The next day Guren and Gen joined the royals for breakfast.
"I asume you had fun yesterday. Ceylan gave both of you a tour?" The Queen asked. Ceylan almost chocked on his food. Guren shook his head.
"He showed me around but Gen stayed at our room." Guren informed them.
"I could see them both from the window so i know where they went and Guren informed me with what places they went to." Gen explained. Ceylan sighed.
"That so? Well either way I guess you two know our kingdom. Makes me think maybe sending Ceylan back with you." The Queen kidd. The King chuckled.
"Yeah you can keep him far a few days too." The King and Queen laughed while Ceylan glared.
"I'm right here ya know!" Ceylan angerly said. Everyone laughed. They went on talking more about tales from each of their kingdoms and things they've seen. After breakfast Ceylan thought to show Guren more of the town. "So you ready to see more of the town? We could see the scary librarian."
"Sure" Guren remembered Ceylan talking about her. Gen walked to Guren's side.
"I'm coming too." Gen said.
"You are?" Both Guren and Ceylan said scaring both of them.
"Jynx!" Ceylan said fast. Gen ignored him.
"Some people look suspicious here. I want to make sure I'm wrong." Gen said to Ceylan.
"Like the Librarian?" Ceylan asked. Gen silently growled at him. "Anyways lets go!" They went to town and Guren got out of the jynx after some playful punches from Ceylan and a death glaring Gen who made him stop playing that game and let Guren speak agian in peace. "The hot coco here is really good and sometimes the waitress gives you a LOT of marshmallows! I don't know if it's a royals thing but it's sweet dude!" Ceylan rushed to the cafe he was talking about. Gen thought he heard someone but no one was around. Making him suspicious even more. They got their hot coco and after they were finished they walked to another building. But before then Gen heard someone agian and ib a quick movement caught the person's hand who tried to reach for Guren.
"Not one hand on him" Gen said in a low harsh tone. Squeezing the person's hand so much it almost felt like crushing. The person was in pain and it was really noticeable. Ceylan and Guren turned around and saw what was happening. Gen let go and the person clench their wrist where Gen was holding.
"None of you from the fire kingdom can be trusted." The person ran away. Ceylan and Guren were speachless and Gen gave death glares to the guy who thought he could take down a prince of the fire kingdom.
"Who was that!?" Guren asked shocked.
"No clue man, I don't recognize him at all and I come here a lot." Ceylan said surprised too. "Anyways, my parents told everyone to make a good impression on you guys. I heard nothing on things like robbing or assassination!"
"Whatever his motivation was it seemed to involve us or at least Guren. Is there anywhere else we may go that might have less guys like that one?" Gen asked.
"Um... the royal garden, no one goes there other than workers, royals, and guests. The garden was my mom's idea and even though it's snowing the plants still grow there so it's not completely a snow wasteland." Ceylan suggested
"Lets go." Gen said making sure no one follows them. They went to the royal garden and the workers let them try some of the food.
"This is really good!" Guren complemented the worker.
"Thank you your highness," The worker bowed to him. "It means a lot to get a compliment from royals like you." Guren was gonna tell him It's ok not to act like hes a royal but Ceylan cut him off.
"C'mon! I saw something really weird and cool over here!" Ceylan dragged Guren and Gen followed. He dragged them to a frozen water fountain that froze just right that it looks like it froze suddenly when it was on. Almost like an ice sculpture or a 3D photograph/model of a normal one but more shiny version just sitting there. "A few years ago i found this water fountain just like this and all year long it never melted. I even poured some hot water on it but that froze suddenly too." They walked around to the back where a weird part of the water was formed like it was poured a different angle.
"Woah! It must be really frozen!" Guren touched the ice but jolted back when it froze him bad.
"You know the cause of the freezing? To me it looks like the most frozen thing here." Gen looked around seeong another water fountain going on with no problem.
