..." he hesitated, "I went to your room last night. I wanted to talk to you but the room was empty. Then Alec entered the room and read a letter about the two of you returning to Antares two days before celebration." he explained.

    The historian''s mind travelled back to his room. He tried to recall the time he was in the room and remembered the envelope with a seal on it. "That cannot be. This morning the seal was still intact, I am sure of it." Chance said.

    Louis did not respond for a while and paused like he was trying to remember something. He raised his hand, "Ah, there were two letters in your desk. I assume the other is for your knight." he said and Chance followed the direction where the young prince''s eyes were looking at.

    Alec Valorian was standing still near the tree, with head up high, and looked as if he has no care for the world. ''So he had the same message as mine, and has read it last night.'' he thought. Alec, his knight, has started to become a puzzle for him. A puzzle that he can never understand.

    Louis noticed the look on his face while staring at Alec. The Stein prince also glanced at the Valorian and returned his gaze at Chance. "What happened between you two? A master-servant quarrel?" he asked.

    "You could tell?"

    "That there is a problem?" Louis asked then let out a snort. "For someone who always sees you two together, one could easily tell there is something wrong." he said with a sigh with two hands raised up, implying that it was an obvious fact.

    Chance tried hard not to meet the Stein prince''s face. "It is just that, I feel bad. I have done things that would surely put him in pain once he knew." he responded.

    "Is it so serious that you would choose to cause distance to your relationship?"

    "I- I did not choose to cause distance, it just happened naturally. The awkwardness might have caused a rift between us." he slid his fingers up and down on the back of his neck as he explained.

    "I see, but you did not answer whether it was very serious or not."

    Chance looked at Louis before glancing at Alec. He nodded slowly, and the same look of guilt appeared on his face. "Yes, it is. I stole something...precious to him. I just realized it recently." he answered.

    The bratty prince stared at him with his forehead creased. He does not know whether he would be annoyed or if he should comfort him. He sighed. There was something he noticed about his former servant, at some point he is a star that lights a person up, helps others without noticing it. ''But also at some point, he is too...depressing. Someone who blames himself a lot.'' he thought.

    "And so you feel guilty again?" Louis asked. Chance nodded as an answer. He closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Chance, I hope you do not turn your guilt into an ocean. It is not something you should drown in." he said with a sincere tone. It would be his best advice for his...''first'' friend.

    A bitter smile formed on the Crown prince''s lips, "Would there be someone to help me if I drown?"

    "If you go too deep, no one will be able to help you out. You will die from the ocean of your guilt." Louis answered without hesitation, not even trying to sugarcoat his words. "And if someone does try to help you, he will drown and die together with you."

    One hand of the Crown prince made its way to his own chest as it pounded hard at the young Stein''s last line.

    Louis has no idea what truth it is that his servant hides, but sooner or later it shall be revealed because of his guilty nature. It might put Chance in danger if he keeps being guilty all his life.

    Chance was startled when the young prince jumped off the tree, leaving him sitting alone. He tried to go down, but his feet slipped when it suddenly ached. "Chan-!" Louis was about to yell to get the Valorian knight''s attention, but he was cut off by Alec''s fast reflexes.

    Chance fell in the arms of his personal knight. They both stared at each other, but not long enough. They broke each other''s gaze and Alec put him down gently. Louis saw Chance''s awkward look, and he sighed while shaking his head slowly, side by side.

    The Stein prince broke the silence. "You two should go on and be on your way." he said, folding his fingers up and down, gesturing for them to go away.

    "But Cole..."

    "You are no longer my servant, no need to spend your day serving me here." he said with an annoyed expression. Chance felt sad to see him annoyed again but Louis smiled at him. "Thank you for your service...and friendship." he muttered, which made Chance glad.

    Gosh, Louis, what a tsundere.

    Louis he shot one last glance at Chance before turning his back on them but, ""So full of artless jealousy is guilt, it spills itself in fearing to be spilt."" he said, a quote from Hamlet.

    Chance did not know why he said that to him, but he knew exactly that line meant. He lowered his gaze, "Might that be a warning or an advice?" he muttered in a low voice, but Louis still heard it.

    "It could be both." the young Stein responded and strode forward to the door, opening it.

    The door closed and the young prince was no longer in front of them, leaving the two of them alone in the middle of the Venus garden.

    "Uhm, do you know where Caliber is?"

    "You spent the night with him, you should have asked him this morning." the knight responded with a blank face and it made Chance gulp, it is so awkward that he felt uneasy.

    Chance suddenly remembered what Louis said. Alec was in his room last night. His room which is just across Caliber''s chamber. ''Could he have...heard us?'' he thought. ''T-the moanin-'' he felt embarrassed. If only he could hide his face right now, he would have done so.

    Alec noticed the look on his face and realized he sounded offending. He cleared his throat. "I think he went to visit his brother and will appear on the gathering of the knights, together with his aides." he answered.

    Chance did not look at him and went one step ahead in front of him. "L-let us go there." he ordered, still embarrassed by what he realized. He fastened his pace and went through the little door to exit the garden.

    The Crown prince did not know the way to the place where the knights are going to gather so he matched Alec''s pace and walked beside him. He was still one step ahead of him, but Alec was not too far behind so that he could know where to go.

    After a while of walking they reached the place where the knights were in. Some knights were just on their way to gather, meaning the gathering has still not started.

    The knights spotted the Crown prince and stopped at their tracks to give their greetings of respect, "May the Goddess protect you from the darkness." they all said at the same time while their hand was in the grip of their swords and one hand was raised to the direction of the Crown prince.

    Chance nodded in response and continued walking. Because if he does not leave then they would still be in the same pose. He looked around and looked for the person who claimed his heart but he has not seen him yet.

    He spotted the aides and the two of them looked at him in surprise, but then they smiled and waved at him. Behind the two aides was a man who had a displeased expression on his face. His forehead has crease forming on it and his eyes were furrowed.

    Chance stared at the man and wondered why he was mad. The aides noticed his stare and looked behind them. "Your Highness, your lover is here." they stated with a teasing tone.

    The tensed and maddened prince relaxed, and he immediately turned around. "Charles..." Chance smiled with both happiness and sorrow in his lips. ''Lovers, huh.'' he thought.

    ''This will be our last day together....as lovers.''