Chapter 11: War Return

**WARNING: This contains foul language, abuse, and sensitive content.

**Alright Now Continuation Of Chapter 11...

'Galop, Galop'

Runing horse noises.

Over a hundred knighted men ran across the darkness as they approached the lighted castle close ahead.

'Galop, Galop, Galop, Galop, Galop'

Running horse noises.

'Neigh, Neigh, Neigh'

Horse noises.

Both the knights and the horses had finally come to a stop, in front of the castle.

"It looks like we arrived." (Duke Dorion Rainers, said)

A twenty-three-year-old handsome muscular man with a blonde golden-like hair color whose hairstyle consisted of a pull-up slick back hairstyle with some loose hair strands coming down to his forehead.

While his red ruby eyes which seemed to have shined in malice looking at the front of the castle with a wicked smile.

He continued to sit on his brown horse as he stared in silence looking at the castle for a few minutes.

He was wearing an all-white man-dressing suit with the exception of gold, grey, black, and wine-red colors that decorated him.

His long wine-red cape with the top of a black bear's fur attached to his left top shoulder.

His wine-red man's tie matched well with his grey blouse and his grey sash that crossed from his left to his right hip.

While his golden embroidery brought his golden sword a perfect demeanor.

'Thud'

He had finally gotten off his horse still looking towards the front of the castle entrance as his knights in the background began to get off their horses as well.

"Let's bring him a gift." (Dorion, said)

His side wicked smile seemed to have widened as he said.

'Setp, step'

He began to walk as his main knights followed close behind.

'Step, Step, Step'

He continued to walk toward the castle entrance as he dragged a wounded bloody man across the floor with only his right hand.

'Step, Step, Step, Step'

He had now entered the castle hall as he continued to drag the injured man across the light polished floor that had left the injured man's blood behind.

"Oh my is that?" (Whispers)

'Step, Step'

Walking.

"I-It's a body!" (Whispers)

'Step, Step, Step'

Dorion continued to walk dragging the man as he ignored the maids and servants that stood there whispering at the scene.

"Then that's...the crazy bastard of the empire and he's dragging that man"(Whispers)

'Step, Step'

Walking.

"Isn't that one of his knights?" (Whispers)

'Step, Step'

"How could he do that to his own knight? How disgraceful." (Whispers)

"What kind of disrespect towards the emperor, he's such a tyrant" (Whispers)

'Step, Step'

Walking

"It's to be expected he's a bloodthirsty tyrant why do you think he's earlier than scheduled"(Whispers)

'Step, Step'

Walking

"So the rumors were true he really loves the shed of blood" (Whispers)

At the maid's comment, Dorion's corner lips parted higher with his side smile.

'Halt'

He had now stopped in front of the tall golden-two door while four knights with red capes stood in front watching over the golden door.

"Are you not going to open the door for me? Or do you want to end up like this man here?"(Dorion, asked)

He asked and singled with his eyes to look down at the wounded man he was dragging.

But the four knights didn't have to wait for him to tell them to glance at the wounded man as they were already looking at the wounded man from the start.

In an instant, the guards had opened the door.

'Step, Step'

Dorion entered the throne room hall with his side smirk.

'Step, Step'

Walking.

He glanced left and right at perhaps twenty armed soldiers on the left and right side.

In between all this order was the emperor.

An emperor who unfortunately shared his golden-like hair color except for his blue eyes.

He had a full beard that matched his appearance.

In fact, with the way he was dressed, it was quite predictable he had just been forced to wake up to receive Dorion.

The emperor wore a golden robe accompanied by his white and golden striped pajama set that came with his golden slippers.

To worst to come his ridiculous way of choosing to keep his golden coned sleeping stocking cap on pair with his luxurious emperor crown.

The emperor seemed quite displeased and annoyed to greet Dorion.

He remained on his golden with red cushiony throne chair looking down at Dorion from his tall throne stage.

Dorion's attention was still on the knights who had stood in a split formation.

The knights were divided into a left and right group and in between stood a red velvet rug that went up to the throne stage stopping at where the emperor's feet rested.

"Quite the welcome I say"(Dorion, said)

He mumbled under his breath looking at the knights before finally turning his attention to the emperor.

'Step, Step'

Walking.

'Halt'

He had stopped a few feet away from the bottom of the throne stage stairs.

"It seemed that I bearly arrived on time, for a moment there I thought I would fall off my horse stale on the way here" (Dorion, said)

"Luckily, I managed to catch the sneaking rat among my knights, so I thought I returned this one to you" (Dorion, said)

He looked down at the wounded man and threw him closer to the emperor's throne stairs as an offering.

