Four hundred years of democracy had wreak havoc on the entire system and economy. People were finally free of disease but now they were dying of hunger. Most families turned to farming to fill their stomach. Businesses had collapsed into such a depth that they could not be revived again. Most resources had finished, the soil was not as fertile anymore to cultivate crops and most of the landscape was barren. Democracy was nothing but a utopian vision of man, but now that people were disillusioned, they shifted back to monarchy.

Therefore, it was vital that the royalty took over. Which meant that Prince Coelestin Huldrych Dionisius be coroneted as soon as possible. He was a fifteen-year-old teenager, burdened with the weight of the entire world. His mentor and servant, Joar, took over the kingdom for him until he was sixteen. On his sixteenth birthday, Coelestin would be coroneted, which was three months from then.

"Your highness!" The guards shouted as Coelestin ran after a pack of wolves on his white horse, Lutz. He had ashy brunette hair and deep black eyes. He took out his bow and arrow and aimed at the wolves. He narrowed his eyes and left the arrow, after that he left two more arrows, one after the other. Three arrows that killed four wolves. One of the wolves jumped at him and pushed him down his horse.

"YOUR HIGHNESS!" The guards shouted. Coelestin landed on his palms and his bow turned into a gun. He shot the wolf in its head, then it transformed into a spear and killed two other wolves. His body was covered in their blood. He looked at the guards behind him, "That was easy, wasn't it?" General Meinbert said and Coelestin smirked. He got back on his horse and they ran back to the castle.

Coelestin got down from Lutz and the servants at the castle arranged a bath for him. Joar came running towards him, "Your excellency, what happened to you?"
"Nothing, our Prince is just getting fierce enough to take over the kingdom," General Meinbert said as he got down his horse.
"How? By killing innocent animals?"

"Joar," He had a gravelly and gruff voice, "I know how to handle the kingdom," He had a Scottish accent and a short stature.
"Your kingdom is the entire world," Joar said as he walked behind him to the bath.
"I do not care," He looked into his eyes, "Those wolves were killing the farmers so I had to deal with them myself. I do not see what wrong I have done,"
"We could've just captured them and left them in the forests?"
"Or just kill them,"

Joar looked at him, "Why are you so cruel, your excellency?"
"You can leave now, Joar," Coelestin said as the butlers began removing his clothes.
"Yes, your excellency,"
Coelestin turned back and stepped into the water. It was early dawn, he took a bath in the lavender water and the servants dressed him up. He walked towards his court and sat on the throne with a crown on his head and a black knife hanging on his waist.

His black eyes looked at the minister in front of him as if he was scratching his soul out of his body, a gaze so fierce it made the entire court look down at their feet. Nobody dared defy him. Coelestin looked into a paper, "So, you're saying you want to increase the tax on agricultural land?"
"Yes, your highness," The finance minister said, "You see, clearing land takes a lot of labour and since the government is spending a lot of that and then selling the land to a farmer, I thought of making it a few francs higher-"

"But from what I can see, picking up rumble shouldn't cost as much as you've documented. You just added thirty-seven million francs out of nowhere, where is that money? In your pockets to buy a little more gold for your mistress at the Conine Fort?" Coelestin looked into the paper.

"Wow, the prince surely is smart for a fifteen-year-old," A soldier said.
"Oh yeah, you're new here, aren't you?" General Meinbert asked him as they stood at the corner of the court. No one was allowed to sit while the prince was seated. They all just stood in two long lines parallel to each other and stared at their feet.
"This minister is gone for good, if Prince Coelestin hates anything, it's corrupt officials,"

"No, your highness, it was spent on irrigational funds," The minister began sweating.
"But we never asked you to do that, did we? Your work was to only ensure clearing and selling land,"
"Oh, I must have forgotten it," The minister smiled nervously as he wiped his sweat with a small cloth.

"Look, he's smiling, He's fine," The soldier said.
"He's smiling because he's terrified," General Meinbert smirked.

Coelestin looked up from the paper and the minister looked down, "You have a mission but you don't know what it is? That sounds incredibly counterproductive,"
"But I am honest!" The minister shouted.
Coelestin threw a pen and paper at him, "Note down where have you spent each and every franc you've been given till now. I gave you fifteen thousand billion Francs for this project,"

"So what if I use a billion or two on me? I'm not paid enough! I have a family too!"
"So, you accept that you minted money,"
"YES I DID SO WHAT?!" Suddenly, his head fell off from his neck and he fell on the floor. Everyone gasped and trembled in fear as Coelestin held a double-edged boomerang in his hand which was covered in blood, "Whose next?"

