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Chapter 3: The 5th Ogre Prince

While waiting for my adjustment for many hours. I suddenly heard a knock on the door. Flustered at the sudden sound, I scurried to look up but the door did not open, and the knock was repeated. 
"My lord, are you there?" A voice of a woman? Is this some kind of house servant? I shook my head and opened the door only to be surprised by an appearance of a beautiful human girl—horn, an ogre girl. 
"I am here," although I said those. I was actually surprised how my voice sounded, it does feel like the voice of an over pitched masculine dude. Oh shit, I sounded like this? I feel like those deep voiced steamers on YouTube for some unknown reason.
And I didn't notice the girl in front. She was kneeling both of her head and her hand on the ground. Is this what Japanese people call 《Dogeza》? Or something, they do use this kneel so I'm sure about it. 
"I'm sorry my lord for disturbing you!" I remember that I have a temper so servants of the family fear me for that reason alone. Although I've never touched or hit anyone like my 2nd brother, isn't this too much? 
"Nevermind, what do you want?" She remained in her pose and she nodded. 
"My lord, the royal majesty wants to see the prince, a dinner will be held at the dinner chamber at this moment. You have been called as well as the other princes."
A dinner for us? What is this another one of his traps?  He doesn't have all the guts to call us five there just for dinner. If he invites us to dinner, it will only cause a total disaster as we will likely fight amongst ourselves.
The ogre family has no affection nor love for one another. However we have the same principles and same honor and one family. I get that sometimes family fights but we are different as we are monsters ready to kill. 
Our fight will end up likely to be one of us getting beaten or worse dying. That is why going on a dinner with those savage animals will only lead to disaster and father's will often do that again and again as if the entertainment of us children trying to kill ourselves is fun. 
He's a twisted old shitty dude. Although he is like that, father has different expectations to one of us and thus he puts his will for us and our future. 
"I'll be there, just a moment," I responded and closed the door unwillingly to wait for the servant to leave. It seems that this is common for the ogre, and seeing as they have the same usual tradition as East Asia makes me look down. 
I've never been to any of those countries. So I am not familiar with their tradition, only those that I've seen on TV and blogs on YouTube. 
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I changed my clothes to what I saw on the cabinet and dressed it up nicely. This is the same with the first clothes but it has been improvised to what I think best. 
And I went out of my room to find long hallways along these wooden flat floors that were as soft as any other floor. When walking in the hallway, I meet servants who gaze at me with contempt and fear. Just like how I experienced my military life back then, people have different opinions than me because of such silly names. 
With them on the track, I couldn't live a peaceful life in the army without getting bullied. It was the worst part of being a human with a name as the fallen angel, Lucifer. 
So those gaze felt familiar and I am used to it. Who's more monster than one being created? I wonder if even monsters fear their own kin. What a joke. 
I arrived at the place I followed and knocked. The next thing I knew, a voice came echoing permitting me to enter so I didn't hesitate for another few moments and slid the door open. 
This Japanese door is really different to a Spanish style door. It felt weird but suddenly I got used to it.
So many unfamiliar things yet felt familiar all of a sudden even my mannerism is getting influenced by these differences. I guess that also happened to me after my first death and I live my second life. 
Weird isn't it? But this is weirder. Cause I went back way to the ancient past, or so I would call. 
"Great, you're all here," I unintentionally got used to the atmosphere that I didn't notice the prince looking at me while I went to sit beside the father which I've been assigned too. 
Looking at them now, I feel regretful that I didn't greet them but I don't seem to care much. The first person in front of me who's also beside my father is the 1st brother, the crown prince. 
Our family has the same signiturne red eyes that we are often called vampires because of this. The Ogre family have red eyes, and we all have the same gene as when we were children. First brother is no different, he has short hair but he looks like a mirror of me from many angles. 
The second brother sat beside me, and I can feel his killing intent trying to devour my soul but I didn't badge and release a more stronger aura that overwhelmed him enough for him to be flustered. 
Except for both the first and second brother. The third and forth brother doesn't care at all. Like they just literally looked at me and then they turned around, and pretended that I didn't exist. I guess from both of their perspectives, I expected them to be that hostile to me. 
The family's disgrace, a troublesome son who only knows nothing but destruction. It's not my fault that they see me that way, I don't actually care about it. 
Father on the other hand... He doesn't seem in a bad mood or anything, rather he is so calm for a father who knows that his son often fights whenever they all meet... 
Strange family... Really... 
A couple of servants soon came one after another. They carry some of the food, and other plates that they put on our small table. Perhaps in a plate size, this is actually a bowl not a plate. It is strange that the spoon became stick, is this the iconic chopsticks that Asian people use? Those two sticks use to grab a food. 
I don't know how to use them, that's a problem.
『With the gained memories of the host, the body will familiarize and adjust to which it will automatically move on its own.』
Oh, I see. Thanks Taytse, you should continue being useful instead of not.
『...』
What? What? Did I hear you sigh? Come on, you can communicate with me... You're an angel! Well, an angel who acts like a system in a game that is.
『Unnecessary』
Wahhh, sure fine, go ahead.
"Hmm," father mumbled and we looked at him. "I called you here to tell you that... We might have a second crown prince..." 
I was incapable of getting to the point of fathers real intentions but I knew fully that this old geezer didn't do this with no purpose at all. With saying in an open field that he'll pick another crown prince sounded ridiculous as an outsider.
However, as a family of Springgun. This is a matter of competition and everyone around the family is an enemy of their own. I hate this feeling, it doesn't feel right but what can I do? 
Springgun is a family of warhead monsters—we conducted as ogres, the sinister and barbaric race of the beast realm—or continent. In the kingdom of Ogre the heads of the prince is like the occupation of a vassal beast conducted to that same race. 
Ogre—we the prince have our own factions. The faction concluded all of the ogre family of the ogre kingdom—our beloved Springgun. Seeing them this competitive, they might already have predicted this to happen. 
Ogre is a barbaric being. They love destruction and disaster. Being competitive is only a thing but these monsters have more intentions than competition... That is to kill one of us, and one of them...
"However, to pick a suitable second crown prince, we have to exclude the first prince from this competition. So to get my approval and become a second prince, kill one of your brothers."
I knew it. My guts tell me that this won't go a better path. Darn it! This old geezer is trying to make us kill one another for such a position! I tried not to be swayed by fathers maniac aura but I couldn't help but to sweat. 
There's no telling when this guy would go on rampage and either target me or target the others. However, seeing as I made an enemy to two princes, I am certain that they'll come after me. 
"Strange, the fifth prince is being rather quiet this day..."
He noticed me? No way, he really did notice me... I was being quiet so he won't dare think I was here but now I'm wrong. Father never mentioned me, or that he cares about me, about Lucifer. 
『Notice! Murderous Aura Detected』
『Shield Formation Acquired』
Oh shit, no darn it!

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