Chapter 723 - Inside the Village of Exiles, The Story of the First Prince that Left the Tribe (2/2)

The deranged race began to hoard mortal females, taking more than one female as their wives. Some even began to kill each other due to the fact of targetting another member's females.

It created distraught between them and the humans. The latter began to wage war against the creatures that took their women.

But more than everything else...

The goddess that created them was enraged by their unscrupulous act.

Thus, after the war was quelled, the race was cursed. It did not matter whether who was the culprit or the innocent. The entirety of their race was cursed to prevent the event from happening once more.

That curse was the root of the restrictions that the tribe currently had.

And from there, they could only continue the life that the goddess that created them paved for them.

The curse kept their number from increasing too much or even from perishing completely.

That continued until the present.

That was how the present Tamawos came to be.

The Tamawos had very low fertility. It was rare for anyone to actually have siblings. Those that managed to have more than one child were deemed lucky.

One of those lucky people was the previous king of the main tribe in Kawasan. A mortal woman's fertility was short compared to the lives of the Tamawo. Even so, despite the large gap between their births, two princes were born in that king's era.

Unfortunately, that king was quite old already. His life would last only for the next hundred years when he had his second son. Still, the queen, who was a mortal, still died earlier than the king. It was something that could not be helped due to the difference in races.

The two princes had a gap of twenty years in age. By the time the second child was born, the first was already an a.d.u.l.t. During childhood, a Tamawo's growth was similar to humans. They would only start aging slower once they reached a.d.u.l.thood.

Everyone valued the first prince. He was deemed to be the next king as the older one.

Unexpectedly, the valued heir to the throne grew eccentrically. His thoughts were outside the norm of their tribe. His thoughts were farfetched, and there was a lot in the tribe that he disagreed on.

Nonetheless, he was the best warrior at the time. It was what mattered the most to their race. A splendid warrior would become a splendid king as they said.

It was until...

The first prince fell in love with a woman. She was pretty, kind, and gentle.

They met by accident when the woman was lost in the woods of Kawasan. She saw the first prince in his undisguised form. Normally, a person would feel afraid seeing a beautiful but inhuman being. However, it was not the case for that woman. She asked Pefile about directions without any shred of fear.

The fascinated first prince decided to guide the woman out of the woods. She safely got out of the forest, thanking the first prince with a beautiful smile.

From then on, the two met with each other from time to time for the span of two months.

It all happened with the first prince not telling anyone.

Unfortunately, the kind woman was just a tourist in this place that came with her parents and siblings. They came to visit some relatives and would leave afterward.

The first prince was distraught. He definitely fell in love with that woman.

He could have charmed her and abduct her.

But the eccentric prince did not want to follow the steps of his tribe.

He did not want for his beloved to become like a puppet. Albeit able of thinking independently, their priority was always their husband. They had no freedom at all.

It was not true love at all.

The first prince wanted to follow her. However, he was the first prince, the heir to the throne. There was no way that the others would let him leave and would force him to charm the woman instead. After all, he already fell in love. If he did not get the heart of the woman, he would die sooner or later.

Even so, he could not force her to come with him.

He decided to confess on the last day that they were together.

Unfortunately, it was too sudden. The woman was unable to sort her feeling yet. It was regretful. If the first prince had done this sooner, there might have been a chance to make her stay.

Their last meeting ended with the woman running away. It was a bad ending.

However, the first prince was unable to let go. He remembered where the woman's hometown was. Since he would die soon anyway, he decided to take the gamble.

Throwing away the title of the first prince, he left the tribe in search of the woman he loved.

There, the first prince disappeared without a trace. It caused the whole tribe to turn upside down. Worst, the king was already in his last years. Soon, they would need another king to lead them.

The search for the missing prince began. Unfortunately, no one was able to find him.

Even so, the old king decided to wait for the return of the first prince.

That, however, gave a bad taste in the mouth of the second prince.

After all, it was always the first prince and not the second. The second prince was already sick of it. Since the first prince left, he should have the throne instead. However, no one thought of such a thing.

Soon, the king died, leaving an empty throne.

Without anyone to take over, the oldest Tamawo took the lead temporarily.

They were still waiting for the first prince.

Unfortunately, the second prince was having none of it any longer.

Allying himself with the enemies of the previous king, he took the throne by force.