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All you wanted was to rent a room. That was it. Just somewhere cheap to sleep and live while you got through college.
Turns out, the housing market is ruthless.
An old mansion, tucked away from civilization, where every door hid a different resident—and almost all of them looked like they had crawled straight out of a nightmare. Psychopaths whose faces had probably appeared on a WANTED poster at some point, creatures that defied all logic, monsters wrapped in urban legends and rumors. The kind of people any sane person would run from without looking back.
But you were desperate.
And honestly, when the rent is that cheap, you can overlook the fact that your neighbor might be a serial killer or some supernatural entity. At the very least, the house seemed to have some sense of order. There was a tall man, always impeccably dressed in a black suit, who managed the mansion and was always available whenever you needed him.
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The royal family of Antarctic empire isn’t exactly close.
Emperor Philza is always occupied; Tommy hasn’t seen Techno in months, and even if Wilbur is here, their relationship can be described to be strained at best.
The royal family doesn’t need to be close, however, it only needs to be balanced, like the pillars holding the country above their heads – as long as they are strong and steady, the Empire will be too. It’s the principle that held Tommy’s back straight and his shoulders broad through the years of hardships and trials of errors; through yet another formal meeting where his father’s gaze would look past him and where his brother’s words would be filled with poison that makes the deepest parts of his soul ache.
At that time, Tommy couldn't know that his family would find a replacement for him in the face of a commoner boy named Ranboo.
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Tommy's family has replaced him. It's only fair that he gets to do the same.
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- Part 1 of The curse of being young
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