"Ghu, gah!" It was when the chair clanked to the floor did I recover my memories from a past life as a mute orphan boy named Umeji Hasegawa. That was the only time I wanted to live, the only time I didn't want to die.

Luck was on my side for once. I had put a knife in my pocket in case I backed out last minute. With a loud thud, I landed on the chair. Ouch. The memories of Umeji flooded into my brain and crammed themselves into every space in my brain.

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Umeji was born an orphan, a dead veteran father who died in war and a mother who died eight months into pregnancy. He was born premature and sickly, but he was lively.

Growing up, he went from foster home to foster home, hoping one day a family would look at him and say, "we want you to be part of our family."

That day never came. As Umeji grew older, no one wanted him. So he was put into a group home. At age 10, an old man took Umeji under his wing to teach him four trades in hopes to continue the business. For a year each, the old man taught Umeji how to craft knives, glass-blowing, herbalism, and pottery. Unfortunately, the man died shortly before Umeji turned 14. Umeji had to go to a mixed group home.

The group home was kept by a horrid man. The man would rage at the boys and make them his slaves and he would do unquestionable things to the girls. The kids couldn't do anything about the man since authority didn't take them seriously. That's when Umeji took matters into his own hands.

He killed the man with his best handcrafted knife. Then he ran away to live on the streets. He suffered on the streets until he was 16. That winter, he breathed his last from malnourishment and an awful cold.

The unloved orphan murderer had reincarnated into the shunned second prince of Aplana.

Alcott had never felt the slightest touch of affection or love. No one acknowledged him and even the lowest of servants mocked him.

All because he was living proof of King Walton's ultimate scandal.

9 years ago, the princess of Fascus, the enemy country of Aplana, was kidnapped by Aplana spies sent by King Walton. King Walton planned to murder the princess, but when he saw how beautiful she was he did something unforgivable. Something unmentionable. It was there he impregnated the poor princess and held her captive until Alcott Hugh Marlowe was born.

King Walton sent the princess back, but kept her son. She begged King Walton to let her have her son, but he refused.

"Why do you want him so badly?" King Walton asked.

"Because the child is innocent! He doesn't deserve to grow up with such a despicable bastard like you!" The princess raged.

"Oh, but that only makes me want to keep him far away from you even more," King Walton smirked, "guards, go send her to the border of Efluya." Three guards forced the struggling girl into the carriage and left.

Alcott would've had a much better life if he looked like his dad. However, he looked exactly like his mother. Queen Rosetta cursed Alcott's face because every time she saw him was a slap to the face. His looks reminded her that her husband had cheated on her and pleasured himself with another woman. And there was no greater insult to a woman than a cheating husband.

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Jesus christ! No wonder that prince capture target seemed so twisted! Thank you Amy for buying that game and letting me watch you play it! I never thought I'd be reincarnated into a game! Especially not [Year of the Maiden]!

All I ever wanted was for someone to love me! Is that too much to ask?!