At 8 am sharp we lined up. In front was the Crown Prince with two men beside him, one is Keaton and the other is Valentine, he seemed to haven't recognized me, great.
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♤Character Status♤
Name : Valentine Muri Eckardes
Age : 20
Gender: Male
Title : <1st Son of a Marquess>
Job :
Family : Eckardes Family
Status :
Level : 70 Next Lvl. : 23.16%
⌸• Stats •⌸
Health : 300/300
Magic : 350/350
Stamina : 100/100
Power : 300
Agility : 90
Intelligence : 65
Wisdom : 60
Luck : 75
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Short Description:
Always cold towards everyone but he only respects someone once he saw their capability. He's not interested in someone worthless and weak. He acknowledged Strength over Status.
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Tch. Again with the strength over status… then why did you treat Veronica worse than a bug, when she didn't even try to get involved with you?
"Everyone, shortly the group of young Duke Devon, from the Colombelles House will arrive in accordance to the royal order." The Crown Prince started.
"Knights from Cavelier House and the 2nd platoon of royal knights will be led by Sir Keaton from Cavelier House. Knights from Eckardes House and the 3rd platoon of royal knights will be led by Sir Valentine from Eckardes House. The first platoon of royal knights will be led by me and Sir Yoren, the Grand Summoner." He looked at everyone of us intently as he continued.
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♤Character Status♤
Name : Yoren Falco Terraste
Age : 18
Gender: Male (Homo)
Title :
Job :
Family : Terraste Family
Status :
Level : 32
Next Lvl. : 11.03%
⌸• Stats •⌸
Health : 100/100
Magic : 25/25
Stamina : 70/70
Power : 55
Agility : 40
Intelligence: 34
Wisdom : 30
Luck : 70
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Description:
He is a cunning, self-centered guy, who cares about his name and reputation. He grabs every opportunity he finds, regardless of what kind of method. He doesn't care about the other's emotion as long as it benefits him. He is currently under enchantment by someone.
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'Haaa… what a joke. A Grand Summoner with trashy stats like that? Rotten bastard, all of his fame/achievements should belong to Amelia.'
"Everyone will wait on the 0th floor as Sir Keaton and company will raid 1st-10th floor of the dungeon, Sir Valentine will raid the 11th-15th floor, when the group of sir Devon arrived he will be assigned to 16th-25th floor, lastly I will have 26th and so on... After everyone finished their respective floor, injured one's will go back here and be tended by the remaining healers, anyone who can still fight will have to go follow us in the frontline. Knights of Cartania! Do you understand clearly?!" He explained well. I, who doesn't know the plan, had a gist of the idea just by listening to him.
"YES! FUTURE SUN OF THE KINGDOM!" All of the knights including Keaton and Valentine kneeled before the prince… except me because I don't know the routine. Even though I'm late, I kneeled and copied everyone. The prince was about to say something when the group of knights came marching. Wew, I'm saved. I'm sure he was about to humiliate me, if it's not for the matching sound approaching…
A man who's riding a horse leading the platoon is definitely sir Devon. A certain face flashed in my memory but I shrugged it off. There's no way he is the man I encountered yesterday that agreed to be a model of a failing business.
Prince Polestar greeted Sir Devon when he unmounted the horse. They talk to each other, I assume it was about the plan. When I got a better look of sir Devon's face, my spirit left my body in shock.
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♤Character Status♤
Name : Devon Mirko Colombelles
Age : 21
Gender: Male
Title :
Job :
Family : Colombelles Family
Status :
Level : 110
Next Lvl. : 50.75%
⌸• Stats •⌸
Health : 350/350
Magic : 230/230
Stamina : 340/340
Power : 610
Agility : 299
Intelligence : 78
Wisdom : 69
Luck : 99
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Short Description:
He is a brave and serious man who faces his opponent with strength based on the opponent's personality. If the opponent happens to apologize after being defeated, he won't kill him and brings it with him to interrogate and go through a proper procedure. He is not a pushover, but he highly respects his comrades who fought with him side by side.
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He is HIM! It's such a small world…! The first was meeting the cruel Crown Prince, next is Amelia, next is Yoren and now him. Author, are you perhaps manipulating the story I'm intending to revise? Tch.
After they talked, sir Devon scanned the knights who were kneeling… and unfortunately, he spotted me.
"Sir Randall?" He approached me, a cold sweat trailed down my face and when I looked at Keaton, he's frowning at me. "It really is you. What are you doing here?" He asked cheerfully.
