The king starts running to the birthing room , where his wife and newborn son are.


    But because of his age and incurable sickness, his body can''t keep up ,,


    His breath became heavier,and he started to slow down ,,


    The side stitches also became a problem, as he felt sharp pain in his side,,


    He also started to feel dizzy and was about to fall down , but luckily he grabbed into a closet and helped himself up.


    In that moment the ancient doctor ,that followed him from the king''s room ,came,,


    When he saw the king in such condition, he worriedly rushed to him and asked the king to take deep breaths hold them for a few seconds and release.


    However the king said i don''t have time for that and he needed to go quickly,,


    So the ancient doctor grabbed the king, and slowly they went to the birthing room.


    As soon as they entered the room , the other ancient doctors bowed down to him , and grabbed him a chair to sit on .


    When the king saw his wife laying in bed , the clean white mattress , were covered in blood , and the spot they had to cut her on even though it was stiched up together to prevent blood loss, the wound was still fresh.


    The king forgot about his new born child as he was more worried for his wife.


    He asked the doctors if she is going to be okay?,,


    One of the doctors said: While the pregnancy was tough as you can see, we managed to save both of them, however the queen needs her rest in order to heal !


    The king was relieved and he turned his head towards his child,,


    One of the doctors got a lukewarm wet towel and started wiping the baby''s body while being gentle and careful,,


    Since the queen was unconscious , the baby was given to the king,, and the king with a warm smile, carefully holding his son said to him: I can''t wait for your mother to wake up, so that we can give you , your precious name ,,


    Cut to the throne room, the king''s brother is not there anymore,,


    He is walking towards the entry gate of the castle ,,


    The 2 guards guarding the gate ask him if he is going in another patrol?,,


    And he responds by saying: no just for a walk.,


    And walks past them , he is lost in thoughts , wondering if he has done the right thing?,


    He remembers when they were younger, and Darian( the king) was the chosen successor to the throne ,,


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    Back then he wasn''t jealous of his brother, as he has always been the one who wanted to go hike in the mountains, hunt animals or just do different activities that got him out of the castle.


    He hated the castle, the way everyone always speaked on how to defend or make the kingdom larger, he hated the way the commoners always talked sweet to him ,,


    Since he knew the reason why they did that was because of two options : option number 1) they either feared he would have them executed or thrown in jail,,


    And the second option 2) they wanted to get into his good side, so that they could profit from him ,, trying to get him to marry their daughters, so that they would get into the royal family.


    The same thing he wanted to get as far away from !


    In one of his hunting trips, several guards were sent with him, so that they would insure his safety,, and like always he didn''t like that, but he grabbed his bow and arrows and set out,,


    As they were walking in the newly fallen snow, he was looking for tracks off the one- horned beast (a large magical beast popular in this area,, with four legs similar to a horse, 1 Horn , being both a herbivore and carnivore).


    He was looking for hoofprints of that beast, however the beast was mainly active during sundown, so after some journey ,,


    they set up a camp to rest , drink and eat.


    They also set up some traps for the beast, and as they were eating,,


    A man suddenly screamed: I SAW IT!


    Aurelius( the king''s brother) hurried up and went to him , asking him what he saw,,


    The man explained he saw the one horned beast eating the meat bait they set out,,


    Aurelius asked him if the beast was big?, was its horn developed, and what color was it?


    The man said it was bigger than he imagined and a darker white color matching with the snow and darkness !


    Aurelius told the men to bring the live bait out,,


    A man with his hands chained was brought in the middle of the field, he was a traitor who wanted to make his daughter lay with Aurelius to produce an heir.


    The man begged for mercy, but Aurelius had already made his mind, he told the guards to not interfere as he would defeat this beast on his own,,


    And with a knife he cut the traitor''s throat, and the torches went out


    He lay down , got his bow ready, waiting for the beast to smell the blood,,


    The place started getting darker and darker, and it was hard to see, however the beast still hadn''t arrived, Aurelius''s patience wore thin thinking the beast got scared,or lost interest.


    But then it''s footsteps and deep breath could suddenly be heard,,


    It was the first time Aurelius faced the beast in such darkness and he got a chill ,, but he was ready, he couldn''t see the bait but he knew where it was and he draw his string.


    What he didn''t realize though is that the beast has a perfect night vision ,,,


    And before he could realize it the beast was on top of him,,


    He decided not to move to avoid making it angry , but the beast put one of its front legs,, breaking his elbow,,, he screamed in agony but acted fast and used one of his arrows to penetrate the beast''s leg ,,


    The injured beast leaped with its front legs, but Aurelius escaped before getting crushed.


    Since he couldn''t use his bow to shoot , cause of his broken arm, he decided to use his arrows as little spears and threw one ,,


    Aiming for the eye but the beast''s horn blocked it,,


    The angry beast rushed forward like a bull and almost killed Aurelius with its horn,,


    However in that moment Aurelius gained a dark power inside him,,, boosting his whole body, with menacing dark aura coming out of his body,,


    And his eyes turned red with a catlike eye shape.


    He grabbed the horn with one hand and used an arrow to slash the beast multiple times: in its eye, ear , mouth, stomach, and for the final he screamed so hard stopping the injured beast with just one hand , and with the other using the arrow to destroy its horn .


    And the beast finally went down, and Aurelius''s eyes turned normal.As he said: finally it came .


    Back to the present time,,


    Aurelius and the hooded men meet,,


    One of them said : Aurelius are we good to go?


    Aurelius responded with: you aren''t going anywhere and his red eyes appeared again.