Castle of Brilliance,

Within the training room for the royal guards, a young boy with mismatch of deep crimson and blak hair is swinging a sword vertically repeatedly while under the watch of an elderly man. Edan has been practicing his sword skills under His Majesty's order since the age of five, with his master's, Furian Guise, guidance, Edan's sword skills improved as each day passed. Edan has been doing his swinging routine for the last five years; this routine has helped him warm up before all his actual sword practices and tempered his mind.

"That's enough, Edan. For today session, you will have spar with me. Let me see the results of your training." (Furian)

After saying that, Furian takes out a broadsword and approaches Edan. When Edan is within the range of his sword, Furian suddenly charges in and swing the sword in his hand with amazing speed at Edan. However, Edan precisely evades the strike with and then brandishes his sword to Furian's flank. Noticing Edan's sword, Furian raises his sword and counter the it by blowing it away with his sword; after that, Furian charges in again and rigorously strikes down his sword, not giving any moment for Edan to react. While leaving with no choice but to continuously defend against Furian's series of attacks, Edan tries to find a blind spot in Furian's charges.

Edan is a sword prodigy, he is praised by Furian as his best student thus far. Learning the Ferocious Blaze Sword Style from Furian while adding his own inspiration into the sword, Edan has secretly developed his own sword style. It may not be perfect but it should be a good counter to Furian's sword style. Thinking that he will gain the upper hand, Edan decides to meet head on with Furian's sword.

As Edan readies his sword for a counter, his body suddenly gets enveloped in blue flames. The flame spreads through his body and burns all things around him; the clothes he is wearing starts to crumble to ashes and th sword in his hand melts away in the intense fire. However, one single pendant still remains untouched by the flame and instead dazzles in crimson light.

"Edan! Quickly, release the spell to seal your flames." (Furian)

While Edan is in daze for a moment, he hears Furian's shout in front of him; as he recovers from the shock, Edan begins to chant a mysterious incantation. While the incantation is forming, the pendant also shines with dancing fire emerging from within the crimson jewel.

"O Divine Fire of Old, unleash your might and devour the flames of wild, "

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As the spell releases, the flame that is spreading through the area around Edan is quickly consumed by the crimson fire emerged from the jewel until there is nothing left. The area around Edan is scorched beyond recognition, he is left with nothing but the pendant on his neck. As if nothing is allowed to exist on the path he treads, the sight surrounding Edan is that of a burning hell. Afterwards, Edan collapses due magic depletion as the spell consumed not only the flame but also his magic power.

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"Hey, have you heard? The Young Prince just destroyed the training room again. This has to be the fifth time this year. He really is a walking disaster, isn't he?"

"Shhh... don't talk to loud! The prince will wake up anytime soon, be careful or you might lose your head. Then again, the prince is causing too much damage to the castle, who knows if he will gonna harm the people, too. What is His Majesty thinking? Letting that monster walks around without restraint of any kind."

"His Majesty is too doting on the Third Prince, just because he has great aptitude for fire element and possesses a unique flame attribute. However, he can't even control his own power; one of these days, he's bound to hurt someone and His Majesty will realize that the prince's power is nothing but a curse."

While Edan is still recovering in his chamber; outside, the guards are chattering about their destructive prince and how disastrous his power could befall the people of the castle. Edan's existence is not favourable and well-received within the castle, and people would want to avoid any contact with him. Since the day he was born, Edan has led a somewhat solitary; if it is not for the love of his parents and mentor, Edan would have not endured this hardships of people treating him like pest.

Edan was shunned; he grew up despised by his siblings and their retainers for the love he received by his parents while all he has done was caused trouble for those around him. Aside from his training with Furian or the time he was granted audience with his parents, Edan has always spent his life confined to his chamber. Despite their love for the young prince, the king and queen were not allowed to be close to Edan out of fear that his power will one day be out of control and no one could stop it; as while Edan grew up, his power also grew with him.

As Edan awakes from his sleep, he finds himself on the familiar bed and his head aches in pain due to magic depletion. After a few moment passes, Edan regains his strength and helps himself out of the bed to reach for a certain sheathed blade with odd shaped on top of his study desk. Edan tries to unsheathe the blade but to no avail; this blade had been his companion since birth or so he has been told by His Majesty. Since the day he trained in the way of handling a sword, he has tried, day by day, to help his friend see the light of this world; but he had, by far, been unsuccessful in his endeavour.

"Rejoice, my dearest friend! For the day has come for us to bid farewell to this hell. Today, we can finally meet the world outside."

With a resolute face, Edan whispers to himself as he strokes along his longtime companion.