《The Legend of the Legendary Xu Xian》
Prologue: Book0 volume0 chp00
''what is strength? is it power, is it speed or is it will of a person?''
''what exactly is talent? why is it that hard-work is only hard-word if you succeed?''
''What am I? why is it that I only feel myself, am I selfish and evil?''
''The trees, the rivers, the skies, sun and the moon, the countless stars, earth and heaven
what are these exactly?''
''What is my purpose of existence? what is it that I am supposed to accomplish?''
''why is it I seek strength? I don''t need it but I want it but when I need it I don''t want it? why is it like that?''
''why is it? w..why is...it that....?'' the old man started crying thinking all this. His tears traveled at high-speed and crashed into his long elegant white beard but there was something strange, the color of the beard; it was crimson red.
''What is life? what is death? happiness and sadness? what are these? is it that when you are happy you feel happy and when you are sad you are sad, is it truly all?'' once again the old man questioned himself.
''What should I do, I can''t see, I can see but I don''t know how to walk, I know how to walk but I can''t walk, I want to walk there but I can''t'' a pair of tears once again escaped from this old man''s eyes. His eyes were so painful and sad yet so fierce, wrinkles on his face were clearly visible but it was strange; they were painted in red.
''why is left wrong and right right? why is darkness evil and light good? why is it that skies are symbolized for heavens and earth is symbolized for mortals?'' The old man once again burst into tears.
''Killing these people and feeling no remorse, no feeling at all am I truly evil? do I enjoy killing?''
''Why is it? why? why do I yearn so much for answers? why can''t I sleep in ignorance like the rest? why?'' this time the old man roared in rage as he killed ten men in their prime in but a single slash.
Blood was flying in the sky as though it was floating. The sky was tainted red, the earth was red. Did heavens and earth merge? The old man was covered in blood.
Hundreds of men that were in their prime age, covered in beast fur, half naked, their bodies bulging with muscles were equipped with spears and swords, their expressions showed no fear were charging madly at his old man.
''Is it my time? Does heavens want me to die? why must I comply? why must I kill? why must I die?''thought the old man, he was deep in thought.
The old man was killing people as though they were nothing but ants, wherever his twin swords moved blood followed right after as though a master painter was painting a master piece.
The old man wasn''t even looking at the people he was killing, his empty yet bottomless eyes showed that he was somewhere else. His body was moving itself, it was similar to an specialist typist who can type without even looking, this revealed that this seemingly old man was in the business of death.
The old man was not exactly harmless, his body was covered in thick blood some of which belonged to others while the rest was his own. But his face showed no pain, his body moved with no hesitation and with absolute precision, even to these fearless elites this old man inspired fear deep into their souls.
The painter pained, the writer wrote, the reader read, the killer killed and the dead were dead so were these hundred people.
As though awoken from a dream, the old man in his 90s holding his twin long swords roared with all his might, his tears were continuous, fast and stead like a moving river.
''I feel nothing for these people? but I feel because I feel nothing? Am I truly evil?'' laughed the old man with bitterness.
He tried to move but his legs were shaking still he forced his slender legs forward. His right leg trembled greatly under the great pressure, he was going to fall to the ground at this point his twin swords pierced the ground and formed pillars that showed him their support.
''What is this pressure? what is heart? what is brain? is my life my life? are their life mine to take? why? why must I kill? cried the old man.
At this moment an army of 500 men surrounded this old man. The stars were in their place, the moon was there glowing like a silver bowl. The sky was still at its place and the earth still supported his weight, it was so quiet. This silence, it touched his very soul as though trying to relive him of his pain.
Suddenly the stable and fixed earth was not so stable anymore, it shook with ''thud''''thud'' sounds. The rumbling settled down after quite a while and there were 500 men on horse back standing right in front of him. A middle aged man from in between this mass moved towards this old man, as he moved the other solders cleared way for him, with their heads bowed, eyes staring at the ground full of respect and fear.
''Xin Xian you must die today, if you surrender now I Shu Xian give you my word that I will make it quick and give you a proper burial'' The middle aged man was covered in very thick golden colored metallic armor which covered every inch of his body excluding his face which was covered with a battle helmet and there were two horns on this helmet. His horse was a wild horse which was twice as big as the others, with it together the man gave an aura of battle god.
''I loved the silence, I wish it was more quiet, brother wouldn''t you let me taste silence'' said the old man in a gentle tone but he was covered in blood from top to bottom, wherever he moved, blood followed as though infinetly dripping from his body.
Even this middle aged man emanating the aura of death was terrified at the sight of this old man man. He was covered in blood but his voice was gentle, his eyes were peaceful but blood it was blood, wherever he was blood was there to accompany him.
''Kill him'' shouted the middle aged man coldly, he was on top of his horse holding a long lance. As soon as he gave his orders, the stable earth once again began to shook, the silence was broken with warrior''s roars and the horses charge.
Seeing all this it seemed as time stopped for the old man. Everyone was charging at him but he was not looking at them. He was looking at an old tree not too far away. A dry leave twitched twice before it separated from its brethren and then it was in the air slowly floating its way to the ground.
The old man couldn''t hear anything or see anything other than this dry brown leave, when it finally fell to the ground there was a very small ''tirr'' sound but the old man still heard it very clearly even among all this noise.
The old man had a smile on his face, his eyes were now sharp, his body full of power. From unknown, he was now in a condition which he was connected. He felt he could finally have some answers, yes he could feel it, every cell of his body was excited on this thought. Soon there were many sounds of swords clashing. The painter once again started to paint,
the writer once again started to write, the reader once again started to read and the dead
were once again dead.
500 men were dead, lying still on the ground, some on top of the others. Even a grave yard could hardly have this many bodies. Blood was everywhere, it was like a sea of blood moving in unison.
The old man was mortally wounded, he knew he was going to die. There were countless slashes on his old weak body, even his face full of wrinkles had many slash wounds.
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He struggled to move towards that tree, he picked up that dead dry leave from the ground and took it with him to the tree. As he sat under it, the tree along with the leave were painted in red.
He dug the earth with his fingers and buried the leave under the tree. He killed many, too many to even count during his life. Just today he killed nearly thousand people. Why was it that he cried always when he killed even though he killed enough for him to be able to kill while sleeping.
He was crying this time too but one could not guess for who he was crying, for those who he
killed, for himself or for this dead dry leave that he just buried.
It was peaceful, he was one with nature and everything. He was desperately trying to figure out an answer, one answer, one answer was all he asked for. But his silence was once again broken, it was a kid this time screaming and running towards this old man with tears in his eyes, crying ''save me, someone save me'' three men were chasing him, their clothes were tattered, their swords were rusty and they wore no armor all this suggested that they were bandits.
The little boy crouched near the old man and hid behind him, ignoring the pile of 600 bodies, the sea of blood or the crimson blood on the old man.
The old man killed those three in an instant, it seemed as though he never moved and was sitting there just like he was before. It seemed effortless but as a matter of fact it was not, he struggled hard even to moved his shaking fingers much less use a sword effortlessly to kill but because he killed more times than he moved his fingers in his life, he was able to kill them.
The old man then looked at this kid hiding beside him. His eyes were very gentle and peaceful. He lifted his hand with great effort and placed it on top of the kid''s head. The kid''s hair quickly transformed from black to red but the kid didn''t seem to mid at all.
The kid''s hand suddenly changed into a blur as it struck into the lungs of the old man,he was holding a small dagger in his hand under the shade of his long sleeve.
It seemed as though he was an assassin. But how could the old man not know that? how could a killer not know the killing intent? The old man knew from the beginning.
Seeing that the old man didn''t instantly die the kid began to tremble in fear, his body was shaking violently. He even peed himself. It was his first mission, the assassin guild thought a new boy would be able to deceive this old man and kill him.
The old man smiled gently at him revealing his shiny white teeth which were the only part of his body that weren''t bathed in blood. His both eyes closed, his gentle smile followed by the petting the kid''s hair made it seem as though a father was patting his very own blood related son.
The kid started to cry, he quickly pulled the dagger out from the old man''s body, a stream of blood followed which quickly painted this boy''s cloth red. The boy once again stabbed the old man, this time at his liver. But the old man still showed no pain nor any sign of dying. The kid finally looked at the old man. When he met his eyes, he couldn''t believe it.
How could this old man show such affection for him when he clearly stabbed him which would for sure lead him to his death.
The kid was crying, it was his first time killing someone, he didn''t want this old man to die now since it was his first time someone showed affection towards him and whats more in this kind of situation.
The kid burst into tears and hugged this old man whom he was supposed to kill, the old man which was to die by his hands hugged this kids still patting his head like nothing happened.
What was going on here? this sight was too abnormal to behold. The old man moved his other hand which disappeared into his red jacket, after some time it came out holding a pouch. He then threw the pouch to this young kid and pointed towards the mountains faraway towards the west with his index finger and said ''I like silence, must not kill, go there...live in peace''
The kid wasn''t prepared to leave but the old man shrugged him off, the kid unwillingly started to move towards the mountains, he made a note ''never to kill''.
All that was left were 600 corpses and the sea of blood and an old man at the brink of death sitting peacefully under a tree. The old man finally had an answer but he forgot it as soon as he knew it was the answer but knowing he knew the answer for even a second made this old man truly happy.
He was laughing in satisfaction, blood was gushing out of his mouth like water out of a fountain. He could no longer breath, a normal man would kill himself under this kind of immense pain but this old man he was truly laughing with all his heart in satisfaction. The old man closed his eyes and stood up while gripping his twin swords. He moved right in the middle of those 600 corpses and stabbed his twin swords near his feet into the ground.
The swords formed a cross, he used his right hand to grip his left sword while his left hand to grip his right sword, with this even his hands formed a cross. He always wanted to do this once, dying in style. it was childish, that is true but in death nothing mattered much less the concern of it being childish.
Suddenly the dark sky was full of clouds that rushed to where the old man was, pretty soon violent rain followed. The rain wasn''t able to clean away all the blood, all it did was increase the amount of the crimson sea. Then there was a sound of blast in the sky. The sky itself was ripping apart, clouds charged into each other, for a long time those sounds continued and in the middle of the night sky there were dazzling golden lights being charged.
Soon the light became so bright one wouldn''t be able to look at them. The old man appreciated this, even though his eyes were closed and he was dying, he was feeling very good as though being released from all his sufferings.
He was deep in thought that when the Lightning rushed out from the clouds, forming the shape of a dragon that was several li long, it instantly crashed into the old man and for several seconds it looked like the old man was absorbing all this lightning. Like pouring tea into a cup. Then when the lightning finally stopped, there was no old man, there were no twin swords
all that remained was a crimson sea and 600 dead.
Just who was this old man? every strange thing was around him, even in death he was not normal, nobody knows if he''s even dead, an army of 600 were hardly able to injure him but a kid fatally injured him. His own kin wanted him dead, he was crying whenever he killed. Who was this old man?
Let me tell you the legendary tale of Xu Xian, his life, his death and after death.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#1 darkness
I don''t know whether to call it a curse or a gift but back then I sure called it gift.
No matter what, if I see it, I will never forget it, once I know it, I can do it, better than how I saw it.
I clearly remember it all to this very day, everyone around me reminded me every time of my talent and unimaginable future, I don''t know much about talent but my future sure was something I could never even dream of.
Those days, tskk sure were days I envy now. Back then I always wanted strength, I wanted to grow up fast, get a big body like those adults around me so no one could force me into doing anything that I don''t want. Don''t be mistaken I was never bullied, I was stronger than most children of my age but I don''t know why? I always carved for more, as though the world would end if I didn''t get more strength, this carve for strength sure was abnormal.
My father, he is the king, my great grandfather Shin Xian conquered this whole world and after he passed away my father inherited the thrown but he did kill all his siblings and the brothers of my great grandfather.
My mother, well my father married her after he ascended to the throne, my mother Xua was simply a poor farmer.
One day my father was out on a stroll with his elite legion that his eyes caught my mother''s divine beauty. He immideatly ordered his guards to tell my mother to come to his chambers at night, if she does she would get great favors from the king.
My father was never refused of anything, from his childhood to his ascension to throne, he was always granted of everything he desired but my mother refused the guard. My father increased the rewards to tempt this young beautiful maiden but the maiden stood her ground to the very end.
My father was already captivated by her, not only her looks but her personality won his heart too. My mother helped other farmers and many orphans, she refused any money and was living alone even though many nobles tried to harass her and force her into getting their way with her, her abnormal resolution scared them all.
Then my father personally came in, he directly proposed her to be his queen. I don''t know how many maidens could refuse this offer but my mother did. But my father wasn''t ready to give up, this maiden was everything he was not. Kind,loving and beautiful, so my father visited my mother often. Soon they became friends then very good friends and eventually my mother fell in love with him.
I know I shouldn''t be saying this but my father was a player, he tried schemes to win her, everything in his knowledge he used on her for her to became his.
My mother was no fool she knew what this young king was doing and she was also well aware of his playboy reputation. But by time, she became fond of this young graceful man, who always came up with plans to win her, no matter how many times she rejected him he would always come up with something new, like a cockroach refusing to die even when facing a nuclear blast.
Then my mother married my father and became the queen, my mother inspired great changes in my father, my father was obsessed with my mother. And then I was born. My mother loved me and so did my father.
