Sejin’s POV
It’s not even a day yet, not even a day passed!
Yet I am already in the bullying route, these comical extra bastards, what would be their reaction if I tell them that they are nothing but steppingstones for the plot to progress, huh?
Bet they’ll be crying like ugly bitches.
“Awe~ why are you quiet, hm? Are you finally realizing how useless you are?”
“I bet the ice hunters took you and tortured you, right?”
The mocking gazes couples with their mocking and sarcastic phrases didn’t even do much to my pride. Are they even trying?
Of course, they won’t respect me even if I am an Ice holder, no matter how important my magic is, I am still an embarrassment to the royal family.
Without the blessing of Alaz, I am no more than a prince in title.
Lost in thoughts, I felt a hand grip my chin tightly making me glare at whoever had the nerve to touch me with their dirty hands.
Who knows where the fuck you put it on or in.
“What a fake, they say you’re always forgiving and calm but here you are…gla~ring.”, the male said with a nasty smirk whilst turning my face left and right.
“Faker.”
“Acting dog.”
“At least he is pretty, right?”, another voice chimed in with a lascivious tone in it.
His hands, his fucking hands! Arghhhh, dirty, dirty, no, no, no, not this…
Their hands, slowly worked their way, feeling, groping and lifting the clothing protecting my body.
I couldn’t help the tears building in my eyes while staring at his hands, the overwhelming feeling of restraint and disgust is making me cry.
I can’t act like a barbaric child, I am facing nobles. I don’t have power yet.
“He is crying..”, a cocky statement followed by laughter and a snort.
“Ehhh! Why are you crying? You are too fragile aren’t you? Just a grip could send you crying?”
The grip tightened and his other hand reach out to caressed my cheek, pulling me closer to the point that I can smell his nasty breath.
I feel like I am dirty now, please someone, help…
The tears I’ve been keeping in flowed freely with silent sobs coming out of my mouth whilst the bullies continued mocking me, fucking unnamed nobles!
“Brats! Don’t know what personal space is!? Sejin! Sejin! Listen to me! Don’t block your senses! Fuck! Sejin!!!”, Levi’s voice had gone deaf to my ears.
The rising irritation of germ and at the thought of it just added a fuel of anger and the self-restraint is slowly slipping away.
“What do you think you’re doing!?”, a loud voice interrupted them and the hands gripping me finally disappeared and a yell of pain is the only thing I heard before shaking in fright.
This isn’t what I imagined, t-their hands…i-it’s so dirty… O-mygods..
I’m dirty! It’s disgusting… I want to die…! This disgusting feeling, I feel it creeping under my skin!
“Hey! Hey! Can you hear me!?” , he said whilst his hand’s reaching out to my shaking form before I stopped him.
“N-no! S-s-stop! Don’t t-touch m-m-me!” , I exclaimed horrified of another touch.
Dirty..
The male stayed beside me as I calm myself. Levi is helping me calm my nerves and once my breathe is even I reached out in an empty space and my spacial magic opened I took out a sanitizer.
Pouring a large amount of it in my hands and rubbed the skin where the bully touched me, grimacing slightly as my skin turned reddish at the aggressive rubbing.
I stopped once I am satisfied that I’m clean once again. Sighing, I look at beside me seeing orange tuffed hair and soft sunset-colored eyes, he stared right back at me with a smile.
“Are you okay now?”
His voice is a little croaky but leaning more on the raspy side indicating that he is still undergoing puberty.
Damn, my small matt brain is replaced by Sejin’s large brain…
I meekly gave him a nod despite not hearing his next words. He helped me to the clinic and also reported the event for me, he introduced himself as the council presidency candidate.
The day ended with nothing significant occurrence but that. I stood at the side of the gates, waiting, in a daze. The male who helped me was no one but the brother of the villainess.
Kristin Caie Mille.
That’s what Levi said in my mind and according to him, Kristin was my right hand in the past timeline. He died because of me.
I can’t have him dying in this timeline.
Staying in Third’s place really freshen us up, he gave us free food, even Levi was demanding to be adopted by him which was rejected.
It’s not like I’m not feeding him right, he’s just greedy.
Before Third left the place to attend a banquet he told me to be careful and to always mind my steps─ he must have seen me tripping on the stairs continuously even if I am already watching my steps.
