Chapter I The Invitation

Chapter 1

        The letter that changes her life. The girl living in the mountain along with her mother and three brothers heard a knock on their front door late in the night and wondered who it could be. Who would climb the mountains this late at night? Who would want to be here in the home of the outcast? No one has been here for over ten years after the family left the dynasty and headed for the mountains, but they were still under the emperor's orders, for they were still in the land of Duang.

           They heard the knock once again and Akiara Takahashi decided to send her oldest son to check on the door.

        “Kai, will you check the door if someone is out there”. She yelled.

 “Wait, a second mother, while I get dressed”.  The brother responds to his mother while wearing his clothes and jumping down the stairs to open the door. While he was in the process of jumping down the stairs to the doors, his brother look at him in curiosity and said.

            “Hey Kai, just now you looked like a hero going to save some princess”.

Kai ignores Rin because he knew his brother's attitude. Kai opens the door to a few guards.

      “What the,” he said stunned, totally wasn't expecting this sort of visit from the Emperor's guards. One of the three Guards raised his head and looked into Kai's eyes.

      “Well we are here, might as well say it,” He said as if he already wanted to leave the place.

      “It's dark here” the second one exclaimed.

      “Well duh, it's late at night, well hurry, and state your business”. Kai said with an annoyed face, and the guard looked up at him and clear their throat. And pull out a letter and start reading it.

**                                            The Letter **

Dear Takahashi household,

                                                     I, the emperor of the Duang dynasty, demand that all Noble Ladies from 18-21 in your household are requested to be at the palace by sundown tomorrow. Your daughter will have to participate in the selection. They will be choosing to be part of the Emperor's Harem and if you do not send your daughter or is hiding your daughters your family house will be burned down by the emperor's golden knights.

Yours truly, the current emperor.

“And that is the message, if you do not mind, we will be taking our leave.”

The guards said in sync and left to go down the mountains, when the Guard was nowhere to be seen, Kai gently closed the door and went back in to tell the family the Emperor's request.

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