"Mother I heard, Astrid has returned is it true!?"Alex walked in his mother's garden with a sneer on his face,he looked exactly like his father except he was lean and tall. "It is true,he was called for the wedding"Abigail said with a smile for once she was happy that bastard existed or else one of her sons would have to marry one of those beasts.
"What wedding!?"Alex asked with a frown*why hadn't I heard of it? *"As you know our kingdom has been at war with the Beast kingdom for generations ,it's a well known fact that they are low in numbers and with sudden cold which has pressisted for a decaded now they offered to a political wedding ,the emperor agreed immediately because it meant ending wars and gaining a strong ally"Abigail glanced at her son who was silent" For the marriage they didn't want a girl they wanted a man , after careful selection your brother was chosen "She smiled happily
"Mother who's the groom?"Alex munched on an apple" The 3rd prince Long Yu,I heard he already has a son "The mother said meaningfully and the son nodded in understanding if there was a son obviously his mother was there,so his brother was going to be a second wife just like his mother.
While mother -son where talking the emperor returned to the palace with the unconscious bride-to-be."Your majesty is it really okay for it to be young master Astrid,the child has suffered enough through
the years" Henry the Emperor's aide said looking at the pitiful child sleeping peacefully "You know I have no other choice" George sighed when he first got news of the marriage he was happy,he would just give away one of his daughters for the future of their people but when they full-on described his nephew he was shocked.
Well who wouldn't be when your enemy goes on to describe one of your family members that has never been in contact with him or his people at any point in his life, so he asked why this particular person and he was really dumbfounded when he got it ,the 3rd prince of Xiān kingdom had succumbed to an illness and was in deep slumber for the last 2yrs they tried everything but nothing worked until
an oracle had a vision of a redhead human who was able to wake the prince but also bring a stop to the snow curse,so for the sake of the people he immediately proposed marriage.
"If we don't agree to this they might try kidnapping him and maybe he won't be treated well so it's better like this" George sighed looking out of the carriage.Moments passed and soon they arrived at the palace "Your majesty, you go ahead I'll find someone to carry the young master inside"Henry said glancing at the young man " Don't bother,I'll be the one to carry him,you know how he gets sick when someone touches him without his acknowledgement or something I don't really understand it but he's been like that since childhood "George princess carriage his nephew and walked in the castle.
Many servants paused when they saw the Emperor enter carrying a young passed out female,yes The mistook the young man as a woman because of his curves and fair skin plus the Emperor was carrying 'her'. They greeted the ruler while thinking the girl in his arms is the new concubine,the emperor and his aide oblivious of their thoughts directly went to an empty guest room unfortunately as he laid the younster down he showed signs of waking up.
"Henry on a scale of 1-10 how similar do you think the child's temper is to his mother"George whispered and the other shook his head Alina, Astrid's mother was the gentlest being he'd ever met , people couldn't help but be more polite and calm around her even animals did ,she even raised some wolves once.But her child he didn't know him well but he hoped he at least inherited some of her temperament and not looks only.
Astrid opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar room,his vision was still hazy so he only saw two silhouettes of people out of instinct he pulled out a dagger from his robes and quickly jumped on the nearest to him and pointed the blade to his neck"Where am I?Why did you bring me here?" He asked but the two didn't answer they were too shocked they didn't know how the redhead had managed to hold the Emperor hostage and where the hell did the dagger come from.
"Aster could you release me first" George softly said he never knew the child was this skilled well he never really paid much attention to him.
"Uncle!?" Astrid said confused at first then released him before any of them could talk the room suddenly turned cold like you're standing in snow with only your underwear and Astrid's eyes were full of anger.
"You have ruined my life" said Astrid in a very calm voice that didn't match his eyes.
"I am sorry Aster but that man was a scambag and we're doing this for the sake of the people"
"Uncle it's not about Arthur,I have a life going on a good job,nice little house am in my first year of college and I had a good lover till we met.I have many cousins and two stepbrothers, you could have chosen them why come to me?"
George saw that talking won'take the other understand so he pulled out the letter from The Xiān kingdom and gave it to his nephew while shivering. Astrid read it and calmed down it seemed the other kingdom has been experiencing a really hard time for the last decade and now their war lord was bedridden meaning the army was now less powerful since the 3rd prince alone was like a whole battalion.So when their oracle had vision of him Long Hua the Emperor immediately sought a marriage negotiation.
Astrid sighed and sat on the bed the room was no longer cold ,well it seems he could do nothing but comply before it becomes war because of him."Uncle, where was my mother from?" He asked pushing away the current situation, since he was born he's never met anyone from his mother's side and his mom never said anything about them so he has always been curious about his maternal side.
"About that I don't know your father found her in the woods injured and took her in , later they found out she had lost her memories. Ofcourse we investigated but found nothing" the Emperor answer glad his nephew was no longer mad"About the marriage I agree but on some conditions" Astrid finally said looking at the men Infront of him "Okay,well discuss it tomorrow with Long Hua,I'll make sure he agrees with you." George said with a smile but his eyes retained sadness his nephew had agreed to give up his home and everything else.
"Aide Henry could you do me a favor" Astrid said softy "Anything you want just tell him" George said and excused himself it was already time for dinner so he went to instruct the kitchen on his nephews food "What can I help you with young master Astrid?" Henry asked ready for anything if the young man asked for the moon right now he would bring it for him,he just saved their asses by agreeing to the marriage."Send someone to burn the my house tonight but Arthur should not be harmed and bring all my belongings to me" Astrid said and the older man nodded and left.
Immediately Aide Henry left the room tears streamed down Astrid's cheek.He had held on those tears from the time he was dumped to bring thrown into marriage forcefully and he almost lost control of his ability.Astrid knew the moment his uncle started shivering that he had released his power unknowingly and he only needs one push be for he froze the whole room but he held on.Before he could sink any farther a knock sounded at the door,he whipped his face and called in a two servants entered one with food and the other with clothes but both were looking at him weirdly.
"Is something wrong?"
"Well young miss, your makeup is smeared all over your face"
"Oh, could you draw me a bath"
"We'll be right back"
Astrid sighed again the maids just had to see him at this state. Astrid always applied make up on his face not to enhance his beauty but to try and hide it, after being kicked out his face brought a lot of unwanted attention so he did what he could it still brought attention but not like before.He ate and took a bath the climbed to bed thinking of tomorrow.