Petro had locked himself in his room, he was in a state of panic, although he knew that the marriage wouldn't happen until he becomes 16, he knew as a child engaged to floares house, one of the seven high noble houses of nonveneto, certain behaviors would be expected, he had to excel in swordsmanship, noble behavior, art, horse riding and other high society low-quality manure,
he hated nobility despite being one himself although it must be said that his family lived more like well off commoners, the only exception was his brother Giuliano, his mother was a commoner, marring commoners were not unheard of among low nobles, his father was indifferent to the idea of nobility though he liked the way he could use his title, and his other brother Cosimo was a free soul, Cosimo found the idea of nobility restraining, as for Petro himself he did not hate the nobility as a concept but nobility as an instituted was beyond repair, rampant corruption, misuse of power and other hell creating notions. he couldn't count the number of times when a commoner had to leave his property because a noble had forged a document or when a noble took a young maiden as a lover and tossed her out when she was no longer fun.
as he was analyzing the situation at hand he heard a knocking sound
may I enter
come in
oh it is you dad, I'm surprised you don't usually knock.
well this is an especial occasion.
not even denying the fact that you limit my privacy, what are you CIA.
what is CIA.
I don't know it just rolled of my tongue for some reason.
you can be weird sometimes, anyway you probably know why I'm here
what else could it be, dinner is ready.
why should I knock for that.
Petro walked to the window and leaned toward the outside, after releasing a sigh he said
I know it is just a form of escapism.
look Petro I'm your father, I might not have been the best father that i could have been but i tried my best, I know that I can be selfish and greedy sometimes
sometimes?
respect your dad you ungrateful brat,,,,, anyways, I'm doing this for your own good, for my own child.
for my own good and mentioning the children, politicians trying to sell something stupid to the people 101.
look Petro.
I know it my fate has been sealed, I wont try to do anything stupid.
I appreciate your cooperation, by the way dinner IS ready, see you downstairs.
dad left the room and closed the door behind him, it was true the fate of Petro was sealed,,,,,,,, or what he wanted his father to believe.
that old fart thinks that I'm going to just give up my freedom, I'm not going to be lackey of floares.
and with that he started to devise a plan.
the representative for floares family is probably going to see me to judge whether I'm a good match, so I have to use everything at my disposal to make them leave this house with agony , today is Friday the representative probably chooses the closest timing Saturday most probably , normally marriage negotiations take time but since Cosimo said that he chose someone for me it means that my family has an equal standing, if not better positioned, this also means that the floares are desperate for a deal, the why I don't know, it probably has something to do with the harbor, no that can't be, we do have a claim to the throne even if it is a far-fetched one, maybe they're trying to appeal for the throne in the next selection, then why choose us they're are hundreds of better candidates. it doesn't matter, I should start making plans, maybe a levin macLevenson style of filling the house with traps could work, although I have to scale down the lethality
after a brief pause in his thinking process Petro asked himself that who is this levin macLevenson however as he had more important things to think about he didn't dwell on it much.
he started to make plans, he had a map of the house in his room since he was a cartophile, he analyzed every bit of the house and planed his traps.
meanwhile downstairs Petros mom was worried about him since he was still in his room.
Giuliano go check on him he is probably exhausted after a training and hearing that he is going to be engaged to someone from the high nobility.
Giuliano who was stuffing his mouth with food said.
leave him, whenever he gets hungry he'll come crawling to the table
normally I would agree with you Giuliano, he who does not respect the table shall not eat after all, but this is a different situation.
he is shocked Giuliano please check on him for your mom
mom then gave the normal guilt inducing look that moms are known for to Giuliano
ah fine
Giuliano was ready to leave the table but Cosimo stopped him by grabbing a piece of his pants.
what is it Cosimo.
lets not interrupt him, he is now trying his best to destroy this engagement somehow.
but he told me that he already had accepted his fate, and he looked pretty defeated.
please that's what he wants you to believe, after all it was me who Taught him acting, he probably leaned outside while he was admitting defeat and tried to be snarky.
how how do you know that
it is something that I would do.
Cosimo then leaned his chin on the table and then played with his chick with his right hand.
pfffff, that little rascal
so what should we do Cosimo.
oh you guys don't worry ill handle this, I have a plan of my own.
does your plan start with letting go of my pants.
oh sorry, did I touch somewhere that I shouldn't have, but I didn't feel anything probably there wasn't anything there
I don't know whether you're mocking me or you're saying that you didn't grab my thing, either way I'm angry, sadly you're the favorite child so I'm not going to beat you up, yet.
oh scary.
the day of judgment had arrived Petro was alone at home everyone had left citing different excuses but he knew deep down that they wanted to make room for the marriage representative, he had little time, he had to set up pranks at every corner of the house, he had to show himself as an uncontrollable brat to the representative, a liability to the name of a noble house or else his life will be ruined.
he left no corner unchecked, no door without a bucket of water trap, no stair without slippery surface, no cookie without some Ginger poured on it and no bear.
knock knock. someone was knocking he knew it had to be Cosimo with the representative, he slowly walked toward the door paying attention to not setoff any trap, he then opened the door.
oh hi brother Cosimo, why isn't the guy who is going to throw me into suffering with you
hey Petro who do you think I am.
brother Cosimo is Cosimo isn't he?
do you think that I'm mentally challenged
no that would be Giuliano
hmm ok lets go
what
we are going to harbor the representative is going to meet us there
but wait that is against traditions
you don't know how hard it was for me to convince her, oh you are also going to meet your future sweetheart
"he has me cornered here what should I do, it is time for the nuclear option I have to go to my room and burn all of my cloths, I already have a candle ready, what is nuclear anyway why did I thought of such a foreign word, I don't have time to think about that"
brother Cosimo I have to change to outside dress for that, it is better for us for me to be seen in work clothing.
true, however you wouldn't need that I have already picked the appropriate dressing for you
"this guy how much of my plan does he know about plan B I have to use that option"
Petro slowly backed away, trying to not hit the trap he had set
"I have around 150 gil I can live for a long time with this much, I will runaway and wait until situation deescalates"
oh and by the way I gave all of your money to mom for investment for your future, I heard that gold is on fire these days, you're kid you don't need that much
what but that was my money how could you
you mean the money you had siphoned away from the harbor finances
Petro tripped and hit the door he had carefully opened, a bucket full of water fell on him blinding him for a moment, Cosimo grabbed him at that opportunity and walked to the carriage
you devil how much of my plan had you known before hand
not much I only knew that you would do something so I changed our meeting place and made sure to have a backup of anything you would need
why don't you trust me brother Cosimo
I love you Petro but I would trust a random dog before I trust you
Ezio
yes my lord
ah the way you appear is creepy, this little swine has filled the house with traps, make sure to take care of them
as you command my lord
Ezio vanished the same way he had come, with this taken care of Cosimo put Petro into carriage and sat on the opposite side of him.
this is not the end of it I will not trade my freedom, I will act like a troublesome child I will stop this at any cost
like that you're already not one, Petro this is just formality your marriage settlement has been sealed there is no way for you to stop it, beside who do you think is the representative
an old fart from floares family right?
no she is from Lancaster family.
why someone from Lancaster is trying to meddle in the business of the floares
since when I have a problem convincing females for anything, the only reason I changed the location was to protect her not the marriage deal besides I knew you would be sad if anything happens to her
you don't mean
yes
I'm doomed