We went into town, Carmen and I holding hands along the way. We passed through the innermost wall without having to show our crests. Though when we reached the 2nd innermost gate, I had to show my crest, then they were stunned, they had heard that the king's long-lost son had been reunited with the king, but they never expected him to venture out of the castle, and that, unguarded! I ensured them that the man standing with me was a guard appointed by my father and that he is only in casual apparel as per my request. They then let us through without incident.
After walking and being shown the town for a while, I saw some women being dragged into an ally and tugged Carmen's hand. Carmen nodded and tapped out guard looking at the area where the event had just transpired. The guard understood and walked in front of us on our way to help out. When we arrived we saw one of the women was fully undressed by the man with the man atop her raping her, the other man was trying in vain to take off the other woman's clothing, with the woman that still had her clothes on trying in vain to escape their captors. Stevenson and I averted our eyes from the woman who was in the nude, and I said "What do you think you're doing in this our capital city! Do you expect to get away with such vile acts?!" To which the man who was successfully raping the woman said to his acquaintance "You have failed long enough, give up on her and defend me, I want to finish what I started and won't allow for interruptions. The other said "Fine, but if ever our roles are reversed I expect the same treatment" and let the woman he was trying to take advantage of go, who immediately ran our direction, Carmen said to me "You are the best person to take her out of here, she is clothed, so I need to help the other, and Steven knows how to fight better than you." With her telling me this and the fact that all of her words were the truth, I didn't argue and left with the woman asking her if she knew the other woman.
The woman I left with told me about how they hadn't ever met each other before, and how the men when they grabbed the women had said "Make a peep, and we will take out our anger on your family, taking the virginity of all of your children by pinning your sons on your daughters without either having a choice, if one fights, they both die." The woman then told me that those words had taken the fight out of the other woman, and had left her speechless, however, when the men's intention had become clear, she had fought and thus had nothing worse than groping happen to her. Though the other woman had not fought, and "You saw what happened to her" she said.
--Point of View: Carmen Shawl--
After Sone left with the woman who we had already saved, the man who had let her go tried to attack me. I said to the guard, "Save the other!" then proceeded to fight on even terms with the man who had launched an attack on me. He sneered and said, "We have a feisty one here, I really want to tame her." To which I kicked him in the groin in response, after that I saw that the guard had also made light work out of the other man, he proceeded to knock out the one I had just disabled. I then went over to the other woman while the guard dealt with the criminals. I helped the woman get her clothing back on, and then helped comfort her until she was willing to get up and walk with me to where Sone was.
--Point of View: Dawson Sen--
About 5 or so minutes after we had finished our conversation we saw Carmen and Stevenson walking our way. Carmen was supporting the other woman, and Stevenson was carrying the men who had been knocked unconscious. I then asked the other woman if she would like us to escort her home. She said, "First, I'd like to see to it that those men will never see the light of day again." To which I showed her my crest and said: "Under my power, it shall be so." She then looked at me with astonishment, seemed to understand why I had not said more, and said: "I thank you kindly for the assistance you have given us, I will trust you with those men." After she said that I saw a couple knights passing by and raised my voice saying "Excuse me, gentlemen, could you please spare me a moment." To which one of them thought out loud "Do you bother us with trivial matters?" while the other one quickly came over and said, "What seems to be the problem." Neither of them seemed to realize who I was, I was happy about this. I said to them "These two men," gesturing at the men Stevenson was holding, "were caught raping these women," gesturing towards the women, "So I ask you," handing the one who asked me what the problem was, my crest, "to see to it that these men are imprisoned posthaste." The one who asked what the problem was seemed to understand precisely what was going on, and handed me back my crest and said, "Yes sir, right away," then went to the other knight and seemed to explain the situation. The other knight came over to me and quietly asked: "Why do you not have a guard?" I then said, "My guard Stevenson is dressed in casual clothing as per my request." He then said out loud, "Understood, we will get these men to the prison right away.