I remember everything crystal clear from when I was three years old. My mother would tease my father by telling me my father''s pitiful failed attempts to win her heart and my father would always in the end make a boastful remark ''no matter how many battles you lose, its the war that counts'' and then my mother would blush and chuckle shyly.
I still remember those days, those days if I knew their worth back then God knows what I would''ave done. Everyone treated me in a very good manner some of it was because I had a talent unheard of while the most of it was because I was the sole prince, probably the one to succeed after my father, I was truly annoyed by their behavior.
I matured very fast compared to those of my age since because I witnessed many things in that dark place.
Everyone loved me but I loved none. I was cold from the beginning. Every child cried when he came into this world but it seems I laughed. So everyone thought I was some demon but no one dared to tell me that out in loud, although everyone would be discussing it discreetly even some common maids.
I quickly grew tired of this place which was full of deception. There was nothing but a huge web of lies and I was in the middle of it.
I witnessed many things despite my young age, I was able to do it because I accidentally found secret ways that connected the whole palace. The palace was built by my great grandfather and seeing that my father didn''t know about it, I was the only one who knew of its existence. It was used to secretly peek at the affairs of the castle so the King can pass a better judgement.
I was only seven when I saw that, a sworn brother of my father was having an affair with the wife of his very own blood related brother.
I also saw blood, a lot of it, a man wearing a black mask severed the heads of countless people in a day who were kneeling on the ground. He would chop their heads in one swift swing of his axe and people would watch this man wearing a black mask kill all these kneeling people and some people from the crowd would even cheer.
I also saw nobles lying in the court, naked ladies dancing in the court hall, poor people begging with tears in their eyes, old horny nobles taking advantage of these troubled ladies.
I once seriously talked about all this with my father but off course I carefully left the part about the secret way for my peeking, Setting everything aside watching those naked ladies dancing sure was a nice treat to my young eyes.
My father said to me seriously ''Son this world belongs to the strong, the weak is weak, the strong is strong, weak is evil, strong is justice, this is the sole religion of our world, who ever doesn''t goes by our religion is an ''atil'' and will be hunted down by everyone in this world, whether they be weak or strong''.
I tried to explain him many times of what I thought and how I thought it was wrong but I was seriously lectured instead, even my own mother lectured me. I came to a realization, no matter how many times I play the flute in front of a cow, I can''t expect it to understand its worth.
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So one day when I was really tired of it all, I sneaked out of the castle using my super secret path that my great grand father left me.
When I was out, my mother saw me and immideatly started running towards me, seeing her I too started to run. Not knowing I entered the woods. No matter how fast I matured, the physical strength of a 7 year old was really limited.
I collapsed due to extreme exhaustion.
What I saw in front of me this time scared the shit out me. As though just by seeing it my soul was escaping through my mouth, no matter how much I tried I couldn''t even move a muscle in front of this giant monster.
This giant monster was a enormous snow leopard, I stared right into its eyes. Those eyes I still remember them clearly, they were very cold and merciless. its body was giving a very vicious aura.
My mother soon caught up to me, when she saw the leopard near me, instead of running away or calling for help she quickly stood in front of me. I could see her large back it looked so warm. It was probably the first and last time I felt this kind of feeling in my entire life.
I was staring at the scene with my eyes opened wide. My mother was giving a faint killing intent, she then lifted her right foot in the air and smashed it into the ground. There was ''thud'' sound. I quickly knew what she wanted to do, scare this leopard away was what she was attempting. But this stubborn leopard didn''t budge from its position.
It relaxed its body then moved two steps back and then with a speedy jump it landed on my mother. My mother fell on the ground as she couldn''t handle the weight of this gigantic leopard.
This leopard slashed at my mother''s chest with its sharp claws and the blood sprayed out.
My mother never shouted, she moved her fingers and grabbed this leopard''s eyes and mercilessly pulled them out of their sockets. The leopard was in agonizing pain but it still refused to back away instead it attacked even more ferociously .
I was watching this battle unfold right in front of my eyes, I didn''t really care if my mother died. But I didn''t want her to die too. The leopard was ripping my mother apart, I couldn''t stand it so I charged at it with my eyes closed since if I looked at it, I wouldn''t be able to move.
My legs were trembling but I still ran towards it. I picked up a stone, it was big but a firm piece of rock. I grabbed it tightly with both my hands and the same way I saw that man in the black mask chop of the heads of those people, I lifted my hands above my heads, with all my power I smashed the rock right at its head.
I didn''t stop with one hit, I don''t know how many times I was able to hit that thing, I hit it as many times I could, with all my strength as fast as I could until the leopard left my mother and instead mounted me.
It slashed my tiny chest with its claws, the cut wasn''t deep since I was already falling to the ground, its claws weren''t able sink too deep.
It was strange I couldn''t feel pain at this moment, all I was thinking was ''what should I do?''Time slowed itself just like how time stops before an accident. My mother suddenly screamed ''NOOO!'' as she grabbed a wooden stick and charged right into this leopard.
The wooden stick pierced into the leopard''s stomach from beneath and came out from above. This
sudden burst of strength of mother even amazed me.
I relaxed but it didn''t last long.
The leopard bit my mother in the neck, my mother was facing me and smiling gently. The leopard bit and took a part of her neck away as it fell to ground, losing all his strength.
Blood wildly gushed out from my mother''s neck, she tried to tell me something but couldn''t. In a moment she died still looking at me.
I was still lying on the ground. I stood on my feet, with the rock in my hands I came to the leopard which was hardly breathing. It was already dying. I swung the rock at its head with all my might, not once or twice but I kept on hitting it as I roared ferociously ''Aaaah!'' . Its blood was plastered onto my face, my mother''s blood was on my clothes, so was this leopard''s and so was mine.
Soon I heard another shout ''NOOO!'', I didn''t really care for who it belonged too, all I cared was to smash this leopard.
Suddenly someone grabbed me from behind, I was truly enraged. I moved my head and saw who dared to halt me. It was a rough man wearing a thin plated armor, he was the captain of the legion my father always took around with him.
I stared right into his eyes, with my face and clothes covered in blood and my eyes truly enraged this elite solider was taken a back for a moment but he quickly recovered and grabbed me with all his might and restrained me.
I quickly fainted, I unknowingly used every last bit of my strength.
When I woke up, I was on a white soft fluffy bed. At my side my father was sitting with his legs crossed and his eyes closed.
His face was emotionless, suddenly he opened his eyes, revealing a bit of killing intent which was focused on me but it was nothing compared to that snow leopard.
He shouted in a cold voice ''Explain everything that happened?''.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#2 Change
It didn''t take long for me to figure out the extreme pain I was in. My chest was burning as though acid was poured all over it. My body was sore and tired, I could hardly get up.
As soon as I heard my father''s cold voice, memories began to flood back in my mind. My mother taking care of me, teasing me, helping me and in the end dying for me.
Even though I was feeling nothing and I was completely calm, I realized my face was wet, I then used my hand to inspect and was surprised.
Tears were wildly coming out of my eyes, I had no control over them, they slowly traveled through my face, rested a little at my chin and finally crashed into the bed I was laying on.
What I was thinking now was, what if I had done this? what if I had done that? then maybe, maybe mother would not be dead.
I was all focused on these thoughts that I forgot about my father until another cold shout rang in my ears forcefully bringing me back to the real world ''I said explain it to me, Dammit!''.
It didn''t matter to me on how loud he shouted or how fierce his expression was but I was surprised on how he changed, since never before he was like this.
I took a deep breath and almost choked on it, with some ''coughs'' I cleared my throat and wiped the tears off my face using the bed sheet since I was half naked I had no sleeves up for the job.
I began from the start hiding nothing except that hidden passage, on how I was fed up with this bullshit religion and all these dark things and I wanted to leave. Followed by what happened after that.
As soon as I finished, I saw that my father was choking me, pressuring my small neck with his giant hands as he shouted ''you s*n o*f * b***h, you killed you own mother, you ungrateful demon''.
Now that I clearly think about it, I did kill her and I was demon to begin with, so everything he said so far was simply the truth.
If I hadn''t left, she wouldn''t have followed me and ended up dead. Before I realized once again tears began to flow from eyes, as though there was no tomorrow they rushed out of my eyes.
Then the captain of the legion barged in and quickly stopped him in a polite and respectful manner. My father left with him without even sparing me a single glance, while leaving he slammed the door so hard that it broke. Maybe the wooden door was already past its age or my father murdered it, I simply don''t know nor do I care.
There was no one in the room with me, not even a single maid not that I minded it a single bit instead I liked being alone.
I don''t know when I dozed off but I was asleep again, when I woke up there was a young maid sitting beside me.
She was quite tempting, her clothes were too revealing and her body was too sinister. Had I not been acquainted with darkness I would''ave never imagined in my wildest dreams that this seemingly pure maiden would do those kind of things. She slept with almost half of the noble advisers to my father and stole from them very skillfully it seemed she was a pro with a lot of experience. She is quite evil but it is very hard to think like that, since up close her scent is almost making me feel dizzy.
When she saw me acting like this she giggled while covering her mouth, realizing that I had been caught I blushed a little but with my mentality I quickly recovered.
I was feeling empty and calm, like an endless sky but it was not long before the wound on my chest throbbed and made me remember all of it once again. Seeing I was on the verge of crying I turned my back towards her and changed side while laying.
Even doing this took considerate amount of effort, it seemed as though I couldn''t locate any of my previous strength.
I buried my face in the white soft pillow and tried my best to cry discreetly but despite all my efforts some sounds escaped, my nose was the cause of it ''sniff, sniff'' I don''t know why I cry, I simply feel nothing, no kind of sadness but only emptiness. ''Is this sorrow?'' I questioned myself.
Now when I regained somewhat control over my situation I realized that Elifa was sitting next to my face staring at me intently.
I observed her gaze, I don''t know what I sensed in those beautiful eyes, it was pity maybe or maybe that too was a deception just like her pureness.
She waited for a while and then said in a very soft voice ''young master'', even her voice was angelic, she extended both her arms forward, she was holding a green leave in her palms, the leave was facing the sky, without saying anything I accepted the leave and wiped tears off my face once again.
I tried to get up but I didn''t have the strength. I just didn''t care, I forced myself to get up, as I got up, I staggered while moving each step, Elifa ran up to me but I stopped her with a wave of my hand but despite this she was right behind me. I walked towards the bath, there was a bucket full of water there.
The young maid quickly ran towards it but I once again stopped her. I knelt down in front of it, in the clear water I could see my face floating. I looked pathetic, my eyes looked hollow and dead, my face was full of dry tears while my hair were all messed up.
I stared at my reflection for sometime, then extended both my palms in it. I washed my hands and face thoroughly.
By the way the pain coming from my chest was killing me, my body too was making weird cracking sounds due to its soreness but little did I care about it instead I welcomed it, the pain was the drug. I enjoyed the pain, it made me focused and collective.
Anyways I moved back to my bed with help I received from Shilfa. She then left for a while and came back in with a silver plate covered with a giant green leave in her hands. She placed it in front of me without saying a single word and stood straight right beside me.
I placed the leave aside and saw my food, without thinking much, I just ate. It didn''t even taste although it was considered a delicacy world wide, my taste buds weren''t up for the job.
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Three whole days passed like this, I cried, I ate and I slept. During all this only this young maid Shelfa would stay by my side.
Now I was truly confused about her behavior, even if I was normal I don''t think I would be able to guess accurately why this woman was behaving this way towards me.
Most likely it was a deception forced because of her obligation or she may even be trying to tempt me so I can fall for her, I am already in a this pathetic state and being tempted in this state is not so hard so it makes sense. No matter even if I am a demon murderer prince who murdered his own mother I am still the only prince to the king who rules this whole world so now it makes even better sense.
After these three days my wound is almost healed, though there is a claw mark right in the middle of my chest between my nipples. It is fairly small, there are three small tilted parallel lines, its kind of like a tattoo.
I am very stable now, even though I still remember past scenes time to time, I don''t cry often or lose control every time.
My father never visited me in these three days, some maids would regularly come to clean the room and I would pretend to sleep even if I was not since talking to people, I really don''t like.
The thing is, these maids would engage in their gossips and the goat was off course me. The main topic would be, I laughed when I came into this world, I then fed my mother to a leopard, when my father inquired about the matter, I kicked him out of the room.
Now I know more about myself, since I always saw these events in another light. Even though these rumors are not true but they are not entirely false either.
This one time I was pretending to sleep just like usual, while just like before these maids were busy in their idles chatter. A fly came close to my nose, off course I wasn''t scared, how can I be scared of a fly after facing a leopard? Anyways I was interested in how it flew, those random patterns along with how it would suddenly accelerate, these were all too fascinating to me.
While I was busy stalking this fly, the maid caught me with my eyes opened. She quickly fell to the ground, she was on her knees, her whole body was trembling, she even started crying, her hands joined together like how one worships a god or asks for forgiveness, she cried ''youn...g sniff Mas..ter ple..ase for.ive this insolence of your maid''.
The other maid who was standing on the opposite side saw her and quickly realized the situation, she too just like her knelt and said some similar words ''I have young kids, have mercy''.
Well if I was angry with them for anything, it was for disturbing me while I was observing that fly, now I don''t know where to it escaped.
Anyways whats done is done, I said ''stand up and leave'' unexpectedly my voice was quite cold but the maids quickly obeyed my orders and left while wiping their tears. My room guards sure saw them leaving with tears in their eyes and with this another rumor started on how I eat maids, since I am a demon who fed his mother to a leopard.
