World Development System 108 39. Prince Lukav's Past Part I.

Talyor then commented after hearing Duke, "A lot of plays over there were written by Lord John at the start and it is those plays which are attracting the common traders and people to watch it nowadays."

Duke commented after watching the theater, "I was quite surprised by the level of dramas and Pianists in particular at this theater. Particularly that sad song, it really portrayed the feelings of the characters in that play. Your theater was quite great and I got to see a lot of new perspectives from this play as this included a commoners story unlike the time where I would only be able to see cliche stories of brave knights, honorable nobles or kings. I guess I can understand why your dramas are becoming more popular among the traders and common people outside the domain. I too would incorporate these elements in the plays at Iron Rainforest."

Sarah meanwhile commented inside John's head, "Praise me, for you were able to plagiarize the songs of my world and your own world. Well, you can still make your own songs but I feel it would be quite a hassle for you. So praise me anyway."

John thought as he heard Sarah, "Noisy and greedy."
Taylor proudly spoke, "This too was introduced by Lord John, he always felt that piano's should be used to better express the feelings in play and hence we see a lot of plays in Capital or elsewhere trying to make songs connected to the play. We would feel quite honored as Duke would incorporate our themes in his theater."

Duke, "John, I guess you would have succeeded anywhere with so many talents and innovations. I guess this is also one of the reasons why your domain is flourishing at such a rapid pace. It was good that you didn't ally with the radiant church because it would only get complicated later on for this whole region."

Taylor then said, "I don't think Lord Rose's domain is bad. From what I heard it is flourishing at the same speed of Imperial Capital."

Rose smiled and answered, "Well it because of my trade with Elves, south of the sea. And another reason is reduced taxes to traders which reduces inflation and keep the prices in check, well it quite complicated."

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Meanwhile King Lionheart and Luke were in the courtroom,
King Lionheart as he heard news of Lukav from Luke, "What did you say? That asshole gave such an announcement in front of everyone. Hmm... is he provoking me to attack that upstart or does he want a war? I guess he wanted to start something if we got involved in the northern mess early on by provoking me."

Luke gave his own opinion, "From this announcement, I look it at like this, he wants to involve that half-elf and he wants legality to start a war against us. So I think he at least wants chaos where he could do his own bidding."

Lionheart spoke with a little bit of frustration unconsciously, "Who knew that innocent Lukav would turn into such an extreme menace over a single demon girl. Can't he get other women and move on. However, he will still pay for trying to kill me 7 years ago."

An Old man with a big beard said, "I guess he won't rest until he or Felix die. Because Felix started the conspiracy to gain power and you unknowingly supported him in the guise of ignorance. Hmph, he even learned those sinister ways of the Demons."
This old man was a seer of the Royal Family. His name was Eanred.
King Lionheart still didn't take it to heart for that rebuke as this man was one of the pillars of the Royal Family, "Well, he was always docile so I didn't think his reaction would be that extreme for one demon girl. And he still didn't ally with the demons."

Eanred explained, "I guess he was smart as he had no allies and he used every trick to gain power later on. Hmph... you even tried to arrest him from the pressure of nobles who were allied with Felix before that attempt on your life, while his right-hand Duncan had already made preparations in case anything happened to him after that incident at Red Lake. It's good that you at least followed my advice, later on, to ask his mother to secure your own life. However, his acts of cruelty are still worrying as a lot of nobles fear getting castrated or getting raped by his insane actions, the most they might fear is for their family, they might not fear death but they fear that humiliation and dying in such an honorless way. We already know what happened to that Marquis right? You might as well get killed by him the same way as you too didn't like him getting close to that demon girl."

Lionheart and thought and spoke, "I guess it was pretty good to ask Joanna to help me, however, this had a price. And its that the way Lukav tortures our men is extremely terrifying. That very incident 7 years ago has scared me enough. I guess this is because he was always courageous when facing enemies and that is also the reason Felix conspired against him as he was quite strong in combat and focused mentally when he targetted his enemies. It was good that he didn't know about my participation when I asked help from Joanna to get a promise out of him or I fear even Joanna wouldn't have escaped his wrath."

Eanred then spoke gravely, "However, he knows about it about now. however, he still has that honor and pride of a knight in keeping his words. However, he likes to use words to suit his own needs, he is not the same old naive Lukav. It's good that the current pope was involved in power struggle last time and won with the help of Felix when they conspired against Lukav."

Eanred then moved his gaze to Luke and said: "I guess you were always wondering why Lukav disdains his family so much. The only person he trusts might be Duncan because he has tested him enough. That butler of his is quite stubborn and loyal or else our work would have been quite easier. And those instincts of Lukav has been very problematic for me as he always somehow manages to get hints on our plans."
Luke nodded as he keenly heard, "Yes, Father never spoke a word when it came to the incident 7-9 years ago. I heard Prince Lukav was quite popular when it came to his combat abilities. However, Father felt that he was quite naive politically."

Lionheart frustratingly said, "Anyway, just ignore his previous ramblings as we won't take his bait. we will only act later on as master cant see the future predictions of that upstart Count."

Eanred spoke about John, "That guy is quite an anomaly as he has started a lot of waves in this kingdom after coming to power."

Luke spoke, "Speaking of that Count, Baron Mendez has increased the taxes of Morgan Family fleet in the East Port town on the orders of Prince Hector and Duke Norman. It seems all of them are itching to get that weapon as well as all the new things coming out of that town. What do you guys say?"

Chapter end