The Useless 8th Prince
The Meeting of Princes
While waiting, almost everyone had a serious expression on their faces. Almost everyone except Ciel was propping up his chin with his eyes closed. Looks like she's still sleepy because she was bullied by her brother last night.
About half an hour later, footsteps could be heard from a distance. The longer the sound is louder, the closer the sign is.
The meeting room door opened wide, three male figures entered the room. The one in the middle was a handsome man with a stature similar to that of Emperor Julius. That person had a friendly expression and looked quite sincere. He was the First Prince, Enzo Dawnbringer.
On Enzo's right side, there was a burly, tall man with blond hair and blue eyes. His expression was clearly haughty and considered others more inferior than him. He was the Third Prince, Victor Dawnbringer.
To the left of Enzo, a young man with black hair and blue iris is seen. Appearance is no less good with both of his brothers. Of course, she was also no less sombing than her brother, Victor. The young man was the Sixth Prince, Jasper Dawnbringer.
The three of them gave greetings as a formality before sitting in their seats.
First Prince Enzo Dawnbringer, 26. (Queen of Victoria)
The 2nd Prince, Sullivan Dawnbringer, 25. (Queen Margaret)
The 3rd Prince, Victor Dawnbringer, 22 years old. (Queen of Victoria)
The 4th Prince, Alexander Dawnbringer, 21. (Queen Lilith)
The 5th Prince, Leon Dawnbringer, 20. (Queen Margaret)
The 6th Prince, Jasper Dawnbringer, 17. (Queen of Victoria)
The 7th Prince, Xavier Dawnbringer, 17. (Queen Margaret)
The 8th Prince, Luciel Dawnbringer, 16. (Queen Lilith)
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Eight princes sat around the same table. The atmosphere became colder and full of pressure.
“Are you not supposed to give us an explanation, Prince Enzo?”
Sullivan opens the conversation. Staring towards the First Prince with a cold expression. The other princes also immediately turned their eyes towards Enzo.
“Not that we want to be late, there are some problems. So we're finally late.” Enzo replied with a friendly expression, looking rather regretful.
“You shouldn't be so mushy, Brother Enzo!” Victor said harshly before staring at Sullivan. “What's so? We were a little late. That's none of your business.”
“Heh? An unruly person like you wants the position of Crown Prince? Your supporters may be blind.” Sullivan snorted coldly.
“Don't get cocky just because you've caught up with Kak Enzo, Prince Sullivan!” Victor stared at Sullivan.
“I'm just saying reality. Why are you so emotional, Prince Victor?” Sullivan chuckles.
“Can you stop that? It's kind of embarrassing. Can't we talk about it calmly?” Enzo tries to mediate.
“What Prince Enzo said is true. Better we talk with a cool head.” Alexander supported from behind. I don't want chaos in the room.
“That's why I always scold you, Brother Enzo! You are too kind and flaccid!” Victor snorted coldly.
“We're talking personal matters at home, Victor. Don't bring that kind of thing into a meeting.” Enzo smiled bitterly.
While the four Princes were talking, Leon who was considered useless was just silent. Jasper and Xavier who were feeling younger did not dare to interrupt. While Ciel ..he fell asleep. Completely disregarding the existence of the other seven princes.
“PRINCE LUCIEL!”
The round table slightly swayed. The ciel propping up his chin almost banged his head against the table. Rubbing his eyes with an expression that was still sleepy, the young man glanced around with his eyes slightly narrowed.
“What is this? Is the meeting over? Can I go home?”
The corner of the seventh lip of the other prince twitched. Seeing the youngest prince who was predicted as the future Crown Prince as well as such a powerful monster, they simply could not match him. Such a lazy and reckless appearance of being the Crown Prince? Just be right!
“Do you still want the title of Crown Prince, Prince Luciel?! With your attitude like that, you don't deserve!” Victor sneered with a look of disdain on his face.
“I? Crown Prince?” Ciel closed his mouth as he yawned. With a lazy expression, he said, “I've been banished to a remote southern corner. I have nothing to do with any of this, so .. please ignore me and let me go home.”
Really no motivation?
The other seven princes were stunned. Even the usually grumpy Victor fell silent. He hopes Ciel will answer like ‘the most important thing is the power’ or something like that. However he was wrong, the young man was actually talking off-track!
“You can't be like that, Prince Luciel. We are all the Black Sun Imperial Princes. If it has the ability, you should use it to make the future of the Empire brighter.” Enzo said with a sincere expression. Counseling Ciel like his own biological sister.
“Kak Enzo, you!” Victor gritted his teeth.
Victor hates his brother for being too kind to everyone. Unlike his mother or sister, the brother did not care about factions or anything like that. He's a really good example. To the point of being too kind and making the Queen Victoria faction somewhat hesitant to support her.
After all, each faction supporter had his own reasons for supporting the faction. It is clearly because of the benefits. If a supported person treats everything equally, it is the same as them sacrificing something to support but not getting enough in return. Yes, most nobles are such greedy creatures.
Ciel stared at Enzo with a nonchalant expression. Actually he knew that the First Prince was not a bad person. Only, the figure behind him as well as the people around him could be considered suspicious and dangerous. Sometimes the young man was astonished, how ‘good people’ could appear in such an environment.
“Isn't the Empire dumping me? Why bother? Wouldn't it be better like this? I live leisurely in the southern corner without any interference to the Empire. The chaos also forgot about me and went on as usual.
Isn't that a very good ending?”
Listening to how Ciel described as if the matter of the Black Sun Empire was horse dung on the road that should be avoided made the other princes even more depressed. They are all princes. They were really curious as to why the youngest prince had such a strange thought so deviated.
If not for Ciel having black wings and an Abyssal Angel, they would have suspected that Queen Lilith would dare to play behind Emperor Julius.
“Aren't you given such a prosperous and vast territory as private property, Prince Luciel? Supposedly contributing to the Black Sun Empire was natural, right?
Do we need to help send people to manage your territory?”
Hearing Sullivan's words, the other prince's eyes became brighter. There was a big cake in front of them. If you can get a few pieces, it'll be fun.
“You only see on the surface, Prince Sullivan. You should know, a lot is going on in South Duchy. The world is becoming more and more dangerous and I might be able to meet an accident at any time.
If you help, I'll be happy. It's just that if you guys send garbage, I'm not interested.”
“What do you mean, Prince Luciel?” sullivan asked with a cold expression.
“That means easy, minimum demon level 5 (early). If you guys send that level, I won't refuse because they will help.
If you send an arrogant knight with shiny armor but a paltry force of level 3. Not to mention they were full of crap and could only be cannon fodder so fragile and easy to die, I would politely refuse them.
My territory is unstable. There are too many mouths to feed. There is no time to take care of such a trivial thing.”
>> Connect.
