“Do you swear to protect those who need protection and do you swear to defend our rights?” Luhan nodded while kneeling down in front of everyone. Hain stood in front of him, the crown in his hand; a thin ring made out of gold, in which rubies were worked in. “Then, with the powers of our people, I crown you to our new king.” As the cold metal touched his skin, Luhan stood up.

A small murmur went through the huge crowd, which had gathered in the huge, rebuilt throne room and as Luhan carefully sat down in the huge chair, everyone else knelt down and bowed their heads. Luhan felt quite uncomfortable to see everyone bow like that, even the werewolves, who stood far in the corner of the huge room. He could not blame them for being suspicious towards the Vampires, considering that some of them looked at the Werewolves as suspicious.

More at the front, but still secluded from the Vampires, stood the representatives of the Fairies and Elves. Both species were there and both of them looked so unreal and ethereal that Luhan always had to glance over to them to make sure that they still were there. An aura of light surrounded them and Luhan strangely had the illusion that flowers and butterflies could be seen in the air.

Someone touched his shoulder and Hain nodded. “Listen everyone,” he started and everyone else silenced. “I actually don't know where to start.” Luhan really had no clue and it felt like someone just had thrown him into a pool of cold water. Automatically, he searched for Hana, who happened to sit right in front of him. Her sincere smile calmed him down a bit and he took a deep breath, before he spoke up again.

“I actually don't know how to be a king. I was absent for a whole lot of years and I didn't care much about my own people. What I tried while living as a misfit... what I tried to do is to preserve the peace between the humans and Vampire and I will continue to do that. There was enough war in this world but what I failed, no, what we failed to realize is that there are a lot more people with which we need to co-exist.”

He nodded at the Werewolves and then at the Fairies and Elves. “I know that it probably will take hundred of years to regain a stable balance again but I think it is not impossible and I know that there will be people who will oppose my plants but I will try my best as the king to make sure that in future, there won't be any wars anymore.”

As soon as he had spoken out those words, Luhan knew that it was completely impos