They were all back in Lee's room the next day to get ready to go to Egium kindgom. They were having a heated conversation on whether to get a cart and horses or not.

''If you want me to keep my sanity'' Lee insited ''we have to get a cart.''

''But it's kind of expensive...'' Vi added.

''And besides'' Will said ''walking is fine!''

Lee gave him a deadly stare, crossing her arms. Lou looked at the scholar that was always calm and asked Will, teasingly ''Gosh Princey, what have you done those three days to make her hate you that much? She has a deadlier stare than I do!''

''Why is it MY fault exaclty?''

''Well, you were complaining a little on our way here...'' Maya recalled.

''A little!?'' Lee grunted. ''It wasn't only a 'little'. He was acting like a whiny baby!''

''Okay now'' Adam said with his hands up ''I know someone that wanted to get rid of his cart. I'm sure he can sell it for a good price. I will go speak to him and see.''

They all agreed and Adam left with Lee to make sure she wouldn't end the prince's life. Will complained to Maya that he wasn't a baby. Maya was trying not to laugh when Vi told Will that to not look like a baby, it was better to not hit the floor with his foot.... Like a kid throwing a tantrum. Will sat on the bed, crossing his arms on his chest and pouted ''I am not a baby! I'm a grown chivalrous knight!''

''Of course you are, big boy.'' Lou said jokingly.

That make Maya and Vi laugh really hard. Lou joined them and after a few seconds, Will couldn't keep the act of the offended prince and laugh a little too. He had to confess that he did complain a lot during the trip... But he was under lots of stress! It wasn't totally his fault, isn't it?

The two scholars soon came back with a cart dragged by two horses. Turns out Adam's friend was more than happy to give him his cart at a really low price when Adam reminded him of a certain event of the past. Lee was not sure to really understand that, but atleast they had a cart. So that meant Will would stay on his horse while they would be able to all be in the cart and not having to walk. It was atleast a one week trip to get to Pelis, Will's hometown.

Everyone got ready and the two scholars decided to give away their keys to their rooms and brought all their stuffs with them. Lee was too far behind in her studies now to her liking. She didn' want to start all over again and Adam was taking classes for the seek of taking classes. He didn't mind stopping them now. Vi and Lou agreed to bring all of their stuffs to their old castle and meet them back later on. They planned to meet in Badar, Bagalia's main city.

The rest of the trip went well. Will almost didn't complain, Lee's stares always made him stop anyway. When they arrived at Pelis, Egium's maincity, they were stunned by the magnificence of the castle. It had several high towers and was build into the side of a big mountain. Lou couldn't help herself to tease the prince a little ''So now I understand why you are so extra all the time, Will!''

Will stuck his tongue out at her, Maya gave her a small nudge on the arm while laughing a bit. The other agreed, it did make sense after all. They left the horses and cart in the castle's stable and headed to the throne room where Will's parents most likely were. On their way up, Will was abruptly put into a hug by two other men. Jacob is servant and Philip his little brother.

''Brother, you're alive!''

''You were gone for so long, we were worrying sick!''

''Hey guys, I'm happy to see you too! Sorry about that, I've encounted some... problems, but they rescued me and now I'm back!''

Will introduced his friends to his brother and servant. He was still a little shocked to see Jacob being so emotional, he couldn'tremember the last time he saw him like that. But when Jacob noticed that there was other people, he immediatly went back to his senses and offered to lead the way as all good servant should do.

Once they reached the throne room, Will's parents went to put him into a tight embrace, they were relieved to see their oldest son alive and healthy. The prince explained his journey, but still left out some of the details, like the fact that the dragon was Vi... He then told how he was held captive by that strange sorcerer and that the four women here went throught the whole Wilderness to save him. Vi stiffened at the word ''women'' but she took a deep breath, it was not the time to correct him about that. The king and queen thanked them deeply for bringing back their oldest son. They invited them all to stay for the night to get a proper meal and sleep in a confortable bed. They could then go on their way to Kyrasis the next moring.

''Dear princess Gallonor'' the queen asked ''did you send a letter to your parents to tell them that you were finally free of this malefic dragon?''

''Oh god no! I completly forgot about that!''

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''Don't worry about that, princess, I will write a letter to your parents to tell them about all the good news.''

''Thank you so much.''

Lee and Lou looked at each other, they definitly didn't like how thequeen said 'good news'. It was odd. But at the same time they were tired of all the road they have made and all they really wanted for now was eating something and getting some rest. Will's father raised his hand to get everyone's attention ''I hope you have more... appropriate clothing for when you will meet princess Maya'sparents.''

''What is wrong with our clothes exactly?'' Lou asked a little mad.

