Chương 13: The Secret Society

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Convincing his Mother was a nightmare for Albert. She didn't want to let him out of the castle at any cost. Even when Albert gave up on his dignity and played the 'I am child and I need friends' card, she didn't budge. His last resort, the 'puppy eyes' technique only wavered her a little.

But Albert didn't give up and convinced his father first which was quite easy. And finally with his father's help Albert was able to make a deal with his mother.

He can go to the mansion out but he have to bring at least 30 soldiers with him everywhere and he can't go outside the noble district.

So after a few hours Albert was finnaly able to leave with his 30 man strong escort.

-x-X-x-

*Galop-galop*

The hooves of the two horses clattered rhythmically on the cobblestone. The two gorgeous brown stallions pulled a carriage just as beautiful as them.

The carriage was inlaid with gold and had the crest on the royal family on it. A team of 30 horsemen surrounded it protecting it from alside.

'It is more shittier than I thought!'

Albert thought looking at the noble district which in theory should be cleaner than the commoner district or the slums. But Albert really doubted that there is anyone who knows what 'clean' really means other than him.

However it should change soon, since he got reincarnated he was a big cleanliness maniac. So Albert bathed everyday with soap and required all his servants to do the same. Even his mother and father got his habit lately. And he planned to make the people bath at least a week in the future, by opening public bath houses.

"My Prince we arrived!"

Albert woke up from his music by Kris who was riding his horse beside the carriage. Since as a knight he can't sit in the carriage with his lord.

"Okay!"

The carriage stopped in front of a big mansion just a twenty minutes away from the royal palace. It even dwarfed the buildings around it which was a big achievement considering that it was in the noble district. And the owner of it was 'just' a merchant and merchants aren't that influential yet.

*Whistle*

Albert whistled after getting down from the carriage and looking at the 2 floor high complexum. It was more than 200 meters wide.

"We greet the crown prince!"

Butlers, maids, cooks, gardeners and the rest of the mansion's personal stood in lines and bowed. Walking forward Albert met with an older guy with gray hair and moustache.

"We have been expecting Prince Albert's arrival!"

He said, putting his right hand on the left side of his chest and bowed.

"Thank you and it seems you are trained the newcomers well!"

Since the owner changed, big part of the original personal had to change as well. And after Kris kept the reliable ones, and he hired new staff mostly from the slums. So they are trustworthy but not trained.

"I am thankful for the prince's praise!"

The older man's bow deepened a little.

"Your name is Sebastian right?"

"Yes my prince."

Sebastian calmly and professionally answered his question. Which impressed Albert.

"Then from now on you are responsible for the estate!"

Albert actually didn't trust just anybody by giving them important posts. But Sebastian was not just anybody, he was one of his father's aide. And he was serving the royal family since he was just a child. So his loyalty was unquestionable, maybe he will report to the king but Albert could care less.

"I will cherish the opportunity!" He thanked with genuine gratefulness in his voice.

"Okay, enough chit chatting let's go see the kids!"

Albert patted the shoulder of Sebastian and headed inside.

Walking trough the big gates they found themselves in a big decorated hall with candle chandeliers.

"Where are the kids?" Albert asked curiously since the hall was empty and silent.

"They are in the courtyard waiting for your arrival."

Sebastian dutifully replied.

"Then let's go!"

After navigating trough halls, corridors, rooms with the lead of Sebastian the made it to the courtyard. Which now was filled with children standing in loose lines.

Ignoring the loud chatter Albert walked in front of the crowd and stood on a wooden podium. From where he had a better view of everyone and everyone had a better view of him.

A few kid noticed his sudden appearance and motioned to their friends and neighbors to stop talking and listen. So after a few minutes the chatter slowly died down and all eyes now were fixed on Albert. But these few minutes were enough to lake a better look at the crowd of children.

He tightly clenched fists while looking at the kids. They were all malnourished, their bones were clearly visible. And their skin color was unhealthily yellow and .

Just as Albert asked the majority of the children were under 10 years old, between four and nine years old. Big part of the children were still in there rugs from the slums. But they all have been bathed and cleaned which was another request of his.

*Khm*

By clearing his throat Albert attracted everyone's attention and eased on his nervousness a little.

"As you all probably know I am Prince Albert the Crown Prince of Andola and I am the one who brought all of you here as well."

Everyone applauded and few cheered loudly. Albert waited a moment to let everyone calm down then continued.

"Probably the most of you will only understand my words when you grown up! But I tell you why all of you are important for the future!"

Albert looked deeply into every eye which met with his gaze.

"As you all probably know and experienced by yourself, our society is rotten and bad."

The open declaration shocked everyone who was listening.

"Nobles leaching of commoners, playing with the life of others, killing thousands by waging pointless wars wars! Thinking they are higher then others!"

The memories of the called nights without any warmth, the days without anything to fill with the stomach out resurfaced in every orphan minds. And they became more and more enraged!

"But why would they be higher or better?!"

The crowd of children couldn't answer.

"Because they are not! Since everyone borns as a human they just got luckier to get born into a better position than you! So why are you still bow to them?!"

Albert took a little break to let his words sink in. He looked at the crowd of child still passionet from his speech. A few older one even shouted things like 'Down with them!' or 'Kill them all!'.

"Because as the successor of the throne, my duty as the next king is to make my kingdom into a better place for its own people! That's why I formed a secret society which strive to make our country and the world into a better place. And everyone of you will be trained to became one of the member of the society and help the world progress into a better era where nobody has to starve or to be thirsty!"

The big part of the orphans didn't fully understand the meaning of a secret society but they were pumped to help the change.

"And the name of this society is..."

Albert motioned the still shocked Kris. Who a bit slowly but surely held up a parchment for all to see. And on the parchment was a triangle shape with an eye in it.

"Illuminati!"

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Unrelated story but today actually called the police for the first time. (Yay!) And it went a little bad... XD

Because our neighbor came over drunk and started to hit our gate because apparently our dog barked to loudly...

He was cursing and shouted all kinds of death threats! And it was the third time in the month and he done the same thing to the opposite neighbors who are a 60 years old couple...

So I called the emergency call, a guy who picked up the call asked my emergency, name, address and said that the police is coming.

My neighbor stopped hitting the door after ten minutes. And went back to his home where he continued the shouting. (Luckily my father recorded him.)

And I was pretty nervous since I didn't know what to say the Police and what they can do.

But I shouldn't have gotten so excited because I am pretty sure after 5 hours of waiting that they won't come out at 1 p.m...

If you're still here then thank you for reading!