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Continued from x

When Kouen left the palace that morning, he was expecting to take a leisurely walk and clear his mind of the shadows that lurked there. The war was winding down to a close, and such a thing meant preparations for ascension would begin, and the whole thing was so foreign to the prince that he felt the need to flee and be alongside himself, if only for a moment.

What he had not been expecting was to be suddenly approached by a stranger, going on about nonsense. Kouen felt his eyes narrow at the man’s words, and his hand moved to be draped across his wide array of Metal Vessels, which wee secured to his being with a maroon belt.

Surely, he thought in slight astonishment, this man knows who he is speaking to. Kouen was wearing the finest robes of even the Imperial family, and there was no way he could have been mistaken for a commoner, not when he was dressed in such an elegant way. And ye, here this man was, his unnerving eyes all but pinning Kouen to the spot.

“Who are you?” The prince demanded, raising his head.

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         _{Having come to the new location thanks to Amaterasu pestering him for a good week on how he needs to ‘expand his terrain and get out of the shrine more’, (seriously, she acts like a little kid sometimes–), even as he’d been sent to oversee the war in a kingdom far from home, he couldn’t help but quirk a brow at noticing a male down below being tailed…}

      _{…and the fact they didn’t notice.} 

_{Rolling his eyes with a click of his tongue, he’d quickly dropped down to the ground and put up a show, taking the other into a nearby alley and giving the appearance of mugging him. The three that had the same idea hesitated on approaching, seeing as the one holding the other was MUCH larger than any of them.} 

_{The azure-orbed man looks over his shoulder to the gang of men, his eyes narrowing dangerously as his pupils go animal-like. The group feel an aura of dread around them and turn tail, disappearing as quickly as they came.} 

                         _"…“

_{He steps back, releasing the other before dusting himself off.
”You should really check your surroundings more often.“}