When I was born I had four big brothers,I was the youngest child of them all and because of this I was usually pampered by everyone including my grandfather,he was the emperor back then.

My grandfather loved me the most and we usually spent our time by playing games or hunting goblins,my grandfather was an amazing person,he was the one who saved our nation and turned into an empire.

Back then when you thought of a noble,his looks came into mind,golden hair and ruby eyes because of my grandfather those colors meant nobility,he was a cheerful man too,a man shining with happiness and hope.

But enough of my admiration for my grandfather,let's begin my story,like I said me and my grandfather went for goblin hunts frequently and that day was like other days,it was normal we were hunting with our bodyguards.

My grandfather was an old man with the age of fifty,but he still had his amazing aiming skills,he used a crossbow to hunt goblins because he didn’t have magic,on the other hand I had a huge wind magic ability,so I used daggers like an arrow.

While hunting,my grandfather was looking around,on top of a stone in the woods,and I was watching him but then his face turned pale and he ran to me,picked me up and threw me in a bush.

A big brown bear with red eyes just like my grandfather came out from the woods,the bear rushed my grandfather but my grandfather pulled his crossbow first and shot the bear,but it only hit his left eye and the bear stood up and threw my grandfather on the ground,he started to use his crossbow as a cover but bear's claws were stronger than some crossbow.

My grandfather knew he was going to die,so he turned to me with a smile on his face,but when I made eye contact with him,I blacked out and I was in a different place.

This place looked like our grand hall,there was a feast going on,I saw my whole family there,including me and my grandfather but my grandfather had a scar on his face,that looked like it was from a bear.

But one thing was wrong,none of them were moving,I was scared so I tried to get them to notice me,I yelled,I pulled their clothes,I cried none of them got their attention.

And all of a sudden things started to move,my grandfather stood up from his throne and yelled.

"BRING THE CAKE"

The big doors opened and there was a huge cake,and everyone was clapping me while saying.

"Happy Sixth Birthday Alvior"

That was my name,Alvior but I was only five years old.

My grandfather came to my side and handed me a knife,he held my hand and we cut the cake together.

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But something was wrong with my grandfather,all of a sudden he puked blood all over me and my cake,there was a second of silence but then my grandfather collapsed on my cake.

He started to puke more blood,his blood veins started to explode,his eyes started to bleed,every hole in his body started to bleed and while this was happening I was watching him die.

My mother covered my eyes and we both left the room but I was still there watching,the only one left the room was the other me and because of nobody noticed me I watched my grandfather die.

And I woke up,in my bed,I peed myself and I was crying while saying.

"Grandfather Grandfather Grandfather"

I noticed doctors,servants looking at me and my grandfather was looking at me too,but he had a bandage on his left side of his face,and he was about to cry too,he hugged me,hard.

"I am so sorry Alvior"

After that,every time when I looked at my grandfather,I saw the same thing over and over again and because of that I became unable to look at my grandfather,and I never said anything about the things I saw.

And my sixth birthday begun just like that time,everything was the same,the cake arrived and my grandfather handed me a knife just like that time,and we cut the cake just like that time and my grandfather puked blood just like that time,and my mother closed my eyes and we left the room just like that time.

After my grandfather's death,things became worse,I started to see everyone's deaths when I made eye contact with them,and because of this I never looked at their face and probably this is why I developed a leg fetish and I became unable to talk to people,and I started to lose my sanity.

My father was the next in line for the throne,but when he became emperor,he lost many wars that our great empire turned into a weak kingdom,and when I was twenty I saw my family getting killed in a great fire and I left the capital without saying anything,and so I became the king.

My curse turned into something useful when I was a king,I started to see the future,not deaths and this caused many purges among everything I purged everyone who was going to betray me in the future and because of this,I managed to be a king till I was sixty and then I turned to my family because I was getting old,and my legitimacy was an all time low.

I purged my own relatives,I simply looked them in the eye and saw everything,but there was one man,my eldest brother's son,he was a honest man and when I looked him in the eye,I didn’t see any anything that would cause me trouble but I felt jealous and I purged him right in front of his family.

"Guards"

The guards held him and his son down,his daughter in law was holding his grandson,he looked at me right in the eye and told me these words I would never forget.

"You are no god,you are just a mad king but even mad kings are human so I beg you to spare my family"

I was a mad king but just like he said I was a human too,these words touched my heart so I stood up from my throne and walked to his grandson looked at his daughter in law.

"How old is he"

His mother was surprised so much that she couldn’t say anything but his grandson answered.

"I am five I am about to turn six" 

This five year old kid had a serious look on his face,even I didn’t have this kind of look when I was five but upon hearing his age,I said this riddle he will never forget.

"Five is a beautiful number and six is higher than five,so why does six is a terrible number,if you find the answer I will give my crown to you"

And soon after the execution of the most honest man in the kingdom,people revolted against me luckily I saw this in the eyes of a peasant while I was going on a parade and so I faked my death and left the kingdom

I had so many regrets but saying that riddle was my worst regret but not killing that child was my best decision because I begged to god to save me,every minute but my savior was going to be that child's daughter.