"Since I was born, it's felt like there's an immovable stone atop my head." Leona softly speaks. As the two start to watch the memory play.

"Huuh... His Highness Farena is so bright and cheerful but..." The male servant whispered through the female servant. "Why is his younger brother so hard to please..."

"On top of that, he can use magic that can change anything to sand. So terrifying..." The female servant shivered.

"Could the two of you keep your mouth shut? What if someone heard you?" The other male servant shows up and scolded the two.

"Had I been born first, I'm sure they'd sing a different tune. 'His Highness Leona is so thoughtful and an extremely formidable wizard. Completely different from his carefree brother.'" Leona begins to explain as Y/n is carefully listening to what he says. "But because I was born second instead of everything, I do get nitpicked, they extol the firstborn at the expense of the second. No matter what I do, I'll never be first."

"Leona! Why were you not present at the ceremony today?" A male in a deep voice echoed. When Y/n turned around to the memory. It was the King of Savannah facing the younger self of Leona. 

"Ceremony? Aah, that doting parent party you threw to show off your son to the people? My apologies. It seems I fell back to sleep." The young Leona sarcastically said.

"It's an important day to show the people the face of their future King," Farena told young Leona.

"It truly is an auspicious day. It's the day the loathed second prince forever lost his claim to the throne." Young Leona growled.

"Don't talk like that!" Farena exclaimed.

"The firstborn really have it easy." Young Leona commented, "Even if all you do is lazy about sleeping or singing all day, you can become king." Farena gazed at Leona and then sighed.

"Leona... you are intelligent. Certainly, there are things you can do for this country even though you can't become king." Farena assures Leona as he gives a caring smile.

"If becoming king was something achieved with intelligence I would have no shortage of motivation," Leona said as he turned around and starts to walk out. While Farena called out his name.

"Why is that just because I was born a few years later I haven't had to go through all of this?" Leona asked himself while gazing down at his feet. "I can study everything and learn all the magic there is in this world... From the moment I was born until the day I die, I will never be seen as greater than my brother and I will never be king. Why was I born as the second prince? Why will I forever bar from being number one? Why? Why? Why? Life is unfair." Leona clenched his fits and keep on questioning himself all over again and again.

"I think, we both have three things in common after all. Leona." The girl finally spoke up from her long silence, and Leona turned to face Y/n.

"Huh!?"

"One! We are both born to have royal blood. Two! I also think that the life I am in is cruel and selfish. Three!" Y/n gazed at Leona, "We are born as the second child." The memory faded away and changed to Y/n's memory.

The memory took place in Y/n's old school, showing a group of students playing basketball in the courtyard. A certain nine-year-old girl sitting on the bench while sketching in her notebook caught Leona's eyes, she was long h/c hair and e/c eyes. That little girl happens to be Y/n.

"Where are we?" Leona turned around to the memory with a question.

"My memory again," Y/n replied. "This is... my third-year middle school. I was sitting quietly at the bench, sketching in my notebook."

"OVER HERE!!! PASS IT TO ME!!!" The boy shouted to his teammate while waving his arms up in the sky. The moment his teammate throw the ball in the air and accidentally toss the ball a bit too far causing the ball to hit young Y/n's forehead.

"AGH!!" Young Y/n head pushed back as the ball and the sketchbook fell in front of her feet.

"Ah! Sorry about that-- Ah!! It's Y/n." The boy who throw at young Y/n's forehead screamed as he backed away.

"Eh!? What's wrong? Are you scared of this pathetic girl?" Another boy with black hair asked his team then faced the young Y/n. "Hey, you. Give back our ball, you stupid witch."

"YA!!! Stop, you don't know who you are talking to?" The boy on the other team whispered.

"AH!!! What are you talking about? And why are you all so scared of this girl?"

"That is Y/n Kambe, the second child of the billionaire family and the royal family." He whispered, "She is also the moon princess who controlled dark magic."

"Eh!? Is that so," The boy walked towards young Y/n and grabbed her in the shirt, causing his teammates to freak out and panic. "Say, princess. Let's see it."

Young Y/n titled her head, "See what exactly?"

"I know, you know. What am I saying? Now show to me your most terrifying dark magic. I just want to know if you really could use such magic like that."

