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You are the youngest prince of a small, order-controlled nation with lots of connections to merchants around the globe very well known for its cutthroat royalty talking its way to the top in every single situation, with you being its youngest member you have a lot to prove!
Thankfully despite your kingdom influence it's still mostly defensless on its own. As such, you have a plan to solve this weakness.
You shall marry the princess of the neighboring kingdom pretty soon, and once you do, the alliance of your two countries shall be secured, and your place as the rightful heir shall be yours.
You have already charmed her with your many letters, getting plenty of responses, as well as a drawing of her, which showed a pretty, okay-looking young girl, which, while not your type, didn't matter as it was still a beneficial relationship for you.
Her kingdom is much more monster-friendly than yours, but you are sure that after your marriage and coronation, you can allow small yet gradual pro-order influences to grow until they accept the righteousness of the high god.
Your plan now only needs you to arrive at her kingdom without your family noticing, as you are sure your brothers will just screw you over in an effort to stay ahead as the more legitimate heirs.
As such, you are traveling alone with only your royal purple clothes and some coins, and as you have already passed the border, you hope you can talk out of any situation or sneak towards the capital of this kingdom. The journey should take around a week at most.
As night came, you have avoided any monsters in sight, but avoiding main roads had taken most of your traveling time and thats without mentioning how you are a little lost, an inn near you draw you into at least checking it out after all.
As you poke your head in, you immediately notice a woman behind the counter of the inn. She looks mature enough to be the innkeeper.
"Hello, sir, how may I help you?" She asks,
"Hi i-..." only now you see her big ugly hands and realize she must be a troll.
Do you just stay near the door? You can't trust this thing to give you good directions, but as you look around, the inn is completely empty and you dont want to walk in circles at night.
"I.. need a map to arrive at the capital of the kingdom by foot."
"what? I can't hear you from there!" Her voice sounds serious, but her eyes do not look innocent at all.
Goodamit! You approach her slowly, really regretting not bringing a knife or something.
"Do you have a map with a fast route to the capital by foot?" You say in the most neutral voice that you can manage to hide your fear.
"Oh! ok here" She bends down and grabs a map from under the counter. "It be 5 coins, please" her big hands almost touching you as you hand them over.
"Unless you mind another form of payment?" Her sultry voice makes you flinch as you focus on the map.
The map is normal-looking, and from looking at royal maps its authentic, it shows a normal path towards the capital. Yet you don't trust it; it's too good to be true.
"Is this route monster-free?"
She covers her mouth as she snorts.
"Well, sir, we 'monsters' live in a lot of places; I cant say if you stumble into a big bad monster." her voice drips with sarcasm
She looks around you, even smelling the air, seemingly confused.
"Are you traveling alone? That's very dangerous! Do you want me to call someone to escort you? I know some very nice ´monsters´ who would gladly guide safely towards the capital"
Hmmm, let's think about this. NO yet she doesn't look like a bandit ready to send you on an ambush, but trusting her is already out of the question..... Aha!
"Nice portrait! Miss, I guess it's your family?." You point at a photo behind her showing the troll and two small children by her sides, one a human and the other an ugly one-eyed thing.
Her eyes turn extatic like those of any excited mother. "Oh yeah! They are my pride and joy; their names are..."
"Weird place to raise children, don't you think?"
"Huh?" She looks at you, confused.
"I mean, so close to an order nation border! Is your husband really okay with that?"
"I don't have a... what are you implying, sir?" She starts looks much less seductive now.
"Im just saying you must be very safe to not fear order knights stumbling upon your little inn." The place doesn't look very well kept, so she can't get a lot of people staying over.
She is looking at you with a very angry expression.
"Im well known with the order, and they know I am passing through this place, so im sure they would check for me if i get kidnapped by any filthy monster you catch my drift?"
"FINE!" She grabs a pencil and, with some struggle, traces a different path on the map.
"Now that wasn't so hard, wasn't it? I'm sure your friends at the ambush will be sorely disappointed."
"There is no ambush, you asshole! There were just some taverns and homes for singl-"
"Yeah yeah! You turn to leave the map in hand. The troll woman stares at you with an angry glare.
"O, by the way, if you ever want to find a man, Hide those ugly hands; they are a real turn-off"
You hurry outside as you are pretty sure she picked up a chair to throw at you
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As you walk through the smaller forest path, you stay on alert, smarter than blindly trusting a monster map. Thankfully, it looks mostly clear and you are making good progress.
