SHARD: The Prince Who Was Promised

Episode 11: Surely

Episode 11: Surely

I woke up with a headache that probably would have killed a normal person but not me, not me but at this point, I wanted to die, I just wanted to, I had only been awake for around 4 minutes but I was tired, hungry and in excruciating pain, soon enough, my body just went numb, I had been in pain for the entire four minutes, I had also woken up in pain.

I was stark n***d, my hands were tied to a moving object and it violently pulled me through shards of glass that were laid down on the floor, blood simply spilled from my body as the glass cut my body and like that was not f*****g enough, some assholes were right here throwing rocks straight at me, that really did not help matters for me, after this kind and lovely exercise, I was untied and led up a stage, once I was there, I was informed of the fact that I was now to be executed, and oh b****y hell, I accepted my fate but I still said a short prayer, I asked God to keep me alive, at least, long enough to avenge Khalil and would you believe it, almost instantly, guess what happened.

We heard large thuds as people landed all around us, I looked up and saw who they were, these were Melato Masters, I had no idea who these one's were, so, I am guessing they were not from my division but oh thank heavens, finally, a ray of hope, I had some hope now. I lost consciousness soon enough but at the very least, I knew I was safe now.

I woke up a few months later, I was very weak, thirsty and hungry, I had become worryingly thin and you could say that I had grown a bit taller.

I looked to my left and Master Raydeane was right there, looking at me beyond shocked, I had no idea how long he had been here, in fact, at that point you could say I had no idea how long I had been here either, I was still covered in bandages, so, I thought I had been here for like what, four days? Well, I was well beyond wrong, I had been here for like what?

Five months, no, five months and three weeks, I could only look aghast as Master Raydeane informed me, apparently, the first four months were spent strictly trying to keep my alive and the government had taken away the funding they had spent on keeping me alive, I was left to die, the one reason why I was alive was because of Master Raydeane and Master Anna.

Master Anna? Who the f**k was that? Soon enough, I realized it, Master Anna, she was the one who took my class through that hell we called Meherres, and according to Master Raydeane, she had done it because I was the last member of my class who was alive or as Master Anna called me, the last of her children, her last child.

I was beyond shocked to hear this, what in hell? All my classmates and friends were dead? Why? I almost burst into tears but then, I remembered, there was Khalil, yes, where was he, oh wait, that's right, he's dead, he was dead, Khalil is dead, I had killed him, just like I killed Master Kashi, I was only a cold-blooded murderer.

I asked Mr. Raydeane why he had helped me and that's when he slipped, he told me he and Master Ezra paid my medical bills because I had only saved their lives on the first mission we went on.

I told him thanks and the moment I ate and drank some water, I felt re-energized, I felt a bit empty though, I had killed my only brother, the only family I had left, Khalil, you could argue that he was not really my brother and yes oh yes, you would not be wrong but he was more of a brother than a friend, he was completely and utterly loyal to me and what did I give him in return? Well, if you guessed death, you would be completely correct, I did that just like the ingrate I was.

In all this emptiness and with the hole in my heart, I had one goal in mind, I wanted power, power enough to end this war, I wanted to kill all the milkies, I wanted to end their race, their reign of terror must now come to a tragic end.

How do I get this power you ask? Well, it's rather simple, I throw away my former dream, I had to become the ruler of all the Emperors, the Grand Emperor, I had to become that, that way, I could destroy the milkies, I know a great ruler does not go to war unless he has to but I also understand that only by killing all the Milkies will Khalil have peace, that was the only way to guarantee him peace.

I had to do just that, but first, I had to know two things, why were we fighting this war and what did it mean to be the grand Emperor. I got up and told Master Raydeane what I wanted to do and the first thing he asked me was if I had gone completely insane, he reminded me of the fact that no one had ever tried to fight the grand emperor and not die, also, no one has been able to even lay hands on him. I told him I no longer wanted to be amongst the sixth or an Emperor, I had to become the Grand Emperor.

He tried to stop me but I summoned my weapons to me and they came flying towards me almost instantly, I then went into the great hall and challenged the Grand Emperor to mortal combat, my Emperor tried to stop me but it was too late, almost instantly, the Grand Emperor was right in front of us, sitting on his steel chair, in his black robes and holy f**k, I thought they said this fucker was like seventy five, hell no man, this man is at least twenty, he even looks younger than me.

He looked at me and as I looked back at him, he asked me what inspired me to be so eager to die, I told him his incompetence did, I then asked him to answer my question too, he told me to ask and I simply asked him, "are you the strongest because you're the grand Emperor or are you the grand Emperor because you are the strongest"?

He asked me what I meant, I then told him I wanted to know because I think that if I became him then, my dumb wishes could become reasonable possibilities, I had decided how I wanted to live my life now, I would become him and just do the best I could to the best of my ability, he simply said is that so, well, both sides are correct and neither is wrong.

He then got up and asked if we were to begin now and my answer to that was sure, I was going to murder him, SURELY.............................................