"..." ( Emperor Ivan Von Rhone)

At the emperor's silence, Dorion's smirk only got bigger.

"Oh is he not yours?" (Dorion, asked)

He tilted his head.

"..." (Emperor Ivan Von Rhone)

The emperor continued to remain silent.

'Mmm' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

He looked at the emperor as studying him.

"Ha, well..." (Dorion, said)

He sighed and turned his attention to his golden sword that was on his right hip.

'Clack'

Unbuckling sword.

"I see there's no need to keep him alive then" (Dorion, said)

He said as he shoved his sword across the wounded knight's heart.

Dorion smiled with a satisfied smile as pushed the sword deeper without looking away from the emperor then looked down at the dead knight.

But for the emperor who knew, it was a warning for each person he sent after Dorion.

'Just my luck I thought he die this time.' (Emperor Ivan's inner thoughts)

Finally, the emperor's lips parted.

"It seems you survived" (Emperor Ivan, said)

He looked down at Dorion with displeased eyes.

"If I didn't I wouldn't be standing with your dead present here would I?" (Dorion, asked)

Dorion asked with a chuckle as he removed his sword from the knight's heart.

He had slid his bloody sword across the knight's clothes to clean it and had finally put his sword back on his right hip.

Meanwhile, the emperor watched over Dorion who wickedly displayed the scene.

"You're right, it must have been hard to survive under such conditions" (Emperor Ivan, said)

'Worthy of a rat' (Emperor Ivan's inner thoughts)

He smiled at Dorion as if it was something good the emperor had accomplished while Dorion continued to focus his attention on ensuring his gear.

"Oh, it wasn't that bad actually." (Dorion, said)

'Clack'

Dorion finally clipped the sword to his right hip and looked up at the emperor ignoring all of the standing knights' shocked faces.

"But if you're referring to the war pit I must say I found it quite enjoyable as you kept me entertained with your moving gifts"(Dorion, said)

They all knew what Dorion meant because the emperor constantly had sent countless assassins after him.

Again it had seemed something the emperor was quite proud of.

Yet it sounded like a mock directed towards Dorion.

"Ha, there's no reason for being too modest." (Emperor Ivan, said)

He continued to look down from his throne at Dorion.

"No sane man would want to stay there even for a night" (Emperor Ivan, said)

The emperor mocked and tried to humiliate Dorion but it quickly went down the drain with Dorion's response.

"Then I guess those were the cowards who failed to protect the Rhone empire" (Dorion, said)

His words not only were directed to the emperor but to his two sons.

The emperor greeted his teeth in anger.

"This insolence are you saying my sons deserved to go? You should be grateful I have provided you with a life-changing experience to do something for this empire!" (Emperor Ivan, yelled)

He yelled as he pointed in rage at Dorion.

"Do you have any idea how much money I wasted on a bastard son like you?" (Emperor Ivan, asked)

He continued to yell as he put his finger down and placed them on top of the circle shape throne chair decoration gripping it.

Dorion paid no attention to the emperor's anger as he talked nonchalantly.

"If the emperor is referring to the Banel annex is that really a waste of money or is the emperor that broke that you couldn't afford to give me a proper place to grow up?" (Dorion, asked)

"Or should we talk about the Rainers mansion? No, no such a messy place that I earned for that sword tournament...oh right wasn't it where both your sons participated and I won-"(Dorion, said)

He was making fun of the emperor and his sons, Dorion truly mocked him.

"Shut up you!" (Emperor Ivan, yelled)

The emperor yelled even louder as he gripped harder onto the throne circle chair decoration.

'I gave him that damn mansion because it was worse that the Annex and now it's better than this dam palace...and I should have never given him that title.' (Emperor Ivan's inner thoughts)

'He didn't deserve the title of a Prince but I still had to have him attached to send him to war unconditionally so I had to give him the duke title..this bastard really dares to put my sons under his mouth!!' (Emperor Ivan's inner thoughts)

He was furious it had seemed like he wanted to get off the throne chair and lounge at Dorion but he contained himself and instead grabbed a lighted candle holder next to him and threw it towards Dorion.

'Thud'

The lighted candle holder had fallen down to the grown surprisingly with the fire still on as Dorion had effortlessly avoided it.

Dorion face did not move only his eyes had moved to look down to see the location where the lighted candle had landed.