Until you fall into a ravine, which was not so easy to miss.
"Ughh," you groan, laying down in the mud before standing up and instictly walking to the river to clean your clothes of mud before anything else.
As you scrape the mud, you turn to look at your cape its all dirty but still brightly purple you also see a small child with red hair and small horns right at your side near the river stream on her knees, looking at you, who is completely frozen.
"Whatch you here?" she says in a very innocent tone.
"............Just passing through," you are frozen, not knowing what exactly to do.
"Oh, ok," she turns to look back at the river stream, seemingly entertained by it.
You slowly stand up and walk awa- "Hey!"
"Yes mi-?" "You men!"
She grabs your hand and, with surprising strength, drags you from your feet with absolute ease, immediately walking to the nearest mountain in sight.
You try with all your strength to pull away, but she doesn't seem affected at all, so you start talking.
"Hey kid, where are you taking me?!"
"Big sisters told me play outside and watch for humans to invite."
"Well, I refuse your invitation!"
"Nuh uh! I still have hand!"
You struggle harder, but she looks the same as she is just dragging by the hand, and you finally decide to take drastic action.
'BONK!' You hit her head with all your strength to at least scare her away.
"Oh! playing fighty?" She says it in a happy tone.
"wha-"
Without time to realize what is happening, she lifts you over her shoulder, slams you in front of her with her face right on top of you, and then proceeds to slam you three more times until you just stop resisting.
"How... are you this fucking strong?" You knew goblins had stronger bodies, but this is ridiculous.
"Sis sad... said! im hopgoblin"
You groan as, from your studies, you know that means she is the dumber, slower, and stronger version of the goblin that they chose as leaders because of their chest size, despite the fact that this one looks very flat-chested.
"Play fun! but we go now." She starts dragging you behind her this time, and you don't even bother to stand up.
...you groan as the child drags you home. Your anger is doing little against your fading conscience.
..............
You wake up as you feel a rock bonking your head. You awaken, and find the dumb monster still dragging you, but now on a rocky mountain path.
"Sorry! "I'm not good in this," she says, still holding onto you by the arm.
"If you had to take me here, you could have picked me up on your shoulders, you stupid brute."
She looks down quite hurt, "Oh," but you ignore her as you stand up, ready to follow this thing instead of damaging your royal clothing.
She walks in front of you as you look around, not knowing how far from the path this is but thinking it won't matter if this monster takes you to her home.
"So why take me to your sisters instead of just ravaging me yourself?"
"Wha? I'm not what ravager?, are like carving pumpkins?."
"How old are you?" There is no way a monster doesn't know about sex.
"Um im," she says, looking at her free hand and starting to count her fingers very slowly, but once she counts all fives of them, she turns to look at the hand holding you.
She seems to be having a lot of trouble with this sh*t, and you don't know if to laugh at her stupidity or cry at the fact that you are at her mercy.
"O, forget it! You are a moron either way."
She looks up at you with a pained expression, then turns to continue walking, leaving you annoyed at this situation.
"Mommy never had time to teach you to count past 5?"
"Mom, sad I come live with sisters so lead them." ....is she serious?
"Holy hell, I know goblins are simple, but you are their leader? They must be doing terrible."
"Im young, im no dumb!" She says it in an angry tone, but you can tell she is getting shaken by your words as she keeps marching on.
"Really? because I know plenty of human children younger than 5 years old that at least can speak well."
She starts walking faster, and you panic as a door on the side of the mountain comes into view meters away, so you have to pressure this up.
"Tell me, why do they choose you as a leader?"
"I'm going to gorw into big girl, and i-"
"Leaders are supposed to make decisions; do you think you are smart enough to do that?"
"I... Shut up!" She pulls out a simple-looking key from her pocket and inserts it in the locked door, but it doesn't open.
She put it on backwards "Are you really this dumb?"
She starts sniffing, moving the key back and forth into the lock.
"You have to be stupid to not realize what you are doing wrong."
She struggles to move the key with just one arm as she is visibly holding back tears.
"Don't worry, struggling so much to open a lock is normal for such a damn retard lik-." She drops the key down.
She finally lets go of your hand as her face is covered in snot and tears. She puts her hands over her eyes as she starts crying loudly.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAH"
As you slowly start moving back from her, the door slams open with a dozen goblins pouring out some glances at you, but they all turn their full attention to the child.
"Hey, what wrong?" "Shhh shh, it's okay." "Breath in and out!" "Who is that guy?"
