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Chapter 5 - 5. The Death of a Coward

Prince Edwin is the crown prince of king Louis. He was charming and unpredictable. Anyone who looks into his eyes first is instantly enraptured.

"Whoah! Look at that! You got a gold medal, Prince. You're not even ten years old," credit Prince Edwin's personal bodyguard who called Anderson.

Despite having a fine face, prince Edwin is of great intelligence. By the time he was only 15, he had already received an advanced education abroad, which was usually considered viable for persons of age, which was around 20-25 years old.

Therefore, by the time he graduated at 18, prince Edwin could be war chief. He is the one who organizes all the strategies and all the fuss about war.

"Alice, where have you been?" Prince Edwin asked a girl who was none other than his sister, Princess Alice.

Alice grew her smile to her beginning. "Big brother, normally," she said without a smile.

Furthermore, Alice was the second child of King Edwin and Queen Erlina. Of course she's the girl who grew up in the palace. However, she did not always reflect that she was the princess.

Alice is a person with a hunger for freedom. Until the time her sister left the country, Alice was never allowed to leave the palace. She was 12 years old at the time.

"Your Majesty, Princess Alice is not in the palace!" Anderson said after searching the palace for Alice because Alice's personal servants reported the disappearance of Princess Alice.

The royal family was frantic. They gathered in the living room to discuss the possibility of kidnapped princess Alice. But they all came to their surprise when princess Alice suddenly returned home unharmed.

"Alice, are you okay?" asked prince Edwin, who happened to be returning from overseas that day.

Princess Alice was astonished to see the whole family gathered at the palace. "Did I miss something?" Alice asked hesitantly.

Since that incident, King Luis increasingly forbade princess Alice to leave the palace. The guard at the door of his room was tightened up and all his necessities were provided.

***

Jerry's will is made up. His spirits didn't just fade when he saw the prince practicing his sword.

Jerry was getting used to the weight of the wooden sword he was carrying today. Every day she would carry him on her back with a string tied to her.

"You're arrogant Could teach me, right?" asked Jerry before starting practice.

"What? We're not a team, Jerry," startled Jirou.

"True, we're just palace messengers who never existed on the battlefield," ichiro added.

"Teach me to interact with the royal family," jerry said enthusiastically.

After saying that, jerry went straight to the training ground. Ichiro and jirou seem confused.

Jerry's practicing as usual. Although his abilities are far below average, he was one of the army candidates that developed significantly compared to others.

"Jerry!"

Jerry was surprised to turn his head to find someone who suddenly attacked him. He fenced off all the attacks that were laid on him. The speed of the attacker was overwhelming him. It made him give in and fall to the ground.

Jerry was surprised to see the man who just attacked him. "P-- prince?" he said. The prince smiled and then reached out to help him up.

"If you give up without using all your strength, you will die a coward's death," said prince Edwin.

Jerry fell silent. The gut says, is this part of the exercise?

"Wahh! Prince Edwin teaches him free."

"How lucky he is."

Jerry looked at the mumbling people around them. Again he was unfamiliar with the situation. People call him lucky?

Until the training was over, jerry couldn't focus on continuing the training. Even though the prince was no longer in the training arena, his charms seemed to be left in the arena. It's different when the prince hasn't entered the training arena. Making jerry think, did the prince also leave this charm on the battlefield?

"Jerry, is it true that prince Edwin was teaching you?" asked Jirou for coffee at the tavern outside the palace.

Jerry leaned his back against the chair. "Is it something special?" he asked hesitantly, but intrigued.

"It's so special!" exclaimed jirou as he kicked off the table. Jerry was jerked off.

"Prince Edwin is known for his just nature. But that is the way it is shown that leads to misunderstandings,"the light of ichiro. Jerry frowned. "Yet, many still consider it unfair. That's because prince Edwin only teaches people who interest him. However, that is the justice of prince Edwin."

Jirou started talking up. "In that case, I can explain enough. Perhaps prince Edwin felt that he could not flatten the would-be war forces. So he looks at how much one strives to be taught in private."

"And it may be that prince Edwin saw your persistence," Ichiro added.

Jerry was quietly digesting the two brothers' words. He's completely speechless. But hearing all of this made him even more intrigued with Prince Edwin.

***

Jerry walked through the palace nervous. He was headed to Prince Edwin's suite because one of the recruits announced that he would like to see him.

However, passing through several places in the palace, jerry noticed that something was off.

"Why is this place so familiar, huh?" Jerry mumbled.

BRUK! KLANG!

The sound made Jerry look back at the direction of the sound. She walked quickly over to someone who was hiding behind a wall, but her clothes were visible.

"You're..." Jerry hanging.

She placed her finger on her lips. "Shush! Keep quiet," She whispered.

"What are you doing?" Jerry whispered around.

"I quietly entered the palace to see the princess. The king would be furious if a friend came." She checked again when she was safe.

As he was about to leave, Jerry held back his arm and turned his head. "Who is unconscious Your name?"

There was an instant silence. "Lisa," the woman answered immediately.

Jerry looked at his palms and smiled. "That woman... has a very strong aura."

To be continued....