Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

The air was thick and heavy today. George, who disappeared from the summer palace and went into hiding while trying to kill the whole family of Thawynes was not only caught but was stripped from his position.

He was getting dragged into the court by the knights that used to follow him all the time. His eyes were filled with the desire to kill as he glared at his own son, Andrw who was walking ahead of him, making sure that he didn ot find any chance to escape.

He gritted his teeth as he tried to struggle but there was no way he could escape when a dozen of the knights were all around him.

"How dare you? Do you think that you have the right to drag the owner of this empire in the court of his own like that?" George shouted as he glared at his own son.

If he had known that his own son would treat him like that one day, he would have killed him the moment he was born.

Andrw did not mind the shouting of his father. It was less than he had expected. He would not have been surprised if his father had killed him then and there.

"Ha! And you think I care about it?" he asked with a chuckle on his face as if he was amused.

"If i had known that your hands were filled with blood and your eyes were full of greed, then i would have killed myself to save you from part of your schemes." he said with a sardonic smile on his face when Geroge gritted his teeth.

"Ha! You are saying that so that you can show your righteousness. The truth is.. You want my position. You want to be a ruler! Such impatience.. You are sure like me." he said with a proud look but Andrew flinched.

He had never thought being called like your father would ever sound like an insult and curse.

"I NEVER WANTED TO BE LIKE YOU!" he muttered through gritted teeth as he paused and turned to look at him, "I would have never tried to kill the child of my own brother or would have been greedy to take the position of someone else.

Have you ever felt ashamed to steal the child of an uncle when he had never asked for the position?" he asked, staring into the eyes of his father when he frowned.

"Why? What in the world gave him the right to do so? His grandfather had given the position to my grandfather. He never had any right to take it. He is just too ambitious and greedy to think like that. If he had not behaved like that, then I would not have needed to keep him in check.

Do you have any idea how much hard work I have done? Do you think running an empire is easy? Just look at the towns, cities, how much are they developed? How much progress have I brought? Yet you all think that I did not deserve it?"  he shouted when everyone turned to look at him but immediately bowed their heads.

His aura was still so strong and dominant. Though he might be in the chain, the look on his face was still of a ruler.

"You brought the development.. Yes! But it came with the joint efforts of everyone. You can not ignore the efforts of the administration department that is run by Uncle William and the efforts of the knights who fought the war you started at your whim!

Do you even know how much and how many people had suffered from those wars?" he asked with a scoff when the eyes of his father hardened.

"But we won all those wars and it increased our territory and made our empire the largest and strongest. Sacrifices needed to be done for noble things. A fool like you would never understand that.

And whatever I did.. All my hard work, it is not going to end up in your hands one day?" Andrew shook his head.

His father was right. You can never explain facts to a fool.

"That is it! We had already wasted enough time. Now it is time for you to go to the courtroom and take what you have sowed all your life." he said in a commanding voice as he stared at the knights who nodded and started to drag the man again.

But this time, George was not glaring anymore. In fact, he had an eerily calm smile on his face that looked haunting to Andrew.

"Yes, thank you my son. You have given me enough time, just as I needed." he said with a laugh, "thank you! I know that I can always count on your foolishness." he said, making Andrew frown.

What had happened. What changed. He looked around but there were no other soldiers, knights of secret army that attacked them or tried to get him free. Then what was he talking about?

"Have you lost your mind because of the shock, father?" he asked in a mocking  voice but he had an ominous feeling in his heart.

He felt like they had already lost it and looked around again when Andrw laughed and took a step back.

"No son, I am making things right. You are my biggest mistake so it would be better that i will start with you." he said as he took another step back

The knights tried to hold him again but his cold glare somehow froze them in their place.

Andrew was not afraid that he could run but he was worried about what his father was saying?

"Hey. Where do you think you are going? Do you think you can run away from the middle of the palace with all this security?" he asked with a frown as he looked at the knights who bowed their heads as if they were ashamed.

Just when he was about to ask to hold him again…

"Blast!"