41 Chapter 42: Waking Up to Something Different 1

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Date Published: March 28, 2020

Chapter Title: Waking Up to Something Different (1)

Chapter no. 42

(Crown Prince Xie Yue Yang's POV)

I am the crown prince of Crimson Blood Kingdom, the only son of the almighty Emperor Xie Changming. Descendant of the mightiest war lords and son to the previous Ice Queen. I lived for about a thousand of years now, and reached the peak of immortality. The gods has bestowed power upon me, to be born unrivalled, unparalleled, sagacious, godliest, and the bravest amongst the many.

I have fought through the battlefield with the soldiers of death. We have won victory against the demons who intend to colonize the resting continents. Magic and martial arts was born in this kingdom, where the weak is judged as fair as the strongest. I am a prince of many words, a critique, a soldier, and the next war lord. Fairest amongst the fair and wisest amongst the seers. And I am destined to rule this continent.

When the world was divided into seven continents, it is as if the divisions became little worlds. With boundaries not known many, and citizens of our own knew not of the existing life behind the borders. We keep everyone locked in this continent, to avoid the pressing matters of what's beyond. My father, the emperor ruled for peace and kept his people safe and so shall I do the same.

But without a fated bride my people has worried for me. And now everyone wants to offer their child's flesh for me to devour. Yet there is confusion within me, and because of that it hinders me from developing attraction towards the opposite, making me deny a claim from their offspring. I feel uncomfortable when girls are around as if they'll judge the person in me. And I feel safer when I'm confined within the walls of my palace, along with the man I treated as mine secretly.

It is a wishful thinking to marry someone from my kind and I am scared for some reasons. Or maybe, I knew that death awaits to those who fall for their kind. The woman inside me is growing, and I don't know what medicine to drink to become a real man.

\"Your highness, Lord Pegasus has returned, the emperor sent a message for you to come immediately\" Chen Delun arrived, and 'hurry' is inevitable in his tone

My eyes flew open?

Lord Pegasus has returned?

But he hasn't visited us here for a few years, so why did he came back?

\"How critical is the matter?\" I asked

\"This servant is incompetent your majesty, the emperor will bestow an imperial decree, and his highness needs to receive it at the palace immediately\" Delun said as he fixed a fur coat for me

I immediately rushed out and went to the imperial palace.

When I got there everyone was already seated at their corresponding titles and I was the only one left.

\"The crown prince has arrived!\" the Eunuch mentioned and everyone saluted, then I walk towards the center

\"Greetings to the Emperor, may the Emperor grace his kingdom a few thousand years more\" I saluted my father

The emperor laughed

\"Why are you so serious? Tomorrow we will be having a banquet for the arrival of Lord Pegasus, now receive my decree\"

Eunuch Fang brought a decree and read it loudly.

\"The crown prince of Crimson Blood Kingdom, Xie Yue Yang is betrothed to the third miss of the Qin's Clan. The marriage date will be a year from now. Receive the decree!\"

I felt my knees weaken on its own. My body gave up and I kneeled down to receive my father's decree. A marriage? But why?

He knew I cannot bear getting into a relationship with a woman. How can he bestow a marriage out of a sudden? Why?

Why is he punishing me? I know it is a sin to have a liking towards the same sex, but I cannot help it. My idea of being happy is to be with someone I am very comfortable of. And I cannot just abandon everything for a girl, now can I?

\"I humbly receive the emperor's decree, hail to the emperor, may you live a thousand years more\" I answered

Then I stood and walk to my seat dejectedly. There at the corner I saw the son of the city's lord, Han Soujin. A great warrior with good looks, someone I knew right when I was born. Someone who defended me in times of trouble and someone who's dear to me. How can I bear to be away from my own best friend?

How can I leave him for a random woman that I have never known existed?

Grief engulfed my heart.

\"Your highness, his majesty the emperor has instructed me to bring you somewhere\"

\"But the meeting hasn't started yet\"

\"Your highness it is the emperor's order, we need to hurry your highness\"

I stood and followed the eunuch. We walked towards my mother's courtyard, but my mother, the empress of this nation has already passed away. I as the only heir, will inherit everything that my parents have created. But my standing in court is opposed by many, they say I never had a woman by my side so they were doubting if I can rule without an heir.

For years my father has let me mingle with different girls, but I chose to go to the battlefield instead and fight with the rebels. That's because I can never confront him about myself. And I may be outstanding, but I never had the heart of a man.