Chapter 161: Prince (6)

-The other candidate for the position is one of the current prince's son, that gives him at least one vote from his father, bias or not, the father probably taught him everything to know about being a prince in order to succeed him-

-You also have one guaranteed vote from Urie, so you need 2 more, which gives you a disadvantage- Siege commented

-Yeah, you don't know the other 3 apart from Lillian, whom desires for you to work for her, not as her equal- Damon added -So she will most likely vote for Dillard jr-

-His name isn't Dillard jr- Diana corrected -It's Wyatt Dillard son of Prince Erik Dillard-

-So basically Dillard jr, and I'm mostly unknown to the other princes, I better get it today, otherwise it'll be decades before I get this chance again-

The voting takes place in the Crimson kingdom's royal court which is recorded and being broadcast live to the kingdom with a few nobles and members of the public in the court itself.

Wyatt was this vampire, 180cm tall, black hair, red eyes and his dressed in a highly decorated suit of armor.

We were both brought into the court as the king preside over us with the 5 princes and princess to vote for us. it was the first time I see Urie in a formal attire as he wore a crimson red robe over his uniform.

"Have any of you decided on who to vote for before we hear them plead their case?" the king asked "If a candidate receive 4 votes now, we will not require them to plead their case and give them their well deserved title. Otherwise, we will hear their cases and vote, where 3 vote will earn them their title"

Urie, Dillard and Lillian then raised their hands meaning that they have decided on already who to vote for. Heathcliff also raised his hand after a moment of short hesitation.

"Vlad? " the king asked

"Well I've made my decision, your majesty" Vlad raised his hand as he was yawning " I apologize as I was sleeping, I'm quite sluggish today I'm afraid"

"State on who you have decided to vote for" the king ordered

"I have voted for Perseus Silver" Urie answered

"I've also decided to vote for Perseus Silver" Dillard said which shocked me and his son

-He has that stupid mischievous smile, he probably made a bet or offered something to Dillard-

-Yes, otherwise he would've voted for his own son- Dabria agreed -I'm still quite shocked that he voted for you though-

"I vote for Wyatt Dillard" Vlad replied

"I vote for Perseus Silver" Heathcliff said

Now all that's left is Lillian who was giving me a very mischievous smile

"I believe in potential above everything else, so I would also vote for Perseus Silver" She winked at me "I hope I've made my decision well, don't disappoint me, youngest prince in history"

-Oh I don't have to present my case, damn, I prepared my speech and everything-

"Perseus Silver shall now be known prince Perseus Silver" the king announced "We will now begin the ceremony"

*****

I was walking in this tunnel and we arrive in a chamber of some sorts, with a tall tablet with name 'Valentino Crimson' written in blood red letters in the middle of the room. And in front of it was a bowl of flames and 2 very thick books. One was listed as kings and queens and the other one is for princes and princesses.

-The name of the first vampire king- Dabria commented

The walls were also decorated and has names of well known king and queens. And one caught my attention, 'Serenity Crimson'

-The last dhampir who took the queen position, after her, all the king and queens were all regular vampires- Dabria lectured and gave out some more facts

-I'm the first dhampir in centuries, cool-

And I also had to wear formal attire, and instead of using the robe they gave me, I used plot armor to transform it to look like the robe.

"Are you uncomfortable without your bonds?" Heathcliff asked

"I'm alright, I guess. Prince Dillard, did Urie force you into a bet somehow?"

"Good guess" he nodded "Yeah, and I lost, so I kept my promise to vote for you, and don't call him by his name, he's your father, you know."

"Thought so, but I'm tired of saying this, he's not my dad"

"Well we will now begin the ritual" the king interrupted "Perseus offer your blood"

I then approached the bowl and slashed my palm and dripped blood into the bowl of flames, the flames then turned blood red. The book for princes and princesses then started to flip by itself to the last page as my name got written in the book.

"You are now accepted as a prince, welcome to our ranks" the king smiled

*****

A few days later, I was at my new castle, it is newly built to my taste using magic, they demolished Dillard's one and built mine on top. We threw a celebration of me becoming the prince.

"Congratulations" Wyatt said as he shook my hand "I still don't know why my father voted for you, but I support his decision. I hear that you need vampires to work under you, would it be presumptuous of me to ask for an offer?"

"I was going to ask you to work for me anyway" I replied as we continued to discuss on how to make this kingdom better

"Super...market? What's that?" he asked

"You'll see, we'll make a lot of money"

I then saw my family, whom I invited approach me.

"For vampires, they make great food" Luke commented

"Are you sure that no one here would want to suck our blood?" Dad asked

"No worries" Damon reassured "Unless they want to anger a prince, it'll be a stupid move if they do. I'm here in case anything happens"

"Big bro, is this castle yours?" Emily asked

"Yep, it's mine as long as I hold the title"

"I know magic now" Oliver joined in "Will you teach us?"

"Yeah, no" Olivia denied "Your father is enough, you learn with Perseus and the next thing I know is seeing my children conquering the world"

"Yay, let's conquer the world" Oliver cheered and Emily joined in before running off

-I'll handle them- Siege then ran after them and is joined by uncle John and Olivia