Chapter 8 (1/2)
Oscar came home! But in reality, 31 Penelope Road was not really his home This was only the place in the Capital that was bestowed upon Duke Dortabel by His Majesty the Eest son was put into jail
The wife of Duke Andrew, Celia Andrew Nedgabel needed only one glance to recognize Oscar The little fatty did not seeeabout hileaaze of the Duke that was cleansed and polished after countless battles What about Oscar? Oh God! He was still a child! What in the world had he gone through in Daa?
Celia held Oscar in an embrace and kissed his forehead ”Welcome home! My dear Oscar!”
”Yes! Thank you! Mother Celia!” Oscar flashed a friendly smile at the Madame
”SaSasha! Did you hear that? Oh God! Oscar called ht he could not recognize me!” The Madame's surprise was understandable Oscar had always been a rebellious child! He had never showed any form of respect to the other wives of his father, not tothem mother
Oscar felt funny with the overreaction of the duchess! He hugged the Mada yet full of sincere emotions ”Mother, are you surprised? Ola! Hoould I not remember you? You had cared for my mother when she was seriously ill; you decorated our rooms with fresh narcissus; you were the one bybetter, I rejected your kindness then I seeivethose tiive me?”
The Mada unstoppably! She wanted to call Oscar's name loudly, but all she could do was sob She could not do anything She was full of happiness yet there was a hint of deep pain inside her! Oscar had grown up! Truly grown up! Who would blame a five-year-old child? Who could be blauilty were actually the grown-ups, like themselves!
The Madaest son of the family whom she had not seen for ten years She did not feel ashaaffe in front of others No one could ridicule a htly She said, ”Oh God! Those guys in Da you? You look much skinnier!”
Oscar wanted to cry now, yet no tears calanced at the Liar and the Poison Doctor ere snickering by his side He could not help but think of the figure he had as a child Oscar asked sincerely ”Was I that fat?”
”Please allow entleman here is Baron Erbe sent by father This is Mr Parker and he is uard You have seen Antonia in the past! And these are my lovely h they are froround is clean!” As if he was showing off his jewels, Oscar pushed everyone forward towards his mother
”hello! Thank you for caring for est child” The duchess bowed to them in an extremely respectful manner
The people were a little flustered The status of duchess Andreas no less than that of the Queen They quickly bowed back to this Madame This Madame was just as what she was rumoured to be Beautiful, noble It was truly impressive!
At the guidance of servants, everyone was brought into the dining hall The dining hall was huge It seemed as if it was a place that ned by the Imperial family of the Morisette Dynasty when they ruled The indoor decorations from that time efficiently adorned the space in the rooraved on the ceiling of the dining hall; the crystal lamps on the walls were exquisite; the whole set of furniture that was rance All of these ant
At the two sides of the dining table sat fifteen chairs Thirty sets of cutlery that wasplates, forks and knives, all these cutleries had the faraved upon them This si festivals or when they served iuests
Miss Sasha E Nedgabel Andrew still had her ar table, Oscar actually wanted to reo at an appropriate tilare of the young miss Oscar had no choice but to pat her on the head If she enjoyed it, then let her be!
The food was really fancy! There were Italian dishes which Oscar loved All the big-shots always had some luxurious habits Oscar especially favored seafood pizza and Italian spaghetti that were cooked with olive oil and fresh prawns These fresh ingredients were all bought by the duchess herself from the famous Italian restaurant on Carlo Murray Street
Oscar was really excited He had never had this feeling for a long time By his side, his Liar butler, his doctor, his lover, his uard were the people closest to him Now, he had a mother and a sister He had never been this relaxed in such a long tia and shared sohted A few tih this ie did not befit her noble status, but Celia never restrained herself in front of the family
The only one who kept silent all the ti miss did not want to share her brother with anyone else She held on to her brother's ar her brother carefully peel the crab shell for her, she was not satisfied with this She needed a chance to be alone with her brother At that time, she would prove to her brother that she still loved him, trusted him and relied on his did not change even after all these years
Oscar knew that he was acting a little overboard He was not usually this way It was only when Mada room by her butler that he resumed his calmness What should coent or important, a qualified butler would never disturb his
Celia came back soon afterwards Her sht hint of worry in her eyes The Madarape wine Oscar was not worried He knew that his mother had no reason to lie to him
”His Majesty the E action” Celia stopped for a lance at Oscar She was satisfied to see that there was no hint of anxiety or fear in this child's expression
”I just er of His Majesty His Majesty will meet you at Haer, but His Majesty had been talking about you with his aides these few days We know some inside news They plan to keep you in Feston Palace that is located in the north suburbs of Dulin They want to keep you there forever! Even though this is still not confir around in the Palace These guys o with this!”
”Are you sure it is Feston Palace?” Oscar could not believe that he had such good luck
”Yes! It is definitely Feston Palace A servant in the Palace even heard His Majesty mention this matter before Why? Is this important?”
Oscar did not answer He had his own considerations about this And this was very important news He believed that he had the ability to attain the best results He was a member of Imperialty His mother, the deceased Princess Mica Alfa Morisette, was his largest bargaining chip
”Ola! What is father's opinion on this arding this matter now
About this, Celia was rather helpless Her husband, just as the way every head of the Andrew faist But when it came to the er acted extremely cowardly She knew Dortmund would surely have his own considerations, but this was simply too unfair towards Oscar
Upon thinking about this, the duchess did not knohat she should say There was no way she could say that the child's father did not do anything at all, right?
