Chapter 11: Second Episode: Chapter 2 (2/2)

The chair was already shattered. Oscar had used a lot of strength in that short instance. He waved the only remaining length of ”rod” in his hands. He beat Woods Brickfield incessantly. This bad youngster was extremely frightened. This fatty who had blood all over his face was the devil. It was as if he no longer cared about his fists. Woods had already dodged until he was quite tired.

When the children saw the boy who had been struck down by Oscar was motionless and blood streaming all over the ground, they ran away screaming. Oh god! Murder! Little Bick was killed by the devil!

The surrounding seemed to have quieted a lot. Sasha was on the ground vomiting painfully. The little Princess was completely scared stiff. She forgot to call for help. Both her eyes were a bloody red. Forgetting himself, Oscar was wrestling with Woods Brickfield.

Oscar was a little impatient. This bastard was much larger than him. His fists were also solid. He himself did not have any advantage. Moreover, he almost could not lift his arm. At this moment, Oscar suddenly thought about the rules of fighting that his second brother mentioned to him before. One must not strike below; one must not strike the head. Oscar could not reach to hit his head because he was too tall. In that case... Oscar paid no attention to Woods’ fists. He took aim at this unfortunate chap’s lower part. Once the little fatty had aimed properly, he ruthlessly kicked at it.

Ola! Oscar was so delighted that his whole body trembled! It was only too effective! This big guy covered his nether regions and bawled in excruciating pain! Thanks to his second brother’s rules of fighting! Next would be his skull!

Once! Twice! Three times! Four times! Oscar counted while using the rod in his hand to beat up the vulnerable guy. Initially Woods could still manage a blood-curdling shriek, but when Oscar had counted to twelve, he could only twitch.

The sound of Sasha retching woke Oscar from his current state, and Alanis Alfa Morisette also recovered from her initial petrified state. She thought she ought to save Woods first, otherwise if she waited for the adults she called to arrive, she feared that he might already have been beaten to death by this madman. This Princess boldly took two steps forwards. She had no idea whatsoever about what she was doing, walking forward like this.

Oscar saw his sister! This was truly... truly low! This bastard had used the dirty mud to defile her! Oscar did not go and soothe his sister. He now had a more important thing to do! He would definitely not go easy on this bastard! When Oscar saw the Princess approaching him, he also noticed that the ground was scattered with shattered pieces of crockery and cutlery.

When Alanis saw the youngster’s gaze, she was terrified. Under the youngster’s gaze, she did not dare move a muscle! She wanted to abandon Woods. Opposing a murderer such as he would be asking for one to pay with their life.

Oscar picked up an extremely ordinary fork. This made all the hairs on the Princess’ body stand on end. The devil walked towards her. She wanted to scream, but immense fear had left her unable to make a single sound. Could it be that the devil already knew that all this was because of her? The Princess, before the devil, blamed herself deeply for the first time. Why did she have to bully this girl? Frankly speaking, this girl did not do anything wrong as well. Could it be that she really was a witch? For goodness sake! Now her devil brother was here to save her! Oh god! But who would save her?

Oscar actually did not know that this girl was the main culprit in his sister’s bullying. He just hoped to use this girl as his witness for victory. He pulled the Princess very harshly towards him. The Princess dared not scream and dared not shout. Her tears welled up. She forgot everything about her identity and her status. She was now facing a demon. The little Princess for the first time understood just how powerful the strength of a man was. She felt as if her arm was about to be ripped apart.

Oscar pulled the Princess and knelt down before Woods, who was gasping faintly. The youngster, who was brimming with rage, used a cold voice from the depths of hell and said.

”I am O’Neil Andrew Morisette! I am from the Andrew family of Narcissus County. Our family’s knights have a custom, after achieving victory; they will dig out the eyes of their foe. This way, they will forever be unable to find the pathway that leads to the Heaven of the God of Light. They will become a lonely soul, drifting for eternity. Their soul will forever be tormented by the darkness.”

The Princess finally knew what the demon was trying to do! Good gracious! Causing a person’s soul to have eternal unrest was indeed something only a demon would be able to do.

Oscar paid no attention to the Princess’ extremely horrified expression. He only cared about his own matter and continued to speak.

”I can see that you are a girl of nobility. I now invite you to be my witness of victory. This bastard who had cruelly bullied my sister had lost in his confrontation with me. So he should accept my punishment. Now, let the ceremony begin!”

Princess Alanis Alfa Morisette watched on as the little boy who called himself O’Neil Andrew Morisette, pierced the fork into Woods Brickfield’s left eye without a hint of hesitation. Her soul was claimed by that strange spectacle. She saw Woods twisting in agony. She saw him spit out white foam mixed with fresh blood. She saw that his left eye that was pierced through was still moving. Her Imperial Highness the Princess wet her skirt.

