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Chapter 14: Assassin

Brice's Pov

"Just one more shot Augustus~" I teased him as he tries to align the stick on the ball. "Shut up Brice," he said as he quickly hits it and missed the target by just an inch.

"This is preposterous!" He quickly grabbed a lock of his hair, frustrated. I quickly laughed at his loss and quickly aligned mine, hitting it on the billiard hole.

"Goal," I said as I stretched my arms. He glared at me as I gave him a smug grin. "Congrats brother!" Navii said as she hugs me. I hugged back and saw Augustus staring at us.

"Jealous much?" I mocked him. "Tch, as if," he said as quickly leaves the room. I pulled my sister away and went to follow him.

"You don't need to be in such a rough mood, Augustus. It's just a game," I said as I heard him stomping like a little kid. "You mocked me infront of your sister!" He said as he draws his sword and attacks me.

I quickly withdrew mine and clashed it against the metal sword of his, making him lose his grip of it while it falls down to the ground.

"You're acting like a child Augustus,"

"You're acting like a douché," he said as he scoffed and grab his sword. I quickly pointed mine on his neck, making him stop.

"If you do not remember, I'll make sure you do. Your rank is nothing but a ton of fool's gold Augustus. I can easily outdraw that since I'm the next line in the throne. You will nothing but a bull of crap. Now, stand before I could chop your head like a gutter," I said as he quickly stood up and glare at me.

"Understood?" I asked him and he nods, walking away. I quickly held my sword and walks off to another direction. Suddenly, I saw a hooded figure pulling the trigger and I quickly blocked the bullet with my sword. Good thing I blocked it or else I'll be dead meat. It was actually a miracle when it hit the metal.

I quickly ran after the intruder but it quickly jumped down the staircase and ran off. I saw Quincy holding her guns firing it at them and Nicholas pulling off a dagger, running after them. I didn't even saw their face.

I sat down, catching my breath. I heard Navii running towards me and crouches down. "Brother, are you okay? I heard a gunshot," she said, petrified.

"I'm fine Navii," I said as I tried to gain my composure. She looked at me, trying to atleast know if I was telling the truth. Being a prince was actually quite harder than I thought.

"Navii, go back to your room," I said as I stood up. She looked at me and quickly huffed frustratingly. I quickly stared at her sternly and pointed back to her room.

"Now, Navii!" I said, raising my voice. She quickly stomped her foot and yelled. "You think I'm weak! That's why you're treating me like a little child!" She said as I looked at her annoyingly.

"That's not the reason Navii. I'm just protecting you!" I raised my voice as she quickly ran off, slamming the door shut. I sighed and saw Nicholas coming back with his daggers.

"Nicholas, have you identified the intruder?" I asked him as he shook his head. "They were quite fast my lord," he said as he quickly grabs Quincy's arm and goes to the kitchen.

I quickly disregarded the thought of them hiding something from me and went to my study. I didn't even see Augustus anywhere from the scene.

Nicholas' Pov

I dragged Quincy's arm as she followed me to the kitchen. She puts her guns back to her holders and quickly bombarded me with questions.

"Who was the intruder? What does he want from us? Why-"

"Calm down Quincy. They weren't a he, they were a she," I said as I glanced back to see the peince walking off. I sighed in relief as I looked back to Quincy as she stare at me, dumbfounded.

"W-What do you mean a "she"? That's impossible! I never even knew girls could be an assassin!"

"What might you be then?" I teased her as she glares at me. "I'm a maid, not an assassin," she said as she looks at me as I grin.

"Why do you have guns then?"

"Royal Orders. I'm a guardsman or...guardswoman if they'd prefer." She quickly pointed a gun behind me as someone or something broke a vase.

I quickly looked behind me and saw my cat, jumping off the cabinet. Quincy looked at it as if she was about to kill it for breaking a vase. I quickly pushed her gun away and went over to my cat. It purred and mentioned me to follow her.

So, I did. It quickly ran off to the garden and I saw a hairpin. It was quite an astonishing one since it was made of gold.

Clearly, it was from a royal family. Or somebody with a high rank. All that went here to the garden was that assassin.

Could it be?

??? Pov

I jumped off to the walls of the castle with a deep flesh wound on my shoulder. That bastard. He was quite a pro, hitting me on my right. What was his name again? Wait, I barely even know him.

All I know that he was quite a butler. That maid almost saw my face if it wasn't from my pin.

"Goddamnit," I muttered as I tried to relax for a bit. Running wasn't really my thing. Swords and guns were my life, not escaping a battle.

Of course, they just had to be three. That prince also knew how to defend himself. The earl didn't even mentioned me that he could do that.

He was also a fast runner. Good thing I had made that jump. The butler was very quick as well.

Wait. If the butler was the earl's, why would he kill me then? Don't tell me he teamed up with the Prince. I sighed, knowing that I could never kill him when they were around.

"Ow, that really hurts. Damn. Bloody hell!" I tried to put pressure on my wound with my handkerchief but it just made it much worse.

"Who's there?" I heard a voice calling out.

I quickly tried to stand up but I was spotted. Somebody came up running to me with a dagger held to my throat.

"I do not wish any harm. I'm here to help you," That was the last words I heard before I fell unconscious.