My father was right I was indeed tired even though I did nothing. And having felt the tremendous pain of my training previously I got some apprehensions of doing it again. So I decided to simply fall asleep in my mother's arms.
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While I was sleeping, in another room of the castle.
The room was around the same size as the room i was born in, but it was way more luxuriously decorated. With the most prominent feature being a huge mirror that covers one side of the walls.
Inside there was currently very beautiful woman, who also not as pretty as the woman who just gave birth, was still comparable.
She had different from the more homely and sweet vibe of the other woman a more of an aloof and cold personality. But at the same time she was wearing very revealing clothes and would move very seductively, as if it was already ingrained in her very being to act like that after doing so for very long. These two conflicting feeling clashed with each other and created an aura that would leave every man breathless with desire to conquer.
This was the Empress Fiona Elsterbach.
She had long and silky raven black hair and bright red eyes. And just like the Emperor and his second wife she was a dragonkin and had all of their features. But she was a variant of the dragonkin race that had wings and as such had two beautiful and big black reptilian wings on her back.
She was sitting on her bed and waited.
She knew that the commoner slut that seduced her husband with her sweet and homely charm was currently giving birth to her bastard son.
And he was there too. Her husband. She hated that. That he was there with this damn commoner. That he had a child with her in the first place. And that that slot had the same title as her, Empress. Even if it was 2nd Empress, this didn't change the fact that she had the same title as her. She a high and mighty noble and her a dirty little commoner.
Who cares that that commoner was more beautiful than her, or that she had better talent and was stronger then her. She was still a noble. And not from any noble house but from the esteemed Elsterbach family. One of the four great pillar families that helped to establish this empire together with the Royal Stardust family and the other three pillar families.
And what about that damn commoner? She was just born from a lowly whore who got pregnant after being raped by a rogue dragon that turned human.
How can her status be compared to hers? Of course it can't, then how did she get the same title as her? It was just so irritating. And to think that her lowly bastard got the same status as her three lovely children made her want to smash something to pieces. And was the Sacred Doctor not there she would have already gone ahead and poisoned that child to death.
She couldn't do it before the Sacred Doctor arrived, since the preparation that had to be done took too long.
After the Sacred Doctor arrived she knew that her plans would fail and so she visited the best divine her family had connections with in order to at least knew where the talent of that bastard would be, so that she could make preparations and arrange for her people to hinder his path.
But that too didn't work for some reason as, the divine got heavily injured as soon as he started to divine the future of that bastard.
This was a dead giveaway that that child was something extraordinary, so she had to make more encompassing preparations to deal with him.
But first she needed to wait, for her husband here on her bed. She knew that although her husband loved that slut and cared for her and the child that would be born, she knew that he loved her too. And that their marriage was not only because she was from the Elsterbach family, but also because he truly cared and loved her. And so he would come for sure after his bastard was born, to appease her.
That too was a good opportunity for her, as she could gain some information of that bastard, to better her plans for the future. Because her husband was often speaking more when he was in bed. Even some secrets would slip him from time to time.
So she wanted to wait for him and then with a bit of luck he would slip a bit of information, that would help her in her plans.
At that moment the door opened and in came the emperor.
He didn't really know what to do with the wife of his in front of him. Although he knew that she was a schemer and didn't like his second wife he just couldn't stop loving her. He even felt a bit guilty, as it was a bit unfair of him to marry his second wife. Of course as an emperor it was normal to have a few woman but there is normally only one wife and empress. But he just couldn't make his second wife his concubine, as she was only a commoner and if she was to be given the title of concubine she would have practically no protection and authority in his empire.
Of course none would openly harm her, as she would still be his woman, but in certain situations his hands would have been tied and he wouldn't be able to protect her.
And as empress there were certain privileges that she had, which would give her a bigger protection, as she was now one of the royal family members, and it didn't matter that she was born a commoner.
But that was not the only reason as he seriously loved her and he wanted to show her that in his heart there was no difference between her and his first wife that sat in front of him right now.
