The Useless 8th Prince
Defeats
“You look so happy, Aragil.”
Aragil who had just arrived in front of a portal turned towards the source of the sound. There, there appeared a handsome man with a long straight silver rug, purple eyes, and wearing a platinum armor suit with beautiful dragon carvings. Two swords hung on the left and right sides of his waist.
“HAHAHA! I am indeed happy. Did you find the item you were looking for, Celeval?”
“Ya.” The handsome man named Celeval nodded lightly.
Despite feeling somewhat ignored by someone younger than him, Aragil could only smile bitterly. After all, the figure in front of him was not just anyone. Celeval was also one of the 13 Generals. But he has a higher rank.
That was because ... Celeval possessed strength equivalent to a Duke in the Black Sun Empire, Level 6 (intermediate).
On this mission, Celeval takes care of Count Jadeline and his elite bodyguards. The result is very clear. Compared to the flashy Aragil fight, he did it cleanly. Slaughtering the Jadeline Family without making them able to fight back.
“By the way ... That Prince Luciel, as in the information, he is very interesting.” Aragil rubbed his chin with a satisfied expression. “She also really has gravity magic like you.”
“...” Celeval looked at Aragil in silence. After a while, he said, “Portal will be closed soon. Let's go back.”
“Good.”
The two entered into the portal followed by the members of the Curses of Shadow.
After that, the portal closed. Just left a strange item in the form of a broken black box.
...***...
“Execute immediately!”
A man with a Savian-like appearance but more mature ordered. He's Duke Raevern, Savian's father.
The duke received an emergency warning from Jade Water Castle a few hours earlier. He instantly gathered an army and opened a portal with a very expensive item.
An item that could connect two places at once was indeed very expensive. Not to mention, it requires a lot of mana to be activated and must have a fitting coordinate. In addition, at the location of the portal must also be free from magic interference.
Looking at the ruined main castle, many corpses of knights who died from poisoning and were stabbed neatly, as well as the large number of casualties.
Even more so when it realizes there is no clue of the attacker. Each victim of the Curses of Shadow completely vanished, leaving only a black robe with the symbol of a two-headed crow with a crescent moon as its setting.
“Curses of Shadow again! Damnit damnit! The organization was really very troubling!” duke Raevern said with a displeased expression.
“Tuanku ... Milord! There's bad news, My Lord!” exclaimed one of the knights who immediately approached Duke Raevern.
Duke Raevern immediately recalled that his son and the 8th Prince were attending the party. His expression immediately sank.
“Quiet! Tell me what happened in detail!”
“In addition to the Jadeline Family being slaughtered completely, there were almost no casualties. However, almost all the noble children were dying. Runa and Arla were also heavily injured. Whereas Young Master Savian .. he ... he lost his left arm.”
Duke Raevern's back was instantly drenched in cold sweat. He immediately asked, “What about Prince Luciel? How's it going?”
“It ... Prince Luciel only had a minor wound on his left shoulder. However, he stopped talking, we didn't even dare to question him.”
“Command medical personnel to care for noble children. Savian, that boy, even in vain .. I want you to save his life!” duke Raevern.
“Good, Sir!” The knight immediately saluted before relaying the Duke's orders to the others.
Duke Raeven then headed to the main building of Jade Water Castle. Looking at the badly damaged front, his eyes narrowed. He was really surprised.
Amidst the numerous ruins of the castle, the figure of a black-haired handsome youth lay on his back. He looked at the sky with a blank look. There was also a broken sword not far from there.
“My lord, we dare not approach the Prince .. he completely ignored us. Assume we all do not exist.”
“Leave it ..” Duke Raevern shook his head lightly with a bitter smile on his face.
The man understood that Ciel was depressed and felt helpless. Every old leader has experienced the same thing.
Pain from losing someone nearby. The pain of being helpless. A lot of things have to go through until they finally become adults.
What he could do now was to let him. After all, Duke Raevern was confident that his words would definitely not be heard by Ciel.
Once again looking towards the young man who was lying on his back with a blank look, Duke Raevern let out a long sigh.
...***...
“Suy! What did that guy say? Is little Ciel okay?”
In the Northern Palace, Queen Lilith who saw Emperor Julius immediately walked up to him with a worried expression. After all, not too long ago a lot of things happened in the Black Sun Empire that were related to the ‘Curses of Shadow’ group. As a person, he could not help but worry.
“Quiet. Luciel is fine. He only received a small wound on his left shoulder. Merely, it seemed that he was so depressed that he could not defeat his opponent.
I think ... it's a good experience for him.”
“Good experience?! That's very dangerous! What if he can't survive? Too late to regret! I want little Ciel back to the Northern Palace!
He had good talent even when compared to the other princes. There is no reason to reject it back!” queen Lilith shouted stubbornly.
“Calm, Lilith. Nothing happened to Luciel, okay? Let the boy calm down a little. After that, if she wants to come back, I definitely won't turn her down.”
“Do you promise, Husband?” queen Lilith asked, looking directly into Emperor Julius' eyes.
“Of course I'm serious! Although he acts like a dissident, Luciel is still my son too! It's impossible as a father I don't think about it.”
Looking at the husband who was angry and worried about the safety of his son, Queen Lilith felt a warm feeling in her heart.
...***...
Seeing the sun begin to appear from the east, Ciel rose. He stood up with a blank look.
Walking through the rubble, looking at the corpse or the injured victim, he did not change his expression at all.
Continuing to walk ignoring the passing knights, Ciel continued walking towards the figure Aragil left. His expression has not changed. His physique was almost healed and his energy was almost recovered.
Arriving at the castle walls, six black wings appeared on the young man's back. He then flew while continuing to observe the surrounding area. The young man then saw many footprints that were still new but disappeared in the forest area with many rocks.
Ciel then scanned around and searched. Until finally, the young man found a strange black box.
Going down and taking the object, Ciel's blank gaze became clearer as well as getting colder. A fighting intent that he had yet to feel appeared in his heart.
Holding tightly onto the strange black box, Ciel closed his eyes.
“Lain times ... next time I'll beat you.”
>> Connect.
