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

He had used his power to create 5 shadows of his friend and himself to cut their restraints, and was now ordering Pedro to form them into a line

"Everyone joined hands!" Prince instructed as they fell from cliff.

"How!" Duke said. "How can you use your powers without an artefact!"

"What makes you think O don't have my artefact" Prince said

" They nearly stripped us naked and hung us from a tree! There's no way you could have hidden something on your person!"

"What about inside my person?" Prince said.

"I'm.... possible! You swollowed your pocket watch!" Melvin said.

"Correct" Prince said "And we have about 10 minutes before I have to spit it back out."

As Prince and friends grabbed hands they grabbed onto the shadows and pulled themselves to the top of the cliff.

As they landed Prince and friends found themselves surrounded on all sides by Shinobi.

Chapter 127: A Prince's Escape Plan