Cedric Shiyokubo

- His Most Highness (By Roselyne and Minami)

- Sakura Shiyokubo (Third Wife)

- Minami Shiyokubo (Forth Wife)

- Ryuichi Shiyokubo (Son)

- Kaito Shiyokubo (Son)

- Ikki Shiyokubo (Son)

- Shion Shiyokubo (Son)

- Kei Shiyokubo (Son)

- Victor Shokan (Half-Brother)

- Sylvia Shokan (Sister-in-Law)

- Daisuke Shokan (Nephew)

- Kiyoshi Shokan (Nephew)

**Cedric Shiyokubo** is the father of the five Shiyokubo brothers and uncle to the Shokan brothers. He is the reason for Kyoko staying and falling in love with one of the brothers.

Cedric is known to be a power-obsessed
and vain man, truly only loving himself, especially after the death of his forth
wife. He never truly wanted to have kids or a family, but it was his duty as
king to provide an heir to his throne.

## Personality

He only seems to care for Ryuichi –
although it is just an act to later convince him not to take over the throne –
giving him gifts for his birthday and spoiling him with the title of his
“perfect son”. Cedric seems to only associate himself with the other sons if
the matter is desperate. He does not seem to regret how he mistreated his sons
and goes so-far as to mock them about the darker moments by bringing up tough
subjects like their mothers and the way he personally treated them.

He has a sense-of-humour, even though
it is a sinister and sick one, yet does not always comprehend how harsh his
words come out. He is in no way the father figure of his sons who, instead,
turn to each other to strengthen themselves as they are left alone, even when
they hate each other for being the children of the women who stole their
attention away.

## Appearance

Cedric has grey, flowing hair gently hanging over a long, anguished
face. Sparkling blue eyes, set sunken within their sockets, are usually seen
with faint bags dusted underneath, indicating how much stress he receives from
his job. His skin is a sickly white and his build is surprisingly toned, many
often commenting on feeling a mix between awe and terror upon seeing him.

His attire consists of a gorgeously
expensive black suit, fur lining the collar and golden buttons lining down his
chest. The dark suit is mixed with white areas that give off the
impression of a silky fabric that is tailored exactly to his measurements.

## History

Due to the pressure from his own
family as the fact his younger brother was engaged to a beautiful woman, he
married Roselyne and bore a single child with her – Ryuichi. He grew seemingly
close to Roselyne and Ryuichi although it was just an act as he was treating
them with a large amount of respect and value until he was driven over the edge
by the constant desire of his father for him to have more kids, murdering him
in cold blood because of it. His mother was already dead and, upon having no
one to order him into family business, he left Roselyne and Ryuichi alone and
disregarded his responsibility as King, messing around with young demon women
who were so naïve as to fall into his trap.

His brother, Vincent, had heard of
this soon after and constantly mocks Cedric with his perfect life with children
and a wife who he loves and who love him back equally. Vincent enjoyed mocking
his older brother from a young age and continues to do so even though he holds
less power as a reserve to the throne rather than King himself.

For a long time, he was alone, contemplating his life and what meaning he had, finding his only comfort in his sister, Chiyo, whom he had become quite close with. She confessed her growing love for him - a love stronger than that felt towards a sibling - and soon she was pregnant with Kaito. They both knew this love would never last and, upon the birth of his second son, he - with a heavy heart - turned away from his sister who then took refuge with their other brother, Vincent. Vincent and his young boys took care of Kaito like he was their own while Chiyo continued on with her own life, leaving her child in the care of her sibling.

He met Sakura, a young a highly prioritised
lady whom, through his lustful activities and, upon hearing of the King’s
addiction to pleasure, saw this as a chance to hold ultimate power as Queen and
lured him into a relationship before having him cause her to bare twins – Ikki
and Shion – forcing him to wed her as she had planned. She soon left him after
discovering he had a previous wife, causing him to shift the care of the twins
to his first wife.

He then later met another beautiful
lady, ten years his junior who knew all too well of his tricks, declining any
invitation he gave her to his bed. He finally won Minami’s heart over, spoiling
her with gifts and promising her his kingdom, honestly becoming completely
smitten with her. They soon wed and had a child together – Keiichiro. Together, they
were too in-love to care for a child, mistreating Keiichiro and neglecting him from a
young age to engage themselves in pleasurable activities before soon Minami
fell ill and died, leaving Cedric alone and heartbroken with a son he truly did
care for yet only as he reminded him of his beloved.

Wanting nothing to do with him, Keiichiro left home at a young age and the twins had ran away from Roselyne – eventually
coming together a few years later – taking upon themselves to care for each
other, forcing Cedric to them become attached to the only son who loved him
dearly and stayed by his side, later his care for him being a ploy to keep the
throne. He allowed them to live in his palace by regularly kept them in place
with torturous punishment, only officially involving himself with his sons on
special occasions such as Ryuichi’s birthday, favouring him out of the five
sons and to mourn Minami on her death-day, of which Kei despises stating he has
no desire to mourn his pitiful mother when a monster like his father still held
feelings for her.

Other than that, Cedric is no-where to
be seen, finally taking on the responsibility of being King and ruling the
country with an iron-fist, prioritizing himself while doing so. As his sons
grew to capable and mature ages, he locked them away, fearful that they would
together overthrow him out of revenge for their less-than-normal childhoods.