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

Down in the Dungeons of Clay's keep, Prince and Jimi ran side by side approaching Damien in a pincer attack.

"Here we go!" Damien yelled slamming down his hammer.

Inches before it hit the ground, Jimi wrapped his chains around it preventing it from landing.

"No you don't!" Jimi yelled using all of his strength to restrain Damien's weapon. "Prince! Now!"

Prince rebounded of the circular walls, jumping high above Damien's head to deliver his blow.

"Take this!" Prince said growing a dark shadow on his blade.

"Close" Damien laughed. "But you'll have to do better than that!"

Once again the room was filled with an ear shattering noise that render Prince and Jimi off balance.

Damien hit Prince with a devastating punch to the gut, sending him tumbling across the room.

Jimi, still disorientated from the sound, was flung along with his chains, colliding into Prince.

Chapter 88: Even Still... The Battle Rages On