Chapter 4 , royal highness

damond who was walking suddenly stopped in front of a door . i knew that this was the destination . damond bowed and said " young master , we are here . his highness the first prince is inside " i replied " tell his excellency the duke that i am having a chat with his highness and first prince and that i won't be able to tell him about my weapon " damond replied " yes , young master " i suddenly heard hades " the man inside seems to be overhearing your conversation " i replied " i know ' hades said " should we kill him ?" i replied " if i could , i would allow you but we can't . he is a valuable pawn for our plans " hades replied " you appear so non chalant but in reality are such a schemer . " i replied with a smirk " one can't be judged by their appearances . " and the guard opened the door . as soon as i entered , i bowed and said " i greet the dawn of our empire , i greet his highness the first prince . " the man in front of me had white hair and red eyes . he wore extremely expensive clothes which were probably for show off. he scofffed and said " it is giving me chills seeing you bow " i replied " is that so . i apologize for making you uncomfortable and for being late " with a smile . he then said " caelus , you are so cold !" i replied " i take that as an compliment " he replied " it seems i can't win against you " i replied " it seems so " hades then said " this guy is strong for a human but you are stronger than him " i replied " he doesn't know this " hades said " why do you even hide your strength ?" i replied " it is my secret weapon and it would be a pain to attract attention " hades replied " you are too lazy for your own good " i then said to the prince " your highness , what brings you here ?" he replied while staring at me " you don't know ?" i replied " what ?" he sighed and said " you have been chosen as the duke's sucessor . " i replied " huh .. HUH !? wait a sec when and i don't even know about this ?" he replied " you were told to go the hall of weapons weren't you ?" i replied " i was returning from there . why ?" he replied " only the sucessor of duke can go there " i replied " ok " hades said " so , now you are the sucessor of duke . sweet " i replied " it gives me a lot of power but attention at the same time . things are going to get really hectic now . *SIGH* and here i wanted to laze around " hades replied " i will help you in the best way i can as , i am an non-elemental and one of my kind " i replied " i know that . " i then replied to his highness " so now what does it have to do with you ?" he replied " i want you to support me . make me the emperor and i shall give you what you want " i replied " i refuse . house bergaintelet has always been a neutral house . we do not want to include ourselves in the palace politics and succesion war . " he glared at me and said " even if i help you gain your memories ?" i replied " my answer would remain the same " he seemed shocked at my answer . he said " i really won't help you anyway " i replied " sure " hades said " this boy didn't expect this answer but why did you refuse ?" i replied " i knew if i replied yes he would push me around and throw me away when i am of no use . he wants to use me but he didn't realize that i am the one who is using him . he will try to butter me up now " hades then said " why is he going so far to get your support ?" i replied "there are only 2 ducal houses in this empire . his highness the second prince is being supported by the ducal house of alinac . so , to balance things up he wants the support of my house , dukedom of bergaintelet but if i do so it will become a thorn on our plan " hades replied " why is the house of alinac supporting the second prince instead of the first prince and how would becoming the supporter of first prince hinder our plans ?" i replied " it would seem you are not nice with politics " he replied " yeah , it wasn't in our studies and i was never interested ." i replied " the second prince is the son of the emperor and empress . the empress came from the ducal house of alinac while the first prince was born with the affair of the emperor in his prince years with a baron house's daughter . my mother , Rosen luister margaret was the first princess of this empire . that means even i have the right to become the emperor but if i support the first prince it would mean giving away my right . " hades said " becoming the duke successor won't hinder the plans then ?" i replied " there are many dukes who later on became the emperor so , no need to worry plus i am the purest one of bloodline here . " hades said " how ?" i replied " can't you see my silver hair . the direct descendants can only have them . others have white and grey " i then heard hades voice " you will regret it !" i replied " your highness i am not so weak to be trampled on by my past so , if you may take your leave . i have other pressing matters to take care off at the moment " he left in anger . he was like a child being not given what he wanted . his just a brat who was born with golden spoon and grew up without any problems . that's all . i then came outside and saw damond . damond said " it seems his highness came to get young master on his side once again " i replied " don't pretend like you don't know , piper " damond chuckled and said " young master , you need to show your abilities a bit more " i replied with a sigh " it is way too much tiring "