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

Standing back to back,  Prince and Duke drew their weapons as the army of Shinobi stormed at them from all sides.

Duke, drawing his shining blade of light, closed his eyes focusing his might.  The look of being  overwhelmed and yet determined reflected on his face, willing to do what he must  to continue this fight.

Prince in a much more relaxed posture,  let his blade hang from his  hand lackadaisically, as sadistic  glow grew in in his eyes watching the army  of Shinobi get closer.

"Let's do this"  Prince said determinedly

Prince cleaved his blade the right,  as duke swiped his blade from the left. They mirrored each other's movements creating a crescent like Arc that  surrounded them in the 360°. Half of the ark was completely dark while the other half was a brilliant beam of light.

Chapter 162: 2 Frenchmen 1000 Shinobi