The Princess of Dusk, Allysium Dusk Ellusia

I am the Princess of Dusk, first princess of the kingdom of Dusk, the most doted daughter of the King, Armaguous III Dusk Ellusia, why is this happening? Why are they looking at me with such eyes? Why are they so cruel? This can't be happening...

The nightmare began when news of the death of father reached the royal family. The knights loyal to me started defecting to other fractions, those friendly and kind to me started treating me as an enemy, they started looking at me with scorn. I had already started to miss the days when father was alive. He was a great and generous person. He leads the kingdom to where it is today, from the chaos he brought peace and order. No, I can't let them destroy his hard work. I was a fool for ever trusting them. Recently even the guild master who always sends me gifts and speaks to me politely started looking at me with those dreadful eyes. I don't like this...

Ever since I was born, my brothers had treated me with care, even though I know they were not sincere and only wanted to exploit me to get near father, I enjoyed spending time with them. I have always believed that they would not harm me as I was their blood-related sister and eventually they would come to like me and treat me with sincerity. Banned from exiting the royal castle I had no one to talk to except them and father. Though I had asked numerous times to him what happened to my mother, he often just tried to avert the topic. I was treated with the greatest care and love by father so I tried my best not bother him. Though I have always wished to see the outside world, a father who is paranoid about my safety did not give in to my request. Finally, he gave in to one of my requests and gave me a playmate, a knight, Britinia. I was so happy at first, but in the end, I was tired of just spending time with her and desired to exit the castle.

Though father loves me he is strange at times, I noticed a few topics he always avoids when I am around. They were the following, the state religion, mother's existence and what he was up to at night. Possibly spoiled by his care, he often sent me jewellery or anything I wanted as long as I do not leave the castle. The only time I meet outsiders is only during parties held in the royal castle and when my teacher visits me to teach me about the necessary information that every royalty must know. Although I hated the boring lessons, I always try my hardest so that father would praise me.

Eventually, one day when I was 14 years old, I couldn't suppress my desire to explore the outside world. With my personal knight, Britinia we planned to escape the castle one night. Despite her constant pleading and pestering me not to exit the castle, I did not listen to her warnings. I continued on my quest of seeing the outside world. Seeing my foolish determination, she finally gave in and help me plan my escape. Firstly we noted the number of guards in the castle and the timing at which they would go by my room. Then we planned possible escape routes through the back gates of the castle. Staying in the castle for my entire life has let me memorized all the routes in the castle. With this knowledge, I planned out a great escape plan. We even planned to return to the castle by the time the sun rises. With this, we waited till night time before beginning our escape.

Once the sun has set, we go by our great escape plan. Without any difficulties, Britinia and I reached the outside of the castle. Since it was night time, we did not spot any interesting activities. However it was my first time outside the castle, thus I was still excited about seeing the carts and houses. Unknown by me, there was actually someone watching me this whole time. The foolish me walked an entire round before deciding to return. Just as we were about to return to the castle, an old robed man approached me.

"Well well well, what do we have here? A little-lost sheep wandering about where she shouldn't be. Why don't you visit the temple of Dusk and pray to our Lord?"He asked slowly with a hint of threat if we do not agree.

Curious about the religion of our country, I wanted to follow the man. However, I was stopped by Britinia. "Foul old man, do you not see the crest of the royal family? Step back at once!" Britinia drew her sword and face the old priest.

Seemingly ignoring her, the priest approached me. Britinia without hesitation shouted loudly, "GUARDS, THE PRINCESS IS IN DANGER!!" Immediately after this sentence, numerous soldier in the castle could be heard screaming, "The princess is missing, search for her! Protect the princess!!." The soldiers and knight ran in our direction. Even the king himself approached us. 4 mage could be seen following behind the king.

"Return the princess to the castle at once! Do not let this happen again."Yes, your royal highness!"Some soldiers escorted the princess back to the castle.

"Long time no sees your majesty~ I hope you have not forgotten the deal we made."Looking at the king, Jacob openly speaks to the king without any honorifics.

"How dar-" Before a nearby knight could finish his sentence, his head burst into pieces. Horrified by such an encounter a dozen knights remained silent and stood between the king and Jacob.

"Muzzle your dog your majesty. My lord is starting to get impatient."Jacob smiled at the king after speaking to the king disrespectfully.