"I don't want to. My family will get mad and I--" Before she could finish her sentence the boy interrupted.

"Liar!!!" With that single word, the girl flinched as she stared into the boy's eyes. "Just say it. You are lying to everyone to think that you can use dark magic, and become famous."

"No!Y-your wrong. I'm--" The boy lean towards her ear and whispered.

"You're nothing. You are just a second-born child, you couldn't even compare yourself to the crown prince."

The black-haired boy was pulled away by a blonde-haired boy. "Stay away from the princess." He shouted.

"oh, oh. Look who we have here, isn't the knight shining hero of the witch." The black-haired boy said. "So lame. AHAHAHAH!!!" The boy grabbed the ball and walk away. With that, they continue playing basketball and just ignored the girl.

"That brat. Why is he treating you like this?" Leona growled as faced Y/n.

"Because they think I'm different from them, a second child who couldn't be amazing as her older brother. It's true, I can use dark magic." Y/n gazed at Leona, "A powerful dark magic that could kill millions of people in just a blink of an eye. If they think that they can keep on letting them look down on me then they are making a big mistake. When my teachers announced we will be fighting a one-on-one magic battle. Is the time, I'll show them what I'm truly capable of." Leona's eyes widened then turned his head back at the memory. The vision of the memory changes in the training area.

"Oh, oh! So my opponent is the miss little liar." The boy said back at the basketball court. "What are you going to do? Hit me with weakling magic." Young Y/n sighed.

"Are you done?... Can we begin?" Young Y/n asked calmly causing everyone to turn silent, while the boy in front of her smirked.

"Acting brave. I see, let's see for how long are you going to act all so might. Just because you are royalty it doesn't mean I can't beat you to the death. " The boy exclaimed then he casts magic. Within 5 minutes the fight between two students have already come to an end, and young Y/n won the fight.

"Y/n... won!?... Impossible." The boy stuttered.

"Incredible, her magic is powerful and amazing always." The boy with blonde hair and green eyes said, as three students nodded.

"Was that the royal power of the moon...?" The girl in the class was speechless.

"That was so cool! She defeated that big bully, awesome." The other boy yelled.

"Wow! I didn't know the quiet little princess can be scary cool. Eh, eh eh!!!" Then another boy shouted. Soon three girls gathered around young Y/n.

"Ne, ne! Can you teach me how to use that magic?"

"EH~~!!! I want to ask her that. Y/n can you teach me, please."

"That was so cool! Unexcepted from the princess herself."

"Guess I was wrong about you, you are something else." The boy who bulled young Y/n. "You aren't strong like the crown prince, but fighting with you. Makes me feel you could grow strong much strong than anyone here, so don't give up. You hear me, so when the next fight comes I will defeat you."

Young Y/n grabbed her dress and then curtsy, "I'll be looking forward to our next match."

"I know how it felt to be the second born in the family, but it doesn't mean you'll just give up. Work hard on your way up, show them how much you can achieve, and give them everything you can. Even though it's bothersome, that is how life would be." Y/n said then smiled. Leona's eyes were wide upturned close eyes and smirked.

"Since when did you start giving personal advice?" Leona teased the girl, "But that doesn't make a king, wouldn't it?"

Y/n sighed tiredly, "Ne, Leona! Are you an idiot or you are just blinded?"

"Huh, what did you just say? Herbivore." Leona exclaimed.

"The day, you become the Savanaclaw dorm leader is also the day they accepted you as their king," Y/n said as Leona stared in shock. "The Savanaclaw residents look upon you and would do anything because to them you are their king. Yet you lost your way and lost sight of your pride to be king although you are already a king. So stop being an idiot and open your goddamn eyes."

"And again, you give me another piece of advice. But those are some great levels of advice you gave me. Thank you, " Leona said.

"Hey, whatever. I'm not giving you more." Y/n rolled her eyes. "Wake up already you sleepy lion, before I step on your tall again." 

Leona laughed thinking it was a joke. "See you at the other side, herbivore." Y/n smiled then it faded in an instant.

"I'm sorry for being late, Prince Leona," Y/n said before everything faded into black.

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"Hey! Wake up!!" Leona heard Grim's shout through the darkness, as the sleepy lion slowly opened his eyes.

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➤ 𝑼𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅: 07/04/2023