Chapter 2: First Episode: Chapter 2 (2/2)
The things after that were easy to be dealt with! With the cries and begs of his old lover from his younger days, and also the guarantee of the influential official, Marshall Dortmund Andrew Nedgabel, the matter to organize an Amnesty at Damorga became reasonable eventually. But the matter was far more difficult than what he had imagined. The Secretary of State firmly stood against the execution of this matter. This caused His Majesty the Emperor to become hesitant in his decision again! The young son of the Andrew family many years ago had definitely committed a crime that was beyond humane. Moreover, that case had caused an eternal pain to the high official that the Emperor most relied on, and his family.
Luckily! Luckily, another beautiful and respected Madame stood up for him. It was a friend of the youngest sister of His Majesty the Emperor and the secret lover of His Majesty. She only needed one night to make Alfa the Third determined in his decision. She said lightly when she was under the Emperor, ”No matter what, the child is your nephew. He had experienced ten years of life in imprisonment at a young age. Whatever sins that he had committed should have been cleared in that period of time. Do you wish to see your sister whom you care most dearly for cry in the embrace of the God of Light?”
The matter was settled just like this. The following day, His Majesty the Emperor then verbally approved of this matter. Releasing the young son of the Andrew family had already become a fact that would soon be carried out.
Then, with the will of The Winning Escape, Oscar and his accomplices began to think of the list of people who were allowed amnesty. This matter was carried out smoothly. Oscar only took a few minutes to write down the names of people whom he had thought about for already countless times in his heart. To increase the probability of success, Oscar had no choice but to cause more difficulties. Yes, Oscar had pointed out the importance of this move during the discussions with the other criminals. And it was that they must not allow the old men in the Ministry of Justice to decide the names on the list of the Amnesty Order. If that happened, the initiative once again went back to their opponents. So this list must be decided by the criminals themselves. Of course, they could not really ask for the amnesty of these ultimate criminals. What? Did they want to be ridiculed by the investigators in the Ministry of Justice as idiots? These criminals knew more than anyone else that the crimes they committed were very much unforgivable. But the name list still had to be provided by the criminals themselves! Only in this way, could Oscar find the most suitable substitute according to the physical characteristics of every escapee, to carry out this ultimate plan.
To solve this problem, Oscar thought about this matter for a whole fall season. Among the many hypotheses, he found a conclusion! That was to say it was still a rather impossible task to do. When Oscar was feeling utterly defeated, the Sir Prison Warden suddenly came to invite him to his own living room for an afternoon tea. He also told Oscar about some arrangements of this amnesty. Oscar was greatly inspired by one of the arrangements. And that was the conduct of a three-month inspection on the people who had no criminal records in Damorga by the Sir Prison Warden as tasked by the Ministry of Justice in the Empire. If the inspection was done by the prison warden himself, then why couldn’t that list be recommended by the Sir Prison Warden? Would there be any differences between the list recommended by Sir Prison Warden and the list he made himself? Oscar almost scared the shit out of the Prison Warden with his insane laughter.
The deceivers in the West Land moved once again. Firstly, the prison warden of Damorga, Count Moranzo Hanning gave an interesting talk about prison management to the public. Following that were the many reports that complimented the managing official at Damorga in an open letter from the high official of the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Justice of the Titan Empire. After that, it was the awarding of medals and compliments by His Majesty of the Empire. At last, the prisons in the whole Empire began to learn about the advanced techniques of Damorga. Many prison wardens even came to Damorga for inspection. Lieutenant General Moranzo Hanning had made a name for himself. After that, with the intentional help of certain people, the Titan Emperor allowed Count Moranzo Hanning, having contributed largely to the Empire, to rightfully choose the subjects to be on amnesty that was supposed to be done by the Ministry of Justice. Up to this point, the escape plan of Oscar and the other criminals had already succeeded halfway.
The third part of this whole plan completely uncovered the cruelty behind the fight between the law enforcer and the criminal. If the Ministry of Justice truly believed in the Prison Warden, Count Moranzo Hanning that he could fully control so many ultimate criminals, then it would not have arranged so many secret agents and spies among the prisoners. The truth was, before Oscar rose like a meteor to his position in Damorga, the people who were truly in charge in this prison were the leaders of the secret agents from the Secret Service of the Ministry of Justice. Some of them were originally experts in crime themselves. To be recruited by the Ministry of Justice and be put in Damorga were actually making good use of them.
