Chapter Six
Reiji sighed seeing his brother after a very long time with his ignorant cousins.
"You really are an idiot" he chuckled "Asking a God to do such" suddenly he turned serious as he placed a hand on top of her headstone "I'll definitely find you, this I promise"
The red-eyed vampire felt a presence behind him"It has been so long, Reiji" he turned around and gave the speaker a blank face "I knew the time would come for you to come back here, my king" he bowed and straightened his posture as if to mock him
He raised a brow "Yes, I'm here not as your king, but a mere visitor, Ritcher"
"Ah, old times" He smiled at him provokingly "How miserable you must have felt, you never showed up for the past century, I mean losing your wife, the control over the mundane world, and your position as king all at once must have been difficult"
Reiji's countenance changed "Stop beating around the bush, whatever scheme you have count me out"
"Oh, my dear nephew I'm only here to give you another chance"
"Another chance" Reiji repeated
He folded his hands "Yes, the throne has been empty for decades and we desperately need a king"
"Then why don't they just choose from one of your sons" Reiji replied
"We all know that to be king strength is to be measured, but I can't let my sons kill each other, so therefore..." He smiled "I shall allow my sons to compete over one bride, just like what you did with Shu and the late queen"
Reiji's brows twitched by the mention of his wife "I see, but why are you telling me this?"
"Half of the council petitioned that they will only approve of this if and only if Karlheinz's sons participate" he shrugged "Well, what can I say he is their favorite"
"But I am-..."
"Your people - your followers insist you to join and it is the council's orders" he said cutting him off "That is all, well then I expect your utmost cooperation"
"How I missed my dear cousins" there's no hint of sincerity found in Laito, but provocation "For the past decades where have you two been?"
When none of the two vampire in question spoke "Shu has been in dream land" Subaru answered for them "The king resented his self for losing everything"
Laito chuckled "What a great conclusion you have, brother"
"Is that legit?" Kanato asked as he looked at Reiji for confirmation
Shu smirked "Who knows"
Silence prevailed. They couldn't keep a proper conversation since it either ends with them insulting each other or none buying the topic, it has always been like this. Reiji looked around and noticed that one of the triplets is missing; the conceited freak "Where is Ayato?"
"Who knows?" Laito shrugged
Hearing Laito's answer Reiji sighed and in an instant vanished into thin air looking for the missing vampire. Living with the deadbeat alone has been hard for him what more with four more troublesome vampires who are mentally disoriented. Reiji would have declined, but he doesn't have a valid reason for him to argue and he knows he shouldn't mess or go against the council or it'll be trouble.
"... I'm about to take you"
Reiji was about to enter a dismal room hoping that the vampire is there when he heard Ayato's voice echoed from the entrance hall. He immediately went to see what he was up to "Ayato, what's all the commotion about?"
"Damn, not you, Reiji"
Reiji looked at the human beneath the red-haired vampire and made eye contact. Two sherbet pink eyes met his crimson red ones "This is the entrance hall. This is meant to be used as a place to greet our guests. Take your activities to your private room"
"Well, that was dull" Ayato said as he let go of the girl
Reiji looked at her, examined her face and even the scent she has "And you are?"
The human immediately fixed herself and smiled "I'm Yui Komori"
Explanation
The story took place on an alternate universe where Karlheinz only married Beatrix and had Shu and Reiji. Karlheinz's methods and motives were different; he made the two fought over Yui, a royalty from the human race, in the past to decide who'll have the throne and to make a truce with humans. Of course Reiji won and was proclaimed as king in both the demon world and the mundane world. Reiji murdered his mother and slayed his father after his ascension to the throne, he left Shu alone to wander off around the world. The process of the awakening here is very long and slow. Yui Didn't turned into a vampire since she died. She died as a human, and her soul was directed to the underworld where Hades grant her another life (rules of the underworld) through reincarnation (I just made that up, I don't really know how it works) When Yui died Reiji's control over the mundane world was nullified and he was dethroned from his position as king in the demon world for his negligence to his responsibilities as king. In here Ritcher married Cordelia and had an affair with Beatrix, he has four sons; the triplets (Ayato, Kanato, and Laito), and Subaru. When Reiji was dethroned, the throne was left vacant for years since the ministers and the council had a long argument over who will sit next to the throne. The conflict continued until Ritcher came up with a silly idea to make his sons, Shu and Reiji (since some people really liked and doesn't want him to retire) compete over the throne, and they (with no other choice) gladly participated.
A/N: I hope that explains everything and answers all your questions. I'm thinking of making a prequel for this (since when I came up with the explaintion I went "Oh my God this is great!"), but I'm planning on making a sequel for Monochromatic (ShuxYui) too. Well, I can't decide on which I should do first. Please tell me what you think. I should have written the prequel first, Well I'm sorry for all the confusion.
