BXBX NOVEL Chapter 192 - Protest- Part One
It was a usual morning on Wasteland Valley, as usual, \'Alfonso\' woke later than usual, surprisingly enough, neither Demeter or Artemis were at his side. Noticing this, Alfonso smiled and opened his curtains.
"Today is going to be a good day, lets meet with that Leviathan fellow, however, before that, lets meet my cute daughters" Said Chrono.
He put on his outfit, took his cane and walked to the door, when he opened he saw that Artemis and Demeter were already waiting for him.
"How come you didn\'t come to slept with me like always?" Asked Alfonso.
"I sleep with Alfonso, not with you" Said Demeter coldly.
"Nevertheless, you protected me here all night right?" Said Alfonso with a smile.
"We protect Alfonso\'s body, as for you, you can go die for all I care" Said Artemis.
"Je, cold as always, but I like it, lets go, I want to eat breakfast" Said Alfonso
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Usually, everyone eat breakfast together, and today was not an exception, however, the only one eating was Alfonso, everyone else was seeing him with a strange look.
"Miss Demeter..." Whispered Susana on Demeter\'s ear.
"What is it?" Asked Demeter.
"Did something happened to dad?"
"... Why do you ask?" Asked Demeter.
"I don\'t know, something seems off... like... that smiley face of him... dad never makes such a... how do I put it... its kinda creepy" Said Susana.
Demeter looked back at \'Alfonso\' who had this big smile on his face and said back to Susana
"Susana, I cant say why, but, you must trust this that there is Alfonso but, at the same time, isn\'t, try to stay far from him, at least for the next three months" Said Demeter.
"What do you mean by that?"Asked Susana.
However, Demeter didn\'t answer, she resumed her eating and didn\'t look back at Alfonso.
After breakfast was finished, Alfonso, aka Chrono went to see the freeloader Leviathan who was still sleeping.
"Hey~ wake up" Said Alfonso.
"Ahh... wha... what time is it? its breakfast ready?" Asked Leviathan.
"I want to ask you, are we ready to depart?" Asked Alfonso.
"Ah,ah, yes, yes, its already late, we will depart by night" Said Leviathan.
"Good" Said Alfonso.
He left and Leviathan, with a silly face, went back to sleep.
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Just as Alfonso closed the door, two shadows appeared at his side.
"Where do you think you are going?" Asked Artemis.
"I? I am going to my funeral of course, the kid already had plans to go, however, now that he isn\'t here, I shall go in his place" Said Alfonso.
"I wont let you, not you,who knows what will you with Alfonso\'s body"
Said Demeter.
"Ho? and what do you plan on doing to stop me?" Asked Alfonso.
"I wont mind using a little bit of force" Said Artemis.
"Ha! I don\'t believe so" Said Alfonso.
Demeter wanted to refuted but she backed up.
Alfonso looked at her with a peculiar smile, he passed both and went on his way, Demeter and Artemis, however, followed behind him.
"This kid has some matters to attend there, there is no way that you will not let me go" Said Alfonso while walking out of the manor.
"Chrono, dont think that we are helpless against you, in the worst case, I will lock you down until Alfonso wakes up" Said Demeter.
"If you that, he might take longer than three months to wake up... lets say... a couple of years maybe~?" Said Alfonso with a playful smile.
"C-H-R-N-O" Artemis pressed her teeth hard.
Alfonso didn\'t say anything else and walked to the commoners zone, he glanced at the people lives.
"Mortals, spend half of their live building the means to be happy, however, went they get it, they are too old to enjoy it, I will never get them" Said Alfonso.
"You don\'t anything about humans, who are you to talk?" Said Artemis.
"Oh, that\'s where you are wrong, my little child, you see, passing the eternity sitting in the Tartarus is quite boring, so, to pass time, I like to watch humans and how they evolved, you know, they are super fun and super interesting, I specially enjoyed the world war two, that guy... I think the was called... Hitler, right? he was a fascinating human, its a shame that he was, in the end, a human" Said Alfonso.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Demeter.
"Nothing~ just an old man talk" Said Alfonso.
Just as they were walking, a group of people were shouting something on the main plaza
"WE SHALL NOT TOLERATE THIS INJUSTICE ANYMORE!"
""YES!""
A man in his twenties with a imposing look was shouting to a group of people.
Chrono got curious at this sight.
"What is happening there?" Asked Artemis to a commoner who was passing.
This person was a young man with a delicate face, he looked back at Demeter and Artemis and immediately recognized their identities, he made a reverence towards Alfonso and said
"They? they are just some fools that group together"
Without knowing it, Alfonso had already got to that group.
Demeter and Artemis felt that something terrible was about to happen and went to stop him.
"LOOK EVERYONE, LOOK WHO WE HAVE HERE!" The man noticed Alfonso went was coming.
Soon, all eyes where focus on Alfonso who had a huge smile on his face.
"It seems that you are doing something interesting, so I came to see~" Said Alfonso.
"You think that we are playing? unlike you, we have to work our asses of just to have something to eat, despite this, you take our meat and give us money in exchange, money that we cant use in this godforsaken place!" Shouted the man.
"YES"
"YES, YES THATS UNFAIR!"
The group behind the man also shouted.
Suddenly more and more people came to see what was going on.
Artemis, afraid of Chrono would do something went out and said
"That food isn\'t just for us, the workers who build your houses, the food that the military eats, the education program, everyone has to eat, we do this taxes so they can also have something to eat" Said Artemis.
"WHY SHOULD WE PAY YOU FOR SOMETHING YOU AR SUPPOSED TO GIVE US IN THE FIRST PLACE!? DON\'T TRY TO FOOL US!" Said the man.
""YES!""
"You are being unreasonable!" Said Demeter in anger.
"Shall I silence them for good?" Said A voice behind Artemis.
"No, we don\'t do things like that, Alfonso wouldn\'t like it" Murmured Artemis.
"AND YOU! ALFONSO LOCKHEART! WHAT KIND OF LORD YOU ARE, YOU EAT LIKE A KING WILL YOUR PEOPLE WORKS LIKE DOGS! AREN\'T YOU ASHAME!? ITS NO WONDER THAT YOU ARE CALLED THE IDIOTIC PRINCE!" Said the man.
""WELL SAID!"" Shouted the group.
Everyone was speechless, of course, a lot of people talk about Alfonso behind his backs, however, this man was the first to talk to him like this so directly.
"You can\'t do anything to me, there isn\'t a rule that says that I can\'s speak my mind! Besides, there is a large of group behind me, he wont do anything reckless or else, he would get on the bad side with the people" Though confidently the man.
Waiting for an answer the man looked at Alfonso confidently, however, to everyone\'s surprise, Alfonso didn\'t make any expression, his smiling face didn\'t change from the beginning.
"What about it?" Suddenly said Alfonso.
"Eh?" The man didn\'t expect that answer.
"I asked you, what if you work like dogs while I eat from your efforts? I am the lord here,I am the law here, I write the laws and you follow them, it\'s that simple, so, I asked you once more, what about it?" Said Alfonso.
"I-" The man was surprised once again.
Did he just admit that he is a tyrant? what the actual fuck?
"And one more thing" Said Alfonso.
He suddenly extended his hand and make a gripping gesture.
Suddenly the man, felt that something was wrong.
"What- wha- it hurts" Said the man while touching his chest.
"Who the hell are you to tell me what I can or cant do?" Said Alfonso with a playful smile.