[4 months later...]
4 months already passed since Claude and Morgan escape from the Abyss World. Of course, the first words from Morgan after saw a field of snow is,
"FINAAAAAALLLLYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!—"
"OI!!! BRAT!!!—"
And then, she collapsed and unconscious for over 2 days, 3 days for can't move body and 2 days for flu.
Now, she live in Lundenberg Dukedom with her own personal room. Sometimes, she feel grateful that Claude allow her to use big room. Unlike her situation in Laurengher house where she have to live in attic. This devil duke is a bit nice than her own father.
"My Lady, do you want cookies?" A tall maid stand in front Morgan with a plate of cookies. Her name is Anna. She have brown hair, brown eyes and wore a maid dress. She's maid that assigned by Claude to help Morgan.
Morgan take the cookies and eat it happily, "Thank you, Anna!! You're so nice!! Is Rose the one who made this?"
"Yes. She try hard to learn how to make cookies. I told her to not pushed herself but she's very stubborn. Not only that, she also don't want to send her homemade cookies to you." Anna continue complain with soft sighed.
Rose is Anna younger sister. Their have huge age gap. Currently, Anna is 20 years old and Rose is 10 years old. Both of them working as maid in Lundenberg Dukedom. Of course, Rose also was assigned to serve Morgan as maid.
Just....
Rose don't have encourage to facing Morgan. She always hide behind Anna everytime they're meet. She will run away fast as she can like scared mouse. But, it's not like Rose hate Morgan. She just shy. She love Morgan but don't have courage to speak with her.
"Mmm.... Say thanks to her for give me the cookies." Replied Morgan before continue her reading time. She open the next page of the book she read. What's the book she pick? Nah, She just pick random.
Let's see... I get a lot of free time before Sir Claude send me to the first wall.
Morgan was assigned to eliminate the monster during monster invasion. The location is the first wall, the wall that separates between human world and demon world in Avalon Empire. This wall prevent many massacre that caused by monsters.
Even so, human still have limit. The wall can't help prevent the monster enter into human worlds. It's only can give a time before all the monsters breaking through the wall. So, the knights that was sent by Emperor and others nobles, work so hard to prevent any monsters enter.
This is battlefield.
The place where every second, death will waiting you, beside you.
You don't know if you can survive.
You don't know if you can win.
You don't know if you can lose your life.
You don't know if you can die.
And then, there's where my job.
[First Wall — Lundenberg Territory]
Thousands people die. Thousands monster die. Thousands living thing lose their life.
The battlefield full with blood that it's become dark red. Everywhere, you can see endless corpse laying lifeless. This is battlefield.
The world where you will die if you're careless.
"LET'S BURN EVERYTHING!!!!!"
Suddenly, a huge fire hurricane appeared in the center of monsters. The hurricane suck every monster into the inside and burn it like a grilled chicken.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!!!MUAHAHAHAHAA!!!" On the top of the wall, a kid who have white hair with several blue streak hair, laughed like crazy person. Moreover, her laugh feel a bit evil.
That girl is Morgan Laurengher, the mage of Lundenberg Dukedom.
"Yeah!! Burn everything!!! You guys was nothing but a lab mouse for me to use in spell experiment!!! I have so many new spell to test!!! Burn it!!! Hahahahaha!!!!"
One of knight who stand from behind talking with concern, "Umm... Are you sure we can leave her there? Look dangerous."
"Ahh... You must be rookies. Well, I don't think it's dangerous." His friend turned around and take a leave, "Because she's the dangerous."
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After finishing blowing many monsters over there, Morgan decided to check if there're any monster that escape. Instead of monster, she found....
"What the heck is this?" She stand in front something—No, it's someone.
A young boy, very beautiful like a model, laying on ground. His body is dirty and have several injuries. This guy.... He's definitely accidentally get dragged into the battlefield. Who the heck send him here?—Or, is he accidentally lost in battlefield?
"What are you doing here, brat?"
Morgan flinched before turned around. She saw Claude walked towards her with those beautiful military coat. Only fantasy can allow you to wear beautiful coat without armour in battlefield.
"I found something."
"That's not something, idiot. That's human."
"Can I keep it as my pet?"
"Listen to me, you little brat—"
"Sir Claude, Slavery still allow in this kingdom."
"...."
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[Unknown POV]
Why? WHY!!!? WHY ALL OF THIS HAPPEN!!? THIS ISN'T PART OF PLAN!!! THAT DAMN SERVANT!!! HE MUST BE THAT OLD HAG SLAVE!!!
I need to run as fast as I can. The blood stains painted on clothes. The breath enter in out from my lungs. My right leg flowing with blood after get shooted by arrow. It's hurt like hell when I move.
This forest is dark and I can't see anything!! I need to get out from this place!!!----
Before I can think my escape plan, I don't realised that I accidentally fall into cliff. I fall with hopeless without any plan in my head. FUCK!!! This is your fault, you damn queen!!
Anger, despair, helpless.
I....
I...
I..... I'm not the real son of King.
I'm just mere pawn. The pawn to filled the crown prince position, the first heir of King. The pawn who can't move unless someone's hand move it. Without any royal blood in my veins, I'm just commoner who taken to be fake Crown Prince.
