30 hours before the explosion - The palace

Like every morning, the prince woke up by a nook at his door and stayed in bed for half an hour. After grabbing some clothes, he washed his face and headed to the dinner for breakfast

Getting there took a while since it was a f-cking palace, and sadly he had to go or he wouldn't get breakfast. The prince would love that someone send his breakfast to bed and save himself the hassle of going all the way to the dinner, but sadly his father had the policy of eating at the dinner, so they could see each others face at least one time a day

Reluctantly, he headed to the dinner. He hated having to walk there, but what he hated even more was meeting with his beloved monster of a family

Actually, the prince almost always try to avoid his family in any way possible, so he rarely comes to breakfast, but since he has to go to have an "accident" in the evening, he needed to at least get some good points with the monsters

And like he expected, 3 of the 6 monsters were already eating. He seriously doubted that the other 3 would join since one party a lot, one woke up at sunrise and the other didn't sleep. As for the three sitting on the table, they were his father, mother and "beloved" sister

His father the king was known as the wise emperor. When he ascended to the throne, the kingdom was in complete ruin and in only 10 years, he  stabilized everything and after 30, it reached a level of prosperity never archived before. This level of achievement  killed his free time and the only time he interacted with his family was to celebrate accomplishments, events or when they gather to eat(and only sometimes), so there were times where the prince talked to him like 10 times in a year. It had been said that his looks could charm any woman and he had a low of marriage proposals before he chose Julius mother

His mother was known as the witch of the south or the Ice queen, and she got the nickname thanks to her rustles. While the king managed the front of the kingdom problems, the queen took care of all the behind the scene stuff, like assassinations, secret deals, etc, making them a perfect match for each other and the kingdom. This made her extremely busy, so the prince got to speak with her even less since she got a pretty cold personality and didn't talk much. In her younger days, she was regard as a cold beauty, with hundreds of suitors, but the king won against  all and, believe it or not, they have been a happily married couple since then. By the way, both of them had black hair and black eyes so all their children also have it.

And as for her 14 years old little sister, she was the royal family angel. Not only was she completely gorgeous, but she had an aura of innocence and benevolence that captivated anyone who watches it. Knights prostrated at her feet, nobles and princes gave her all kind of presents just to see her smile, when she gave public speeches, the crowd went mad, and not even the same sex was safe from her bewitched smile.

Well, her charm worked with almost everyone since the prince seriously believe that it was all calculated and she was rotten to the core

He never got any proof, but the way she acted sometimes was so perfect that unless it was an act, she had a serious brain injury, and since she was perfect in everything she did and all her teachers praise  her brains and abilities, he seriously doubt it.

"good morning father, mother,..... Alice"(prince)greeted while sitting on a chair

old fool, old witch and bitch (prince)

"good morning big brother"(Alice)Gave him a marvelous smile

"good morning son"(king)also gave him a smile

"good morning"(queen) kept her poker face

After the greetings, the prince waited until a maid brought him breakfast.

"in tomorrow event I expect you to be on your best behavior"(queen)giving the prince a glare

"come on dear, they do this every year, I am sure they know the drill already"(king)kept smiling

"I am really excited to receive our dear sun god blessing, may his protection and guidance help us for another year" acted excited like she couldn't wait

Righhhhht (prince)

"don't worry mother, I will be on my best behavior" in my room(prince)

A maid brought coffee and some creeps for the prince and he started to devour them while the queen ask Alice what  her plans for today were.

"I was offer to cut the ribbon for the new hospital near the slums, after I was going to a tea party with some of my classmates and then go early to bed since we got such an important day tomorrow"(princess)while counting with her fingers

"and you son?"(king)smiled at the prince

"oh, I plan to do some reading and maybe some alchemy experiment like always"(prince) return the smile

"I hope it's not dangerous"(queen)kept on glaring at him

"of course not"unless you consider been blue for 24 hours dangerous(prince)

"good, I am still not sure that the priest was right about you not been cursed, I don't know how you manage to provoke all kind of different reactions from the most simple alchemy formula"(queen)

with a lot of reading and careful preparation(prince)

"don't worry, it's a simple colorant receipt I have experimented before, I am sure nothing bad will happen"(prince)lied

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after that, the prince finished his breakfast and went to his room to make sure he had everything ready for this evening "accident".

