"What a wonderful day to destroy someone's day"

A young man with eyes so pristine and yellow, that it can rival the sun's glare, is lurking within the shadows of barren alleyways. Anastacius strides, his hush footsteps being unheard by the passing creatures he encounters. For his presence remains hidden even when he blends in with the crowd once he arrives at the busy streets of the empire. The sun was at its peak, the atmosphere is scorching yet he did not break a sweat.

(Author-nim: Like how come in every fictional world, nobody sweats under the sun if that's not what the episode is about!?!?

Anastacius: ._.)

Upon arriving on one of his destinations, Anastacius removed his hood to reveal his snow white hair that has been dyed to look charcoal black and uninterested lilac eyes. With plump cherry lips and a slightly sharp jawline that accentuates his perfectly proportioned cheekbones.

His appearance attracted the attention of folks inside the establishment. For a young man who's only 16, he is definitely favored by the gods, much to Anastacius' dismay. All eyes was on him as he strides to the counter, his posture shows perfection and his walk is grace itself.

This establishment is one of the main places that houses underworld products, he was here to with one of the powerhouses.

"Is Count Arlington, present?"

Count Arlington, a bland noble that's just like the rest of those suck ups. But he is not what he seems, underneath his flattery and smiles lies a man with little to no care of humanity. That's why he is one of the trusted aides of the lord, king of the underworld. But he's not the reason why I'm interested in the underworld. The real reason of my visit is because of his son, a bastard child in other words.

"I'm afraid not, sir. You're free to try again some other time"

He's clearly lying by the look of that synthetic smile, plastered on his face. But that's not going to drive me away, I have many tricks up my sleeve to get what I want.

"Would you like to try some of our delicacy before you go?"

"I see, that's a shame. I was looking forward on making some negotiations about the upcoming ring"

I let out a sigh, as I take out a letter from my robe, the paper used is quite plain but I saw how the look in his eyes changed when he saw the seal used. Just as expected, he was very tense and anxious.

"I guess I'll just negotiate with someone else, thank you for your assistance"

"Young man! Ahem- it seems that the count is present and is available in a few hours, I hope you don't mind the wait..."

Got you pest~

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That took a little while than expected, but it was an enjoyable fight, if I do say so myself, they all looked so broken! Anastacius is now exuding a slightly joyful aura which makes the workers passing by, admire his form.

I am currently waiting for one of the employees to direct me to where my father and I will be viewing the show. Fiddling with the tassels of my cape, I took a deep breathe and rehearsed the plan inside my mind. First, I will excuse myself a few minutes before the Chandelier falls and quickly head to a blind spot on top of the section where the emperor, the crown prince and my sister are watching.

"Young Master, I shall escort you to your area"

I gave him a nod as I continue to show indifference to the nobles in our surroundings.

"Presenting, the heir of the La Monique Household, young master Anastacius Neo La Monique!"

I- that wasn't mentioned in the story, but then again, the way nobility works here is quite different from the past world I've been in.

Meeting the gaze of my father, I greeted him in a low voice, as to not receive more attention.

"A fair evening to you, father, I apologize for my tardiness"

"Anastacius, you don't have to be so formal to me... Come sit, the show will start soon"

Immediately, I went next to him and sat on my chair. Sensing a certain pair of eyes, I glanced at the booth where my dear sister and the royal family are stationed. My dear sister was looking for me, for support, even though she's mentally an adult, she's still a child in my eyes.

Aristia looks so stressed, my poor sister had to go through all of this because I don't have enough power yet. I gave her a small smile because my smile is worth millions and I don't give fan service to the poor for free. It's not because of discrimination between the poor and wealthy. Only close friends and family have the luxury to afford this small smile.

(Everyone:...

Anastacius: How poor)

I can see her tense shoulders relax a little, which is a relief. The emperor and crown prince noticed that the little white lady was very focused at something, which made them look at my direction. I quickly straighten my lips and place my right hand on my chest. Lowering my head while closing my eyes as a greeting, after a few moments I raise my head to find that the show is beginning.

I didn't notice my eyes flashed with amusement as my plans to destroy this God's plans will soon start to play.

The corner of Anastacius' lips curl slightly while pretending to be focused on the show, but his focus is at the conversation of the people at the royal section. Some tears slide off my dear sister's cheek while clenching the hem of her dress, until her fingers turn white.

You're going to regret messing with my family, you arrogant prince. I'll make you pay with either legal or inhumane ways.

My eyes dart back to the opera, watching as my character helps "Aristia" to the crown prince. I didn't notice it before since there are more important things than this, but

'Ew- that guy looks nothing like me- why is he so short and weak looking, are they insulting me?'

