Trouble Maker part 3
Translated & Edited by Tianic
Characters in this chapter:
Cohen Kheda: The main character.
Climos Sumrs: King of the Swabia Empire.
Luhrmann: The Pri Minister, a Holy Temple assigned official to Swabia.
Visual Kheda: Cohen’s father, Duke of the Swabia Empire.
Jack, Moya, Marfa, Wilder: Holess boys, Cohen’s childhood friends till then.
Maiza: Visual’s head guard.
The crowd went silent for a second, then clashed with argunt once again. Everybody knew they were in trouble, hanged or skinned to be less. His Majesty was disturbed, and he seed upset about it.
“Are you part of this?” An officer started to question.
“No, I was not!” The soldier was not a stupid.
“You? Co clean!” The officer was annoyed and decided to be tough.
“Sir! My na is Cow! I was not!” This one was a professional on acting dumb.
“Then what’s wrong with your damn face!” He asked.
“Sir! It’s dark, I fell!” Infantry Soldier A said.
“What about your forehead?” Another officer asked.
“Sir! It’s dark. I knocked on the wall!” Infantry Soldier B said.
“What about you holding your junk?” Another officer asked.
“Sir! It’s dark, I’m holding it!” Infantry Soldier C said.
“What’s with the dark!!?”
At last, by a show of hands, they have decided to take and my guards as well as any unard soldiers.
“How impressive, our troopers and nobles got this far in a fistfight.” His Majesty, Climos Sumrs paced ever slowly on the palace square, with a smile, to our surprise, “You fought in the gate and had the guts to get the whole city busy. How extraordinary are you to wind up like this!”
Twenty of my n, either black and blue or with bared teeth, stood on the right. On the left were all the infantry troopers who lost their armors. Three, four hundreds of them, half stood, half lying on the ground. The squad leader, who was still in a coma, undoubtedly was here. A random white sheet covered his body, making the poor him resembled a girl raped by a hundred guys.
The king’s n muted themselves for fear of getting involved in this ss. I noticed my father was among them, looked as healthy as usual, without any expressions.
“Ahem.” King Sumrs put away his smiling face, “Viceroy Cohen Kheda, what’s your story?”
“Evening, Your Majesty. Here it goes.” I spoke with a tiny twisted tongue for being punched in the face several tis, “I was humbly ready to report the new site for my Dark City. We’ve traveled for days and finally arrived in DC ahead of schedule. However, the guard wouldn’t let us in!”
“Continue.”
“Yes, sir. We have argued on grounds, but the guards required five dis in tips by our number of heads to let us pass!” My previous life had trained well in lying with an average breath and heartbeat, “I rejected, and the argunt turned into a fight! Then they rang the alarm.”
All courtiers people gazed at each other in dismay as I finished talking. A least infantry squad leader dare to extort a viceroy! Then and there was soone suggested a beheading.
“Is that so?” King Sumrs remained unflustered and questioned the DOD n, “What’s your story then?”
“Your Majesty!” The DOD officer on duty said, “I rushed over as soon as I can, seeing only Viceroy Kheda slashing a naked guardsman hanged on the gate. I’ve unaware of Viceroy Kheda’s accusation; however I have tried to stop him, then Mr. Kheda hurt as well.
“Liar! We did not! We’ve only prevented them from getting in after the closing ti!”
“Your Majesty! Our guardsn would never do that!”
“Why wouldn’t they! They’ve even attacked a nobleman!”
“They have a point, Viceroy Kheda.” The Pri Minister who’s been silent all the way, said, “As far as you presented, why did you end up ssing up with the DOD officers?”
“Your honorable minister.” I asked with the most serious attitude, “Am I a man of insanity?”
“Ah?” He was confused by and blankly shook his head.
“Since I’m not a crazy person.” I continued, “If I could let this go in peace, why would I fight against hundred n? Truth be told, did I need a little after-dinner exercise? They started it first!”
“Viceroy Kheda!” A man in the crowd asked, “You don’t have any evidence on they extorting you.”
