ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤRalston was born when the empire was at its highest peak. From the time he arrived in this world as a baby, he had been prepared as the next heir of the massive kingdom. Since he was a kid, Alaric Wedgwood, his father, had trained him both physically and mentally so hard that Ralston was once thinking about giving up. Alaric said because he wanted his son to be the best. The greatest, outstanding, perfect firstborn of Wedgwood. And he aimed to please his parents, therefore Ralston did whatever his father told him to.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤAlaric was tough and determined, but Jeon Yeojin was the sweetest mother ever existed, as Ralston always declared. His parents complemented each other so Ralston thought that he lived in a healthy environment during his way to adulthood. Yet little did he know, when he was coming of age the secrets that he thought his parents didn't have got revealed in one night all at once.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤJeon Yeojin called it The Scarlet Crows and Alaric Wedgwood articulated it as his whole life, while Ralston Wedgwood expressed it as the biggest nightmare.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤThe organization lied behind the closed doors of Wedgwood Group. It filled with a bunch of sinners doing the devil's work, except those were the dirtiest ones. Illegal weapons and drug trading, human trafficking, also organ dealing. They even provided human killing machines such as hitmen, snipers, and assassins. The amount of crime made Ralston's jaw hit the floor. He thought his father was just an ordinary CEO who lead the family company, turned out he was also a man in charge of all decisions taken in a mafia organization.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤTo say that The Scarlet Crows just your local Britain's yakuza was an understatement. The relations and connections it had were wide and immense. The organization might not the biggest, but it could be considered as huge among the other. Ralston could never understand how his father managed this entire kingdom right under The Queen's nose, it must have something to do with money and politicsㅡsubjects that he despised when his father asked him to choose.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤWell yes, Alaric made him chose which 'branch' would Ralston like to expert to work as The Scarlet Crows' member. And he preferred one of the dirty works: Hitman. The killer, right. Ralston, who once saw this devil's den as a place that had to be destroyed, now became one of the criminals.

ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤFunny, wasn't it? Young Ralston would topple over when someone said that he would be a hitman in the future. But now, he carried the profession with his chin held high after he saw how satisfied his father was upon his choice. He was born to make his parents happy, after all.

And if these could make his parents pleased, then Ralston would never object.