Change Me

Chapter 9: A Criminal?

Third Person's Point of View

Being a prince is not that easy.

Alam naman iyon ni Matthew. Iyon ang unang itinatak sa isipan nya ng kanyang mga magulang simula noong bata pa lamang sya. Every lesson, every arguments and disagreements, his parents will always said that. You were born as a prince, so you should act as a prince.

How Matthew badly wished before na sana ay hindi na lamang sya pinanganak bilang isang prinsipe, o kahit na anong kasama sa pagiging royalty. He hated this life. Ni hindi sya makapagdesisyon ng para sa sarili nya without thinking of the others, ni hindi sya makalabas sa nakakasakal na malaking palasyo na iyon, he can't move without the others' watchful and judgemental eyes, and he can't even choose his own wife. Dati pa ay ang iba na ang dumidikta sa kanya, at bata pa lamang sya noon. Paano pa kaya sa paglaki nya?

But that was just a naive wish, wasn't it?

Ever since almost his whole clan got wiped out, he became cold. More distant. More emotionless.

A naive thought, indeed. When his siblings died because of their insane mother, everything fell apart. Akala ng marami ay babagsak na ang royal family ng Serus. Traitors revealed themselves, every friends of their family turned their backs from them. The King was sick, and the Crown Prince, Matthew's elder brother, Prince Aurelius, got killed too. All of his cousins, Aunt and Uncles got killed, and some of their closest friends too. Akala ng lahat ay wala ng natira maliban sa Hari, but Matthew stepped up.

Wala talaga syang balak na sumunod sa pwesto ng kanyang ama. He was content to only be a prince, not the Crown Prince. But he doesn't have any choice.

With this power, he will trample those who betrayed them. Those who immediately turned their backs from his family. Marami ang nagsasabi na nabaliw lamang ang Reyna kaya't napatay ang halos buong royal family, but Matthew doesn't believe that. 

There was someone behind the scene, controlling them. Controlling her mother, her father's decisions that led them to that scene, her siblings' obliviousness even though they were skilled and highly alert to their surroundings.

He survived because of pure luck before, dahil lamang umalis sya at may pinautos sa kanya ang kanyang Ina bago nagulo ang lahat, but now, he will survive because he fought and killed that bastard who started this mess. Those bastards.

With this power....

"I greet His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom." Inangat nya ang paningin nya nang yumuko sa harapan nya si Sir. Adrian. May mga taong tinalikuran sya sa panahon na nagdurusa ang buong pamilya nila, ngunit may mga tao ding hindi sila tinalikuran. Isa na doon si Sir. Adrian at ang pamilya nito.

As far as Matthew remember, malaki ang utang na loob ng mga Nepomesa sa pamilya nila, specifically his father. Ang dating personal guard at councilor ng kanyang ama ay pinalitan nya simula noong umupo sya sa pwesto dahil sa pagiging isa sa mga traydor nito. A little shame, really, since the old man was also his grandfather's councilor and therefore a professional in his job.