So embarrassing…haaaa..
While I’m contemplating life, a huge pumpkin╺ red caroche with highlighted gold and purple quartz’s or as preferred ‘amethyst’ placed on the door.
The two knights driving it are wearing the Royal Knight gold medallion signifying their position in the imperial palace. One of them opened the caroche door signaling me to come in.
Sitting on a soft red cushion inside gives me a warm feeling, the walls inside were also red with diamonds glittering every once in a while, whenever light comes in contact with from the slightly opened window.
“So, you are meeting your parents, huh.”, Levi said with sarcasm dripping from his mouth like honey.
I give a hum in return enjoying the bustling street capital of Varlette before gazing at my hands, the frost slowly engulfing my fingers with small snowflakes hovering above them.
Smiling, I burst the element into nothing when the caroche went inside the tall golden gates of the imperial palace.
They remembered me huh,
I glance outside with excitement seeing the sun hiding behind the palace made me to quietly let out a chuckle. The caroche finally stopped in front the palace entrance doors and a knight opened the caroche door with a salute.
Rows of servants and knights lined up left to right of the caroche door as if welcoming me. The Queen and King standing at the top of the staircase with large smiles and the anticipation bubbling inside me.
Years, and they act as if they hadn’t abandoned Sejin.
“We welcome his highness back to Varlette Palace.”
The knights and servants bowed their heads and saluted as I made my way out and walked at the top of the staircase where the rulers are, ignoring the rows of bowing servants.
Acting as if I’m still part of the family, eh
Not even a step close and they zoomed and engulf my whole existence with a tight hug. The warmth of their bodies seemed to burn my whole being, I wince at that and subconsciously responded to the danger.
The frost burst out from the inside of my core, it sent my parents a meter away from me, the snowflake engulf me as the hard flooring were covered by glistening cold of ice.
Are they trying to kill me?
I frowned, displeased swimming in my eyes.
“Son..”, the cry of the mother queen reached my ears but the scowl on my face remained, I glance to my burned skin and as they follow my gaze they let out a gasp of realization.
“W-we didn’t know…”, sounding almost a whisper but everyone heard it.
I hate the looks they’re giving me. I hate it to the point that shards of ice started to break out of the ground, sharp thin ice that could tear anyone and anything.
“How would you know; you weren’t even there…”
That’s the first thing I said, now that I subconsciously let out the real Sejin’s emotion in a rampant and the fight or flight nerves remained there as if I suddenly had trust issues.
The Queen’s face soften and tears poured out of her eyes still in the King’s embrace stopping her from running to me and burning me on accident.
Crocodile tears. Funny of them to think that they could act naive of my situation.
“W-we looked for you everywhere, we were worried! I am sorry its mama’s fault, its mama’s fault…”
She repeated wanting to just embrace my shaking form but the thin shards of ice around me made it hard to do so. The king’s face although stoic the softness in his gaze told otherwise.
“Son, father is wrong, we promise to make it up to you please calm down…”
“So, you still have a heart.”, the demonic presence in my head snicker in disgust.
“What do you want from me.”
This isn’t a question, but a demand of explanation and they all too well knew it. The one standing in front of them wasn’t the first prince or their son anymore, he wasn’t kind, forgiving or accepting anymore but an indifferent prince that has long ago lost his life and replaced by a new soul.
ꕤ​ᄠend of Sejin’s POV
Three figures sat around a table with maids serving them, Sejin sat with indifference and frost flowers hovering around him threatening to freeze anyone that comes in contact with their master. The rulers sat stiffly with nervousness.
“So?”, Sejin raised a brow his eyes glinting with impatience making the couple even nervous.
“We know what we did wronâ•´”, the queen started but was interrupted by Sejin.
“Good, if you’re here to reconcile with me…don’t bother, I am not going back here, I am turning 19 and I want to live separately…”
‘Especially since I hate seeing red..’
The King gulped at his son’s business-like voice as if he was only here to negotiate, normally the King would be enraged but it was partly his fault for causing his son to run away.
His wife was about to retaliate but a hand on her shoulder stopped her.
“We understand your independence but allow us to still support you even if you’re going to live away from us…”, the king pleaded.
Sejin gave a curt nod as an agreement, he doesn’t care about their arrangements as long as he is away from them.
