Forever Mine[BL]

Chapter 18: When There Were Dynasties/Arc 3.1

Shortly after, Wang Tao arrived at planet 123 and got the world's information from the guardian. After learning that this world was in the ancient times, he arranged his identity and sealed 98% of his magical power and 95% of his physical strength, he entered the world. This time he decided to enter at 12 years old.

Celestials were able to do this at will, only to a certain extent. If a celestial was still in the teenage state they could not make themselves look like young adults or grow taller than their original height. But, they could revert their physical form to that of a baby, toddler or child. It was an advanced form of shifting which took a lot of power and skill.

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"Are you alright?"

Silver eyes glanced over at the question. Looking at the concerned expression of the middle aged man in green, he nodded.

Getting the conformation, the elder smiled.

"That's good. Don't be nervous, were only going to be there for a short while."

"Mm."

Hearing this, the man left the boy to continue taking in the view outside the carriage. Wang Tao stared in a daze at the shapes of the clouds as he absentmindedly fiddled with the hem of his light blue robes.

In this world, the Celestial was the recently adopted 12 years old son of the Right Prime Minister Wang. Prime Minister Wang had been married to a woman named Madam Wei and loved her dearly. Unfortunately, after many years, the two failed to conceive a child and so decided to adopt.

It had only been a while since then and the middle aged couple treated him as their own son. It was a very novel experience for Wang Tao but also made him a bit uncomfortable. The two understood and had given their adopted son some space.

It wasn't that Wang Tao hated it but he never had parents, none of the Celestials did, and didn't know what family love felt like so the Celestial had difficulty accepting the sudden warm treatment.

Currently, Minister Wang was taking his adopted son to meet his old friend, Emperor Zhou Cheng.

Half an hour later, they arrived and Minister Wang led Wang Tao into the palace. When they were outside the throne room, he told his son to wait in the garden nearby as he spoke to the Emperor and to come when he called him.

Wang Tao nodded and watched as Minister Wang entered before turning around and strolling into the garden. He could sense that Zhou Jian was near using the tracker and followed it.

Zhou Jian in this world was the crown prince and he had a brother named Zhou Yuan. Emperor Zhou Cheng was a loyal man and only had one wife, Empress Chai Ling, so the two weren't half brothers. Sadly, the Empress had recently passed due to an illness

A few feet away, before a tall tree, stood the crown prince. Approaching him, Wang Tao noticed his friend who was a 12 year old boy like himself.

This was the first time seeing Zhou Jian as a child and Wang Tao almost couldn't resist the urge to pinch those chubby cheeks.

Keeping the thought to himself, Wang Tao turned his attention to the tree which the crown prince had been staring at. After a minute, Zhou Jian finally said something.

"Nice to see you. You…you look different as a child."

"You too...Your cheeks are so chubby."

Wang Tao watched as the boy scrunch up his face in embarrassment. Zhou Jian hadn't expected Wang Tao to come so early and wasn't exactly prepared.

When his father told him that Minister Wang was bringing his adopted son to meet them, he had a feeling. His father advised him to build good relations with the boy as he would be his Minister one day.

"Is Minister Wang with the Emperor?"

"Mm."

Zhou Jian peeked at the silver boy before glancing down at his feet. A few seconds passed before he took in a deep breath.

"I'm sorry for doing you that. Also I'm sorry that I put you through it again. That was uncalled for. "

Looking at his friend, Wang Tao finally smiled.