Ceres

Bonus "Out of this World" Chapter

In a faraway plane of existence, there was a princess who lived in a cold, dark palace and was isolated from the people in the kingdom.

The princess was friendly but she possesses powers beyond anyone's imaginations. Thus, everyone became scared of her and eventually drew away from her. This only resulted to the princess becoming naughty and mischievous. Thus, she played tricks on people and caused trouble anywhere she goes. Until one day, when a knight came by and offered something that no one has offered to her before.

The knight saw how playful and impish the princess was but despite that, he only shook his head and heaved a sigh. He punished everyone who treated the princess badly even those that spread bad rumors about her weren't sparred. Then, he confronted the princess who in turn, became wary of him and started running away from him.

When the princess had nowhere else to go, the knight finally caught up with her.

"Would you like to play with me?"

The knight offered his hand with a kind smile on his face which made everything surrounding the princess be filled with light and life.

That beautiful scene was reflected in the princess' eyes and she wasn't able to respond immediately.

The knight pulled the princess closer to him and whispered the words,

"I'll take you away from this world. So, won't you come with me instead?"

The princess was so surprised that she wasn't able to say something but instead, slowly nodded her head and closed her eyes tightly.

And so, the knight wa---- they lived happily ever after.

"Hey, dad! That wasn't the end, right?"

"What happened next? Come on, dad! Is there a fight scene?!"

A man with silver hair tied in a ponytail was holding a story book while facing two little kids of opposite genders.

The man coughed as he closed the book and looked away from the kids who were staring intensely at him.

"What happened next is something that kids shouldn't know. Dad will tell you when the time is ri---"

Before he could finish what he was saying the kids, a sharp dagger flew passed him with only a few centimeters between it and his face.

"Mom is angry!!!"

"Time to run!!"

The little kids, sensing that something bad is about to happen, ran away from the man with silver hair.

A woman with long black hair with pinkish highlights stood beside the man with silver hair. Her arms were placed across her chest and even though she wasn't saying anything, she was emitting a dangerous aura that could definitely kill anyone within five meters from her.

"How was your work? Did you perhaps miss me?"

The man with silver hair faced the woman with his usual smiling face.

"Is that what you've been telling those kids before bed time?"

The man with silver hair laughed and caressed the face of the woman beside him.

"Not really. I've been telling a lot of different stories to them but nothing beats how we met, right?"

The woman narrowed her eyes before speaking a word.

"Gil."

A butler suddenly arrived through the door while the little kids before were hanging on both his arms; seemingly playing with him.

"I'm here, madam."

"Tell me, all about that story this husband of mine was reading to our children."

"For a total of nine years, madam, master has been telling the story to your children every night. It started from the day they were born but it always stopped near the end of the story. Moreover, master even published a book about that story with the title, 'the adventures of my cute and adorable knight' which sold millions of copies worldwide."

The woman looked at the man in front of her with one of her brows raised. The man only kept on smiling and was happy just because he was called 'husband' by the woman.

"You wrote a book with an altered story suited to your own fantasies and even made your own character into a princess. How... Interesting."

"Almost everything was true. And, you were always my knight in shining armor, weren't you?"

The man with silver hair suddenly stood up and was about to pull the woman into his arms when the woman evaded him and turned around.

"Come on, kids. You're all going to sleep with me in our room while daddy sleeps here by himself."

The kids jumped off of Gil's arms, held their mommy's hands, and they all started to walk away from that room.

Gil was left behind while looking at his madam's back. Suddenly, he felt very cold and sensed that something bad was about to happen to him. He's definitely in deep sh*t.

"Gil, how do you like to get punished for being so talkative and for disobeying your own master?"

The man with silver hair was wearing a cold smile while emitting his dangerous aura all over the mansion.

"But master... You said to treat the madam just like how I treat the master."

"You're making excuses now, aren't you?"

Just when the man with silver hair was about to execute Gil's punishment, a voice reverberated in the whole mansion.

"Punish Gil and see how I'll punish you instead."

The dangerous aura the man was emitting easily dissipated and his smiling face was back to normal. He was even smiling while walking out of the kids' room and going towards the master's bedroom.

Gil heaved a sigh of relief but noticed that there was some blood on his neck. He immediately knelt on the floor.

The man with silver hair chuckled but his excited voice also reverberated in the whole mansion.

"I'm looking forward to my wife's punishment."

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A/N: Hi everyone! This is an alternate universe and probably has nothing to do with the main story. I wrote this note on the file itself so that I won't forget what I need to say.

I apologize for not updating that long (once again) so I'm bringing this random alternate universe chapter. I wanted to update 'Ceres' but my motivation was shifted from 'Ceres' to 'BTE'. So, I ended up writing for 'BTE'. Of course, book 2 isn't going to be published anytime soon. There are a lot more chapters to go before it's done.

Also,workload has been piling up so I really can't update that much. But, I bought asmart phone already. I hope I can write updates when I'm traveling. You knowhow I always end up going to some place and not bringing any laptop or havingaccess to any computer at all. I hope the phone will help me this time. Anyway,thanks for reading this update! :) I hope you enjoyed it!