Chapter 17: Second Episode: Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 17: Second Episode: Chapter 8

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As a castle that had a history of over six hundred years, Hamilton Palace could proudly, in the whole of the West Empire, announce ”I am the one and only!” In fact, being the greatest and most luxurious building in this world definitely fit the title of ‘The Only One’.

When you stand at whichever corner in the palace, you will find all scenes in front of you being solemn and strict. Its decorations and arrangements depicted the aura of the Imperial Titan Family. This condescending aura did not weaken over time. It had immersed into each and every brick of the palace. The way it stood at the end of the Journey of the Emperor was as if it was at the utmost peak of its own throne.

Sunlight shone on the gigantic body of the Hamilton Palace, and the smooth walls and roofs of the palace were smeared with a layer of gold. It was just like a halo of light crowned upon the head of the Imperial Titan Family. Such dazzling, such bright light. But, those who truly knew the Imperial Titan Family would set their gaze upon the shadows of the palace. Even though the visibility was poor in those places, but truths were always hidden there.

Hamilton Palace was the place that His Majesty the Emperor worked in every day. There were many large-scale meeting rooms and guest rooms. It could be said that the administrative center of the Titan Empire was simply this palace.

Alfa III His Majesty did not like Hamilton Palace. The interior designs here were not on par with his sense of fashion. He loved fashionable design styles and trinkets of strange shapes and figures. The underlying reason for the Emperor coming to ‘work’ every day was because it was habitual. It was a habit inherited from the old Emperor and all the ancestors of the Morisette family.

Hamilton Palace had a lot of hidden chambers that were not known to the public. The origins of many major happenings in the Titan Empire were from these hidden chambers. But even His Majesty the Emperor was unsure of how these hidden chambers were set up since he always ordered his secretary to arrange his meetings and was always led by the servants into the chambers. It seemed that this was also one of the major reasons why the Emperor did not like Hamilton Palace. Walking in those narrow corridors that looked exactly the same as one another was not a pleasant thing to do. In fact, Alfa III His Majesty was already sick of this.

But there would always be exceptions. Alfa III His Majesty was really excited now. When he knew that the person who was ordered by the old man to meet him was a beautiful Madam, he had already began looking forward to this meeting.

Walking alongside the Emperor now was Marquise Erdogan Vas Ferdinand. When she was younger, this Madam’s beauty was once infamous in the whole Westland. It continued even until after she stayed by her retired father’s side, and that lasted for a long time. Only then the upper class community’s obsession with her slowly receded.

Erdogan did not know what kind of ideas her father was plotting. Weasley Alfa Morisette was no longer the Prince that used to follow her around anymore. He was not the Emperor of this Empire. He was the ruler of the whole Titan. Even though he had no outstanding achievements, this Emperor had built up a significant reputation during his twenty-five years of ruling.

”Dogan, you seem to not be feeling well?” The Emperor lightly tapped Marquise Ferdinand’s hand that was clinging onto his arm. The motive of the Emperor was really obvious. He did not call Erdogan by her title, according to the etiquette of the nobles.

”Ah! No, the most respectful Your Majesty. It was nothing. I am simply thinking about the words I should say. You must know that you and my father are both unpredictable. I am unclear of your thoughts and could not understand the things that my father wanted me to convey to you.”

”Hehe. Dear Dogan, these are things that you should not understand. I am surprised by your visit. Being able to see you these few days is the happiest thing that has happened to me of late.”

The servant of the Palace led the Emperor and the Madame into a hidden chamber in the corridor. The moment the door closed behind the both of them, Marquise Ferdinand clearly felt a thump in her heart. She was a little afraid, yet a little anticipating. She did not know why such an attitude of a maiden would still manifest in her after all these years.

”Dogan, seeing you healthy makes me happy. Time did not bring too much change to you. It is a blessing. The God of Light was fair to both you and I. The one He let me meet is still the perfect girl that I know.”

Even though Marquise Ferdinand felt a little sick by the Emperor’s direct tease, but her face inevitably became red. She had lived her life in secluded territory for more than twenty years, assisting her husband and teaching her children. Hearing such flattering words all of a sudden obviously made the almost-forty-year-old ‘girl’ uneasy.

”Your Majesty, I cannot accept your flattery. Even though it is true that time did not leave its mark on my face, but you must know that the power of time is not manifested this way. It has changed everything other than my appearance. You are not the person you were before; and I was neither the person that I used to be.

The Emperor had already forgotten all about the matters that the old man wanted to discuss with him. In comparison with this woman emitting a deathly temptation in front of him, nothing was more important than conquering her.

