Chapter 51
Magic
Once Switch picked up Alex, they teleported to the palace in the Rain Clan.
Upon seeing Mark, they also met the new Emperor, who was stunned to see three people suddenly appear in front of him.
“Great Master Belwin!” Mark kneeled down in front of Anonym, and the Emperor was shocked!
Of course, Mark had already told him about what has happened previously, but it was still shocking to see his brother kneel to a woman.
“Greetings Mark, you can get up.” Anonym said with authority.
The Emperor coughed and said, “I have heard a lot about you from my brother. I’m honoured to have finally met you.”
Anonym looked upon this new Emperor and after a moment replied, “I thought you’d be younger.”
With stunned eyes, they all looked at Anonym.
The Emperor, was indeed Mark’s brother, but he was a lot older. Before he had left for the outskirts of the continent, to defend the borders against the east continent, he was already twenty. Now he is twenty-eight, which was several years older than Mark. Having been Crowned Prince then, he hadn’t married until his return to the Rain Clan because they hadn’t found anyone respectable enough to be the future Empress prior to his leaving. Well, they had found one but they had ended up married to the late Prince Nathan instead, due to Imperial Concubine Dawn intervening.
After the Crowned Prince had taken the throne, upon his return, he hadn’t wed for another six months, so he only has one young child at present. The officials under him knew that their Emperor wasn’t y0ung anymore and had made sure to select quite a few concubines for him but he had only taken one and was still looking for an Empress. This Emperor wasn’t in any rush, but upon hearing the blunt words from Anonym, he couldn’t help but think that maybe it was time he should find his Empress!
Seeing them all look at her, Anonym innocently smiled.
Silence filled the room.
“Who is this?” Mark said, smiling at Alex and putting out a hand to him. The little man took hold of Mark’s finger and squeezed it with his toddler strength.
“Alex.” Anonym answered casually.
The Emperor wanted to stay on good terms with Anonym, so he was finally now able to say something positive, “That is a marvellous name!”
“I agree.” Was all she said.
Seeing her hard to get along with, the Emperor didn’t know how to proceed.
On the other hand, Mark said, “He looks like you Switch.”
Switch smiled and proudly said, “He should! I am his father.”
Mark looked at Anonym and then back at Switch, “Is this…Great Master Belwin’s child?”
Anonym laughed loudly. She had originally come, to check out the new Emperor and wanted to make it difficult for him, but Mark hadn’t made it easy.
Switch was glad to see her laugh and said, “This is our child.”
Mark stared at one, then the other, “Wasn’t Great Master Belwin…Little?”
Anonym turned to Mark, “I am not little!”
Since giving birth, she had reverted back to the girl’s body that she had reincarnated in, but that body was sixteen years old now!
Feeling irritated, she transformed herself into a more mature woman, the one that had been with Switch a few years ago.
A few gasps were heard and then Mark said, “Great Master Belwin is really beautiful!”
Switch stared at his woman and gulped, he knew every inch of that body…
The boy in his arms started to squirm and he looked down. “Alex?”
“Mummy!” He cried.
Anonym went up to him and took him into her arms, making them all stare at her again. She looked even more beautiful now, holding a child in her arms. Even the Emperor couldn’t pry his eyes away.
Switch suddenly wanted to tear the other men’s eyes out. “Go back, you’ve made your point!”
Shaking her head, she looked up to Mark, “Am I still little Mark?”
“No! Great Master Belwin is not little at all!” He hurriedly said.
Nodding in satisfaction she looked at the little boy. “He’s hungry. Let’s go to a tavern!”
Sighing, Switch got out his staff and took his family in his arms, disappearing as fast as they had appeared.
Mark smiled and looked back at his brother, “Finally! You have met Great Master Belwin!”
The Emperor grimaced, “This, Great Master Belwin…She is…difficult.”
Quizzically looking upon his brother, Mark asked, “Difficult?”
The Emperor sighed, “Yes, seems like I must always pay respects to her unless she’ll just kill me like that of my father.”
Mark laughed, “She is actually very easy to get along with, Your Majesty. She was very kind to me, I owe her my life!”
“Yes, I know this. But you happily do whatever she says, for people like me who prefer to do only my own bidding, does not mix well with people like her.”
Looking back to where they had disappeared from, Mark said, “Great Master Belwin is a good person.”
The Emperor sat down on his throne and sighed, “She is good to you. We’ll see how she treats this King. As long as she treats me well, this King will not make things hard for her.”
“Your Majesty, it’s not that you’d make things hard for the Great Master Belwin…If you are nasty to the Great Master Belwin, she’ll make things hard for you! Please don’t force her to do anything, I don’t want any more of my family to die!” Mark remembered vividly what happened that day with his father. “Please, Your Majesty, I’m sure, if you treat Great Master Belwin well, nothing bad will happen.”
This Emperor wasn’t stupid, he sighed in resignation. “I understand.” She was also very beautiful…
After sighing, he dismissed Mark and found his concubine, he was going to prove that he was still young!