Oscar scooped out the eyeball viciously. Wood’s eye socket became a dark hole that was gushing blood. The Princess peed even more urgently. Oscar already heard the sound of urine flowing, but he did not mock his eyewitness’ shameful state. He placed all his focus into the ceremony. He would not keep this eyeball. This filthy thing should be left with the loser himself.

What Oscar did not know, was that he had invented a type of cruel way in dealing with foes. Not long after that, when the Narcissus knights heard about the little noble’s son’s method of punishment for villains, they all started to imitate him one after another. This method caused the Persians who were well known for their cruelty, to tremble with fear upon hearing this news.

Woods Brickfield did not know the reason for these happenings. Someone had beaten him. The pain occupied a large portion of his thoughts. He saw the fork plunge into his eye. He could not believe it! Under that excruciating pain, he lost consciousness. In his unconscious state, he did not know that someone had opened his mouth. More so, he did not know that his eyeball had been shoved down his throat. Woods did not know, and his throat of course did not know. So the unknowing throat, instinctively swallowed that circular foreign body that was forcefully shoved into it.

”Oh gracious! What has this madman done? Oh god!” Just when Oscar was preparing to extract Woods’ other eye, he heard the yell of adults, coming from behind him.

”Brother! Brother...” Sasha breathed weakly.

Oscar abruptly opened his eyes. He saw his sister in his arms. He took a deep breath. He had been startled awake from his memories.

”Don’t leave me, I will not be naughty again... Brother! Don’t leave me!” Sasha struggled uneasily in her nightmare.

Oscar once again felt sorrow fill his heart. He embraced his sister tightly. He knew that he would never let go again. He would use his whole life to try and make up for the bitter longing Sasha had felt for him for the past ten years.

As for Woods, Oscar had already forgotten how long he had not thought about that bastard anymore, but he did not truly forget. The hatred was already deeply ingrained in him. ”Rumors say that Woods seem to be doing pretty well.” Oscar softly said to himself. ”Then bring it on! You, that father of yours, and your family, you should all start praying! I swear, no one can stop me from taking out that other eye of yours. Being able to keep it for the past ten years is already a great gift from the God of Light. Now, I have come. Haha! Pray in fear! You pitiful pig.”

Oscar pulled up the embroidered quilt made out of swan’s down for Sasha. Then he replaced the fairy tale book. In the end, he blew out the candle beside the bed. Finally he was in the darkness that could make him calm and at peace once again.

”Father! For goodness sake! Please say something! What shall I do, didn’t you say that that bastard would forever be on house arrest? Good gracious! How did it turn out this way, how can that criminal become a Imperial Highness? Oh god! How did it become like this? His gaze is something that I fear I will never forget in my lifetime! I know that he will definitely not let me off...”

Duke Robinson Brickfield sat on the swivel chair in his study and gazed at his son with sorrow. Where did that handsome young man go? Is this his son? Every time the Duke saw Woods, he would torture himself with this painful question.

Woods’ left eye was gone. Now an eye patch covered that terrifying empty hole. He had no hair. During that time, there were too many wounds on his head and they were too large. The strong corrosive nature of the medicines caused his hair to never be able to grow back again. His son wore a cap all the time. The scars on his skull made him look like a monster.

Duke Brickfield knew that his well-off days were almost over. The afternoon when that news was spread in the Imperial palace, it was already over. The Duke was so furious that he tore up the files on his table frantically. That was all the Empire’s policy decisions. His loyal and upright service to the Imperial household for more than half of his life only begot him this broken outcome.

That afternoon, the Duke was stopped by the Imperial Palace’s chamberlain in front of the gates of the Imperial Palace. That wretched Palace Eunuch had never been this high and mighty before.

”His Majesty is having a cordial meeting with His Imperial Highness Prince O’Neil, at the same time, His Majesty also instructed that no one was to be allowed to interrupt them, especially you, respected Secretary of State.”

The Duke did not show anything towards the Palace Eunuch’s disrespectfulness. He was already dazed after hearing those words.

Where in the world did the problem arise? The Duke carefully analyzed every word the youngster had ever said in court. These words were transcribed by the Duke on a piece of paper. As a matter of fact, the evil convict only spoke six sentences, all were very brief but it just so happened that these simple six sentences completely changed His Majesty the Third.

The Duke knew that the family relation that the youngster deliberately stressed on, awakened His Majesty, but he was still suspicious of the Emperor’s intentions. From his understanding of the Emperor, he did not believe that the Emperor, who could be considered excellent, would be deceived by this youngster with his obviously made up words.

