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

Prince looked up at the winding path of serpants rising up to the grove above him. A couple of meters away from him on the ground, a giant grey head of a serpent laid  before him, leading him to his destination.

Taking a deep breath, Prince jumped onto the serpants head planting his feet on it back.

Almost as if he had activated a spell, the serpants skin began to move, pushing him in the direction of the grove.

As he rose above the island and started ascending into the clouds he started to hear the sound of a deranged animal calling out from behind him, but when he turned around, he found nothing.

"Fear the Sage" This time Prince heard in annunciation. The voice was high pitched, and had a errie screech that grinded against his ears, but he was still able to make out those words.

Chapter 137: A Sages Blessing Part 2