The Knight and the Prince
Once upon a time, there was a knight in the kingdom of Mondstadt. He was a memebr of the royal guard with the title of Sharpened Arrowhead and rank of Fifth Company vice captain. He was known by all to be a battle hardened warrior who kept a gleeful smile on his face no matter how tough and brutal the fight and yet, he never begged for glory and fame, it just came to him with each battle he won.
Once upon a time, there was a prince in the kingdom of Mondstadt. He was known for being kind and compassionate towards his citizens, but he was also known for being beautiful. In fact, he was said to be so beautiful that suitors of all genders and from every corner of the world clamored for his hand in marriage, from farmers to merchants, to nobles, to other kingdom's roaylty. Though, he never accepted any offer and thoe he considered would pull out.
That was due to the Sharpened Arrowhead, for he saw himself as the prince's personal protector and as such, he needed to chase away and remove those he felt were not good enough for the prince. He saw it as his duty not just as the prince's personal knight but as the fated future lover of said prince.
He had it all planned out:
Take over more and more political affairs
Keep the prince out of the public eye and affairs
Have the prince hopelessly in love with him
That was the plan, and it was a simple one. However, as is often said "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry" and oh did these plans go awry in almost every way. First of all, the prince fell in love with a suitor from a far off kingdom of Nod Karai, Princess Columbina, who then started making plans for the wedding at a fast pace under the guise of securing the alliance the marriage would bring. Lohen could only watch from the shadows, until one day Princess Columbina pushed Lohen out of his role as the personal bodygaurd of Mondstadt's prince, replacing him with one of her own guards, a man named Flins.
Lohen became enraged and wanted to kill both the princess and Flins, but if he did he would be executed. So, he just kept his anger deep, deep inside while he plotted for a way to get his prince back in his arms. It took a year, by once that year was over he was ready to put his plan into motion.
It was summer now, and the prince had decided to go on a boar hunt with some lords, and since Flins was "busy", in truth Lohen had learned of his fae nature and thus used iron to block his bedroom door, Lohen came along as the prince's personal guard. The hunt was not going well and before long the prince was seperated from the other nobles and alone with Lohen deep in the forest.
"Your highness, I think we should rest," Lohen suggested.
"You are right, Lohen," the prince said.
The pair dismounted and tied up their horses before sitting on a log. Lohen pulled out a flask and offered it to the prince, telling him the flask contained water, so the prince drank from it. But it wasn't water, it was a sleep tonic a forest mage taught him to make. The prince started to feel sleepy before fully falling asleep. Smiling, Lohen cut the prince's horse free before placing the prince on his horse and getting on himself after untying his horse. Once on the horse, Lohen rode deeper into the horse and towards a small cottage he had set up for the prince. Once there he walked inside and laid the prince on the bed, but not before tying the prince down and snapping a royal hound style collar around his neck.
"See you soon, my prince," he said, kissing the prince's forehead.
The prince would wake up hours later to Lohen standing over the bed. When he tried to move Lohen held a knife to his neck, telling him to stay down. The prince, afraid, did as Lohen said. Lohen smiled and looked down at the prince, then Lohen kissed him on the cheek before sitting on the bed. Lohen leaned closer to the prince's ear and softly told him that the cottage was his new home now and that if he ever tried to leave then Lohen would use his knife on the prince's lower back so his legs would never work again, maybe even cutting the achillies tendons to be extra sure the prince could never run. The prince didn't say anything as he was frozen in pure terror whiel Lohen was smiling like a demon.
At the same time, the nobles found the two horses without their riders. They searched the area before returning to the kingdom and telling Princess Coloumbina that both the prince and Lohen were missing. Worried she sent guards but no one could find anythign more then scraps of clothes covering in blood in the forest. So, the kingdom came to the grim conclusion that the pair had fallen from their horses, gotten lost, and were eaten by the local wolf packs. But only Lohen and the prince knew the truth, they're not in the stomachs of wolves, but instead in a small wooden cottage by a creek, deep in the forest and that is where the pair will stay forever, if Lohen has anythign to say about it.