"No clue but look!" Ceylan put his hand on the ice and acted like he's leaning on it. Guren was amazed cuz he couldn't last 1/2 of a second touching it. "Apparently I'm the only one who can touch this thing without freezing."
"Maybe your cold blooded." Gen decided to joke which caused Ceylan to get angry and Guren to laugh. He hardly hears Gen joke especially around other people.
"Maybe your cold blooded too!" Ceylan yelled. Guren sweatdroped.
"Guys, calm down." Guren tried to be the voice of reason. Ceylan huffed.
"Whatever,"Ceylan looked back at the water fountain. "I think i see something." Ceylan checked agian and he definitely saw something. "Hey Guren, can you give me a boost?"
"Sure but Gen is taller." Ceylan decided to go on Guren piggyback style.
"You annoy me less now can you get closer to the water fountain?" Ceylan flat out said. Guren sweatdroped agian and did what he was told. Gen took no offense and watched them. They got to the thing that Ceylan saw and Gen heard a sound. Without turning he knew what it was.
"Guren, Ceylan! Get down!" Gen pulled them away from the water fountain making both of them loose balance. Guren fell on his back in the snow while Ceylan fell off of him holding what he found untill it broke from the ice. The ice turned into water in an instant making Ceylan fall even more and into the water still not letting go of the item as a bullet just misses him and hits the wall of the castle. Gen growled and looked for the attacker who probably disappeared when he or she missed their target.
"Ceylan!" Guren called realizing Ceylan fell roughly into the fountain. Ceylan had a rough time standing especially since the floor was slippery and he was brused badly from falling.
"Y-yeah, i think i found what c-caused the ice." Ceylan was freezing from the water drenching his clothes. He got out of the fountain and showed them something like a icy blue wing in the shape of a fossil.
"We need to take you inside and get you into something less cold and wet" Gen said. The two nodded and walked inside the castle. They passed the king going to Ceylan's room.
"What happened to you three? We heard shooting and me and the Queen worried knowing you guys were outside."
"Ceylan showed us around the town and a man tried grabbing Guren. I scared him off and we tried going into the gardens for more privacy but someone tried to shoot us." Gen explained.
"Yeah and they almost killed me!" Ceylan said angerly but sneezed.
"What the-? I'll send my guards out at once to find them." The King said. Gen nodded and explained more about their attackers. He told Gen to take Ceylan into his room which really Ceylan led him to his room. Guren waited outside Ceylan's room until he was finished changing. Once he was done he let Guren in and they sat on hs big bed and Ceylan was covered with an extra blanket.
"We both almost got killed today." Guren said laying down on Ceylan's bed looking up at the ceiling.
"Yeah no kidding. I think they were after you and maybe your brother." Ceylan said trying to get warmth back.
"I think so too. By the way what was that thing that you got back there?" Guren asked looking at him.
"This?" Ceylan took out the fossil like thing. "Probably some ancient fossil or a replica of one. I don't know I'm no scientist." Guren laughed a little.
"Maybe someone here knows what it is." Guren said and closed his eyes and relaxed. Ceylan fiddled with the fossil ans a bright light happened making Ceylan jump back and Guren to open his eyes to see what happened. In his hands was ice that was in the shape of a crossbow.
"Woah what did i do!?" Ceylan freaked. Guren looked shocked.
"What happened!?" Guren said automatically.
"I don't know! I was thinking how cool it would be if this thing was a weapon and not a stupid fossil then this happened!" Ceylan looked at what he did to the fossil.
"Maybe it's magic. I don't know any other way to explain it." Guren got up and looked at it. It looked perfect with its ice structure. It already has an arrow engraved on the crossbow like it was ment to shoot out those arrows.
"Who do we ask? A blacksmith, magician, or an ice carver?" Ceylan asked.
"Probably not the last one." Guren said. The door opened and Gen was there. Ceylan hid the crossbow from Gen's sight.
"Ceylan, your parents told me to tell both of you lunch is ready."
"O-okay." Both said. Ceylan left the crossbow under his bed and all three left to go eat.