╰┈➤ ❝ 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐦 𝐢 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? ❞
in which scaramouche is forced to deceive a girl to rule over the kingdom.
⇘ a genshin royal au⇙
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it was a normal day in the kingdom of inazuma. the sun shone brilliantly in the sky, emitting radiant glow above the kingdom.
prince scaramouche was as usual holed up in his office, hands busy with his royal duties. he was never the type to slack off during his work and was always vigilant. he barely attended other kingdom's meetups, knowing that it would halt his royal work. one might call themselves lucky to have a child like him. however that wasn't the case for her majesty, raiden.
no matter how hard he had worked or how much effort he put into his mother's kingdom his mother never acknowledged his efforts and called him a failure of a child. even now, as the queen lay on her bed, ridden with an incurable sickness, scaramouche continued to work for her kingdom regardless of the fact that his work always went unnoticed by his own mother.
scaramouche heaved a huge sigh after filling up some important forms. he stretched in his seat and massaged the nape of his neck, slowly tilting his head. his indigo blue hair following along with his movement.
"now that i'm done with the final form.. i'll take a five minute break." the prince got up from his seat and went towards the window and opened it, allowing some of the cold breeze from outside to fill up his office. he took a deep breath and enjoyed the fresh air and peace.
however it didn't last long. just then a guard a scurried into his office and panted heavily, his hands on his knees. scaramouche immediately turned around, ready to lecture whoever ruined his peaceful time.
"y-your highness!" the guard spoke up and continued to catch his breath.
"what is it that is so urgent that you dared to barge into my office without any notice?" scaramouche walked towards him and crossed his arms over his silk white mantle and frowning.
"my deepest apologies, your highness but it is the majesty." he announced and scaramouche's eyes widened upon hearing the mention of his mother.
"her majesty is in a very bad condition and is calling for your highness." the guard spoke in a sense of urgency and and stood up straight.
scaramouche's heart rate fastened and he looked at the guard. "take me to her."
with that, the guard and scaramouche took off to her majesty's room. upon entering the room, scaramouche was met with his mother lying on her bed with her eyes closed and the maids lined up her bed.
scaramouche quickly went up to her side and bent on his knees so that he would be level with her.
"mother." he called out and her eyes slowly fluttered open. her face was sullen and her bold purple hair that once screamed power just seemed lifeless and dull. death did not seem very far from her.
"leave us alone for a while." she spoke weakly and the maids and guards bowed before walking out of the room.
"i need you to rule over this kingdom. it is such a pity for me to hand over this great kingdom over to you. but i have no other choice as you are my only son, unfortunately." she spoke with a slight hint of annoyance in her voice and grunted.
"yes mother." scaramouche did not show an ounce of emotion in his voice or face and continued to look a her face.
"you will take over another kingdom too." she simply stated. "the kingdom of fontaine."
"yes, you must. if you want to prove to me your worth do it so by taking over her kingdom" she replied.
"how do i do that mother?" scaramouche asked with a shaky voice, afraid to hear her reply.
raiden smirked on her bed. "simple, you will kill her and take over her throne."
scaramouche held out the gasp that was threatening to leave his throat.
"mother, it is not so simple, there are guards and-"
raiden interrupeted his speech "love her, marry her, deceive her, i don't care. but you will kill her and rule over her kingdom, you hear me?"
"but mothe-"
"i will hear no excuses!" raiden yelled and coughed loudly, little droplets of blood splattered on the bed sheet.
"i should've known better. you are useless of a son, you will never make me proud. such a simple task and you can't eve-" she coughed loudly before she stopped speaking and her eyes fluttered close.
scaramouche looked at the lifeless body of his mother and sighed. "how am i supposed to rule over a kingdom when i can't even rule over my own emotions?" he spoke to no one and sighed, taking a last glance at his mother's dead body before opening the door to her room. there was no tear or hint of sadness in his voice and face
he looked at the guards with his indigo eyes, piercing at them. "prepare a grand proposal. i will marry the princess of fontaine, lady himiko." he spoke coldly and walked away.
