+16th Century, 1551. The Vredrivia Kingdom.
Loud cries of a newborn erupted inside the massive royal chamber which made everyone standing outside of the chamber that was waiting for their crown prince's birth smile and cry in happiness and joy.
"It's an Omega!" One of the midwives said with worry and fear in her eyes while passing the newborn baby to the queen of the Vredrivia Kingdom who was more drained than how exhausted a regular woman should feel after giving birth.
The reason behind this is that she was not capable of getting pregnant in the first place but she did her best and took a lot of medications and herbs just so that she can carry the crown prince or princess for her kingdom.
Her pregnancy was so rough and painful. Most of the doctors asked her to just stop trying because that could have been dangerous to her life and dangerous to the life of the baby in her womb, but she didn't give up at all and kept trying until she succeeded in getting pregnant with the crown prince finally after years of trying but the only problem here...
The baby turned out to be an omega.
There were around twelve midwives present in that room taking care of their queen and helping her to push the baby out.
The queen Chantal Cyprian. The omega queen of the Vredrivia Kingdom. She was once the princess of the Ceva kingdom before she got mated and married to the alpha king of the Vredrivia Kingdom twenty years ago when she was twenty-two years old.
They both fell in love with each other when the king visited her kingdom. So they decided to get mated and married, but the king slowly started falling out of her love when she could not get pregnant after five years of trying and he didn't tell her about this at all and continued trying just like she desires.
The king is now outside waiting with the rest of the royal palace members for any of the midwives to come outside and announce the news about their long-awaited crown prince.
"It's an Omega prince" One of the midwives murmured to another midwife, disappointment, and fear could be easily detected in her low voice.
The queen was still fighting to catch her breath after long minutes of pushing the baby out and the hours that she spent in labor.
Her hair was messy and scattered all over her pillow. She was dripping sweat.
The moment one of the midwives passed her son to her, all her exhaustion vanished in the thin air when she held her newborn baby in her arms.
The queen was giggling happily while showering her baby's face with kisses and holding him tighter every now and then as if she was trying to believe the fact that she was finally holding the baby whom she has been fighting to have for long years.
The twelve midwives in the queen chamber were all silently cleaning the mess while mumbling about their shock at the fact that the newborn turned out to be an omega.
None of the midwives had the courage to go outside to announce the birth, health, rank, and gender of the crown prince because they all know that nobody in this kingdom will accept this omega as a crown prince, especially the king who is known for his desire to have an alpha son or daughter to take the throne after him.
"My baby. You are finally here." Uttered the queen as she struggled to keep her tears inside her eyes and not let them fall down on her cheeks while she was watching her son's face in disbelief because she still can't believe that her baby is in her arms right now.
The midwives stood there inside the queen's chamber eyeing her silently. They were happy seeing her content, but they were scared and worried about what the king will do and say to her because of the rank of their son. Also, they were worried about their people's reaction when they will announce this news.
However, the biggest problem is that the queen can never get pregnant ever again. Her pregnancy was already a miracle. And nobody is lucky enough to get two miracles in their lifetime.
"Your majesty, what will you name our little prince?" Said one of the midwives who noticed how the rest of the midwives were staring at the queen as if she has done a mistake which made her feel bad and tried to ask the queen this question so that she can cheer her up before she will have to face the rejection from everyone after announcing the news.
Meanwhile, the queen was over the moon because of how delighted she was with holding her precious little newborn in her arms.
She knows that the prince is an omega and she is definitely aware of how the king and the people's reaction will be after announcing the rank of the prince, but that was the least of her worries.
All she could focus on right now was the feeling of finally holding her baby prince which she fought everything to have.
She went through pain and took a massive amount of medication and herbs. She even went to a lot of different warlocks, witches, and doctors all over the world just to look for some solution to her problem.
When she got to know that she was pregnant nine months ago, she couldn't believe it. Everyone was happy but she was the happiest.
She made sure to do anything to keep her baby healthy.
The queen glanced at the midwife who asked her what she will name the prince before she widely grinned and gently caressed her sleepy son's tiny head while making sure to wrap the warm blanket around his body so that she can protect him from the cold.
"Octavius Cyprian Antias. This is going to be the name of my baby. The name of the first and the crown prince of the Vredrivia Kingdom."
