The event which was held at the imperial city in Urah's popular field,west of the imperial castle under the wide open star stacked sky was open to every citizen of Delvin.
The field stretched as far as the eyes could see with land mass almost a quarter of the imperial palace crowded with people all over in small tent like shelters and a bon fire was lit somewhere in between the area which served as the stage of the event.
In small heavily guided shelter up ahead the royals were seated, a small magic screen floated in front of them to give them a view of what was happening at the bon fire.
Though shortnoticed,performers had been invited from all over the realm to perform at the event_minstrels with lutes and other musical instruments slung across their backs, followed closely by the singers the moment they took the stage,dancers draped in bright coloured clothing and ribbons, and fire-breathers whose presence promised a night of wonder and unease.
Tyran sat with his two sons Infront with his new chief knight and King Maxmillian on each side.
Since they appeared Ramses's eyes had not left the screen.
The prince laughed and giggled with every step the performers took,excited as he was he didn't know when his father lifted him into his laps.
For some reason Tyran wanted to hold him,wanted him this close to him.
He felt a measure of contentment and satisfaction from watching him drool saliva from is lips in excitement with a broad smile glued to his face.
From up close,his smooth perfectly curved oval face weren't like those of a child, everything about him reminded him of Fiona,deep down he wished he could stay with him this way forever.
Ren stood behind the Emperor and his sons,ears alert while his eyes remained on Zero the whole time quietly awaiting the perfect time to land him a warning.
He knew the Emperor's Knight was one of the many who wanted his son dead and here he was seated next to the same imperial prince and casting quick suspicious glances at the Emperor and his son,his discomfort probably springing from being this close to them.
Ren had sensed this man's resentment for the Emperor at the Knighting ceremony and from the rumours circulating,he couldn't help but suspect Tyran's influence on the results but why?
Was the emperor aware of this man's resentment towards him before choosing him as a Knight,if so just what was he planning?
Tyran was holding back crucial information he needed in order to protect him.
Zero stood up and quickly bowed to Tyran.
"Your majesty please excuse me"he said before vanishing.
A moment later,Ren leaned closer from behind Tyran and whispered into his ears.
"I'll be right back!".
Tyran nodded and the general vanished to appear by the bonefire,where he had percieved the Knight's scent was coming from.
The Emperor's knight stood among the crowd with Athena and a few other unrecognizable faces.
When Zero's eyes met Ren's intense stare,he excused himself before approaching him.
"My Lord"he bowed "I sense you have something important to tell me".
"Indeed... I know you resent him but a quick warning the moment you take a wrong step his way then prepare to dine with Hades". Ren said in a low tone.
A broad smile spread across the Knight's lips.
"I think have me misunderstood my Lord...Tsskkkk!!..To think I get to recieve a warning the first time I face the scarlet prince...a beautiful yet wasted voice you have, I feel so honored to be one of the few you have spoken to,hoping to hear more from you next time".Zero bowed and began walking towards Athena.
"I know who you're"Ren muttered and Zero's feet halted,he turned to glance the general's way.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
When Ren didn't answer,the next Instant Zero grabbed his hand and teleported them to the imperial palace.
"What do you mean by that!answer me!"He barked and the general's face twisted in a smirk,his head lowered.
"How do you know me?"
When Ren raised his head Zero was looking at a different person with the same face,and at the instant the general's eyes locked unto his,those scarlet eyes made his skin crawl sending cold pulses down his entire body.
"The Sorceror prince"Ren muttered and Zero's mind went blank,his body trembling.
"Ha...how!"he managed to say through his gritting teeth.
Ren's smirk widened even more,his gaze intense.
"As a child you were always drawn to me... Although the last emperor wiped out your family your resentment must not cling to the current_"
"Then who do I dispise!...who do I take my revenge on when he is gone,the son shall bear the sins of his own father and so shall his son's son"
Ren scoffed nonchalantly before folding his arms.
"Your resentment will be your end!..Do_not provoke_me!!"
Tyran was still a child at that time knowing nothing about this family but the imperial bloodline knew the need to rid delvin of the most destructive sorcery in existence,he would do the same thing had he been in his father's shoes.
Five hundred years ago Ren had withnessed an unrest,a war between the sorcerors and the imperial bloodline,born of the same blood when the first sorceror with decompo was born,a cousin of the emperor at that time rebelled against the empire with a small army and a destructive spell that managed to wipe out almost two third of the imperial army and knights.
All he needed was to cast a simple spell inorder to decompose thousands of Semonios in an instant.
Back then instead of blood the battlefield had been bathed in ash as they forged ahead destroying the imperial palace and everything in it.
At that time being the only semonio at Grandmaster tier level,the spell had no effect on him and he was able to kill him but had requested his name be omitted from the history books.
Ever since then relatives of the emperor born with that ability were seen as a threat to the throne and he had been tasked with wiping them out.
"You have no right to tell me who and who not to resent"
"Then rest your wrath on me...and take me out If you can".
Zero raised a brow,his gaze serious.
"And why would I do that?"he asked.
"I wiped out your family... I went against the previous emperor's orders and let you live".
Zero's face dropped as his chuckle slowly turned into a dark sinister laughter.
"So it was you all along!"he muttered as memories of that day came flooding in.
Ren turned to leave but vanished to appear few paces away the moment he sensed a hand about to grab his neck.
He stared at the knight Infront of him,a young semonio seemingly courting death.
The Emperor's knight was now burning with mana,immersed in a black flame,his eyes pitch black as he stretched forth his hand.
Suddenly dark clouds gathered above them in the sky as a magic circle appeared in front of him laced with purple lightening flashes.
From where he stood,Ren could sense the overwhelming flow of magic energy and the rage emanating from his mana.
"You should have killed me when you had the chance...I'll kill you and then I'll wipe out the imperial bloodline and the bastards who killed the the emperor's knight"
His voice now deeper than before boomed from afar.
"Decompo!"He belowed amidst lightening flashes.
But the general stood ahead unfazed,glaring at him.
Zero immediately broke the magic circle,drew his sword and charged at him.
Ren didn't move.
Suddenly an eerie feeling gripped him urging him to return to the emperor's side.
He immediately unblocked his telepathic link just incase before his scarlet eyes glowed bright red.
Ren grabbed tip of the sword aiming for his abdomen and it disappeared to immediately appear behind the knight,it's tip pointing directly at his back.
Just before it pierced him,on second thought the general dispelled the sword as he watched Zero's elbow coming down at his face.
"Sleep!"he muttered and the Knight dropped to the grass his dark straight long hair loosed around him in a disordered fashion with a few strands falling down his face,his arms and legs spread out,jaw open with eyes shut as a thin trail of tear trickle down the sides of his face.
Ren glared at the young Knight,his brows furrowed just now he had almost killed him but changed his mind at the last moment however, next time would be different.
He wondered if keeping a person desiring the death of what he treasured the most was a mistake he would regret soon enough.
The knight wielded a frightening power and the stronger he got the more terrible his abilities would become.
He was hurt deep down,not that he cared but Ren could clearly sense the knight's pain and wondered if he should finished what he didn't finish back then.
General Rengyotsu stretched out his hand his eyes glowing red,but just then he remembered,there was somewhere he needed to be.
He's eyes returned back to normal before he teleported to the Emperor's side.
The fear he read through Tyran's eyes already communicated what had transpired.
Everyone else had the same confused look on their faces, something seemed askew.
Ren looked behind the Emperor and only found one prince,clinging to his father,he couldn't smell the other.
'The imperial prince was missing '.