Everyone's mouth dropped. This sir is respectable, who excels in both fighting and commanding. And seeing him acting so cheerfully after seeing me will definitely leave a new impression of him. What have I done to deserve this? I have no choice but to stand up and greet him.
"It's my pleasure to have you remember me, sir Devon." I bowed. I can feel the curious stares from the knights… gosh. Too much attention for today.
"You know him, sir Devon?" The Prince asked in disbelief.
"Yes, he is a model for the clothing brand I went to yesterday. He's an acquaintance of mine." He answered, and a brow from the Prince rose to his hairline.
"A model?" Then he frowned, "A model who wants to raid a dungeon?" A deep scary tone from him followed by a terrifying laugh escaped from his mouth. "Do you expect us to protect you while you pose inside, young sir?"
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♤Notification♤
The 'Crown Prince's Hostility' towards you has increased significantly after learning about your job.
His 'Hostility' has evolved to 'Prejudice'
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"Crown Prince, please..." sir Devon tried to stop him but he got ignored.
"Hahahaha! The Cavelier Family is getting bolder and bolder these past days. The first was the lady who was my brother's fiancée who happened to kill a vampire. And now a cousin who's just a mere model wants to raid a dungeon?! What's with your family, sir Keaton?" The Crown Prince looked at Keaton with smug smirk
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♤WARNING!!♤
You are experiencing a sudden surge of anger towards the character 'Crown Prince Polestar'...
Your blood pressure is reaching its boiling point…
Your face is getting red due to anger.
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You have two options to calm down.
1. Control your emotions, and think of funny thoughts.
2. Punch the target at least once.
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♤Notice!♤
Do you want to challenge the 'Crown Prince Polestar' to a duel?
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I clenched my teeth and looked at Keaton who was not bulging and kept kneeling with the knights. I already expected this, with all this attention, I knew my loner brother by now was having a panic attack and feeling ashamed, he doesn't have any guts to speak up, even for the family. Not that I hoped he would stand up for me…
I can feel the hostility from the other soldiers and knights, those glares and stares are like knives that are thrusting me from the back… but fortunately, I am 'ME' and I'm already used to that kind of look.
"…How annoying…" I silently said and sighed deeply while staring at the Prince with my uninteresting eyes
I clicked 'No'.
This Crown Prince is openly belittling me in front of everyone. His aura is telling me to run, otherwise he won't spare me mercy and kill me on the spot. I know I don't have the chance of winning if I fight him. So I should back down for now, I don't want to die again.
*sigh*
"I don't have any intention of holding you down, Crown Prince Polestar. But I also don't have the intention of going back because I promised someone to find her brother inside that dungeon. Sorry for disappointing you, but I never planned to join your platoon from the start" I bowed, waiting for his reply before I went my way to the entrance.
I'll make sure to teach him a lesson once I level up enough to match him. I can turn a blind eye just this once. Just you wait, Polestar. I won't forget this humiliation. Way back on 'Earth', I always get even with my enemies, it won't be different this time on 'Georana'.
I can feel the danger creeping out from the entrance. But before I stepped inside… I looked at Keaton, a little bit hopeful he would join me… but disappointingly, he didn't even bother sparing me a glance.
'Hopeless. When will you have the courage to accept me, dear brother? I don't know what kind of grudge you held over Tania… to the point you choose to turn away from me even in this kind of situation?'
I can feel my heart throbbing… this must be the feeling when you are neglected by your own siblings… this is a first for me.
*sigh*
As I was about to take my last step… I heard a voice.
"Wait for us, young master!" I turned around, and I saw one… No- there are three men running towards me.
Efren, Drio, and Selek.
"What are you doing?" I asked in surprise. Keaton didn't even dare to run after me, why them…? "Aren't you afraid of the consequences after doing this? You all are neglecting your duties, if you aren't aware of that." The three suddenly kneeled before me.
"Young master, we swore to protect you with our lives, simple consequences can be tolerated. But protecting you has become our sole purpose in life since we swore an oath." Efren stated.
This is… unexpected. Really really unexpected. The power of a knight's oath shouldn't be underestimated, once they swore, they are bound to devote their life to protecting it. It can't be taken lightly.
Just… what's up with these guys, really. They're unexpectedly too loyal.
"Arise." I said with authority and gratitude, "You choose to follow me, so suit yourselves. From now on, you'll live a rough life."
And we entered the dungeon.