ARCLAND: The Messiah

ARCLAND: The Messiah

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Sitting at the top of the food chain; the new emperor of Arcland who took the crown by force, was the ruthless and cold-hearted former general of the Royal army, Carzus Luis de Saltiere. He was widely known as the Death Sword of the battlefield who slaughtered kingdom after kingdoms with a wave of his sword. Not only that, his beast mask that covers his entire face added a ferocious aura on his already intimidating presence. But this very man that frightened everyone who cross paths with him acted like a shy puppy in front of Chiara ──a woman who was brave enough to ask him for a dance during the royal ball. The emperor was possessed! by .... love?

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Chapter 1

Prologue

Of course, why would father and mother love me? It's clear that they adopt me to prevent this humiliation from happening to their precious daughter, Clareen.

Chiara bit her lower lip with a heavy heart as her father continued his ruthless words.

"Chiara, don't you think this is the perfect time to repay all your debts to this family? After all, we've fed you and dressed you for so many years, this is just a little payment I'm asking for."

His cold voice crushed her fragile heart, how long has it been since she lived here in the Florentine mansion as a slave?

Yes, a slave.

She was the first lady of this family by paper, but in reality, she was treated like a slave that even servants would dare to harass her.

What fed? What dressed? All the foods she ate in this house are leftovers by her little sister, the real daughter of the Duke of Florentine household. Even the dogs could get more than that. And aside from the shabby and torn dresses she's wearing everyday, she never experienced wearing even a tiny bit of jewelry.

How cruel, she was adopted as a daughter of the Duke ... but her fate is worse than animals.

Now her father is demanding a 'little' payment from her, which is to get married to the emperor who was already old enough to be her grandfather and was known for having a whole town of concubines.

"Father, don't do this to sis! You're the duke, right? You can do something to not let this happen, right?"

Chiara's little sister, Clareen, cried and pleaded with her father, but the latter knows more than anyone else in the world how cunning and manipulating this little devil is.

The duke frowned and sighed, "My dear, I already fathom that this will eventually happen sooner or later. The emperor likes young ladies and as a ducal family who is next to the royal family in rank, I will have to eventually sacrifice my own daughter if the emperor wishes to."

Clareen hugged her older sister and pretended to cry more, but she didn't forget to tease Chiara at that moment. She moved her mouth and whispered, "My dear sis, we will eventually cross paths again ... because I will soon marry the crown prince. Now, should I practice calling you Mom?"

Chiara trembled in humiliation. All the things she experienced in this house are merely appetizers for what is yet to come, because the main dish that she didn't anticipate is actually more disgusting than her meals.

Awful.

For the first time in her life, she could feel the coldness of jewels on her bare skin. She was finally able to wear an elegant dress befitting of a noble lady. Her hair was finally freed from all the hair ties she has to wear everyday because Clareen doesn't like the way her hair falls, especially its unique silver color.

For the first time in her life, she saw how beautiful she is ... But happiness can't seem to touch her heart no matter how many luxury things she wears.

In a week's time, her marriage with the emperor will take place at the royal villa. What's more disgusting is that the emperor seemed to already favor her even before they met, because their wedding will be the biggest wedding of the century and the Florentine household couldn't be happier.

Chiara visited the capital with six royal guards assigned by the emperor himself to accompany her, so they eventually caught unwanted attention even if she didn't want to.

She lowered her head and hid her face behind her hair, but she could still feel the people's eyes digging a hole on her back.

"Is that the first daughter of Duke Florentine? The one to wed the emperor next week? She's so young ..."

"Not so young, she's probably of marriageable age ... though yeah, she's too young for the emperor."

"That duke something is too greedy to send his daughter to an old man, don't you think so?"

"You're right, but that lady must've liked it this way, she'll become a royal and live in the palace with the 99 more ladies like her. *Giggles*"

"Hey, do you want to get arrested? Huh? Don't talk like that about royals and nobles again! Go somewhere else!" An old woman interrupted the ladies talking in front of her little souvenir stall.

"Why? It's the talk of the whole town, why are we not allowed to talk about it? Isn't that the lady that auntie was talking about?"

"You dumb brat! Come back and I'll give you a good beating!"

Those mocking voices and humiliating words came from commoners who had nothing compared to their status, but truly, she wanted to become like them who's living a simple life without worrying about political marriage.

"Don't mind them ... please." Chiara whispered when she noticed that one of the guards was about to approach the commoners who spoke ill of His Majesty.

