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Chapter 1: The Boy with The Cursed Magic. Arthur Alpin.
A winter night. As the environment was cold, snow was about to fall. In the castle of the Capital Alpine of Kingdom of Alpinai, a really painful scream of a women was heard.
"Ahgh!!"
The woman was a beautiful lady with long black hair which reached her waist. She had beautiful big brown eyes. As she was sweating to give birth to a child the doctor comforted her.
"My queen. Please endure the pain a little more. The child's head is almost out."
A female nurse was patting her head.
Something came out of between her legs. It was a baby. The baby also had small black hair. Like his mother, he also had brown eyes.
"Waaah! Waah!" the child cried loudly.
The doctor then smiled and said to the panting queen.
"It's a boy!"
But the queen was almost out of breath.
The nurse then checked her pulses in a hurry.
"Doctor! We are losing her! We need to bring in healers!"
Suddenly another doctor shouted, "It's no use. Even with higher level healers we can't save her!"
As the queen panted, "Give me my child! Let me see him for the first and as well as the last time!" asked the queen.
"My majesty, please don't phrase it like this." requested the doctor.
"Let her see the baby." said the other doctor.
The nurse holding the baby carefully put him beside the queen.
The queen then caressed the baby's head. The baby stopped crying and looked at the dying queen. The baby then smiled brightly.
The queen smiled in return, "My god. You are so cute. You are gonna one day lead the kingdom Alpinai. The 2nd prince of the Kingdom. I shall name you Arthur Alpin. Be great one day just like your father."
As the queen was saying, she stopped. Her breathing stopped as she caressed the child's hair.
The child kept on playing with his dead mom's finger.
As the nurse checked the pulse on the queen's hand, she looked at the other doctors who were crying and shook her head indicating the passing of the queen.
The nurse then covered her mouth her hand as well as the doctors kept on sobbing.
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Later on, in a huge room with a throne at the end. It was the throne room. The king who is Arthur's father was sitting on the throne with a worried face.
As the doctor carried the little Arthur, the king then carried him from the doctor's arm. The king then asked, "What is his name?"
"Arthur Alpin." replied the doctor.
"Where is Sol?" asked the king while looking at Arthur's face.
"My majesty... Please first sit down." warned the doctor with a shadow on his face.
"Why what happened?" asked the king while looking at the doctor's face
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The doctor then kneed. He then bowed his head on the ground.
"I'm sorry my majesty! I couldn't save the queen! She is gone forever."
Hearing the news, the king then stumbled on his throne almost dropping Arthur. But fortunately, he was able to grab him.
Tears started to drop down the king's cheeks. The king then covered his face with his left hand and sobbing.
"I.. I see."
The next day. It was snowing even though snow covered the entire land. A cold morning. The news of the queen's death spread like wild fire. In the Cemetery of Alpinai, the funeral of the queen was held. The priest was talking about the queen while the king was sitting on a throne behind the priest.
"The Queen, Sol Alpin, was the best leader and the strongest warrior this kingdom has ever seen. She led the human army to victory against the demon king. Unfortunately, on this day, she left us and went somewhere where no one could meet her ever again. May the soul of the queen rest in peace."
The citizens of Alpinai were wearing black dresses. They were crying.
The priest also added, "May the king, his majesty, say some important topics."
The king got up his throne and went to the stage. As the king came, the priest bowed in respect and backed away.
He then spoke, "The citizens of my dear kingdom of Alpinai. Today is a sad day. As the queen of Alpinai and my wife died today. But-" the king stopped for a moment.
He then again started, "But she also left a gift."
He looked at the maid carrying the child indicating her to bring Arthur.
The maid then went to the king. The king carried Arthur.
The citizens murmured asking who that child is
He then said, "This child is the gift that Sol left us. His name is Arthur Alpin. The 2nd prince of the Alpinai kingdom."
The citizens murmered.
A reporter then said, "Is he the reason why the queen was killed?"
The king didn't answer for a moment. He took a deep breath and said, "As I said. He is the gift that the queen left. So indeed, he is not the reason why the queen died. It was a natural death."
