Chapter 99: Pain of past
TRIGGER WARNING
Kyrell knew that he was being manipulated by this merman, but he chose to stay ignorant to learn more about his motive in approaching a powerless prince like him rather than his brother the eagle king. But the words he heard from him left him baffled for quite some time, ’He had a predestined mate?’ that was hard for him to believe. Then the merman said that someone stole his spot beside his mate and he had to admit that it irked him.
All his life, he never cared about giving up something that he liked or wanted because he was used to that. His brother always warned him to not covet his seat and he gladly did that. His tribesmen tried to convince him in taking the throne but he was not interested in that, what he truly wanted was someone to genuinely love and comfort him.
His adoptive father, the late eagle king picked him up as a plaything for his son, but he didn’t mind it so much because he always longed for a family. He tried to become stronger and better for his father to acknowledge him but everything he got from him was a cold gaze and indifference, sometimes even beatings when Derek pushed all of his misdoings on him to put up with. As time passed, he became numb and distanced from his so-called family, but all of that changed on his twelfth birthday. His feathers changed from black to golden color and he was the youngest beastman ever to turn to his human form.
The late eagle king who didn’t show any interest in him came that day and took him somewhere. He vividly remembered going to a place that was filled with witch masters. His father pushed him near the plaza and announced, "I want his powers shifted to my son, you guys have an hour to do that"
Kyrell widened his eyes and his body kept on trembling as the witch masters strode towards him. They closed their eyes and directed some weird light towards him and that caused him excruciating pain all over his body. His young mind didn’t even understand what was going on and his legs refused to move from that place. He wanted to flee, to run away from these people but his legs were shaking because of the horrible pain that light caused.
"Father!" he shouted on top of his lungs, "Please save me...I’ll be good.....I’ll listen to all of your words"
But his father ignored his desperate plea and stood still. After what felt like an eternity, the light finally ended leaving him in a battered state. The witch masters frowned and turned towards his father, "We apologize your majesty, but his powers are too strong and we are unable to remove it, much less transfer"
The eagle king clicked his tongue, "Is there no other way to take his powers for my son?"