CHAPTER SIX – REINCARNATED AS THE EMPIRE'S PRINCE
Dark Phoenix ignored those whispers about the original owner, more like him right now as he takes time to look around to find someone that descent to have a conversation with him.
Since he occupied a child's body, he needs to act like one.
As he thinks about it, he suddenly felt gloomy all of the sudden.
'The question is… how to act like a kid again?'
From the tiny hands that he looked into earlier, the body that Dark Phoenix had occupied looked around five or six years old since these hands are too tiny to be called a toddler's hands.
'Also, I didn't know the silver-haired man's name and he didn't even tell me before he dissipates in front of me.'
Just thinking about what happened, Dark Phoenix didn't know how to describe this feeling that he had but this is not the right time to think about it.
He snapped from his thoughts as he needs to focus on the matters for now and he look around, still ignoring those disgusted looks that were throwing at his back.
'They should be thankful that I am in a child's body because if not, I'll slaughter every single one in this f*cking place!'
He needs to calm down and not let his bloodlust be released since he doesn't know what sort of world he was thrown into.
'All I need right now is information and for that one, I need to find someone that is quite a descent and not these f*cking people who looked at me with their disgusting looks!'
Moments later, Dark Phoenix saw someone on the other side of the table.
A beautiful woman sitting there, and she was the only one that didn't join in the gossip.
But in Dark Phoenix's perspective, this beautiful woman is no ordinary, but he needs to act first and see what would happen next.
He strives in that direction, and he felt eyes from everyone within the crowd but ignored their presence since he didn't care about them.
The beautiful woman, on the other hand, felt the presence of someone that is going in her direction, and she looked around, only to find a little kid walking toward her.
She couldn't help but be startled upon recognizing the little kid.
"Madam, may I inquire where is this place? And where is the restroom as well?"
Dark Phoenix asked the beautiful woman upon arriving at the destination and it didn't go unnoticed that the fact when this beautiful woman looked at him, she got startled from her seat.
Which makes the legendary assassin make a conclusion but didn't think for now as that could only wait for later.
But upon hearing his childlike voice, he wants to smack that silver-haired man because of what he had done!
'The f*ck?! Seriously?! This child's tone is sickening me to the extent! Why did that bastard reincarnate me into his child self?! He could reincarnate me into the body of his teenage self instead!'
On the inside, he is complaining to the point that his blood boils into anger but on the outside, he could only smile innocently since he is in a body of a child after all.
The beautiful woman saw the child's brightest smile that she didn't see before, which makes her shock even more, but she composed herself and smiled politely.
She stood up from her seat and walked towards the little child who still smiling at her like any other innocent child would make, which makes her heart feel conflicted for some reason.
She brushed off those conflicted feelings that she felt as she half-kneeled in front of the child and put her right hand to her chest as a sign of respect.
"Greetings to the Truman Empire's Fifth prince, Prince Laurence"
Aside from the beautiful woman's action of kneeling in front of him, Dark Phoenix is mostly shocked upon hearing the woman's greeting to him.
'F*ck! That silver-haired man's identity is the Empire's Prince?!'
He didn't show his perplexed expression as he maintain his innocent smile, but his eyes said otherwise.
Dark Phoenix concluded that this body that he is now occupying came from a prominent family, but he didn't expect that this person is a f*cking Prince!
If this person that the body he occupies is a Prince then, why the heck there is an assassination attempt on his life in broad daylight?!
He might have an innocent smile right now, but his crystal blue eyes darken just thinking about the incident earlier the moment he took over.
'It seems like… this is the so-called political intrigues that I read in those fictional novels back then.'
There are times when he doesn't have a mission, those are one of his past times if doesn't have work. Reading fiction novels about royalties and stuff.
Speaking of royalty and political intrigues, Dark Phoenix looked at the woman whose half-kneeling in front of him with respect.
He could tell that this woman might be an aristocrat or someone in the higher ranks other than the Royal family since she is showing respect to the original owner's body that Dark Phoenix had occupied.
However, this woman might know her place but still, he knew that he can't trust the woman's façade.
'I can't believe that silver-haired bastard's identity is a Royalty?!'
Dark Phoenix could feel the stares from the other people around them and he felt something that is akin to the bloodlust that he wanted to start something like a mass murder within this place.
He knows that most of the people around them are looking at him with those scorn gazes and they didn't bother to hide it even though the body he is occupying is this Empire's Prince.
'Seems like even though I had no idea why but just thinking about those fictional medieval novels that I have once read; it concludes to me that the original owner might be in some unfavorable position.'
In his previous life as the legendary assassin, no one has ever done this to him, especially since his name is widely feared amongst the people within the Underworld Realm.
As he thought about his situation, a sharp pang of pain went through his head as he immediately held it.
After that, there are some images that suddenly flashed through his mind.
He closed his eyes for a while to look through and bear the pain.
« … The body he's occupying right now is named LAURENCE JULES VON TRUMAN. He is currently 8 years old … »
« …. Born as the fifth prince of the Truman Empire from the King's concubine. Known as an Illegitimate child of the King … »
« … The world that he is in right now is set to an alternate Medieval European world where magic and magical beings are existing … »
« …. An abandoned wastrel Prince because he doesn't have any magic affinity when he had his coming-of-age ceremony being held when he was 5 years old. The disgrace of the Truman Royal Household … »
'You're nothing but a good-for-nothing bastard! You're a disgrace! Get out of my sight!'
'The bastard Prince is a magical wastrel. Poor him. His future has been sealed.'
'No need for you to worry, Jules. You don't need to prove yourself. My only wish for you is to have a peaceful and happy future, my dear child. I don't want you to take part in the power struggle for the throne. Just live as an idle prince without worries.'
Afterward, the images of the young Laurence disappeared in his mind and then followed by the adult Laurence, the appearance that he knew.
He, now that he knows the identity of the person he's occupying right now.