I am a knight;
I pledged to protect the weak and innocent ;
For that reason, I was played by an old sly wolf ;
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My master was born few years ago. To a traitor consort. Fed poison while in womb, by his own mother. Declared as useless and blind, by his own father, just a week after her birth.
He used to live in the empty Empress palace with many maids and wet nurses, till the age of eleven months. Then suddenly, got thrown to the nameless section, just after reaching one yearof age, with only 5 maids and one wet nurse to boot.
This place was a disaster at the time. The Emperor ordered a few captains to clean it, saying it was a top secret mission. I got dragged in by a friend to join the mess, then a state designer was called to refurbish it.
The designer was almost excuted for his mistake at the time. The place ended up as a horrendous mess of red, yellow and bright green.
I almost puked when I saw it. Even the Emperor got upset.
He took a punch of colors and designs and asked master to pick what he want. Can you believe it?! He asked a one year old child about design!!. Let's not forget the fact that this child was blind.
Hahaha.
We all cracked with laughs at the time. But he didn't care. He even gave paintings of the recliners and study furniture to choose from, basically every piece in that place was personally picked by master at that time.
It could be said, that was the last act of kindness by the Emperor.
It was later rumored that the 7th prince, even if blind, could somehow feel the colors energy. And hated bright colors the most. At the time every one, even me, believed that the Emperor must have loved the prince. even a little.
But, you can't expect love from a wolf. I learned that the hard way.
Not only did that stinky old man dump my Master, a one yrs old child , in the middle of nowhere, and forgot about his existence completely. But also he apparently forgot to bestow my master a name when he was born. For a whole year!!!. Then he thoughtlessly said :"let the child pick its name when it gets older. It's less tedious that way".!!
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At first, living there was still bearable , but slowly all the maids applied for relocation. Then it became just master and the wet nurse. I came by every once in a while, the kid kind of grew on me. I helped around the place in my free time, but that wasn't enough.
They had enough allowance every month. And meals were sent from the main kitchen. Then even that slowly stopped. The wet nurse had to walk all the way to the main palace to have a meal. By the time it's here, it'd be so cold it's unpalatable.
Then one year later the wet nurse suddenly came begging to the knight's training grounds. Some ruffians in the kitchen refused to give her the meals for two days. But no one wanted to go help.
I couldn't take it, I was young and extremely excitable in the name of justice. I didn't see in front of me. I had to help them. When the wet nurse told me everything, I was beyond furious I actually stormed into the emperor champer and scolded him.
When I was screaming, do you know what he said?!.
Which one are you speaking about, I've no recollection of having a 7th prince. His aide had to remind him of his own kids existence!! .
He then said if I liked him so much I should stick to him and appointed me as the head knight of the 7th prince. Although I was the only one.
Being with Master gave me a direction in life and helped rein in my excitable chivalrous spirit. I had to think of many twists and turns everytime I make a move. Thanks to the damn old man and his irritating aide . In the time I spent with Master I came to genuinely want to protect him, thus I strived to give my Master all the good things. Maybe then I'll get accepted as a personal knight. That is the ultimate honor of any knight
Few months later, I heard of the jewel of Sigil, The crown princess, was escorted as a prisoner of war. Justin wanted her as the 5th princess educator. She was rumored as a lady of character, elegance and depth. Even Justin (the emperor's aide) acknowledged her. I tried everything in my arsenal to get her as my master's educator. I can't leave such a good ches, ahem, educator to other princes. My master deserves the best of the best.
Being here gave me a chance to retrain my spirit, and to think things through.
Why at the time no one wanted to help?, why did I sense a hint if schadenfreude in my enemies with my appointment. Why did the emperor eyes holds resentment for me that can be glimpsed every now and then?
I knew I have been played, and a very bad one too.
The after taste is so bad I want to punch them in the face.
But then I slowly smiled, who was the propeller and who was the dancer is yet to be known.