8⁰ Visit to the village

{Winter Kingdom}

Pov: Cassian

Today is two months since I got married and I can't stand my wife anymore, every hour she wants to hold party thinks this is a party house, our riches come from our people. I've run out of patience. Every hour there are arguments between us, and I am always grateful when she goes out for a walk.

Today is the day to visit the village, to see if everything is in order there, I like to see for myself how the life of my people is going. I want everything good for them, because it's from their hard labor that my wealth comes, and there is no king without his subjects. 

– Cassiano, it's time to go to the villages," said my father. 

He always makes a point of reminding me of my duties. 

Although I am the king he still follows me every day, it seems that he still wanted to rule. I have already learned that he is still doing certain things without my permission, but I didn't say anything, I didn't have time to deal with my father. But to tell you the truth, he didn't want to give me the kingdom, he always says that I don't know how to rule. The kingdom is still there, but he said that with the woman I have the kingdom would go bankrupt soon, but I have to agree with him on this part, but if he chose it for me himself.

- I am coming, Arthur, there is no need to keep reminding me of my duties, with your permission I will already do my task. 

I could not call him father, he may be the man who made me, but I cannot consider him father. Only my mother was worthy of my sincere love. 

It was already at the end of the meeting, and I was grateful, when a guard approached me, lowered himself a little close to my ear and spoke.

- Sir, guard Alex is waiting for you outside. - he said, and then left. 

- I'm sorry, but I have to leave, there are other matters I have to attend to. - I said, getting up from my chair. 

I left the meeting room, and found Alex in the hall waiting to escort me to the village. 

- What face is this Your Majesty?- he asked with a smile on his face, he knows what my father looks like, I tell him everything about what I think of Arthur. 

- It's the only one I have, my dear friend, but it's certainly better than yours," I said, laughing at the look on Alex's face. 

Only with Alex I am more me, without having to pretend all the time with him I have my guard down, I don't have to be alert all the time. 

We left the palace, the horses were already ready waiting for us. But five guards appeared and they were going with us for my safety. No matter how hard you try to bring an easy life to the people, there are still those who are still not satisfied. 

But I don't judge him, father's reign was about the misery of the people, they lived in a pitiful situation that hurt, they died because they didn't have enough to eat and the criminal act was absurd, every day death was registered for theft. 

I have only been in government for a short time and I am doing everything I can to improve this quickly. 

We left the palace riding to the village, the people who saw me bowed when I passed near them, this no longer bothered me, but I was used to it.

Alex and I continued the conversation about what we need to improve in the village, I know they think I am an arrogant king, but the only thing I want is my business well, I don't care what they think of me. 

After a few hours we had already visited the main villages that needed more attention, as there was the center of poverty and danger with notes in hand, Alex returned to the palace to resolve some outstanding issues, I wanted this to be resolved as soon as possible. I rode to the only place that brought me peace, the large tree that my own mother planted when she was still carrying me in her womb, the flowers on this tree were pink, blue that looked more like white due to the temperature, these flowers only grow here in my kingdom. 

When my mother died, my father taught me to be the most arrogant and cold-hearted person with his attitudes towards me. I sat for a few minutes thinking about my childhood, which was the happiest period I ever had in my life, although I didn't have my father's love, but my mother was always with me, giving me love and affection. It was little of the absence in my life that I did not consider him.

Now I am alone with no one I can vent to, I am alone in the world with no families I can call my own. I am a mirror broken into several hooves that has destroyed my heart. When I got up to leave I saw, whiter than snow and hot as hell that consumes even the soul, my heart raced so fast it felt like I was in a horse race. My heart was beating so hard in my chest that it even hurt, my breathing became heavy, I was short of breath because of it.

But I didn't like the way I felt, it felt like my life was no longer mine, nor was my heart, that every beat was not just for me to stay alive. And yes for every breath that that unknown girl gave, but already hated intensely by me, made me feel such things that until a few minutes ago I didn't know existed.

This made me think that I don't know everything that exists in this world, and that I have no control over my life, nor over my own body.