Well as a result I became infamous throughout the world, being a good prince attracts the attention of many people but being an evil prince attracts the attention of everyone or even more people.
Those maids didn''t leave the castle, they knew better than that, since if I pleased I could always hunt them down and kill them with ease so they resigned to their fate.
On the third day they came to my room once again, cleaned it thoroughly, this time around none of these two made any sound much less a conversation.
I was once again pretending to sleep, both of them would cast glances to see If I was awake or not. I admit I was caught once but that was when I was distracted. So now the maids were finally a bit relieved seeing I didn''t take any action, I simply didn''t care for what they thought.
So after three days, I finally left my room, during these three days only the medic uncle Jefro, that tempting witch Elifa and those two maids would dare to enter my room. Not even guards would take a step in though they would occasionally glance at this infamous demon whenever the door opened.
It was the night of the third day, I had already rested for three days, I wasn''t feeling tired anymore so I thought I would pay my secret passage a visit.
I observed the royal court, the royal harem and the executioner stand but everything was all the same, naked ladies, nobles having fun, poor people crying in misery and the black mask man still beheading people.
I was going back to my room that I decided to check up on my father, I knew how much he loved my mother so I thought he may have committed suicide, though I don''t care for that, it may make things troublesome for me, I will have to become the king and will be eternally trapped in this darkness.
So I moved towards his room then I heard some sounds coming from his room, there were no guards around, it was truly weird.
Is it an assassination attempt? I thought to myself. But what I saw made me feel like a boulder weighting tons dropped on me while I was totally unprepared.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#3 feelings and resolution?
My heart was pounding very loudly, as though it would explode any moment. My face was full red, my eyes were focused.
I could not believe this scene in front of me, I pinched myself to confirm the reality but it still didn''t change.
There were three shadows present in this room.
What was it? My heart trembled at the sight, It was father, he wasn''t dead instead he was laughing and playing with two two slender sexy naked women. Their bodies were shining and were quite the beauties. Their curves and juggling bosom would for sure get me excited if it were not for this situation.
My mother died just three days ago. Her funeral was just yesterday and my father here is playing with beautiful women. The same father I thought who loved and cherished my mother greatly, he couldn''t even wait three months according to the custom before doing this.
This feeling? I don''t know what it is, disappointment maybe? no its more like rage. Was I once again fooled? is this dark world truly this vicious? I was thinking all this while seeing how my father enjoyed his whole night passionately with these two women.
By the time I came back to my senses, my eyes were bloody red, my wound was hurting and my body was once again sore because I stood there all night.
Those women already left, it seems like they were from the royal harem, they exist to serve and meet the king''s needs.
I then came back to my room, I tried to calm down but couldn''t. In the middle of all these thoughts I was asleep before I knew it.
When I woke up it was early morning, I slept for like two hours but that strange feeling was still breeding inside of me and multiplying by the second.
I moved hurriedly towards the garrison, Shelfa who was humming while coming towards my room noticed me so she quickly followed.
Deep down my blood was boiling, I was excited no maybe desperate but I am sure about one thing my carve for strength awakened at this time.
After walking in a quick and steady pace I reached garrison soon, several brutes half naked, strong built men were charging at each other, they would crash into each other, at the other corner sword claps could be heard, it seems they were practicing sword there.
At the other corner, on the stone wall, there were people with bows in their hand. Each had a quiver tied to their back full of arrows, all of them were shooting their respective marked trees, their hands seemed quite dexterous.
As I moved forward towards the lead instructor Capleon, everyone stopped. The air suddenly became heavy, I could clearly feel the pressure.
It seemed that these solders were scared of me or at least thats what I thought. So I said ''rest assured I don''t like to eat men much less men with muscles''.
Everyone was looking at me for a moment dumbstruck then when the lead instructor Capleon burst into laughter everyone quickly followed.
Seeing the air was not so heavy anymore, I stepped forward and said seriously ''I wish to train'' my facial expressions were fierce and full of blood lust, I was thinking about that leopard, my weak and pathetic state, then about mother''s death and my father''s recent achievements.
Clearly these experts felt this, from their long experience in the business of death they knew how real this blood lust was.
Capleon moved towards me with his eyes staring right at mine, I didn''t avoid them. He said ''we can''t young master but if you defeat this kid no matter the consequences I Capleon will take full responsibility and train you'' his voice told me he was dead serious but it was also a mocking tone.
From behind him a kid who was not taller than me appeared, his body was well trained, it seems he has been training since childhood.
I thought to myself ''it will be hard to defeat him in this weakened state''.
Anyways the knights form a circle around us waiting for my reply.
''Anything that happens during this match is my responsibility, you are allowed to display your full power, don''t hold back'' I said in a calm tone.A wooden sword was handed to me, it seemed light but when I grabbed it, my hand was going to the ground super fast so the only way I can even lift this thing is by holding it using both hands.
The boy on the other hand, the sword in his hands seems fast and light. He bowed to me once and we started with the match.
He came rushing towards me. I thought what is this? but it was not the time for thoughts so I lifted the sword in my hands in front of me to block his strike, as soon as his sword landed on mine I received a great force along with a shock entering my body.
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I was forced to take two steps back to regain my crumbling balance, I was already breathing hard.
Well I instantly came to a conclusion, I can''t win like this. I am weak, the sword is heavy and I have no experience.
The only way to win is to use my mind. While somehow blocking his strikes I was thinking on what to do.
But when he once again struck my sword, the shock traveled through my sword and entered in my previous wound. Even without knowing I had a smirk on my face, my eyes were glowing and I had stopped thinking. I charged at him with a roar ''yaaah'', the sword was still in my hands, the boy''s eyes were focused on my sword all this time, as soon as I got close tom him I simply let go of it and punched him as hard as I could right in the face.
This followed by several dozen of punches, it was a lot like when I was smashing the leopard''s head only this time I was using my fists instead of a stone.
Before the boy could even realize what happened, I used my leg and placed it behind his right foot and then when I punched him he was knocked on the ground, on further examination it revealed that the boy was unconscious.
So I moved towards the instructor, I spoke nothing only waited for him to speak. His lips then moved ''Young master please forgive this one''s disrespect but this lowly one can''t teach you, letting go of one''s sword is a disgrace to us warriors, we die but never let go of it, it seems our esteemed young master follow different ideals''.
''I understand'' I said and left quietly, everyone was staring at my back and that boy was still lying there on the ground full of dirt.
Why should I die but never let go of my sword? what is sword? even if it is an extension to my arm, I still have two arms while only one life and these extensive arms? I can get as many as I like.
I don''t understand what kind of ideals do these people follow.
I then noticed that my knuckles were hurt and covered with blood. Some of it was mine while most of it was that boy''s. So I went to see the medic uncle Jefro, all this time I never realized I was being stalked by that sexy tempting witch Shilfa.
Anyways after fighting like this I felt a lot better, My emotional state is the same as ever, I feel nothing but I feel light now and fairly excited too. So I stop by uncle Jefro''s quarter, he is mixing some herbs trying to make a new potion, yeah he is a side alchemist.
When he sees me coming he quickly bows his head in respect and says ''young master, how do you feel?''.
I replied ''I feel good thanks to you, wrap these with something''while saying this I extend my fists towards him. He saw my fists then stared at me trying to find any other injuries but if there were none how could he find one?
After getting myself patched up I decided, no matter what, these ideals and morals, this religion, I will follow none, I will never follow these adults. Even if there is no other way, I will create one.
My resolution was firm, these adults their eyes were dead, they followed this religion and these ideals but why? because everyone else also did. This is beyond me. Thinking all this at the evening I sneaked out of the castle once again.
Now when I think about it, I have only been outside of this castle three times, once to visit mom''s old home, once when I ran away and the last one is now.
The cold breeze crashed into me, my clothes fluttered a little making ''whizz'' sound, my hair stood up moving back and forth with the wind like girls dancing in a disco. I couldn''t feel all this in the castle at the very least.
With my resolution firm, my eyes focused on gaining strength using my own means, I move towards the barren land behind the castle.
Feeling the touch of wind on my skin, the roughness of a wooden sword in my hands and the cold of cobblestones underneath my feet.
Everything was so bright and vivid, every smell, every sight and every sound made me feel even more excited.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#4: Shilfa and bitter training?
The first thing I do is savor every last bit of sight,smell,sound and touch then I move forward focusing on my goal.
I then try to find a suitable location to train, this barren land is very safe unlike those woods since behind it are unclimbable peaks reaching heavens themselves.
Left and right sides of this land too are blocked by mountains, while in front there is the castle so any place in this barren land will do.
I see that there are massive stone boulders and ruins everywhere, it seems as though there was a stone village here before but from the look of ruins I would say these are at least thousand year old ruins.
Some trees can be seen here but I can count these trees on one hand.
I was once again deep into thought that I noticed a shadow. I didn''t stop nor did I increased my pace, just like how I was, I moved in the same direction and when I got close to a ruin I climbed it and rested on its roof.
The ruin had a similar shape to a house with four walls and a roof but most of it was crumbled or already crumbling.
Some one was approaching, the person had a tattered green hood on, I tried to notice the hands but they looked very smooth and beautiful, how can a swords man have this kind of enchanting hands? I thought.
This person came to where I disappeared and was moving his head totally puzzled. This confirmed my suspicion, this person was definitely following me.
Was he an assassin? but who would want me dead? was he a bandit? I don''t know.
Anyways I quickly jump down from the stone roof, with the hilt of my sword I hit him hard on the back of his head and he quickly falls down.
Seeing this I am relieved at least now I am safe, I remove the hood trying to see who it was. When I removed his hood, all color left my face.
What? How? Why? all these questions I was asking myself, I panicked and couldn''t think what to do.
This person, laying in-front of me is not even a man, she is Shilfa. ''What is her motive?'' no matter what, I just couldn''t stop thinking like this, while she was injured and there was a small injury at the back of her head from where a little blood was coming out.
I formed a fist with my right hand and hit myself on the head, this calmed me down. Now I was trying to think, in my life up-to now, anything, anything that I learnt can help here? yes, I am a prince after all, combat classes I wasn''t able to join because of my young age but politics, arts, religion and the art of medicine I was taught by various scholars.
Uncle Jefro often taught me so now I can at the very least heal this degree of wound. This is the barren land so herbs are out of question, so to stop the bleeding I will have to wrap her head tightly with something for now.
Was it because I am weak? or because my clothes were made of excellent quality, no matter how much I tried I wasn''t able to tear my sleeves apart. So well I took her tattered green robe off, her beautiful face was revealed to me, unconscious she looked even more innocent, but this was not the time for all this, I reminded myself.
I tore the tattered green robe, unlike my sturdy cloth tearing this tattered robe was a child''s play. Then I tightly wrapped the torn piece of cloth around her head. She wasn''t in any danger to begin with but now I feel relieved, I wonder why?
I checked her for any possible weapons, She had many weapons on her only that I couldn''t extract them. Other than those there were no weapons.
For now I used the rope from my bag to tie her in one of the ruins and quickly marched back to the castle, I filled my bag with some herbs, water bottles and food, as soon as I got what I needed I rushed back.
Thankfully she was still unconscious, I sprinkled some water on her face and she quickly woke up. After seeing that it was me, she was quiet and looked relieved.
I asked her ''Shilfa why were you following me?''
''Because I am master''s personal maid, wherever master goes I follow'' she replied cheerfully ignoring my cold tone, the fact that she was tied and was being interrogated.
''Is this some coy yet another scheme? what can it be?'' no matter how hard I thought I couldn''t think of any possible scheme so I released her.
''Master you know you are quite smart, you beat that brawn over brain'' she suddenly said when I was untying her.
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My hands stopped for a moment, I received many compliments before but her compliment, it was more like how mother encouraged me, I quickly recovered my state of mind and released her.
''So master what are you planning to do here'' asked Shilfa, curiosity was obvious her pearl like face.
''I am going to train here, you can sit here if you want or go back to the castle but don''t disturb me'' I tried to sound cold, I don''t know if it worked because what followed wasn''t what I expected.
I swung the sword the same way that man in black mask chopped heads off. While I was doing so Shilfa wasn''t quiet and obedient today, time after time she would strike a conversation.
Well it can''t be helped I thought and focused on my training, I replied her time to time though.
Swinging the sword as hard as I could, I yelled with each strike to increase the force behind it, one hour was the limit for me.
My hands were lightly injured because of the rough sword and I was really tired but still I didn''t wish to stop.
Seeing this Shilfa said this ''Master it wasn''t your fault''
I replied casually ''Off course it wasn''t, anyone could be under that green robe, an assassin a bandit''.
She kind of glared at me for a second I thought, she then said ''I am talking about the queen, she loved you dearly, even if she had thousand lives she would give them all over for you''.
For the first time, the first time someone said to me ''it wasn''t my fault'' I can''t describe this feeling. I was already crying before I knew it, I was tired too so I sat down.
We ate there and then left for the castle.
Days then weeks quickly followed, for three weeks I am here most of the time. The guards don''t stop me nor does my father care I think even if I sleep here I hardly doubt anyone will care.
In my training menu, I added running, climbing the tree, jumping and meditation. These basic methods, everyone would laugh at me if they saw me doing these. And meditation? this world full of warriors fully mock meditation most don''t know of its existence.