(The guy acting as Anastacius: W-why is it so cold of all a sudden? I didn't mess up any of my lines, right!? Σ(°△°|||)︴

Anastacius: Why is he ugly? (￢_￢))

"-Then finally, the future sun to succeed the Holy blood has been born!"

The actor portraying the crown prince, walks toward the front of the stage, slowly holding his hand out to" Aristia"

"And to bless the future Sun, God has sent a Holy Partner to accompany him"

'Is it me or does the actor look more handsome than the future adult crown prince? Or am I just being biased?'

Anastacius shows an amused expression as he slowly waits for the failure of his enemy's plan.

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The young albino male rests his face on his hand with an expression foreign to his usually blank face, while looking down on the people below him. His relaxed posture will make people think that he's actually enjoying the opera, but instead...

'Did they just really pick anyone to act on this play? I can point out more than 5 mistakes for every scene'

'Not enough emotions, does this director plan to blind everyone with props, dresses, and pretty faces?'

Close to their booth, a blue haired aristocrat (going through his emo and red flag phase *cough* author why- *chokes*-) crosses his arms while forcing himself to watch the play. His eyes travel through the crowd, until it reaches the booth where two male albino are residing.

He casts his gaze onto the younger albino in surprise, he has never seen the future Marquis with a slightly relaxed posture. The albino's hair is covering the right side of his face, which is facing him, so he can't really see his eyes.

This young man will soon be his brother in law, but he's not really sure about their relationship with each other, it's not good but it's not that bad as well. As the crown prince continues to contemplate about his future, Anastacius leaned to his father. Whispering some words, he can't read lips but he is certain that he asked something to his father, The Marquis nodded his head before saying something back to him.

Anastacius stood up, glancing at his direction, with his usual black expression but he can swear that he saw Anastacius' eyes twinkle a little before he nodded towards the crown prince and leaves the booth. Making Ruveliss unable to see him anymore.

He starts to focus on the opera again, watching his character speak some words which is currently narrating about what's happening in the play.

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While the rest are distracted by the play, Anastacius took off his coat to reveal his black suit underneath. He proceeds to change his clothes like that scene in Now you See me while walking to an authorized personnel only area. He covers his lower face with a piece of black cloth, and changes his appearance to what he wore earlier to deal with some thugs.

The actor portraying Anastacius, is now being remasked with so much white powder, that he looks pale, he's holding a booklet which contains the script. Now that the real Anastacius can see the actor's face more closely, he is extremely dissatisfied with this actor and how they portrayed him.

Taking advantage of the fact that the makeup artist just left, he grabbed the arm of the actor and pushes him against the wall next to where he was just reapplying makeup. Locking both of the unnamed actor's arms above his head, while Anastacius' other hand is covering his mouth. With his knee in between the actor's legs, completely mobilizing him from escaping.

(Author-nim: ⌓‿⌓ Ehe)

This took only a few seconds to happen, the actor had no time to react before he was forced to have eye contact with the perpetrator. Sharp amethyst eyes that looks so deep and tempting, he can see his reflection from those eyes. The possibility of being killed or molested was the least of his worries at the moment. The actor was more focused on studying the exposed features of Anastacius, slightly sharp eyebrows and phoenix eyes, he is surely very handsome underneath the mask and he embodies sexiness that makes people want to do his bidding. His eyes go lower and lower on Anastacius' build, his thoughts

"Look at my eyes and focus on me"

And that was the limit of the actor's logical sanity-

Anastacius leans in close, making the poor boy (which he was insulting earlier-) shut his eyes and blush furiously. An image of two men, the slightly smaller one is wearing a white wig, being restricted by a man with black hair and purple eyes.

"Now I can't do this, if you don't look at me"

Anastacius retracts his hand from the actor's mouth, before placing it under his (the actor's) chin, forcing the other party to face him. The actor's eyelashes fluttered as he has some trouble trying to maintain eye contact. Once eye contact was established, Anastacius opened his mouth.

"You will protect the people acting as his highness, the crown prince and his fiancée, Lady Monique no matter what.-"

The eyes of Anastacius, began to glow an alluring violet hue, similar to the most precious of diamonds that sparkle underneath a spotlight. Whereas the other party's eyes went blank as a dot, looking dull and lifeless.

"Focus on the chandelier, if things go awry, you are the only person I can trust. Understand?"

The actor nodded blankly, looking dazed as a person who just woke up. Anastacius backed away, retrieving his arms and leg back, releasing the other "Anastacius" from his grip.

"Good boy" Anastacius whispered before turning away, a satisfied look rests on his face as he sneaks behind the stage to an area, hidden from the crowd.

He stretches his legs and turn his neck upwards, studying the items he can use to boost himself up. He takes a hold of a rope and reveals a knife underneath his boots, using it to cut one of the weights attached to the other end.