The little one points at you, barely able to speak. "He he called me dumb, and moron and and he say im retard!"
The goblins turn to look at you, their eyes looking very uncharacteristic as they clutch their fists.
"Hey, I was onl-" THUD! Words matter as little as a fist buried into your gut before being trown to the floor.
In a flash, you shield your face as the many short women start kicking you, and you realize the hobgloblin was really just playing earlier, as this is way more painful.
....................
As the kicking subsides after 10 minutes, the only noise in the air is heavy breathing coming from them and a quiet sobbing from behind them.
"Leave" The closest one says before turning back on the cave, taking the sobbing children with her inside as the rest follow behind them closing the door behind them.
You lay on the ground, thankful that they didn't just outright kill but look in horror as you spit some teeth out of you bloody mouth.
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To your luck, nothing is too broken for you to walk, and the mountain was just a slight detour, only adding half a day at most.
Yet the safe path is far from you, so sneaking around the forest is the only way forward.
Which leads you to falling into a... trap? You are lifted by a rope around your leg, but your arms still reach the floor with ease, so it's not exactly very hard to escape. If you had brought a knife,
"That teach you to steal you gob-" "Who the hell is that?"
A dark elf looks surprised, while a white elf looks annoyed at your presence.
"He doesn't smell claimed!" "He is wearing fancy purple, so he can't be a complete moron."
"You!" the white one speaks. "Why come here without an escort?"
Shit! so they shall either ramsom you or rape you. It's imperative that you find some way to deal with them.
"I'm just a lost scholar who got separated from my escort when going to the bathroom."
"Really? "I'm pretty sure no girl is dumb enough to separate from her men, much less let him go on his own."
Thank goodness you didn't take a escort like that lying troll suggested.
"Well, it's time to return to the capital." "Are you serious? Let's just dump him back on the border; he can get an escort or leave on his own."
Hmmm, they seem to be at odds with each other, so you think you may be able to put them against each other, but outside of that, making your way to the capital is imperative.
"Hey, I really need to go to the capital. Can you take me there?" They look at you with very different faces.
"O, hell yeah! But you better pay us well, handsome!" "Keep it in your pants; we get a bonus from taking him there anyway."
They take you down and you form a fake smile as you look up at them.
...................
"THIS AIN'T NECESSARY!" The elves keep your arms tied because 'If you got separated from your escort, we ain't taking risks'... fucking whores.
After a full day of walking, the dark elf is here with you near the campfire while the white one writes a letter in a tree while watching over
She is sitting on top of the rope to keep you from escaping, eating an apple while you eat some kind of meat they cook up but ignoring that it's time to divide them.
"She is such a hard ass, isn't she?"
"She gets strict when she hasn't gotten any action in months."
"Yeah, well, we are more goal-driven, you know, less lustful in general."
"Oh! Im sorry I didn't notice your elf ancestry. Was your mom half elf? I really can't tell if your ears are actually pointy."
"Yeah, haha, but I was referring more to our color, you know?"
"..... I never heard of that."
"Yeah, its something we whites don't share with blacks, you know?"
She looks uncomfortable.
"But hey, you look like one of the good ones!"
Ok, she looks VERY uncomfortable around you now.
"It's so rare to see a ´normal´ elf tolerate one of your people."
The dark elf eyes widen, but as she opens her mouth, the other elf comes down the tree.
"Let's change. I will take the next shift the 2 of you should sleps."
The dark elf wastes no time to walk away from you towards a tent
"Do you want to sleep in the tent or outside?"
Is she serious? "I'm okay sleeping outside."
"She won't try anything, I swear" Hah! like you fall for that one.
.................
The next day, the three of you are still walking towards the capital, at least making good progress since they are taking the main route instead of the one avoiding monsters you were on.
The dark elf walks ahead, clearly avoiding you, but not far enough for you to start turning her sister against her without risking her overhearing you.
"So a scholar, right?" the white elf asks.
"Yep, that me, the... scholar"
"What brought you to our kingdom? We don't have a lot of libraries or schools."
Don't worry, I'm sure the order will be happy to build plenty soon enough.
"Perhaps I'm here to solve that issue."
"Im glad! We didn't get the chance to go too school. Yo see our fath-"
You interrupt her. "Yeah, yeah, can you take this rope off already?"
"Dude, you are an unclaimed man! Maybe if you had some armor or something, but right now, if I take my eyes off of you, a desperate Mamono is sure to take you and run," she talks as if it were the most reasonable explanation ever.
