"Heh! What did you just say?"
Inside a big and luxurious room, a young maid with short brown hair and eyes, slapped a little boy standing in front of her.
Boy was not more than ten years old.
Unable to resist the force of that slap, he fell on the marble floor. A clear mark of maid's palm appeared on his left cheek.
"You want to eat something else? Since when did you start making demands?" Said the maid with disdain on her face.
"You...You just give me bread everyday. It's my birthday today, atleast for today... Can't i eat a apple."
Boy said weakly, as tears welled up inside his eyes.
Maid threw a piece of bread that she was holding in her other hand, on the floor.
"Be grateful that I'm atleast giving you this. Nobody would care even if you starve to death."
Maid turned away and walked out of boy's room, closing the door.
After starting at the closed door for a few seconds, boy stood-up and wiped tears away from his eyes, his face expressionless, like what he did earlier was just merely an act.
He was not some ordinary boy, he was Second Prince of Aegis, the only human Empire on this continent.
Yeah, a prince!
Then why did that maid treat him like that and walked away without any consequences?
That's because, although he is a prince, he has no mana, and not having mana means being unable to perform magic.
Being a mana-less human, in a world where power determine ones value, this is the fate that he was born with.
Everyone, even a commoner or farmer also possess some amount of mana when they are born.
The quality and quantity of mana is also decided at the time of birth, it can't be changed. It can be determined by analyzing that how powerful magic one will wield in future with the amount of mana they are born with.
On top of all of this, his mother, who died giving birth to him was also just a commoner maid.
So basically, nobody cares about someone mana-less, even if he is a prince.
...
Leon Morgan, turned ten year old today.
Imperial year 510, 15 August, Morning 9:45 Am.
Leon's neck long pitch black hair fluttered with the wind that entered from his room's window.
"So... I'm really inside a novel."
Leon muttered as he picked up the piece of bread from floor and started eating it.
It's been three years, since Leon acquired the ability to see some floating texts on top of some people's head.
"Initially, i was sceptical about this, but now I'm sure... I'm a extra character in some romance-fantasy novel."
Leon's crimson eyes, fell on some books placed at the nearby table.
'Hero, who fell for the villainess's charm', 'My husband is a Yandere prince', 'Forget the male lead, i would Marry the sexy 2nd male lead'.
"And it's a Reverse-harem plot."
How did he knew? Because his elder brother, the only son of Empress Alicia, was one of the main character of this said novel.
"How does it even work with a Crown prince being in the reverse harem setting."
Little Leon was confused because even if uderstood the concept of reverse harem, there were no book of this genre in the library.
Shaking his head, Leon went to the table and sat on chair, his legs hanging above the ground. He chose a romance-fantasy book to read.
Despite not having much power in palace, he could still access the library and read books of his liking.
Reading books was his favourite activity, but since gaining his ability, he started focusing more on reading romance oriented books.
Reading the book 'my husband is a Yandere Prince', several expressions appeared on Leon's face like-surprise, happiness, frustration.
AND then he reached a certain paragraph,
AS THE DEMONIC WOLF RELEASED A FIREBALL TOWARDS LILIANA,
HENRY APPEARED IN FRONT OF HER,
AND DEFLECTED IT TO THE SIDE.
AS SOON AS FIREBALL MADE CONTACT WITH EARTH, A EXPLOTION HAPPENED.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NOT MANY PEOPLE NEARBY,
A PASSERBY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE AFTERMATH AND DIED, HIS BODY PARTS FLYING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
HENRY DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE, HIS PRIORITY WAS TO....
A chill ran down Leon's spine and he quickly closed the book. His heart beat rising quickly.
"Damn, this is the fate of Extra's, how brutal."
Badump
"Am i really going to become a stepping stone for main characters or die like a extra, without anyone even noticing my existence?"
Badump Badump Badump
Thinking of his ominous future, Leon stood up and walked towards his bed.
After lying on his bed, he closed his eyes and tried to calm his rapidly beating heart. But no matter how much he tried, it couldn't calm down.
Badump Badump Badump
Then...
His cherry pink lips slowly raised, creating a beautiful but ominous smile.
"Hehe... If only i hadn't obtained this power."
Leon's eyelids opened revealing his crimson eyes filled with excitement.
Pushing his hand under the pillow, Leon grabbed something and took it in front of his face.
It was a palm sized mirror.
In the mirror, Leon saw his face. He concentrated for a while and... Texts floating on top of his head appeared.
[ Name: Leon Morgan, 2nd Prince of Aegis Empire
Role: Extra
Age: 10/16
Mana Level: sealed at the moment because of a curse. Can only be released when the caster die.]
"The more i concentrate, the more basic information i can see."
After reading the text, he placed the mirror under his pillow once again. Leon had made it a habit to always keep the small mirror with him to see his own information with it.
"I still have six years till my death, but i dont want to wait till then. I have to find this curse's caster and... kill him/her as soon as possible."
As a child who did not have anything else for his entertainment except for reading books, Leon had learnt about many things from books, one of them was murder.
As a fan of dark fantasy, one of his goal is to kill bad guys, removing the filth from world.
"It's time for me to take some outside air. If my guess is not wrong, this person should be in the palace." Leon muttered as he once again closed his eyes.