Long Live The Prince (Weiss X Son Of Gilgamesh)

Chapter 1: A Trip To Vale

I take some water from a stream and wash my face. I look around and see nature is at ease.

Y/n: "Guess I'm free to roam around now"

I got a feeling like I wasn't alone though.

Y/n: "Who's there?"

It's probably just Grimm that live outside of Uruk.

Someone dropped down and bowed to me.

Y/n: "Ushiwakamaru, what are you doing here?"

Ushi: "I am your retainer"

Y/n: "Do me a favor, keep my mother safe then"

Ushi: "My lord, your mother should be safe inside of Uruk. She won't be heading out any-"

Y/n: "My mother will try to venture out to find me, I know it. Stay with her, with my father exiling me she won't have anybody close to her since she'll just detest him for doing it"

Ushi: "What about your sister?"

Y/n: "My sister hates everyone. My mother, she's a special case. She hates my father because of the attention I got from him due to how much of Babylon I possessed. My mother cared for the both of us but I was highly dependent of her. A reason to why she hates me"

Ushi: "I see"

I walk up to her and put a hand on her head.

Y/n: "I'll be fine on my own. I have my scroll with me so don't worry. I'll talk to her when I've settled down for a bit. Ushiwakamaru, I have an important task for you"

Ushi: "Yes my lord"

Y/n: "Keep my mother safe until I'm back. I don't know when that will happen but just know I will"

Ushi: "Understood... be careful my lord"

Y/n: "I will. Take care"

She leaves and I'm back to being alone.

Y/n: "Okay. I've trained with a lot of my swords. I don't really rely on fighting long range like my father would but I also don't have Ea.. I do have"

I scramble through my thoughts as I remembered something that a god had given me. I pull out two swords that could combine into a bow.

Y/n: "There you are"

He had given me this weapon in hopes of using it to kill my father but I never did it. Rather, I used Ea to slay the treacherous man and kept the weapon as a trophy. I send it back into Babylon as I take off. One last look at the walls of Uruk and say one last goodbye.

Y/n: "Time to take care of things alone"

I continue for sometime free of Grimm. I took off west towards the city of Vale where I heard there was a good place to stay from some of the scouts. From there, I plan on exploring Atlas or the dragon island I heard about. Uruk was located in between some desert land and a nearby forest mountain range. We never really took towards making any allies with the outside world due to my father never thinking much of them. He always thought he could take care of his people without outside influence. We'd send scouts just to make sure they didn't have any harmful intentions towards us but that was about it. 20 years ago, a famine occurred in Uruk that lasted about 1 year. Crops weren't growing, water from the canals he built were dry. If any king were to have been in charged, he would of immediately done something stupid that would of cost him lots of money and resources. My father wasn't one of them. He was a wise king. He opened Babylon for w second time and gave all that he could to the month. He would keep them fed while constantly working on how to create something that they could grow with the minimal amount of resources he had. Somehow, he did. He pulled through and saved the city. A year later, everything would go back to normal. Water was running again, plants were growing. Everything was back. These were the stories I would hear when I was young. I always admired him but.. part of me knew that my accolades would be compared to his. That's what I've always hated. Having a great father can have its benefits but it also comes with the burden of living up to his standards. I was foolish and always tried challenging him, thinking if I could beat him I wouldn't have to hear about all that I need to accomplish. But alas, I never really understood him. I always thought he wanted to push me to be like him. I remember something he told me once. The pursuit of happiness is the only thing everyone of us is guaranteed. Whether I strive for it or not is up to me. Whether I want to be just like him or not is up to me. I always took that as bullshit. I knew the things that would be placed on me. I was a prince after all. I'd have to learn that I can't go outside and play with others. I had to stay inside and pick up everything he'd teach me. When I was only 6, my father gave me a key. A key that would help me unlock Babylon. Once I tapped into it he knew something was different about me. He knew that my power was far greater than he imagined. Because of that, he thought I needed special attention. My strength at my age was beyond what any normal person was capable of wielding. So he trained me. Every. Single. Day. Until I managed to control Babylon. I was capable of going toe to toe with him while not being serious of course but still. Such a feat was viewed as remarkable. No one in all of Remnant could match the speed when he launches a staff or axe. Yet I, still around 14-15 was only using 2 swords to counter everything he threw at me. Every treasure was either deflected or broken. I had a different fighting style to him. While he stood in the back launching weapons, I'd fight head on. Using Babylon whenever it came to me feeling like I was getting over powered by the amount of projectiles that came my way. That was the first time I had seen my father smile.