"Your highness!", the queen's eunuch hurriedly ran to the king, a pale complexion taking over his chubby sweaty face. His beady eyes scanned around the throne room as was custom for the king to wait there during the queen's labour .
" Y-your Highness.. the queen"the eunuch continued guardedly because he did not know how the king was going to react.
"Speak", the king said in a rather calm voice which the eunuch found strange.
' didn't the king always worry for his queen ..what was happening?'.
" My king contrary to what the priestess said the queen did give birth to twins but...".The eunuch who was hurriedly speaking slowed down when the king left his place by the window and languidly strolled to his throne.
'this was strange , why did the king not seem surprised?'.
"Go on..Sebastian"
"Y-yes sire ...but...one of the two children , the male sire...h-he died" the eunuch, Sebastian , continued with a shaky voice.
The king who had been expressionless this whole time suddenly twitched showing his displeasure.
"a-and that's not all...the girl sire, she doesn't have our emblem , that which the Sun goddess blessed all the children of the sun with...the symbol of our power-"
Thwack!
Looking up Sebastien noticed that the sceptre which the king held was now broken in the middle.
Finally sensing the cold aura surrounding the king, he shut up.
After a moment of silence...
"how is the queen?" this one question was the only one the King asked concerning the matter.
"She's aggrieved your highness ,terribly weak but blaming herself for not birthing you a son , for birthing ....a reject of the sun goddess"
King Kronos remained silent . He did not necessarily love his wife but he knew he had duties. As a king , as a husband and as a father..
As not only a King, but their king he would think of his people first and foremost.
Out of every embarrassing thing to befall him ...it had to be a reject!
This was a first in history...King Kronos had prided himself by the numerous good deeds he had done for his people, he was a hero to them ,their savior, and now his beautiful image so carefully built was ruined , all because of some incompetent woman and her obscene child...or so he thought
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12 years later.
All that occurred 12 years ago or so .This was the story all my nannies told me .
I was the reason my father, the king , took in a second queen.The reason my mother died of grief.
The person behind the death of my brother.
sigh
"Miranda!!", my little sister or step little sister, princess Elvira called while running to me. I was her lady in waiting, I had to make sure the future queen of suncity be raised properly. The chosen one.
The one with the crowned emblem, signifying the gift from the sun goddess.
Why was I not the one who died?