Chapter 147 - Assassinations

Julius woke up from his slumber with an abrupt gasp as he quickly jumped up from his bed. He woke up in the same room which he had lived in for 14 years of his life. For the first time in almost 4 whole years, Julius could say that he got a good night's rest. Even so, there was something on his mind.

"What did he mean if this is what I wanted to achieve? I mean Liz is the one I've been working so hard to impress, what else could he more important than that," Julius said as he turned around to his side so that he could get up from his bed.

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"I didn't say that out loud, did I?" Julius asked himself as he stared at a familiar figure who was sitting next to his bed with a confused and red face.

"Good morning prince Julius. It's a pleasure to work for you once again," said Liz as he calmly stood up from the chair beside Julius and began to walk towards the door of his room as professionally as possible.

After Liz had left the room, Julius smacked his head from embarrassment.

"How did I not see her?! Could I be going blind?!" Julius asked himself as he didn't want to even think about the embarrassment. As such, he quickly hid his head under his pillow.

After a few more minutes of deliberating if he should run away from the castle, someone knocked on his door before welcoming himself inside.

"Hey there Julius," said Jun as he entered the room with a casual tone.

"Huh? Why are you hiding your head under a pillow? Did you by any chance wake up from your sleep with a gasp when accidentally say something embarrassing like how you feel about that girl and when you woke up, she was beside you. Hearing those words, she turned red and ran away, and now you're deliberating if you should run away from the kingdom for ever?" Jun asked casually which got Julius to get his head out of his pillow.

"It's scary how accurate your guesses are," Julius said as he finally got out of his bed and began to get ready for his day.

"Another point for me!" Jun said with a happy face.

"Anyway master Jun, you still owe me something. I want to go back to the library of the limitless along with having every single one of the secret scrolls which you have. Since I have completed my training, I would like to receive my reward," Julius requested.

"Come on, do we really have to do this right now? It's almost your birthday, shouldn't you be getting ready for your big day or trying to make advances on that maid?" Jun asked.

"A promise is a promise. I kept mine so you have to keep yours as well," said Julius as the two walked out of his room to find Henry which usually would have been impossible to reach however due to the current circumstances, he would be reachable in a few minutes.

In the past, he would spend most of his days in far away lands or sometimes hide in secret rooms of the castle. However in the more near past, he had been spending most of his days in the castle so that he could send orders for the preparation of war.

Lastly, now that the war had been called off, Henry was busy making the preparations for his son's birthday. After all, it would be the greatest celebration the world had seen, even one surpassing that of Julius' 14th birthday.

"Hey Henry," Julius said in a casual tone as he walked up to his father.

"It would be more polite of you to refer to me as 'father' or 'king Henry'," said Henry as he turned his attention towards his son.

"Don't blame me. You're the one who decided to be an absent father. Anyway, Jun and I will be leaving to get some things. We'll be back soon though so don't worry. I just thought you might want to know," said Julius and without even waiting for a reply from his father, Julius left the castle with Jun following behind him.

"That kid could really use a good teaching of manners. He might even embarrass me on his own birthday. I cannot allow my name to be tarnished after I worked so hard to keep my image as a hero," said Henry with a regretful tone.

"If only I was stronger than him, he wouldn't be so cocky around me," said Henry as he watched his son leave with Jun.

"By the way master Jun, how did it go with Vivi? Has she agreed to the conditions?" Julius asked Jun.

"Oh right. I forgot to tell you, but she agreed. Mary will be executed on the day of your birthday since that's the only day which security will be weak in her kingdom. The plan is to ambush her before she leaves her kingdom, that way, she'll be dead and it'll take a while for anyone to notice since everyone will be so busy for your birthday," Jun explained.

"Good job. Although it's a wonderful plan, it's still weird knowing that an assassination will take place on the day which I'm expected to be the happiest on," Julius said as they two reached the exit of the castle to be met by Julius' ruby dragon.

"You wouldn't believe it but most assassinations actually take place on important days such as your birthday. In events such as these, there's always bound to be people distracted so that getting the job done will be much easier. I'm just saying that you shouldn't feel too bad about something like this taking place on your birthday. In fact, a couple assassinations probably took place on your 14th birthday and more will take place in a few days as well," Jun explained as he tried to cheer Julius up but instead just got him more bummed out.

"I don't really understand how that was supposed to make me feel better but thanks," said Julius as the two got on the ruby dragon.