”Will you call me Weasley? Just like you did before.” The Emperor now seemed to regress back to his younger days. His eyes brimmed with a scorching passion.

The Marquise was a little flustered. The request of the Emperor was definitely not in line with law. From the day this Emperor was coronated, the name of Weasley Alfa Morisette had completely disappeared. What was left were only the Emperor of the Titan Empire and Alfa III His Majesty.

Marquise Ferdinand retreated to a corner in the hidden chamber. Her hands tightly clung onto the handle of a chair beside her.

The Emperor was a little anxious. He was not usually like this. His passion and patience with beautiful women was well-known. But this ‘good’ reputation of his was soon to be destroyed. When facing such a beautiful Madame that emitted such an angelic aura like Marquise Ferdinand, the Emperor decided to be the Weasley of his younger days.

”Am I making you uncomfortable? Did I make you dislike me? If you are not even willing to call me by my name, then why did you enter this room? Have you forgotten all the things that happened to us in the past? Answer me!” The Emperor at this moment was truly the same as one of those impatient lads. He forcefully hugged the Marquise who was not quick enough to run away, in order to express his urge to monopolize her, crazily.

Marquise Ferdinand seemed to be frightened of the daring Emperor. She did not know if she should get out of the tight grip of the Emperor. Suddenly, she thought of many things in the past: When she was young, Weasley Alfa Morisette was undoubtedly the most outstanding suitor among the others. Except the fact that he was a little playboy-ish, the handsome prince did not have many flaws. Even though she had hidden her feelings well, but during her last days living in Dulin, this beautiful, disciplined and well-mannered Miss of the Duke decided to let her feelings run free. She had given her first love, first kiss and first night to Weasley in a hidden chamber in this very palace.

”Could it be...? Could it be that this was that hidden chamber?” The Marquise was shocked by the hidden meaning of the Emperor’s words. Was this the room that was full of sweet and bitter memories? Erdogan could not confirm her thoughts. The body temperature of the Emperor was enough to burn her skin. She could no longer think. His body temperature reminded her that she had to answer the Emperor’s question.

”I did not forget! All of it! I did not forget all of that!” Erdogan regretted immediately after saying those words. She thought of her husband and her two children. She had never had any history of cheating. But as we all know, some things simply do not go according to what logic tells us to do. Even the Marquise herself was shocked by her own words.

”Light of God, praise love. How could I forget? Forget that sole love that I had felt? I can’t do that. But, Your Majesty, what meaning does this hold now? You chose the most suitable partner and I have a husband of equal social status as I. Everything that happened here should be treated as just a short dream in our life.”

His Majesty the Emperor was apparently unsatisfied with this answer that confirmed yet denied his feelings. He had never seen this Madame since that exciting night. He chose the most direct way to express his feelings.

Erdogan was stunned by the sudden, hot kiss. She had no idea how she could deal with this incident. She wanted to push him away, but the one kissing her was no gangster from nowhere. It was the most supreme Emperor. Because of this, the troubled Marquise could only accept it stiffly as she protested in a soft voice.

”No! No! I don’t want this!” Miss Sasha E. Nedgabel Andrew was attempting to push her Brother Oscar. They had just bought a handful of things from the infamous flea market in Dulin. At this moment, the Prince was trying to convince his little sister to put on a lipstick in which a gold coin could afford a whole ton of it.

O’Neil Andrew Morisette would never allow such low-quality and cheap things to be on his sister’s body, but seeing the young lady screaming crazily was rather an interesting thing to do, although painful at the same time.

The flea market in Titan went back a long way. If it had to be dated back, this would probably go back to the ‘self-cultivation’ period. The people would trade their unique handmade products in the market. Sometimes, they did not even mind even if it was a barter exchange. In fact, the earliest concept of business was to exchange something you need with products that you did not need.

Now, the flea market had become a must-visit place for the locals. The things sold here were much cheaper than those sold in the market. Since they were all homemade products, the style and originality of the products here had a definite advantage. Of course, the main products of this flea market were simply small items. The nobles would only shop in this sort of place when driven by their curiosity.

These strange things surely attracted the attention of tourists and buyers. The young lady pulled His Imperial Highness the Prince, that had the brightest future in the Morisette Dynasty to shop around this place for a whole afternoon. After that, they finally turned to their carriage. She had a habit of showing off the ‘trophies’ she had bought, so the Prince was reminded once again of the results of her shopping, until he found the lipstick that was most probably made of fat from dead animals.

Just when Oscar was drowning in his sister’s laughter, the trotting carriage came to a stop abruptly. The rushing sound of hooves and flustered screams could be heard from outside.

