Excitement is what I was feeling now.
But now that I realized I don't have anything suitable to wear for a birthday party.
With a sigh, I walked out and thankfully I spotted the head butler.
His name was Dylan Roy, "Mr. Roy?" I called out to him in a clear voice, but he ignored me. I tried a few more times and both the times the results were the same. What was I even thinking?
I sighed and decided to go to the store by myself. My servants, who made supposed to be serving, are walking here and there without even looking at me.
I also spotted my knight, Elijah.
He was a tough-looking grumpy man, only a few years older than me.
There were many times I tried to initiate a conversation with him and tried to know him, but he really hates me.
"Mr. Elijah," I called out to him and he only looked at me with annoyance, "I am going out for a while"
"I see." With that, he just left.
I clenched my fist tightly. A knight's duty is to protect his master.
In the end, I decided to walk to the store by myself
Thankfully, the store workers were Kind enough to not waste my time. Although the owner looked at me with disdain and asked rudely, "What would you like?"
"Um... I want some clothe--" I was interrupted by him again, "Okay then, hey you help him."
He said and went away. I was approached by a boy that looked new and he also didn't pay much attention to me. He just showed me some clothes and judging by his expression, he was new and he might want some big fish, but unfortunately, he got me. With a sigh, I selected the clothes.
It took me some time, but I selected the required clothes before leaving the store, and I bumped into someone.
I recognized this person at first glance. He was the most known person in the empire. Rumors are that he is the arrogant, cruel and merciless son of a traitor.
The third prince.
Yug Mael Adelio.
I came back to my senses and greeted him while he looked at me with anger, "Don't you have eyes?"
"I apologize, your Highness."
He looked at me with anger and I am sure he was ready to hit me, but suddenly he stopped and smiled, or more like, smirked.
"Are you the Duke's dog? What was your name again?...Zane?...Sean? Zavian? Zavian!!"
"It's an honor for me that your highness remembers my name"
"Are you perhaps dumb, although I had heard about you being a total useless bastard? I didn't know you were actually so dumb.
Did you actually think that I remembered you? Actually no! The people just won't stop mentioning how cursed or ill-fated person you are so much that your name annoys me "
Wow. I felt a pang in my chest after listening to this. People really do hate me, "I apologize for the inconveniences, your highness"
"What the fuck? Are you really from the duchy because I thought your family had egos bigger than their existence?"
I didn't know what I was doing here. Why am I even listening to all this, him repeatedly insulting me and my family and I am so cowardly that I don't have the guts to say anything to him?
" I shall take my leave, your Highness."
"Did I allow you to leave? Not listening to me can have you executed. Even if I am hated, I don't think the di*k of a father of mine leave any opportunity to get rid of you pests"
My eyes widen when I heard this. Even if he is a prince, to openly insult the king is considered treason he can be publicly executed for this and his corpse would hang on the walls of the palace just like his mother.
"Are you going back home, by the way?"
I nodded
"Well, where are your knights and servants? Oh, I am sorry. They don't really care about how you live or die, right?"
Must he keep this up?
"I have to leave, your Highness."
"Well, you bumped into me, so how are you going to pay me back?"
"What can I do for you?"
"First tell me why are you here alone"
"I was buying some clothes for tonight's function since I have to Lady Sapphire's birthday party"
"I see," before he burst out laughing," how pathetic the fact that you have to come on your own for such a filthy dress is really mind-blowing"
I felt horrible he wasn't leaving any opportunity to insult and everywhere he said was tearing my heart apart, leaving me embarrassed, making me self-conscious.
" How about you become my dog?" He said. I looked at him and wanted to say something but he told me to follow him and took me to his carriage.
He also made sure to know that everyone knew he was the prince even though he was hated. after all he was the son of the woman who tried to poison the empress and tried to kill her unborn child.
Once we were seated in the carriage, he spoke, "So Zavian, as I have said before, how about you become my dog? Or to put it more nicely, how about you become my person?"
"I don't understand?"
Yug smiled, "help me become the king annihilate the empresses and bitch's family and I shall help you to become the Duke. You can take revenge on everyone who has hurt you.
You can kill the Including your father."
"Please stop the carriage!"
Yug tapped the roof of the carriage before the carriage stopped but he didn't let me get down, "Zavian think about this is fucking empire needs a revolution the current king is fucking useless and the empress and her family have the authority
And if her son becomes the king, they the nation will be destroyed, while that bastard duke will do nothing"
"Please stop it, your highness, you are insulting the imperial family and the Duke is my father. moreover, the goddess does not like violence and bloodbath"
"Have you gone mad in which world are you living? Huh, after how the duke treated you, you still consider him your father? And that stupid goddess? She is the biggest bitch ever"
"Yes, he is my father, and he had been protecting this country for a long time, a son of a traitor like you won't understand this. And please don't insult my goddess, otherwise, I won't stay silent.
I will pretend that this conversation never happened. " with that, I got out of the carriage and walked all the way to home.
My mother had said that a parent can never hate their child. My father will sooner or later accept me. I am sure.
The goddess is with me.
Author's note: isn't he the most innocent being to exist?
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"Zavian, let's go and play before the teacher comes," Simon said and grabbed Zavian's hand, dragging him.Zavian only smiled at his brother even though he has to go to the temple. For now, he will delay that and focus on his brother.Ten years, he and his brother had lost ten years of their life.Zavian played with his brother to his heart's content, till they both collapsed on the ground."Young masters."Zavian's smile and cheerfulness suddenly vanished when he heard that voice. He saw another person on his kill list.The head butler Dylan Roy.He looked young and more energetic. In his last life, he was the person who was smiling when his brother was brutally killed and he was the one who threw his brother's body to feed the dogs.Dylan came to them and helped Simon to stand up, and brushed his clothes, even though Zavian wanted to pull his brother back and cut off the Butler's hand for touching his brother, he had to contro