《The Hero Republic》


 Wedding Bells Are Ringing Just Not For Mortelians

    In nine hundred eighty-seven, the ancient heroes arrived at the world. At first, they started as nothing but slowly they started to become important people such as generals, scientists, politicians, nobles, and heroes. There was a peasant family named "Mortelian" Head of the Mortelian family was the village chief, their village was starving because of the drought. At the time Mortelian family only had five people in it and the village population was around thirty. After seeing his fellow villagers starve the head of the mortelian family decided to not feed his own family and all of them agreed on not eating food, after five days the oldest member of the family died and after two days the youngest died. The three of the mortelian family was almost dead and then one of the ancient heroes arrived, he brought food and water to this village and when he opened the Mortelian house''s door he saw them starving but they were all smiling because they were happy and after seeing this that ancient hero gave the Mortelian family a nobility title and they swore to protect the ancient heroes.


    After one hundred years the Mortelians became the most powerful noble family in the world, the ancient heroes were all dead except for one member, he was one hundred seventeen years old and he ruled the land where Mortelian''s lived but one day, a couple of heroes started up their own coalition against the last ancient hero, every noble in the last ancient hero''s country flipped against him except for the Mortelians, they fought to the end but they lost. Half of the Mortelian family was dead, the last ancient hero was dead and his country was destroyed and was replaced by the hero republic.


    That day Mortelian''s sworn a revenge oath against everyone who had hero blood in them except for ancient hero blood, they started to only marry humans with no-hero blood in them but this only got harder because the heroes kept increasing and one day they reached a point they had to incest and a son was born from that incest. That son became a powerful man in the republic but he had no one to marry, the Mortelian family was almost extinct he was the only one alive and then he found a family in a mountain, they didn''t even know how to speak the human language but they were pure human with no hero blood in them and they had a son together, that son grew up and he was the luckiest one because his marriage partner was a rich duchess and Mortelian''s funds were running out. The Duchess was way older than the son but the duchess''s family didn''t marry any heroes so this made her the perfect candidate. And when the son reached eighteen the wedding day arrived.


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    There was a young man with glowing golden hair and sparkling blue eyes. His maids were dressing him like a groom, that young man was about to get married and his future wife was on the other side of the church, she was also getting dressed and he was ready, he was just about to go outside but then an old butler with a mustache covering his mouth blocked his way, the old butler looked anxious, he was also holding a book.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    "S-Sir Alexan."


    "What is it Serv?"


    "S-Sir, I am sure this is nothing but I just learned that the duchess''s family married a hero."


    "I know about it. The hero in question was born before the last ancient hero. If I remember correctly he was born in nine hundred sixty-nine. Just a year before the last ancient hero."


    "Y-Yes about that, I found this book and it says that the hero in question was actually born in nine hundred seventy-one."


    Alexan''s smile turned into an angry expression.


    "What! This is outrageous! They dare to lie to Mortelian family!? Cancel the wedding at once Serv!"


    "S-Sir, the guests."


    "I don''t give a shit about the guests or that old hag in a wedding dress!."


    "S-Sir, we need her money."


    "Money!? What are we, fucking whores now?!"


    "T-This is not I meant sir."


    "I don''t give a shit! I am not going to marry someone with a disgusting hero blood."


    "S-Sir, It is just one year! Please marry her! Or¡­"


    "Or what?! I will lose the mansion because of our debts?! I! Will! Never! Marry! A! Disgusting! Hero! Ascendant! You hear me?!"


    "Y-Yes sir, I will cancel it."


    "Good! I am taking the carriage!"


    Alexan rushed out of the church, a couple of the duchess''s relatives were drinking wine outside, and they noticed the angry Alexan, one of them raised his voice.


    "Alexan! Are you running? Haha!"


    Alexan stopped and turned to that relative, he was outraged and he had to explode on someone, he charged to the relative, Alexan jumped and both of them were on the ground, he started to beat the relative. He was like a mad monster, the other nobles stopped him, everyone got out of the church and they were all looking at Alexan in surprise, his groom suit was ruined by dirt and wine, his hair was messy.


    "What are you looking at!? Do you want to get beaten up too!? I will fucking kill everyone with hero blood in them!"


    Serv arrived at the scene, he saw Alexan going mad, he needed to get out with Alexan and so he grabbed by his arm and pulled him to the Carriage. Even though he was an old man he was stronger than him but Alexan was much weaker than a normal young man, Alexan was a person who would bark but he wouldn''t bite and so Serv closed the carriage door, picked up the horse leashes and started to drive while Alexan was still yelling at Serv.


    They arrived at the mansion, Serv opened the carriage door, Alexan was calm and he got off the carriage, Serv bowed down but Alexan didn''t care about it, he pulled out his gate keys and opened the gates, he directly went to his room and locked the door, Serv was waiting outside of his room, Alexan got inside his blankets and started to cry.


    "Serv. What should I do? I can''t take this anymore."


    "You can stretch the family rules of marrying. I am sure lots of women will get in line for you."