After exercising my body to the limit I would meditate and then exercise again, that was how it was going. Shilfa always followed me here. Before realizing it myself, we were already talking frequently and normally, though it was annoying but it wasn''t bad.
She became quite bold and would try to tease me often like by saying ''say young master, is there any girl you like?''. The only thing I could do was to act like I never heard the damn thing but I think my red face gave me away most of the time.
Now I can climb the tree easily so now I will try to climb it without using my hands, if anyone sees me doing this I will become the idiotic prince, I am glad Shilfa is amazed at my innovative methods.
I moved back to a distance and ran towards it, as soon as I stepped on its trunk I reflexively forced my foot and I fell backwards.
I failed many times so now while doing it I asked Shilfa ''Shilfa where is your family?''.
She replied quickly ''My parents are already dead, I have two twin girls who live in the Ba village'' it didn''t seem to be a lie.
That day I investigated her background by sending some men to the village and the next day, I pressed this matter.
''Shilfa why are you not with your kids?''
She remained quiet, she was trying to think for an answer, something was wrong here, every cell in my body was telling me that.
''Shilfa I SAID EXPLAIN IT TO ME!'' I shouted coldly at her.
Her lips trembled a little but then she finally spoke, her voice contained unexplainable pain and sorrow and after hearing her something snapped inside of me.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#5: Enraged
My previously somewhat normal paced breathing have already changed, I can hardly breath anymore. My breathing have become hard, my lungs want even more oxygen.
It seems my body is on fire, my eyes became bloodshot and I was clenching my teeth really hard. My fists were clenched tightly as well while I was hearing her story.
''My father was the mayor of the village Ba, I was her sole daughter and my parents hold me very dear'' while saying this her eyes were staring at something far away.
She continued with a little pause and a small smile formed on her face while saying this ''One day a very handsome man came into my village, I was thirteen and he was twenty, he was a roaming warrior and knew my father quite well''.
This time without a pause she continued in a hurry as though she would forget it all if she waits another moment '' My father welcomed him into our house, with him his two new born daughters came too''.
''We got along quite well, he was very similar to the prince charming I imagined after listening to grandpa''s old tales'' she chuckled shyly while saying this.
''Then his cousin who was a rising noble came to Ba village to meet him'' her voice became loud and hard, containing extreme hatred, I stopped breathing and focused on her.
'' The noble saw me, in the start he behaved nicely but..'' as she said that tears were formed in her beady eyes, seeing her like this, I wanted to kill whoever made her cry.
''One day there was no one home, father acted as a guide to show Jacob and his two daughters around the village while I was preparing for the dinner when that DETESTABLE noble barged in, he..he tried to force himself on me, *sob* *sniff*..I hit him and ran'' hearing this the story was already forming in my mind.
''I tried to find father *sob* when I saw *sob* he was dead, laying on the street, his stomach pierced and covered in blood. Near him Jacob was fighting various men while his new born daughters were laying near the blood''.
''I ran towards them, his daughters were alive so I grabbed both of them, in the meanwhile Jacob finished of those men as soon as he did...'' this time she burst into tears.
My chest was feeling heavy, I wasn''t able to breath but I didn''t utter a single word, quietly waiting her to finish.
''That DETESTABLE noble appeared from behind him and pierced his his back, his sword came out from his stomach, he threw mouthful of blood and died after the noble stabbed him in the neck with his dagger''.
''To save those two kids I had to do horrible things for that noble, even now they are held as hostage, its nothing special its almost the same, the rule is of the strongest'' as she said that she laughed, her laugh was full of bitterness as though she was remembering her horrible past.
''I am ugly, I did *snob* horrible things'' she cried.
Seeing her like this something inside of me snapped.
What was this noble''s name, I will struck him doing with my own hands, I grabbed my wooden sword and asked her that.
''Young master I beg of you, please don''t, if anything happens to those children...'' she begged while crying, she tried to touch my feet but I quickly backed away.
''Who do you think I am? I am the sole prince, no matter what puny noble, I can crush him like an insect'' I said with confidence.
''He is the right hand man of your father, he may have been an ordinary noble at that time but now, he has the third highest power in this whole world'' she quickly said to stop me from doing anything rash and I understood her concern.
One at dusk, a wolf wandering around a quite place saw his elongated shadow by the sun.
Looking at his enlarged shadow the wolf proudly exclaimed.
''Look how big I am! why have I been afraid of a lion when I am such a huge beast...?''.
So, the wolf went to go after the lion and the lion struck it down.
Being devoured by the lion, the wolf said.
''my conceit and delusion drew ruin upon myself''
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I am not a lion so I can''t afford to be the wolf from the story, I taught myself that.
Although I want to kill him with my own hands I can''t afford to mess up, I can send assassins or kidnap him and bring him to me so I can personally end him but doing this the major suspect will be Shilfa, since who else would dare to go against this powerful man?
And until I extract her children out of danger I can''t kill him. His political power is far greater than mine so I can''t have him dismissed either. He has far more funds than I personally have so monetary wars won''t do either.
''I will have to do something about this Igarnes'' I thought but then again I quickly came back to reality, it isn''t the time for that. I was somewhat hesitant at first but then I bravely patted her head, her hair were silky and smooth, that soft sensation, I still remember it.
A 7 year old patting an 18 years old, it seems abnormal things were my true kin to begin with.
She was surprised at first but then that surprise changed into sorrow and she cried. She cried to her hearts content, I think its the first time she have shared her past with someone.
While she was crying I returned the favor and said to her ''It was not your fault''.
She stared me right in the eyes, she stopped crying and said ''off course it was not, how would I know that young master is so shy that forget about liking any girl, he hardly talks to them'' as she said that her eyes had a hint of playfulness, her mentality is really strong, how fast she recovered amazed me but then again if you compare that to my mentality who is only 7 years old nothing can be said.
I laughed, I laughed a lot enough for my stomach to forcefully stop me from laughing any further. I knew what she meant, she returned the favor, she is quite smart I have to say this.
Since I am a regular peeker, I know her summons are on Thursdays and Sundays. Today is Monday, so I have two days to scheme, no matter what I won''t let this girl be further harmed. With this is mind, I practiced even harder to the extent where my hands were bleeding because of holding sword too tightly.
I was truly ashamed of myself, I looked down on her before because she did those things but I never asked why?
Shilfa always tried to stop me at times like these but today she allowed me to have my way, I think she realized I need to calm my emotions to think properly. It was already getting dark so I quickly packed my bag and headed back to castle, Shilfa obviously followed. As soon as I got back I investigated Igarnes personally and made sure to do it with absolute secrecy.
I meditated in my room with my legs crossed I sat on my white fluffy bed, beads of sweat formed on my forehead, clearly I was thinking very hardly, I wasn''t able to get an ounce of sleep, then at morning I hatched a scheme, yes! I won''t let darkness swallow me whole, I will swallow darkness itself, if it is the rule of the strongest, I will let them know just who is the strongest.
Igarnes is the leader to 5 sta''s and each sta is equal to two countries. He has accumulated his wealth by corruption, he came so far through using his evil cunning mind. He is married to my father''s sister, though my father killed his siblings, she was the only one left alive but imprisoned by marrying her to his puppet.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#6: Grand Scheme!
If I face him head on I will for sure lose. Fighting him from behind the shadows won''t help either since he is supposed to be an evil, cruel and cunning man.
The only way to destroy him is to destroy him from inside and when he is weak and vulnerable, I will then make my move and make him regret that he was ever born.
At this moment I heard the door opening with a ''creak'' sound and light footsteps approaching me, I can easily recognize them, its Shilfa.
When I open my eyes and look at her my eyes are merciless and cold as ice, I don''t care for much people but if someone dares to mess with those whom I care I will not hesitate to destroy them.
But for the time being for me it seems my eyes are lifting boulders weighting tons, if it were not for my will power they would quickly shut and I would instantly faint due to severe lack of sleep.
This young maid had already suffered enough because of those stinking nobles yet still she took care of me from when I was young, it was her obligation to serve me but what she does for me far exceeds that.
Seeing me looking like that, Shilfa stops on her tracks at once but then once again regains her usual cheerful air and reminds me that its my time for training by saying ''young master here you are slacking off again, its time train''.
With this we head off to my training grounds but before that I tell Shilfa to go there and wait for me while I myself head off to the garrison through my secret route, this time around I don''t have time to waste so I make haste.
When I hear the familiar sound of swords clashing I realize that I have arrived at my destination. Not too far away from there, I settle down focusing on their movements.
Their movements at first seemed weird to me but after taking some time I realized there was a clear pattern. One step back, two steps to the side and rush in front, it was but basic footwork.
I etched this scene deep into my memories then I focused on their stances, these warriors had many aggressive stances but no defensive stance, it seems it is another one of their honorary ideal or their stupid warriors pride.
After carving these scenes in my mind I rush to the training grounds, there I see Shilfa, who is grilling meat while humming some song happily.
I let her continue her hard-work and start doing mine. First there is foot work, side, back and rush to the front. With this I imitate their movements but what if I rush first then suddenly move back then go to the side and rush to the front again, with these thoughts I start to improve my footwork.
As for stances, from my fight with that brawn guy I know the importance of defensive stance, in one clash he pushed me back two steps. It seems I have to devise them on my own so I decided to practice aggressive stances first meanwhile if I have some insight I can start practicing defensive stances.
The basic attacking stances are very simple, eased grip on the sword, use the momentum to slash. Second is a tight grip on the sword and use your strength to cut the opponent. The third is to use speed to pierce.
I am not planning to become muscle man so improving in the second won''t do me any good, I have gained quite the agility from my daily regime but I won''t always have the space to imply this either, so I decide to practice my attacks based on momentum.
When I was finished with this, my body was covered with sweat, breathing was unnatural but a hint of joy could be seen in my eyes which were constantly blinking under the great heat
As soon as I sat to rest for a moment, I gained the insight for a defensive stance suitable for me, it seems God really is against me having rest, I can''t force stop an attack because I will be needing strength to do that. I can''t block the attack with another attack since my attack is based on momentum but what I can do is use my opponents strength against him, much like in judo.
After some practice in it, I find that to improve in this I will be needing to improve my flexibility and balance so I started walking on ruins and tree branches to improve my balance and I do stretches before meditating for better flexibility.
With this I conclude my early morning training, I inform Shilfa who is still working really hard eating that delicious grilled meat while watching me as I am some kind of show with her eyes wide open in amazement.
''Shilfa its time to go, pack your bags'' I say while looking at the grilled meat she is currently eating.
''whaat? isn''t it early'' she mumbles some word in dissatisfaction but in the end does what I said. She has a poker face on as to annoy me and would time to time say ''hmph!''.
Now its time, I remind myself as I rush towards my secret passage leaving Shilfa behind eating grilled meat in dust.
I check up on father first, there are two women with him once again but wait this time they are different, how do I know this? isn''t it obvious? their bodies off course. At times like this I praise my memory and regard it as a gift. Burning their hot bodies into my mind I move towards my next destination.
The guest room, it seems Igarnes is living in the guest room at the moment, as for why? we will know soon, thinking this I laugh in my mind, an evil smirk is clearly visible on my face.
I have to say moving through this secret passage is really convenient, I reach the guest room, finding Igarnes wasn''t hard since he is a man third in power naturally his room should be best of these.
Peeking in his room, I say while laughing lightly ''huhu, as expected, keep on the good work''.
Igarnes is currently doing some serious corruption, there are two ladies with him, wait on further inspection these two ladies are the same ones that I saw with father.
''What a pleasant surprise'' I tell myself.
It should be known that royal harem is there only to meet king''s needs even though princes can have their needs fulfilled too but other than them no one is allowed there.
But this Igarnes dares to do this, so now if I modify my plan a little I can wreck him, pull him from the skies and smash him into the earth.
The things I have to do first are, create a bigger suspect than Shilfa so if Igarnes dies suspicion doesn''t fall on her. To do that this scheme should work like a charm.
I investigate these two women of royal harem, after a thorough investigation I come to know about their situation. I can''t afford any mistakes so I double check my sources, it seems that these two women are in heavy debt until that is settled they are slaves here.
But what is their heavy debt to me? it isn''t even light, its non-existent that is the amount of wealth I possess.
I secretly arrange a meeting with them through Shilfa. She was quite hesitant at first and tried to say things like.
''But..?'' with confused expression but in the end she still did what she was told, I decided not to tell her, the more people know my plan the less chances it has, to succeed.
''No buts, Shilfa if you trust me, do what I say but do it with absolute secrecy'' I order her seriously, in the end she follows.
When I meet these two ladies in front of me, I see their expressions, the lady on the right is playing with her hair while the one on the left is staring at the ceiling and then to the exit as though planning how to run?.
Their gazes finally land on me. But I quickly realized what they were thinking ''fear not, I am on a diet, I won''t eat the two of you''.
Well it worked with the people in the garrison but here it made the situation even worse, they were on the verge of crying. Tears were forming in their blue sea like eyes.
When I was in the middle of my thoughts that Shilfa interrupted ''what is up with you two? if young master becomes hungry why would he eat the two of you, am I not here?'' while moving her hand to ask the question.
''thank you Shilfa'' I mockingly say in my mind while staring at her with serious eyes but what was this, the air suddenly became light, the mood became bright.
Now at least these two women were openly looking at me and not towards the exit, I relieved myself.
''Women, I don''t know how they think'' saying this I resigned and moved my gaze back to these beautiful women in front of me.
