After making up his mind, Prince Elijah decided to tell everything his cousin wants to find out. He said to him with a grim expression, "How do I begin saying this... I think the first thing you need to know is the main reason about the separations of the Imperial Family before the domain was united into one great territory..."
A moment later, he continued his story saying, "It was stated that the first emperor died in an unknown cause. Of course, that is only true to the public..." "Does that mean that some people knew about the reason of the death of the first emperor?" asked Heracles.
"Of course! But only members of our Alcatraz Family knew about it! It was a bitter pill to swallow, after all!" said Prince Elijah. "What do you mean by that, cousin?" Heracles could only ask in response.
A moment later, he said to him, "He was killed by the first overlord, Overlord Philip von Alcatraz!" "WHAT!? ISN'T THE FIRST OVERLORD A GREAT PERSON!?" Heracles said with a shocked expression.
"Of course, he was a greatest person in the history of our family! Unfortunately, his grandmother, the empress of the Ackalheim Empire, which is roughly have the same strength as our Alcatraz Empire at that time, warned the first overlord about the first emperor's plan to invade her empire," said Prince Elijah with a serious expression.
"Didn't the first overlord conquered that empire as well?" Heracles could only ask based on his personal knowledge.
"Well, that was not the case, after all. It was said that the First Overlord was given the title of Crown Prince before he went home to kill the first emperor. When the First Overlord learned of the intent of the First Emperor, he used a godly skill passed on through our main bloodlines to kill the emperor his own father," Prince Elijah explained.
"What a sad ending for a great hero that founded our kingdom," said Heracles after hearing him.
"That was just the start of this story. When he killed the first emperor, the first overlord rose into the throne of the emperor. At first, the Empress Dowager Charlotte von Windsor stand as the regent as the little emperor prepares himself for the immensity of his burden," Prince Elijah said before Heracles asked him another question.
"Then, if he became just the emperor at that time, how did he become the Overlord of the whole domain?" asked Heracles with a curious expression.
Prince Elijah continued, "I will get there, cousin. When he sat on the throne, the fact that he killed his father created a rift between him and his siblings. Although it was kept by the first empress and the first overlord, the skill of the second prince, Maverick, was amazing that he was able to peek into the records of time. In fact, he was known as the all-knowing king, the first king of Alexander Kingdom. For some reason, the great god gave him a King system despite there being already a monarch at that time."
"Really!? Everything is really shocking to me, cousin! All of these untold storied about our family changes everything! How did the first overlord became the first overlord in the history, anyway?" asked Heracles.
To answer his question, Prince Elijah explained, "Like I said, I will get there, cousin. Since the rift between the siblings started, the first Overlord became someone ruthless. As soon as he rose to his high throne, he immediately asked for the promise of Empress Cleopatra. When she was reluctant, Overlord Philip decided to kill her to take the throne of the Ackalheim Empire."
"Does that mean that he has two emperor system?" asked Heracles after hearing his cousin.
In response, Prince Elijah said, "Yes, he got two emperor system. In order to get his Overlord system, he merged the two existing emperor system at that time."
"HE COMBINED TWO SYSTEMS!? HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK!?" Heracles could only say with an awestruck expression. For his young mind, it was something hard to imagine.
"Yes, that's how the deepest secret our family had for generations. It was also the same reason why the first emperor got his emperor system in the first place," said Prince Elijah.
"That's amazing! What will happen if two Overlord system merge, then?" Heracles could only ask.
Prince Elijah smiled a little when he heard Heracles's curiousness. He just said in response, "No one knows about that. After all, even in the other continents, there is no emperor systems nor another overlord system, which means that merging two monarch-level system is only passed down to our family. That's the main reason why, the past and current overlords did not even try to invade the other continent, because no one could become a threat to us with this knowledge."
"I see. Well, I think that does not explain the current situation of our family. Although the first generations have their ups-and-downs, the current overlord is not something that mirrors them! How did everything turns this way?" Heracles asked his cousin.
In response, Prince Elijah explained, "I told you that a great rift between siblings were created when the first emperor was killed, right? After he was left alone, Overlord Philip became callous to everyone around him, which also includes his offspring. He passed on that callousness toward the next generations. Like his father, he was also murdered by his own son to take the throne. All of the Overlords that existed in the history of our family killed their own fathers and siblings to take the throne. Even our grandfather did the same thing to his father, brothers, and sisters."
With a grim expression on his face, Heracles asked his cousin, "Is this a cursed to our family? Sons killing their fathers, brothers killing their brothers... Does that mean that our fathers would be killed by their brother? And us by our cousins?"
"No, cousin! There is no such a thing as curse! We choose who we want to be! We will not walk the same path as those who came before us!"