King of the night
"you see after your mother left I was... let's say I was sad."
just as he was about to continue another comment came flying..
"sad? you were so devastated that you spent a few years on the battlefield killing and destroying everything,distracting yourself from your responsibilities and pain. and are still spending most of your time on the battlefield."
I wasn't surprised too much though I knew my father loved my mother very much and proof for that was as grandfather Said he was never really home. although it resulted in him neglecting me and my brother I didn't care about it much.
"ahem! ahem! where was I… yes I was very sad after your mother had disappeared. two years later your mother was still missing and at that time I made a mistake I...I slept with another woman and after that she disappeared for a year. that woman was part of my hunting squad and died while protecting me from ambush. but a few years later I found out that she had a son who was living with her parents.
I couldn't contain my curiosity and left to meet the boy, and the moment I saw him I knew he was my son. white hairs and golden eyes like his mother yet the face slightly resembled me. and after the DNA test I was proved to be correct.
so I decided to adopt him. I couldn't be the lover his mother deserved but I could be the father the boy needed ."
I was silent after hearing the story. my father was the man who was suffering from sadness, guilt and responsibilities and although he was not a perfect father he was still there when we needed him the most so I couldn't blame him.
"did you ever neglect me or my brother because of him?"
This question was for my own assurance, in fact I already knew the answer.
my father looked at me and replied firmly.
"no I treated all three of you the same. that's why I wanted him to participate in this competition as well otherwise that kid would never even confront you."
"then it's fine isn't it. so when is the succession war?"
as I asked this question my grandfather and father looked at each other and said nothing.
"so , when is it?"
I inquired again.
Finally my grandfather broke the silence.
"well the thing is your brother already won the succession, so for the final outcome you two would have to Duke it out yourself."
"ok, then how about tomorrow"
"tomorrow?"
"yes, if he doesn't have any problem let's do it tomorrow ."
with that said I left the room leaving my father and grandfather alone.
"do you think he'll lose too?"
Draven asked his father as he looked at Eric's back .
"who knows ?"
Aldrian replied mysteriously with the same still smile on his face.
**
my room was situated on the second floor of the castle while I was at the ground floor near the garden. even from the garden I could see the majority of the city as the castle was on the mountain.
Alerith city was a mix of ancient buildings and advanced technology. ancient buildings were a kind of deep heritage of Alastair family which has been in existence for around a thousand years. as for the advanced technology? no one would want to be left behind by the current culture.
from where I was standing I could see several dots in the sky. those were all flying cars and hovering bikes and at the ground I could see several trains hovering one meter above the ground.
The castle where I'm right now is situated at the highest mountain of Alerith. There were several palaces at the foot of the mountain where my relatives reside.
looking at the scenery for a few minutes I left for my room.
I entered the familiar room filled with luxurious decorative items. at the left side was my bed near the window, while the right side had two shelves one of books and watches.
When I was 13 years old I developed the obsession for watches that led to me having more than 200 watches. each expensive than the last one. The most expensive watch in my collection was of 10 million credits of course it was artifact no simple watch would cost that much.
I sat on my bed and took out black katana from my pocket space.
as I took it I once again saw a little person from before(Maya).
"ghaa! that place sure was suffocating!"
here she was again with her haughty attitude which didn't suit her position as the servant at all.
"cut the bullshit and tell me who you are?"
I asked with a demanding tone which did not allow any refusal.
Maya stared at me for a few seconds with emotionless eyes.
"my name is Maya the spirit of the lunar blade."
"lunar blade? you mean this."
I asked as I unsheathed the katan. The blade of a pristine white colour came out.
"yes."
she replied with emotionless eyes
"tell me how you ended up in that dungeon. who made you? and what is your purpose."
she looked away as she made an uncomfortable face. it seems like she didn't want to tell me.
"tell me!"
I asked as seriousness oozed from my voice
finally after a few more seconds she gave up and answered.
"I was with Blake argent for thousands of years serving as the King of the night's sword. before he was betrayed by his own kind and was locked away in the dungeon."
I had to interrupt to appease my curiosity
"Blake argent? and what is this King of the night you speak of."
"that vampire on the throne. King of the night is the position of the leader of night races."
"oh! continue "
she again continued but I could see her emotionless eyes change into one with sadness.
" I as His trusted sword was also left with him to rot inside the dungeon. after counting for 200 years in the dungeon I gave up and entered slumber to save my ego from perishing. after all for me to survive I need some sources of cursed mana."
now I was really confused, although I understood how she ended up in the dungeon and how she survived. but then how she kept talking about some King of night , leader of night races or something like that had gone right above me.
"Who are the night races?"
I asked with deep interest, things were taking turns in different directions then I had anticipated. At first I thought that the vampire was a strong existence that was trapped or died while resting there. And I was right he was trapped there, but what I didn't understand was why was he trapped there with so many artifacts?and why was that castle guarded by a shadow monster ? Who were these night races she kept talking about? How strong were they two trap someone like that vampire into the dungeon.
There were so many questions yet only one person could answer them all.
"It's impossible for you to not have heard of them. Night races are spread far and wide among the universe."
"Are they? Give me an example."
"Hmm... For example, first let's say vampires, werewolves, and zombies there are so many more that it will take a whole day to list them all"
" I have heard of them before."
there are dungeons of these types of monsters and most of them were above C rank.
"so that vampire was king of all those monsters?and they betrayed him."
"yes, they did it because they wanted the power of ********* to rule all the other races."
as she answered I couldn't hear the part of her sentence clearly.
"whose power did they want?"
"they wanted the power of ********* to control all the other races"
Maya repeated her words and as I suspected I couldn't hear what she was trying to say, and I wasn't able to read her lips either. it was as if something was holding me back.
as I concentrated more on what she was trying to say my head started to hurt .
"you should stop I forgot your level wasn't high enough and said all those things "
Maya said as she approached me and sat on my shoulder .
"because of your immense mana I thought you were very high level but it seems like you were not."
it seems she wasn't just answering my questions but also testing me. and thought of that didn't taste right in my mouth .