The guard looked at the pitiful lady and somehow felt his heart ache for her. Such a waste ... He thought.

A week passed and the rightful day came. Chiara was wearing the most luxurious handmade dress that is solely made for her, even the jewelries around her neck and hair are the finest and highest quality. Her face is covered with a thin make-up that complimented her angelic face even more, such a rare beauty to be found.

This is supposed to be the best day for every woman, but for her, this is the end of everything.

She boarded the carriage with an empty soul and resigned to her fate for the last time, because she already decided to take her life in front of everyone's eyes during the wedding, right before they exchanged vows. But halfway through, the carriage abruptly stopped. The ground was shaking like there's a battalion of armies going their way, next, she was forcefully pulled out of the carriage and dragged away with her eyes covered.

Never did she know that when she resigned completely to her fate, it moved in a different way than what she expected.

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Xia Lin Si
when is the next chapter?
2021-07-21 07:29:42
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Sophie Clain
whoa! historical fiction 😍
2021-07-20 20:18:36
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Xia Lin Si
❤️❤️🎉 Worth to read!
2021-07-20 20:03:47
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Xia Lin Si
❤️❤️🎉 Worth to read!
2021-07-20 20:03:46
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36 Chapters
Prologue
Of course, why would father and mother love me? It's clear that they adopt me to prevent this humiliation from happening to their precious daughter, Clareen. Chiara bit her lower lip with a heavy heart as her father continued his ruthless words. "Chiara, don't you think this is the perfect time to repay all your debts to this family? After all, we've fed you and dressed you for so many years, this is just a little payment I'm asking for." His cold voice crushed her fragile heart, how long has it been since she lived here in the Florentine mansion as a slave? Yes, a slave. She was the first lady of this family by paper, but in reality, she was treated like a slave that even servants would dare to harass her. What fed? What dressed? All the foods she ate in this house are leftovers by her little sister, the real daughter of the Duke of Florentine household. Eve
last updateLast Updated : 2021-07-17
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Chapter 1
"General, the emperor is at the royal villa." One of the imperial knights reported to the general of the royal army respectfully. "Mm." He responded. He looked at the brightly lit and overly luxurious villa on his right and scoffed in his head. Royal villa ... That disgusting being is at it again. He thought referring to the emperor's hobby of taking young ladies of every noble family and forcing them into his harem. Another knight approached and bowed his head in fear, "My L-Lord, the gate is o-o-opened like what you ordered me to do." He stuttered while holding on to his tiny hope of saving his life by taking the enemy's side, but his heart immediately sank after hearing the general's cold words.  "One word and you're trembling? If I keep you and someone told you to do the same while you're serving me ... will you also sell me off?" "N-No, My Lord! No! I would never! P-please spare my life!" H
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Chapter 2
Now, the real problem began. How would she explain her disappearance to her husband? She reached the gate of Cales household, and the guards immediately let her in. No matter how curious they are, they wouldn't dare ask a question, especially because the Marquess of Cales is like a ticking time bomb these days that his wife disappeared. But his anger didn't seem to root from worry, because the moment the Marquess received a mysterious letter without a seal on it, his countenance changed, and he looks like he was ready to kill anytime.  The lady, who was violated in the forest turned out to be Marchioness Lara Cales, the daughter of Earl Grey and was the most beautiful lady in her era. She was sought by every household, even the imperial palace, but she chose to marry Marquess Cales who was her lover at that time. This is also where the emperor's fetish of collecting young ladies into his harem s
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Chapter 3
"Ssh!" Simon hushes Lara while they're hiding behind the bushes. He made this big pile of bushes so that he could hide whenever runaway soldiers or rebels entered the forest, but now, two of them are actually using this. "S-Simon ... I-I ... Hmmp!" "W-what?! What's happening?!" Simon instantly panicked after seeing how pale Lara's face is. "Aaaa ... AaaaahhHHH!" Her groans of pain suddenly caught the attention of the seven rebels, they immediately traced where the voice came from and found two people coming out of the bushes. One was a man, and the other one was a pregnant woman who's about to give birth. "Man, this is troublesome! Two people saw our faces ..." One of the men with a cigarette in his mouth said while unsheathing his sword. His allies seemed to already agree to what the man said, they looked like they were ready to fight at any moment. Or more
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Chapter 4