Oscar looked at his silentpolitics and some hidden truths, Oscar naturally had some kind of realization This action taken by Duke Dortabel was undoubtedly the es of these actions
His Majesty the Emperor was the ruler of the titan Empire His every word represented the absolute power that was holy and was not to be violated If it was not the time to turn hateful towards hith of such a person He used silence to show his disagreement This way, the Emperor could not find a way to blaht of the consequences of his actions before he made any decisions Surely the Eht now He did not know the thoughts of the Duke and had no idea of what the Duke could do Thus, he had to discuss with his aides continuously about the way to continuously fight against the Duke but without angering him
Duke Dortabel held one fourth of the military power of the titan Empire in his hands But no one seemed to care about this nuth For four hundred years, aainst the Persian cavalry troops at the border, the arest coth in the West Land These ar that could be fended off by the guards that have been accustomed to the peaceful days in inland titan
The fear of the titans towards the Persians had been rooted in the Persian cavalry troops were all over the West Land, like locusts The royalty that ruled titan then, were thrown off the throne by the noble folk, when they were trapped between the problems on the outside and inside The hero that totally had the situation in control became the first emperor of the Morisette Dynasty And the force the emperor relied on were the cavalry troops of the Andrew faan the battle with the eneer than themselves upon a small hill that was full of narcissus The whole process was simple When the enemy attacked, the warriors defended The last warrior fell at last and the eney to move another step forward In that war, 13,867 warriors of the Andrew family were all sacrificed A hundred thousand Persian troops finally stopped their invasion after they threw over forty thousand corpses away titan akened by the blood of the heroes! After that, every day there was a noble that swore loyalty to the emperor that snatched away the throne At the will of the emperor, the Andrew faiven the naanized at that nameless hill The people of titan welcomed the counterattack in which they had looked forward to for a long time
The next ten years were the bloodiest ten years ever experienced in the history of titan In order to strengthen his status as a ruler, His Majesty the E forces in this country For the Andrew faainst the invaders in order to protect their hohts finally took back control of the easternmost province of the Eh it had never been before The emperor at that time only had one last issue to solve And that was the Andrew fa their ith the Persians The emperor was extremely troubled by this matter He wanted to take back the military equipment of the Andrew faht cause a revolt of the people and the counterattack of the Persians
Finally, the e to do Politically, he gave the Andrew family the honor and status on par with that of his own; in the ave the two provinces at the eastern side of the Empire to the Andrews as their hereditary territory In this case, he let the Narcissus Knights protect that land forever so that the Andrews had no tis
Therefore, every generation of the ruler of the Morisette Dynasty had always kept an eye on the Andrew Fa with the relationshi+p between the essential to know for every emperor that was about to ascend to the throne
O Neil Andrew Morisette reached the Hamilton Palace at 1:50pht Calendar He did not pay toopalace Nor did he take note of the nobles that pointed their fingers at hie of His Majesty the Eold and jewels, yet Oscar still did not pay too much attention to this He was about to face the e in his life
In front of the doors of this suards that wanted to search him loudly The ones ere on duty for the Emperor were two Colonels The two officials of the Imperial Guards were a little furious They had never been treated this way before
The mood was rather stiff The voice of His Majesty the Emperor came from within the room just in time ”Let him in! He is the son of Duke Andrew It couldn't be that you thought the son of a general would be an assassin?”
Oscar walked in He looked straight ahead, and found the key to his victory in the Emperor's words Almost in a rude way, he sized up Alfa III His Majesty that was sitting on the high seat
His Majesty the Emperor of the titan Ee would already show signs of ageing, but the His Majesty the Eolden hair and a friendly, kind face Only the slight curve of his lips hinted his Imperialty His robe and croere held by a servant at his side His Majesty the Third only wore his robes and garments at official and formal events, he usually preferred the fashi+onable casual clothes that were tailored for him by the tailor
Oscar found the seating arrange It looked exactly like when he was judged ten years ago More than twenty high officials arrogantly sat in the lounge Except for His Majesty the Emperor, Oscar did not know even one other person But when he saw the casual clothes that the Emperor wore, he seemed to understand - there seemed to be no seat for him here
”The fourth son of Duke Dortabel, O Neil Andrew Morisette, is honored toand that you will always be surrounded by the blessings of the God of Light” Oscar walked up to one reet the Most Supre was not the one used when one faced the E out his rudeness
The Eht that this child did not a He was just a chubby lad that had not even reached drinking age Alfa III His Majesty nodded slightly after Oscar gave his greeting That greeting was casual, but it was a greeting befitting of a junior towards his senior His Majesty the E as well But he was not as sure as Oscar
Alfa III His Majesty waved his hand to stop the high officials He turned towards Oscar ”I heard that you encountered an assassin It seems to be fine now It see us worry about you” His Majesty the Emperor obviously cared about Oscar's encounter with the assassin About this, he had strictly warned that Secretary of State who had never stopped trying to pass judgment upon Oscar But that Secretary of State swore that it was none of his doing The Emperor did not approve of that
”Thank you for your kind thoughts! Theme my freedom No one could be more compassionate than you! Your Majesty!” Oscar chose his words carefully
The E to the plan, Oscar would definitely say this, then he could carry on with the following conversation
”But!” The Emperor paused for a aze ”But! O Neil Andrew Morisette My compassion has no relation to your sins I believe that you understand this as well The sins that you coiven even by the God of Light I can only grant you your limited freedom Then I am sure that you will not object to whatever order that I will give following this, I presume?” The news that the Emperor will put him under house arrest was actually spread by the Emperor himself Surely the Andrew Family knew about this as well No one could defy the order of the E trapped in his oords If he had no objections, then whatever the Emperor said would naturally be as it should be
”Yes! The most honorable Your Majesty If it was Feston Palace, I cannot wait to move there” Oscar flashed a smile as he said this