"What was that sound?" A distant voice enters his hearing while he gets lifted up on to one of the beams supporting the stage.

Anastacius skilfully steadies himself while crouching, his eyes shows a hint of vigilance to the incoming person from below. He slowly stands up and balances himself easily, slowly walking to the exact middle of the stage, blending in with the shadows made from the spotlight.

"And so the glory of the Empire continues -"

That's the signal, Anastacius thought while taking out his personalized bow and again metal arrows. He attached a rope with a knot, around the arrow. Placing the arrow on the slide, targeting through the hole of the Chandelier's handle.

"May the child of the prophecy be blessed with prosperity!"

The rope supporting the Chandelier suddenly broke!

'And now!'

He lets go of the bowstring, the arrow flies across the ceiling with lightning speed. Slipping exactly through the hole, attaching itself at the walls. He hurriedly utilized his weight to tie the other end of the rope around the strong piece of wood.

That series of action happened in a few seconds, the audience who saw the chandelier descend suddenly stopped, after a few meters.

"Oh dear, what was that!?"

"My goodness, it almost smashed the people on the stage"

"What does that mean?"

Exclamations rang throughout the audience, as they wondered why the Chandelier stopped falling.

'Now, Aristia doesn't have to worry about it being herself... If there's are any doubts still lingering in her mind, then I will personally vanquish them to the inescapable abyssʼ

Anastacius bent his neck upwards to see his dear sister, looking worried. But not as scared as she was in the original story.

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Anastacius discreetly returned to his seat, with his form back to normal.

"Father, allow me to go check on Ari, please"

The sudden voice beside Marquis Keiran, made him stiffen his back and slightly jump up from his seat.

Kieran: (⊙_⊙)

Anastacius: (ᓀ ᓀ) Father, you need to work on your skills, why are you surprised?

The Marquis brought his hands to his mouth, letting out a light cough to house his embarrassment. Taking a deep breath before going back to normal,

"Father are you feeling ill?"

"No I'm fine, you may go and check on Tia"

He waves his free hand to his son, shooing him away to coax their treasure.

"Thank you, father" Anastacius lowered his head before heading out, briskly walking towards the booth where his sister is staying. He greeted the knights stationed outside.

"Good evening sir Quail, I need to head in to check up on my sister"

The bodyguard hesitated to respond, unsure whether to agree or not

"Lady Aristia must still be watching the play, you don't want to disturb her at the moment, do you?"

A voice suddenly came from the booth

"Let the young man in, the show has just ended"

The moment the order has been issued, they made way for Anastacius. He nodded gratefully towards sir Quail and his knights.

As soon as he went inside, he dropped one knee on to the ground whilst drooping his head down.

"May glory and blessings rain on the sole sun and star of the empire, this lowly servant bids you a good evening"

'Brother!ʼ The young albino lady, thought in relief as she saw his brother safe.

"Now, Anastacius you don't have to greet me formally, every time we meet-" The emperor answered, amused

"-You may rise"

Anastacius returned to his normal standing position, taking a glance at his sister before looking back at the Emperor A.K.A. His chess enemy.

"Your majesty, I would like to take my sister back at the major, if I may"

"Are you worried that your sister might not be safe at my side?" The emperor questioned looking a bit angry at the outside, since Anastacius is quite familiar with his temper, he knew that the emperor was just playing.

"I'm more worried that my sister won't be able to fall asleep before her bed time"

"E-eh brother!" Aristia exclaimed a whisper, her face turning red from embarrassment.

"My, I didn't think that you'd be such a strict brother" The Emperor chuckles

"Your being too kind, your Majesty" Anastacius kept his blank face as he strides towards Aristia, in only a few steps, he arrives next to her.

"Did you enjoy the opera, your highness?" Anastacius threw question towards the crown prince while taking off his coat.

"It was pleasant" And that was the end of the conversation between Anastacius and the blue prince.

"We'll be going now, thank you for your hospitality"

He places his coat on his sister's shoulders.

"We appreciate your hospitality"

The albino siblings bowed towards the royal family, thanking them before heading out.

"They are a really interesting pair of siblings, don't you think, my son?" The emperor looked at his son, who's looking at the place where the albino siblings were.

"They are a peculiar pair, indeed"

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What's up, my kings and queens! Author-nim is back once again, thank your so much for your patience!!

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Alright! After a couple of months, the results are in.

Our Anastacius will be...

A

Because I want to make him cry and make others cry

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And finally...

He will end up...

Having A !! :3

I'm actually planning to have special chapters or a separate book made of one shots with TAE characters. What do you think?

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Thank you so much for your support!!