Payback

The hall fell silent as Oliver's face carried his confusion about what happened. The prince, however, carried on without pause. 

"The first flaw about our friend is his size, as it made him inflexible! He can't react or change the direction of an attack once it was thrown!" The prince said with the stern face of a teacher but his words made the crowd laugh. 

Arthur sat there silently, looking at the stage with a dark mood. The taste of his sweets in his mouth lost all of its joy. 

'Truly, humans are pathetic creatures.' Arthur clenched his hand under the table. 'They don't care to step on others for their own expense. These people are laughing, but why hasn't anyone thought of how Oliver would feel?'