Chapter 94: Eleventh Episode: Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 94: Eleventh Episode: Chapter 3
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
”Such a cute broom!” Sasha E. exclaimed delightfully.
”Yeah!” Oscar shrugged without any choice. His sister’s reaction was not an exaggeration.
”Hmm... Sasha, you know... This is definitely not used to sweep the floor or.... Or....” Oscar scratched his head. He couldn’t directly tell his sister that this thing was the most terrible weapon in this world, could he?
”It’s this way!” Oscar snatched the broom back before the little miss could accidentally pull the trigger. ”To make it simple, this is a launching device. If you are in some sort of danger, just point the side of the peacock feather at the person threatening you. Then you simply touch this trigger here lightly....”
Another oil painting on the wall became the victim!
Sasha could not believe what she just saw! In fact, not any normal Western person could understand this. The broom, the weapon! No one would relate these two things together. Moreover, what was the working principle of this thing? How could it shoot continuously in a single instant? Why was it so light? What materials was it made of? How were the small and thin steel needles made? Oscar could not think of an answer. And Sasha did not even dare to think about it.
”You.... Are you sure that... this is my birthday present?”
Oscar nodded. ”Yes! You should learn how to protect yourself.”
Sasha nodded. She did not forget her kidnapping.
”But... Do I really have to point this thing at people?” Sasha said as she directed it at the damaged oil painting hanging on the wall. She could imagine that the victim of this weapon would suffer a terrible death.
”That’s right!” Oscar nodded again. ”It is called Peacock Feathers. You can hide it in your pocket, only showing the feather to others. People would think that it is simply an accessory. When you need it, just pull the trigger! Of course, you can’t use it to point at yourself. Nor at me!” The Prince said as he diverted the small broom that was pointing at him.
Sasha looked as if she still could not believe this was real.
”And there’s one more thing! My sister! You must promise me! Oh now! You must swear! You must bring Peacock Feathers with you wherever you go. The time and location do not matter. In addition to that, you must not tell the correct method to use it to anyone else. Do you understand?”
”Yes! I swear!”
”Such a good kid!” Oscar kissed his sister, but he immediately was terrified from the strange itch on his neck! ”Oh god! And one more thing, never use this to tickle others! This would kill the other person!”
Sasha let out her tongue. ”I swear. I will never do it again!”
”Ola!’ Oscar wiped the cold sweat off. ”Then... Happy birthday! My little miss, you are finally an adult! You are finally a big girl!”
”No brother!” Sasha replied to her brother’s kiss. ”I was waiting for you to grow up!”
Maybe Sasha was not wrong at all! The one that people truly looked forward to his growth was Oscar! In a morning, when he was planning to put on the summer outfit in front of the mirror, he found that the clothes were not small by a bit. It was short by a bit. Could it be that he became fatter? It could not be! His Imperial Highness Prince might not mind in the past, but it was not the same now. He has grown up. He cared more and more about his own image. He knew that his body shape has problems, so he specially hired a nutritionist to arrange a good meal plan and suitable diet for him.
Every morning, he would made sure that he went jogging. Even though the Red Tiger Knights no longer wanted to train with this little beast, the Prince would always catch some unfortunate ones from the base. Then he would beat them to a pulp in the early morning.
Maybe there was another thing that indicated that the little Prince has truly grown up. He began to miss home. He missed his father, mother, brothers, those grandfathers who stared at him with kind glances and those serious knights who would kneel whenever they saw him. He started to write letters home frequently. Even though the content of this letter mostly included the weather, life and great food, but the words obviously had a strong color of emotions. The few Madames of Duke Andrew would be so touched that they burst into tears every time they read the letters from their youngest son. At last, the Duke had no choice but to reply in his letter, telling Oscar to stop giving trouble to the household!
The last series of thing was that we knew O’Neil Andrew Morisette has truly grown up. Maybe it was because of the mocking of Marshal Robin. Maybe it was because Deiss gave him pressure that he never had before. This young Prince began to study in depth. He looked into books desperately to absorb any knowledge related to battle. He joined the infamous Youth Guards Forum and participated in the debate of Shalon Organization on time. He had even knew some youth army officers who were full of passion. They drank, studied, discussed, scolded the Army Division and cursed Titan’s enemy together.
