The Emperor's Former Enemy Is Now A Good For Nothing

Prolong

Fa Kang looks at the side of the battlefield as a wave of melancholy takes, his men and the men of his enemy's body lying on the ground on the surrounding battlefield.

Fa Kang was the Delun empire's second prince and crown prince of his empire, he fought many years to end this long-standing war and rest but it seems his wish may never be real.

He looks at the face of his enemy standing tall and proud, face unmoved without a hint of hesitation, no regret. Mighty is his enemy is he not?

Fa Kang through his life struggled to reach the expectations of his family and meet the required level of his great brother or rather surpass him, and for years this inferior complex haunts him.

Throughout his life, he struggles to surpass that limit that he couldn't touch from studying so hard his fingers soak in the smell of ink and blood from hard training that toughens up his body.

He wants to fight but he feels tired, his men are exhausted, his best friend is beheaded, and his companions are now non-existent. He looks up at the enemy lifting his sword slightly with a smile.

There still was a large enemy but none left by his side, the enemy set on guard.

"Tell me something, Your Imperial Highness... Did you ever value our time together? Or was it all a plot to kill my men?" He asks with an underlying sadness.

The enemy prince tilts his head gently, "Believe what you must"

Hearing the cold distant tone, Fa Kang got his answer. "I see, well I did enjoy our time though. It was too bad it didn't last"

Fa Kang's smile falters, there is nothing left for him now, he once thought of his enemy so dearly he thought there was hope that the two empires could exist as partners with their friendship but once again he was proven to be incomplete, naive, and stupid.

His brother was right but sadly it was too late, slowly raising the sword at his neck he looked towards his enemy and with his final words. "Let me make this easier for you"

"NO!"

As the enemy prince took his first step Fa Kang already sliced his throat in one go falling to the ground and bleeding out, the enemy prince froze in shock at what just happened.

Fa Kang the young prince of the Delun empire took his own life on the battlefield before his enemies, the enemy prince soon ran up to the body holding his head and looking at him.

A bitter expression came across his face as he barely knew what to say, this was never within his plans, and could only remove the wild hair from his face as he rested his forehead on Fa Kang's.

This was not in his plans, the men looked at him in silence before the crown prince lifted his head making a hard and determined expression. Picking up the heavy body he slightly turned his head.

"Preserve the body until we can give a proper burial, from now we will not hesitate in conquering the Delun empire".

From then on the crown prince went on to conquer the Delun empire.

For over a decade now the Jia Empire and the Delun Empire have been at work neither willing to come to peace to end this suffering, even though the Delun Empire had been the weaker it managed to put up a great fight in this fierce battle. But all wars must come to an end, now with the two princes dead and the men exhausted the Delun empire has fallen at the hands of the Jia Empire's Crown prince Zhu Xian Liang.

Kneeling before him where the emperor and empress of the Delun empire, Zhu Xian Liang looks at the two people and glares at him with bitterness. He takes out a bottle from his chest pocket and then offers it to the woman.

"Here I'll give you an honorable death, in favor of a good man," Zhu Xian Liang said numbly.

The empress snarls, "what honorable death? My children are dead, our empire has been conquered, what's there to honor?"

"You need not worry about your empire, it shall be safe under my rule. I can promise you that as honoring a friend, " Zhu Xian Liang said.

The emperor scuffs with a chuckle, "What friend is that?"

"Your son"

The emperor and empress went silent, they hung their head down as a tear trailed down the empress' face. She bites her bottom lip then drags the bottle and swallows it, offering it to her husband, who drags it from her hands and the couple then embrace each other.

The emperor held her head kissing her forehead as blood ran from his lips, she held on to him tightly as her eyes slowly bled.

Soon both fell to the ground taking their last breath, this marked the fall of the Delun empire. For conquering the Delun empire the crown prince was given authority to govern the empire sealing his fate to inherit the throne, it's said that the crown prince barely showed himself after two years later the Jia Empire's emperor breathed his last. Crowning the crown prince empire of the Great Jia Empire.

During the Crowning of such a figure, a male opens his eyes gently. He holds his head as it hurts. He touches his throat astonished but soon turns his head at the sudden explosion of fireworks. Where was he?

He widens his eyes, seeing a slit on his wrist then looks at his table. It was a letter soaked in tears.

"Huh?"

He then looks at the sky of fireworks again, his chest feels heavy. What does he do now?

A/n

This was inspired by 'The Great War' by Taylor Swift