The Story that is old and Untold

Part 1: Kingdom of Procreation

In the quiet town where I was born, there was a secret burning within me from the very moment I took my first breath – a passion for gambling. I was just a young lad back then, too inexperienced to indulge in the thrill of a wager. Perhaps it was because society painted gambling as a vice, but to me, it was an irresistible allure. The idea of riches pouring in, the allure of wealth, it was simply intoxicating.

Now, as fate would have it, the day I was born marked the rise of a new monarch. Her name? Oh, it slipped my mind for a moment, but yes, it was Queen Elizabeth Williams. And astonishingly, I happened to be her grandson.

Imagine that – a boy with an insatiable love for gambling, destined to be the descendant of the greatest queen in the annals of history. Quite the twist, wouldn't you say?

Now, as I harbored my own dreams, they were abruptly truncated. You see, our kingdom, the "Kingdom of Production" as it's fondly called, was grappling with a dire financial crisis. And there I was, a mere child, fated to be imprisoned and groomed into a gambler for the years to come. I was a mere nine-year-old, just another schoolboy, accompanying my parents to the place of learning. Once, I was no different from any other student, just like you. But the siren call of gambling disrupted it all.

They recounted to me the tale of the tragic demise of my great grandmother. She was a vision of beauty and had ascended to the throne after the passing of our esteemed grandfather. But oh, didn't she have a penchant for gambling? Her penchant for taking risks was part of what caused our kingdom's financial turmoil. Despite it all, people adored her, but making money with her was an ordeal, let me assure you. In those days, prisons were a luxury we couldn't afford, and the castle was teeming with violent individuals, roaming about with malevolence. They were brutal, relentlessly so, and the children were no different. They turned on her, their own grandmother and mother, yet she always found it in her heart to forgive them...

To be continued...