''The..n perhaps young master wants to have some fun'' says one of the two women playfully.
I recognize this expression, I see that she is eager to have fun with me so a prince can grant her a huge amount and she can get her freedom back but still I need to confirm their desire for freedom,
Birds that are locked for too long in their cages forget how to fly.
The women in front of me then suddenly tears a part of her clothes that are covering her breasts, slightly revealing her huge chest. She then looks at me to see if I am staring at them intently but what does she know, I am already familiar with every corner of her body.
I don''t move my gaze from her eyes and I say ''No need, you have a love bite right under you right breast, am I right?''
The women was staring at me with her mouth opened wide in surprise, she asked ''how do you know this?''
To be honest my own father gave her that mark and I was the witness but I can''t tell her that so I say ''because I am all knowing and all wise''.
She doesn''t believe me at first but when I go a little more into the description of her body she quickly believes me.
Shilfa who is standing behind me becomes furious, tcch such idiots, she thinks I played with this woman but to even do that I have to reach puberty first.
''Shilfa I know you don''t believe me but I say the truth, you have mole at your right butt, correct?'' hearing this Shilfa too is caught in the net.
To trick my enemies I have to trick my allies first that is the rule of deception.
who knew that these dark arts I was forced to learn from scholars would prove this useful to me.
Anyways with this now these two women know better than to betray me, I hand them the money and give them instructions on what they have to do.
Their expression show disbelief as they keep staring at me without even blinking once when they hear I am going against Igarnes but to my surprise they quickly accept the proposal.
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When I ask them to tell me the reason out of curiosity they reply ''because he embarrassed us too much and too many times''.
I know what they meant by that, Igarnes is a big fan of S&M and since he has to be the dog of my father, he likes to be the king when he can. I take a mental note never to practice such plays or outcomes like these will happen far too often in my upcoming future''.
Now only one thing remains, my father''s sister Isabella off course, I can always have my father catch Igarnes in the act but what good will that do me? My father will kill him himself.
If I use his wife, once she discovers the affair, she can at first lecture my father and I am looking forward to that. My father at first will not mind it but when he finds that his personal favorites are being tainted by his own dog, thinking the outcome makes me feel excited.
Isabella, she is living not too far away, if she leaves now it will take at least one day for her to arrive. I can''t invite her or I will fall into suspicion and Shilfa can be linked from me when it all falls so I need to think of something again.
I bribed a messenger, gave him a royal seal and told him to tell Isabella her husband is critically injured, medics are nursing him to health in guess room#1 and he urgently needs you.
As expected Isabella comes rushing, to my surprise she came in half a day it seems like she took no break in the way.
But thank God that Igarnes is a man of such stamina and seeing those two women are motivated in doing their work today he is introducing even more innovate plays.
''Good!..Good'' I say while I can''t conceal my vicious smile.
I quickly move to the gate to welcome her, with my head slighly bowed and right hand on my back while left on my stomach, this is supposed to be the noble greetings, she doesn''t even ask me who I am? much less greeting me back.
she is really worried about her husband, I am going to show her just how much of a good work those medics are doing to nurse your husband back to health.
''Quickly follow me, he needs you'' I say while giving a hint of worry in voice.
Without saying anything she follows me as I take her directly to the guest room. Through the windows everything has been shown crystal clear.
I too see the scene in front of my eyes, Igarnes really is motivated today,
''Good have fun while you can'' off course I say that in my mind. I then move my hand slowly towards the door knob, Isabella grabs my hand and stops me.
''The response is even better than I imagined'' I say to myself.
We watch the show until it ends, all this while we could see Igarnes back turn towards us even though those two women could see us they were pretending they never saw us and continued their business.
Then the business finally came to a conclusion, I had respect for this man in terms of business, such stamina and efficiency when handling two women, he is only second to father.
Then Igarnes say to them loudly ''Today my lovely maidens preformed really good, if you had done the same in our past plays I would have rewarded like this'' as he says this he throws towards them a small pouch, it seems its full of coins.
''Say more, say more'' I am cheering for Igarnes while watching the scene but he doesn''t say anything more, as soon as he turns around he receives a great shock, a shock big enough that he fell to the ground.
Seeing my work is done I sneak out of here and hide in my secret chamber, I have to see this to the end, failure is not an option, I remind myself.
''Igarnes you bastard, scum, worthless piece of shit''.
Isabella who was so quiet before is not so quiet now, her voice echoed through the hall, I quickly told a servant to call father here. A simple tip of one gold coin made him run his way to father as though his life depended on it.
And soon our guest of honor, my father, the king of the world was here too. He watched her sister cry and consoled her by saying ''I will scold him, don''t you worry''.
But as soon as he saw those two naked beauties his attitude changed quickly, Igarnes''s face looked white pale, as though all blood was drained of it.
His body was constantly shaking while he was producing weird noises through his mouth ''haai, hi, haiii''.
In front of his own sister he can''t explain the reason for making her a widow so he has to let him live, he rids him of his rank,reputation and wealth. Now he is no more than a beggar who is married to king''s sister.
Even she can''t divorce him in the instant, they have to plan it out to give public reasons to save their face.
As soon as they leave in their luxurious carriage, I order the assassin I previously prepared to get me Igarnes alive and I told them not to hurt anyone else or there is no pay.
Now I have already played my cards, if anything goes wrong now, chances are we will be caught.
I am waiting in the ruins with Shilfa, meditating to calm my mind.
Shilfa asked me countless times about what I was scheming but I kept my mouth shut to the end, it was for her own good, if push comes to shove, I will take all the blame.
Soon I hear footsteps, people in tattered robes with their hoods on, mounted on horses are approaching.
I already gave them a royal seal, though it was a copy no one other than true masters can distinguish between this copy and the real one. So passing by the castle and coming here to the barren lands wasn''t that hard.
The third man was shaking violently, the man in front removes this man''s hood revealing his face, his mouth is stuffed with leaves and tied with clothes, his hands are tied behind his back but when the hood is on, he looks just like any normal person shaking constantly under the hood. On horse back even that shaking can''t be seen.
I throw a coin bag towards the man in front, without even checking he turns and just like that they disappear. Now we are the only ones present here.
I really want to kill him but someone wants to kill him even more than I do, so I give the honors to Shilfa who is patiently waiting behind, she is astonished seeing this man crouching on the floor in a miserable state.
When Igarnes sees Shilfa he tries to smile but all those leaves stuffed in his mouth stop him from doing that. I remove that cloth covering his mouth and he spits out those leaves as he says ''I think you want your children dead, huh?''.
Shilfa looks at me, her eyes are full of concern, as I say ''Your children are already secured, when Isabella left her manor she brought along most of the army guarding their palace, my sources long ago told me your children were held captive in his palace''.
''Long story short, I have confirmation, your children are on their way to my castle, rest assured'' I say this, I am proud of the grand scheme I hatched.
Hearing me say this, Shilfa''s face suddenly changes, all that hatred and anger she suppressed for all these years erupted just like a volcano.
Every man is a killer, the deeper the killer is hidden the more dangerous it is when it reveals itself.
Shilfa slashes him wildy using daggers I provided her with. Igarnes is screaming in pain but I already arranged a performance company to give a grand performance near my castle, so no one can hear him screaming.
Her previously gentle beauty and cheerfulness is nowhere to be seen, her eyes are absolutely ruthless and not a shred of mercy can be seen in her eyes.
But despite all that, seeing her like this, she is still a beauty, a cold merciless beauty that came from heaven.
Soon he dies after one last howl in pain, Shilfa is still slashing him wildly while crying, not willing to stop.
I then move towards her and hug her, her white dress is covered in blood when I hug her I too become red with thick blood as I say ''Don''t worry its going to be alright''.
She just cries for a while, I am still in her embrace, I can feel her warmth and smell her scent, my face is buried in her chest which gives off an even softer sensation then my fluffy bed.
For two days I was in a war with my body, using my mind to the limit, denying myself the right to sleep. I was already past my limit, now when the tension was gone I was about to faint in this embrace when I heard something.
''WAAOOOH!''
Judging by the howl, I would say that it is a wolf and is currently not too far away from us, to be more precise it should be behind those ruins that are in front of us.
I take a deep breath, my body is literally begging me to let it off but I ignore all its calls. Headaches are there to pester me too, it seems to be the result of overusing my brain.
I push Shilfa aside gently, she is scared stiff by this howl unable to even move. It was the same for me when I first saw that leopard. Anyways I move in front of her, I will not allow the same thing to happen twice.
With my mind focused, I know this, it is possible that the wolf managed to come here by following those assassins, if that was the case, guards wouldn''t be able to spot this wolf in the crowd.
Now because of the performance I arranged, guards won''t be coming here to save us, not even our loudest screams will be able to get their attention.
I slowly and cautiously move to where the sound is coming from. My eyes are wide open and all my senses are heightened due to possible danger, even one blunder by me can cause us both to die.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#7: Another of my Kind?
I didn''t dare to make a single sound, with light footsteps I slowly crouched before the ruin and very carefully moved my neck to see this howling beast.
Something was laying on the ground, it had blood all over it, seeing it was injured I sighed in relief. I observed it for a while but it didn''t make a move so I slowly but cautiously approached it.
As soon as I got close, I identified this beast. It was a wolf, majestic grey fur covered its body whole while a little red fur forming a crown could seen on his head. I believe there is no wolf that has natural red fur.
Suddenly a thought struck me ''wolves, they travel in packs don''t they?'' I was scared stiff thinking if the whole pack came here and were waiting to ambush me.
But when I observed this wolf for sometime there were some claw slashes and bite marks on its body along with an arrow stuck in its feet, from all these blood was leaking and this wolf was licking his wounds while howling pain.
This told me that the wolf was alone and was possibly hunted by his own pack, somehow it escaped towards the castle, his fortune was really good seeing how it got past the guards with only one arrow in his feet.
When the wolf noticed me, it started to howl ferociously. I could clearly see his blood lust when I looked into its eyes.
Those eyes they told me ''even in death it won''t let its body get mutilated by some human''.
When our eyes met, the wolf stopped with his howling and was now as calm as it could be. His past vicious beast aura was nowhere to be seen.
Silently it was staring at my eyes, I could feel its eyes staring through my soul itself.
Without realizing I was moving towards it, the wolf didn''t make a sound. When I got close enough to touch it, I slowly extended my arm and very gently rubbed his forehead. It didn''t refuse, at least there was no hostility I could sense.
When I looked back to check up on Shilfa, she watching me while her whole body was trembling heavily. I understood what she must be going through, for the first time in her life she killed someone and now she could get killed. I assure her with my eyes and turn my eyes back to this wolf laying in front of me.
Its fur was standing up, all of which was really smooth and organized. From the day I hit Shilfa I started keeping herbs in my bag for emergencies, I take out some herbs with healing properties. As I do so, I also take my shirt off, revealing my well maintained body.
Seeing the large body of this wolf, to wrap its wounds my whole shirt would be needed. I try to alert the wolf through my eyes of the upcoming pain. I use hand gestures, pointing at my shirt with herbs on it then towards the wolf''s wounds, hoping it would understand me and not bite me to death.
I then bandaged this wolf as tightly as I could, it didn''t make a sound. When I saw what was up with it, it was gritting its teeth really hard trying its best to endure the pain.
I bandaged the bite and claw wounds but the arrow was still in there.
I once again use hand signs, pointing towards the arrow stuck in its leg and then I make a pulling gesture.
Fear, yes I am feeling afraid, my hands tremble little bit time to time but I am trying to do my best not to let them do so.
I first removed the tip of the arrow trying to sniff if there was any poison applied, thankfully there was none, after that it was like a wooden stick was stabbed in its leg.
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With all my power, I pulled the arrow as fast as I could. The wolf howled in pain but it didn''t attack me. Blood was flowing out from the wound, from where I pulled the arrow out. I quickly pressed the wound with one hand while I signaled Shilfa to bring me the robe Igarnes was wearing.
Shilfa hurriedly left to fetch me that robe but when returning to me her pace was dead slow which could be compared to a turtle.
She still couldn''t get over her fear and was staggering, weird noises escaped from her mouth.
Personally I enjoyed watching this Shilfa but it was not the time for that. Not knowing why I felt a sympathy towards this wolf I was trying my best to save it.
From afar Shilfa threw the robe towards me still refusing to come close.
I wrapped the robe around its leg after covering it properly with herbs. Once I was done with it, I finally relaxed.
''Whew!'' a sigh came out from my mouth.
I then looked back at this wolf, his eyes met mine. We both were staring at each other, I don''t how much time passed. Its razor sharp brown eyes truly fascinated me as I kept staring at them.
The wolf lowered its head as I placed my hand on its head where the crimson crown was. The wolf started to move his head side to side resulting in my hand rubbing his fur. It seemed that this proud wolf liked me petting him, I too took great interest in him.
I brought it back to my castle but first I explained it to him not to attack anyone. Seeing how it understood me previously I risked that he would understand me this time around too.
when castle guards spotted this wolf near me and Shilfa they quickly pointed their bows towards it but I was already prepared for it so my reaction was even quicker,
I said in a cold commanding voice ''Calm down, this wolf belongs to me''
With only few words from my mouth all the castle guards went back to whatever they were doing before.
I took the wolf into my room, night was already on its way and I was tired for too long to endure any longer would be expecting from a human to slay a titan.
I crashed on my bed, the wolf followed me and jumped onto the bed.