“Prove?” I touched my chin and pretended to be angry, “I am a nobility and a viceroy. If you don’t believe what I said, then that! I don’t have proof!”
“Viceroy Kheda.” The kind said, “Calm down.”
“Your Majesty, it is what it is, we were forced to do it.” I was playing innocent and weak and gentle and lovely, “They want evidence, how could I have any? It’s their n outnumbered mine. It's their words against mine.
“Shouldn’t you be worried.” The king corporately comforted, “It will co clean.”
His eyes then landed on the cavalry general who rely arrived, “What’s your words on this?”
“Your Majesty!” The general straightened and said, “I have no idea what happened beforehand! What I saw was hundreds of infantryn fighting twenty n in the gate channel!”
“Anything else?”
“No further!”
“Eh…” The king said to his n, “What’s your opinions on this?”
“Your Majesty!” He who spoke the first, the Minister, “I should point out that the gate guards will never extort nobilities.”
“I don’t think so.” My father finally broke his silence, “Your Majesty, let suppose the infantry did not ask for money, then why did Cohen choose to fight several hundred n with only a twenty in hand? More to that, later on, the presence of a DOD officer made things worse rather than cleaning the ss. If they have not extorted anything from Cohen, at least, it had proven on one fact that the n in defendant departnt are useless! An ineffective leader commands broken soldiers. I can’t believe a lowly sum of twenty people would cause the alarm and a later panic of the whole city. And those hundred n lost to only twenty, useless!”
I kept my blank face, but a secret excitent thrilled my body. My father was marvelous. I stood joyfully wishing this could be over soon though my legs were killing .
“Your Majesty.” An insider soldier stepped up front, “We pulled the alarm because they’ve passed the gate. We lose because the space in the entrance limited us to fight with only a couple of n.”
“Pass the gate?!” I yelled, “You all people saw us in the tunnel! Spare your words!”
“I don’t care if they’ve passed the gate. You’ve lost, and how about I order an extension of the gate and let you fight again to see who wins this ti?” The king’s played the ruby on his ring with a little finger, “No one has realized any faults! Take this man and give him thirty!”
“Your Majesty!” Tense the Minister looked, “This matter is a small case; please be rcy.”
“SMALL CASE?” The king scolded loudly, “Once the alarm alarms, everyone is alard! Have you been getting too old to know this?”
“All things are clear, more or less!” The king prevented anyone who intended to speak, “When did the DOD beco such incapable? Have they been training properly? Ringing the alarm for such a small incident and two hundred n lost to a less twenty. What if this was the case of an enemy attack? I don’t expect my Divine City to be guarded by such soldiers.”
“Considering their incompetence, all DOD senior officers will suspend their duty, effective imdiately. All responsibility will be taken over by the imperial guards. Twenty slashes for all infantry and sub-lieutenants involved in this incident and dispatch out of DC in all! Viceroy Cohen Kheda, pack your impulse. Considering your status, fistfighting is not an appropriate move? I now give you self-detention for three days and cut in salary for a half year!” Watched over all of us, the king continued, “Now get out. Visual, you stay here with !”
“Three day’s detention and half year’s salary.” My father grinned, “What an itchy punishnt. The Minister must be furious now!”
“My salary! Dad!” I said, “That is a lot!”
“Don’t worry.” He said, “His Majesty was pleased that you gave him an excuse to shift all DOD personnel. He has authorized a total of five hundred grand for your Dark City project as a reward and encouragent.
“WHAT! I’m rich! I was expecting around twenty, thirty.”
“Hey!” He had a paper in hand, “Look at this, that’s the approval! You can get the money imdiately from the treasurer!”
“Jack!” I grabbed the paper and yelled.
“Boss! What?”
“You, now, with Maiza, go and get my money!”
“Roger!”
“Hold on, Jack!” Father followed, “Let show you how to transfer!”
I lied on the bed feeling wild with joy. With the money and help from my friends, I was able to play big!
“Boss!” Jack rushed in, “Geez!”
“Geez my ass!” I said, “Where’s my money?”
“Boss!” Jack was sweaty all over followed with Maiza who looked furious, “Our money is taken!”
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