As he saw her a pang of guilt overcame him, but that was soon replaced by firm determination. He was an Emperor after all, and not just of some low level shot empire like the Southern Human Empire, but of the strongest beast empire, the Sacred Beast Empire. He knew how to suppress his emotions and think of the bigger picture.
As such he ignored the tempting games that Fiona threw him and strode over in firm steps.
„We have to talk."
Fiona was a bit surprised by the firm tone and the look in the eyes of her husband. Normally he would have already started to devour her if he saw her like that. But she could do nothing more but nod. After all she knew her husband for a very long time and if he had this look on his face with this kind of tone he was serious and would not get distracted by simple beauty.
„I will send you on a journey for diplomatic purposes together with Rayner in the neighboring nations."
The face of Fiona got pale and she began to panicked after hearing that. She wanted to say something but was interrupted as the Emperor raised his hand.
„The journey will take 5 years and you will only act as an assistant when absolutely necessary, I want Rayner to act as the main diplomat in this journey to gain experience in preparation of his future. He is 19 this year after all. It is time for him to take some responsibilities."
„Trevor will start his journey to the Vormund Alliance and take over our businesses there. He shouldn't even dream to come back before he managed to triple our market shares there. Even though he is only 16 this year he always showed great a great sense for business. So some form of motivation is needed if he wants to become a future pillar of our Empire."
One bomb shell after another left the mouth of the emperor. Fiona was a bit stunned as it seemed like they would be exiled on first look. But would her husband really exile her and her sons just because of a bastard? No he definitely would not. No matter how talented and extraordinary that bastard was, he would never let her husband react in such a way.
After thinking of it for a bit more it seemed more likely for the bastard to be so untalented that her husband finally decided to make her son the official heir.
Even though the lifespan of dragonkin was naturally at around 250 years and after reaching the higher levels of strength even longer, normally an emperor wouldn't sit on his throne for more than a 100 years, and would instead focus on getting even stronger to one day reach the higher planes of being.
And her husband was already the emperor for fifty years and was already over a 150 years old, so it was time for him to decide on an heir.
In the world of lunaterra it was normal for some of the stronger people to have children late in their lives, as they would focus more on increasing their strength in their younger years, as it was easier to train while young. As such, the situation of the Emperor of the Saceed Beast Empire was not that rare among the strong. Especially since he was a dragonkin and their lifespan was longer than a normal human being.
So after being shocked for a while she grew ecstatic instead, as she saw her son become the next Emperor and her family becoming more powerful and surpassing the other three pillars in strength.
But what she didn't know, or better didnt even consider was that the emperor did this to indeed exile his first wife and his two sons.
His third son was being born with a purity of bloodline that bordered on pure blood dragons, one such purity level that didn't appear since the founder. As such he was destined to become emperor.
And he knew that if his first wife were to know of it she would try everything in her power to prevent that, even if it meant killing him in the shadows. And no matter what he would say would do nothing to change that. But he couldn't bring himself to do anything more drastic to keep his wife do anything like that. As such the only way he could think of is keep her away for now to keep her in the dark. And for the eyes of hers here in the palace it was way easier to prevent them from notifying his wife of his third son. They weren't his kin not was he in love with them. So he could use more through ways to silence them and prevent leakage
Of course he couldn't silence them all as that would he suspicious too, but he would use more than sending his wife and sons away too keep the secret.
And for after his wife and sons returned he already had more plans to keep her and his son apart.
Now with that out of the way, his solemn air disappeared and he started to come close to his wife that was still happily smiling on the bed thinking her son would finally become the heir.
Fiona was truly seductive if she smiled, with all her aloof and cold personality gonads and just the seductiveness remaining. As such he couldn't help himself but to devour her right then.
Soon after loud moans and crys of joy could be heard.
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On the next day I awoke, not knowing what happened in the chamber of the 1st Empress.
I found myself still lying in the room I was born in and in the warm embrace of my mother.
When i looked up to her she smiled at me and said.
„Good morning, Michael."