Reborn As A Crown Prince 34 Chapter 34

His plan was working perfectly, now all he had to do was wait for the Kingdom and the Republic to fight it out so that he can intervene when they are weakened and take over all the nations!

Alexis smiled and stored the important information inside his s.p.a.cial ring and left his room...

He then entered his carriage and left his palace, his destination was the training base that he had kept hidden.

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"Fire!" The instructor shouted as the new recruits fired away their rifles.

At the ends of the rifle barrels floated magic circles which enhanced the bullets that were shot out, some turned bright red, others turned snow white.

It was quite the magical scene, the bullets would go through the magic circles and take them with it, in other words, the lead bullets were covered by a magic circle that wrapped around it due to the high speeds it travelled at...

They struck their targets and exploded in various ways, the bright red bullets exploded in flames, effectively burning the targets into ashes while the white bullets exploded and formed sharp icicles that pierced the targets and destroyed it from within!

The rifles they used were also different, at the end of the barrel, there was a ring of mana stone, this acted as a conductor for magic spells which would then be attached to the bullets.

Once they were all done with their training, they turned to their General who was observing, this General was Sophia.

She nodded in satisfaction and noted down the results of the attacks on a small notebook which she held onto tightly...

Sophia then went back to her office only to find a presence inside as she instinctively held onto the handle of her sabre and walked in.

Alexis sat on her desk and smiled when she came in, Sophia sighed in relief and let go of the handle as Alexis raised an eyebrow.

"What happened to you?" He asked her curiously as she looked away from him with a snort.

"Nothing!" She said and sat down on her chair and rested her back.

"Are you still upset about the kiss?" Alexis teased her with a snicker as she immediately turned red and looked down.

"Alright! Alright! Give the notes then..." He sighed and took the notebook she offered him, Alexis went through the information and closed the book with a bit of force.

'I trust Magnus, but not enough when it comes to mana stone...' He thought to himself, the rifles were truly destructive when the mana stones were added...

'If a Divine mage like me used something like that...' Alexis mused and s.h.i.+vered at the thought of it, he would simply be too strong!

But the simple prospect of rifles spewing waves of intense flames excited him!

He realised that he hadn't informed Magnus of such weaponry and reminded himself to meet him later on, he still had time so it was alright...

"Is there something wrong?" Sophia asked him worriedly since he went silent.

Alexis shook his head and replied, "No, thank you for the work... it's really good, infact... I'll do something for you, what do you say?" He asked her as Sophia's eyes s.h.i.+ned.

It was a bit weird considering her face was emotionless but Alexis shook his head and glanced at her.

"Really?!" She shouted happily and jumped from her seat and hugged his arm, resting it inbetween her ample bosom as Alexis groaned in annoyance.

"I want to try out the thing called date!" She blushed and looked up at him expectantly, Alexis smiled gently at her cuteness and then eyed her figure.

"Sure why not, but change into civilian clothing..." He shrugged and reminded her as she looked shocked and immediately pushed him out of the room.

Sophia then came out wearing a pink long sleeved sundress.

"...You look very feminine" Alexis blurted out as Sophia glared at him.

"Just because I'm in the military doesn't change the fact that I'm a girl!" She shouted and went upto him and looked at him directly in the eyes...

"You do realise that your face shows no emotion right?" He chuckled and moved the strands of hair on her face and fixed her ponytail.

"I cant help it, the military trained me to be like that..." She said in a low voice and looked a bit down and Alexis pat her purple hair.

"Shall we go on this so-called date then?" Alexis asked her and gently hugged her by the waist as he got ready to teleport back to his carriage.

"Haven't you dated Florestine?" Sophia was curious as Alexis shook his head.

"No, we didn't need that..." He mumbled while thinking about her.

"I think it's rude to think of other girls when there is one right next to you..." Sophia said in annoyance and huffed at him.

Alexis groaned inwardly, he had second thoughts about the whole 'having two beautiful women' thing...

He sighed and teleported directly into the carriage and set off to the Capital where they would start their date.

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The couple was currently looking awkwardly at a certain woman who stared back at them with cold eyes and a twitching eyebrow.

"Your highness, I thought you went out for work..." Florestine said in a dead tone almost as if she was done living...

"He doesn't need to answer to that, Mind your own business hag!" Sophia said smugly as Alexis almost cried inwardly.

"H-Hag?! You b.i.t.c.h, I let you have a chance with MY Highness and this is how you treat me?!" Florestine growled at Sophia who laughed maliciously.

'What has happened to my carefree life?!' Alexis now cried inside.

"All is fair in love and war... Besides, it's just a date!" Sophia then smiled at her.

"Oh wait... You haven't gone on a date yet!" She said in mock surprise and laughed as Florestine looked at Alexis tearfully.

Alexis immediately ran over to her and comforted her.

It wasn't his strongest forte, but it was the thought that counted.

Sophia looked conflicted, the hag had already stolen her man!

Florestine's head came out of the gap between Alexis' ribs and arm as she smiled cunningly at Sophia who stepped on the stone pavement and cracked the floor making the onlookers gulp in fear and step back in fear.

'This hag!' She cursed inwardly and glared at Florestine who mouthed, "All is fair in love and war!" And put her tongue out to mock her.

Alexis noticed this and let go of her with a tired sigh.

"How about this, you both will go on a date with me?" He offered as the two women turned to each other and looked away disapprovingly.

