Arc 1.0: The seventh prince

Taylor opened his eyes and realized he was surrounded by young people. They all wore different colored robes, some taller and some shorter - Taylor being the shortest of them.

They had long hair tied up or down, and they all had bows and arrows in hand.

Taylor's character didn't seem to be very important, as he was isolated in some corner, wearing white clothes, his long black hair tousled and thrown in his face and his bow and arrow was mediocre compared to the ones the others wore that they had. even jade tips on his arrows.

Taylor closed his eyes and focused on his AI.

He was in a world where magic was common, his character being the seventh prince of the empire. There were ten princes in all and they were all in the Emperor's palace so that the most prominent would become the one chosen by him to inherit the throne.

The seventh prince was the son of a noble and very wealthy couple, great friends of the emperor, but unfortunately his son was not the favorite among the other competitors.

He was thin and weak, and everyone else humiliated him, stole his food, his money, his clothes and always intimidated his servants.

Taylor smiled at that and focused on using his spiritual energy to improve his body.

He adjusted his weak condition to strong, improved his weak appearance and used the coins his AI made available in the virtual store to buy the magic kit, which came with all the magic used in this world, the rarest being ice, for this the golden-eyed boy focused on her, making her run through his veins.

At that moment the Emperor was passing by to accompany the training of the young princes; that would be his first contact with the boys.

There were many servants surrounding him, and the person in charge of the youth was introducing them.

The king looked at the young men one by one, taking in their bodies, their presence, and the strength with which they drew their arrows from the bow.

It was then that the chief servant introduced a seventh prince. The powerful man's eyes saw a short, thin boy, weak in appearance and almost invisible.

He wore clothes and a bow and arrow that were too low for a prince, and the king gave him a weak look and moved to follow the sixth prince beside him.

As he watched the favorite, he heard a sharp edge cut the wind causing a low whistle. He looked around for the owner of that beautiful sound and saw the seventh prince pulling the bowstring with the arrow.

Her posture was erect, completely perfect. His breathing was steady and you could see he wasn't trying to pull the bow at all, but still there was a lot of power in his slender arms.

As the boy prepared to release the arrow, the emperor held his breath. According to the sound he heard, the arrow was supposed to go with great power, going through the target and into the wall a little way off.

Taylor released the arrow, but it was ten feet from the target, leaving the king completely stunned by the result.

He had clearly heard a mighty sound of the wind being cut, but the arrow was not only weak but crooked; completely humiliating.

-Small seventh, don't worry. _the sixth prince commented smiling. _When I have time I'll teach you to shoot with the bow and arrow. _spoke messing up Taylor's disheveled hair.

The sixth prince was everyone's favorite as he was tall, strong, intelligent and always helpful to his brothers and servants, but in his heart he didn't like anyone; he was deceiving everyone with his false kindness so that everyone would admire him and push him to the throne, since all he craved was the great golden throne.

-All right, big brother. _Taylor said lowering his face and leaving there under the mocking looks of others.

***

Taylor followed the memory of the original body and went to his quarters. Each prince had his own courtyard where he and his personal servants lived.

The greater the number of servants, the greater the financial and social power of this prince, with Taylor having only three servants, where even the chief servant of the sixth prince had five servants under his domain.

The courtyard of the seventh was without a gate as he had no money and his house and that of his servants were all falling apart.

When he entered, his servant ran to him and handed him an apple.

-Your Highness, I got this fruit in the kitchen after a severe discussion with the cooks. You haven't eaten fruit for a long time, so enjoy. _he spoke excitedly.

Taylor examined the fruit and saw that it had a lot of dark spots and even some irregular crushing.

-I'm not eating this. he replied dryly.

He was a food lover and would not submit to those rotten and poor foods that the other princes left for him. He wasn't a pig to eat leftovers.

-But sir, I brought it for you. _the servant spoke sadly.

-I'm not eating this. I know it was a lot of work for you, but look, she's rotten. _he said that taking a dagger in the sleeve of his robe and cut the fruit, which was completely black inside, crumbling like ash.

-Our! I'm so sorry! _the servant bowed quickly.

-No problem, Carlos. I know you were just doing your best for me. _Taylor said that when going to his house.

The interior was very bad. The furniture was old, the kitchen utensils were clay, the floor was wooden and it was broken. Ridiculous.

Taylor's clothes were similar to those of his servants, old, thin and with a few tears. They were naturally a shade of green, but because of the weather they were gray.

The boy looked at his appearance in the big, broken mirror and laughed. It was clearly the same as her real one, but because the body's original owner was someone shy and frail, her disheveled hair covered her entire face which in turn was a sickly pale color with pimples and lots of sunspots, plus his eyes were those of dead fish and had dark circles under his eyes, similar to punches.

Before, he had changed his insides, but his outward appearance was ridiculously ugly and poor.

The two servants, Ana and Clara, entered and prepared the water for her bath.

Taylor undressed and with his fire magic, created some crystals and threw them in the water to make it warm.

In addition, he also used his wood magic and threw some fragrant rose petals, entering the water next and using his healing and restoring power to improve his appearance.

He used the power of metals and created a pure gold comb, combing his long black hair, leaving it like the finest silk, soft and silky.

Because of Taylor's vivid soul that had been renewed by his power, the once-dead golden eyes glowed like a beautiful amber stone.

Her skin turned white and clean as jade.

Taylor used his space magic and entered his personal space which was very large, with a lake full of spiritual energy, as well as a beautiful house and a garden full of fruit trees.

The boy entered the house and went to the bedroom, getting a new robe that his AI had prepared.

He wore the white robe with lotus flower designs in gold thread at the hem.

He took a red ribbon and tied it around his forehead to keep his hair from falling into his eyes.

When he finished, he felt that he was perfect and charming.

-Your Highness, it's lunch time! _Carlos shouted from outside.

Taylor left the space and walked outside his house, noticing his servant's look of astonishment.

-Your Highness! he exclaimed stunned. _O You are beautiful, m-but why this change? Like? _questioned curious looking him up and down.

-I was always beautiful, I just hid a little. he said, laughing.

He had a little black mole under his left eye, giving him indescribable charm.

-I do not want to eat; they always give us the leftovers, sorry to involve you in this. _he spoke to his three servants who gathered in front of him.

The girls were gaping at the beautiful seventh prince before them.

Carlos cleared his throat to bring the girls back and bowed to Taylor.

-If his highness doesn't want to eat, then what will he do? I feel I am intimate enough with you to tell you that you are too thin to try to compete with your brothers for the throne. _said seriously when facing the beautiful boy.

-I don't want the throne. _Taylor said decisively.

His AI gave him the mission to save the emperor from the villains around him and that was all. He didn't need anything else, just make sure the man on the throne didn't die and don't give it to the sixth prince so he could get the source codes for that world.

-We're eating out. _Taylor said taking a beautiful jade and gold mask from the sleeves of his robe. (For those who don't know, the sleeves on the Asian robes are very loose and are used to keep things _^^_)

-Eat out?! _Ana exclaimed in surprise. _But Your Highness, we are short of money... _she said crestfallen, because she knew that the other princes were mean to their master and stole the monthly money that the emperor distributed to the young people.

Taylor said nothing, just walked over and waved his hand for his servants to follow.