A young man who was dressed like a knight stopped right in front of the carriage in which His Imperial Highness the Prince had rented. He immediately shouted angrily. ”Your Imperial Highness Prince O’Neil Andrew Morisette, if you are still an esteemed member of the Andrew Family, then please pick up your sword and leave the carriage. Accept my challenge for I am Viscount Ceille Mendelssohn.”

The loud voice of the knight made the atmosphere in the street heat up. ”A duel!” A duel between nobles would only appear on places like the newspapers. They would never have guessed that it would happen so dramatically at the flea market. When the crowd realized that the subject of this duel was His Imperial Highness the Prince who was discussed heatedly recently, they all went crazy. They all surrounded the scene. The already packed market now became flooded with people after the appearing of the knight.

Oscar rested against the seat in a laid back manner. This knight called him the Prince. This fact made the little fatty who felt his rights were invaded, feel slightly better. But the young lad did not want to get involved with these young men whose minds were flooded with jealousy. Moreover, the Mendelssohn family’s reputation had appeared in his memory before. And Ricky the Liar had yet to bring the proof that allowed him to take action, back to him.

The young lady who was curious about all things, was the first to put her head out of the window. Such a thing like a ”duel” was a thing that these ladies would never accept and yet still feel extremely excited about. But after Sasha took a glance at the knight, her attention was immediately attracted to another thing.

It was a seven or eight-year-old girl. She looked helplessly at the fresh flowers all over the place after being trampled by the horse of the knight. She simply stood stunned by the knight’s side. Obviously, she was frightened by the horse that came rushing in, and the sudden incident.

Sasha’s rage exploded almost instantaneously. That was narcissus! The flowers of the little girl that was all over the place were real narcissus flowers! These noble flowers were trampled by a guy that came from nowhere. If this sort of thing happened in the Narcissus County, then this guy would definitely be beaten to death with wooden sticks!

Oscar could feel the sudden rage of his sister. He looked as Sasha went down the carriage in a swift move. He exchanged glances with Paul, who was equally as confused as he was. What exactly happened?

Viscount Ceille Mendelssohn was already in battle mode when the door of the carriage swung open. But what he did not expect as the people exclaimed by the sides was that it was a fairy-like lady that came out of the carriage.

This... She must be ”Andrew’s Narcissus Corolla”! Viscount Ceille Mendelssohn awkwardly took back his long sword that was facing forward. He coolly dismounted from his horse and gave an impeccable courteous bow towards the beautiful lady.

”The most respected young lady of the Andrew family! Only the God of Light could praise your purity and beauty. But now I can only say disappointing words to you. I would like to carry out a true duel with your brother, the fourth son of the Andrew family, His Imperial Highness the Prince of Titan Sir O’Neil Andrew Morisette.”

The young lady’s cute eyebrows were tied in a dangerous knot. This ... This ... This disgusting guy used his dirty boots to step on the Narcissus again! Unforgivable! Definitely unforgivable!

There were some things that must not be violated in any way, such as the crest of the Andrew family. Little Sasha’s voice was trembling. She was on the brink of exploding.

”You... You... You are a noble?”

”Yes! The respected Miss Andrew! I come from the Mendelssohn family from the Layne Province at the east of the Empire. The Great Emperor of Titan bestowed the title of Viscount upon me.”

”Then... You said you are a noble. Then... Er... Oh…. What are you called again?”

”Miss, my name is Ceille Mendelssohn. I hope that you can...”

The knight could no longer speak a word. He stared wide-eyed as this angel-like lady walked in huge steps towards him and slapped him on the face.

”Wow... Oh!” The people unconsciously exclaimed! The lady of the Andrew family was rather... rather too aggressive, wasn’t she? She had just gavin a solid smack to this Sir Knight’s face! Oh god! Things were starting to seem interesting!

Viscount Ceille Mendelssohn was stunned! His hand was already on his sword sheath. But he knew that if he pointed a sword towards a lady, he would never be able to face the crowd ever again in his life. But... But why did this happen? The young man put a hand over his face and stared blankly.

”You are the Viscount Ceille Mendelssohn? You are a knight that came from an ancient and noble family? Yet, you choose such a place to challenge my brother. You challenge His Imperial Highness the Prince of the Titan Empire in public. How can you not be aware of such disgusting thoughts you have in your mind? Yes! Piercing my brother’s chest with your long sword in public. Aha! Oh god! You have made a name for yourself! You now receive the attention of a certain lady that you have in mind! What? Did I say anything wrong? You have a dark expression now eh?”

The Viscount’s expression was in fact dark now. But he could not find any words to counter this lady.

Little Sasha did not stop giving blows to this unfortunate guy.