However, the Duke knew that whatever he said now would be too late. There were over twenty cabinet ministers who witnessed the informal crowning ceremony. As long as that criminal wore the ring that was given to his mother by the Empress Dowager, then regardless of whether he was a prince or not, no one would dare make things difficult for him.

The sudden change in the situation caught the Duke off guard. He did not feel discouraged by the setback in front of the palace gates that afternoon. After O’Neil Andrew Morisette had left Hamilton Palace, he once again requested an audience with His Majesty the Emperor, but he was informed that the Emperor had locked himself inside the Palace’s study. So the cabinet minister who had requested audience was again, locked out.

The Duke despaired. He already knew what was inside that study. That youngster had won. His method that appeared so childish that it was amusing, actually worked. The Duke felt that he was deceived by the Emperor. He had helped the Emperor exhaustingly suppress the Andrew family for more than ten years, but in the end, His Majesty had completely given up in a short span of ten minutes. In this case, where should he put himself?

Robinson Brickfield felt a chill all over. The Andrew family’s cruelty towards their foes had circulated for four centuries. He could not help but to recall the youngster’s words that was left in the case files. Let the souls of foes experience unrest; let foes feed on their own flesh and blood. Oh god!

So what should he do now? He could no longer trust His Majesty. The Emperor’s acknowledgement of his mistake to Oscar was equal to betraying himself. What about those colleagues of his? They cannot be counted on even more. Robinson thought angrily, didn’t those chaps enjoy drinking tea and discussing politics in his official residence? What about now? Where were they? After noon, it seemed like they had disappeared without a trace. It was impossible for him to catch them. The Duke cursed those cabinet ministers who were no more than social climbers.

So who was left? The rest of the members of the imperial household? This would not do! They did not have a single reason to, at this time, choose to be enemies with a Prince from the same clan.

What about the Senior Statesmen’s Assembly? Although he himself had a few staunch allies there, but what could the Senior Statesmen’s Assembly do? It was practically an ”old folk’s home”! Moreover, an overwhelming majority of these noble elders stood for the power of various regions. They never had a favorable impression towards him.

What else? What else? It seemed like only the Holy See of Light was left. It was fine if they were not mentioned, those bishops only had an eye for gold! The main point was that they simply did not know how to manage their own money. Now they might even be busy making preparations for that vicious criminal’s official crowning ceremony!

The Duke let out a deep sigh. He admitted that there wasn’t anyone who, between the Emperor and the Andrew family, would choose him, who had been cut off from everyone else. Those who waited for him would definitely not have any good outcome.

His son was jabbering on. You poor child, just look at how much harm that wretched scoundrel had done to you! For goodness sake! If it was not for your current appearance, then you could have already been wed to Her Imperial Highness Princess Alanis.

That’s right! Damn it! That Princess! She was the scourge of all these misfortunes. After the incident, she unbelievably shifted all the responsibility. She even swore that she would never meet his son ever again, and said that his son was vermin which only knew how to bully the weak, really damn it! Was she not the one who gave permission for the punishment towards the young miss from the Andrew family?

The Duke looked at his unfortunate son and suddenly lost his temper. He ruthlessly swept everything on the table to the ground. His poor child could not utter a single word. He clutched his chest and spread out on the couch. Since Woods removed the bandage around his damaged eye and saw his appearance in the mirror, there was nothing that could scare him anymore.

The Duke went forwards and embraced his pitiful child. His only son became like this! But what did he gain, the Emperor betrayed him, his subordinates kept their distance from him. The criminal that had hurt his child had suddenly become the Prince. Could it be that he even had to salute him respectfully? This was even more difficult to bear than giving up his life.

Robinson Brickfield understood that this Imperial household no longer held a place for him.

The Duke soothed his son. He was also a person who would not easily admit defeat. His long political life made him believe that he definitely had some people or matters that were worth putting to use, and the Emperor’s actions must have some kind of loophole.

He hugged his trembling son closely. He silently warned himself, to not give up, he absolutely could not give up. Everything in Damorga prison that was related to that little demon was brimming with fresh blood and filthy matters. All the bizarre deaths of the members on the Imperial envoy investigation team paled in comparison to the return of this demon! The warden suddenly retired, the military suddenly commanded Damorga prison’s army to change the guard posts. Were all of these by chance? The Duke’s instincts told him that the youngster was trying to divert attention away from some of his secrets.

A hint of a sneer was seen at the corner of the Duke’s mouth. Let us wait and see, you little bastard! I am now still Titan Empire’s Secretary of State! You criminals would definitely leave behind a bloody trail. I will let all of you see who is the winner of this ‘fight to the death’ in the end.