Changing The Course of Fate

Chapter 5 - Meeting Them

"Pier, the king has wished to meet with you." Everybody present at the table immediately stopped what they are doing including Pier who was about to eat a spoonful of his food.

"Can I know why, father?" Pier asked. The headmaster continued to eat as if everything around him was normal. He had a nonchalant look on his face.

"I do not know the reason as well. However, the king did mention something about missing his favorite child." Pier could see his father shrugging his shoulders. His two brothers also started biting their lips at the mention of 'favorite child'.

The House of Masters and the Royal Family had been standing arm in arm for centuries and even before the kingdom grew into what it currently is right now. According to popular books and academic texts, it was also said that as the Royal Family had been blessed by the Sun God, the House of Masters had been blessed by the Moon goddess.

Originally, both of these households held the same amount of power to rule the Taron Kingdom but the nobles of the previous centuries opposed such an idea and were instead split into factions.

These factions supported either the Belmiunde or the Lumiere Household. As both families, more specifically the Belmiunde household, do not want to continue the splitting factions between the lower and upper nobles, they decided to submit the full reign of the kingdom to the Lumiere household which now resulted in the Lumiere household becoming the Royal Family of the Taron Kingdom.

But even though the Royal Family had full control over the kingdom, they still considered the Belmiunde household as their sworn household and had been eternally indebted to them. This resulted in the Belmiunde Household becoming the only house to surpass the upper nobles' positions but having lesser power and influence than the Royal Family.

So, in short, the Belmiunde and the Lumiere family had been close confidants ever since the kingdom started and they are considered the foundations of it. Dukes and Marquis Households are considered as lower positions than the Belmiunde household but the Belmiunde household does not come into equal nor surpass the influence and power of the Lumiere family.

And now the head of the Lumiere family, the king, wants to see the current young master, Pier.

Pier sighed at the sudden announcement of his father but nodded his head nevertheless. The foreboding worry that suddenly appeared in his chest made him uncomfortable.

He continued eating the delicious meal made by the head chefs and decided not to worry about that matter while he was eating.

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Pier stood in front of his dresser. His newly ordered clothes had arrived yesterday and he was more than excited to wear them.

'I do not have this kind of excitement with clothes before but I guess the previous Pier's love for fashion remained in this body,' He thought. Maybe the addition of styling the new body he resided in was also a factor in the way he was all up and giddy about receiving the clothes.

He was currently deciding what to wear tomorrow for his time with the king.

As he carefully selected his clothes, he was scanning the original Pier's memories.

The current king was always known to adore and treasure the Belmiunde Family's eldest son, Pier. He considered him his child and was known to vouch for Pier and his eldest son, Asher, the Crown Prince for their marriage and wishes for the Belmiunde Family to merge with them and become full royalty. This was the reason why none of the citizens opposed Pier's constant chasing of the crown prince because the king wanted to do this also.

But Asher did not want to knot the ties with Pier because he had a woman he loved. Pier kept chasing Asher and the latter keeps on pushing him back. This had been going on for over a few years now and Eliam felt kind of bad about how Pier was holding back the relationship progress between the crown prince and the woman he loves.