One of the midwives had enough courage to leave the queen's chamber and go outside so that she can announce the news of the birth of the prince to the king and the palace members that were standing outside the chamber waiting for their newborn prince or princess.
The king was walking back and forth with the two royal escorts that accompany him everywhere inside and outside of the palace. They only stop chaperoning his highness when he goes to his royal chamber to sleep.
Even the prime minister was there with the king waiting for their prince as well as some guards and maids.
The midwife nervously glanced at all of them before she calmly bowed to his highness just to announce "It's a prince."
"Did you hear that, father? I have a son. Our kingdom can finally have a crown prince, now." The king Opeline Antias voiced to the grand king Brynlee Antias who nodded happily acknowledging his son's happiness.
Everyone's chests were swelling up in joy and pride. The king had happy tears stuck inside his eyes as well as most of the palace members that were present in the corridor next to the queen's chamber.
The grand king widely grinned looking at how delighted his son was before glancing at the rest of the midwives who came out of the queen's chamber and bowed to their majesties while standing right behind the first midwife who was brave enough to announce the news to the royals.
"Reward every midwife that was present in the queen's chamber with anything they desire." The generous grand king informed one of his ministers who nodded obediently and looked at the midwives who were more than happy with what the Grand king said, but the fact that the king and the grand king will go inside the queen's chamber and find out the prince's rank is scaring them to the core.
"Also, announce 3 days of holidays in the whole kingdom to celebrate the birth of my son and the crown prince of our kingdom." Uttered the king while he was fighting not to let his joyful tears roll down his cheeks.
The midwives started to peek at each other secretly as if they were trying to encourage one of them to open her mouth to tell the king and everyone present there about their prince's rank.
The ministers, the former king and the current king, the maids, and the guards were all elated about the news of their prince's birth and they were more than certain that their prince will be nothing but a strong alpha just like his father and grandfather which is why no one bothered to ask any of the midwives about his rank.
And that was the biggest reason why none of the midwives had enough intrepidity to open her mouth to break their delight since all of them know how disappointed and mad the kings and the rest of the palace members will be after hearing about their prince's rank.
Not only that but also, none of the people in the Vredrivia Kingdom will accept to be ruled by an omega which can lead them to turn against the royals refusing the new crown prince as a king in the future.
" Your highness,..." One of the midwives took a deep breath walking from behind the other midwives to the front as she bowed addressing the king who was still smiling happily about the prince's birth because of his joy he didn't give the midwife a chance to talk and instead he gestured her to go to the minister since he thought she will ask for what she desired as a reward and right after this he went inside the queen's chamber with the grand king and the former queen who came running in the corridors with her royal escorts.
The midwife looked at the others silently asking " What should we do now?" She was scared about what will happen after the king finds out just as much as the rest of the midwives but one of them decided to talk to end this nervous tension between them " It's not our problem. Our job here is to help the queen to give birth to the crown prince and we did it. However, it's not our fault that the prince turned out to be an omega. The moon Goddess chose this. Let's ask for our rewards before the kings get mad and we won't get anything. "
In the end, they were all persuaded by what she said and they decided to follow one of the ministers who were in charge of rewarding them.
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" My prince Octavius." In the royal chamber, the queen was left alone with her newborn baby after all the midwives left and her highness still can not believe that she was holding her son after all these years of suffering.
Her majesty's soft hands were gently caressing the prince's tiny head and her eyes were not moving away from him.
The only thing that stopped her from watching her newborn sleeping soundly in her arms was the entry of the king and the grand king and queen.
Slowly the queen's grin dropped when she noticed them walking toward her with huge smiles on their faces as the king happily uttered " My queen, thank you for all this happiness. Everyone is delighted because of the prince's birth. May I hold him?"
The king sat next to her while extending his hands in the air waiting for the queen to give him the prince whom she was hiding in the blanket and in her arms.
The queen's heart began to race because of the fear that the royals and their people will reject her son when they get to know what rank he was, but she gave the baby to the king in the end since she can't hide the prince's rank from all of them forever which is why she decided to just face whatever their reactions will be.
The moment, the king held the prince in his arms, his grin started to vanish as well as the smile of the former king and queen who were sitting close to the king.