''Well it is not worthy enough for a royal family. We have a much more modern thinking so we let that slip for the time being, but Maya's parents definitly won't accept such disrespect.''

''Adam, I think I have some more 'appropriate' outfit for you if you don't have any.''

''Thanks Will, i think I will need it.''

''I still have my dress somewhere.'' Lee added.

''I have one too.'' Maya and Lou said at the same time.

''I... I don't...'' Vi said nervously. The simple thought of have to wear a dress made them unconfortable.

''Oh don't you worry dear'' the queen said ''I have the perfect dress for you! Let's get to your room so you can try it on, shall we?''

Vi gave a desperate look at Lou, but they didn't want to disapoint the queen, so they followed her to try on the dress. Adam went with Will to get his outfit while Lee and Maya was being escorted by Jacob to their rooms for the night. The servant would get them back later when the dinner would be ready.

Vi was trying not to have a panick attack in the dress. It was a sleeveless pink dress with a corset top that the queen tighten up too much. They hated how the corset made their chest and hips much more bigger than they already were. They couldn't breath and the bottom of the dress was even puffier than Maya's dress. Lou was sitting on the bed with her hand in front of her mouth. She was thanking the queen and was trying to assure her that she would take good care of the dress when she will take it off and fold it in their bag ''I will befine, I swear. It is not the first time I do this. I might not be royalty, but I had to disguise myself often and I know how to take care of dresses. I swear.''

As soon as the queen left the room, Lou rushed to Vi's corset to loosen it up. Vi took a deep shaky breath and was trying to remove the dress as fast as possible. Leaving them only in their underwears. Lou looked away and went to grab their clothes. Vi said in a shaky voice ''Oh god! I won't be able to wear that! It's horrible!''

''I won't tight it as much as she did, it will be much more confortable.''

''But..''

''I will also think of a way to make it less girly, okay? Just trust me on this one, please?''

Vi let out a big sigh and nodded. Lou gave her a big hug and gave them back their clothes so they could dress back up since the dinner would be ready soon.

Will was searching through all his old clothes to find something for Adam. He finally found a black pants with a matching black button up shirt. That would be good enough. Adam tried it on and it fitted him well. Will teased him a little ''When Lee will see you in tha toutfit, she will immediatly want to tear it off you! You look great!''

''Thanks, but I don't think she will do that...''

''Why not?''

''She... Is not ready for that kind of stuff. '' Adam didn't want to give too much details, he didn't know if her girlfriend wanted everyone to know that she was ace.

''Oh... Right, sorry.''

There was an awkward silence between the two men, Adam then decided to break the silence ''What about Maya and you? You seem to enjoy her company a lot.''

''Yeah... I do.'' Will said, scratching the back of his neck and blushing a little. ''She is amazing and smart and funny... But we also met a few weeks ago. It's hard to tell if she is... the one.''

''You are a really romantic prince, aren't you?''

''Yeah, I'm kind of hopeless!''

They talked more until Jacob knocked at the door to get them fordinner.

Lee was in Maya's room since the others were trying on some clothes. She asked if the princess was happy to see her family again ''I am, but I'm also really nervous... I always felt like they loved my little sister more than me. She is much more 'royal' than I am...''

''I'm sure they will be glad and relived to see you safe.''

''I hope you're right.''

Lee gave the young princess a hug to make her feel better. After a few minutes, Lee couldn't hold the question that was burning her for a while now ''You seem to really like Prince Will, don't you?''

Maya laughed and blushed, she couldn't meet Lee's eyes ''Ye... yes I think I do! But at the same time, we just met. It's hard to say if I really... love him!''

She blushed and laughed some more if that was even possible. Lee couldn't help herself but to laugh too. Maya was so adorable. They heard a knock on the door, it was Jacob telling them the dinner was ready. They all met in the dining room and after dinner they all went straight to bed. They were all more exhausted by the travel than they thought.

The next morning, they were in the courtyard of the castle, the cart was full and the horses were ready to go. They all went to thanks the Goldhill family for their hospitality. They all went to shake the king and queen's hands.

When it came to give their goodbyes to prince Will, they all went with their own gestures. Vi gave him a small hug, Lee and Adam shook his hand, Lou gave him a big nudge in the shoulder and big hug right after and Maya gave him a big hug too. A hug that totally didn't last longer than a friendly one should last. They held each others hands while Maya was slowly walking away, letting go of the prince's hand when she was too far away to hold it anymore. They then all went into the cart, leaving Will with his family. The king, queen and younger prince all gave a knowing look to Will ''Oh stop it guys!'' Will said with a really big red blush that went up to his ears. He stormed inside, Jacob following him.

There was a similar scene going on in the cart, but Maya couldn't walk away from it, unfortunatly.