3 Beginning (1/2)

The Shi kingdom was a country with technology beyond its years, it was a peaceful country where crime did not exist and where equality was spread among everyone below the Shi family. It had clean streets and buildings towering up to the skyline. Though all of this came at a cost, all citizens of the kingdom apart from those of the Shi household had to give up their privacy. They were chipped, tracked and watched at all times, a small price to pay for peace and equality.

Within the courtyard of a lavish household within the Shi kingdom of the Ketsueki continent sat a young boy of peerless beauty. He looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. He had lips as red as blood and smooth flowing long white hair with a long streak of black hair flowing in front of his eyes . A pair of cold deep blue eyes could be seen on his face. Looking into these eyes seemed as if it could take away a person's soul and freeze them in an eternal moment of bliss.

He wore a long black and white robe and had a cuff bracelet on each hand, one as black as night and the other as white as snow.

This young boy was Shi Yan; ever since he was reborn on the Ketsueki continent as the only child of the leader of the Shi clan he had lived a life of peace and luxury. He had servants to provide for him, money that he wouldn't dare dream of completely spending in this lifetime and loving parents that took care of him and loved him more than life itself.

He had all these things and more but he felt empty inside. Shi Yan could not find it in himself to care about any of these mortal pleasures, his heart was cold and only filled with the thought of revenge. He understood that this was just one of the effects of losing all his positive emotions.

”Sigh, it's just so boring at home, when will father allow me to leave to explore the outside world. It's not like I can learn anything more by staying in this stupid overdeveloped country”

Shi Yan had been in the Shi kingdom for about fifteen and a half years but he has never stopped training during all those years. When he was six years old he realized that he would not be able to develop his time and space powers any more without finding the gems for his weapon but this did not stop him from working hard because he knew he had a goal to achieve.

So instead of sitting around and living life like a silk pants he decided to train his sword techniques to the peak. His sword techniques became so advanced that he birthed sword qi and there was no need for him to use a sword anymore. Anything could become his sword even a strand of hair or a single leaf. He also consolidated and found different ways to use his time and space powers throughout the years.

He could now control all the space within a two meter radius of himself and he could stop time within this area for one second, this little amount of time could determine life and death in a duel among experts. If he got into a fight it would be extremely hard for someone to beat him. But alas such great power also comes at a great price, to use this power he has to burn his own lifespan. But lo and behold it seemed as if a powerful being was looking out for him when he allowed him to be reborn as an undead and not just as any undead but as a pure blood vampire with a near unlimited lifespan.

Shi Yan sat within the courtyard slowly sipping from a wine glass with fresh blood within it. Shi Yan turned to the empty space beside him and said ”Get me a vintage bottle of that rare AB negative blood from father's study, it seems to help my body become stronger and keeps away my murderous urges”.

Suddenly there was a flash within the courtyard and something seemed to have disappeared but then reappeared seconds later. If someone was standing within the courtyard at that moment the only thing they felt would have been a slight wind and a bottle of blood suddenly appearing in front of Shi Yan.

The servants around Shi Yan were some of the fastest and most powerful blood slaves that were owned by the Shi family. These blood slaves were raised to be absolutely loyal and to execute every order given to them even if it meant death.

A servant quickly walked into the courtyard and froze at the scene of his young master sitting with the sun reflecting off his hair and a glass of blood within his hand. It was such a beautiful scene the servant could not help but stare, the blood contrasted perfectly with the pale skin of the young master, and the surrounding ambience helped to bring out the beauty of this young man even more. The servant was used to seeing beautiful persons within the vampire race but he thought that it should be illegal for someone to be born so beautiful. It would have been a calamity for him if he was not born in his current family.

The servant almost became lost within this picturesque scene but managed to quickly shake his head to come out of his daze. He lowered his head for fear of getting lost within the scene once more.

”What has brought you to my courtyard this fine morning Yuto?”

In accordance to his name, Yuto was a very gentle person. He was the most liked servant within the Shi family and was able to get along well with everyone. To Shi Yan he was just another ant that the gods could control.

”Young master the sir and madam would like to see you at the dining room for dinner. How should I respond to them?”

”Tell them I'll be there in a minute”

”Yes young master

Yuto quickly bowed and left.

”I hope father will finally allow me to leave, if he doesn't I'll have to prepare to run away”

Shi Yan slowly rose from his position and donned a black and white mask that covered his left eye and the lower part of his face then headed to the dining room for dinner. As he walked through the Shi household all the servants and family members bowed to him to show their respect. To many persons within the Shi household Shi Yan's actual face was a big mystery. There were about only ten persons alive within the entire kingdom who knew what he actually looked like, the others who knew his true face were already dead.

As Shi Yan walked into the lavishly decorated dining room he could see two persons around the table. A beautiful lady dressed in blue, with long white hair reaching down to the center of her back pale skin and beautiful light blue eyes, next to her at the head of the table was a rugged man dressed in red that looked as if he could bend the heavens to his will, he had long black hair and piercing blood red eyes that seemed as if they could see through every secret and hidden desires. The man was named Shi Yang and the lady was called Kasumi.

”Father, mother, good afternoon” Shi Yan said in a cold tone.