THY KINGDOM COME ; wmmp

UNSEAL THY FATE.

Thy Kingdom Come
two - unseal thy fate

THE DAYS IN THE RUBY PALACE WERE FAIRLY PEACEFUL.

Cyrus never heard from the Emperor or even seen a strand of his hair for months he lived after reincarnating as a baby. He must have really forgotten about his children. Not that any of them cared though, this was totally fine.

There were okay with the golden toys inside their room that Lilian took from the playroom because she thought that the babies like sparkly things.

'Just goddamn crawl! Why is that so hard for you to do?!' If only Athanasia could yell that to herself, she would've already.

After months of teaching themselves from the basic again and trying their best to do their own instructions, the twins could crawl now.

Cyrus thought it would be great if he could walk already. That way, he could collect their escape fund faster. Athanasia thought the same too. She would like to run away with her brother and live a life away from the Emperor.

But was it just them?

Seems like some trinkets kept disappearing from their room. From the small picture frame to a candle holder. They wondered if Lilian was putting them away so they wouldn't get hurt as babies were fragile.

"The sorcerer of the tower had the strongest power among all the sorcerers in existence." One morning after having breakfast, Lilian sat on the couch with the twins carefully placed on her lap. She was reading the words aloud from a picture book.

'A sorcerer! So there are sorcerers in this world!' exclaimed Athanasia, looking at the book in wonder. 'I knew this wasn't just some random foreign country! I'm really in a fantasy world!'

The left page had a drawing of a tall stone tower covered with vines. "The sorcerer was so powerful, they could easily bring an Empire to ruins. And for that reason, they freeze their own hearts. Because such powers could be used for trivial things if passion overcame reason and emotion overcame rationality," recited Lilian. "There are theories that the sorcerer from the tower destroyed the kingdom before our Obelian Empire."

'I'm going to see magic someday with my own eyes!'

'They got powerful magic.'

On the other page, it showed a gold-haired man standing, leaning his weight on the sword beside him. His face was neutral and he wore an extravagant outfit.

"Oo dis?" asked Athanasia.

"Oh my, do you recognize who he is?" Lilian seemed excited at how the Princess questioned who the man was. "Yes, that's right. It's your father, Your Highnesses."

'What?!' Athanasia was beyond shocked. 'That damned bloke who left his wife and children and is out there doing god knows what?!'

She began hitting the book. "Bee baa! Tash!'

Translation: Bastard! Trash!

Cyrus pushed the book away in pure distaste.

Athanasia and Cyrus looked at each other in puzzlement, clearly confused at the action of the other one. Now, they really wondered if they were the same.

"My my, our sweet Princess and clever Prince are certainly bright young children." Lilian sounded like a proud mother. She didn't know what the twins were truly saying and thought that the children were happy because they finally got to see their father.