After that, we took the women home. When we arrived at the home of the woman that had been successfully raped, we found that her husband was home. I showed him my crest and told him to the best of my understanding what had happened to his wife. He thanked me for my generosity in taking these matters into my own hands and said that I reminded him of my father, to which I smiled. He then saw to his wife, and we left her in his hands. We then arrived at the other woman's home, we see her husband tending their farm. I call out to him, "Excuse me, sir, I have something of great importance to speak to you on." To which the man said, "Well then, please follow me inside." We all go into their house, I tell him what happened to his wife, and he says "I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you've done for us, how could I ever repay you?" To which I reply, "There is no need, though, I understand if you feel obligated, if so, the best way would be to uphold the laws the best you can, all I was doing was punishing lawbreakers." He then said, "There must be something more than that I can do." I then replied "If you insist, then train with me so you can become my personal guard, but I doubt that the…" he interrupts me by saying "Yes, I'll do just that, that's... if you'll have me." I then say, "You say this, and yet I have not once told you my identity. Is this really what you want to do, even though you know nothing about me?" He replies "I know all I need, you wish to uphold the laws, and you have saved my wife, for that I am eternally grateful, so my answer to your question is, YES!" I then say, "Well then, let's have proper introductions, then if you still have the resolve to do as you have said, I will gratefully welcome you, because I want someone who wants to serve as MY guard, not the guard of the one with my TITLE." First, he introduces them, "We are the Shew family, I am Harrold, and this is my wife Honey," he then adds with a smile, "and that's not my pet name for her either, it's her given name." I then say, "Nice to meet you, Honey and Harrold, I am Prince Dawson Sen, this is my fiancé Carmen Shawl and my guard Stevenson." They say in turn, "Nice to meet you." Harrold then says, "The prince? What do you mean? The king has only one son…" where I interrupt him by tossing him my crest and say, "Who was born on earth, which is the world both of us originate from, and when he was 16, my current age, was teleported, along with the one he loves, to this world." Harrold then looks at me with astonished eyes, then says "I fear I am not worthy to be your guard, but if you will still have me, I will train with my utmost to be able to protect you whereas you cannot protect yourself." I then tell him, "Since you decided to be my guard before you knew who I was, and yet still wish to after finding out who I am, it would be my pleasure to have you as my guard." I then ask Carmen to hand him her crest, which she does without hesitation. I then say "Harrold, please hold onto this for now, then come to the castle to give it back to Carmen when you are ready, if you do this, then I will see to it that you are able to serve as my personal guard." Harrold then replies, "I will..... How would you like me to call you?" I replied, "If the situation calls for formalities, use them, otherwise, please call me Dawson unless we are near my father, then Sen is best." Harrold then, with a smile, says, "As you wish Dawson."
We then left Honey in the hands of Harrold and went to continue browsing around town for about another hour. The rest of our time was uneventful, not that I'm complaining. After we finished, we went back to the castle for dinner. We had no problems with Carmen not having her crest due to the fact that I had mine.
When we got back to the castle, we immediately went to the dining room. We arrived to see my dad already sitting at his normal spot. I completely forget what we ate for dinner, we were too busy discussing what happened today when I went into town. I'm going to try something new here, I'm going to simply write what is said along with who said it in this format: "HI" (Father), and so on, it is too time-consuming and annoying to keep saying over and over again 'he said she responded with' and the like.
"You don't have to worry about that, you actually did the best thing in that situation, I forgot to give you spares of the royal crest like I should have, so I'll do so now along with giving Carmen a new one." (Father)
"I don't need a new one, I will retrieve mine back when Harrold comes to return mine, and then Dawson will supply him with a new one." (Carmen) She says this while looking at me with a smile on her face. I can't help but smile back.
"Well, with that being the case, I will instead get a few royal crests for you to have on you, so should a case like this happen in the future, you don't have to worry about them being able to get to you later." (Father) He said that to me with a smile on his face.
"I'll only do this again shall such events ever happen again, however, I hope nothing this bad ever happens again." (Me)
After we are done eating, the sun is already setting, so Carmen and I decide to go to bed, not the same bed mind you, or at least not yet. So we walked towards our rooms hand-in-hand. I walked her to her room, then when we arrive she invites me in, so I enter and see only small differences from my room. It could be said that the differences are as per one's gender. We have some idle conversation for a little while, sitting on her bed. Then I give her a good night kiss, it's meant to be just a peck on the lips, but I'm pulled into a full-on kiss. It surprised me a little, however, I had no issue with us having our first such kiss in such a way. After that, I went to my room and due to the calm that had taken me over due to us kissing, I fell right asleep without issue.
