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Long ago, there lived two Kingdoms in harmony. The Kingdom of Delkate and the Kingdom of Petros.
It is said that there lived an ancient, deceiving beast who tricks its victims with false promises in the Kingdom of Petros. But no one knows where it currently hides.
In old folktales and songs of the common people, there once was a war between the two Kings -who founded their kingdom- against the guile beast. Once the King of Petros slew the beast, the King of Delkate turned the beast into stone.
But since magic was still new and uncontrollable back then, turning something organic into stone proves to be difficult for the young king. In return, the beast burnt from the spell that was not completed so he fled into the woods to be never seen again.
This, however, brought unity to the Kings as they ruled their Kingdom in harmony. Decades over decades, no one has seen the beast ever again.
“And that, my children, is how your great, great, great, very great grandfather founded this kingdom!”
A book closed as the mother smiled at her two boys. The mother, The Queen of Petros, felt lucky that she gave birth to twins. Her dearly beloved twins, Roman and Remus.
The boys had their eyes widen in awe and amazement, they started jumping on their beds as they pretended to play swords in the air. This caused their mother to laugh happily.
“I’m going to fight like how our great, great, great, greeeaaat! Grandfather did, Mother!”
Roman exclaimed, smiling as his brother jumped next to him.
“We’re gonna be soaked in blood!”
Remus shouted happily. Roman made a look of disgust but laughed with his brother. The mother at this point was not too worried for her son’s…weird obsession with gore and blood as she bypassed it as something her son was intrigued in, maybe, scientifically? She tried to not be too worried about it.
Roman noticed that his mother was smiling but her eyes held sadness in them, he grabbed his twin brother to quiet him down as they both went to sit in front of their mother.
“Mother, why do you look upset?”
Roman’s question brought a series of stuttering and shocked within the mother who was flushed in embarrassment.
“Oh, dear, it’s nothing.”
“That’s falsehood!”
Remus shouted while pointing at his mother who blinked at her son’s word of choice.
“You’ve learnt that from Logan?”
The question earned two nods of agreement from the boys, their mother shook her head and stood up, ushering the boys to go to their respective beds while grabbing the oil lamp. She tucked them in and gave them each a kiss on their heads
“Now boys, I expect that the both of you to stay in your beds and not to roam out of your rooms to the kitchen.”
She specifically eyed Remus who just shrugged.
“Momma…”
“Yes, Roman?”
“You still haven’t told us why you’re upset.”
While walking towards the door, she stopped and sighed.
“You will know the reason someday, my little heroes. I love you both equally, Roman, Remus.”
“We love you too, momma.”
Although Roman and Remus weren’t satisfied with their mother’s answers, they both slept soundly that night, unknowing of what goes on behind their closed bedroom door.
Soon, the truth will reveal itself.