The King's Servants

A Cruel Beginning - prologue

His mother was crying and screaming in pain as she struggled to bring the baby out into the world, into the cold room, in the castle. There were 4 nurses around her to help ease the pain and to motivate her to keep going. The king was outside the room, waiting to see if his only child was to be a girl or boy. 

The king looked at the servant asked, "Shouldn't it be over already?"

The servant replied while looking down,"When a child is brought into the world it can be a long process, it can take hours of pain and struggling. Please be patient, my king."

The king looked bored, yet angry at the servants statement ㅡ "be patient?" He had been waiting years for a male heir to pass the crown to.

Several hours passed; the screaming finally died down. A child's cry was heard.

The king opened the door to see if the queen had bared a son. 

What he saw was a small baby wrapped in pink cloth, which only meant she bared a daughter. He was angry, severely angry. He took the child from the nurse and went down, to the entrance of the castle and threw the girl into the water, drowning her.

He went up the tower again slowly, and heard his daughter's screams that were filled with fright and eventually ended with muffled cries. Her body lay upside down, floating in the water. He felt no remorse, only hate. But moments later, he heard another child's cry coming from the top of the cold, still tower. He ran up the remaining stairs and entered the room once more. This time he saw an infant boy wrapped in cloth. He smiled and felt joy. And when he turned to see his wife, her body was lifeless. Her lower body was covered in blood. Yet, there was no reaction to the bloody wife. Only lifeless glare at her was given

"Fraternal twins, your majesty," The nurse said.

"You came in right after the boy was born, but he was in the corner of the room. The girl was born a few moments before the prince was born, but she appeared healthy."

The nurse seemed angry and sad because she saw the king drown the newborn girl, but she remained calm. 

The king with his apathetic look, held his son, and said, "Take him to the nursery and watch him every single second, or all of you will be raped, tortured and killed."

After a month passed, the prince's name had finally been decided.

It was Taehyung Kim.