28 hours before the explosion - the palace

After breakfast, in the way to his room the prince found out one of the monsters pass out in the hallway.

Prince Jorge was like princess Alice since both were quite talented in manipulating people. But while the princess makes everyone fall for her and wants to cuddle and protect her, Jorge was extremely charming and impossible to hate(there was a rumor that he ones charmed a female dragon and stop it from eating him).  He also was the nobles prime candidate for the throne, while Alice was the people's choice.

If it was anyone else in his family, the prince would probably ignore him, but since even the prince couldn't hate the guy, he chose to give him a hand.

"Jorge, wake up, you are sleeping in the hallway"(prince)shaking his brother elbow

"Uh?where did the two blonds go?"(Jorge)barely opening his two eye and looking around him

"come on, get up, I will take you to them"(prince)Graving one of his arms and helping him get up

To be honest, the prince wasn't sure they were in his room, but he would probably pass out as soon as he lay in his bed and it was easier to play along than to explain

"oh, little bro, I almost didn't recognize you, did you also came to the party?"(Jorge)waking up a bit

"We are in the palace, and its morning, so no"(prince)

"ah, right...... how did I get here?"(Jorge)

"I have no idea"(prince)shrug

"come little bro, cheer up, tomorrow it's a big day, it's time to celebrate and be happy"(Jorge)with a happy tone

"yeah yeah, here it's your room, take care Jorge"(prince)opening his brother room and finding it occupied

so he had two girls, but I think one has brown hair(prince)

"Take care little bro, unless you wanna have some fun ;-)"(Jorge)went to the bed and fell off on the girls

"naa, they look too wasted to be fun, see ya later"(prince)with a sad smile

The prince actually hesitated for a second but if his fiancé found out, she would kill him. She already scream at

him and couldn't stand him thanks to his lay back attitude and his lack of ambition, if he also cheated on her.....

Besides, she is extremely strong and well connected, so she could get away with half killing him.

My motto is taking and easy and pleasant life, no point in taking chances(prince)

The prince, a little sad, return to his room and started the preparations for this afternoon experiments

20 hours before the explosion - Prince room

After reading all the books and notes he needed and took all the necessary materials for the "accident", the prince left his room and went to the alchemy room near the mana vein.

As soon as he arrived, he came across the last 2 of the 6 monsters, his brother Paul and her sister Rebecca training their mana like always.

His brother paul was 23 years old with a 5 years old daughter and a dead wife. he had the support of the military faction and the reason was simple, he was the strongest warrior in the country. Since he was little, he was extremely talented in  developing his inner mana, and he was excellent at using spells of outer mana. With the help of talented teachers and one of the best mana veins in the country, he reached the top and won the annual tournament at the age of 12. He was even banned for participating and can only be challenged by a winner of the tournament(or multiples, like it happened in the 200 years anniversary of the coliseum, that he also won).

His sister Rebecca was 19 years old and the twin sister of Jorge. Besides him, she was the only one in the family that couldn't use inner mana, but unlike the prince, she was the best magician in the history of the kingdom. Unlike the warriors that use their inner mana to become stronger, faster and tougher, the magicians use the mana around them to do all kind of spells. usually the magician specialized in one type of spells, like ice fire healing, etc, and they were considered talented if the can use 2, experts with 3 but Rebecca not only can she use all the types and mixes, she even developed new kind of spells. Of course, the mage faction fully supported her as the next successor.

While the two of them were busy training, the prince took the opportunity to slip by and started to do his experiments. In theory and with the right mix, a dyer should generate some fumes capable of knocking him out for the next 12 hours, or at least that was the plan until the chemicals exploded in his face and he knock out sooner  than expected.

6 hours before the explosion - Prince room

The prince woke up in his room and after checking that he had no wounds or bandages, he felt glad he survived another "accident" and that he could skip that annoying event. It wasn't the first time he made a mistake trying to cause an accident, but at least he got what he was looking for, and as long as he could live a carefree life, he was ok.

I am sure I am gonna get yelled later, but what's the worst that can happen(prince)