A crown prince should be powerful.
I don't have any powerful ally.
A crown prince should be famous.
I don't even showed my face
A crown prince should be stronger.
I just get shoot on my leg.
A crown prince should be in the center of the attention.
I just mere rumours of crown prince who never exposed.
[ I'm nothing but mere rumours of the crown prince ]
A Crown prince is the second danger position after the king. Every second, I always faced the death. With or without my face reveal, someone always know my true identity. The king is weird and mysterious. He the one who take me as secret son after his first son died unknown.
He said, "Starting today, you're my son, Nicholas. You going filled my son position and protect the royal family."
What a weird guy. My identity nothing but mere rumours. None know my face. None know who I am. But, why? What's the point to filled crown prince position as puppet when I can't even reveal myself? Why I need to hide when your legal son, Carsian, the second prince, can exposed to the world?
If I can just reveal my face into the world, Carsian will be saved. The true heir, the one who can take the crown as legal heir after your first dead son, Carsian, currently exposed into the world unaware with danger. Why you let him out even you know he will be in danger?
And then, I realized. That king. He don't want his own blood to inherit his crown. He already have eyes on me. He know that Carsian just spoiled prince who don't know the true value of his people. Everything already exposed in my eyes when he take me into dirty village.
That day, the king bring me and Carsian into small village. Our main destination actually Lundenberg Dukedom but that place is very far and we need to enter the snowy field. So, when the night raised, we decided to stop at small village to get room.
The king unfazed when he saw the villagers walk around with skinny body and dirty clothes. I don't know if the king just cold-hearted person or he just hide his true feelings. Maybe, as king, he already saw many bad memories and many bad decisions.
"Father!! I don't want sleep here!!! This place is dirty!! The food is awful!!!" The small kid with red hair, Carsian, the second prince, complained as he throw his spoon.
Spoiler brat. He already being spoiled and favoured by the queen. That's why he being such ungrateful brat.
I took the spoon beside me and drink the soup. It's delicious warm mushroom soup. Just a soup without special seasoning. It's better than moss bread at dark alley back then. I feel grateful to be king's son but our relationship just mere a contract.
Carsian looked at me unbelievable, "Ewww!!! How can you eat that thing, Nicholas!!!?"
"Just eat. It's not poison. The soup is made from water, mushroom and warm milk. A perfect soup to have when winter come."
The king remain silent as he drink the soup. He don't even ask someone to test if it's poison. I feel little a bit shock when the king himself eat the commoner food. But, when I look Carsian, I can see how shock he is.
"Carsian." The king's voice very deep and slightly strict, "Sit and eat your food."
At this point, the king already know which the heir that filled his ideal. Someone who know their people's heart instead of their greedy.
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"Good morning."
The boy look shocked. His eyes widened open. The first thing he saw after wake up is white hair girl holding a knife on top of him.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
"HEY!! DON'T MOVE!!! I ALMOST DROP THE KNIFE!!!"
"LET ME GO!! LET ME GO!!! HELP!! SOMEONE TRY TO KILL ME!!!"
"WHO THE HECK WANT KILL YOU!!!?— FUCK!!! I TOLD YOU TO NOT MOVE!!!!"
"CAREFUL, CRAZY GIRL!!! YOU ALMOST KILL ME!!!"
"BECAUSE YOU MOVE, STUPID BRAT, THAT I ALMOST DROP THE KNIFE!!!!"
All sound of thud and something drop can hear out from the room. It's almost sound like someone just get into fight and throw everything. Claude, who coincidence walk over there, look at Morgan's room with confused.
"Alan, Where's that book?"
Alan, his assistant, put the book on Claude's palm. He know what's going happen. He already pray for his young lady before she faced the wrath of Duke Lundenberg.
DANGGGGGGG!!!!
Claude kicked the door without any shame. His presence made Morgan and the young body shocked before Claude raised the book and.....
THUD!!!!
.... throw it into Morgan's face.
"AHHHHHH!!!! IT'S HURT!!! IT'S HURT LIKE HELL!!!"
"Don't be dramatic, little brat. You not going die." Said Claude, nonchalant tone as he place both of his hands on his waist. He slightly raised his chin to showed how arrogant he is, "Well, what are you trying to do with that knife?"
Morgan looked at the knife in her grip, blankly, before look at Claude, and then, Alan. Lastly, he look at the young boy before look back at the knife, "Don't tell me you guys think I try to murder someone?"
Silence. Everyone look at Morgan with the face 'She is murderer.' and unexplained words on their face. Until, Claude open his damn mouth, "Maybe. You see, none think you're such innocent or good child. Beside, you killed every single monster at first wall brutally like psychopath."
"I think you get wrong, Sir Claude. That isn't massacre. That just small experiment for my new spells." Morgan answered proudly like a child who got number 1 in class.
Alan looked at Morgan with confused, "For me, that's more cruel than massacre."
"See? Even Alan can't trusted you, Brat. It's same things. It's doesn't change that the fact you're crazy not matter what happen."
Claude's comments hit deep into her heart like arrow of warrior. What a brutal answer!! He don't even have mercy in his word. No wonder he still single!!!
"Umm...." The young boy raised his hands to get all the attention in this room. He looked very confused, "So, I get any explanation?"