The Golden Throne

"Four or five people? Have you seen this place? This is smaller than my bedroom!", Oscar was furious. As a noble, he felt entitled to all the riches in the world, and the thought of sleeping in such a cramped place with such subpar conditions was simply unacceptable to him, like it was to almost every student who had arrived at the city.

"You are lucky. You have a big bedroom. But orders are orders. We are just recruits. Maybe you can get promoted in the next battle, and you can get a better tent.", the man said, his hoarse voice rang through his ears.

"You don't have to worry about that. I am a noble. I am sure there must be a mistake that I am a recruit here. Someone will come soon enough to apologize, and then I will become a superior officer. Then, I will knock that smug look off of your face.. You will see hell for disrespecting me."

The cloaked man laughed. "Yeah, sure. I will definitely believe that. By the way, do you know where the bathing area is? I need to get a bath, it has been a long journey here."

Oscar and the other boy did not respond. The man shrugged and left the tent with a small bag over his shoulders. When he left, Oscar kicked his bags furiously. "Look at this! How dare a commoner treat me like this? What is the king thinking? Treating the students of the royal academy like this? We were the few people who stayed at the royal academy so that the kingdom would have a secretive reserve. We should be treated like kings."

"Don't mind him. This is war. After all of this is over, we can go ahead and kick him till his mother cannot recognize him. For now, let us also go to the bath. It'll be nice to have a scapegoat like him to help us out if we get caught.", the other boy said, rubbing his hands.

The both of them also went to the bath, which was on the east side of the city. The both of them came to a wooden building, which had a dangling sign that said, 'Bath House'. Steam was pouring out of the entrance. It seemed that even in a city like this, a bath house was going to be present. It was like it was an essential part of a city. The two boys stood side by side as they looked forward.

In front of the house, the same cloaked man was standing there still.

"Hey, freak. What the hell are you doing, standing there? Move out of the way or go in.", Oscar shouted at him. He pushed him out of the way and climbed the steps. The cloaked man staggered to the side, and almost fell down. He looked at Oscar for a few moments and then started climbing the stairs. He went into the bath house. The path split two ways, one for males and one for females. The signs were only shown pictorially, but their meaning was clear.

"Maybe you are a little confused as to whether you are a boy or a girl?", Oscar joked as he looked back at the man. The man looked at Oscar, but his expression was not even remotely clear. He looked at the signs again. He moved forward nearer to the signs.

The cloaked man stopped once again, seemingly thinking about something. He then shook his head and went to the male side.

"Wierdo.", Oscar commented as he went in further.

The path led to a medium sized hot pool of water. The man looked at Oscar, who took off all his clothes and jumped into the pool. He looked very curiously at the entire process, as if it was very foreign to him. He then glanced at the remainder of the bath house. There were small slits that allowed the steam to go out, but that was all. It did not allow the outside world to peep in. 

The man proceeded to do the same thing that Oscar did. He took off his cloak and the hood. This revealed his face. He had pitch black hair, and blue eyes. When he took off the tattered shirt, it revealed a rugged body and scars all over them. He entered the pool and leaned on the edge, closing his eyes. Oscar and the other boy looked at him with interest.

"Did you see those scars, Oliver? He looks dangerous. Should we report him or something?"

"Forget it. Now, we came here to do something. I can practically hear the girls over the other side. Should we start drilling small holes to see what's going over there?", Oscar started beaming as his smile widened.

The man was at the edge of the pool, literally opposite to Oscar and his friend. he did not say a thing and was just freshening up.

The two went about their own small project. After thirty minutes, they were giggling nonstop, and were struggling to keep their nose bleeds inside. All of a sudden, a loud sound came as a woman screamed at the highest pitch possible.

The mysterious man opened his eyes. The barrier between the male and female baths broke at the centre as if someone punched it. After it went down, it revealed about ten girls who were using towels to cover themselves up.

"How dare the two of you peek on me! Oscar, this time your father will not be able to save you. Do you think that your father is the only duke in the kingdom? My father is a relative of the king."

"What the hell are you talking about? We were not the instigators. There, you see that man there? He is the one who did all of this and started peeking. We just looked once to see what the commotion was all about.", Oscar said righteously. He pumped his chest outward as if he was the hero in this case.

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