"I have not yet forgotten about our 'deal', so lay your hands off my daughter or you will regret it."The king replied a hint of anger in his voice.

"Hehehe, interesting, looks like you have truly not forgotten about the deal you made with my lord. Fine, I will leave for now. Remember to send your 'offerings' on time or else~my lord will not be so PATIENT next time..."Laughing at the king, Jacob turned around and left.

Perhaps I shouldn't have made the deal when I was younger, the king solemnly thought to himself, but it is too late now.

Unknown to anyone in the kingdom, the king's success was not only due to his wits but also deal with the connections he made to a certain someone.

Back in the royal castle

"Father! I was wrong, it was my mistake please do not punish Britinia!" I pleaded to father when I Britinia was about to be punished.

"Just this once. IF I catch you escaping again don't blame me for executing her. If you had gone with that mad old man you would already be dead!"Father replied angrily.

"Father, if our state religion has power against us, why have we not stopped this? Why must we give way to them? They disobeyed the orders of the royalty, didn't you say that we having the royal bloodline is the true rulers of this kingdom?" I was confused by father's attitude towards them.

"Thi...is. You are still young, return to your room and rest."Father replied me unsteadily, he looks as if he had aged ten years.

"Are you alright?"I asked hesitantly. "GO BACK NOW!"Father screamed at me. This was the first time father ever yelled at me, shocked by his reaction, I returned while being upset.

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The king's P.O.V

After my daughter asked me if I was alright I was immediately reminded of the day when my wife died. Overcome by my emotions of regret, I shouted at my beloved daughter. Seemingly shocked by my reaction, she slowly back away and return to her room. No...no...no don't look at me with that face. Fearful of my past I projected a scene of my past onto my daughter. Even after I screamed at her I did not apologize nor did I comfort her. Just like this, she left and I was left alone in the throne room.

This night while I slept, I dream of all the sins I committed in the past. One by one each and every person I killed and humiliated on that day came back to me. They threatened to lay their hands on my daughter. No, I cannot lose her, I thought to myself. With this thought, I began to strengthen the security of the royal castle. I also ordered the construction of a castle for my daughter at Entropy and sent a squad of knights to guard it, hoping that one day when my days are over she will have a peaceful life. This time, I regretted not treating my sons well. However, it was already too late. My sons only wish for power now it was already too late to guide them.

Slowly as the years past all 3 of my sons were getting more and more power hungry. The yearly war with the Empire of Dawn was inevitable. I knew that the nobles were getting more and more corrupted while my citizens were getting poorer and poorer. Even I as a king committed more and more sins every year.

3 years passed and I already felt that my end was coming. With my remaining power left as a king, I ordered the royal guards to protect the princess castle if I die. I watched as my kingdom I built with my own hands burns in the greed of those nobles. I was already too tired to care, I knew that I couldn't meet the deadline of that demigod next month. With my time coming, I wrote my heartfelt wishes and sorrows in the letter and passed it to my most trusted aide and told him to pass the letter to my daughter when I was gone. With my remaining connections, I put an escape route for those who served me during the time when I was king. I told them to find an underground leader, Lycan, a man with a scarred on his face and has unique dark purple hair if they ever find trouble.

With this, my final days have come. I silently rode off into the plains to meet an 'old friend' of mine. Jacob was there when I arrived. "So after all this, you were unable to keep your end of the bargain. Do not worry my friend, your daughter will join you soon. Why? Because both you and her soul will be consumed by my lord and your kingdom will be ours, hahaha." Jacob laughed evilly as he pulled a gruesome staff with 3 skulls on it. "I am the 3rd king of the kingdom of Dusk, Armaguous III Dusk Ellusia. With my sword, I will not allow such evil to exist in my kingdom. FOR THE KINGDOM OF DUSK!!" Finishing my sentence I rushed towards Jacob.[Martial Arts King's Blade]

*Clap**Clap*

"As expected of your majesty... for becoming a tier 8 being. Congratulations and goodbye forever... [My lord is hungry, consume all who stands against him, Devouring Soul]," While smiling he cast a tier 9 spell.

Feeling that my life force is consumed I had countless flashbacks on my life as a king, the joys and sorrows I have been through and the time when I had met my wife and the time when I foolishly let her die. At this final moment before being consumed by the demigod, I laughed at myself, not only have I failed as a king, I had failed to be a father.

My daughter... I hope that you will find true happiness one day...