章 2: Chapter Two

I was six years old when I remembered my past life.

Just then I realized that I got reincarnated and that I was in another world.

I got so excited when I saw that I was living in a palace. A real palace!

It seems like I was back in the Victorian Era. The clothes, the architecture, the interior design, it seems like I was in a period movie.

But the excitement didn't last long after I realized my situation.

In this life I am a cute young boy, I have pale skin, light blonde hair, and shining pretty golden eyes, just like the woman's eyes from before.

My name now is Alexander, but my surname… Well, I don't think I have one.

That is because I am the King's bastard child.

My father is Kasimir De Angeles, the King of Arhan, one of the most powerful nations of this world.

I was raised by some maids and a nanny in an isolated area of the palace, the northwest area, far away from the main area where the King and the royal family live.

And that's not all. I am not just his bastard, I am his secret child as well. No one knows about me. Even though I am living in the palace, the King managed somehow to let no one know about my existence.

Few weeks after I received my past memories back, I overheard the maids that took care of me gossiping.

"Just tell us now, Lena, what is the news you said that you had to tell us?" Asked one of the maids, curious.

Lena was my nanny, the only one between us of the northwest area that had the permission to get out of here to the main area of the palace.

There were guards blocking all the passages to leave the northwest area. No one but Lena could leave this place.

That was one of the many things that made me realized that there was something wrong with my new life.

Lena was the one in charge of bringing the news to the maids. Usually, it was just gossip about the royal family or the nobles of high society, nothing big, just futile things, that, for some reason, seemed to be exciting for them.

But this time it was different. Lena came back pale, and she rushed to tell the maids about the news. She didn't even care about my presence in the room.

Lena licked her dry lips, and then she announced. "The Queen is dead."

There was a silent moment in the room. All the maids were shocked and surprised by the news.

So was I.

I didn't know much about the Queen. Actually, I didn't know anything about her. But, yet, she was the Queen of this nation. Knowing about her death would shock anyone.

But, as far as I knew, she was young, though.

"But… How?" Asked one of the maids. "How did the Queen die?"

Lena took a deep breath before telling them. "The Queen… died in an accident."

"An accident?! Wh-What happened to the Queen?" Asked the maid, surprised.

"You know that Her Highness was on a trip, right?" Lena started. "On Her Highness way back to the palace a monster attacked her carriage, the knights tried to protect the Queen, but the monster was too strong… None of them survived, neither the Queen."

Again the room got silent, but this time it was because everyone was absorbing the news. They seemed sadder than shocked. I don't know what kind of person the Queen was, but it seems that the people liked her.

After the silence, suddenly one of the maids said with an arrogant tone. "Well, at least Her Highness died before knowing the King's dirty secret. I can't even imagine how hurt would the Queen be after knowing that the King has a filthy bastard."

"Don't say such a thing, Flora! If the King hears what you say..." Alice, one of the maids said, worried.

Flora, one of the maids, didn't seem to care much about Alice's comment. "But, you know that it is true! No woman would accept such a thing!" For some reason, after Flora said that she pointed at me.

Then, they all looked at me.

Seeing their cold and disgusted gaze I realized that I was the King's bastard child.

After that day, everything made sense.

Since I received my memories back, after the excitement, I noticed some weird things that didn't make sense.

First, in my memories from this life, years before I remembered about my past life, there were times that I asked the maids where my family was. They never answered me, at first the little me thought that the maids and the nanny were my family, but when I said that they all denied and treated me rudely.

That was another weird thing. Since I received my past conscience, I noticed how the maids and the nanny treated me badly, being always rude and mad at me, even though I was just a little child.

Knowing that I was the King's bastard, I understand it now.

They mistreated me because I was just a bastard. In my past world, historically, bastards weren't well seen. It seems that in this world it is the same.

Now I know my mistakes… Back then, with the angel-like lady, I should have asked her for a loving family too, not this!

'I wanted to live an adventure, not a family drama! Even less a royal family drama!' I thought, frustrated.

'Well, there is not much I can do now, what is done is done.' I thought, trying to calm myself.

But then I decided. I had to learn more about the royal family and the King. I still had to confirm my suspicions about me being the King's bastard were true.

The next day I went to the library. There was a small library in the northwest area.

I wasn't taught how to read yet, but surprisingly, the language in this nation is English as well, though it is not called English here.

So I could read normally.

In the library, I found a few books with some information about the royal family. It was all history books.

There was nothing about the current royal family, but I discovered some interesting things.

Like, magic does exist in this world!

But, it seems that not everyone can use magic. In this kingdom, most of the people that can use magic are nobles or have a noble origin. There are not many peasants that can use magic.

The royal family magic is known to be light magic. But for some reason, most of the royal family actually has lightning magic, not light magic.

It seems that light magic is rare nowadays, they call it "angel magic", and it's one of the strongest magic in this world.

The only people that are capable of using this magic have Arhan's royal blood. But in the late few generations, no royal was born with light magic.

There was a myth that says that centuries ago an angel blessed the Arhan's royal family. They say that it was a female angel, she had fair skin, white and long hair, and shining golden eyes… That woman!

'Is the woman that brought me here the same angel from the myths…?' I asked myself, surprised.

That… would make sense.

The myth says as well that after receiving the blessings, some royal members were born with light magic, before then, no human was ever born with light magic. And that, since then, every royal member was born with golden eyes, like me.

'So, I have royal blood… What makes me the King's bastard.'

I got depressed confirming my thoughts.

In my past life, I was not much into history, but if I'm not wrong life was hard for the bastards, even worse for a royal bastard.

'What if suddenly the King decides to kill me… or worse?' I couldn't stop these dark thoughts in my head.

'I have to do something, I can't let my life be ruled by the King!'

Since then, I was decided to leave the palace as soon as I could. My plan was that as soon I become old enough I will run away and become an adventurer.

I will ingress an adventurers' guild and then have many adventures!

'...I just hope that the King won't do anything to me until then.' I thought, unsure.

But, then I realized. It could be easy to run away if it wasn't for my eyes. I looked in the mirror and looked at my golden eyes.

'How can I hide it?'

Anyone that sees my eyes will know about my identity. It would be easy for the King to find me as well.

Maybe, I should leave the Kingdom. Go to someplace where my identity would not be a big deal. Where no one would realize or even care if I was the Arhan King's bastard.

But, first, I need money. Enough money to travel to another country and to survive out of the palace by myself.

'Ah… no matter how much I think, it seems that my plans will all gonna fail in the end.'

I became even more depressed.

'It's not fair! I was already screwed even before I was born! This is not fair at all!'