the life of a king

"Love is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth of this universe"-a wise man

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That night, the great king Eris held his eldest born with love and care while looking at the moon. The moon was beautiful but it too had marks of imperfection, but this imperfection only makes the moon even more beautiful.

He then turned to a hall with all the royal guards, the nobles, the sages, the ministers, and the kings of various kingdoms who had come to watch the naming ceremony of the crown prince of Nara.

The guards announced the arrival of the emperor, and the emperor, tho he had a disability, was still a strong warrior. The kings stood up to show their respect and the naming ceremony was held.

Eris said, "My eldest son, the crown prince of Nara- he shall be named Akilleus the First of his name" The crowd erupted in joy for the birth of this baby.

The grand sire said, "May the supreme creator bless this child, may he achieve greatness".

The grand teacher said, "May all the gods bless this child".

The baby was placed in a cradle of gold with flowers on it, and the king paid respect to the birth of the crown prince.

"Akilleus nara the crown prince of the Nara Empire praise be upon him"

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Akilleus pov

I have been named in this world, and it is a good name. I watched as my father moved to the other cradle and looked at the baby. He said, "You shall be named Agamon the second of his name in the honour of my father".

He then lifted the child up, kissed it on the head, and gently placed it in its cradle. Then looked at it with love and moved towards the other cradle, and it continued to be the same for all his children.

"Vabereus" and "macedius" were the names of my other two brothers, but what I didn't expect was having a sister as the 5th child.

"Athen" was the name of my sister, as the naming ceremony ended with this I finally rested for the night.

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When I woke up I was in a bed, bright light flashed on my face and I woke up cursing the sun for its bright light

I never really liked too much light.

I then turned to see my mother, who was sleeping beside me with my siblings on my other side; she was beautiful.

For the first time I was told I mattered, her than hate and fun was it love?....

I don't know if things feeling is real.

I got up from bed and started walking. The world is so big, I opened the big door by jumping.

The room outside, made by great architects, was beautiful, and I moved through the halls, as no guard dared to stop me.

Why was I reincarnated?

Did god finally answer my prayers and decide to give me a good life?

Does it matter? Does anything matter?

If I find love, that's good, because I crave it. I need it.

Then I entered a garden, which was beautiful with a lake near it. Flowers, fruits, grass, vegetables and animals of herbivorous nature

It was beautiful and vast. I sat down near a giant tree. And then under the shade of the tree, I felt a breeze of wind and closed my eyes.

If only life were so beautiful in my past life, maybe it was... maybe I just didn't see it.

I don't know how to make jokes.

Then I saw my father enter the garden, and he sat beside me.

He didn't say anything, just sat beside me. I didn't hear anything except the sounds of leaves and wind.

I looked at his eyes, which were silver in colour just like mine, but one of his eyes didn't work, born with a disability which makes him unable to measure distance.

He can't be an archer or a swordsman which is important as a warrior. Why does life remove important things to people?.

In my previous life, I failed to do what I wanted to do, and I failed to protect my life. I know one absolute truth: everyone is gonna die, so I want to set up a grand death, but before that, I want to experience love.

Weapons, martial arts and sword techniques were not made to kill; they were made to protect. But humans, on the other hand, always twist things to make it as if they were invented for needless violence, like fighting itself was bad.

I hate humans, they are a cancer. I saw myself as a separate entity from any of the others, but I have been reborn as a human again. Being born a human in my previous world was a curse and a blessing.

I didn't have freedom in the truest sense, I ruined the lives of other creatures from the moment I was born, animals died for the fun, entertainment and needs of humans.

I doubted such beings have a thing called love, maybe they just wanted to copy other animals again.

It was as simple as this, if I were given a chance between saving a baby or a loved one, I would choose my loved one.

I will only love if the feeling comes from the other side first, I care about loyalty a lot. But these lowly creatures can't even be loyal to their own race, can they ever be loyal?

Why I hated humans stemmed from one thing: their pride. They think everything matters, but to me, it doesn't. Some things just happen without reason. Humans still search for the reason for their lives "Dear child, why do you sit here?" Asked my father after seeing me contemplating things.

I said "I just want to experience nature, it is the absolute beauty that no one can deny"

He said, "sunlight under the shade of this tree dims, leaves fall from the flow of wind, touching your body as a breeze, yet at this beautiful, many creatures die. Why is nature so cruel yet beautiful, I hope you grow up to be strong my dear child"

Then I randomly asked him a question, "Why is wealth important?" Because from my previous life till now, I truly didn't understand why wealth was so important to human.?

He said "everyone wants to do whatever they want, people feel money will allow them this freedom that if they are rich they will be respected and loved, that is why many pursue wealth, so they can afford the pleasures of life, some people equate money to power, but to me personally wealth is important to just have a good death."

When he said that I understood and said "Even a stray dog can do whatever it wants, freedom doesn't lie in money, it is in the mind"

He seems shocked at my statement and said "True, wealth is only important for our physical needs"

Money can buy me material happiness but it can never make me have emotional happiness.

I asked my father, "Father, why do you and Mother care for me so much?" The question lingered in my mind for quite a while.

He smiled and said "You are our precious child, it is the duty of the parent to protect their child and show them love"

When he said this, something in me cracked. In my previous life, my parents didn't care about me so much. The other kids loved their parents and wanted to do things for them; I never had the drive.

Why should I love something when it doesn't love me back for who I am? I will only do things for people I can sacrifice my life for. Will I sacrifice my life for anyone in my previous world? No.

I hated that world.

"Will you sacrifice your life for me, Father?" I asked

He smiled and said "Of course it is only my duty to do so"

And I decided to love my parents in this world.

Love was born from bonds we formed and their loyalty

My previous world parents were obligated to my work. For them? 'Cause they provide for me and gave birth to me, I should do everything they say. I don't fucking care'. I thought

As a child, I did not need fake love; they favoured my brother anyway. If I died, they would act as if they were sad, but really?

They just lost an investment, they spent money on me, and because I died, it went to waste. They are probably rather frustrated now, and now there hopes are on my brother

Expectations do indeed harm things.

I decided. I will live my life well in this world.

And I hugged my father while he smiled, and I smiled too.

This was my first time being loved by my parents.

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