"I would like to stay alone for a while, Sean," Yibo said as he had his back towards Sean, he didn't want to see anyone, even this simple sentence seemed to have been said with difficulty.

Zhan didn't say anything and quietly left the room and soon as the door closed Yibo collapsed on the floor, tears flew from his eyes non-stop.

He picked up a pillow and pressed it against his face before screaming his lungs out, he screamed till his lungs and chest ached.

He cried till his face and eyes became red.

"Your highness, I will always be with you."

"Your highness I will always support you."

"your highness I will serve your children as well"

"Your highness!!"

Yibo cried harder he banged his fist against the floor and his head against the floor, his head started to blee but he didn't stop, he suddenly felt something on the floor which stopped his head from being hit on the floor.

Yibo had his eyes closed and didn't bother to open them he just cried and cried and felt himself being engulfed in a hug.

Yibo just couldn't stop crying he just lost himself in grief he couldn't take it anymore everything was too much, he wished to just end himself and his miserable life then and there.

Zhan's own tears spilled but he didn't let himself be weak, even in this life he wasn't able to protect Yibo from the misery.

After seeing Yibo like this today Zhan wonders that in his last life also was Yibo this miserable?

Zhan clenched his fist and tightened his hug if only ten years ago Yibo and his mother had come to his birthday party he would have saved him and his mother, if only.

But it seemed like not everything is in his hand no one can completely change anyone's fate.

Yibo soon fell asleep and Zhan gently picked him and laid him on the bed, before covering him with a duvet and walking out, when he reached out he saw Simon and Marquis standing outside with grim expressions don't theirs faces.

"How is he, Zhan?" Simon asked.

Zhan sighed, "Miserable."

The other two became quiet, for some time before Zhehan spoke, "I went to check that woman, His highness's nanny, it seemed that she was tortured she had various marks on his body and was severely whipped as well.

It was all planned."

Simon clenched his fist, the people here are so, so filthy how can they resort to such disgusting tricks, taking an innocent life for what? to fill someone with fear? for revenge? or for pleasure.

The more Simon thought the more repulsed he felt.

"I should leave now," Zhehan said," take care of all of you."

"I'll show you out," Simon said and walked away with Zhehan.

"You seem pretty disturbed Sir Simon."

"I am just thinking do all the people here are like this? evil?"

Zhehan smiled, "There is no such thing as good and evil sir Simon, everyone is just doing what will benefit them they are fulfilling their own greed for some, what happened today is evil in our eyes but it can be a good thing in the eyes of the one who pulled the strings."

Simon nodded, "When you said that my household will target...and we will be attacked...is this how..."

Zhehan smiled, "You are a smart man Sir Simon, you should know that in this world there are no such things as pure goodness, you need evil to defeat evil.

Sir Simon I am saying this for your own good, you can't run anymore you can't ignore anything anymore you have entered this mess and let yourself get dirty otherwise you won't survive,

Who knows what fate will show us tomorrow you might be in his highness Place and your brother Zhan would be that nanny's place if you are not careful."

Simon gritted his teeth, "Thank you for coming Marquis." He said and Zhehan nodded before leaving the duke's mansion leaving Simon in his own thoughts.

He then walked towards Zhan's room, "What happened brother?"

Simon slowly sat on Zhan's bed and Zhan sat beside him waiting for him to speak, "Zhan...I... Don't like this place and I want to leave..."

Zhan's face paled, "But I know tis' not possible anymore, I know I have a very huge responsibility on my shoulder and I don't realize it...I know that you have a goal to fulfill...and I can't leave you alone...so from today I have a goal as well, I am going to take over the dukedom and I am going to eradicate every obstacle that will in your way till you succeed in your goal.

And that is my promise to you."

Zhan was lost for words he suddenly smiled and looked at Simon who smiled in return, "Let's crush all these people Zhan"

"Yes, brother let's annihilate them all till we have reached the highest peak."

So all night Zhan sat with Simona  explained to him all the targets that need to be annihilated, The empress, the first prince, and the candidate for saintess Adeena Vespera the count's family, the duke."

Simon listened to everything carefully, "We need to clean our house as well."

"Alright, I'll see what I can do, you can rest assured brother, and for a few days take care of his highness I have heard that he has no one other than you and Jack now, must be hard for him."

Zhan nodded and Simon spoke again, "the medicine you fed Yibo today you gave all the credit for that to Emerald making her win guaranteed since she saved the third prince of this empire.

But she will also become the target of everyone, so why don't you send Azure to her in order to protect her?"

Zhan smiled, "That's a great idea," Zhan said and summoned Azure before giving it the instruction and sending it away.

"Brother there is something else I want to say to you."

"What?"

"The empress is planning to issue an imperial decree for your and lady Sapphire's marriage."

"WHAT!!!" Simon suddenly stood up,he was shocked beyond his wits and shivered just by the thought of marrying some like Sapphire, he then glared at Zhan who was smiling at his reaction 

"YOU IDIOT WHY ARE TELLING THIS TO ME NOW?? OH GOSH, SAPPHIRE NO NO I WOULD RATHER BECOME AND ENUNCH AND A SAINT RATHER THAN MARRYING HER."

Zhan laughed at Simons' reaction, "I will not marry her, this is a very huge crisis and we are going to do something about this first, like very quickly."

"Relax brother there is no way I will ever let that happen, let that woman dream and fly higher, the higher she flies the more injured she will get once she falls."

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Meanwhile, Adeena was in the Royal Library which was not accessible to everyone easily, she was looking through books and looking for the information she needed to confirm her suspicion soon eh got the book she needed the book was named as,

'Ankh'

Adeena opened the book and looked through the contents and soon came across a valuable piece of information, she soon covered her mouth with the information she read.

The one favoured by the goddess appears once in a thousand years and once he or she does take birth in the world, the world enters reformation.

The one favoured by the goddess has immense power their blood can heal and their tears can cause destruction the goddess herself ruins the world and can go against the cosmic law for them.

Their blood have the power to heal and if they be used in a good way, they can be transformed into a holy object which can conquer the world and the one who will own that objest will be invincible and can live along life."

Adeen suddenly smiled this is a valuable piece of information she needs to tells this to the empress and the first prince.

Author's note: Alright people this is getting more and more complicated now.

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