14 after the explosion - abandon factory

"For those that are new, this meeting started after the royal family disappear after the explosion to check how prince Julian was managing the kingdom. We have been paying close attention to the prince and most of us aren't pleased with the situation"(Orator)Started to explain the reason for the meetings

"He started making a full of himself by having his face all blue for days, confirming what everyone knew that he was incompetent. Or so most of us thought"(orator) kept going, but the prince seriously didn't like how things were developing

" Not only did he managed to get the support of the most important people in the kingdom almost instantly,with preferable treatment and offering their daughter to please him,  he even managed to beat the strongest knight in the kingdom twice, without mana and easily, showing he was more capable that he made us believe"(Orator)

This made the prince a little proud since at least he looked capable of the people, even if he got their support since he was easy to manipulate according to them, and he almost died twice in the fight against Aria

"And not only did he beat the strongest knight, he made her his slave and got 4 more beautiful girls to follow him around all over the place, showing off his personal harem!!"(orator) showed a little grudge in this part, and most men in the factory agreed with him(the other were probably gay or with their wife's)

Still, the prince wanted to complain that 1 was mad dog, another showed fewer emotions than an automated doll, his fiance constantly beat the crap out of him, the maid was too old and the last was his niece for god sake. But he could understand the feeling of most men, even he would want to punch a guy followed around by 5 girls, even if he was miserable on the inside

"But his wickedness doesn't end there, oh no. Strange occurrence have been going around the palace since the mysterious explosion. Not only a maid from the palace had been killed the same day of the explosion, a guard, and his fiance also got dispose of a few days later"(Orator)

This made the prince sick in the stomach, he got to remember the incident with the guard from the other day, and even if she Elena wasn't dead, he did feel responsible for it.

"Don't you think guys think all this mysterious occurrences are extremely convenient for the prince"(Orator)

wait!!WHAT!!??(prince)surprised at the leap of logic he just heard

"The explosion got rid of his competition, and since he looked so incompetent, no one suspected he did it. But would someone incompetent get the support of the powers of the country so fast?I say no"(Orator)

The prince remembers now what the barkeeper told him the other day, but he could guess it got worse with time, adding even more rumors

"And what about the maid? Some people said he knew who she was before the police even knew it. How would be possible unless he was responsible for the death, and killing a maid to shut her up since she saw something she shouldn't, wouldn't be something new in a place like the palace"(Orator) Looked at a woman crying, follow by all the spectators

The prince could guess she was the mother since she looked around 40-50 and probably everyone else in the factory. This definitely didn't look good for the prince since most people in the crowd could feel the pain in the poor woman

"There is no evidence that he did it, but there is no culprit or even a suspect and who else but someone with connections could make all evidence disappear? Besides, he did meet with the police chief multiple times, probably to pressure him to drop the case. The police chief even assigned a rookie detective to the case after the prince visits him"(orator)

You could see the shock in most people, even the prince himself since he asked for the best detective, not a fu-king rookie. But that explained why she was so young and made so many mistakes

"And even worst, I am sure he got rid of his fiance and the killer to shut him up"(orator)

This made the prince feel a mix of emotions that he didn't know how to process. It was a mix of anger, rage, guilt, hopelessness, fear, and more. He couldn't believe that not only had he suffer tremendously from the incident, he even got blame for it and the people around him believe it

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"Everyone knew that the prince didn't get along with his fiance. There are multiple witnesses of her screaming or shouting or complaining at him for years, and he completely ignoring her. Let me ask you, if you had someone constantly annoy you,that you had to marry because of your family decision, that you would have to spend the rest of your life with, especially when you could get any woman you wanted. Now if you were this person, and you not only had the power to get rid of her, you already got rid of other people before, wouldn't you do it?"(Orator)

Everyone around him agreed with the orator, but this only made the prince to seriously consider kill all the people around him. Did they seriously believe he was capable of something like that?

"And he did it wonderfully. He used a guard that he later accuse of being involved in the murder of the poor maid,  he even had his slave kill him "accidentally" and even stop the police from interrogating her. He killed 3 birds with one stone masterfully. not only did he got rid of his fiance, he killed the killer and made the police look for a false trace for the maid murderer with the dead guard"(Orator)

"I have no doubt that someone so capable got rid of his family to take the throne and become king to do whatever he wants"(Orator)

In other circumstances, he would be amused by how imaginative the people were and the power of rumors and assumptions, but now the prince was really pissed at the people around him.

He could tolerate been looked down, insulted, ignored, consider worthless, etc. He also could tolerate working really hard for a couple of days so he can enjoy a carefree life latter since the alternative would be to work hard for the rest of his life. But he did have a boiling point

He had worked his ass off the last few days, putting his life in danger and suffering all kind of sh-t. In this 2 weeks he had been slashed, punched, his ribs broken, assaulted multiple times, drugged, kidnapped, threatened, insulted, robbed, locked in paperwork hell for a week, manipulated, his childhood friend/fiance almost died in front of his eyes and much more. Well, his family was also missing, but except for Jorge, he didn't care much for the rest

Still, after going to all that, after years and years of looking down on him and treating him like sh-t, this idiots were blaming him for all happen until now, making him a super mastermind capable of killing multiple people to accomplish his goal. And to make it worse, he was getting blamed for killing one of the few people he cares about, even if she was obnoxious most of the time.

In any other circumstance, the prince would have taken the money in the castle and fled to who know where, but he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't do something about this. The kingdom could burn to hell for all he cared, but before that, he would teach this paranoid a-s holes them not to mess with him

"Now people, I ask of you, what do we do with him?"(Orator)

"Kick his ass for all the people without a girlfriend!!"(men a) follow by the approval of a lot of people

"Kill him!!!"(maid mother) follow by some people that also approved

"Can I say a few words!?"(magician?) Shouted a young person with a magician robe, black hair, a pair of glasses, a bag on his back and a utility belt

"Sure, we are all here to express our opinion"(orator) gave permission to the supposedly young magician

The young magician moved to the crowd and went up to the podium. The orator moved to the side and gave room for the magician to speak, no one knew what would he said, but he looked pretty serious, so they let him speak

"LET'S MAKE A PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE PALACE!!!"(magician?)

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