King Charles with his vein popping in his neck and his emerald eyes full of anger was looking down at his child, the Crown Prince and the rest of the people that were accompanying him.

Especially the silver hair that the King was familiar with and hated the most.

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King Charles who was glaring daggers at the Duke of Emsworth Duchy, scoffed at him, and for telling himself that what he thought that one day the Duke will eventually betray him happened..

"How dare you, Keene! How dare you point your sword towards your monarch?!"

He was gritting his teeth as he uttered words that were full of anger.

"Monarch? I never once see you as someone who I want to serve! Besides, do you really think that I wouldn't know about how you conspired with the Temple to kill my wife?!"

This time, it was Duke Keene who was trembling with anger while he pointed his sword to the man sitting on the gold throne.

Crown Prince Edickart and Allan were shocked as it was the first time that they heard about the reason as to how and why Duke Keene had never been eager to serve the Royalties or that he hated every single fiber of the King.

The Crown Prince looked at Duke Keene and to his hands, Edickart saw him trembling as well as Allan. He knew that his father was the kind of man that wouldn't regret his actions or his words.

He could only glare at the King who also made his mother suffer in the palace and place the now Queen, who also helped to kill his mother as one of the highest women in society.

"Ha! Hahaha! I helped the Temple kill your wife? So what? I'm the King! I can do anything because I can…"

King Charles was smirking and his emerald eyes seemed to not be repulse about what he just said. He actually looked like it was his greatest achievement.

"Killing your wife was something necessary… It was deemed to happen even if I didn't get involved." The King continued as he stopped smiling and his face changed as he looked down at them, like he was telling them that they know nothing.

"Necessary?! Deemed to happen?!"

Duke Keene mumbled and repeated the words that King Charles just said. It was ridiculous for him to hear something so frustrating that made his whole body boil in anger.

Allan who remembered what really happened on that cruel day grit his teeth as he tried to swallow a nonexistent big lump on his throat.

He felt like he was about to choke whenever he remembered how his mother was lying beside Evelyn with her lifeless body and then his twisted memory that became the very start of blaming his sister with everything.

Allan felt his anger rise above his head. He was getting angry at the people who were related to the murder of his own mother.

King Charles began to smile. Looking at the number of people that the Crown Prince recruited was not enough for him to be intimidated.

"You think you can win with those numbers?!" King Charles smirk as he snapped his fingers and the knight showed up from either side of the door of the throne room.

Crown Prince Edicakart, Duke Keene, Allan and Gab prepared themselves as they saw the unending number of the Imperial Knights that had come to rescue the King.

"Tsk! This King…! He really is afraid for his life isn't he? He was hiding this many Imperial Knights in his castle…" Gab mumbled as he looked at the Imperial Knights that were still coming from both sides of the door.

"My father was a coward man… he would rather make the Imperial Knights his shield than to protect the security of the Imperial Palace." Edicakrt said.

"This is why I never acknowledge him as a King… he sees his people not as human but as a tool that he could dispose whenever he liked…"

The sharp ruby eyes of Duke Keene sparkled and gleamed dangerously as he tightened the grip on his sword and looked at the man he thought would be a fine monarch when he decided to help him when war broke out years ago.

Allan was only focused on the King and was not listening to the conversation of the three… he was fixated to kill the King to get the revenge that he wanted for so long since the day that he felt the world was crumbling in front of his eyes. The day that his mother died.

***

One of his loyal servants, or to say the chancellor also showed up and whispered to his majesty, the King's ears.

"I see…"

A smile escaped from his lips as he looked at the traitors that showed up in front of him.

"I see that you have prepared this for a while… rebelling against me is a crime that would result in futile fights. How about I make a suggestion… lower your swords and surrender then I shall only imprison you for life."

The King smiled mysteriously that Crown Prince Edickart eventually knew there was something the moment that the Chancellor showed up.

"Did you think we would agree to that? It's easier to take the throne from you and drag you to the mud that you belong to." The Crown Prince said.

"You…!"

The King can't believe that his own blood would say something like that. The prince that he crowned as the one would someday eventually continue the policies and legacy that he will give as inheritance to him was immediately become a dust in the air.

"Knights…!!!! What are you doing?! Kill those bastards!"

King Charles immediately gave an order to the Imperial Knights that was stationed inside the throne room. For now, it was evident that blood would spill in the palace and King Charles was not thinking of spilling his own blood but the enemies.

Swish!

Shing!

The knights guarding the King have already drawn their sword against the Crown Prince and the Duke of Emsworth as well as their company.

Their swords cut through the air as they rushly make their move and surround them with sharp metals that shines brightly as the light in the room is reflected by it.

"Do you really think that you could win against us?" Gab asked as he scanned the faces of the Imperial Knights that were surrounding them.

They paused and looked at each other. When the King who was now standing at his throne heard about the commander of the beastkin kingdom and saw the doubt in the eyes of his knights he immediately intercepted.

"What are you doing?!"

He was loud enough to make the whole throne room and the knights as well as the company of the Crown Prince turn their heads to the front.

With his cold eyes looking down at the group of the Duke, the King said…

"Whoever kills those traitors will become the hero of the Levingstone Kingdom and will have a tremendous reward from me…"

What he said enticed the Knights and the Duke could only laugh at the idiocy of the Imperial Knight that thought they could win against the hero who won the great war.

"Let's see what you got…"

***

The battle began as the first strike was made by Gab. He slashed the opponent with one swing and the blood gushed out like a fountain in the middle of the garden.

Afterwards, the Imperial Knights attack and the Crown Prince, Duke Keene and Allan follow suit and kill the Imperial Knights that get in the way.

One slashed, one strike and a body will fall on the ground. The white shiny marble floors slowly dyed with crimson blood.

The smell of the throne room became familiar with Duke Keene as he also recalled the days when he was at the front of the war and saw the merciless killing that happened in the battlefield.

"Ack!"

"Die!!!"

Swoosh!

Swish!

Clang!

Bam!

Different kinds of sounds echoed through the room, the scream of the people who died at the swords of the Duke as well as Allan, Gab and Edickart have regretted their greed that made them lose their life.

Blood was all around, the hands and the clothes of Duke Keene, Allan, Gab and Edickart were stained with color red.

King Charles who earlier was still in the throne room has now fled the vicinity before the rebellion gets him.

"Allan!"

Duke Keene called his son hurriedly.

"Yes, father. What is it?"

Another swing from his sword struck one of the Imperial knights and fell down with his neck slit.

Allan turned around who;e attacking people and defending himself.

"I'll cover for you, the commander of the Bahalkii Kingdom is also here… get the King and take the Crown Prince with you."

It was a wise decision when you think about the circumstances that they're in.

"The Light Legion will be here in any minute but before that we have to make sure that the King won't leave the premises."

Duke Keene and Allan face to face and with a serious look they know how important it is to kill the King before they start cleaning the Levingstone Kingdom to its core.

An old regime would not be advisable to resurface if a new born King would inherit the throne. It would pose as a danger to the throne.

Duke Keene with a bloody hand held his son shoulder and give him an order… no more like he asked him for a favor.

"Get that bastard Charles and give him the taste of his own medicine…"

He didn't need to tell Allan to kill him because the Duke knew that the sunset eyes of his son were burning with passion to take revenge.

And before Allan and Edickart leave, the Duke gives him advice.

"Don't lose track of what needs to be done… and don't be blinded with your rage."

Allan only nodded his head and took off with the Crown Prince.

"Let's go, your highness…"