"Then I'll be leaving..." He shrugged and turned away to leave but he was quickly taken hold of as the two women begrudgingly agreed.

The trio has already gathered so much attention which Alexis did not like as they went inside a building and then teleported from the area...

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'Only two... no more... never again...' Alexis told himself as he tiredly lied on the bed, stretching his body and taking over most of the s.p.a.ce of the bed.

He was mentally and physically drained after the date and decided to never ever go on one with the two of them...

But he couldn't deny that it was amusing when the two started arguing for even the simplest things.

Alexis then heard a knock on his window and got up with a groan and opened it.

"Marcus, what are you doing here?" He asked the boy wearing an hooded black robe.

"Boss, it's about the Satellian Empire's situation..." Marcus informed him which piqued Alexis' curiousity.

"What's up with them?" He stepped back letting the younger boy hop into the room through the open window.

Once Marcus was seated on the chair and Alexis rested on the edge of his bed, he motioned Marcus to continue from where he stopped.

"There is a rebellion in the Satellian Empire, dissatisfaction among civilians upon the Imperial family is at an all time high but the princess is trying to direct their anger at our Empire..." Marcus took a breather and continued.

"Their economy is in hyperinflation, people don't have the money to buy even a grain of rice. And just a few hours ago several high ranking officials have been a.s.sa.s.sinated!" He reported as Alexis took it all in.

"We have also gotten some information that there is a secret development of weapons in the rebel movement, but these are rumours and security is very tight, we can't just enter these areas..." Marcus sighed and glanced at Alexis who nodded.

"I see, thank you for informing me..." Alexis sighed and ma.s.saged his head as Marcus disappeared from the room.

'Impressive... The rebel army is still not the ruling party so they can develop new weapons... I will send a force just to mess with them!' He smiled deviously and closed the window and sat on the bed again.

Immediately afterwards, Florestine entered the room with a gentle smile and sat next to him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I felt Marcus's presence inside the room..." She spoke up and enjoyed his warmth.

"Yeah... He came and told me about certain things. He has grown up well... I still remember the day we went upto him like yesterday..." Alexis chuckled and reminisced the past.

He was so caught up with the ways of this world that developing it seemed secondary...

Florestine giggled at his words and got on his lap and turned to him.

Their eyes met as Alexis leaned closer to her face as their lips touched gently.

He then gently placed her on the bed and turned off the lights of the room and went to sleep.

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"The ones that made the people suffer was not the Emperor but the Lunar Empire! They attacked us with no justification and forced our Emperor to sign the treaty with threats of destruction! The real enemy is the Lunar Empire, and what we need to do now is not to destroy our nation... but to destroy theirs!" A young man gave his speech, charisma was oozing from his body, his hand movements were intense as he guided the emotions of the audience...

The people listening to him cheered on, their eyes filled with rage, anger and even contempt for themselves for making their beloved Emperor the scapegoat and blaming him.

"However, while our Emperor is not at wrong, he was too meek when it came to the rejection of the treaty and crumbled under the threats of the enemy! The rebellion will unite the people of Satellia! Unite the Nation under one banner! And take revenge against those that wronged us!" Another man shouted pa.s.sionately.

"The rebellion will be named the First Socialist Republic of Satellia! The people of the nation under one banner, for one common goal, for a better place for the next generations to live peacefully!" The same charismatic man roared as the people became excited!

Who wouldn't be? they were to be the Forefathers of their Republic... their eyes turned red with emotion as they chanted the name of the new nation they would fight for!

Once the meeting was over, two people met up at a bar close by.

"They plan on ousting the Imperial family as the rulers of the Empire..." The man said in a hushed voice, his lips showed no sign of movement as he drank the alcohol from the wooden mug...

The other person who was seated next to him, wore a common hat, he finished his drink and got up, then placed ten Satellian money notes, each had the number "1,000" inscribed showing it's value.

His hand moved naturally but it turned to a fist, this was the sign of retreat.

Not for the robed man, but for the mole inside the Rebel force, the same one who gave him information.

The man then raised his hand calling the bartender and refilled the mug, he then took the notes and gave it to the bartender.

The act of taking the money was the sign of acceptance regarding the order of retreat given to him.

The man wearing the hat then left silently without waiting for the other man to follow him.

Immediately as he left, a few people walked upto the mole.

"Buddy, you mind following us?" One of the three men asked him curiously as the mole glanced at them and ignored their presence.

The same man then put his hand on the mole.

The said mole then finished his drink and turned around feeling tipsy.

"Heyy you... stop tooching meh!" The drunk mole slurred as the three men glanced at each other.

"Whut? Ah ya gunna fight meh?!" The mole asked them angrily and pushed the man and then proceeded to fall down as he did so.

"I don't think he's a spy..." One of the three men whispered in a low voice and kicked the drunk man away in disgust.

'That was too close... I almost got caught! I'm leaving today...' the mole thought to himself as he fell down, he was literally a drunk mess but it helped fool his enemies...

He was then lifted up by the bartender who placed him outside and cleaned up his bar.

By the time the bartender came out, the man was gone and in his place was money! But at these times, money wasn't worth dirt, it was literally just paper that people burned to keep themselves warm at night...

Due to the hyperinflation, everything was suddenly expensive and people's salaries just weren't enough to even pay for an apple!

Even a mug of beer costed a bit more than three thousand, before the war it used to be a few cents...

The mole left the city and met up with his escort unit who took him away, back to his beloved Empire which he missed so much...