When Oscar was still a child, he started the fight with these secret agents. At last, he had attained success with the help of many members of alliance and support of those from the outside. Until now, at this deciding moment when Oscar and his gang would soon be free, they would not care too much about these secret agents. This was because the sole purpose of keeping them was simply to let these poor guys have something to report to the Secret Service. At this last stage, for the purpose of confidentiality and smooth execution of this plan, Oscar decisively began a full war that he named the ‘Ultimate Cleansing’. The loss of secret agents of the Secret Service was incredible. Even though under the fierce warning of the high official of Ministry of Justice, this massacre was soon over. But Oscar had already gained full control of Damorga. Those dangerous secret agents who were loyal to the Empire were all gone. All those who were left were the smart ones who changed their stance after some threatening and bribing. Although there were people who were also left out of this massacre, but the pieces of truth that the secret agents were able to describe to the Secret Service of the Ministry of Justice became increasingly lesser.
Upon thinking about this, Oscar felt a bit agitated. Yes, the incident ten years ago caused him extreme regret back then. No one could imagine the feeling of a rich young boy born with a silver spoon suddenly being plunged into a prison, between four tall walls. Moreover, that boy was only five years old. That was the age of children who were supposed to be chasing after kites and butterflies, surrounded by maids. But little Oscar’s crimes that were committed under his crazy conducts had intensified the internal fight in the central influence inside of the Empire that included His Majesty the Emperor and the largest lord in the Empire, along with the influential people in the place he represented. At the peak of their fight, his father, Marshall Dortmund Andrew Nedgabel, chose to take a step back for many reasons. Therefore, the young master of the Andrew family who was aged only five was announced guilty by the Ministry of Justice of the Empire. What followed that for him was the life of imprisonment that lasted as long as ten years.
Did the O Neil Andrew Morisette now still regret his doings? The answer was no. Oscar was greatly embarrassed by the cowardly feelings and fear that he felt when the young him first came into this prison. His only regret then was why did he not directly kill that son of a bitch who violated his little angel, and chose to torture him instead. Little Oscar blamed this mistake on the immaturity of his criminal psychology. A true criminal would not do such things that consumed energy and would not bring any advantage to him. He would only use the most advanced techniques, the cruelest and quickest methods to clear his targets. He would not leave any marks. This was the behavior of a successful criminal.
The first evaluation Oscar did on his first crime from the point of criminology and all sorts of successful cases was simply ridiculous. It was truly that way. He was contained with rage at that moment. When he thought about it now, his realized his thoughts then were blurry. This simply meant that he had completely lost control at that moment. He needed to remember that one point at all times in his life of crime in the future: If he had lost the rational judgment of things, then the best way was to do nothing at all. He should just quietly wait for his anger to dissipate first before deciding to do anything.
It seemed like it was no coincidence that little Oscar became a prodigy criminal. His whole childhood had been dealing with all sorts of famous criminals. And due to his willingness to learn and his desire for the perfect crime, he absorbed all knowledge about crimes near to the point of insanity. Of course, there was a huge reason why Oscar had to do this in real life. Even though the judgment of the Ministry of Justice of him was extremely just and fair, the Secretary of State whom he had angered had always tried to murder him. To protect his own life, little Oscar had to continuously become stronger and kept looking for members of alliance. As compared to Oscar’s lonely struggle, the support provided for him by his family from faraway was rather insufficient, to the point that Oscar had to fight alone most of the time.
It should be said that the excellent bloodline of the Andrew family and the members of royalty had made little Oscar stand out wherever he was at. He succeeded. The criminal experts in Damorga Prison who came from all kinds of places pledged loyalty to him. That was the first time he felt the leisurely feeling of having others’ life and future in his hands. Unknowingly, he got obsessed with this feeling, as if he was above everyone else, to the point that he could not tolerate anyone and anything that intruded on his power.