The king also added, "Any more questions? If not let's proceed with the funeral.
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Everyone stood there with their arms held together. They all remained silent and closed their eyes to respect.
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A month has passed since Arthur was born. The king called a priest to check Arthur's magic.
You need to call a priest to know the magic type of newborns after a month. Not everyone can afford it. The rich people and nobles can only afford the priest while the commoners find out after their magic gets awakened at the age of 10.
The priest kneed down in front of the king's throne. The king was sitting on the throne as usual. While Arthur was carried by a maid.
The priest said, "Oh my lord. As you wished I have come here. Now if you may give me the permission to check the magic of this newborn child."
The king nodded. He then pointed at the maid carrying Arthur indicating her to take Arthur in the crib.
The maid then went to the crib and gently put Arthur on it.
The priest then stood up and went to the crib. He then raised his hand and placed it on Arthur's forehead.
He then closed his eyes and concentrated.
After a while he opened his eyes as if he had seen a ghost. The priest stumbled back and fell on the ground.
The ministers were surprised and the king sat straight.
Everyone was murmering present in the room.
The king asked, "Are you alright? What happened?"
The priest looked at the king with scared eyes and a sweaty face.
The king was concerned.
The priest answered the king's answer, "My Majesty. He... He is not some ordinary baby..."
The king got confused, "What do you mean?"
The priest then also said, "He may become the reason for this kingdom's demise."
Hearing this the prime minister shouted,
"What nonsense are you speaking!"
The prime minister was a middle-aged man. He had a beard and a moustache connected. He had brown hair and brown eyes. His name is Gandalf.
The priest shouted in return, "I'm not lying. He is not a human baby. He has a devil inside him!"
Hearing the world devil everyone got scared. The king gulped a drop of saliva through his throat.
"What are you talking about!" said the king.
"I'm not lying, My Majesty!"
The king got scared hearing the priest.
"Then what shall we do?" asked the king.
The priest then gulped a saliva, "We need to kill him at the age of 10."
"Why at the age of 10" asked Gandalf.
"If we kill him before the age of 10, the devil has a 99% chance of coming out."
"I... I see."
The king asked, "What is his magic type?"
The priest gulped his own saliva and sweated, "My lord, it is a magic type I've never seen. It appears to be a magic type related to shadows. It could be a lost magic or cursed magic."
"Shadow magic? What is his magic level at currently?"
"My lord... He... He is on the level where a newbie magician may have trouble beating him.
"Wha. What do you mean? He already is strong enough to make a newbie magician suffer? I know a newbie magician is weak in terms of magician ranks. But they should be able to defeat a newborn baby."
"Yes, my lord. This is the weird part."
Everyone was murmering about the incident not knowing what to do other than follow the priest's advice.
"I see. You may now leave. And make sure not to tell anyone else." said the king.
"As you wish my lord."
The guards escorted the priest outside the castle. Then everyone surrounded a round table in another room.
Gandalf said, "My lord. If we were to wait for him to turn 10. There may also be a chance that the devil will take over the child's body."
"I know that there may be s chance where the devil takes over the body. But we should follow the priest's advice as he is the best priest and the highest-level priest who has the best magic detection.
"But... My lord!"
"No more buts. It's final that we kill him after he turns 10."
"Okay. As you wish my lord." Gandalf bowed.
After a while the meeting ended. Every minister went back. Only the king remained in the room sitting.
He covered his face with his hand and whispered, "At first Sol. Now the kingdom is in danger. Is he a curse or a blessing."
To be continued....
[Author: Hey guys! It's been a long time! I know many of you don't know who I am nor my projects. But yes. To the people who remember me and remember the old THE RISE OF THE SHADOW EMPEROR. Its back! From now on. Every character's name and locations are gonna be changed. But I will keep the plot the same and the chapters may be the same but with a new and better style of writing. But please do support this like the old one! Thank you!]
[Names that were changed:
Capital Zacus: Capital Alpine.
Menenean Empire: Kingdom of Alpinai.
Nishimoto Tatsuo: Arthur Alpine.
Prime Minister Arata: Gandalf.]