Chapter 15 - The Two Identities of The Fourth Prince (1/2)

The next morning, the sun rose into the sky like a flower opening, gifting its petals unto the continent of Egul.

As usual, Shad woke up from his bed and then performed his morning duties. He did his morning stretches and then changed himself into a new set of close after taken n nice shower. After he looked himself over in a mirror, he nodded and went downstairs before the little devil Vivianna could even wake him up.

Unlike Yesterday morning, his father wasn't able to eat breakfast with them. it was only the five of them.

It was quite a lively morning, his brothers and sister couldn't stop from congratulating Shad for beating the ever living hell out Clyde and became the top junior mage in the magic battle assessment exam.

As for his mother, like usual, she was still happy that Shad had won all of his fights, but what concerned her the most, was the state of Shad. She was constantly scanning Shad's body to see if her baby boy had been injured.

After eating breakfast, Shad slipped out from the palace before the imperial guards could follow. As an imperial prince, he should have at least ten imperial guards protecting him wherever he went, however, Shad had never liked that idea.

Firstly, because he had many secrets to protect and second of all, he had a way to avoid people to recognize him even if it was his own father. As such, he was able to guarantee his safety without the imperial guards.

After more than five years of slipping through the imperial palace unnoticed and always come back home unscattered, the imperial family started to get used to Shad's way of doing things. Nonetheless, they always tried to keep his movement secret from the outside.

After shad left the imperial palace, he quickly ran into a small corner void of anyone. he checked if there was someone following him , after double checked that he was alone, he took a black mask from his magical pouch and put it close to his face and waited a second before...

Whoosh!

At the same moment, Shad felt a strong burst of suction power from the mask sucking his face, as though it was going to enter his skin.

Shad did not panic and he stayed calm, he had been doing this for more than three years, so it was not new to him.

As soon as the mask came into contact with his face, his appearance had changed completely and looked like a different person.

Even though he still looked like a young man around the same age, it was completely different from Shad's original appearance and even his magic aura was completely different.

Whoof! Whoosh!

Quickly after that, as he willed, his face changed continuously. Also, it could follow his thought and return to his original appearance. No matter how many times he had used this mask, he was always impressed by its wondrous used.

It was because of a treasure like that, he was able to stay safe no matter how many assassins they have sent after him. Not only, that, he had even used that mask to become an assassin himself. Except for that enticing demoness, no one knew about that mask.

Shad did not know the origin of that mask, he was only able to acquire it after raiding a bandit nest while he was on a mission for the academy years ago.

With this mask, he had become a well-known copper level assassin and do many deeds whether good or bad without leaving any traces of him behind. this mask was the best tool for him to walk onto the path of both darkness and light. He could not even count how many times this mask has saved his life.

After changing his appearances, Shad left the imperial districts and went straight to Populace districts. On his way, he saw many people on the street started gossiping about the fight of the battle magic assessment between himself and Clyde in the noble district.

Most of them were upset about what happened, in their eyes Shad was was a just a fool with impractical steps, the shame of the nobles who'd rather protect the commoners and acted like them as well, but they could not seem to touch him or complained about it from of him as he would do something they less expected. In their eyes, he was an unprescribable fellow that sometimes act depends on his mood.

Especially those who allied themselves with the imperial nobles, they were feelings exceedingly gloomy.

Shad did not care about them, he was breezily walking on the streets, not one of them knew his true identity as the fourth prince.

In a few hours, he made it to the populace district. The streets were bustling with people! It was a beautiful day and the mood of the crowds was one of jubilation, however, Shad did not linger too much and went to a well-known restaurant as Monalisa Inns.

It was one of the most popular restaurants in the populace district and rumor said that it has the support of a powerful noble which is why most people do not dare to cause trouble in that restaurant.

Very quickly, he was in front of the restaurant.

There were at least five soldiers wearing bright armor at the door one could tell that the owner behind this restaurant was indeed, not normal.

The building of the restaurant was the tallest building in the populace district, it displayed a certain sense of extravagance, befitting it was one of the best restaurants and Inns in the city.

At top of the building was a banner fluttering like a divine beast dancing on the wind, with the words, ” Monalisa restaurants and Inns,” written on it

Other than that, the building was designed meticulously as though it was not from this world.

” Young master please...” There was young beautiful waitress wearing short maid outfits that quickly rushed to welcome him.

The waitress of the Monalisa Restaurant was a person with a great eyesight and extreme observation ability. Seeing Shad's appearance, she knew that he was someone with money so she welcomed him passionately, leading him into the hall.

The moment he entered into the hall, it was as if he had entered into a whole different world. There was a warm breeze hitting one face in the hall, the green vegetation which helped refresh the mind. Also, there was a fresh smell of plants that reminded him as though it was in a flourishing garden.

The arrangement of the tables in the hall was also extremely intricate. In fact, despite being in the populace sector, this restaurant looked like a top noble restaurant.