The bed shook once as I bounced a little in the air but it settled down really quick, I was so tired that I didn''t even saw the wolf jumping at me until it was beside me.
A wolf exiled by its own pack and a human who doesn''t follow his kinds laws are both sleeping on one big fluffy bed as though it is normal while the young maiden is still afraid and keeping her distance, staring at these two abnormals sleeping side by side.
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Book#1: Life Volume#1 Childhood chp#8: The Calm before the Storm?
I woke up early despite how tired I was last night, I think this has to do something with my daily routine.
I stretch my hands and bend my neck backwards releasing a yawn. My head naturally flows down, I see a wolf laying beside me with my sleepy eyes.
Terror and shock entered my body, there was no hint of sleep in my eyes anymore. After sometime memories of last night came back to me and I sighed in relief.
''Man, that sure freaked me out'' I say while trying to control my breathing.
Sensing the movement in the bed, the wolf quickly woke up. The first thing it did was to stare at me, I was not sure if it too forget about last night. If it did, would it have the same reaction as me? and then stop when it get its memories back.
''Gulp'' I swallow my own saliva, ''I hope I don''t die before it get its memories back''.
It seems all my worries were for nothing as the wolf lowered its head wanting me to pet him.
Shelfa was already waiting for us near the new sturdy door of my room still carefully minding her distance.
Her eyes were bloodshot, her hair were messed up at least she changed into a new dress, I thought.
It was clear that she didn''t sleep last night maybe it was because killing another human being had such a great effect on her, getting ourselves almost killed can be the reason too but I think its because she is eager to meet her kids after such a long time since they will be arriving by this afternoon.
Anyways this wolf needed a proper name, I pondered on it for a while then named it Qin. The only reason was because it had the same sound to Qin=Kin, where Kin meant family.
''Kin...Kin, boy thats your name from now on, do you understand?'' after telling the wolf this I feel stupid, how can a wolf reply me? Its already too good for it to understand me.
But to my surprise Qin nods his head in agreement, it seems he is really excited over his new name.
I don''t know whether to laugh or cry at this development, a wolf replying to a human.
Anyways we head to my training grounds according to our schedule.
Shelfa left early saying ''I will be waiting for you, young master''.
Qin was injured but his body was full of vigor, with his natural healing ability and my applied herbs, his wounds were already closing.
Maids and guards kept staring at Qin and me, their eyes reflected the terror residing deep in their soul. It was the first time for many seeing a beast in their entire well preserved caged life.
Honestly a carnivore demon walking with a vicious beast sounds very good of a combination. Seeing their pitiful expressions I can not help but laugh.
Soon we reach my training ground.
There is one thing that is absolutely important to confirm, I whisper something in Qin''s ears.
And Qin starts moving towards Shilfa slowly, at this moment I am unable to contain my joy, this is my time.
With this, two things are clear to me, this wolf understands human language and that I will be getting my revenge.
Qin crouches right beside Shilfa, his fur is touching her legs. Amusing her expression is really amusing, she is looking at me and her face resembles a vampire.
She doesn''t dare to move and how can I let this opportunity pass by, I nodded my head and the wolf started licking her.
For a moment I thought she would start crying, it took her sometime but she gradually recovered still not until she was covered in Qin''s saliva.
The odd thing was, Qin looked very satisfied after covering Shelfa whole, in his saliva.
It seems now she is not scared of Qin anymore, why do I think I made a huge blunder. Her eyes are full of anger like piercing daggers aimed at me.
She casually says ''Qin go boy, chase'' while giving me a vicious smile.
I burst into laughter, one moment she was afraid of Qin enough to not even breath and now she thinks Qin will listen to her?
My happy moments didn''t last long, since a wolf was rushing towards me.
Not thinking anything else I started running, with my face full of disbelief and surprise I yell ''Qin you traitor, womanizer''
The chase lasted a while but Qin eventually caught me and then there was divine punishment waiting for me.
The fairy that decended from heaven changed into a devil who escape from hell.
I am glad that now Shilfa is a lot better, during this time I also noticed that when I was being chased by Qin I surpassed my limits.
With this Qin joins my training, he chases me and I run for my life. Qin''s movements are fast and elegant but that is not all, whats even more fearsome is actually his jumping and tackling ability.
With a single leap he can cover a wide distance and I always fell victim to it despite all my balance training thus far.
So to improve in balance I tell Qin to tackle me while I run, this way my sense of danger and balance both can improve.
Now I am meditating under the tree I use for climbing practice, my legs are crossed and my eyes are closed. All kind of thoughts are storming in my mind, I am isolating myself from them one by one.
Then I suddenly see a replay in my mind, Qin is chasing me, his movements that were so natural and fast, if I could only learn them. With this newly gained insight I start practicing running on all four.
I now observe Qin''s movement whenever I have the chance. I dotted the i''s and crossed the t''s.
Seeing me like this Shila laughed out loud and said to me ''serves you right''. I don''t know what she assumed after seeing me in this position but I think anything will be better than telling her I am doing it on purpose.
Once my training was concluded we came back to the castle, Shilfa was rubbing Qin''s fur. ''I will have to properly tame this womanizer'' I made a mental note.
In the afternoon as usual I had to learn dark arts from the bald geezers. Honestly I don''t understand them, they read me this ''Justice,loyalty,honesty and strength you must have young master, these are the virtues required to govern''.
Hearing this from them, I see stinking nobles in my mind. ''Igarnes was doing his business with utmost honesty and loyalty too'' relating these boring lectures is actually quite fun in itself.
As soon as I am done with this, I noticed sweat traveling on my forehead, this was tiring, much more tiring than my hardest training.
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In my room currently Shilfa is hugging two adorable little girls both of whom are identical enough for me to take one for reflection of the other.
Her tears are naturally flowing down and her expression really makes me feel satisfied.
These two girls are about my age, if I have to guess they should be five years old.
With tears in her eyes, when Shilfa takes notice of me she begs ''young master please accept them as your personal maids''.
I understood what she really wanted, she wanted for them to live here in the castle and if they were to become maids naturally they will be living here. But maids? was what happened with Shilfa not enough? that she wants the same to happen to her daughters too. Even if I become their master, I can''t protect them 24/7 from other nobles. Did she not trust me to give her kids lodging without making them my servants? I was confirming these possibilities in my mind.
I said in a cold tone.
''Denied! Although they can live with you, you must never speak of making them maids'' I clearly stated what was in my mind.
Hearing this Shilfa wipes her tears and with her usual brightness she gives me a wonderful smile. But little did I know, she already decided to make her daughters follow me as maids.
We all had a little bonding time, these two girls were really innocent which suited their age unlike me or so I thought.
One was named Tella while the other was named Stella. They already had taken a liking to me and were now mounting me like a horse while I was circling around my room.
Qin was looking at me with pity in his eyes, ''damn you wolf'' I cursed him, it was his job to become the mount.
So I whispered something in Stella''s ear, as soon as she heard me she practically ran towards Qin and mounted him.
''Dah'' ''Dah'' she shouted as she grabbed Qin''s long soft ears. Qin started to move and I started laughing ''I thought you liked women''.
For a moment I thought I heard something in my mind similar to ''I like women not child...Ren'' surely it isn''t possible, thinking this I dismissed the thought as my wild imagination.
Seeing us getting along, Shilfa was relived, She took a hold of Stella and Tella and asked permission to leave ''I apologize for their disrespect young master, may we leave, I am need of serious sleep''
''Go on, these two must be tired from their long journey too'' as I said that they quickly took their leave for which I was really thankful.
''Devilish woman'' I muttered in a low voice.
Qin was looking at me intently, it seemed he totally agreed with me.
In a blink of an eye a whole month passed. Qin and I were bullied regularly, the infamous demon and the vicious beast, both couldn''t escape their fate.
Aside from this, I had all other nobles who took advantage of Shilfa imprisoned and anything can happen in prisons.
My training progressed the fastest, sparring with Qin was really helpful. By now I mastered the art of running on all four, it was all thanks to Stella and Tella, these two restlessly made a horse out of me in a month.
Everything was going good, this month had been peaceful and there were almost no life and death experiences for me.
Today was my birthday, I finally became eight years old. God himself had a gift to grant me only that I can''t refuse.
This month was the calm before the storm. When my father entered my room I understood this. It was his first time visiting me after mother died.
His eyes were stern and his body was releasing a dominating aura but it had no effect on me. I hardly resisted my urge to laugh, he was the same father who played with two women each day.
He said '' Today is your birthday, for your present I will grant you the fief of Tebruit Castle'' his voice was absolutely firm.
Hearing this my body shook once, Tebruit is the capital city of all allied countries so naturally its castle is very important, even the castle we are living in would pale in its comparison.
''Also you will be going to participate in the upcoming youth battle tournament held at our capital, The holy city of Tebruit''
I was simply speechless, my mind hadn''t even recovered from the previous shock that now I am notified about a tournament.
With this said, he quickly left without even looking back once, thankfully he didn''t slam the door this time.
I could avoid noble banquets and other foolish invitations but this was unavoidable. I never had taken a combat class once in my life so what were my father''s intentions? That I could not comprehend.
The capital city of this whole world is located in the north of our castle, at most it would take two days to travel there.
My mouth was wide open, I wanted to say something but no words would come out.
The only thing I could do now was to train who knows it may prove useful in providing me valuable experience, the tournament would be held three days from now leaving me with only one day to prepare.
I knew nothing of things like these, I had no friends and took no interest in social activities so I had to ask Shilfa about the matter.
When she heard me inquiring about the matter she just started with her rambling ''you really know nothing do you?''
''This tournament is a very important one for all youths, it will be held at Tebruit and all around the world''
''There will be 60 contestants all of royal birth, each round would send half of them back''
''The winner of the tournament are scouted my combat academies and getting accepted by them is the dream of every youth especially the ''Holy academia''''
She really knew a lot about these affairs as she went on and on, I couldn''t handle anymore of it so I said ''Enough already!''
With this my preparations to enter the tournament begin.
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Book#1: Life Volume#2: Acadamia arc chp#9: Tournament?
Shilfa is busy today, after all she is doing the packing. Unfortunately I still can''t escape horse''s fate, those devils in the disguise of children are coming too. Naturally Shilfa and Qin won''t stay here.
Today Qin and I can train to our fullest without stopping in the middle at Shilfa''s command. At first we started with light blows in our spar. We increased our power bit by bit and now Qin unleashed his fury of rapid claws.
After diligently meditating and sparring with this vicious wolf for a month my mentality has grown by leaps and bounds. I no longer lose my calm during battle or get scared of death easily.
Seeing Qin''s raw razor sharp claws rushing towards my chest, I quickly pulled my bastard sword out of its sheath, dazzling lights were reflected on it when the sun rays crashed with it.
Momentarily Qin was blinded and his attack was very easy to dodge using the footwork I worked on for months, my blood and sweat combined only then was I able to grow this far.
I quickly made a mental note ''this can prove to be quite a weapon, reflection of lights to blind the opponent'' it would prove really useful against the dumb skulls of this world I thought.
With a step to the side I rushed towards Qin, using the back of my sword I hit Qin''s stomach. A proud expression could be clearly seen on my face, we always sparred but no one won since Shilfa would always stop us before we reached a climax but now I won.
Qin didn''t want to admit defeat, once again he charged towards me with an even greater power. His howl was sky shaking and earth shattering, I momentarily got affected because of it and the next moment his blade like claws were slightly touching my neck.
Now Qin acted arrogant releasing a proud howl but how can I let it act that way towards me?
One after another we exchanged heavy blows with each other. Our feelings were transmitted through our exchange of deadly blows.
This feeling, this was the feeling I yearned for. Unknowingly a smile formed on my face as I kept dodging, waiting for the right moment.
After quite a time passed, there were still no results to be seen. We both got serious, our blows became heavier than they ever were.
Qin naturally had more power and stamina as he was supposed to be a deadly beast that roamed in the wilderness. I was slowly being cornered,my strength was being drained like a sponge, rapidly sucking it up
Quick calculations, strategies and analyzing was what I was doing but this wolf was too smart. My breathing became hard, my heart was pounding loudly, For a moment I thought it was going to explode. If it were not for my focus polished by meditation, even standing would be hard.
I thought I would lose for sure, at the very least I can delay it and I will be doing that. Time passed and my footwork became sloppy as my breathing couldn''t even be called breathing anymore.
But somehow I was saved, a celestial fairy arrived right at the decisive moment, stopping the battle.
Before this battle, the relationship between us was something unclear, we only felt a connection in between us but now we respected each other with all our heart.
Both of us were covered in light wounds when Shilfa saw this she started scolding us. The celestial fairy was more like a police officer lecturing some troublesome teenagers now.
The rest of the day was just like any other day, the next day we left our castle in a very spacious and luxurious carriage which was being led by two very strong horses, their muscles resembled the men I saw in garrison.
Even though no one came to see us off, I wasn''t disheartened even a bit.
Qin and me were seated in the biggest carriage with most guards around while Shilfa and her kids were in the carriage following behind us, containing all the luggage.
The journey wasn''t exciting but very tiring. We took the trade route used by merchants so there were no dangers lurking in the shadows, all that could be seen from the windows of our carriage were some merchants with their huge tummies sticking out, flattering people so they could profit, at first glance I thought they were carrying two bags, one at their back and second on their chest.