"Are all of you actual animals?" You blurt out in annoyance.
"Hey, don't be rude! Maybe once you get a school going, you can teach them to hold themselves 'mister scholar' " She sounds mocking on that last part.
You can't wait to cure this land from these damn monsters.
............
As night comes, you are finally alone with the white elf cooking something in the fire while the dark elf guards the camp on top of a tree.
The elf cooks while holding your rope with her free hand.
"You must be pretty desperate to pair up with such a lowlife."
"HA! Yeah, well, she is really is our dad daughter, thats for sure."
"Well, we know she can't help it; her kind is just that way."
"...excuse me?"
"You know dark elves are always searching for an excuse to have some fun."
"Oh, yeah, that sounds like her." She looks to the side, a little uncomfortable.
"But really, don't you think it's dangerous to let her around?"
"...what?" She sounds... offended?
"I mean, what if she just snatches a guy and leaves you in the dust?"
"She wouldn't do that!" Okay, now she is just angry.
"You sure? She keeps licking her lips when looking at me."
"SHUT UP." She grabs another rope and ties it around your mouth before you can even protest.
....................
As the three of you walked towards your destiny, they got very quiet, not even rambling with one another.
"So, uh, why is he gagged now?" The black one asks, seemingly trying to break the silence.
"No reason," the white one responds flatly.
You are not sure, making things extremely awkward like this is very helpful.
"Sooo, have you found any good-looking dudes at the bar?" The white elf starts talking now.
"I... didn't go there lately," the dark elf responds, a little embarrassed.
"why?"
"You were working."
"and?"
"I don't feel right if I play around while you work, sis."
You can't tell very well, but you think the white elf is smiling.
"Do you whites really not trust us blacks?"
"WHAT???" she screams as she turns to look at her flabbergasted
"He said you whites are way better at accomplishing goals without getting all hor-"
"FORGET WHATEVER SHIT THAT MORON SAID!" She grabs her arms almost making her drop your rope.
"But you are always telling me to focus more!."
"Race isn't a factor there! That's your personality—who you are! and I love it!"
"Sis..." "SIS!" both crying as they hold each other shoulders.
They hug each other tenderly, dropping the rope around your arms, and you waste no time running to the bushes.
"Um, sis, he is running away," the dark elf points out.
"Who cares? GET LOST!" is heard around the forest as you run as quick as you can.
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As you run away for a while, your tiredness is little in comparison to already seeing the capital within your reach. The rope around your mouth was easy to get off but your arms are still tied in front of you.
Some old-looking wooden signs are promptly ignored as you take a straight line towards the city.... until you fall in a hole.
Its not that deep you could probably get up by grabing the top if your arms weren't tied up.
"Why not read the signs?" A tired voice sounds up there.
A big paw grabs your shirt and picks you up. Turning around, you realize this is a manticore in pretty poor looking shape.
As she picks you up over her shoulder, you struggle in vain her arms not budging, and only stopping when you realize she smells of alcohol.
"Hey, miss, thanks, but can you let me down?"
"Hmmmmmmm "
"Miss?"
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
"Please?"
"no"
"I saved you so now you pay."
There is little you can do as she proceeds to take you to what you can only assume is her home, and since words seem to barely reach her, you stop struggling and just watch as she lets her tail drag across the floor.
It's a cave with some furniture in it, but it all looks worn down. A few painting frames are broken and empty, and what little else there is looks unkept.
She arrived in a ´room´ and laid you down on a hard as nails wood bed before walking towards the kitchen without a second word.
You only have a second to run back to the entrance but get distraught as you stumble into a very clean and out of place room.
It looks like a nursery or children's bedroom, which isn't really important. As you turn to leave, you see her at the door towering over you.
"OUT," a very different tone, comes from her as she stares at you with predatory eyes.
She grabs you by the shirt and drags you back to bed. He lays you on the bed, and as you panic about whats about to happen.... she drops on top of you.
You try moving, but she is just lying on top of you and holding you close. Hey, at least she is still wearing something so be thankfull for that at least.
She moves to the side, hugging you close to her. You don't know what to do as she just stays there, breathing in your neck.
.................
You wake up to a wet feeling in your neck. You hear some whimpering behind you.
...what do you do? At the very least, you hope she sober up while sleeping.
You are still stuck with your arms tied together as she cries on your shoulder and squeezes your body closer.