Dorion's eyes looked up again and

'Psss'

With his black men's shoe, he had extinguished the fire as he looked at the angry emperor who had a hostile face.

"The emperor seems to have gained wrinkles while I was away all those years. If you keep stressing this way your precious empress might get bored of you and find another emperor or king for her greedy needs." (Dorion, Said)

He knew how to poke at the emperor's spot.

"Haha" (Emperor Ivan, laughed)

"If you are concerned of her leaving me you are very wrong. Your wretched mother could not stop our love." (Emperor Ivan, said)

'Flinch'

Dorion flinched at the word 'mother'

The emperor too knew how to poke at Dorion.

"That slimy wretch climbed to my bed, drugged me, and ran with a sin in her womb." (Emperor Ivan, said)

"Yet she had the audacity to come here with you and ask to make her the empress." (Emperor Ivan, said)

He said disgustedly as he added on.

"Insane quite the woman she was, or did you forget her hidden room?" (Emperor Ivan, asked)

"..." (Dorion)

He remained silent but his eyes were ragingly cold as he greeted his teeth containing his anger.

"She was an obsessive sick woman who collected even tea cups."(Emperor Ivan, said)

"She was so delusional she would leave her ugly red lipstick marks as she caresses those cups I once drank." (Emperor Ivan, said)

"I don't know why my beloved empress ever brought her from my in-laws. She was just a regular servant, she had many other maids to pick of, but Paola wanted her childhood maid so I agreed to her stay." (Emperor Ivan, said)

"But who would have thought that wretched maid, your mother would turn out this way. Such an ungrateful human filth." (Emperor Ivan, said)

"In fact, her room was covered with everything of me, tell me is that why your personality turned out to be like this?" (Emperor Ivan, asked)

He continued to mock with disgust.

"You're a maniac that craves blood, so the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." (Emperor Ivan, said)

With each word, the emperor threw at Dorion, greeted his teeth even harder.

Dorion's face was covered with anger veins and furious eyes.

The emperor smiled in satisfaction at Dorion's face.

"What's wrong bastard cats got your tongue?" (Emperor Ivan, asked)

'Step'

Dorion took a step forward and the emperor flinched and asked.

"What don't tell me you're going to kill me now?" (Emperor Ivan, asked)

He mocked Dorion.

'Step, Step'

Dorion started heading towards the throne stairs.

"You'll be a fool if you try something here, I have many cable knights." (Emperor Ivan, said)

He warned Dorion as he continued climbing up the stairs.

And since Dorion had not pulled out his sword the emperor had not commanded the knights not to interfere.

He wanted to play with Dorion more because he enjoyed seeing his raging anger.

He wanted Dorion to feel small.

'Step'

Climbing stairs.

Dorion finally opened his mouth as he continued to climb up to the throne's top platform.

"One day, you will open your eyes to the truth and when that day comes it will be the end of you." (Dorion, said)

'Step'

Climbing stairs.

"You won't be able to sleep from regret, even dogs will sleep better than you." (Dorion, said)

'Step'

Climbing stairs.

"You will yell day in and day out like a dying pig." (Dorion, said)

'Step'

Climbing stairs.

"Everywhere you step it will be like walking on needles, spreading all your disgusting reeking blood that we so share across each corner of your unstable palace." (Dorion, said)

'Step'

Climbing steps.

'Halt'

He had climbed the last step and grabbed onto the emperor's throne chair circle decorations looking at the emperor's eyes face to face.

"And when you finally find a worth of a spot for your old hagger body to roll and die, the insects within the ground will emerge and eat you alive, leaving nothing but bones." (Dorion, said)

"For me to step on and shatter just like this." (Dorion, said)

He had grabbed the little circles of the throne chair and broke them into dust.

"Just like dust." (Dorion, said)

He blew it to the emperor's face.

'Cough'

It made the emperor cough.

The emperor's face was now covered in dust while Dorion smiled and walked backwards without taking his eyes off the emperor.

'Step, Step, Step, Step, Step'

Climbing downstairs backwards.

Dorion had made it down turned his whole body to face the shivering knights and smiled in satisfaction.

He turned to look at the emperor who was wiping the dust away from his face.

"It's getting late so I will be taking my leave now, I wouldn't want the emperor's sleep to be disrupted by my bedtime story." (Dorion, said)

He mocked the emperor.

Dorion turned around and began to walk away but.

"I never gave you permission to leave." (Emperor Ivan, said)

The emperor stood up and straightened himself.

Dorion still had not turned around as he glared at the knights who had suddenly blocked his way with spheres.

