' A Capital of Riches '

As Hours Passed We Finally Reached The Gate of The Capital City, The Gate Which Had Been Coated With Pure Gold Opened Slowly To Reveal A City With The Most Impressive And Elegant Buildings You Can Find In Medieval Times, Marble Roads Leading To The Large Castle At The Center, As Our Carriage Moved Along The Marble Road Guards Had Stood Saluting The Arrival.. of The Empress! My Mother, As The People Cheered Her Return As I Could Tell She Was Loved By Them, We Had Finally Reached The Castle Gate Which Had Been Bigger Than The City Walls Themselves, Once They Opened The Gate And The Carriage Entered I Was Shocked To See Possibly Thousands of Soldiers And Hundreds of Servants Awaiting At The Entrance of The Castle, As Me My Mother And The Three Slave Girls Had Entered The Castle Which Had Blinding Lights Radiating It, I Saw The Emperor There.. With A Serious And Imposing Stance, It Seems Like He Was Waiting For Us, I Had Been Wary But Out of Nowhere My Mother Lunged At The Emperor.

I Was Shocked As She Had Knocked Him Down To The Ground, They Seemed To Be Having A Conversation.. And Is He Smiling?! I Should Probably Wait It Out.. Right Before I Can Organize My Thoughts My Mother Yelled At Me 'William! Come Say Hello To Your Father!' I Didn't Want To Rush My Introduction But It Seems Like Mother Wanted Me To.. I'd Sigh Before Beginning To Introduce Myself 'I Am William Reinhardt of The Rein-Hart Family' As The Emperor Chuckled Before Blowing Up In Laughter, He Then Spoke With An Excited Tone 'He's Truly Worthy of The Reinhardt Name! That's One Four Year Old Son To Be Proud of, He's Able To Introduce Himself So Brilliantly' As Mother Laughed Behind The Emperor I Had Felt A Bit Irritated, But Then Again.. This Feeling of Happiness.. I Can Get Used To It Again, That Aside My Father Had Just Now Noticed The Three Girls Who Were Hiding Behind Me As He Asked 'Who Are Those Little Girls Behind You?' As My Mother Tried Chiming In Before My Father Signaled Her To Stay Quiet, As He Repeated The Question With A More Serious Tone, I Decided To Reply Sincerely 'They Are Slaves, We Found Them In An Abandoned Carriage Being Attacked By Mana Beasts, Me And Mother Saved Them And Promised To Free Them' As Father Then Asked 'Oh? And How Do You Plan To Save Let Alone Free Them? Do You Have The Capability of Doing So?' As I Stood There Silent, When My Father Was About To Speak I Chimed In With A Reply 'As of Now, Im Powerless, But As Soon As The Announcement Ceremony Begins, No One Will Dare Resist My Decision, For I Will Be.. No I Am! The Heir of The Rein-Hart Name!' Father Had Glared At Me.. Dim Silence Filled The Room Before Mother Harshly Spoke Out To Father 'That Was A Bit Too Harsh For A Test No?! He's Your Son, Your First Impression Should Be A Good One!' As She Began Yanking He's Ear As He Repeatedly Apologized To Her.

A Few Hours Had Passed And Me And Father Were Having A Conversation To Get To Know Each Other, of Course Mother Was Monitoring It To Make Sure Father Doesn't Do Any More Tests, As I Decided To Begin Asking Several Questions At Once

' Father, How Is The Battlefield Like? Can You Use Your Mana? How Are Meetings With The Council Like? Can You Use Essence? Can You Teach Me? ' As I Kept Making Father Overwhelmed With Questions Like These He Decided To Stop Me With A Question of He's Own

' What Do You Want To Do Once You Become Emperor? ' A Question That Depending On My Answer Secures My Title As Heir of The Emperor, I Decided To Reply Truthfully ' I Want To Unite The Humans Under One Flag, And To Ban Slavery In The Land ' He Seemed A Bit Surprised With That Answer Though, I Assume It Wasn't To He's Liking Much.

As Days Flew By, I Got Adjusted To The Life of A Prince Within The Castle Walls, Additionally It Margarethe Decided To Leave To Pursue Her Own Goals, Catherine Is Training Under The Royal Knights, And Elisabeth Decided To Become A Maid Working For Me, Everything Was Fitting Nicely And The Girls Were Enjoying Their New Free Lives, The Day of The Announcement Ceremony Is In 3 Days, And My Birthday In 5 Days, Ill Have To Go Shopping With Mother Soon To Prepare.

