BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1 - Alfonso Lockheart
My lord! If we keep like this, our people will die of hunger before the end of the winter!" shout an old man with white hair. He was Ribeiro Feis, the assistant of the lord of this forgotten city, Wasteland valley, usually he wouldn\'t accept, even in his nightmares, that he will end up in this Land, unfortunately for him, the orders from his majesty, Wilbert Lockheart were absolute.
"I know…." Answer a somehow tired voice.
The voice was from the Lord of this valley, Alfonso Lockheart, the 5th son of Wilbert Lockheart, a prince, or to be more acquire, a former prince. He was the failure of his family, in his father\'s eyes. He was not as intelligent as his brothers or sister nor did he was blessed with the "gift" any god, overall, a total failure.
The event that mark his life happened three months ago when he was supposed to let a campaign to win a mine of gold, he went with 1000 men, all of them part of his former battalion, the lion\'s battalion.
The result, 900 died in combat, and he became with a serious injured in his right leg that didn\'t let him walk well, so he now need to use a cane. His father views this failure as an opportunity and announce that he will be removed of his tittle of prince until he could prove his worth with a task, he had to bring back to live the forgotten wasteland valley, sure enough, went the other princes and princess knew this news, they knew that Alfonso was a lost cause.
Wasteland valley was, 100 years ago, a former city that could almost be par on par with the capital of Leitol, with the protection of their god, their lands were fertile, and their men were strong, however, everything change went their god died in the last war, from them the city deteriorate, the fertile land became infertile and their powerful army became a group of weak men. One year ago, wasteland valley lost his status as a city because they couldn\'t pay their tributes, so they lost the protection of the monarchy, this city was the at the north, at the border with the Jubial forest, they not only suffer from the extreme weather there but also have to defend themselves from the beast of Jubial forest that attack the city in certain periods of time, the last lord of this land died in the last attack.
When Alfonso get here month ago, hi knew that this land will be his grave. As an inexpert prince who didn\'t know how to manage a city, he took wrong after wrong decision and the infertile land became even more infertile. On this day, he couldn\'t take this anymore and decided to end his life, it was better than died of hunger.
However, after drinking a poison that will surely end his life, he woke up. He looked everywhere and became lost, it was obvious, because the person who woke up wasn\'t the late fallen prince Alfonso Lockheart , instead, it was a historian who had a specializes in ancient civilizations, Alfonso Miller.
Alfonso was sleeping in his comfortable went he woke up here in a weir outfit, after some screams and negation from him, he accepted his fate, somehow, he was transmigrated here as Alfonso Lockheart, he retained the memories of the late prince, so he knew of his actual situation, which let him in despair.
"You got to be fucking kidding me! I had a happy life on earth why the fuck I am here!" he could help but repeat this phrase over and over again during the night.
The next day, he listens to the situation of the lands and the situation of this land from the mouth of his assistant Ribeiro.
"My lord, are you hearing me!? If we don\'t do something soon, our people won\'t have anything to eat! " Repeat himself Ribeiro with a tone of bitterness and despair in his voice.
"I know, Ribeiro, tell me, with the provisions that we have, how long can we survive?" Ask Alfonso.
"If we are optimistic, and giving only the minimal amount of food, a month" said Ribeiro
"Sight..." Alfonso made a long sight and stood up from his throne.
"Ribeiro, take the food that we have in my storage and add that, with that amount of food, we can make it to the month"
Ribeiro was surprise, the prince, who was known to be a selfish idiot, wants to share his food with the people on town?
"But my Lord! Your food…."
"It doesn\'t matter, do as I said, I am tired, let me rest for a bit, and we will talk later" saying that, Alfonso went to his chamber without waiting for the answer of Ribeiro.
It was night, Alfonso woke up from his nap and look at the sky, he looks at the moons floating in the starry sky.
"Sure enough, this isn\'t earth…" say Alfonso with a sad tone of voice.
"what I am supposed to do now" say Alfonso with bitterness.
Just when Alfonso was pondering, a sound in his head woke up from his thoughts.
[Ding! Recognizing the host…..
Progress: 10%....50%...100%
Progress complete
The supreme sovereign system welcomes its new host, Alfonso!]
"What the…." Thought Alfonso
[In the path to become the greatest sovereign of this new land, the system will
Be your best weapon, be glad, young man!] said a robotic voice with a somehow proud tone of voice.