“Sure, no royal knights nor palace knights under your name will serve me, I will hire my own knights.”
This conversation made the servants inside the room to feel that this is more like a negotiation than a reconcilement and retribution.
The queen gave out a sigh realizing that what she had in mind was immediately disapproved but an idea made her brighten and everyone could see her bright smile.
“Then, Son, in your 19th birthday, you must celebrate here in the palace!”, she exclaimed with excitement and glanced at her son who gave another curt nod that sent her squealing.
The negotiation- I mean the talk between the son and the couple continued until dawn and small specks of twilight colors appear in the sky.
The King assigned him a butler that will accompany him to his own mansion.
“Aries? What about his surname?”
“He is of slave origin, but rest assured, son, he is trained well.”
And the Queen gave him one of her properties.
The large mansion built beside the Helios Academy is now his, in name and in contract.
“This is one of the large estate this queen has and she is giving it to her son, Sejin Varlette.”
She vowed and signed the contract of property and gave it to Sejin who nodded in acknowledgement, he felt like he is receiving prizes or a bribe.
They also offered him a large amount of gold which he gladly stored in his spacial magic. Even though he has enough gold lasting for a lifetime you can’t really deny a blessing presented in front you, so he accepted the golds.
Still, gold can’t buy forgiveness…
He also received his own caroche which he will remodel in the near future.
“Be careful, Son. The black users is still lurking in the shadows…” , the queen reminded him.
“I know, I will visit tomorrow to discuss my experience with them to you, Mama, Father.”
You didn’t even know where I disappeared into. The blacks are nothing to me now.
No matter if he hasn’t forgiven them still doesn’t mean he completely disowned his parents. No, his grudge against them is just large and if given enough time then maybe he will start living in the Palace with them.
The couple smiled hearing his soft voice calling them once again but sadly the birth of a powerful son blinded them and gave him all the best in the world forgetting about the first son.
“I shall go now.”, he implied as if telling them that he won’t stay for dinner anymore. The couple’s shoulders slump in dejection.
The butler, Aries, carried the scrolls for him and prepared to go out with his new master.
“Goodbye, Son, visit us tomorrow.”, the couple nodded at him bidding their goodbye but before Sejin could enter his caroche another royal caroche parked at the entrance beside his.
There, Kalev walked out with a smile before it turned into a frown seeing an unfamiliar male he hasn’t seen in his whole life. And maybe he has but couldn’t remember where he’s seen it.
He strides past his knights and to the unfamiliar yet familiar male with a scowl before stopping in front of him. The male stood a few centimeters tall and had a straight face.
He had bloody, red striking hair, a pair of sharp emerald eyes that seemed to glow, a slim yet bulky body and long legs, a beauty mark under his thin rosy lips and another in the middle of his cheeks.
“Who.are.you”, he spat, and Levi swear it gave him Deja vu vibes.
“K-Kalev!”, he ignored the calls of his mother and father.
“Your brother.”, the words stated by the taller male successfully silenced him and he stood there in a daze and before he could utter a word his supposed brother already left.
He look at his parents for confirmation. Because although he knew his brother’s name his face remained unknown to him, all his palace portraits and public portraits were taken by the couple.
And hearing the descriptions didn’t help him because a few doesn’t remember his brother’s face clearly that’s why when Third asked for his help he didn’t think twice.
Growing up without a brother figure made him mature and a bit arrogant. Many compared him to his patient brother but he couldn’t get jealous but instead he imprinted his personality in his mind.
Sejin was his role model.
They said his brother was kind, not a fan of violence and death, a patient male who finds every solution in every problem so he didn’t know why he didn’t get the crown.
He always hear that his brother lives in the palace but where? The palace is a large place with secret passages and places he is yet to find until he becomes a King.
So when his brother left and bad rumors circulated around the public and nobles he didn’t hesitate to confront his parents and that’s where he knew that his brother was mistreated for just not having Alaz’s blessing.
His parents gave him a nod of confirmation and he finally gave out a sigh of relief, maybe because he could meet his brother and talk with him now but seeing his unbothered face made him change plans.
Now he has a mission! ⪼make brother acknowledge me⪻.
That same night, Sejin bathed for hours, and Aries immediately caught on his phobia.
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