Oscar was not one who paid back whenever someone did something to him. Most of the time, he considered the possibility of revenge and destruction. For a successful criminal, the king who ruled the dark world, it was truly unwise if he did a lot of useless yet disadvantageous things. The little Oscar who was once weak, always took cautious notes, comparing the influence between his side and the opposing side when he faced a stronger opponent. When he was in prison, he was already crowned as the Titan’s King of the Underworld. At that moment, he deeply felt that the key to his breakthrough in the future would be having the correct methods in choosing alliances.
When he was deep in thought, Oscar did not like to be disturbed by sounds, messy people and things. Even though the tantrums of this little fatty did not mean that he would want you dead, but those who knew him would understand that you were only one step away from death. Therefore, Lieutenant General Moranzo Hanning’s confidential secretary, Captain Vick would respectfully wait outside the cellar door of O Neil Andrew Morisette. He had already been standing here for more than an hour. In the meantime, he also refused the kind thought of Madame Antonio of bringing him a chair. This was because Vick knew that once the little devil inside walked out of the gate of Damorga, all his crimes would disappear. His father, the strong Marshall, would use a glorious halo to hide this stain on his reputation and repay his son who was kind of sent to jail by his own hands. All the people who knew the details of that incident knew very clearly. If the Marshall kept his son under the protection of his army, then even the King would not dare to ask for his son from him. Thus, having a certain level of humility and respect in front of this future big-shot would not bring him any disadvantages at all. Vick analyzed his conclusion for many times and was actually happy about his correct understanding of the situation.
After approximately half an hour, Captain Vick finally had his wish granted and saw Sir O Neil Andrew Morisette. Even though he was lying on his favorite reclining chair and had no intention to greet him, Vick still tried to tailor his speech to the best of his ability, in a way that was suitable for their differentiated positions.
”Sir! As the confidential secretary of Damorga’s Prison Warden, Sir Lieutenant General Moranzo Hanning, I am really honored to represent my boss to send you his invitation. As you may have known, the Imperial Envoy from Dulin, the Attorney General of the Ministry of Justice Sir Marquis Van Earl will arrive by tonight. In order to welcome this Imperial Envoy, my boss have specially prepared a ball and sincerely hope that Sir can be there at that time.”
Oscar once saw many excellent qualities in this confidential secretary. Even though he had a habit of holding too strictly to his logic, but this did not affect the opinion of Oscar on such a civilian officer. On that other hand, he rather valued Captain Vick’s certain ways of doing things that always kept to his principles. To show respect to such a character, Oscar showed a friendly side of himself.
”Ola! It’s the Imperial Envoy. I have indeed received this news. Then, Captain Vick, I would like to apologize first. Some slight matter caught me and I could not see you for a moment, to the extent of using up your precious time. For this, I am willing to explain to your Sir Lieutenant General who I’m sure is ready to scold you on this. Also, please help me to extend my gratitude to Lieutenant General Moranzo Hanning. I am much honored to be invited and I will be there on time.”
Vick was slightly taken aback. As he walked out of the huge cell, he was still screaming in his heart: Why was Damorga’s Brother ‘Balance’ apologizing to him? Vick who did not understand suddenly felt cheerful. He even felt like he was floating as he walked. ”It seemed that dealing with the rumored bad guys was not such a bad thing after all!” Vick thought that at last.
Oscar left his reclining chair after Captain Vick left. He called the maids to invite the prison musicians. At the accompaniment of the smooth dance music, he happily danced with Countess Antonia. Annie was puzzled by the cheerful aura that surrounded the little master. She could not contain it and asked the gleeful Oscar. ”Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor moved his birthday celebrations earlier?”
Oscar was full of smiles. ”No! My dear, if the death anniversary of His Majesty the Emperor is to come, I would be delighted by that. But that’s unrealistic. The thing that made me happy is that the Van Earl is arriving sooner than expected. He’s arriving almost one day earlier. Seems that he is more hurried than a certain person!”
”Oh? I do not understand. Are you close to this Imperial Envoy?”
”No! How would I get the chance to know so many people outside of Damorga?”
”Then why are you so happy? Quickly tell Annie, alright?”
”Alright alright! Dear Annie, I do not know this Envoy. But I know that he will bring upon the most exciting part of my Winning Escape plan! Oh, my baby, that is all that I can say, okay? Let us keep on dancing!”