"Rue...... rue....... why the hell did you left the stage! Its a big show tonight and you ruined it!... F*ck rue! Look me in the eyes and listen"

/why are you yelling at me? I'm not rue. My name is rylen/

"Sis dont be sad, I'm always by your side"

/I'm not your sister! Im a fulfledge boy!/

"Why did I give birth to a useless child"

/dear rude ma'am, I dont recall having a human mother. My mother is definetly a demon!/

"Rue! How many times do I need to teach this? Cant you get it in your stupid brain!"

/again! I'm not rue! You mistake me for someone else man!/

"Rue you need to find a job! Your just wasting your days coop up in bed!"

/how could I get a job when I'm just 5 years old?! Did you have a loose screw in your head ma'am?/

"Rue... rue...."

/I said my name is RYLEN!/

"Ruue... rue.... your not my older sister anymore"

/certainly not!/

"Sister or not you're still my rue...... so.......please wake upp......wake up........ please....... wake up your highness... ......wake up"

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"En" the kid grudgingly rubs his eye.

"Whose insulent disturb my slumber?"

With annoyed look the man hit the boy head lightly with a book to make him realize he fell asleep during the private lesson, "your highness, you still have a guts to sleep while I'm teaching you math."

"Oh its math, I already learned it. Why bother teaching it to me.?"

"Oh really? (With one eyebrow raised). Give me the answer of 10 x 12 = "

"Pfft. So easy.... its 120"

"Okay, what is the following pater for repeating decimal of 0.298298298..."

"It is 298/999, come on you could do better than that. Give me a more harder question to solve."

Which made the man twitch his mouth in annoyance, this prince is to arrogant for his own good. He thought he will wipe this smug face of his and make him suffer. "Very well then your highness, to truly confirm you have already learned math. I well give you 1000 question to solve in the paper."

"Go ahead then" the prince wave passively.

after a while the man then writes the question and give it to the little prince to answer it all. He then smile to himself laughing in his mind thinking his highness will give up immediately because in the first 10 question is basic math and later on the question keep getting harder and harder because it all applies to highschool and college mathematics. He then mumbles "hehehe, I will make you admit you're still not knowledgeable in math."

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As the prince accepts the paper and begins to answer the first page he still has the smirk crept to his face but the after he coma to fourth pages he stop with a surprise look in his eyes. The man then widely smiles again knowing the prince having a hard time but then suddenly the prince laugh and said "ahaha this is so easy, not even a challenge to me". He then froze and thought is it true the prince already knows math? Or is he just bluffing? If it is true? How did he know it already? Did someone already taught it to him? Impossible! I'm his math teacher and he is still 5 how could he...

His thoughts were disrupted when the prince said, "done! Sir Ezekiel pls. Check my answers if I'm correct?"

With a doubtful face how could he finish answered 1000 question in less than 2 hours.

"My hands are tired. Will you take it or not?." The prince said with a annoyed look

Tsk this little brat he thought but he still comply what he said and starting check if his highness is correct or he were just bluffing. Everytime he flip the pages his eyes getting even bigger and bigger even until the last page he was left rather speechless all his answers are correct not even a speck did he see the prince get it wrong.

With shaky hands he ask the prince, "your highness how did you learn math that is applicable to highschool and college?"

"A human taught it to me"

"But your highness I did'nt know or seen human working here in the castle rather there is no human resides here on demon continent mithil. So dont joke with me and tell me truthfully."

"But it was really a human who taught it to me" the prince retortedly said

"How did you meet this human?" Ezekiel ask

"In my dreams"

When the prince said that he saw his teacher face that shows I dont believe you even a little bit. He then sigh and said, "w..well i... I just know the answers thats all" and rub his neck awkwardly without looking in the eyes of his teacher.

Ezekiel sigh and ask, "Your highness, do you always read book at the library?"

"Yes, I always do."

Ezekiel then thought maybe the prince also read math in his leisure time and self taught himself. This mean the prince is a genious kid with sparkling eyes he enthusiastically said, "vey well then I will not teach you math anymore"

With a big smile the prince said, "yes!" Fist pump in the air.

"Instead I will just teach you literature and history"

"Nooo!" The little prince grievely shouted.

And the day continued with rylen being bored out of his mind listening to his teacher about literature and history. And in the afternoon is social ethics which he hated the most and in the night he slump his tired body to his bed and fast asleep.

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"Hey rue wake up......... wake up"

"Wake up"

"Huh? Who are you?"

"Hurry get away..... his coming"

"Whose coming?"

"Go! Run! Hurry!"

Out of nowhere a dark silhoutte slowly walking towards them, rylen felt ominous this figure somewhere in his heart he knows it but fear struck his heart he started to run fast. Running away from it then the dark cloud slowly engulfs the surrounding he then hear the foot step walking his heart tighten he is so afraid.

"Who are you?! Why? Why are you haunting me in my sleep"

"I hated you" a voice spoke out of nowhere yet he was like speaking to him right in the ears so rylen looks every but could not see anyone only darkness.

"What did I do to you? To hate me so much"

"I always hate you, you who is pathetic and useless yet mother and father still loves you. We're the same yet they treated me differently."

"....."

"You were so close to kill yourself yet you hesitate. It got me irritated so I killed you myself."

Rylen covers his ears then muttered or I could say more like chanting to ease himself"This is not true... this is not true... its only a dream...its only a nightmare.."

The shadow chuckles "this is not a dream"

"Yes it is!" rylen retorts

"Tsk, even though I'm concealed in your memories. In time comes you will remember me." He then laugh creepily.

"Never!" Rylen shouted.

"Bit by bit, pieces by pieces in time you will remember it all" he thens smiled wickedly. A knife then shows out of nowhere and stabs the heart of rylen.

"Ahhhh!!!! Ha ....ha...." rylen was sweating heard he breaths were heavy. Looking around he was in his room he then heaves a big sigh of relief, pats his chest and softly said "its just a bad dream."