Reincarnated as a Yandere Villain [BL]

🔘 Chapter 12: Social Debut

"All bow down before our Royal family!" An announcer spoke loudly, with his voice ringing throughout the palace's halls and around the ballroom, everyone held their breath as they anticipated for the first appearance of the rumored white lily of the Royal family, Anastasius Clarimieres.

Six years had passed and Anastasius' bad reputation about being an unwanted prince had disappeared far long ago. After his meeting with the King, he was ordered to leave the isolated East Palace to live with his family in the Main Palace. They did have some trouble about Anastasius' new bedroom though, for the younger prince threw a tantrum when the Queen didn't let him share a room with his older brother.

But since Anastasius had already permitted Lucas on sleeping with him when the younger gets nightmares, everything was sorted out eventually (though it led to Lucas, faking nightmares every night just to sleep with his nii-chan).

Every month, the King would also call the most influential merchants in the Kingdom to provide him sets of art materials. He would also brag about Anastasius' art skills to them as they present their products to him. The word about the King's doting on the eldest prince didn't take long to spread out, a lot of speculations rose from the nobles and the commoners, some says it's due to the charm of the eldest prince while some says it's because of the King's everlasting love for the child's birth mother. Nevertheless, they still gave him a pretty nickname much suitable for his role in the Royal family: The White Lily of the Royal Family. This nickname came from his rumored purity and innocence that the flower symbolizes, its majestic appearance was also compared to his enchanting smile that can make anyone stop at their tracks and fall in love. These descriptions came from the palace's servants based of their interaction with Anastasius.

There was also a rumor about how his smile charmed the evil queen and made her turn into a new leaf. Even though the King already cleared their true intention of lowering Anastasius' rank, the people of the country still blamed the Queen for bullying the White Lily. Had it not been for the new rumor that had rose, the people would still be hating the Queen until now.

"We're finally seeing the rumored White Lily!"

"I wonder if he's really that enchanting as the rumors say.."

"What if he looks ordinary?"

"Hush before anyone hears you!"

Murmurs of the audience were akin to the buzzing of the bees, loud and irritating, however it did not falter Anastasius' smile. All he was thinking about was the new set of sweets that they will be serving in his social debut, as well as the gifts that he will be receiving. However he's a bit reluctant about the grand entrance, for he's still not used to large amount of audience in front of him.

Seeing him sigh, the King carried him on his waist with a slight frown on his face.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable? Do you want me to dismiss all of them?" He asked, ignoring Tiana's giggle on the background and Lucas' glare on his hand.

"Papa...I'm already 15 years old, you need not to carry me in your arms anymore." Anastasius said with a pout while his face flushes in the deepest shade of red.

"Why? You're still as small as a 10 year old child though." The King said nonchalantly. Anastasius can only rant in his head saying 'That's only because I was born prematurely and you're freaking tall as a titan, I still have my dignity you know?!'

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Young Master is uncomfortable in your clutches, please do put him down for his sake." Icarus bravely butt in.