"Mo kyung! ask the maids to come and clean up what's left of the prisoner I feasted on last night. And next time, do well to bring in someone that's got some flesh on, I mean, I don't want to just feed alright, I want to feed healthily too". I barked orders at the man who stood at the door of the dungeon that has become my home for the past 6 years, 11 months and 25 days.
He stared at me for a while, I knew he wished I could go back to being the brave, caring and drop dead gorgeous man I once was. Well, I don't see his wish being granted anytime soon. After a while he responded "yes sire!" and left.
That was the only response I was used to getting from my personal guard Mo kyung.
He has been my personal guard since I was born. He is older than me and has been my most trusted companion. In the past he looked after me like an elder brother would to his younger brother.
He thought me how to use weapons and lots of skills in martial art both for defense and attack. That and many more were his responsibilities in the past, well now, his only responsibility is to feed me bodies. Well not dead bodies as you might have thought, he brings my victims in alive and I do the honors of killing and feeding on them. Not me per say but "Numeda", the name of the demon that possesses me at midnight everyday since my sixteenth birthday.
l am Ro muying, the young emperor of Ya Moyan, a nation situated in the south east of the Toafun mountains. My nation is blessed with riches of many kinds that has made us the envy of other neighboring Nations. Most of them envied the lawfulness and loyalty of our citizens.
If you say that it's pretty easy to make the citizens abide by the laws of the land, I'll agree with you, I mean, living in a nation where a breach of law attracts the penalty of being served as food to a beast, I don't think you will want to break even the most overlooked law. Yes! that's what life is like for the citizens of my nation. Breach the law and you become supper for "the beast of Moyan" and that is no other but..... yeah that's right you got the answer "me".
Well, the citizens were made to believe that their young emperor, the heir to the throne was eaten by wild animals alongside his younger sister on his 'hunt the impossible' mission to the dreaded forest.
They believed what they were told because it was an old tradition that the young emperor must embark on that mission, accompanied by either a sibling or servant in the early hours of the day he turns 20. This was to prove that he is worthy of leading and fighting for his nation.
I, like every other young emperor before me looked forward in eagerness for the coming of that day. You can't blame me for my anxiety, I mean it's a day that I get to show how strong and manly I am to my people and especially to Ni meiyan, the girl I'm betrothed to and infact, the most beautiful maiden in the whole nation. She's won every beauty contest held in the nation, it was only normal for such a beautiful maiden to be married to the equally drop dead gorgeous young emperor and before I knew it, bam! I was betrothed. My mum will give you the details in full cause she was the Mastermind.
The long awaited day came and at 11:50pm I was up and getting ready for my mission, packing my weapons and some food to take along with myself. I had earlier told Mo kyung he will be the one to accompany me and to meet me in my room at 12:00am so we can set off early and return as soon as possible.
While giving myself a final look at the huge mirror in my room, the clock struck 11:59 and I began to feel a strange transformation taking place in my body, it was and still is the most painful experience one can ever go through. I felt my bones shifting and assuming new positions and I yelled out in pain. My little sister who was 6 years younger than me was coming to my room to perform her yearly ritual of always being the first to wish me happy birthday. I didn't know whether to scream at her to get back or call for help. But, I had bigger issues at hand to deal with. Issues like this strange and agonizing torture that only made me yell out louder.
My sister hearing me in pains quickened her steps and rushed in to see what was going on. But the sight of what welcomed her shocked her as much as it shocked me when I stared at the mirror. I had developed two horns from God knows where, I had a pair of seemingly large ears , claws that could literally dig into anything, a set of teeth that were as long and sharp as a Hunter's spear and eyes that glows like golden flames. In summary, the image starring at me was that of a beast.
Seeing my little sister who was the sweetest person in my life starring at me with so much fear, I felt so scared myself
But that feeling was quickly overshadowed by a strong hunger for the most impossible meal I never thought I could crave for, " my sister's body" and I ain't talking about wanting her sexually, no! I'm talking about literally feeding on my sister. To cut the long story short, my own sister became my very first victim and thanks to Mo kyung quick intervention I got locked up in the dungeon of my own palace to prevent me causing more harm, my sister's remains were quickly buried, and the next morning, news went round that I had gone out earlier for the mission with my sister and we had both been killed by wild beasts. Well, I will say the news is right to some extent.
The nation mourned our death for 4 months which marked the longest mourning period the nation had ever observed. What can I say? they really loved us. But the whole mourning was really for my sister cause she did die by my own hands and even after 6 years, 11 months, and 25 days since that incident, I still and will always mourn my sister. And about forgiving myself, I don't think I will be able to.
The only people who knows the truth are my mum, my dad, Mo kyung and well, all the victims I tell the story to right before killing them.