Standing ramrod straight with his head lifted high, Issac started, "Perhaps before we go into how to regain your purpose, we should consider why you needed that sense of purpose in the first place. Is it for the sake of control, satisfaction, and general contentment?"
"Are you seriously asking me that?" Aldric shot him a dark look that spoke volumes. He was not impressed with his question.
Issac realized what he had done wrong. Of course, the dark prince’s purpose in life was causing chaos and hoping to gain the throne one day. Everything he was doing and had done so far was to recover what he claimed was stolen from him. If this was the case, then there was no way in this life that he would tell the prince that doing something kind for others can make him feel as though his life has meaning. Aldric would surely kill him this time.
He bowed his head, "My apologies, my prince."
Aldric snorted derisively, "If I needed a motivational speech, I would have read it instead...." He lifted a book on the desk to prove his point, "What I want from you Issac is a solution to my current problem, boredom. My sense of purpose has no problem and is as clear as day. So if you have nothing to offer me, you can use the door."
"You should do something you love then!" Issac shouted before the prince kicked him out. And the worse, he didn’t even know why he was trying so hard to convince him.
"Issac," Aldric chuckled in a way that made goosebumps spread over his arms, "Trust me, if I do what I want, there would be no population left in Astaria."
"No, I don’t mean that, but hobbies!" He groaned, rubbing his temple. Prince Aldric was not easy to deal with either. Why were people in his life so difficult?
"Hobbies?" Aldric frowned.
"Yes, hobbies. Purpose changes over time and to be honest, I didn’t join the loyal army because I loved it."
"Oh," Aldric said, sensing a story there and he gestured his hand and shadows appeared at the far end of the room, tangible enough to pull forward a seat for Issac.
"Sit. Now continue." Aldric interlocked his fingers together and placed his jaw on it, waiting eagerly for Issac to continue his storytelling.
Issac shivered at the hungry glee in the prince’s eyes, he was much more bored than he thought. Nonetheless, he took the seat and settled down facing Prince Aldric.
"My father was in the royal army as well." Issac revealed, waiting for Aldric to comment on it, but nothing happened and he carried on, "He was the captain of his squad and was beloved by all until he was killed during the epic hunt of the dark Faeries."
"A tragic beginning, Interesting.
"Don’t look at me that way, I lost my mother too. Also, the dark Faeries your father killed probably had loved ones, it’s an endless circle that we cannot escape from." That was his excuse.
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