--Point of View: Carmen Shawl—
When Sone went to give me a goodnight kiss, I pulled him into a full kiss without thinking. I think we were both a little surprised, however, due to this kiss, my heart was beating very rapidly. I was very happy that we finally shared such a kiss, though due to this fact after Sone went to bed I took a bath to calm my nerves. I soaked to the point that when I got in the water was near boiling, however, when I was done the temperature was about that of average pool water. After that, I dried off, got in my pajamas and then in about an hour and a half I fell asleep.
--Point of View: Dawson Sen—
The next morning went about the same as our first. Carmen came to pick me up to go to breakfast. We went together to train. We had lunch. After the normal morning, I was thinking of going into town again when a knight walked into the dining room.
"I have a message for the Young Prince." (Knight)
"Please be frank." (Me)
"A Harrold Shew has come to seek an audience with you, how should I reply?" (Knight)
"Please take me to him, I have finished here anyway" (Me)
Then I turn towards Carmen.
"Are you coming as well?" (Me)
Carmen replies with a smile, "Yes, we have some unfinished business anyway."
Carmen turns towards father.
"Ernest, will you be joining us as well, it seems you are interested in the man that would warrant such attention from your son" (Carmen)
"Yes, I am most interested," turns towards the knight, "Please take us to him." (Ernest)
"Right away, sire." (Knight)
The knight leads the way to the throne room. When we arrive I see that we arrived through the back entrance and that there are two more thrones, neither as exquisite as the king's, and they are now set off to the right hand of the king. It is evident based on the way each is constructed, which chair is for whom. So I sit in the chair closer to father and Carmen sits in the remaining seat.
"Please send him in." (Ernest)
The doors open shortly thereafter, we see Harrold Shew walk in. Once arriving at a distance whereas it is easy to converse, he instantly takes a knee and bows his head.
"Please stand, we should already be beyond such formalities." (Dawson)
Harrold stands, then says, "My prince, I have come to return what was gifted to me, then, if you will still have me, to enlist as your guard."
Carmen gets up, walks over to him, and with a smile says, "I thank you for taking time to return this to me," then turns and continues, "Shall we return this favor now?" She then goes back and sits down on her throne.
Shortly thereafter a knight walks up to him and hands him a royal crest.
"By receiving this crest you promise to protect me with all your strength regardless of what may befall you accordingly, can you accept this?" (Dawson)
"Yes, and I thank you for giving me such kindness." (Harrold)
Harrold then takes the crest from the knight with a smile.
"With the formalities out of the way, please follow us to the Captain of the guard, I will have him train you personally." (Ernest)
"Thank you." (Harrold)
"Think nothing of it, my son chose you as his personal guard, so I will make sure you are able to be up to the task," turns towards me and continues, "I hope that until he has graduated the guard training you will still take another guard for my peace of mind?" (Ernest)
"I planned nothing less, seeing as I am the prince of a country, ha ha ha, I never expected to ever be able to openly be with Carmen nor to be a prince. These last three days have been incredible." (Dawson)
"Ha Ha, I definitely get that, I am surprised you took all this so well." (Ernest)
"Life is what life is, you can't choose the outcome of life, only the path you take." (Carmen)
"Well put," then with a kiss, "I'm happy to be with such a wise and beautiful woman." (Dawson)
Carmen blushes after the kiss and comments.
We then arrive where the Captain, Sir Lawson Lephord, is. My father, Harrold, and Sir Lawson discuss my recruitment of Harrold, and how we wish Sir Lawson to train him. After this discussion, I invite Harrold to gather his wife and have dinner with us.
"I could never impose on your majesties." (Harrold)
"It could only be considered imposing if you requested it, but this is my request, and I'm sure my father and love would agree, and be happy for you two to join us." (Dawson)
Both Father and Carmen nod in affirmation.
"You are the prince, to eat with a commoner such as myself…" (Harrold)
"Only matters to those who are in the palace, and due to the king himself being okay with it, unless you don't wish to, you should just gratefully accept. Though don't be reserved, if you have a reason you don't wish to, just tell us, we'll understand." (Carmen)
"I will humbly thank you for, and accept your invitation." (Harrold)
"I am glad." (Dawson)
"See, that wasn't so hard, now was it?" Carmen says with a laugh and a smile.
Carmen, Stevenson, and I escort Harrold home to inform Honey of our invite. When she found out, she was ecstatic. She asked if they could bring some homemade goods as a thank you gift, to which I replied: "Do as you wish in that regard, we will not refuse others wishing to express thanks."
Carmen, Stevenson, and I then went and wandered around town until it started nearing time for dinner. We then returned to the castle.
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