Chapter 16: Second Episode: Chapter 7 (2/2)

So that meant the God of Light must be nodding off at that time. Or else, the great deity would never allow a liar to have such a depth of understanding of psychology and behavioural study.

The big liar was just like the few mentors of that little liar. He was really satisfied with his student. The days he spent in the same cell with little Oscar was a memory to be kept forever.

When Oscar saw the familiar smile on the Liar’s face, he could not help but be touched by it. That was the most sincere emotion of the Liar. This mentor not only nurtured him to become a qualified noble, but also taught him the way to analyse a person’s mind.

When the young lad got ahold of the dark elements of humanity, Ricky’s teaching had made him the most cunning member in the devil’s lair that was full of sins in Damorga.

”Have you not realized that you are in trouble?” Ricky was laughing quite happily.

Oscar could still recall the huge trouble he got into, but he did not think of that as something serious. He had been busy with the memoir lately. He wanted to apologize to the Princess, but the Prince’s pen had not stopped for quite some time. Other actions have been interrupted because of this.

”Oh, was it those rumors? Sasha mentioned to me before that the people of Dulin were interested of the matter between Princess Alanis and myself. But please believe in me. This was all a misunderstanding. The Emperor should give an explanation soon. Those rumors would definitely cause some degree of damage to the Imperial family. He will definitely prevent this from happening.”

Ricky showed an unbelievable expression when he looked at Oscar. ”Can you tell me that this is truly your thought?”

Oscar nodded in confusion. He knew there might be changes to the situation, but he had no idea what had gone wrong.

”Oh my god! You must not believe this. It was just right a few moments ago there was news from the Palace. When the Emperor was having dinner with the Diplomatic Officers of Faran and West Pusey, he admitted the romantic relationship between the Princess and you. And His Majesty the Emperor indicated that he is supportive of the choice of the Princess. Oh god! I truly believe that you are innocent! Didn’t you just say it? That you have nothing to do with Her Imperial Highness Princess. But what about the truth? Obviously there is no one who would think that way except for you and the Princess!”

Oscar was stunned. Impossible! This was too much. The Emperor admitted the romantic relationship between the Princess and him? Yes! Oh god! Who could tell him that since when exactly he began dating Her Imperial Highness Princess?

Ricky continued to talk of more messed-up things. Oscar did not react much to him. He could already see the reason why the Emperor acted this way. It seemed that the Emperor wanted to have a closer relationship with him. He really did cause trouble for himself. Then should he stand up and clarify that everything was a lie? No! Isn’t that just like looking for death? This is equal to refusing this utmost supreme father when the Emperor has already given you his daughter. Oscar shook his head. He was really confused now. The God of Light really cared about him. The title of Prince, the wealth inherited from his mother, the acknowledgement of the Emperor. The young lad lost his direction for the first time ever. He did not know how to face all of these.

Yes. Everything was as expected by the nobles. The Princess who longed to get married would not have other choice. After the rumor, the Imperial family would not give her a choice. That damn fatty was truly in luck. If it was not for the rumor that was all over the place, he could never become the lover of the Princess. Some nobles who had ulterior motives felt deeply regretful after they calmed down. If they knew things would become this way, they would have stopped this rumor from flying all over the place. Now that the Princess belonged to someone, all of them could no longer waste their energy in this matter.

But they simply regretted their actions. The actions of the nobles were still quick. The rumors about the little fatty spread rapidly. The grandson of the devil, the natural-born criminal, the dirty scum from Damorga. All slander and obloquy had completely replaced the respect of the upper-tier community towards His Imperial Highness Prince.

It was something that could not be accepted by the young nobles in Dulin. After the Emperor’s words were spread to the public, they became crazy about this: they prepared their armor and swords. Duel! Only through duel that they could eradicate this devil who has bewitched the Princess.

Soon after Ricky left, the first letter that requested for a duel appeared on the desk of His Imperial Highness Prince. Oscar did not even give it a full glance before throwing it away. Was the person writing that letter a noble? The little fatty was doubtful of this. The whole letter was grammatically wrong!

Lastly, His Imperial Highness Prince met General Wozakad Elladan. This carriage driver had a relaxed life now. He has been on good terms with the four huge horses. The general used a stiff Titan Language to converse excitedly with the Prince.