"Hey"
"mmm"
"HEY"
"mmmm?" You try to headbutt her, but only slam your head against her bossom.
"Oh?" She opens her wet eyes and looks down at you.
"Did we sleep together?"
"You kidnapped me!"
"Okay," she says, ripping the rope around your hands with ease.
"Just give me a quick load, and I'll let you be on your way."
"What? NO!"
"Dude, I'm not interested in a husband. Just keep quiet, and I'll be done in a minute."
"GET OFF ME, YOU FREAK."
"Yeah, yeah, sure, dude, give me a minute." She pulls your pants down.
"So tail or bottom? I really don't care anymore. Choose the one you are most comfortable with."
"FUCK YOU, UGLY HAG!" She smirks a little.
"Oh, bottom, then?" She straddles you.
Dammit! Insults aren't working; think again! ... she only showed weakness in that children's room, so AHA!
"THAT CRIB LOOKED PREETY OLD, HUH?"
"Wha-" "LET ME GUESS NEVER GOT LUCKY TO USE IT?"
THUD! Her paw hit the floor next to your head as you looked upwards.
Her eyes are wide. "Stop talking"
"O SO YOU LOST HER? WHAT? DRINKED TO MUCH DURING PRE-" "GACK"
You shut your mouth as she holds your neck, squeezing, but do notice her shaking. She isn't just angry; she is near her breaking point.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"
"OH? SO YOU DID USE IT SIMPLY NOT PROTECTING ENOUGH?"
She starts growling as she chokes you.
"PROBABLY TOO HORNY TO BE AN ACTUAL MOTHER!"
"AHHHHHGH!" She stands up from you immediately, punching the wall, hitting it hard enough to leave big cracks in the stone.
She stares at you, showing her fangs growling, and for a moment you think you fucked up, but thankfully she turns and runs down the hallway.
You need to get out of here, and the only path to freedom is behind her, so you walk in the same direction but don't see her anywhere.
Uncontrobable sobbing is heard from the inside of a room, and you peek long enough to see her bending over the small bed, crying and holding some sort of toy.
You slowly walk away from the room towards the exit trying to ignore her cries but managing to hear her sob
"I couldnt i i couldnt im... im so sorry"
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It took 2 more days to finally reach the capital and much to your dislike monsters are all around it talking and selling stuff in the markets and while you do notice some glances and whispers you ignore them walking straight to the castle gate sure that despite looking worse than when you departed you shall be recognized by your princess.
"Hello! "I'm here to see the princess!" You exclaim to the guards at the main door.
.....
.....
"Is that real purple dye?" one of the two guards asks in a weird tone.
"Yep for im princ-" 'BONK' he hits you on the head
"Just making sure" is the last thing you hear before blacking out.
.....................
You open your eyes to find yourself on a podium, surrounded by some sort of high council of people, and some monsters too.
"You are here in the presence of the council of judges of the kingdom; do you know why, prince?" the high judge speaks in a low voice
"no?"
"You are on trial for your recent crimes."
...
"CRIMES? What crimes?? i didnt hurt a single person!"
A female human-looking judge laughs at you before staring you down with absolute hatred in her eyes.
First charge! they shout in unison
"Threatening of a civilian mother!"
"Uh?" "We received reports of a man in purple clothing who threatened an innkeeper family with vague order-related threats!"
"What? am i supposed to trust a stranger without any guarantess? she is a mons..."
The eyes of the judges bury into your skull, so you shut your mouth instead of finishing the thought.
Second Charge!
"Intentionally causing extreme distress towards a 6-year-old girl!"
"O com-" "We have several witnesses of you insulting a mentally handicapped young girl's intelligence until she started crying."
"A dam strong 6 year old! She could have kicked my ass, and she was taking me to her sisters; at least I didn't hurt her!"
Third Charge!
"Hate crime"
"Bullshi-" "2 Elf sister guards reported a man spouting hateful rhetoric and inciting racial hatred against one another on the basis of the color of their skin."
"..they were guards? i uh..... couldnt trust them?"
FORTH CHARGE!
MURDER!
"...what?" "A manticore was found hanging inside her home, and while there are no indications of a staged suicide, witnesses report a purple-wearing man leaving her home hours prior."
".....thats ...." The main judge looks at you with absolute disgust.
"What! No excuses this time!?"
"I didn't think she would do that."
"There are only two alternatives to what happened! Either you are a powerful mind controller mage somehow stupid enough to be captured here, or... you used her daughter death to mock her, didn't you?"