"Ha" (Dorion)

'He's just wasting my time I already know what he's going to say there's no need to hear it twice.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

Dorion had turned around with a crooked annoyed smile.

"Does the emperor have something important to tell me more than my important business?" (Dorion, asked)

He was annoyed at the situation.

'I still have something to do, someone to collect.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

'Even if she refuses, this time she doesn't have the will to do so, I have to resort by stealing her and-' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

"Wife" (Emperor Ivan, said)

The emperor had interrupted his thoughts.

Dorion's annoyed face changed to a frowning face.

'That dogged emperor still had to rub it in my face, that even a person like her refused to be my wife. He's that resistant to letting me go so he could humiliate me with that what a damn fool it's no longer surprising for me to hear it again.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

"You, have a wife now" (Emperor Ivan, said)

Immediately Dorion responded rudely to the emperor's nonsense he had just heard.

"What bullcrap are you talking about old hag?" (Dorion, asked)

"I have found you a wife, and-" (Emperor Ivan, said)

But Dorion interrupted him.

"I don't want it." (Dorion, said)

He rudely barked with no room to let the emperor speak.

'I only want her, I don't need an infiltrating rat as my wife.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

'Maybe because I came earlier than the expected date it came with a butterfly effect and now I get a wife that's not her.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

The emperor got even more furious.

"I am the emperor here, and you will listen to my order you are now the husband of Aurora Lepiliondel, and if you-" (Emperor Ivan, Yelled)

"!" (Dorion)

Without a moment of hesitation, he grabbed the guard's staffs and push them aside with them as he walked away in rush.

'Step, Step, Step'

Walking in a rush.

"You disobedient junk! Either you like it or not she is already at your residence!" (Emperor Ivan, yelled)

He yelled at Dorion in the background.

"If you keep making me lose face like-" (Emperor Ivan, yelled)

Dorion pretended to clean his ears as if ignoring the emperor.

'Step, Step, Step'

Walking in rush.

'Halt'

He had stopped close to the golden door and opened it.

Dorion looked back at the emperor.

"I shall get going to greet my new wife then." (Dorion, said)

And with that, he closed the door and left.

'Creak'

Door noises.

—In front of the door where the four guards were standing–

Immediately some of his knights that were waiting for Dorion quickly approached him and asked.

"Did the emperor-" (Orland, asked)

Orland a twenty-three-year-old man with light green hair and fuchsia pink eyes was about to ask Dorion a question but stopped mid-sentence as he noticed Dorion's thinking face.

"Did something happen?" (Evan, asked)

Evan a twenty-six-year-old man with corn yellow blonde hair and brown eyes asked.

It was his two top knights who he had befriended during the war who had now pledged allegiance to him along with the other knights he had brought.

Dorion looked up at them and said with a still-in-process face.

"I have a wife now." (Dorion, said)

"Y-Yes say what?!" (Orland, asked)

He was dumbfounded alongside Evan and other knights.

A few minutes had passed after the two had processed the news.

Both Orlan and Evan looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Orlan leaned close to Dorion and whispered.

"Then what about lady Aurora, what about kidnaping her?" (Orland, asked)

Evan added on.

"Yeah no lady will want to marry a man with a wife already." (Evan, said)

"Well actually we can just kill the new wife and say she arrived dead, I don't think-" (Orland, said)

Orlan had zipped his mouth shut at Dorion's cold gaze.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on my wife unless you want to keep the worms on the ground some company." (Dorion, said)

For Dorion to respond like that was, quite normal to them.

"Then will you have two wife's then?" (Orland, asked)

Orland asked both confused and displeased.

"I'm a loyal man." (Dorion, said)

'How is that a loyal man?' (Evan's and Oralnd's inner thoughts)

"Having two wives is not a-" (Evan, said)

"My wife is lady Aurora." (Dorion, said)

He said nonchalantly.

"Uh-wait what?!" (Orland, asked)

Orland had asked confused and surprised.

"Then does that mean that?" (Evan, asked)

"Yes, the lady who the dog wedded me with was that lady." (Dorion, said)

"Oh you must be so happy." (Orland, said)

Orland cheerfully said.

"That means that we don't have to go through the trouble of kidnaping her anymore." (Evan, said)

Evan said with a relieved smile.

"..." (Dorion)

'It appears that it's been so long ever since I felt happiness after a long time.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

He smiled bittersweetly.

"Alright let's leave, if we don't arrive within ten minutes all of you will face my sword on the grounds." (Dorion, said)

He now smiled happily.

