Six years of raising a child that you did not know anything about, a crying baby was left at your doorstep, the rain brought a heavy atmosphere that was only soothed by the warmth of your arms, calming wails and making thunders seem forgotten, it was like that for six years.

In another circumstance there was someone trying to sort things inside those big walls, being part of royalty meant that even normal things could be dangerous, Drystaan could not dream of being a father, for it was taken away from him when his concubine ran away after hearing the predicament of a witch towards their child, ‘unlucky’, the dammed woman called the little boy.

Meanwhile Nikola was a bright boy, curious, brilliant and kind, raised with pure love and although it was challenging at first, he was now your reason to smile, that was until one day he was back from playing outside, normally he would come back with a new friend— squirrels, butterflies or bugs, since your life on the forest was barely known, that time it was no small creature the little one brought home, it was a man, Drystaan Acrasia, Emperor of Arcturia and Nikola’s father.

One would have guessed that he just wanted to pick the boy and leave, it was supposed to be like that, he did bring a good amount of gold as compensation;; Nikola began to cry when he heard that he would be separated from you, sobbing and kicking, at last both you and the toddler had to leave the cabin and move to the palace.

The first days were difficult, the little Prince was accustomed to freedom, playing and running in the woods, now he was met with lessons and practice, to which he always came back to you, clinging to the only thing he considered safe and home. It was painful even for the tutors to witness how the small boy resembled you so much, his mannerism was a copy, whenever he was angry, he would blankly look at the ceiling for about three seconds and calm down when taking a deep breath and how he once punched a kid that made fun of you… just like once you smacked his father for being too harsh on him. Drystaan tried his best to be part of Nikola’s routine and finally act like a father, consequently having to be near you as well.

But there were times when incidents happened, like today, who would have thought that both Nikola AND Drystaan would have their heads hung low while an angry you scolded them. Guards and maids looked at the scene with incredulous eyes, the emperor and his heir being lectured by the so called mage of the Empire.