+16th Century, 1551. The Vredrivia Kingdom.
Vredrivia during the 13th and 14th centuries became one of the strongest and largest kingdoms in the world. Not only because they have riches, beauty, or generous yet kind Majesties but because this kingdom has been ruled by the same bloodline for more than six centuries.
And each new king or queen takes the throne made the kingdom stronger than it was before them and it carried on for centuries until Vredrivia became how it is right now in the 16th century.
Vredrivia always had the kindest of people and nobles. All the royals that ruled this kingdom were so plentiful to their people since the kingdom and their people were their first priority, but that doesn't mean that Vredrivia has never had tainted, filthy, cruel bastards who try to ruin the peace and perfection of their kingdom.
No matter how beautiful something is there always will be that one thing or person who makes it undesirable and who poisons everything till the very last bit.
There will always be someone who is greedy and no matter how much they have they will still want more and want what the others have which is why crimes like theft and violence were the main crimes that existed in this kingdom.
The most common crimes were the theft of small amounts of money, food, and property. Violent crimes were a minority of cases since it only happens when the thief has no other choice but to use it when the victim starts defending their property.
Also, corruption and bribes, and betrayal. Those can mostly happen in the royal palace among the royals, ministers, or even the soldiers because, in the end, Vredrivia is not a perfect kingdom but it is the closest to perfection out of all the other kingdoms and empires.
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Fresh breezes of air, the rustling of leaves in the trees, the silence that surrounded the outside of the royal palace with some exciting whispers that belong to the people who were standing in front of the royal palace looking at the royal balcony waiting for the royals to appear so that they can introduce the new crown prince to people.
The sounds of joy erupted all over the place when the king and the queen of the kingdom appeared on the royal balcony with the newborn prince who was wrapped gently in a blanket in his mother's arms.
People were delighted when they heard about their crown prince's birth, some of them even shed happy tears because all the people in the kingdoms have been praying to the moon Goddess to gift them a crown prince or princess to carry on ruling their kingdom just like it has been ruled by the same bloodline for centuries.
The king watched the huge number of people that were standing outside the palace and how happy they were when they saw the royals before he glances at the former king and queen who were still standing inside the room and were not with them in the royal balcony.
His highness felt so helpless and nervous as he had no clue what to say to his people because he knows how they will refuse the prince's rank and he did not want to disappoint them.
A mixture of feelings and emotions was everything that the queen was feeling at this moment. She is still so happy with her son regardless of his rank, but she was nervous and scared of how their people will react when they get to know the prince's rank. She was terrified of the fact that her people will blame everything on her because she is an omega as well.
"Please, give your attention to his majesty. The king has something for you." That was the former king who decided to come out to the balcony and look at their people while uttering this out loud as he instantly received the people's attention and silence waiting for what the king had for them.
The king needed a lot of courage to get himself ready to commence talking to his people in order to deliver this "bad news" about their prince's rank "As all of you know, the Antias bloodline has been ruling our kingdom for centuries. The first ever ruler of our kingdom was the queen Armine Antias and the last one who ruled Vredrivia before me was the king Brynlee Antias."
None of the people had any idea what their king was trying to tell them exactly and they honestly started to get worried, but they carried on listening dumbfoundedly to what their king was declaring.
"Also, as all of you know our laws only allow a pure royal to take the throne after the current king. And your queen has been struggling for years, two decades to be more precise just to be able to carry the prince for us, for the kingdom, for you, and for me as well. The only one who can take the throne after me and rule our kingdom is the prince Octavius who was born just today after years of praying and patience."
Her highness was still too exhausted and was struggling to stay standing on the balcony without falling on the floor. The only thing that was keeping her awake was the fear of her people's reaction and the feeling of her son sleeping in her arms that was keeping her alert as she felt like she has to protect him from everything even the slightest word that would come out of someone's mouth even though the prince won't understand it.
"The birth of Octavius is a miracle and unexpected gift from the moon Goddess because, after years of waiting, a lot of us lost hope of having a pure royal to rule our kingdom after me. I want to thank you for your prayers and thank all the doctors, warlocks, witches, midwives, and maids who helped us to get Octavius. I'm afraid to inform you that our newborn prince is an omega and our queen can not get pregnant with another prince or princess again."