'Is he smiling?!' (Knight's inner thoughts)

A chill ran down their spine.

................

Within eight minutes they had arrived at the Rainers mansion where the butler Wenly greeted them at the front door.

"Your high-" (Wenly, said)

"Where is she?" (Dorion, asked)

He walked passed Wenly in a rush.

"Where is who?" (Wenly, asked)

Wenly followed behind as he asked confused.

'Halt'

Stop waking.

Dorion stopped and turned his face looking down at Wenly with a dissatisfied look.

"My wife. Is she not?" (Dorion, asked)

"Ah" (Wenly)

Wenly had finally understood the question.

"Right, she's resting in your room your highness." (Wenly, said)

"I see, is she asleep?" (Dorion, asked)

"It appears so" (Wenly, said)

Dorion frowned and turned his face to look straight ahead again looking around the surroundings.

He turned his whole body to Wenly.

"Then what is all this ruckus it sounds like hens and chickens running all around this castle if she wakes up because of this..." (Dorion, said)

Dorion said displeased.

"Ah, yes." (Wenly, said)

He knew that Dorion did not mean to sound rude it was just the way he spoke and the way he could express his care for Aurora.

Then Dorion signaled Orland to come forward and give Wenly some documents that Orland had written within the eight minutes on the way to Rainer's mansion.

He was clearly riding a horse on top of that therefore the documents were quite messy.

"All of these families, I want them to go bankrupt by the end of the day tomorrow." (Dorion, said)

'These families were the ones of those ugly daughters that bullied my...wife' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

It was still shocking to process that Aurora had become his wife in his second life, he couldn't believe it.

He left the documents with Wenly and dismissed the knights.

'Step, Step, Step'

He started to walk toward his bedroom where she was staying.

'Step, Step, Step'

Walking fast.

He had stopped at the front of the bedroom door.

"Haaa"

He inhaled and exhaled and opened the door after he calmed down.

'Creak'

Door noises.

'Step, Step'

Walking quietly.

He entered his room, a completely remodeled room than it was before he left for war.

Before his eyes, he saw her, Aurora.

His eyes widened when his eyes fell upon a sleeping Aurora on the couch who seemed to be sleeping in a bad posture holding a half-opened book.

'It's real...that's her' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

He finally, realized that this in fact was not a dream.

'Step, Step, Step'

Walking.

'Halt'

He had stopped in front of her now as he looked down at her sleeping face.

"Ha" (Dorion)

'This is why I didn't want to see her, but my feet and my heart dragged me here.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

'Just looking at her makes me feel...' (Dorion's inner thoughts.)

'She's no longer that daunting little girl who pestered me with her rose wrath, that joyful girl whose smile brought me warmth to my heart.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

He continued to look at her sleeping face.

'She looks sad' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

He took the book away and placed it on the table.

Then gently grabbed her and carried her to the bed.

'Step, Step'

Quietly walking.

He continued to look at her.

'Step, Step'

Quietly walking.

Halt

'Plop'

He gently placed her on the bed and covered her with a blanket.

"I'll make them pay I promise." (Dorion, whispered)

He said silently as he looked down at her.

"I'll make them pay for hurting you like this." (Dorion, whispered)

"I'll get your smile back." (Dorion, whispered)

He smiled bitterly as he sat down on the bed next to her laying figure.

"I didn't think you would be here sleeping on my bed. I was not planning on seeing you. I was going to take you away from those selfish leeches and send you off to a foreign county, away from all this madness." (Dorion, whispered)

"Just so you can live a peaceful and happy life but why did you have to show up before my doorstep?" (Dorion, asked)

'I was planning on kidnaping you and sending you to a safer place where you would be free to live your life as you, please. I couldn't see your face because I would have changed my mind and wanted to keep you here next to me by my side even though you dislike me.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

"Mmmm" (Aurora)

Aurora moved a little startling Dorion who had quickly risen up from the bed.

He ruffled his hair as he closed his eyes.

'No...I can't face you. I don't know how you will react facing the man you married, a man like me.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

"Ha" (Dorion)

He signed stressed and turned around to walk away.

'Step, Step, Step, Step'

Quietly walking away.

'I don't know why it changed, but I will still send you away from here.' (Dorion's inner thoughts)

'Step, Step, Step, Step'

Quietly walking away from the room.

***Next Chapter: We will see a nervous/shy ml who can seem to face fl. Our fl will be bold towards our ml. (Don't worry he won't get rid of her)