Chapter 161 - Once Upon a Time
Country H…
Six-year-old Prince Seiji with his beautiful and elegant mother were leisurely resting inside a luxurious villa after roaming around the lively city of Gyoza for days. They spent two weeks visiting the tourist spots happily and even though little Sei was a bit uninterested, he was happy because his mother was enjoying the vacation despite the absence of his cold father.
Sei was young, but his way of thinking was far ahead from his age. That was why, he could already tell what kind of person his father was. With the absence of love and care in his father"s eyes, there was only greed and a thirst for power. Did Sei ever long for having this man Zhao Meng as a loving father? No, because his mother provided all the love and care he could ever ask for. Why spend energy or pursue affections from a stranger who barely returns affection for less than a day per year? Thus, his mother was his world and all he needed. Causing Sei to swear within him to protect his dear mother at all cost because he somehow felt that his own father will never show any love or care for her.
"You… sigh… what kind of book are you reading again? I told you, try reading these fairytales. Those books are for old men and not for a cute little boy like you, you understand? Here, read this… since you don"t like it if I read them to you, I"ll just play a piano to boost your appet.i.te to read them. Okay?" Princess Fei gently said as she took the book ent.i.tled "The Future of Technological Advancement" and replaced it with a book t.i.tled, "Beauty and the Beast". However, the little prince just stared at the book"s cover with blank, uninterested eyes before he innocently looked at his mother.
"Mom, do you dislike that I"m very different from everyone?" he asked, causing his mother to just ruffle his hair gently as she leaned over the piano bench.
"Listen little Sei… to me, you are different and n.o.body in the world is better than you. You are amazing and exceptional, and I"m really proud that my lovely son is such an intelligent person but… I just wanted you to experience the essence of being a child the normal way, do you understand?" she lovingly explained and Sei just nodded.
He never wanted to displease his mother, so he obediently opened the book. However, upon reading the words "Once upon a time…", he immediately breathed a deep breath of boredom and he raised his head. As if taking that as her cue to start, his mother started playing the piano while he closed his eyes and leaned his head on his armchair. Eventually, the only words in the book that he actually read were "once upon a time", before he fell asleep listening to his lullaby.
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The day of Sei"s birthday finally arrived, but no Zhao Meng came. Fei couldn"t describe how hurt she felt; she knew there"s no love between them at all, but she couldn"t believe that he didn"t even care about their son as well. Rage and hate started forming in the good princess"s heart.
She had been tolerating everything that her husband was doing all those years for the sake of Sei, but that moment, she felt as though she finally reached her limit.
She wanted to cry and curse him, but because Sei was beside her, she could only swallow her intense heartbreak.
Fei then decided to do the celebration as planned even without that good-for-nothing husband-by-name husband of hers.
However, that same day, chaos suddenly started to unfold one after another as though they were suddenly teleported from a peaceful world to a chaotic one.
Fei received a call from her husband, but the words he said instantly froze her in fear.
Zhao Meng told them to go back home immediately. Telling her that Country H was already in a state of chaos.
The city of Gyoza was far from the capital and they felt no unrest and danger, however, scared that the unrest will spread, Fei could only move post haste.
Fei then immediately left their villa praying that they could still leave the country before it was too late. However, on their way to the airport, a deafening loud sound halted everything. The ground shook and when a huge rise of dark smoke ascended to the clear blue sky, it was the beginning of all h.e.l.l breaking loose.