The people beside the Prince were all glad to see the change in this young man. Especially Murat, as the direct Knights Division Leader under the Prince, he naturally hoped for his higher up to learn something real. If that was not the case, the Red Tiger would surely die with this reckless who would do anything when he was emotional. So, to let the Prince put what he learned into practice as soon as possible, Murat would often organize some big-scale practice. In fact, Murat’s drills did not include defense tactic towards all sorts of troops. It was just starting from the most basic knowledge of operating an army. He would teach Oscar how to take advantage of the geography, how to pick a campsite, how to secure a water source and how to store food.
Oscar learned with all his heart. He knew the knights did these boring things all for his sake. But he also had his moments of retaliation. When Murat planned to prepare long-range raid drills at the countryside for a month in the Ninth Month for him, he naturally chose to hide in his cool mansion.
Murat already foresaw Oscar would make this move. When he brought his Knights Chief Commander and three Group Leader to drag the little Prince out of his room, Lobble Alfa Morisette appeared just in time at the Prince’s mansion.
It looked like Murat’s drill plan was about to go in vain!
”My friend! You came just in time!” Oscar gave an extremely strong hug to Lobb.
”Thank you! How is our hotel?”
Oscar scratched his head. ”Don’t you have anything more important than this to say? Such as how is Oscar’s health? How did Oscar do in this year? Or did Oscar...”
”Stop it! Damn it!” Lobb waved his hands impatiently. ”Do you think I can’t see that you’ve had a relaxed and soothing year? Unlike me! Every day I have to face those Paladins. My actions have been limited to a little flower garden. It’s like all citizens in Titan want to take my life!”
Oscar patted his friend’s shoulder. ”You have to look at this problem from a different perspective! That is a bunch of terrorists. If something truly happened to you, the ones who will be sad are your friends and family. So enduring some pain now is worth it. Moreover, isn’t it over now? You are still the manager of the hotel, still that Lobb who loves men!”
”Enough about that!” Lobb again showed a dissatisfied expression. ”I am about to bid my previous life farewell completely! You know what? My mother chose a marriage partner for me. We will get married during spring next year.”
”Tell me this isn’t true!” Oscar looked at Lobb in surprise.
”Yes! I wish this isn’t true as well!” Lobb put out his hands, hopeless.
”Ola! I must admit. You are definitely unfortunate!”
”Yep! That is true!” Lobb nodded. ”The most unfortunate thing of all is that I agreed to this marriage. My partner is a Princess from Faran Kingdom.”
”You agreed to it?” Oscar’s eyes went wide open. ”Did you take a wrong medication?”
Lobb shook his head without hope. ”I had no choice. I am already twenty-nine years old this year! I have rejected countless marriage proposals before, I can’t reject this time already! You know that my friend? Angering my father and mother is terrifying! I really had no choice!”
Oscar blinked his eyes. He really did not know what to say to that.
”But... This is not necessarily a bad idea.” The Prince suddenly draped his arms across the First Prince’s neck. ”You are about to get married! Then make a small Lobb with that Faran Princess. This way, your father will immediately make you the Crown Prince. Then... Wait for ten or twenty years, you will be the Emperor!”
”Why are you saying this? I am not particularly interested!”
Oscar suddenly said in a loud voice excitedly. ”My friend, why can’t you understand? After you are crowned, you will be the ruler of this Empire! You can do whatever that you want to do. For example... divorce that Princess then poison Rolyn Kate that old witch. Then...”
”Wait! Wait...” Lobb made him stop just in time. ”Little Oscar, you are not serious?”
”Do I seem so?”
”Hahahahahahaha...” The two Princes looked at each other and laughed.
”Let’s go!” Oscar pulled Lobble up from his seat. ”Let’s drink at our big hotel! I assure you that you never want to leave that place again!”
At last, when Oscar and his friend went out of the door with their arms dangling around their shoulder, Major General Murat who already utilized all of the Red Tiger Assault Division could only sigh.