”You know how Raytheon that guy expressed his love to the opposite sex? Hehe, I could not even believe it. That was rape! Those horses did not even consider the feelings of the female. The True God will punish them! Haha.”

”You know how they sleep...”

”You know how they play...”

”You know how they fight...”

Oscar yawned. The words the general spoke of today seemed to be the sum of his words in the past few years. He looked at Wozakad who was cheerful in front of him, then he thought of the soldier who would not even laugh and joke in the past. It was as if it was not the same person at all. His Imperial Highness Prince sighed. He saw the maids who came in with a huge stacks of letter. It couldn’t be that all of those were requests for duel, could it?

Oscar had a bitter smile as he took out his machete. He gave it to Wozakad. ”Please help me to care for it for once. And then, speak a few prayers on it in front of your True God because I think I will be needing it a lot soon.”

The time when Wozakad Elladan gave the machete to O’Neil Andrew Morisette was during the time he was at that cell at the top floor inner fortress of Prison Damorga. The little fatty had finally been able to hold the weapon he longed for. Even though that was a wooden blade, but the young lad could feel the killing intention that was about to be released from it when he held it in his hands. That year, little Oscar was already eight years old.

Why would the general gave the machete to the young lad only after spending a year with him? There was no choice. That was the rule of the True God. Persian Machete was a terrifying weapon. The God set up rules when He gave the Persian who believed in Him: He wanted the people to observe with their eyes and experience with their hearts. The machete was a symbol of the power of True God in the human world. The time of which the general practiced his blade in front of the young lad was called ”Inheritance”! The True God only protected the warriors who have accepted the machete after the ceremony of inheritance.

The Persians were really a strange race. They had many languages, many texts. Their civilization was all focused on the worship of the machete. They divided the machete into six different colors and those represented the ranking of the Persian noble. Their courtesy was all expressed through the use of the machete, regardless of towards the enemy or friend.

Oscar accepted the machete. The first thing he learnt was not the arts of blade. It was the complicated ceremony revolving it. A true Machete Warrior must strictly follow these rules.

Soon, the young lad was immersed in the arts of blade that was mixed with a strong essence of religion. The general was the most respected Machete Warrior in his country. The student he taught also emitted as strong an aura as him. But Wozakad Elladan did not know that the rapid improvement of the young lad was due to the Theory of Nature of Weapons that came from the King of Assassins. In the eyes of this Persian general, little Oscar’s understanding of the arts of blade already surpassed himself. The Machete in his hands could always come up with the trickiest attack.

The nature of weapon was to hurt people. Even though humans used it to defend themselves against wild beasts at first, as the human civilization developed until now, the use of weapons on fellow humans has become a usual occurrence now. Oscar summarized the Theory of Attack that he learned from the King of Assassin into a single word: ”Orbit”.

The manipulation of martial arts and weapons of people from the East was incomparable to any races in this world. The experience they accumulated could be told about for a thousand years and still stood firm as the ultimate truth.

Little Oscar observed the blade of the general for one whole year. He already knew the attacking orbit of the machete. As compared to a dagger, the orbit of the machete was as simple and direct as the dagger. The curvy design of the machete determined its attacking orbit as a parabolic shape. From the understanding of the young lad, the method for using this machete could be described as ”Round and lacking”. Round was meant for attacking while lacking was meant for defense. The key to winning was still the thought of the people from the East. ”When you are out of the attacking orbit of your opponent, land your weapon on his body according to the attacking orbit of your weapon.”

Wozakad Elladan made another wooden blade. The development of the student excited this teacher. Soon, he became the attacking subject for Oscar. He cheered as he faced the young lad’s attacks. Life of prison became truly interesting at this moment. The fight between the teacher and the student went on for a whole day until the young lad was too exhausted or even knocked out on the floor.

As the highest tier Warrior of Black Blade in Persian, General Wozakad’s pride did not allow him to attack an eight-year-old child. But this child was obviously a rather troublesome opponent. He grew at an incredible speed from these intense fights. Maybe as the disciple of the general, Oscar could not pressure his teacher in a short amount of time. But do not forget that this child has learned the most advance assassination technique in this world before. The unwillingness of the young lad to admit defeat caused him to quickly give up on attacking directly. Do not misunderstand this. The young lad simply thought that attacking from the dark could achieve a better result. The reality was just as he had thought. Wozakad began to panic. He had successfully turned from defensive into offensive role. Attacking had always been the best defense. But Wozakad knew that his advantage would not last for long. His student was a beast. That young lad pondered on the method to hurt him with the machete from the dark each and every moment.

