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Arc Chronicles Calixte V
Calixte V"You look so handsome." My mother put her arms on my shoulder. I could see her smile in the mirror. I did look handsome, didn't I? The old crone might have been trying to poke holes in my fucking skin, but she sure did her job right. I looked like a prince out of an early twentieth-century photo on earth, about to get married. Which I was.It was ironic. I had to die, get reborn, and live another life for fifteen years before I could get married. I didn't have any love prospects in my last life, so standing here was a bit surreal. I never expected to get married.I popped my collar and fiddled with my tie until it was straight. I looked good, for a fifteen-year-old. Certainly better than I looked the first time around.Rolo threw his hand over my shoulder. "She's right, Calixte. You look great."I pushed him away and he had the nerve to laugh. "I'm still your prince.""You aren't the kind of man who would send me to the mines because he's angry I'm making fun of him. You are
Arc Chronicles Calixte VI
Calixte VIIf this was what the south coast of France looked like on Earth, I was kind of sad I never made it there. Riviere was beautiful and somehow blended with the natural beauty of the coast in some strange dance. I had visited Arene before and I grew up in Aquroya, so I wasn't going to call it the most beautiful city in the homelands, but it was a very close thing.Riviere was located atop a cliff that overlooked a sparkling blue ocean, so clear I could see through the water in the shallow parts. As the plane flew overhead, I watch children play in the shallow waters, watched by eagle-eyed parents. This was what I was fighting for. Not my father and his ambitions on world conquest, or my expansionist country, but these. The people at the beach, just trying to enjoy their lives. What would become of Riviere if the State Socialists swept through the town?Riviere had a single airport and it was a small one at that. When I asked the plane captain how many people used the airport, h
Arc Chronicles Euphemia IV
Euphemia IVThe drive back to the palace was made in silence. There must have been a look on my face because no one spoke, not even Dahlia. I didn't want a war with Corai. It was a war they couldn't win. Corai was too small to face a power like Aquitaine and win, the prince should know that. Maybe he did, but he had to do what was commanded of him. The same as me.I didn't see the logic in starting a war for New Guinea. It was a war they couldn't win and it might prompt my father to invade Madagascar. It was originally an Aquitaine colony and my father had been eyeing it to restore the empire's possessions. It wouldn't end well for them.Unless they thought Aquitaine wouldn't commit. My father was worried about Prussia. He feared the State Socialists would ignite another war and he had been preparing for that for years. Corai was a small power on the other side of the world. A small, but rich power that was dung in on its only other colony. Could Aquitaine afford to war with Corai whe
Arc Chronicles Euphemia IV
Euphemia IVThe drive back to the palace was made in silence. There must have been a look on my face because no one spoke, not even Dahlia. I didn't want a war with Corai. It was a war they couldn't win. Corai was too small to face a power like Aquitaine and win, the prince should know that. Maybe he did, but he had to do what was commanded of him. The same as me.I didn't see the logic in starting a war for New Guinea. It was a war they couldn't win and it might prompt my father to invade Madagascar. It was originally an Aquitaine colony and my father had been eyeing it to restore the empire's possessions. It wouldn't end well for them.Unless they thought Aquitaine wouldn't commit. My father was worried about Prussia. He feared the State Socialists would ignite another war and he had been preparing for that for years. Corai was a small power on the other side of the world. A small, but rich power that was dung in on its only other colony. Could Aquitaine afford to war with Corai whe
Arc Chronicles Euphemia V
Euphemia VI returned to the homeland for my brother's marriage. Marriages? He married two girls, but it was in one ceremony, so it was only one marriage. I think. The daughter of Duke Lescheres, and the Romanov Princess that we had been giving aid to since the fall of Roslachny to the communists.It was a beautiful ceremony and I was a little bit jealous. I wanted a wedding like this, but I made sure to keep that ugly part of me under lock and key. It was my brother's big and I wasn't going to ruin it.I arrived in Aquroya a few hours before the wedding was going to start. I had wanted to come a few days earlier, but the business with Mahan kept me in Tyché longer than expected. I had wanted as much time in the homeland as I could get. I wanted to see my old school friends, my family, and Victoria. Instead of a week, I was only going to be able to spend three days in the homeland.The ceremony took most of the day and started so early that I didn't get a chance to speak with Calixte
Arc Chronicles Calixte VII
Calixte VII"We are now entering North American airspace," the pilot announced over the intercom. "We will be landing at the southern keys to refuel."The southern keys were the Florida keys, but of course, the name Florida didn't exist in this world. Maybe with the lack of Florida, the craziness that seemed to plague the state would be gone too. Let's home there were no Aquitaine Florida man stories.I already missed Riviere and the south of the homeland. I had only gotten to spend a week there and it was the best week of my life. Best week of BOTH lives. Two beautiful girls, sex five times a day, and two of those were three ways. My father didn't call once, the military left me alone, no Bian, Alphonse, Rolo, or Sasha. I wasn't risking my life fighting for an empire that wanted to expand and take over the world.For a week, I could pretend I wasn't the prince of one of the world's biggest aggressors. I could pretend I wasn't a prince at all. I was just the luckiest guy in the world.
Arc Chronicles Euphemia VI
Euphemia VI"You should contact the court," Daliah said, writing in her notebook. In the distance, I could see smoke rising from across Bayard. One, two three, four different spots. Four different spots, four different bombing sites."I'm sorry, contact the homeland? Why?" Did Dahlia want to report me? The bombings had happened under my watch, so it was my responsibility. What would my father think when he heard? If he hadn't already. The city was crawling with OSI agents, eager to report back to my father."We will need a design for your personal crest. Your Highness, this is something you should have finished by now."... "Don't you think that can wait? With the bombing-""If we put this off, it will not get done. We need to put in an order quickly. Once we return to the palace, I will need a telegram. I will summon a court artist from the capital."I shook my head. Sometimes I wondered if Dahlia had her head screwed on right. "Now isn't the time for paintings and crests," I said, v
Arc Chronicles Euphemia VII
Euphemia VIIThe tag looked a little... Childish. Okay, maybe that was the wrong word. Not childish, per se, but close to the gang tags that spray-painted cross Aquroya before the city council put a stop to it at my father's request.They looked like gang tags, not something I would not associate with supposed freedom fighters. The NGLF was far from a gang. According to some reports, the NGLF didn't just engage in radical movements, but they had taken the role of police onto themselves and had cracked down on criminals. From the petty to the big fish our justice system released."Mr. Ordel?"The police commissioner or chief or whatever he was called was red face. He was sweating like a pig and was whipping his forehead with a handkerchief. "Yes, Your Highness.""I've read reports about the NGLF acting like vigilantes."For some reason, he went redder. "They are radicals. Criminals rebelling against Aquitaine.""That much is clear. What was unclear was the vigilante activities mentione