So I started meditating, even though the road was bumpy after practicing meditation for such a long time I can easily concentrate ignoring everything around me. It was now when I noticed something strange going on inside of my body.
It was as though my body was a sponge, sucking some dust from the air and fusing it with my bones and flesh. I could feel this, power was surging up in my body, as soon as I became excited I lost my focused state of mind and this stopped.
So now I am meditating without thinking of anything, ignoring everything, ignoring my own existence, I am nothing but everything.
Time flowed, I was still in a trance like state when we reached Holy acadamia. Seeing my status it was normal that we passed the guards and headed directly towards the main building where the head master resided.
It should be known that My great grandfather united this world. Some countries were conquered, some were destroyed and the rest were in an alliance with us. Now even though I say my great grandfather conquered this whole world, in reality he united it.
After my father, the second most powerful man is actually this headmaster, everyone that graduates from this academy is a peerless expert in this world. To get into Holy acadamia, you should be of royal birth, you should have unquestioned talent and off course an ability to move everyone around you.
I am going to see such a person but its not like I care, more like I can''t care if I do my mental state will disappear and this pleasant feeling will disappear. It seems I am connected to the world, I can sense the world itself, its pulse throbbing in my mind, this feeling sets my very soul at peace.
This was Ki, mana, chakra or natural energy, many people call it by many different names. In this world no one is aware of it, this world which is full of muscle heads look down on meditation, to become strong one needs strength and so they practice their family''s secret techniques.
Soon the carriage came to a stop. Qin forcefully woke me up, getting separated from that addicted state instantly made me grumpy. Shilfa and the others went to Tebruit castle while I was left behind here, in a spacious room alone, waiting for the headmaster to arrive.
This headmaster isn''t here, I think its his way of showing authority or making me nervous. Anyways it was an opportunity to feel it again, that heart clenching sensation, I desperately wanted to return there.
And with this I quietly started meditating, even though I could still feel my body sucking this mysterious dust and transforming itself, the dust was in very low quantity here. I instantly came to a realization, perhaps it is related to nature.
I was not aware but an old man sometime ago entered the room, even though he made some noises like ''Excuse me! I am sorry for the wait, I was busy in some important affairs'' I was away from this realm so I couldn''t hear him.
I am not sure if he was just curious or what, he sat down next to me. He waited for me to open my eyes. I was enjoying myself without showing restraint, what I thought before was ''if that arrogant headmaster really makes his entry here, with a nudge from him I can quickly wake up''.
Like this whole night passed, this old man''s eyes were shining with bright light. He couldn''t figure out what I was doing but my concentration amazed him which peaked his interest in me. It was the day of the tournament so he was forced to wake me up. Sunlight passed through the windows and instantly attacked my weak eyes.
I realized that I had spent one whole night meditating, it was the maximum time I had spent doing meditating. Anyways I followed this weird old man and arrived at an arena.
Even though I didn''t get an ounce of sleep last night somehow my body is bursting with energy.
People seated watching were no ordinary people, they were all representatives from their respective academies here to scout talented youths not even nobles were allowed to see this contest among youths. This tournament would end in one day, a round after round would not only test one''s strength but also his determination.
When I came in with the headmaster everyone was looking at me, a hint of curiosity could be seen in their eyes while they were looking at me with awe. But it soon changed when a middle aged man announced my name ''Prince Xu,son of Hercules Xian the king of the world, has arrived''
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With this everyone was staring at me again, as if I was some animal escaped from zoo. Qin was walking right behind me, I think he understood what was happening.
No one felt surprised seeing Qin, it should be known nobles have a lot of weird hobbies so having Qin is still considered normal.
I swept my gaze through all of those eyes staring at me with no shame as I said ''They look tasty, they look plenty'' with this I smacked my lips and then licked them, my voice was loud enough for everyone to clearly hear me. Qin read the mood and gave his finisher the wolf''s howl, his eyes were once again emanating that beastly vicious aura.
With this the originally massive crowd ran with their sandals in their hands, only one young man with blonde hair was remaining still daring to stare at me. He came closer, his age was about the same as mine. He laughed and said ''Amazing, I like you''
I replied in a cold tone ''I don''t like men but maybe you can try your luck with Qin here''. The headmaster was flabbergasted, still standing besides me with his mouth wide open as he said ''He is my son''.
well what could I say? So I said nothing. Soon the tournament began. These were no single fights but battles in form of TeamA and TeamB.
Seeing my royal status despite my infamy I was granted the command of teamB. I had six people under my command, two of them were archers while the rest of them were swordsmen.
TeamA had ten members and some guy who looked like an Asian was the leader. By the way, that son of the director who inherited his weirdness was in my team.
I had no time to plan anything out, seeing we were at a disadvantage on numbers I needed a strategy but my team members thought differently.
''We can win this thing, warriors fear nothing! uooah!''
''Listen! gather around'' I said in tone brimming with authority completely ignoring the previous idiotic statement of my teammate.
''You archers, quick change your robes and weapons with these swordsmen'' I said as I randomly pointed at two swordsmen.
There was a resistance, it looked like a foolish thought to them. But Braids [headmaster''s son] helped me by saying ''Lets do as he says''
Seeing both of us agreed how could these small fry still dare to disagree. We were forming a circle while in between our members were swapping their weapons and robes discreetly.
I quickly had my members divided in two squads containing three members each.
To win this battle, you have to get the enemy flag and the leader should be carrying it.
Archers were provided with blunt arrows, at most they would sting so they were of no use to me. I had them take swords and charge at the enemy. At the very least they can be used as a walking meat sheild.
I had one bow in my hands while I entrusted the second bow to Braids hoping he would have some special martial art from his family.
As soon as our squad1 that was consisted of two archers and one swordsman charged at the enemy, I took Braids and separated from my squad.
I already instructed my squad on what to do. They were supporting the archer squad carefully from behind while squad1 was acting as their shield.
I used them all as merry distractions as I entered into enemy lines . It was very easy to do so, some enemies spotted us but ignored us seeing the bow in our hands.
Mostly archers were not good with sword, archery was considered a long range art seeing how we entered the melee, they thought anyone could defeat us.
As soon as we got near the leader two enemies charged at us, their face was full of confidence. I stared at Braids, our eyes met and he nodded as he charged towards both of them.
I didn''t even spare them a glance as I rushed towards their leader. I tried to hit him when he was not on his guard but he still coincidentally dodged.
What luck I had. In this time the enemy solders quickly realized they were fooled, seeing I had thrown my bow and had a wooden sword in my hands they were astounded.
Not thinking anything else, they rushed back towards their leader. Their backs were turned. Seeing this my squad quickly took over as they wildly started hitting them.
It would all be for nothing if I got surrounded and lost my flag, no matter how many solders you kill its the king that matters.
I rushed, I ducked and kicked his ankle and then ''bam'' I hit his cheeks with my wooden sword. As he was falling down, I gracefully sidestepped and removed the flag from his shoulder.
This concluded the battle. Everyone was startled. Not because I defeated their leader but how I managed it so efficiently. The strategy I used was unheard of.
The next round had similar results, there was no need for stratagem since our enemies were already panicking. They were so freaked out they formed a cacoon shell around their leader.
In a real situation it could prove to be annoying but here, it was to our advantage. As we shot arrows to distract them we charged straight in their formation colliding with their bodies.
As soon as one of them lost his balance, the formation collapsed. The turtle was out of its shell and we happily feasted on it.
This was the last match of the tournament for me. The rest of people were fighting different battles for their fate.
In front of me was a tall bulky man, his legs were like pillars and his body gave me a feeling as though it was a moving boulder.
The match soon started. He rushed at me, I easily dodged all his incoming attacks. I think my movements are really uncommon in this world seeing everyone looks so surprised.
While stepping forward I land three consecutive strikes on this monster''s head but all of them had no effect. In fact if they did anything, they pissed this monster off.
I thought it had ended and let my guard down, I was just thinking this when his sword landed on my left shoulder. The wooden sword sank in my shoulder, blood gushed out as soon as I moved.
''What inhuman strength'' in the spur of the moment I complimented him. Hearing this he let out a boastful ''Humph!''
All I can do is dodge his attacks, even parrying them will send shock throughout my body.
Qin is obediently watching from the sidelines, I already told him ''No matter what, you mustn''t interfere''
I was trying to figure out a way to get out of this situation when another strike landed on my ribs. My rib cage trembled, I think one of them broke from the impact.
Pain quickly surged up and I couldn''t help but let out a howl.
This brute knew nothing of technique but only of raw power. But the problem is no matter how many strikes I land on this monster he doesn''t budge.
''Aren''t you ashamed of yourself? you are a Xian and you are running like a pussy'' taunted this brute.
As he said that, I quickly devised a plan, thank you Mr. Brute now I have some hope.
''Come at me, I will let you land one strike at me, I will not dodge'' as I said that I stood still with my wooden sword touching the ground forming a pillar supporting my weight.
Those representatives were watching very closely, all my fights had been very strange. Did I have some secrets hidden was what they were thinking.
''Hhaha! at least you have some spirit but you courted your own death, don''t blame me'' said the brute as he moved his sword above his head.
He was going to hit me executioner style, right on my head. With his strength I believe if this sword lands on my head, losing will be the least of my worries.
His sword changes into a blur as it moves towards my head.
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I don''t know if my fight was taking too long or others finished early, almost all the youths were here seeing me preform.
Off course I wasn''t going to take this attack head on. I quickly dodged to the side with a swift step. An executioner style hit has the maximum power but all the more openings after the attack.
His sword crashed in the ground and the sand flew in the air, I can imagine my head being crushed by this strike. Now his head was down, like he was bowing.
In Greek mythology, when Achilles was a baby, it was foretold that he would die young. To prevent his death, his mother Thetis took Achilles to the River Styx, which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water. But as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river. Achilles grew up to be a man of war who survived many great battles. But one day, a poisonous arrow shot at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly after.
I kicked this monster''s heels as hard as I could and struck him with my sword. His chest touched the ground, as he landed on the floor filled with sand.
I gently placed the tip of my sword on top of his neck. By rules it should clearly be my victory.
''You bastard! you lied! this is wrong'' cried the monster, who still was laying miserably on the floor.
''There are no wrongs in battle, only winners and dead and you my friend are so dead'' as I said that, an evil grin formed on my face.
But what was this, no one was coming to announce my victory? Seeing the opportunity this monster started getting up.
I hastily backed away. If I am near this monster when he stands up, I am surely done for.
''Yes! he is a tree. Imagine! he is a tree'' I charged towards him as I said that. He was still getting up, as they say ''The bigger they are, the harder they fall''
He was on his knees right now, as I stepped on his shoulder and slid on his back and finally hitting the back of his right knee with the pointy tip of my wooden sword. Once again he fell to the ground, this time crying with pain while holding his knee.
No matter how much he trains, he can''t train the back of his knees? But what do I do? I no longer have any tricks up my sleeve. If he gets up now, I am in real trouble.
Despite my barrage of wild hits, this monster still stood up. He was raging ''Despicable!'' he shouted.
I could not see any chance of me winning this. But I was excited at this moment, battles that I can''t win are the only ones truly worth fighting.
After this my mind became blank. Only darkness and emptiness was in my mind. I was once again feeling that pleasant feeling, connected with everything.
With my blood surging, I only had one thought, which is ¡®come!¡¯
At that moment, people watching from both sides became nervous.
Everyone of them understood the position I was in. Everyone was greatly confident in this monster, it seemed he was at the top and they were feeling sorry for me.
Just by exchanging one blow to each other, alarm bells rang in my heart, the enemy is not as weak as this monster had expected ¡°Not bad kid, but in my eyes, you¡¯re nothing worth mentioning!¡±
¡°Haha, then come! Fight!¡± I did not wait for the enemy to come but instead, chose to attack first.
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The two men continuously exchanged blows, sounds of the swords clashing raised the anger of this monstrous brute while my excitement.
Following the clash of the swords, the onlookers noticed that even though I was being pushed back I was still taking his blows head on. To most of them it was an act of bravery but for those who knew of this monster''s strength, their face quickly paled.
Suddenly, the skies darken, seeing this sight, I could not help but smile.
The weather conditions is like that, during summer, rainstorms appeared regularly while during winter it rarely appeared.
My feeling of numbness increased, as the insanity opened for display in my eyes lightened. Seeing this scene, people could not help but feel shiver running down their spine.
I was truly enjoying this. I continued to block and retreat while attacking, my arms became more and more numb but I was showing no signs of backing down from this head on exchange.
At this moment, the dust that merged with my body, surged up. It moved towards my numb hands and I could feel my power rising. Now I was pushing this brute back.
After one more strike my wooden sword broke, but no worries, I slashed his face with it. His face showed the ravage of my strike, blood gushing out from the wound as he crashed to the floor, breathing relentlessly.
Finally the monster was down. With this the announcer finally came down and officially announced me as the victor.
As soon as he did that, representatives of various academies rushed towards me. One offer after another was presented to me, I was in no position to stand much less to think. Then suddenly everyone stopped, an old man wearing a long white robe walked towards me and said ''We would like you enter our Holy acadamia''
After seeing Braids techniques I came to a realization, these secret family techniques are really dangerous. And seeing how Holy acadamia is considered the top, if I enter maybe I will be able to quench my thirst for strength.
Thinking this, I singed a contract stating I will join Holy acadmia. The rest I didn''t bother to read.