As I Was Just Thinking About Shopping Mother Had Hurriedly Come To My Room Ordering Me To Get Changed Into A Fitting Attire As They Will Be Meeting The Merchant Guild Head For Preparations, It Seems Like We Aren't Going Shopping.. Shopping Is Going To Us, I Got Changed And Then Went Down To One of The Guest Meeting Rooms To See Mother And The Merchant Guild Leader Bickering, To My Misfortune The Guild Leader Was A Women And She Was Trying To Offer Mother Feminine Looking Clothes For Me To Wear, I Already Hate This.

I'd Ended The Bickering By Announcing ' I Will NOT! And I Say Again, I Will NOT Wear Any Feminine Clothes, I Am A Prince! Not A Princess!' As I Finished Speaking.. They Resumed Their Bickering, I Was Ignored.. I Decided To Just Go To Father And Entrust The Clothes Preparation To Him, But Before I Could Leave Mother Called Out My Name ' William! Wait, I Want You To... Wear This! ' it Was A White Dress.. I Simply Slammed The Door Loudly Signaling Me Leaving, As I Only Heard Them Bickering Even Louder On My Way To Fathers Work Office.

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As I Opened The Door And Entered The Room, It Seemed like Father Had A Guest, As I Was About To Leave To Come Another Time Father Called Out For Me 'William! Come Meet The Duke of Hellin, We Were Just Talking About You And The Announcing Ceremony' As I Heard Those Words I Simply Opened The Door Again Entering And Getting A Clearer Scope of The Room, There Were 5 People, 2 Guards, My Father And The Duke, And A Little Girl With White Hair, Weird Didnt Know They Had Dye's Here, As I Took A Seat In The Cushion On The Opposite Side of The Duke And The Little Girl, My Father Then Ordered Me To Introduce Myself, I Did As Told And Began Introducing Myself ' I Am William Reinhardt, The Heir of The Rein-Hart Family, It Is A Pleasure Meeting You' As The Duke Stood Quiet Before Speaking In A Loud Tone 'Ah! Truly Impressive, You Sure Are The Emperors Son, Your Vocabulary Is Extremely Sophisticated, I Wonder if Your Just As Intelligent As The Emperor Claims' As Father Jokingly Commented 'Oh? Blasphemy? Are You Asking For A Death Wish Duke Hellin?' As The 2 Men Began Laughing And Joking, My Eyes Fell Towards The Girl Who Had Been Intensely Staring At Me The Whole Time, She Had Looked Away Blushing Before The Duke Had Asked Her To introduce Herself ' Come on Darling, Introduce Yourself This Is A Boy Your Age Why Are You So Shy?' She Then Began Hitting Him As She Whispered To Him Seemingly Angered, I Would Be As Well if I Had To Look At That Dukes Face The Whole Time, As She Got Up From The Cushion She Began Speaking With A Soft Tone 'H-Hello.. I.. Im Laura of Hellin, The First Daugh.. Daughter of House Hellin!' She Ended Her Introduction With A Loud Tone, Seemingly Overwhelmed From The Attention, A Shy Girl Huh.. Well Those Clowns That Call Themselves Adults Enjoyed The Show.. Their Laughing Their Hearts Out, Well I Guess Ill Just Ask Father To Do The Preparation And Leave, As I Began Speaking To Father 'Father I Came Here To Ask If You Could Take Responsibility of Preparing The Clothing For My Announcement Ceremony' As My Father Confusedly Asked 'Isn't Your Mother Responsible For That Stuff?' I'd Replied 'Well Yea, But She's Insistent on Having Me Wear A Dress And Feminine Clothing, I Tried Persuading Her But She Just Ignores Me' He Looked Like He Understood Completely, But Then He Said 'Well Im Sorry But I Dont Want Your Mother Killing Me Because of Simple Clothing.' It Felt Like I Was Just Hit To The Guts, I Was Disappointed By Father, As I Was Leaving My Name Was Called Out By Laura 'William! Uh.. Um.. How About Me And You Go Get You Clothes From The Capital?' A Smile Popped Into My Saddened Expression And My Mood Was Flipped From Depressed To Joyful, How Didnt I Think of Going To The Capital Which Is Right Here?, I Guess This Is An Opportunity And I Wont Miss It, Before I Could Answer Her The Duke Spoke Sternly 'What Is This?! My Daughters Already Looking For A Man! Im Disappointed Daughter.. I Thought I Was Yours' The Obviously Embarrassed Laura Began Hitting The Duke Furiously.

