The Useless 8th Prince

Just Shut up and Follow

“In the end not overtaken.”

Ciel muttered softly as he looked towards the Imperial Palace in the distance.

For some reason, even though Deschia had flown as fast as possible, the two could not catch up with the speed of the giant Pelican which should have been more luminous than Wyvern. Sighing deeply, the young man finally decided to immediately go to the Northern Palace.

“Come go, Deschia.”

...***

...

In the afternoon, in the Northern Palace.

“Prince Luciel has arrived!”

Hearing that remark, the people within the Palace were shocked. They all immediately went outside to welcome. But just then, the sound of feet had already been heard heading into the palace.

Entering the palace, Ciel immediately walked towards the family lounge. Sure enough, some familiar figures were there. He saw his mother and sister. There are also Eve, Isabella, and the twins.

Little Eve is seen eating a sweet cake while sitting on the lap of Queen Lilith. Seeing her arrival, the little girl immediately jumped down from her grandmother's lap and ran towards her.

“Papa!”

Looking at the little girl who was running towards him excitedly, Ciel's normally cold expression became softer.

Little Eve stopped in front of Ciel. He looked up with an astonished expression, seeing something in his father's arms with glittering eyes.

“Papa? What is it?”

“In a previous trip, Papa met this little guy. Because he wanted to come, so Papa took him. Papa thought, you guys will be familiar.”

After saying that, Ciel lowered the baby Frost Wyvern in his arms. The creature looked at the little girl in front of him with a puzzled expression. The little girl extended her hand. Give me a chocolate cake that was half bitten.

“You want???” asked Eve with a plain expression.

The Frost Wyvern baby sniffed the cake in Eve's hand. After feeling unproblematic, the creature took the strong from the little girl then swallowed her.

“Wah! You really ate it! Then we're friends now!” said Little Eve with a happy expression.

The little girl then immediately hugged the neck of the nearly as big as her Frost Wyvern.

The somewhat startled Baby Frost Wyvern tried to break away, but was stunned when it could not escape from the girl's embrace. He tries hard, but ends up being dragged to follow Eve away from the game.

Looking at the figure of the Frost Wyvern baby, Ciel shook his head lightly. Let alone a baby, even if the Frost Wyvern Elder was here, that old geezer would definitely be conquered by little Eve.

Even Queen Lilith and Lilia looked surprised. They turned their heads towards Ciel, making the young man feel uneasy because of their gaze.

“It looks like you still know your way home, Luciel Dawnbringer.”

Looking towards her mother who was smiling gently while mentioning her full name, Ciel's expression instantly stagnated. The young man felt his back wet with cold sweat.

“S-I'm home, I-Mother. Lilia also.”

“...” Lilia simply looked at her brother, but the corner of her lips suddenly lifted.

This girl …

Ciel felt depressed when he saw Lilia holding back a laugh because she had been captured by her mother.

Queen Lilith then turned her head towards little Eve who was playing with the baby Frost Wyvern. Staring at the little girl who seemed happy because of a new friend and toy, the woman smiled.

“Eve small ... come here a minute.”

Hearing Queen Lilith's call, little Eve stops playing. Leaving the exhausted baby Frost Wyvern, she walked towards the grandmother with a confused face and looked cute.

“What's up, Grandma?” Eve tilted her head.

“Didn't you say you missed your Papa yesterday? Why didn't you ask him to bang on you?”

Little Nata Eve blinked, looking somewhat confused. But after thinking it through, the little girl ran towards Ciel and jumped into his arms.

“Papa, carry!”

“Good ... good ... stop being too excited,” Ciel said before sighing.

Looking towards Ciel who was carrying Eve, Queen Lilith glanced towards Lilia.

“True, Mother.”

“As made of the same mold, right?”

“You are right, Mother.”

“Hehehe ..”

Queen Lilith then looked towards Ciel. Smiling softly, he then said.

“It seems you have to explain something to mom, right, Luciel Dawnbringer?”

Ciel who initially felt happy when carrying her daughter. But happiness is only temporary. Yes ... At least until the mother smiled kindly while continuing to look at him.

“S-I'll explain it later, Mother.” Thinking of one's milk as an excuse, he then asked, “Why don't I see Ariana? Where is he now?”

Hearing Ciel's words, the room instantly became quiet. The lazy prince was instantly confused. At that moment, his mother's voice came back.

“Ariana is in the back. Flora, Fiona .. Get Ciel to Ariana.” After saying that, Queen Lilith let out a long sigh.

“According to your order, Your Majesty.”

“Eve, you go with Brother Lilia and Grandma first huh? Let Papa you go see Mama,” added Lilia while taking Eve from Ciel's embrace.

Seeing his unwilling sister called ‘Bibi’, the corner of Ciel's lips twitched. But when he saw everyone's serious expression, he chose to shut up and followed the twins.

Arriving at a spacious room, Ciel was surprised to see three figures inside.

Other than Ariana, there were two figures who were no strangers to him. The first is a little girl figure who usually follows Queen Elizabeth, younger sister of Ariana.

In addition, he also saw the figure of Ariana's usually annoying older sister, Eoran Vandir. Yet her appearance was so different, even Ciel barely recognized her.

The man is leaning against the bed. His right hand was gone and his right eye was bandaged. In addition, both legs from the knee down are also lost. His expression also looked pale.

Even Sheera who was usually also quiet and somewhat calm was now pale, looking confused and dazed. When he saw her coming, Ariana's sister suddenly ran towards him and hugged him.

Sheera held tightly and pulled up Ciel's clothes then shouted.

“Infiguration! Brother-in-law! You must save Mother, Sister-in-law!”

Ciel lowered his head down, looking at the teary-eyed Sheera with a panicked expression, the young man was shocked.

Ciel didn't even know the girl very well, but it seemed Sheera looked very hopeful to him. The girl spoke as if she was her last hope.

“Eh?” Ciel looked confused. “Actually what has happened?”

“Actually-”

“You're finally home, Luciel.”

Before Sheera said anything, another voice cut her off. Looking at the source of the voice, Ciel saw his father, Emperor Julius walking towards him.

The Black Sun Empire's ruler glanced at Sheera before saying,

“I'm sorry, Princess Sheera. I have needs with my son first.”

“T-But ..”

Sheera held Ciel's clothes tighter, completely scared and unwilling to let go.

At that moment, Ariana stood up from her seat. The girl approached Sheera and patted her on the shoulder. Looking at the younger brother who turned to him with a pale and frightened expression, he smiled gently then shook his head.

Ciel also saw that and was getting more and more confused.

“Dad, better me-”

“Silence, LUCIEL!”

“...”

Seeing the serious expression on his father's face, Ciel's expression also became more serious. The two looked at each other in silence before Emperor Julius gave the order.

“Luciel Dawnbringer .. You, follow me.”

>> Connect.