"Ce .... Celestine, you said?" The big man tried to confirm the name he had just heard.   "Y-Yes, that's right. She sent us here to live ... We are currently homeless, so I was thinking if──."   "Young man, welcome to our humble village." An old woman approached them, that's when Simon noticed that all of the village people are smiling towards them now, unlike earlier when they just arrived.    'Err, what's happening?' "Y-Yes?"   "That beautiful lady must be your wife?"   "Ah, no ... I mean, y-yes, haha, she is my wife. And this is o-our child." Simon introduced them awkwardly, Lara blushed the same.   "It's Celestine who brought you here and your family must be tired from your journey, follow me."   The old woman who welcomed them is the village's head, Bernadeth. She took the three of them to one of the empty houses available in th
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Chapter 5
"You, did you take off your mask outside?" Carzus' mother, Lara, asked with a cold voice. She overheard some of her neighbors fawning about Carzus' appearance that morning, so the anger she held for long grew bigger and bigger as the painful memory of her past haunt her again. Carzus felt his body trembled in fear, 'Will I get hit again? Will mother disown me again?' are what going through inside his head. He took a deep breath and finally uttered, "Yes." Lara's brows knitted, she approached her son and gave him a slap. "How many times should I tell you that you mustn't take it off?!" "I'm sorry, mother." Carzus ignored the stinging pain on his face and stood at the door like a statue. His mother made him a mask to cover his face when he turned three, and the only time he can take it off is when he's taking a bath, that means even at home, he has to hide his face especially in front of his mother who
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Chapter 6
'I was forced to marry an old man for the family's honor and their daughter's reputation, but thankfully, somebody took me away.' Chiara thought while brushing her hair in front of the vanity mirror and sighed.   'But tonight, I have to attend a selection ceremony to see if I'm going to be a concubine or a slave.' "A slave is fine tho, but what if I was chosen to be a concubine or a queen? Another marriage, although not with an old man, but a ruthless one."   Chiara overheard the conversation of the other ladies two weeks ago, she heard that the new emperor took the crown by force and slaughtered all the servants, knights and everyone serving the previous emperor including his children and wives. On top of that, Emperor Edleman died a humiliating death in front of the nobilities.   'Will I be able to marry a man like that?'   *Siiiiiiigghhhh*   She sighed deeply while lost in her
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Chapter 7
"Y-Your Majesty, the lady doesn't want to ... ugh ... I think she doesn't want anyone to see her while she's sick." Chiara's personal maid, who was assigned by the palace, said with hesitation. 'She doesn't want me to see how she looks like when she's sick? It's not like she's wearing makeup or a fancy dress when I met her at the pond. But I should be considerate when she's being shy .... Mm! Let's be a man.' is what running through Carzus' head at this moment. "I understand. The doctor will be here soon, I shall come back when she gets better." "I apologize, Your Majesty." Seviere's eyebrows twitched 'The only time he asks for permission is when he's talking with the previous emperor, he even barged in one of the ducal houses and talked to their head while he was taking a bath! But what I'm seeing right now is ... is impossible! Just who are you, possessing His Majesty's body?!' 
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Chapter 8
Even after growing up with Carzus, they still fear him because of his quiet personality and domineering aura. They also witnessed how Carzus slaughtered anyone who got in his way without hesitation, many times, that's why their fear is justifiable. Carzus looks down for a moment while processing Ellie's words. He's not actually mad at what he just heard, he even thought that Ellie might help him somehow in changing himself just so Chiara won't fear him anymore. "I understand." He said with a heavy tone while thinking of what kind of approach he should do next time, just then, Seviere came panting heavily. "Yoh- Yoh- Your Majeh- Hah!" He's out of breath at this moment which also sums up to the excitement that he's feeling. 'Well, maybe, just maybe, His Majesty's mood will get better after hearing the news that I was going to say. Hm-Hm! Breathe in, breathe out.' "*Cough* Lady Florentine is requesting
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Chapter 9
A few days have passed since Chiara visited Triton palace and it's just another normal day, at least for her. "Today, the Emperor will announce the result of the selection process. Are you excited, My Lady?" Shiela asked while preparing the lady's breakfast. Chiara was busy at her table, making sketches of different dresses and suits when she remembered something. "I didn't participate at the selection ceremony, so I won't receive any letter today." She said with overflowing confidence while wearing a relief expression on her face. 'What is she being relieved about?' *Sigh* Shiela smiled awkwardly. "And if ever I received one today, then you wouldn't have to serve me anymore." The lady continued as she thought of the other possibility. "Wouldn't have to serve you anymore? But, why?" Her maid asked as she put down the last dish on the table. "Because we will b
last updateLast Updated : 2021-09-11
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