Life Restart

"Captain are you alright You're not hurt anywhere are you" One of the young new female recruits faced me and asked in worry.

"It's fine, Nothing to worry about"....probably

I am sure to receive a punishment, but I am certain I won't get my head chopped off at least.

Assaulting a prince is a heavy crime, but I'm lucky the prince I attacked was only the unfavored waste of a prince.

If it had been the first or second prince then I would have probably gotten my arms chopped off and some whipping.

The other two prince's are the leads of their generation but the third prince is someone unimpressive in the public's view

The first prince is known for the miracle reforms he has made to the kingdom's policy, such as the new tax laws, and military benefits.

While the second prince is known for his military accomplishments. In the war 3 years ago, the second prince managed to lead an army of 10,000 and eliminate an enemy army ten times the size of his.

The third prince....

Truly like heaven and earth when comparing the other two to him.

"Alright everyone back to training!"

I'd probably be called up later today, so in the mean time I should just perform my daily duties.

***

In the royal throne room, there are people in military suits and well made aristocratic attires lining up left and right with one person on both of her knees in the middle, and six individuals looking down on her.

This of course is the royal family, with the three princes, the king, the queen on their thrones, and the sole princess standing at the far end.

"Captain of the 3rd knights division, Felice Ephitira, Can you explain to me why are you bowing in this courtroom right now?" The king says with a uninterested cold expression

The king, although looking cold on the outside, inwardly thinks of this trial as wasteful time.

If the king hated one thing, it would be inappropriate handling of affairs, and affairs that are not even worth mentioning.

'Don't you think it's ironic that his youngest son is the polar opposite?'

As if my mind was read, the honored one spoke right on que

"Father, this commoner wench assaulted me!"

"Look at my hands, she is the one who made it look like this!" The third prince flashed his palm that had a small bruise on it to his father's face.

The fair white palm that is like a child's with no sign of labor ever done is marked with a small bump....

'Take any person off the street, or even any high ranking knight, and you'd see a much more abused hand than this..' I thought to myself while staying on my knees

"Ho, she did this?" The king looked at the palm of the prince without making any sort of noticeable change in his expression.

"Yes! This hurt alot! You should give her a harsh punishment for going against royalty!" The prince replied while feeling he roped in the king on his side

"FOOL!"

'slap'

A slap flew from the king's hand to the right cheek of the third prince leaving him on the floor looking stunned, as if he never expected this to occur.

"F-Father, You you h-hit me!?" The prince stared at the king, while laying on the ground with his hands c.a.r.e.s.sing the area he just got slapped on.

Of course the only one who was surprised by this action was the prince himself. Every noble and military official was aware the king hated the nonsense that his youngest son brought. He could tolerate the small acts of injustice he does, but if it was a big enough incident that brought trouble to him, the king would discipline this stupid son of his.

"Pfft" I couldn't help myself and let out a little noise of how stupid this prince was.

Immediately after that, All eyes in the room went to me.....

'Well, this is awkward'

'Damn it, I shouldn't of said anything' I inwardly regret

The awkward atmosphere and gazes toward me ended when an unlikely person broke it.

"Brother, do you really not know?" The person who broke this atmosphere was none other than the most well known and powerful man other than the king himself, the first prince, Prince Edward Rietfell!

As if my subtle outburst of laughter never occurred at all, the gazes and attention automatically went to the first prince.

I guess royalty does have this much of an impactful presence, He was able to turn all the attention to him this quickly.

"Edward!!" The third prince looked angrily at the first prince, His eyes could be seen reddening from irritation.

The third prince was always compared to this perfect older brother in every way.

When growing up, people would always look at the uselessness of Alfred with indifference, thinking it wouldn't matter, since he wasn't fated to be the king.

But alternatively, they looked the other way and admired the brilliance of Edward's accomplishments, such as the tax reforms he has made, which brought the commoners more wealth.

The increase in wealth for the commoners brought more business to the kingdom, and with more business comes more money to the kingdom.

You could say the third prince was what god gave the king and queen to even out the brilliance of his two older brothers.

"What are you talking about? What don't I know?" Alfred asked with slight reluctance

"HAHAHA! This fool really doesn't know?"

"SHUT UP!! What do you know!?" The third prince stand straight and glared at the first prince

"You are so pitiful, little brother. You who grew up in royalty, having everything you want in your small world, yet when it is time for you to enter the big sea, you are left unprepared"

"Didn't you know? Father, Mother, 2nd brother, and even little sister knew from the beginning of your actions against the commoners and lesser noble, such as your bullying of knights, and spending.

"Did you think everyone in this room were blind to your movements?"

"W What!? They knew?" The third prince's back started to shrink at the revelation of his wastrel actions.

"Yeah" Edward opened his arms up wide "Every single person in this room knew!"