Chapter 24: Third Episode: Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 24: Third Episode: Chapter 6

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Duke Robinson Brickfield was recuperating at the Robbs Manor. He has had this damn flu for a whole week. The Secretary of State was lying down on his bed, feeling dispirited. He even ordered the maids to close the curtains in the house tightly.

Rather than the unpleasantness of the flu, the matter that truly made the Secretary of State uneasy was the ever-changing situation in Dulin City. He realized that his spies were no longer able to provide accurate information on time anymore. Even though some of the information was indeed useful, but the Secretary of State wished they were not true at all. For example, someone saw the legendary old man at the countryside.

”Cart! Cart! Where are you?” Robinson called his brother’s name. In these few days, his brother has been accompanying him in this manor.

”Ha! Dear brother, are you feeling better?” A fatty who looked like a short winter melon crashed into the bedroom after hearing the calls of the Secretary of State.

”Ah... Cart, what are you doing?”

”Nothing much. I have been waiting for your orders outside your bedroom.”

”Cart, leave my maids alone alright? You are not young anymore.”

”Dear brother, I was just...”

”Enough! Tell me some other things. What are you up to lately?”

”Nothing much. It is not much different than it was before. The family’s business is doing well. The time for me to sit at home calculating the profit is much longer than when I was busy running around outside.”

”Hehe. Isn’t that nice? You didn’t get into any trouble, did you?”

”No, those who are against the Brickfield family are still the minority.”

”Cough cough cough... Please get me that cup of water.... Thank you! O my Cart, you know that I did not interfere in your business for so many years. But I hope that you will keep that careful and meticulous attitude. It did not matter in the past. But for now, our rival – that damn criminal is going to attain a sublime status.”

”You mean that stinking worm?”

”Yes, I like your description of him. I have always thought of pulling him down from the throne, but it seems like it is a one-sided intention now. His Majesty will never support me. Even... Even that old friend in the Ministry of Justice is starting to avoid me.”

Upon seeing his brother’s tightly knitted brows, Robert Carter could not speak a word. His brother was an old-fashioned person who was straightforward and serious. If it was him, he would have hired an assassin to eliminate that stinking worm already!

Robinson took a deep glance at his brother. In fact, he knew his brother really well. This guy preferred doing things without leaving an escape route or was too quick to act sometimes.

”Cart, don’t ever have those dirty thoughts! Your brother has never done anything that wronged the teachings of the God of Light in his life. Do you want me to go to hell?” Robinson used his fingers to poke his brother’s head as he said this. He has been teaching his brother this way for many years.

Cart avoided that agilely. He was sick of his brother’s logic since a long time ago. He did not understand why his brother thought that he was a saint as the Secretary of State. It couldn’t be that he had never seen a dirty and evil scheme before during those years when he was in service in The State Council?

”Brother! My dear brother! You should wake up. If extreme steps are not taken, you can never win against that kid. Even though I described him as a stinking worm, you should be very clear of this, brother. He is, in fact, a horrifying monster. I know your men are undertaking investigations in Damorga all this time. But have they gotten any sort of the evidence of criminal activities? And that guy we were tracking all this time. The Ministry of Justice has not even started his hearing. Brother, do you understand what this all means?”

”Cart! I know what you are worried about. That kid sure has the advantage in many ways. On the other hand, our power is at the weakest at this moment. But what can he do to us? As long as I am in service in the State Council, as long as the His Majesty the Emperor still trusts me, then the danger you are worrying about will definitely not happen.”

”Hehe. My dear brother, I think the same as well. But there are still bad rumors circulating Dulin. That old man. Do you still remember him? According to someone, he saw the old man who was supposed to be thousands of miles away appear near a manor right at the countryside.”

”Yes, I have heard of that. But what does this mean?” In fact, this was the most worrying fact for the Secretary of State. That old man definitely did not come back to tour this area. However, there was no indication that this old man was involved in some sort of conspiracy.