Shilfa and Qin came rushing towards me, I was badly wounded but I didn''t want to ruin my perfect demonic reputation in front of a massive crowd so I persisted as I walked towards the exit.
A room quickly came into my vision, without bothering to see whose it was, I barged in and located the bed as I fell helplessly on it.
I moved my neck, I could feel a fresh cold breeze coming from right of where I laying. In front of me there was.....
But suddenly a very loud earth shattering scream was heard ''Aaaah!'' that shook the heavens themselves.
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Sorry guys, my A level exams are this may/june and so far I haven''t studied a bit. I have one month to do do four subjects to at least score an ''A'' with my hellish study scheme I can do it in a month but that leaves me no time for myself. So if I have to guess there should be a delay for about 2-3 months before my series get updated. Once I am done with my exams, I will hopefully continue on.
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After a long break I am finally back, thankfully my exams are gone with the win and fortunately I didn''t forget about this.
Its totally understandable if most of you forgot the previous story, so here is a general overview of what happened before and the characters introduced.
Xu Xian a dying man recalls his childhood. He goes through drastic changes after his mother is viciously killed by a leopard and he is indirectly responsible for it. The attitude of his father towards him changes and he sends him away, but in middle of all this he meets a woman, who loves him, this at least saved his heart from entering pitch black darkness.
In new city, he had the command, he ruthlessly had every corrupt noble meet their fate which caused quite bit of turmoil in all the city, but after only one day it settled down, crime rate fell and was almost zero.
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Glossary:
Jefro: Medic also part time alchemist
Shilfa: maid belonging to prince Xu
Xu Xian: The mc
Capleon: The lead instructer of the garrison
Xua ???: Mother of mc Xu Xian
Igarnes: the dog of my father, third most powerful man in the world, husband to Isabella
Isabella: sister to my father, married to Igarnes.
Stella: daughter of Shilfa [adopted and twin]
Tella: daghter of Shilfa [adopted and twin]
Commander Gordon: commander of Tebruit castle
Braids: Son of headmaster of Holy acadamia and Xu''s friend
Lady Leta: Braids sister
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PART I
worries of castle personals.
POV Commander Gordan
Another one of those piceces of shit will be arriving. I swear to God, if he orders me to do something injust like that last piece of trash, I would rather die.
Minister Williams
Ho! so that infamous demon is coming, I bet I can even further increase my profits hiding under his shadow...haha.
Lead of Harem Isabella.
They say he''s cute, I wonder if he will call us. But still I can''t just spread my legs before him, I shall test if he''s worthy.
Common solders
Another one is coming? so what? not that it matters unless he really eats people.
Commoners
Anything is better than that last inhuman noble, still we wish this one isn''t worse.
part II
Let me ask you, what would you do if you were in my situation?
A little stark naked kid was standing in front of, her hair blonde, her body slim and immature. B
But her future aspects seems boundless, her sky blue eyes and blonde hair, even if she procures a small chest in future she will still be considered a beauty.
Don''t ask me why I am thinking all these things, I am so tired that I can''t control my brain anymore, its running wild like an animal.
Seeing her pale white glowing skin, I think she just came right out of her comfortable bath. And I suppose its her room I am resting in, I should thank her or so I thought.
I was till laying still, my eyes fixed on her wet body not because I wanted to, I was too tired to move my head the other way. I could always close my eyes but its not like I hate the view.
The next thing I knew, her seemingly red soft lips started to shake. She then took a deep breath and then what followed was an angelic scream.
Suddenly my eyes closed as I went blank. I was standing in darkness. Nothing below me or above, all sides too, there was only darkness.
With my mind I imagined light and suddenly there was no darkness remaining, as though it was never here before, only white seemingly divine light.
I realized I was in a lucid dream but still it was a very strange experience, in a good way.
Slowly, very slowly I started to open my eyes. My body was hurting all over as though ants were biting every inch of it.
Opening my eyes, I found out that there were some guests, the naked immature lady from before with Braids and the headmaster staring intently at me with their round eyes.
The weird thing was, all their faces looked similar to each other. Then it hit me. Blondes, same age, does that mean Braids and this stark naked girl are twins. And maybe this headmaster is their father.
''Did you see my sister naked'' asked Braids in a very serious tone.
''Her body is still immature but her future prospect is good'' my honest thoughts slipped from my mouth.
''I agree....'' said Braids while nodding his head.
Everyone was staring at him now as soon as he saw this, his attitude changed from north to south.
''How dare you bastard! I should kill you right now, were it not for you royal blood'' shouted Braids. But his image was not changing in my mind.
''Father *sob* I cam.e..e out from my bath, perv..ert , *sob* ..my hon..or'' cried the little blonde lady.
The headmaster was quietly observing my expressions while Braids once again shouted furiously.
''you! you tainted her pure maiden''s honor''
Then the door creaked a little, a mature woman with two little girls came through it. My eyes still showed indifference to all this comedy or twist of fate.
As soon as Braids saw Shilfa his expressions once again changed. Ignoring everything else and everyone present, he rushed towards her and got on one knee. Took her snow white arm in his hand and landed a kiss. With this he said in a poetic voice.
''O Maiden from heaven who stole my heart! My heart is yours! All I want is it to be yours!''
What an interesting character I thought, clearly he different from the ones I am used to and his comedy wasn''t all that bad.
Shilfa had a lot of experience with nobles and most of them were perverts far worse than the likes of Braids, dealing with him was as easy as counting to three for her.
She acted as if nothing happened and gently reclaimed her hand and moved towards me. It seems she was busy with the paper work regarding the academy and all, I can''t blame her for being late.
Who are all these people? she inquired directly.
''I don''t know'' I simply replied not willing to tell the long tale.
''Why is this girl crying?'' she persisted.
''Something about her honor it seems'' I replied with a frown.
She gave a cold glance towards the crying lady and then her ice cold gazed transformed into a gentle breeze.
With proper manners she headed towards the noble lady and comforted her, inquiring the details from her.
After listening to her sad tale she said with the intention of comforting her.
''Master would never do that'' she said with absolute confidence without even looking at me once.
I thought, really? Am I not considered a male. Well its true that I am not interested in that little noble girl but I don''t mind mature women.
''Right! I was telling them the same thing, He really looks innocent'' said Braids.
''Truly amusing'' I mummered, a small chuckle forced out of my mouth. I coughed twice to camouflage it, the result of which was everyone in room were looking at me.
''Miss why are you crying again? I am sorry I fell unconscious on your bed here, if that is reason please excuse my rudeness'' I said with complete innocent puppy dog eyes.
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''Yo..u! didn''t you saw me......na..k..ed'' she dared to say.
''I don''t remember, all I remember is sleeping on your bed, it was quite comfortable'' I didn''t deny what she said nor did I accept it.
My expression were the same as ever, so even the headmaster couldn''t find anything. Seeing this he declared it as a misunderstanding and somehow I was left of the hook.
Meanwhile this what Lady Leta was thinking. ''I will reveal this mask of innocence of you, I will take vengeance on you for the disgrace you have given me''
So now I am off to my own castle, Tebruit castle. Even though I was treated like a master in the castle I lived in with my father I had no real authority at all.
This time, not only a castle but the city of Tebruit, I am their lord. As I was busy thinking these matters we already arrived at our new home.
Red carpet with nobles on both side, their heads bowed and rose petals flying in the air, the scene was something to behold. But such things, I don''t like very much.
I jumped off from my carriage and walked on ground right beside the carpet. Clearly this should give signs to everyone present here, I am not a man with whom these flattering tricks would work.
A man in heavy armor along with a dozen of solders wearing full body armor quickly came to me and got their knees. One hand to the chest, head facing the ground the man said ''I am commander Gordan, happy to receive you''
His attitude was not flattering neither disrespecting, it was good. I said in a cold tone ''Rise, Commander you follow me and the rest DISPERSE'' my voice was loud enough for everyone to hear.
Everyone took their leave, shitting in their pants on how they offended this rich arrogant young master.
''Commander! don''t hold anything back, don''t mind the formalities, ignore everything and tell me the details'' I commanded.
''Yes?'' he said with a puzzled expression on his face. Little did he know, I judged his honest personality from the moment he caught my eyes.
Well after some clear words from he really started to sing without any kind of restraint.
That damn minister, stinking previous lord, fat pervert nobles, that was the summary. Be thankful I gave you the summary and saved you from his singing. He is honest but a little bit too honest.
Shilfa and her kids were told to stay in my room, guarded by Commander and his trusted elite men.
Once I was assured of their safety, I called the minister.
''Minister William, answers your call, my liege'' said the minister in a flattering tone.
''Lets cut to the chase, I know you, you should know me, I want half'' I said in a serious direct tone.
''I don''t understand'' playing innocent with me but to his demise I am his opponent here.
''You better speak now when you have the chance, an experienced minister as yourself must be aware of the dangers in life, right?''
''My lord is really smart, as they say but my lord that is too much''
Thinking I would continue with this chatter he was gravely mistaken, thinking I would kill him was a mistake too.
''We shall discuss this when I summon at a later date, for now leave'' in cold tone I commanded him.
As soon as he left some bulky men in shiny armor hit him once on his head and carried him away, this happened so fast that he could not even scream.
What awaits him is endless torture until he sings like a bird and when his information is verified his little life will meet its end.
Believe me, you may think I am ruthless and cunning. I don''t mind dying, but I do mind dying when I can avoid doing so.
If I don''t clean this nest, later on it will only stab me in the back so I can only attack when their guards are down and now is that time.
With information supplied from William, I quickly cleaned all the trash but not before interrogating them for further information. It was considered the Dark time.
Assassination rate increased, robbery and murders were now at their highest in this city. I have to admit, I am the cause. Sometimes I ordered to take their belongings to hint a robbery while other times a murder.
It was all a cover. This unrest continued for a while until I was sure that there were no remaining snakes.
Sometimes I used Commander Gordon, other times the assassin guild I created or the bandit group to loot the nobles. I have to say bandits lair is hidden somewhere, not even I can guess where they are.
They are still a threat and can''t be ignored but I can''t do nothing. Commander Gordan was amazed at how cruel I was at first but now he is used to it. Shilfa was simply in the dark, it was not her place to enter this darkness.
To be honest I don''t believe in democracy, I believe in Hitlerism. A monarchy, that is my way. People can''t be trusted.
Thus all the power was now in my hands. I also discovered an underground facility under the castle, young beauties were imprisoned there.
They were toyed with by countless nobles and William was the founder of this. Some of these beauties were the heiress to their respective noble clans while other were simple commoners.
I didn''t free them, once I saw their dead hollow eyes with no signs of life I concluded that once they are free, if not all of them, most of them would commit suicide.
I told Shilfa about the matter, just enough for her to know of the underground situation and my concerns and left the matter to her.
All of this happened in but a day, this one day was hell for all the commoners and nobles alike living in Tebruit. Once the day was over, crime rate fell down dramatically.
With this the long tiring day came to an end. Commander Williams haves huge amount of trust in me for showing no mercy and for making quick decisions. A loyal man under my command isn''t that bad.
The next day came, little did I know the troubles that would follow.
Book#1: Life Volume#2 -chp#1 2 Execrable Bandits
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Author''s note: my hands are a little rusty and brain running wild, so folks give this dude little time to adjust and help him if possible, thanks!
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Throbbing gently and systematically inside of me was my chakra, it played an elegant music similar to the opera. Hung high in the sky was the blazing sun, the scorching heat alone was enough to cause many elderly people faint.
In a commoner''s guise, I along with Commander Gordan was patrolling the market area. Yesterday an informant informed us about ''Golden hand'' the legendary thief, its possible that he may be making a move on some big-shot today. All that aside, currently I was being squeezed in a crowd.
That massive smell of sweat didactic me about the sufferings of my nose. ''Every cloud has a silver lining'' I reminded myself, but these were fine words butter no parsnips. I have to acknowledge the fact that merchants sure are quite wheedling.
''Limited time offer, buy one get one free''
''100% guaranteed goods, after sales service''
''buy from us can become the lucky winner to a draw''
No matter how many people refused them, they would remain inveterate and continue their shouting.
Sweat was trickling down my skin, while I was being roasted alive by sun, the back of my head was so hot that I could mistake it for a pan on burning fire.
Despite all these I was trying my best to remain meticulous to find any clues about Golden hand.
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Then there, the ground began to shook and suddenly the wild crowd opened a way in an experienced manner. The carriage was decorated with metallic symbols but the noteworthy thing was the insignia of Holy acadmia on its front.
Followed by the neighs of horse the carriage stopped right in front of me. From there descended two people among a group of guards who were wearing armor that were shining under the light of sun emitting dazzling lights blinding many people.
A young man, with brown hair and an average stature and an angelic blonde with the curves of a devil, and this was when she was young. I quickly recognized them, they were none other than Braids and the impertinent lady Leta.
She had the proper air of a high class noble looking down on people as though they were but merry ants.
People around them quickly became amiable trying somehow to win their favor. Seeing this Leta''s haughtiness soured to the seven skies, her body becoming more lithe and luminous under the countless rays of the sun. It was truly a breath taking site to behold but that was only until this comely lady kept her demure.
''Why did we have to get here under the rampaging sun, are imperial uncles finally gone mad'' she cried under the excessive heat, waving her hand up and down near her face like a fan.
''Come on sister, look! just how many beautiful angels there are, simply waiting for this fisherman'' laughed Braids while secretly eyeing some of the women.