Chapter Three - The Emperor's Story, Part I

"AND THE NAME OF THIS RACE IS IMMORTAL."

What the fuck-

"They are the children of the Evermore, the gods who watch our world from above."

How this human is able to know those things?

No one told me that they had any knowledge of us.

Then how is this even possible.

"But once there are just a few Immortals when they do twenty years old, after a lot of training, they are sent to a respective world, where they must complete an important mission."

For father's sake...

"And if they did it right, they will meet their soulmate and will be able to bring their mate with them when they come back to their home in a land above all the worlds, and there, the evermore turns their partner into an Immortal so they can be together."

I think I am having goosebumps.

How does this person know so much about us?

Not only him- but his ancestors... h-how can this be happening?

"And you know how they fall into our world? They fall like a shooting star from the sky, in a baby body. Just like I've found you."

Oh... fuck.

Am I screwed?

I stared at his face with a serious gaze and he laughed.

Does he think I'm funny?

"You must be so confused, asking yourself how a human, like me, can know about this. About you."

Oh, I am.

"But it's simple."

Simple?

Then please, enlighten me with your explanation.

"Our empire was built, a thousand years ago, by my ancestor Asten Hadassah. Well, at least he received all the credits, but the unification of the kingdoms of the north, south, west, and east was made by him, Colden Hadassah, his older brother, and his best friend who was Colden's lover, Elsa Oakley."

I already know about Asten, but those two were never mentioned in the book.

"Colden disappeared from our world with Elsa, right after they conquered the continent and unify the empire with Asten, letting him get all the credits."

Wait don't tell me that this Elsa and this Colden are...

"Elsa was an Immortal, she changed our world and when she left, Colden went with her, once he was her soulmate. And then, Asten passed the story to his descendants, and that's how I know about your race."

Bloody hell-

So this Elsa and this Colden really are, indeed, the couple I know.

Except for Ellie and Zayd, those two were the only ones who never laugh at me because I wasn't a Chosen Immortal like my brothers.

They were friendly and gentle when we saw each other, even if it was rare to meet them.

Elsa is Yule's daughter, my father's young brother, but uncle hated me just because I was my mother's daughter, once he was in love with her but she chose my father.

Well, this is a big surprise.

Never could I imagine something like that.

To know that she unified the kingdoms and built the empire with them, I'm very shocked.

She really changed this world and earn the right to found her soulmate and come back home with him.

"By the look on your face, I suppose you must have met them at home."

He is smarter and can understand me better than I thought.

But I'm more surprised by the fact that we can fall into the same reality, even if in different eras.

No one told me something like that.

Maybe they don't know either.

Wait, if I was supposed to met Eirwen in the desert, like this, then my dad didn't throw me in that location because I was rude to him.

And, if I'm eight months old now, it must be at the end of the summer now.

I was born in the winter, in what they consider the longest night of the year here, and the winter is from the end of the year to the beginning of the next year.

Then now it must be late summer of 1000+ in the imperial calendar.

I looked around and my eyes stopped at the window.

"Are you curious about the weather?"

I nodded.

"We're in the Olwen Village now, so it's kinda hot because we're near the desert, but it's late summer right now."

As expected.

"Today it's exactly August 27th of 1075 in the imperial calendar."

Then I'm exactly eight months and two days right now.

In the mid-winter of the 1088 imperial year, the male lead will be kidnapped, I still have almost thirteen years to prevent this from happening!

I'll be thirteen and he will be fourteen at the time.

"If you are eight months, then I suppose you were born in the early-winter or close to mid-winter, right?"

I nodded and he smiled.

"You have big, expressive ruby-red eyes and snow-white hair, it's cute and suits the season you were born in."

Zayd also told me the same thing when I was younger, at home.

I smiled at him in acknowledgment, I hope he understands what I mean.

"You're welcome."

That's good.

"I'll bring you with me to my home, then I'll make you a princess and tell them that you're my child with someone I've met on the journey."

Is he out of his mind?

"I have a lot of kids, so I think they won't make this a big deal."

This is a bad idea.

"When I left, my first child, a boy that I had with the empress, was three months old and my four concubines were both pregnant."

That's why you shouldn't have left them there, you idiot!

They're going to hate me because I'm already eight months old and they'll think that I was with you since I was born.

And this would mean that you spend eight months with me, something that you didn't with your first-born and heir.

This is the worst idea ever.