After O’Neil Andrew Morisette finished this paragraph, it was already midnight. He left the study desk and went to his sling chair. After regaining his freedom, issues came up one after another. It was rather troubling for this young Prince. Just take the more than 100 letters of request for duels on the study desk as an example, Oscar had no clue at all on how to deal with this matter.

Even though he was confused, this young lad still tried to keep his mind clear. Even though it was not sure that this matter was advantageous or disadvantageous to him, but there was one thing for sure. The romantic relationship between the Princess and him has blocked many paths. Surely all nobles who have certain imagination about the Princess will treat him as an enemy. The Prince’s glance fell on the stacks of requests of duels. It seemed that the time has come for these elite young men to wake up.

”Baron Erbe” Woken up by the servants, he did not even have the time to change before rushing to the small mansion of His Imperial Highness Prince. That young lad must have something urgent for him to deal with immediately.

The Liar now seemed a little bit hilarious. He wore the funny clown pajamas. Oscar ridiculed his teacher to his heart’s content. Then, he pushed the stacks of letters into Ricky’s hands.

”Dear Ricky, you were young, you were impulsive. Then tell me this. Have you ever been in a duel with others?”

Ricky waved a letter full of contempt in his hands for a bit. ”Is that it? Of course, there was one time I almost got killed off. What are you planning to do?”

”I want to know the method of killing a person in a completely legal situation. Will you teach me?”

”Haha! That is too simple. As long as there are signatures of the duellers and the thumbprint and you consented to this, then this duel is legal. But what you want is a death duel, just a simple letter won’t suffice. You will need the consent of the most supreme His Majesty the Emperor to kill your opponent in a duel. Of course, the consent of the Pope His Grand Eminence serves the same as well.”

Oscar was deep in thought. His Majesty the Emperor would never allow him to kill someone under his eyelid. Then, this Pope His Grand Eminence was undoubtedly the easier target to deceive.

”Isn’t the Pope His Grand Eminence on his way to Dulin? Ola! You do this, Ricky. Be my representative to welcome Radriere VI. Hmm... Prepare an extremely fancy gift. This, you must know what gift you should prepare. Then, after meeting this Pope, you must bring the document that allows me to take people’s lives quickly back to Dulin. At the same time, pick some people from those bigshots in Dulin. You must’ve noticed that I marked some of the request for duel. Investigate the background of these guys. And then, pick some people that are strong but without any significant background. They won’t cause me much trouble even if they’re dead, will they?”

The Liar took a glance at the marked letter. True. There were all rude personal attacks on them. ”Yes! These guys are overboard. They must pay the price. Okay! I haven’t work for a long time. This role suits me well. I remember meeting the Pope His Grand Eminence Radriere VI once in the past. But be rest assured, he will never recognize me. Ten years of imprisonment has changed me a lot. Hehe! Let’s not talk about this. The most respectable His Imperial Highness Prince! You should rest now. I shall move out now. Your matter must not be delayed further.”

”Well then. I will leave this matter in your hands.”

”Ha! You’re welcome. This is my responsibility.”

Oscar saw Ricky off to the door of the small mansion. He hugged and bid goodbye to the Liar. But just when Ricky was about to disappear in the flower garden, His Imperial Highness Prince suddenly thought of something. He had no choice but to call Ricky back.

”What is the matter, my dear Prince?”

”Ola...How do I say this? Ricky, do you still remember this? That year when I moved into your cell, ah... That was the year I had my twelfth birthday. You gave me a present. Do you remember that?”

”Of course I do! I gave you a wonderful virgin. Weren’t you satisfied with her?”

”Ola! Yes, I am pleased. But the birthday present you prepare for me is always virgin. That makes me wonder if you truly know what is suitable to be given to the Pope His Grand Eminence.”

”Hahahaha! Be rest assured! Dear Oscar, the key of giving present is to give the person something he likes. There is no one more expert than myself in this area. Haha! You lad, you still have a lot to learn!”

Oscar gazed at him as Ricky slowly walked away. He was a little confused. ”Something the person likes? So I was lusty?”

The young lad smiled. He closed the door and left the darkness to Dulin.