The Useless 8th Prince
Talent From Muddy Ground
Somewhere in the Scarlet Diamond Kingdom.
A seven-year-old boy stood up. His body was so thin, as if the skeleton was clad in skin. Black hair was disheveled, dirty clothes were full of patches, his skin was also dirty covered in dust.
In front of the child, a simple mound of earth was seen with stones on it. It was the grave of the boy's mother. Since it was not from a family that was, there were no good eaters or pretty headstones for them.
Dig deep enough in the forest edge area before burying it. Marked with stones so as not to forget. That kind of thing is usually done by people like them.
If the digging is not deep enough or treads less dense soil, the next day the tomb will be dug. Its contents? Of course it was eaten by wild animals from the forest.
‘Aragil, you must be strong.’
‘Aragil talented child.’
‘Aragil, a real man does not cry.’
‘Aragil, mom very very very much loves you.’
That boy is Aragil. Nine years old, but smaller and thinner than a seven-year-old. Lack of nutrition makes it late to develop.
His mother was a beautiful woman, once a village flower. His father was also a good and honest man. Working hard as a farmer to support the family.
Aragil's mother worked in a bar as a singer to supplement her income. The reason is simple, agricultural produce is little due to pests and many other problems. Not to mention, the huge taxes from the regional lords.
For three years Aragil's father and mother had been married but had not been given any children. Until one day, Aragil's mother finally got pregnant. The couple became very happy.
But bad rumors spread from the mouths of the villagers. Some say Aragil's mother did the dirty work at the bar. Serving a nobleman and eventually accidentally getting pregnant.
Aragil's father, who heard this, became angry and questioned his wife. But after his wife said it was slanderous and wanted to stop working at the bar, the husband calmed down.
Without feeling the time pass. Aragil was born and grew.
The family of three, despite eating little and almost always starving, still seemed so harmonious. They are grateful for what is. Although heavy, still be happy.
On Aragil's 7th birthday, everything changed. Aragil awakened two innate talents, but did not fully understand those talents. Only, he became stronger. Although thin, he is stronger than adult men in general.
From then on, bad rumors began to circulate. Many people consider Aragil as the illegitimate son of one of the nobles. His father finally believed the words of those people.
After all, Aragil's father didn't feel he or his wife had such good innate talent. From then on, the father beat his wife and son. It is done almost every day. Aragil's mother goes on to explain that she has never done anything dirty with anyone but her own husband. Only, the husband does not believe anymore.
Aragil's father became. Despite the lack of money, he was drunk. Back home, he would beat his wife and son to black and blue. But Aragil's mother was so kind, she did not leave her husband at all and was patient.
One day, Aragil was eight years old.
His mother who was always hungry, but continued to be beaten without treatment finally exhaled her last breath. But Aragil's life continued. He started working in the fields in place of his father who was always drunk. Working in the fields of people just to pay off his father's debts.
Finally, at the age of ten, Aragil's life changed when his father and some neighbors got drunk together. They kept saying that Aragil's mother was a dirty woman. Aragil who saw that, seeing that even his mother could not calm down in nature there was furious.
At that moment, he had unintentionally used his innate talent called Scarlet Flame. Using a ferocious mutated fire magic, Aragil burned his own father and the entire village. After all, almost the entire demon there was only level 1 .. without any meaningful talent.
After avenging his revenge, Aragil finally met his mother again. He wanted to start his new life. A more free life than ever before.
In his early travels, Aragil worked as a pelvic coolie in a nearby town. The hard-earned money was enough for him to eat full enough. He lived that kind of life for almost a year.
His life began to change again since he found out about the mercenary job. Running missions to get paid a lot of money. Hunting Demonic Beasts, medicinal ingredients, and such.
Merely, Aragil did not have the money to register a Paid Army Guild. He continued life as a porter. It's just, he's trying to save his money. A little bit of eating, a lot of drinking water in public wells, and after almost two years ..the money is enough to register a Guild of the Paying Army.
Aragil followed the group to hunt Demonic Beasts. His job has absolutely nothing to do with fighting. Aragil's job is to cook, take loot or a valuable part of the Demonic Beast. Because, most mercenaries did not have dimensional bags. So they just took some important parts of the hunted creatures and left the rest.
Two years of doing that, Aragil was finally able to eat full. His body was better formed and eventually tried to start becoming a mercenary who hunted on his own. Without him expecting, it could be done because he observed a lot when becoming a babu and himself had an extraordinary innate skill.
In three years, at the age of 18, Aragil could be considered a success because he became the leader of a mercenary group with small achievements. Compared to being a farmer, it was many times better.
Life continues on. At the age of 22, Aragil got married. It was just that, since his wife could be considered a beautiful woman, there was a noble who wanted her. He tried well to protect his wife, but eventually he was framed.
It turned out, all this time the woman he loved colluded with that noble. Even the child in the woman's womb was not the child of Aragil. The reason why they framed Aragil was .the money and the small army he had. The nobleman wants that.
‘Compared to nobility, a farmer like you .. can it make me happy? You're too hopeful, right?’
Said the woman he loved as well as the woman who poisoned and stabbed him from behind always imprinted in Aragil's heart.
When left in the forest alone, dying, and feeling stupid for believing in the dirty world.
The man said Aragil had potential, but it was too good. The man said that he needed the power of Aragil to change that rotten world.
At first Aragil did not believe, but after being saved and spending a lot of time with the man and his group.
Aragil begins to believe that the rotten world must be changed. He can't do it alone. But ... different stories if they do it together.
Disappearing for 3 years, Aragil who was originally a level 3 (medium) demon had become a level 4 (medium) demon. In fact, he was able to defeat that little noble Baron before. It's just that, because he was poisoned and ganged up, Aragil lost and died.
Aragil returns to take revenge. He killed almost all of his former mercenary group members. He killed almost all the knights then tortured Baron and his ex-wife. They even killed their children without mercy.
After avenging her, Aragil chooses to devote his life to the Curses of Shadow.
Aragil wants to make the world better for people like him.
...***...
Return to Jade Water Castle.
Ciel looks a bit pale. He spat out a little blood. The clucking was dissatisfied towards Aragil who was standing not far from him. That guy looks better than he does.
After fighting for quite a while, Aragil again lost his composure.
“HAHAHAHA! As expected of the most talented Prince in the Black Sun Empire! Just incredible! Very awesome!”
“Cih! Crazy people.” Ciel once again clucked in dissatisfaction.
The two disappeared and the loud sound of metal clashing back sounded.
By the time the two reappeared, their two swords crossed. The two stared at each other. Ciel looked cold and indifferent. While Aragil looked happy, even a little crazy.
“HAHAHA! What do you think, Prince Luciel?”
“...”
“Isn't that awesome? You must not have expected, right? I did not expect that …
There was a talent that could rival the nobles, and that talent came from the muddy ground!”
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