Tenyou

**Tenyou** (**天陽**, *Tenyou*) is one of the male main protagonists of *The King's Beast*. He is the youngest brother out of the three imperial princes.

## Appearance

Tenyou's appearance is like every other chinese imperial prince. His long black hair can be seen tied up or braided He appears to wear a traditional beizi or hanfu. Tenyou is seen to be beautiful/handsome just like his other brothers, because of his beauty he can attract the attention of woman especially to Rangetsu.

## Personality

He appears to be very soft and kind to everyone in the palace, especially to Rangetsu and Sogetsu, though he can also be a crybaby when it comes to something that talks about Rangetsu. He can also be serious when it comes to problems in the imperial palace or with his elder brother Kougai.

## Relationships

### Rangetsu

When Tenyou first saw Rangetsu, he though of her to be thin and fragile because her appearance but after seeing her martial skills, he approved her to be a beast servant to him not knowing that it's part of Rangetsu's plan to kill him and avenge her twin brother Sogetsu. When Tenyou checked on Rangetsu, she thought of her to be Sogetsu which made Rangetsu angry, but after explaining to her, Rangetsu vowed to help Tenyou in finding the real killer. Tenyou saved Rangetsu when she was drunk and had the side effects of the poisoned tea in the tea ceremony, he even won her over during a game with his Elder brother Kougai after Tenyou knew he wanted her. In volume 7 Tenyou confessed his true feelings to Rangetsu. Tenyou once got confused after knowing the truth that Rangetsu was a female but accepted her to be a beast servant still. Though Tenyou and Rangetsu love eachother, they have different feelings due to the rule of marrying an ajin and human. Because of that rule and also what Tenyou's mother said to Rangetsu, she had to retire as a beast servant and went back to her hometown, which made Tenyou feel lonely. In the summary of Vol 12, Tenyou ordered Taihaku to fetch Rangetsu back so that he can help her in fixing the issues of the oppression between Ajin and Humans in the country.

### Sogetsu

Tenyou first met Sogetsu a few years ago as his first beast servant, Sogetsu served him for a while until his painful death. Tenyou felt depressed after his death and also made Rangetsu mad after she heard the false rumors that he killed Sogetsu. After rescuing Sogetsu from his Father, the Emperor's cruelty Tenyou made him work with together with his twin sister in the imperial palace. Sogetsu became Tenyou's beast servant again after Rangetsu retired from being a beast servant which made Tenyou feel lonely. Sogetsu tried cheering his master up but it ended up looking like a flirting instead due to Sogetsu liking Tenyou and wanting him to act like his sister which made Tenyou feel embarrassed.

### Taihaku

Taihaku is the assistant of Tenyou. In the first volume of the series, Tenyou wanted him to be his servant instead of having a beast one due to the tragic death of Sogetsu, but Taihaku insisted Tenyou that he should have a beast servant still as it's part of the royal family's history. Tenyou can also be in quarrel with Taihaku whenever Tenyou wants to do something with Rangetsu that might reveal her secret in the previous volumes, but the two are still in good terms even if they get into quarrels.