”Cart, I think we are being a little too sensitive. You know that? The key standard of determining the direction of the current politics is the dining table of His Majesty the Emperor. As long as it was the usual bunch at the dining table, then there won’t be a lot of change.”

After having this talk, Duke Robinson Brickfield enjoyed his lunch together with his brother. The atmosphere at lunch was heavy because there were a lot of things going on in their hearts. Robinson lost his rational in dealing with the current situation. He was considering the way of reconstructing the State Council in the shortest amount of time possible. This was so that he could protect the people who were loyal to him appropriately. And his brother Cart was thinking of some very simple problems. Wasn’t killing a person in this world such an easy thing to do? You only need to provide the money, then there would naturally be people who were willing to finish the business for you. Cart thought that using the fly to deal with stink bug was the most normal thing to do.

Beside Robbs Manor was a piece of land that belonged to the Titan Imperial Family. No one could accurately represent the land owned by the ruler of Titan -- the Morisette family statistically. But there was a rumor involving an exaggerated story that mentioned this matter. A long time ago, there was a member of the Titan Imperial Family who visited Flange Kingdom. When he entered the city gate of capital of Flange, Barya, he once said to the Flange Emperor who was in the same carriage as him. ”Oh god! Is this your imperial capital? To be honest, it is too small!”

We are unable to prove the truthfulness of these words, but it was at that time Flange Kingdom began to build their Rolphael Palace. It was said to be the most exquisite palace in the world, but the nobles of Titan have doubts with this saying. They did not believe that any palace or infrastructure was comparable to their Westberg Fort.

Once again, Westberg Fort was located at the west countryside of Dulin City, right beside of Robbs Manor. To be honest, putting it this way was unfair towards this gigantic Imperial Court because its area was many times bigger than Robbs Manor. We are saying this because our little Prince was eyeing the Robbs Manor at the highest tip of the tower in Westberg Fort.

”Say! Oscar, aren’t you warm? The weather is already this way. What about you? My dear His Imperial Highness Prince, you actually came to bathe in the sun at such a high place at noon?”

”Yes! My dear Alanis, you missed the most detestable matter! This uncaring Prince even brought the most beautiful Princess to this hated place. And this beautiful Princess must not have used sunscreen before she came out. It seemed that it is logical for this Prince to jump directly from here! Isn’t that right?”

”Haha, yes. It is best if the final dive of His Imperial Highness Prince is accompanied by sharp screams. Hehe. That will be perfect!”

O’Neil Andrew Morisette carefully moved his body to the front. The balcony of the highest tip of the tower was around one hundred meters from the ground. The young lad let out a whistle and asked the beautiful Princess beside him. ”Alanis, Why are there so many people in Dulin who want me dead?”

”That is because you are too cute!”

”Oh yes! Thank you!”

The nice sound of conversations from the boys and girls could be heard from the upper level of the gigantic Fort. They talked about the sky to the earth, the ocean and the dessert. As young people, they had endless topics to talk about. Everything was so relaxing. At least, from the heart of Her Imperial Highness Princess Alanis Alfa Morisette, she hoped that time would stop forever at this moment.

By the time O’Neil Andrew Morisette left the Westberg Fort, it was already in the evening. This young lad has been a little cheerful lately. His companions successfully took control of most of the illegal property in the Dulin City. Even though some problems in certain areas were serious, the young lad was not that worried about it. He was obsessed with chess recently. He would rush a dozen of miles to a small manor to play chess every day.

”Dear Sir Duke, you let me go three steps today. This is very unlikely of you.” Oscar pushed the chess piece by his hand away.

”No, young lad. You should recognize clearly that it is you who have improved in playing chess.” Kachev Drakas Ferdinand replied Oscar with a smile.

Oscar was not satisfied with the reply of the old Kachev. He had never once been able to correctly conjecture upon the skills of this old man. This indicated that they were totally not on the same level.

