The Onyx Of Yore

"Prince Ketri....? My prince?...... Oh my, thank Satros, he's alive! He has finally regained consciousness!!"  The church bells went off. The kingdom came back to life with the news of the Prince regaining his consciousness. To hear the royal family had been poisoned was devastating.  If the royal family died, there would be no one left to rule and the whole country would fall to anarchy. The military would take over...... to think about it was dreadful.  Jeremy, now Prince Ketri, woke up with a dreadful headache. He vomited on himself immediately, causing great alarm to the servants. The physicians told them there was no reason to worry, it was just the last of the toxins coming out.  His image in the mirror was terrible. His originally dark skin had a chalky texture, his face was pale with illness, his originally brown hair was now midnight black with a shiny tint, not even the illness could diminish. His eyes were a bright shade of red, which surprised him at first.  He actually thought he was a vampire! He sighed in relief it wasn't that type of world. Still, it didn't mean the one he found himself in was any better. Looking at his chest, there was a shiny onyx rooted in it. It felt like a part of him, even equipped with a pulse.  Now, he was close to a full mental breakdown. But, he started to see others with gems of their own. Peridot, Garnet, Pearls, rubies but those belonged to the priests from the church of Satros, the patron deity of the kingdom of Belvari.  His face barely changed after crossing over but his muscles were all atrophied and he had lost a lot of weight. He wasn't tall either, his height now and then remaining at 5'6 feet. It seemed even in the new world, he was short.  Even in a new world, the universe wasn't giving him a break. Amongst the long lectures he received, the fact that his coronation as the new king was occurring in just a few days displeased him. He was an ordinary chemistry major who had just entered university before he was transported to this new world against his will.  He wasn't pleased, especially as he learnt more about his new world and about the gem in his chest. Because apparently, an onyx gemstone was cursed. How annoying! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi there and thank you for picking up my book. This book from now on would be in the point of view of Prince Ketri and would sometimes transfer to a third person point of view. I plan this to be long but wherever we reach, bear with me. Thanks for reading