You stand there like a dear in headlights, and while you of course know you didn't do anything wrong, what sort of defense can you amount to basically driving someone to suicide?
"There are many things a mamono can forget: rudeness, racism, and violence in self-defense, but no mamono!. can forget something as evil as mocking a child's death!"
"....SO WHAT? AM I SUPPOSED TO BEND OVER AND GET FUCKED BY SOME MONSTER JUST CAUSE SHE HAS A DEAD CHILD?"
The filthy monsters and judges around you look disgusted, but you know what? Fuck them!
"Ugh thanks for clearing our conciusness you are hereby sentenced to death!" the head judge announces
You inmediatly start strugling as a minotaur and a human female guard take you by the arms to drag you to your untimely death
This can't be happening. Not only have you failed, you didn't even get to accomplish anything. This isn't fair. GOODDAMM-
"Enough!" a high-pitched voice sounded behind the judges.
"Princess? Please leave; we are about"
The princess ignores the head judge as she walks forward. She is as pretty as her portrait but looks much more dignified in person.
You are dragged back to the podium in the center of the room
You immediately start pleading to her in her letters; she trusts you, so maybe you can convince her?
"Princess i swe-"
"Do you agree that this 'purple-wearing man´ is you? Or do you deny it?"
...think THINK wha-
"Don't think, just answer!"
"Yes, it was me!" no you moron!!
She exhales, "Then do you regret what you did?"
"I... I regret my words affected them so much."
"That's not an answer," she groans in annoyance.
"Im not a warrior! i cant fight them off! so what else could i do tho drive them off?? am i supposed to just surrender and allow me to be raped by these wild creatures?"
She looks around the room in a thinking manner while the judges seem confused as everyone including you wait for her answer
"I dunno," she says flatly.
"...wha-" "But you spent years writing fantastic letter so full of wisdom and ideas im not going to just accept the fact that you didnt know of possible solutions. Specially since you using words to drive them off it in on itself a confession to knowing they are more than wild creatures"
She clears her throat before starting her examination.
"The innkeeper, what was so suspicius of her? If Mamono is such a distrustful creature, maybe you should have planned on coming here better? Bring your own escorts or something instead of threatening the first person you saw."
Well she is right you plan this poorly but it was risky to alert your brothers right?
"For smart men like you, was there really no way to drive off a child without making fun of her disabilities? tricking her? appealing to feelings? anything at all other than mocking something she didn't have control over?"
Children cry for everything! surely she will forget about you in time right?
"For the elves, you didn't even attempt a proper conversation like asking them if they worked for me or revealing your identity instead of trying to racially instigate them into fighting for some reason."
How can you trust strangers so much?... you did spent 2 nights with them.... and only talked about things to get conflict between them
"And for the mother..." she says, closing her eyes.
She turns to the judges and asks, "Tell me, do any of you actually know any way to stop a manticore with words?"
The men and women around the room look around for anyone with an answer.
"....im not telling you that you should have given up and accept to being raped im just saying....."
What? were you supposed to play the hero and cure her guilt?
"Couldn't you care more?"
...huh?
"I know your country is controlled by the order, but when faced face-to-face by a crying, grieving mother, was there really nothing inside you telling you to offer some comfort? even if just words? You hurt her in self defence but leaving her in such a state was your choice after all"
You stare at the princess for what feels like an eternity, then look down desperatly, thinking of any flaw in her argument but failing to find one strong enough to justify yourself or your actions.
"The manticore shall be revived as a zombie and that is the only reason i believe the death penalty is too harsh for you"
...thats good
"I hereby sentence you to permanent silence! Guards cut his tongue off and cursed him so he cant write anymore."
"WHAT?" That doesn't sound merciful at all!
"Your crimes today have shown your opinion on Mamono pretty well, so I can't help but assume what you would have done as my consort, and I'm happy to say I won't allow your plans to work on me or any other powerful individual near these lands!"
Your mind screams, yet your body doesn't fight back as the guards take you, dragging you with them.
"Goodbye my prince i hope your future actions speak louder than any words you have ever utter"
This! is outrageous! This is bullcrap! This is.....
"shit"
And that was the last word you ever spoke.
The end
A mother reads her children to bed.
A child is consoled in her family's care.
A pair of sisters talk till they weep.
A woman cries in her new rotten flesh.
A failed prince is awake, thinking of all the things he screwed up till today.