That night, in the main palace of the Luria. The crown prince with a crescent moon birthmark was born.
The King's face who was relieved that the born child is a boy stunned because of the birthmark. The legend says "One day if a prince is born with a crescent moon birthmark he will suffer with a long journey to clean the mess that Rowan (the first emperor) made.
"Your Highness. Is anything alright? Our baby is fine right?" asked the empress when she looked at the emperor's face.
"He is fine honey. Thank you for giving birth to our son" The emperor kissed the empress's forehead. "You need to rest. I will take him with me" he takes the little prince with him and leaves his spouse.
The Emperor went inside the baby's rooms and put the little prince in his bed. "Baby..... Whoever you will be in the future I will make sure that everything will be alright. I will keep you safe, you can do everything that you want. We love you" After kissing his baby's cheek he left for his empress chamber.
"He is asleep now. You need to rest to"
" is something wrong with him?" the emperor's face made her worry
"He was born with a birthmark too" he spoke slowly. He doesn't want to make his exhausted wife worry the whole night.
"What's bad about it? The birthmark was a sign of royalty. And he was a healthy baby right"
"He was" he smiled a little and continued his sentence. " The legend of his birthmark was different. Everyone in this world will know he is a blessing but for him, it will be a curse. I just don't want him to have a hard life"
"But the life of the crown prince is not easy either." she smiled
"We need to make him strong. He will face a lot of struggles in the future. We will make him number one that nobody can defeat him"
" Don't do that. Just we need to raise him to be the crown prince properly. Then tell him about the birthmark and let him decide his future." the empress smiled.
The empress smiled a little. For her, it was enough to know that her baby was healthy. She knew everything about the legend the moment she was married. "Let's hope that it will not come that fast"
That night the first thing that legend said came true. The whole empire was caught in the big downpour and a split second the mystic creature came. The whole knight was guarding the palace when the thunder shook the whole palace like an earthquake.
The Mighty gold dragon was found guarding the outside of the prince's room. Everyone was stunned in their place.
"Our little prince has a god's blessing" This sentence came from everyone in the empire.
"He will be a good king in the future"
"He will be a blessing for the entire empire"
The sound of people praying for the little prince did not stop. Remembering that this was the first time a dragon came in a hundred thousand years. The people thought that this was a good blessing.
But the reality is not a blessing.
That golden dragon was waiting for his revenge. This newborn baby prince was his live-death contact master. He dies in the hands of the most meaningful person. His best friend. The Empire Knight Commander. And die with the most painful death. At that time his master made an oat. If reincarnation or a second life exists he will take revenge on him.
This time, after a long wait. He returns. Not like last time. The golden dragon will make sure he lives well.
He guards the window of the prince's room without slight care about the commotion that he made. He looks at the baby in silence. In a split second, he changed to his human appearance and guarding by the side of the crib.
" Finally you reincarnate Rowan, maybe I will ask you to name me this time. Sorry for not coming when the thing happened back then. Thank you for having a live-death contract with me. From now on I will take care of you." said the golden dragon with tears.
When he detects someone's footstep coming closer he's back to his cold face and says "Just go back. I will take care of him"
The emperor had just arrived at the door of his baby stunned.
"Who are you?" he drew his sword and pointed it to the golden dragon
The golden dragon knew that the man in front of him was the baby's father. He retaliates "I'm his guardian. You can rest assured that I will not have an ill intention of him"
Once again the emperor was stunned. He doesn't know whether to cry or be happy about this.
With this event. The Emperor was a hundred percent sure that his prince would have a tough life.
" then I will not stand in ceremony with you. This lowly father asks the Mighty Highness to take care of my child. That will be the best blessing that my child receives" even though the emperor talks like that. He and the dragon knew the meaning behind it.
The golden dragon didn't reply to him and just saw the baby with blank space. He understood why he talked like that remembering that they were not alone.
The emperor to understand why he didn't reply. They still keep silent for a few minutes.
"Your Highness. Is the highest prince good? did we need to kill him?" asked one of the guards.
" no need. You guys can go back now "
"yes, your Highness " The guards make a bow and leave the prince's room.
After the guard left. It just both of them remain. The emperor waits for the golden dragon to speak while the golden dragon does not bother him. They stay like that for an hour.
" you know his fate right?" said the golden dragon
" I do. "
"did you regret?"
"It's not regret. How can I regret it? It's more like I don't want him to have that fate. Can I ask a question?"
The golden dragon raised his eyebrow. While the emperor continued his questions "Did my child a first emperor reincarnation?"
"yes and no" The answer made the emperor. Yes and no. What does that mean? Before he asks further, the golden dragon continues " he and Rowan were a different person. But he has most of Rowan's features. He has the same fate as him. At another point, they will have the same path but it will be different. Because they are not the same person."
" take care of your spouse. This baby. I will guard him" the golden dragon said again.
"then this person will leave. Might the mighty have a good time" the emperor said and left the room back to the empress's room.
" your Highness. Is the baby okay?" Empress ask
" he's fine. You need to rest now. "
"then rest with me" The empress pulled the emperor to lay in the bed with her. And keep babbling
"right. What name will Your Highness give to the prince?"
" Crescent Grezero Luria. With the hope that he will have a beautiful soul with no regrets" With a smile, the emperor replied.
With that fourteen years passed quickly. Now Prince Grez is already eight years old. He was famous for being the youngest swordsman and magician in the world. When he was 3 he burned the north castle in an accident, he drowned the empire traitor in a 10-meter pool tube while they had a meeting with high officials.
When he was 6 he already knew ten different magic elements. Fire. Ice. Earth. Lightning. Metal. Water. Wind. Dark. Light. Poisson. With a high level for all of them.
When he was 7 his strength in martial arts was par with the head of special guard who was more than a decade's age difference.
When he was 8 years old. He started to learn politics. He knew that his status was different from other kids and could have the same childhood as them.
When he was ten. He starts to have the same dream. In the dream, he dies most miserably. His heart hurt every time he saw the dream. He cries a lot. And the dream keeps expanding every day. Now he is fourteen he dreams from the first emperor's point of view. He knew that they were different people but why did his heart ache so much?
From that point, he felt so lucky to have an amazing friend to accompany him on a tough journey until the filling was betrayed by the same person. Get stabbed and die at the hands of the most believed person.
Today the dream came again. This time it was when Rowan made an oat to take revenge with the heart that broke apart, his pledge. It hurt and he cried. Wake up from his room. He goes to the empress chamber.
"Your Highness. Do you need anything" The guard in front of the empress's chamber asked him.
"open the door" With that a maid who stands beside the knight opens the door and closes it again when Grez is already inside.
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