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

Drawing his sword Prince prepared himself for his opponents attack. Holding his blade above his brow, he watched as the sage slowly turned into his true form.

Growing fangs and a tail as lon as the shrines itself, the sage morphed into a giant snake, larger than any living creature Prince had ever seen.

"This will be hard with Pedro" Prince thought, still Carrying Ying on his back who had somehow been holding on for dear life the entire time.

"Now if you won' t take it yourself! I will force my blessing upon you!" THe Sage said, darting at Prince with his huge set of fangs

Prince lifted his blade, blocking the sage's huged bite and sliding backwords on the ground as he blocked.

Parrying the attack to the side, Prince lept into the air, waitinf for his opponent to follow.

Chapter 139: A Sages Blessing Part 3