It Was Only Noon When The Whole Charade With The Duke Happened And We Decided To Meet Up At The Castle Gate In The Afternoon, I Had Finished Wearing Some Old Clothing From Fathers Chamber As I Went To The Gate Where I Saw Laura And About 25 Guards Behind Her As She Looked Furious And Embarrassed, Probably At The Fact That The Duke Had 25 Guards Assigned To Her.. But I Dont Know Maybe A Speculation? Anyways Enough Joking Around, I Had Called Out For Her In The Midst of Her Speaking To The Leader of The Guards 'Hey Laura! You Ready To Go Shopping?' She Had Turned Looking At Me Before Hiding Behind Her Sleeves Replying With A Soft Yes.. I'd Then Grab Her By Her Wrist Revealing Her Tomato Red Face Before Running With Her Outside of The Castle As We Made Our Way To The Marble Road, It Took A Couple of Minutes But We'd Just Reached One of The Shops, Which Was A Luxury Clothing Store.

The Dealer In The Store Recognized Laura But Didn't Know Who I Was, Not Surprised, But Laura Thankfully Was Able To Get The Store Clerk Into Showing Some of The Fabolous Male Clothing They Had, One of The Clothing That Peaked My Interest Was A Velvet Coat In Black With Some Light Gold Decoration, I Decided To Ask For The Price But The Clerk Said It Was Worth 12 Gold Coins.. For Refrence Each Gold Coin Has 100 Silver Coins And Each Silver Coin Had 100 Bronze, Each Bronze Had 100 Copper And 1 Copper Was Basically 0.01 USD Accounting For Inflation, So That Velvet Coat Costed 120 Thousand Modern US Dollars, Thats An Outrage! Then Again My Monthly Allowance Was And Is One Gold, Laura Asked If The Clerk Could Let Me Try it On And The Store Clerk Agreed Half Heartedly, Once I Tried It On It Was Too Big, That Was Before The Coat Fit Itself Onto Me And Then I Realized Why It Was So Expensive.. It Is Able To Get Accustomed To Ones Size Perfectly, As I Went Out Wearing It I Could Tell By My Reflection I Looked Like A True Prince, Especially With My Young And Handsome Face.. Yea No It Doesn't Change The Fact That Im Just A 4 Year Old Child, Well Whatever Im Gonna See Laura's Opinion On It.

As I Got Out of The Changing Room, I Took A Pose But Before I Could Laura Was Already Covering Herself, I Was Scared As I Thought I Forgot To Wear Some Pants, But It Seems Like She Was Just Hiding Her Gaze From Me Due To Another Reason, The Store Clerk Had Heard The Small Commotion And Checked To See Me Wearing The Coat, As He Commented 'That Things Looks Really Good On You, You Should Really Buy It!' A Marketing Ploy.. Ill Ask Laura On her Opinion Now 'Laura What Do You Think?' As She Finally Took Her Hands off Her Eyes To See Me In The Coat 'I.. Its Really Good On You!' As I Smiled Back At Her, I Decided Ill Buy It. Even if The Coat Was Expensive I Would Do Anything For A Good Backup Incase Mother Trying Making Me Wear A Dress..

As We Continued Shopping It Had Soon Turned Dark Outside And Then We Decided To Return To The Castle, We Had Reached The Gate Where The Duke Was Waiting For Laura, He Had He's Arms Open Expecting Her To Run To Him And Hug Him, She Did Run To Him But Instead of Hugging Him She Hit Him Yelling And Bickering With Him.

I Made My Way Inside With The Velvet Coat And A Couple of Other Accessories, My Mother Was Thankfully Still Bickering With The Merchant Guild Leader As I Returned To My Chamber Where I Hid The Clothing And Accessories Under My Bed And Went To Sleep.