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The Youth Guards Forum was an academic organization that was formed by a bunch of young military officers who were full of avenging spirits and imagination. The aim of this organization was to defeat their enemy via hypothetical views and debate. Maybe no one would understand if it was put in this way. But in these 100 years of peace in Titan, the only way for the Guards to defeat those enemies was through their mouth because no one would dare to invade Titan. At the same time, Titan would not easily start a war as well.
As an academic society, we would say that the Youth Guards Forum was full of dangerous people who loved to wage war. But there was another type of people who were the most dangerous of all. They sometimes fought for the ”occupational change of the Guards”, and sometimes argued about ”defeating Deiss Kingdom in three months”. But... Those who always loved to fight, and were always afraid of the sky falling down on them and always argued about expansion and invasion were just a part of the group! The normal Youth Military Officer still loved to analyzed and debated about the movements of the Army Division. Of course, the war history and examples were all good excuses for the military officers to argue about. If there was still time after arguing, it was not a bad option to discuss about all sorts of tactic and strategy to use against different kinds of army.
So overall, even though the Youth Guards Forum did not exclude those who loved fame and status, most of the military officers still had a bit of knowledge. When they faced a problem, they would truly think with their head and work towards the correct direction. Take for example, when Colonel Tantalus Piche published a strategy plan ”Sudden Attack against Slovenja, to Take Over an Harbor for Titan”, the military officers who were good at thinking immediately caught onto something extremely abnormal. Some of them pointed out that this plan was pure invasion. Some blamed that this was another imaginary adventure of the ”Mad Tatan”, but only a small part of people who had the strongest reaction to this pointed out clearly that if Titan was to fight this way, then this would be another cause that touched off the new round of World War.
Even though this huge strategic plan that took ”Mad Tatan” over one year to complete was scorned by his colleagues, but His Imperial Highness Prince O’Neil Andrew Morisette still kept a copy of it.
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”Hehe! Only I kept it. It seems that the paper price in the University Town was still too high.”
”Your Highness, it can’t be that you called me to this golden and shining hotel just to mock me, right?” Colonel Tantalus turned his head away, troubled.
”You have misunderstood!” Oscar waved his hands. He went up to the Colonel and poured him a whole cup of white wine. ”A reputable old soldier once told me this. He said that along with the political and economic advancement of the Westland, a new round of World War seems unavoidable. A few Kingdoms were intending to invade and expand their countries. But they all paused at the stage where they observed each other’s movement. So... our colleagues have not understood completely the true value of your strategic plan.”
Tantalus nodded, looking as if he was shocked to receive such words. But he immediately began to think.
”Your Highness... Can you tell me the name of that old soldier you were talking about?”
”The Empire’s Military Affairs Chancellor Marshal Alan. Now will you believe me?”
”As expected!” Tantalus’s eyes suddenly flashed a strong light. ”As expected! No less from the Silverfox. This old thing can see it clearly than anyone else can. I still have doubts about the World War, but this old thing has already began his preparations for this!”
”You... You seem to not respect Marshal Alan a lot....”
”I apologize, Your Highness.” Tantalus slightly bowed to little Oscar. ”Just as you have said, a few Kingdoms are trying to expand their countries. Don’t think as if our Titan is simply defending. Marshal Alan observed and spied on the other countries better and more accurate than anyone else can do. But.... From my point of view, the Silverfox is too careful. Let’s say the harbor that Titan wanted for so long, can you believe it, Your Highness? There were so many plans prepared by the strategic department in the Imperial Army Division, but none received the approval of Alan.”
”You think your plan can be acknowledged?” Oscar shook the manuscript in his hands.
”Of course... it is impossible!” Tantalus glared at the plan in his hands, frustrated.
Oscar shrugged. ”Do you know why I am interested in it? Your strategic plan is huge. Let me calculate this. According to your logic, the South Army Group have to disembark fifteen corps, and the Narcissus Knights... Ola! I forgot to tell you this. This is my most favorite part of all! The Narcissus Knights need to disembark four Fronts. And that is to say, in the war against Slovenian Empire, you will need a large army group made of two hundred seventy thousand people.
”Yes!” Tantalus nodded with determination. ”This number was the conclusion I came to after estimating the enemy and our strength. Also, did you not notice? What I stated there was simply the army that is in the battling group. Meanwhile, the reserve, the heavy-weighted army group, the securing food and security army group....”