    "Never! That is one thing I will never do! Give me something else."


    "We can sell-"


    "No! I am not selling anything."


    "Well, you can get a job."


    "I am interested but I dropped out of the noble school."


    "Your grandfather was an adventurer and he gained lots of money doing that."


    "That incest cheapskate was an adventurer?"


    "Yes, he was and my father served him."


    "I see. I will think about it tomorrow."


    "Do you need anything?"


    "No, I ate at the wedding."


    "Good night then, If you need anything call me."


    "Good night."

 A Reality Talk

    "Sir, your breakfast is ready."


    The voice belonged to Serv, Alexan woke up after hearing his voice, Serv was his butler and his alarm clock. Serv was holding a silver tray with toasts on it, Serv was also his chef though not a great one.


    "The toasts looked burned."


    "Yes, I accidentally burned them and I will be eating those."


    "It''s fine, about last night. I am sorry for yelling at you, It wasn''t your fault."


    "Don''t worry sir, It is a butler''s job to get yelled at by his master."


    Serv smiled under his walrus mustache, Alexan picked up the silver tray from Serv and started to eat his breakfast on his bed, this was an unhealthy habit of Alexan. Even when his father was alive he hated to eat in the dining hall, after eating his breakfast Serv started to dress him up.


    "Your white shirt and your armless blue sweater?"


    "No, today I want the dark red one."


    "Yes, sir. What about your pants and your tie?"


    "Give me the brown pants and I don''t want to wear a tie."


    "Yes, sir"


    After getting dressed up by Serv, both of them went to the basement to pick up his grandfather''s equipment, there was an old big chest, the only sunlight in the room fell on it, Alexan slowly opened the chest and saw something surprising.


    "What is this?"


    Alexan picked up a sword from the chest, It looked like a cheap and common sword, there was nothing special about and it was used too, the old big chest was full of swords like the Alexan was holding, Serv was surprised, he looked around to find another chest in the basement but there was nothing, Alexan started to get angry.


    "Don''t fucking tell me this cheapskate used swords like this. And put them on a chest after he used them?!"


    "Y-Your grandfather was a strong man but he was strong in magic, not swordsmanship."This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


    "Fucking cheapskate!"


    Alexan kicked the old chest but the chest didn''t move an inch, he was now outraged because of a simple chest. He started to kick the chest with all of his anger, after kicking for a while the bottom of the chest broke and Serv noticed something.


    "Sir! There is a secret part!"


    Alexan and Serv started to empty chest and they saw a secret part. They opened the secret part and they saw a crossbow and a couple of bolts, Alexan picked it up with a proud smile on his face.


    "That cheapskate knew how to hide valuable things."


    And then Alexan noticed a writing on the crossbow, It was dusty and so he wiped it with his hands, It revealed the writing but this only made Alexan angrier.


    "Will Hertolian?! That traitor''s name is on this crossbow! Serv destroy this crossbow!"


    "S-Sir, Will Hertolian''s armor was sold for ten thousand gold coins. And his crossbow would worth around five thousand gold coins."


    "You telling me to sell it?!"


    "Well, your grandfather hid that crossbow for a reason."


    "Fuck him! And the traitor who lived five hundreds of years ago. He is the reason why the main branch of Mortelian family is in this state!"


    "S-Sir, I don''t know about that but I strongly suggest that we should sell this crossbow."


    "You don''t know?! Then let me fucking tell you! Five hundred years ago, there were three brothers in the Mortelian family! One of them fucked the family over because he fell in love with a fucking hero priestess. The other one fucked the family over because he thought this was a good chance to betray the family! And one of them stayed in the family! Their names were Will Hertolian, Marky Pertolian, and Gerot Mortelian! Remember this!"


    Alexan was yelling at Serv again, this was one of Alexan''s bad personality traits, he would get angry easily and couldn''t control himself and then Serv slapped him with a serious expression on his face.


    "Hertolian family rules the fucking republic! Their head is the fucking president! Their second head is the fucking vice president! Both of them are in the great hero council! Pertolian family rules the market and shady businesses! Their head is the fucking minister of justice and their old head was the president! And all of them are around your fucking age! What are you!? You are nothing! The only reason I still support you because I see you as a child who had a hard childhood! And my family served your family for ages!"


    Alexan fell on the ground, he was shocked, he never thought of Serv yelling at him. Not even his own father yelled at him once but the thing that shocked him the most was everything he said was true, he was just a useless noble brat. But then he remembered his family code and stood up.


    "We Mortelians never betray people but Pertolians do. We Mortelians never marry a hero but Hertolians do. We Mortelians never lose but humans do and this is why Mortelians are the greatest family of all time. I always hated to say this before having dinner and that was why I always ate in my room. But now I see it, thanks for opening my eyes Serv. We shall now go to the adventurer guild."


    Alexan picked up two swords from the chest and gave one to Serv, he picked up the sword and the crossbow, he was now ready to kill some monsters but the real monsters were in a different place, places like the ministry of justice.


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