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Chapter 18 - Edward,The Miserable Prince (1)

I was pretty happy as a kid.

I was born as one of the candidates to the kingship of the lionheart kingdom,so from the day i was born i was in a special position, and of course because of that, i also got a special treatment,befitting a prince🤴. 

The King, my father was a very cold individual,he and most of the royal family were the type that would only think about the pros and cons, so family love was very scare in my family, my father only praise us, his children, when we show some exceptional successes or talent, that he can use in his plans. 

Fortunately, I showed some talent at young age, so I at least felt some family warmth from my father, but on the day of the coming age of ceremony, when I went through the appraisal test, that showed that I didn't have any of the talents that the royal family should have, even my magic circuit were of a lower quality than what a royalties is, my life flipped, from being respected and admired for the talents I showed at a young age, to being looked down on, and being ignored. 

My father didn't get angry when he saw my results,he only become uninterested in me, only my twin sister; Leone, was the one who brought warmth to my heart from a time to another. 

Unlike me, my sister is very talented, even by the standards of the royal family, unfortunately, she was cursed at a young age, making her unable to show her full true talent,but even that little she showed, was overwhelmed for someone like me. 

After the coming of age ceremony, the sickness, overcome the king so he didn't last long before he died, without leaving any will, So, his throne that was fought for among his children who sought it. 

This battle for the throne had lasted few years and to this day. the kingdom is only ruled by the minsters and the king's former wives,at least until the assessment had passed. 

"......your highness Edward, please stay back,its dangerous here",I was suddenly pulled from my thoughts,by the words of one of my trusted guards. 

"Yes,your highness, stand back and leave it,to us,we will surely take him down,and protect you.",Makarov,a 30 years old man, tall, red hair with green eye, one of my most loyal guards, who joined me in my quest for the throne said with a very determined face,that screams "I will save your highness, even if I have to die while doing so!",{No way,you can take care of him,my friends,what we are facing now is a holder of one of the mortal sins,Gluttony, althought not full mature,even so with his almost unlimited summoning ability and our puny strength, our chance of running is almost 0, let alone fighting.}. 

"Y-yeah good luck but please be careful"(edward), {even so i can't tell them that},as i looked at my soldiers,friend,and comrades i thought ,{ as one had said once,ignorance is a bless,only Makarov and sistina should know what they are fighting now, if I told you now who are you fighting, you may lose the will to fight,so fight to your hearts's content.} 

Clang~ 

Clang~ 

Clash of weapons and kobold claws resound in the surrounding forest, as my soldiers who were less than 20 fought against the massive number of the monters that are being summoned by the sin holder. 

Unlike the normal kobold they are surronded by black miasma,and their nature is more furious. 

Although my men were able to kill them in an single attack or two, even so we don't have a chance to win, because their number is still gradually increasing ,and will not stop increasing until we kill or be killed by the hooded figure behind them. 

{Then again why the hell is a mortal sin holder trying to kill me for, this is not how they work, it also seems he was order by some kind of organization, but who heck is so brave to Aly themselves with those demons in human skins??,are they not afraid of making the allied kingdoms, against them?} 

[Low tier fire magic: FIRE SPEARS]

Sistina,A 21, black hair,green eye,beautiful mercenary, i had  recruited before, who was an expert in fire magic, fired some fire spears toward the kobold that her comrade were fighting, defeating them in an instant, giving her comrades a few moments to take a breath and rest a little ,before they commenced their fights again. 

{No! i can't give up,yet,i still have things to do,i can't die before fulfilling my responsibilities, although the second half of my life was not very bright,even so i have comrades, friends that are important to me,there is also my twin sister, and a throne to sit on as well},After self-motivating myself i thought,{but how? ,how can i get out of this extremely disadvantageous situations?} 

"Sistina, Makarov, please make a way for me to confort that hooded man." As I said this loudly,Makarov who just sliced two kobold in half with his long sword, turned his head toward me, while he still swinging his sword and harvesting the life's of the monsters around him,with ease, and said"No, that can't be done your highness, it's very risky" 

"Then Makarov, do you have a better Idea?"(edward) 

"....but your highness,this....."(Makarov) 

"No more buts, Makarov, you should know that this is the only way we can have a slightly chance of survival, so don't waste time, our stamina is limited"(edward) 

"...OK,your highness, please be careful, we will now make a way for you!" 

"Yes, I am counting on you Makarov, Sistina as well." As I said that, Sistina fired some fire spears killing the several kobold that were standing in front of that man, the still surviving ones, were all killed very quickly by Makarov's sword,"Now your highness ". 

in a moment or two, the same number who were killed before,will be summoned again, so in that moment before even Makarov gave me the signal, to move forward, I was already running toward, the one who put us in this crisis. 

As I was running, I opened my magic circuit then used,[Reinforcement magic— body],"Ahhhhhh" with a war cry, I swung sword toward the sin holder, seeing my attack, a sword appeared on his hand, as he parried my sword attack,looking unbothered , as he even had the time to rise his left hand while chanting,"kobold Gate". 

As he chanted that, beside his hand a miasma gathered, made in the shape of a door, where several kobold came out from, but before the could touch me, my they were engaged In combat with my men. 

Seeing that the hooded man, left the door opened even thought it would cost him a lot of mana, to do so, but since he is a Gluttony type sin ,he might not care about such a thing. 

Clang~

Clash~ 

Our swords clashed several time, In a few seconds,his technique was not very impressive, but his strength and fearless advance back it up.{if that is the case}, as I said internally, I summoned another sword to my other hand, using dual style. 

Clang~ 

Stopping the advances of his sword with the sword in my left hand, at the same time I stabbed my other sword toward his abdomen, that he had dodged by a hair distance. 

Clang~

Clang~ 

Clash after another, proved that my previous thought of him being unexperience, in close combat, were right. the only thing that help him defend against me was his high physical abilities, but even that didn't last for long, as after we clashed for a while, my right hand sword had cut a deep wound on his abdomen, not long after my other sword stabbed in his lower abdomen. 

Even though the fight was looking, like I had won, but I felt something is wrong,{strange, no way in hell should someone like an nigh-high level sin, like him die easily like this, no that's not all, the fact that he even let me easily fight with him in close combat was strange from the beginning, with his level he surely can summon hundreds of his minions  in an instant what does he want?} , I thought as I raised my vigilance, while pulling my sword from his abdomen, as I did that his blood smear the ground as he fell on it, Even so I didn't dare to relax, even when a lot of time had passed. 

After a while, I heard his voice for the first time since we meet.