He gently closed the door after saying a muffled, "well thank you for letting me know." Now he had to do his hair with something other than just a plain man bun and a shirt.

This was going to be hell. He could feel it.

In the end, Anasuri decided on a full length, high waisted dress that was an off white in color, and had off the shoulder sleeves. It was paired with a thin, sparkly rose gold chain. Her hair was braided in two pairs down her back.

It was half an hour later when the dinner bell rang, which echoed through the palace. It was a sign to head down to the dining hall. Anasuri figured if this knight was all he was cracked up to be, she might as well leave now. He would be right along soon.

You see, there was padded armor, which is usually rather bulky. Ekon, had found a loop around this though.After talking to a particularly talented woman who made padded armor and regular clothes, he'd gotten a very unique set of armor. It looked completely like regular clothes, rather nice ones too.

It was black, a two piece sort of thing. With a jacket like top that had gold latches and designs and short sleeves. His tattoo is hidden by a dozen gold bracelets. I can't remember what it's called but it's like an open skirt at the front. It's something people used to wear okay? It is the same color as the jacket thing. He wore deep brown pants with this and no shirt since the jacket covered his chest.

His white hair was braided on top and put up in a man bun too. He had silver earrings on, they shine in the light.

Ekon had zero armor or weapons on him. He was confident in his abilities. He was ready for a long time when the bell finally rang. Immediately he got out of his room and waited for Anasuri, giving her a single nod in acknowledging.

He was tired.

Felt like hell itself.

But was still going to this supper because it would be disrespectful not to.

Heels were second nature, so Anasuri made good work, and was soon at the dining hall. Before entering, she murmured something to Ekon, "Do not sit until the King sits. Other than that, follow what the other knights do. Your table is to the right."

With those words, Anasuri was offered the arm of a courtier, which she promptly ignored, and walked to the Royal table on her own.

Standing there, he looked rather vulnerable, you couldn't tell by looking that he had any weapons or armor on him. It was one of his greatest surprises when a knife would appear in front of his enemy. Ekon was always thankful for his ability, it allowed him to do things others couldn't.

His padded armor protected him almost as well as metal armor did. And his gift was a surprise since he never told anyone. No one had asked and the only thing anyone should know was that he was a talented knight. That was it.

So he had the element of surprise whenever the other knights attacked. Which was rather odd. At a formal supper. Odd timing.

Ekon didn't even look up, there was just a flash and the two were disarmed. Looking around in confusion at what had happened and then there were two knives at their necks. "Either you yield or I instruct them to either chop off your head or knock you out. Sometimes I can't always control what they do though, they are rather bloodthirsty little bastards." Ekon could positively control the two knives, he just wanted to scare the knights.

The two looked at each other before sitting down. Ekon hid a smirk and with a flick of his finger the knives fused and wrapped themselves around his arm as a bracelet. He supposed that was only round one, as those had been the lesser skilled of the 7. Ekon could tell just by looking.

Although Anasuri was pleased that Ekon had a strong magic, it concerned her how he threatened to decapitate the kind knights. All they were doing was their job - they would surrender. No need to threaten them.

Granted, his form of fun was slightly off since he wasn't allowed to have fun other than painting.

It was just the looks on the twos' faces that made the corners of his lips slightly twitch. They were just so utterly young and cocky and the absolute disbelief on their faces cracked him up. The tiniest of lights lit up his suddenly gold eyes before it disappeared and Ekon continued to eat.

While he ate, he thought of what the other knights were preparing. The two kids were out, leaving five more, pretty skilled knights, left. So, he assumed that their whispers of conversation was something about a plan of attack against Ekon.

So while they did that, he internally took in the tiniest bits of info he grabbed from their hushed whispers and put together a plan of defense for every idea that came to mind.

A knight stood up, saying how he needed to relieve himself or something. He walked behind Ekon while the purple knight reached out with his powers. It was that decision that allowed him to form a short sword out of three, thick bracelets and block the other elf's blow.

He wasn't out of the woods yet since there were 4 other knights and Ekon had no advantage since he was sitting.

Using his metal power, he felt as one knight tried to get him with his sword. He waited till the last second to roll out of his chair. Making the two attacking knights clash swords on accident.

His feet were silent as he rose from his feet. Feeling a shift in the air just out of his vision, he let his dagger appear just out of his vision and at the man's throat.

"I surrender," was all the man said. Then he went back and sat at the table. Three left.

Ekon finally got on his feet when a sword came straight at him. He didn't think about it, just ducked under it and called his short sword to his hand. Spinning around and clashing swords with a fresh knight. Behind him, his knife was keeping the other knight occupied. Now it was just for the third knight. Wherever he was.

Ekon landed blow to blow with the knight in front of him before finally disarming him. Barely looking winded. "Yield." Was all Ekon said, it wasn't a question. It was an order.

The knight nodded vigorously and went back to the table. Two more to go, this was getting to easy.

The knight finally swung the small dagger out of the air with his sword but by then Ekon was already there. Mentally instructing his dagger to protect his back. The other dagger appeared. So two in total and an armed knight. Great.

Ekon did a tiny slip up. Accidentally stumbling on the thick rugs of the palace. He wasn't used to such things. And the other knight got a chance to hit and took it.

The problem was, his padded armor protected him from any clothes ripping or him getting hurt. So the sword just bounced right back off. If it had been sharper, it might've been able to make a tear but the sword was dull. And so was this game the knight was playing.

So Ekon took his chance and smacked the sword out of the other knights hand. He didn't have to say it this time, the knight kneeled, signifying that the understood that's Ekon was more powerful. Then went to the table. Not a second later, Ekon was shoved by some invisible force.

Ekon figures this must've been this elf's power. Invisibility. But like all powers, they tended to tire after awhile. Even Ekon's metal molding abilities had become quite tiresome. And invisibility was a hard thing to hold for long.

So Ekon listened for the shifts in the air. Finding that the other knight stood a three mere feet in front of him. He didn't make any move to act like he knew the knight was there.

His daggers did it for him.

They hit home, dulling as they went so the knight wouldn't actually get cut but enough for a bruise. And they pierced his armor and lightly pricked his skin. The knight yelped in surprise which was all Ekon needed to figure out exactly where he was and where his sword should be. So he jolted into action.

Combining his daggers and short sword to make a longer sword then used it to disarm the invisible man. He swept his feet out from under him and heard the thud as he hit the floor. Ekon then placed the sword under the knight's chin. Tapping his exposed neck.

Finally, the knights showed himself. He was quite the mess. "Do you yield?" Ekon said with a ton that showed he was quite sick and tired of all the playing. "Yes Sir Ekon. It was a great thing to fight someone of such background as yourself."

Ekon nodded simply and allowed his sword to return to their decorative bracelet form. His eyes settling down from their rapid change of colors to black.

It was not unknown to her that the last knight had gotten word out that she was making potions that were very powerful. Those who did not want more power in the Crown would try to steal the recipe, or get rid of the person who could make it.