BLOODLINE

i shrugged my shoulders and gave her a smile

"who know's?"

after that we sat to play the game she made the first move, like this we continued to move our pieces, several of the girls had thier concentration on the game

it continued for 15 minutes before i placed the final piece

"checkmate"

silence....

everybody had a disbelieving face on them, especially Ella she couldn't understand where she went wrong

"ho-how?"

"your too perfect"

my reply caught her off gaurd, everyone looked towards me, waiting for me to continue

"each of your moves are strict or rule following as if it's predetermined, there's no uniqueness within it hence they create cracks in your plan"

"because your too perfect there is no flexibility, hence you loose"

it was silent for a moment before a slapping sound came, everyone turned towards Carmel who was clapping with a smile on her face

"amazing, it really was an amazing game"

"Nora, i lost this one"

after she said that other's also started clapping along with her who marveled at my performance, my sister came to me and ruffled my hair

"i knew you would win, my sweet's are not wasted after all"

"that was amazing Austin, i owe you one"

Olivia interjected

at that moment Ella stood up and came to me, she was just a projection and couldn't do anything to me, she came in front of me and pointed her finger

"your name is Austin right?, i will remember you, the next time we have a match i will win for sure"

after that she disappeared

"don't take her word to heart she's just competitive"

Carmel spoke up

"i am really surprised that there is such a chess genius here, i hope to meet personally in the future"

after that she went in to speak with the other's while i was quickly thrown out of the room, shaking my head i walked back to my assigned room

'fight Ella in chess the next time?, I'd probably lose'

the only reason won against her this time was becuase of my information from the game, in fact it was one of the prerequisites to win her affection

there was personally a flaw in her gaming style which the players muat use to win against her i had just used that, though it will only work once

tired i entered my room and feel asleep

the next day after the party me and my family set out to return to our home, i received a gift from both the Emperor and Olivia

currently we were standing near out ship getting ready to leave the Emperor and Empress had come to leave us off

"have a safe trip sis, if you have any problem just inform me okay?"

"sure, you don't have to worry about me"

i stood there looking at them and i directly looked into the Empresses eyes, i felt my body go cold for a moment, saying my goodbye we boarded the ship, i didn't even want go stay close to that women at all

the Empress felt like a storm which was only calm for now, why you ask..?

i had found over 5 recording devices in my room, it was hidden in different angles, normally a child who hadn't awakened won't be able to feel it but i could

looking through it i could feel mana similar to the Empress, i should be an idiot if i couldn't understand it till now, as much as i want to deal with her currently i can't

well the thought of cucking an Emperor does sound exiting, i must live after all that, so i couldn't move against her until i awaken my bloodline

so like a nice boy i kept it all back, as if nothing had been changed, taking a deep breath and confirming my goals i entered the ship knowing not what the future held for me.