Gaburieru

Betrayal is a wound that every man has felt, I wrote this story to show how it can make a man strong. 

"What is the difference between a hero, a villain and a coward?

A hero uses his sword to protect people

A villain uses people to protect his sword

Both are better than a coward

A coward has no sword, and uses empty words to protect his life

A sword is not just a man's weapon, it is a man's ambition, and without ambition, a man is merely a coward.

In order to be a hero or a villain a man must have ambition. The difference between the two is where that ambition lies."

-The Dark Prince

In 17th century France, the rich nobles control the world with a magic system called "Artifacts". Prince an innocent hearted prince of the Bourbon Kingdom, one day has his life thrown into chaos by betrayal, and inherits an "Artifact" that is the ancient spirit of "The Dark King". Through misfortune after misfortune, Prince eventually loses everything and starts his life over without a royal name. Prince vows to make his way back to the top hiding amongst the everyday people of France.

Prince is a Japanese style light novel based on Machiavelli’s classic "The Prince". Although this work takes influence from it, the story, quotes, and characters are all completely original. It is mostly the concept of good and evil that is borrowed from Machiavelli.

The Kind Prince Who Became An Evil Lord of Darkness

Duke and Prince stood silently in the center of the castle grounds, each of their minds fixated on the monster they would soon face.

"This Byron…" Prince thought. "I never imagined there could be a worse person than Godefroi… But I was wrong"

"He's almost..." Pedro said sinisterly "Almost as bad as I was…" Pedro said.

"Machievelli, your guests have arrived." The short man who had escorted Duke said.

In a few moments, Meri, Jimi, and Marlin came around the corner.

As Meri locked eyes with Duke, she turned away, unable to face him.

"What is this… feeling?" Duke began to think.

A warm sensation of homely touch surrounded Duke as Meri made her way over. He felt as if just for a moment, the world had stopped, and only he and this woman were in the castle. He was overcome with so much emotional he could barely stand, like someone had just knocked the wind out of his gut with a hard steel pipe.

Chapter 60: Mbokani Huna