”Well then! Dear respected Duke! What if I do this?” Oscar used the queen to block the way of the knight. And this little guy thought that his knight could launch an attack first.

Old Kachev frowned. ”Child, if you do this, I have no choice but to... Hmm... Checkmate!”

Oscar looked for a few times. That was correct. He was checkmate just as he had predicted.

”Child, having the courage to take risks is not a good quality. Your moves are full of unknowns. And for a Prince, or to be specific an activist, this is definitely not a good thing.”

”Old Duke, it seems to me that you have never complimented me even once. Am I such useless person in your eyes?”

”No, child. I am doing it for your good. Too many compliments will drive you crazy. Young lads should experience more challenge.”

”Thank you. I think I should leave. Thank you for the challenge you gave me.”

”Haha! Oscar, you are truly small-minded Prince. Don’t you want to stay a bit longer? The High Official of the Ministry of Justice will be dropping in for tea in just a moment. I think you should have tea with him as well.”

Oscar’s eyes squinted into one fine line as he gazed at the old Kachev. Sweat began to form on his palms. He really did not know what this mysterious old man was up to.

The summer in Dulin City had a very distinctive characteristic- it was the stinking smell. Since the infrastructure such as drainage pipes and public toilet was never able to keep up with the growth of the city population, thus all the streets of Dulin were full of the smell feces evaporating into the air in this dry weather.

The people of Dulin City have already gotten used to this living style. As long as they were able to earn some money every day, then everything was acceptable. Moreover, their quality of life was not that high to begin with.

Baron Thomas Aulet has been standing at the South Lair Street for quite some time already. He did not know what happened again that his young master was rushing to meet him.

There were a few bulky guys beside the Baron, speaking softly to each other. A beggar was already shocked by the faces of these people even before he spoke. Even though the underlings of the Baron were not impressive enough to control the situations only with their faces, but the people of the Underworld tended to change their appearances. This fact also applied to the Ando Warriors beside the Baron.

The Night of Dulin was only an adjective. It was clearly distinguished by a street that crossed through the north and south. The north side of the street was the lair. Midnight was the beginning of every life in the lair. As for the south, those petty civilians were probably nothing different from those of higher social status. They were simply wasting life away in the fast-paced time. Therefore, the people in the lair had a superstitious way of living that resembled that of the God of Light.

No one would dare to disturb these few men by the street. It was as if they were a solid brick wall. Every passerby was careful to not touch it. Even the detectives of the Ministry of Justice could only disappear in a superb speed after pretending to care about these people. Everyone knew that these guys who seemed just like shadows came from the deepest part of the lair. The men who were able to walk the path there could take on the role of a death reaper anytime.

A carriage turned at the corner of the lonely street. The Baron checked his appearance, then spit on the floor. As a gentleman, he had no obligation to do that. But in order for him to look a bit more like the head of gangster, the Baron had begun to practice many impolite bad habits.

The carriage stopped in front of the Baron and the Baron greeted the driver of the carriage. The bodyguard by his side opened the door for him. The inside of the carriage was really dark. After taking a long glance of the inside of the carriage, he could finally see those glimmering eyes hiding in the dark.

The door closed and the inside of the carriage was once again pitch black. The carriage moved on. It moved through the small street of the Night of Dulin in difficulty.

”We need to stop all kinds of illegal trading we have at hand.”

The Baron became really cautious. He knew the decision of the young lad was definite. He obviously did not want to ask for the reason behind this decision because the young lad was not discussing this matter with him.

”Alright. Everything will be as you wish.”

”Thomas, do you know that? We are progressing too smoothly and too rapidly. This is a good thing in the past, but it seems like we are rushing into things now.”

Baron Thomas Aulet was a smart person. The series of activities in the lair has already caught the attention of the parties from all parts of Dulin since long time ago. As the only bigshot in current Dulin City, he knew that this rapid progress would lead them to unnecessary trouble.