The education minister stood behind the corpse, "It's-It's me, y-your highness,"
"Speak,"

That evening, as Coelestin was washing his knife into the water, he heard some footsteps and recognised them.

"You killed another minister?" Joar asked.

"I did,"
"...Do you ever feel guilty? Like ever?" Joar asked.
"I do not have time to feel guilty. And neither do you. I already did my part. If you need anything, ask anyone but me,"
"You shouldn't be killing people,"
"So, you're gonna teach me how to run a kingdom?" Coelestin turned towards him.

"Certainly not, your majesty,"
"Good, then mind your own bloody business,"

That evening, Coelestin went to the horse stable and pressed his hand on Lutz' face. His pressed on his forehead on Lutz' forehead, "Do people hate me yet, Lutz?"
He looked into the blue eyes shining through the silver hair of his white horse, "I do not care either way. Hating me or loving me won't really affect me. You're gonna piss a lot of people when you start doing what is best for you and for the kingdom." His eyebrows furrowed and he stared right into the eyes of his horse as they horse's blue eyes lit up and he could see the computers working inside him, "I will be the revolution this world needs,"

The next morning, Coelestin walked to the court and rested his body on the throne as the entire court stood up and bowed. His royal adviser passed him a stack of papers and he looked inside them, "Lucifer Code X 999" He read and Lucifer stood before him with rest of the ANDROIDs.

"This holy ground burns my feet," Lucifer said.

"Oh, so it's you five, huh," Coelestin said as he looked at them. He got up from his throne and walked down the stairs. He grabbed his knife and the knife turned into an LED. Everyone stared at him as the voice of his boot heels covered the court. He waved the light in front of Asselyum's eyes and they glowed blue, just like his horse. He could see the computers working inside her for a second. He then moved towards Valorie, Mik and Norman. But the moment he waved the LED in front of Lucifer's eyes, one of his eyes turned green.

The LED quickly turned into a runblaster and he held it against Lucifer's neck, "Pretty bold of an X-DROID to come walking to his own death,"

Lucifer glared into his eyes. Everyone gasped.
"Lucifer was an X-DROID?"
"No way, Ben lied to us again!"
"Is here gonna kill us and eat us?"

"Please, I have a good taste," Lucifer said and Coelestin pressed the trigger. Lucifer jumped into the sky and hung upside down on the terrace like a bat, "Now, that is a rude way to welcome a guest," He smirked, "Your fucking highness,"
Coelestin glared at him as the runblaster in his hands turned into a bow. He pulled the string, "There's no arrow," Lucifer said.

"You think that," He left the string and Lucifer felt a strong pain in his arm, "What the hell!" He fell down on the floor and Coelestin pressed his foot on his head. He had his string pulled, "Next would be your head."
"Ugh!" Lucifer groaned and Coelestin felt a strong wind around him. All the other ANDROIDS looked at them fight while all the guards attacked Lucifer along with the prince.

"Shouldn't we help Lucifer?" Asselyum asked Valorie. Valorie looked at the ceiling. Lucifer flew in the air with a wounded arm. "Lucifer," Valorie called out and Lucifer turned. Valorie's eyes lit bright blue and all the ANDROIDs closed their ear canals. Lucifer pressed his palms over his ears. A high pitched screech left from Valorie's mouth. "UGH WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!"
Everyone felt like their head was spinning. The glasses of all the windows in the court broke down and Lucifer stood at the windows. Most of the people had fainted by then.

"You guys?"
"Find Ben, Lucifer," Asselyum said, "He'll tell us what to do,"
"UGH!" Coelestin shot another arrow at Lucifer which hit him on his leg. But Lucifer managed to escape, "DAMMIT!"

Lucifer flew in the summer heat from Switzerland to the Sahara desert. He left behind droplets of blood and sweat as he flew through the burning desert. Ben was held captive in some jail under the snow of Antarctica. But passing the desert was not an easy task, plus, he didn't even know where he was going.

He wasn't completely a machine like the rest of his team. He needed food and water to survive and he hadn't eaten in days because he was flying all his way to the desert. Under the scorching heat, he felt his head spinning and finally he fell into the sand.

He lay there drenched in sweat as the sand slowly covered him and he sank into the earth.

-To be continued

Prince Coelestin Huldrych Dionisius
5500 Rebellion