La Borgia - 04 - The Price of Vanity .pdf

PESARO, ONE MONTH LATER.

STOP TEASIN6 ME, YOU FAT FUCK.

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WHO PUT THAT BUN INTO yOUR OVEM? yOUR DADDy OR yOUR BROTHER? a

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CALM POWN.'

THAT INCESTUOUS WHOR6 WON'T 5 6 6 M6 . ASAIW... '

W6 W ILL TAK6 5H6LT6R IN MV UNCLE'S CASTL6. HOLP ON TI6HT, MAURO...

MEANWHILE, CHARLES V I I I 'S EXPEDITIO N IS COMING TO AN END.__________

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MARS I S IN - I. ^ EQ U ILIBR IU M ... AS I ' S TO LD yOU, MV LORD, THE' STARS HAVE FORETOLD F VES, A SLORIOU5" l THAT NAPLES W ILL / VICTOR/. I AM THE ^ ^SURRENDER WITHOUT/ MASTER OF THIS CITy. ~ [ A FISHT... I WANT TO CLIMB £ MOUNT VESUVIUS. FIND THE BEST LOOKING * * - WHORE YOU CAN AND J i FOLLOW ME. . n / " " '

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WHOAAA. CAUM POD

UP, BITCH, AMP MO'Ji THAT ASRIPA SAW IN TH6 STARS THAT I WIU RUU& TH6 WORLP,

MACHIAVELLI PALACE, FLORENCE.

DO NOT WORRy, My FRIEND, I CAN'T SLEEP IN THIS HEAT... CAN'T READ EITHER, BUT THIS BOOK I S MAKING A EXCELLENT ' I HAVE TO WAKE y o u UP, My DEAR FRIEND. NO NEED TO HIDE ANyMORE, I BRINS N WONDERFUL s a^ n e w s .

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SO, I'M NOT A HOSTASE ANy MORE? I CAN RETURN TO My FATHER?

yES,FU TURE HOLy FATHER/

WHy a r e y o u SO KIND TO ME?

YOU W ILL BE MY GUIDE, PHILOSOPHER.' TELL ME, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

YOU HAVE TO CONQUER THE DUCHIES AND BARONIES OF /OUR ENEMIES, COLONNA, O RSIN I AND SFORZA, TO GUARANTEE ABSOLUTE POWER...

THERE WILL BE NO MERCy.' My POWER W ILL SPREAD TO ENVELOP ALL OF ROME.'

AFTER ROMAGNA, ALL OF THE REPUBLIC W ILL FALL INTO yOUR POWER, FOLLOWED By THE PROUD FLORENCE AND THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES'

I W ILL ASK m FATHER FOR HIS ARMy.' WHEN I AM DONE CONQUERING, I WILL RETURN AND TAKE HIS THRONE.'

FATHER, I AM BACK.'

NOW THAT WE ARE FREE OF CHARLES V I I I , I T I S TIME TO TAKE CARE OF DOMESTIC ENEMIES... .

I W ILL REMOVE THIS ROBE OF AND PUT ON ARMOR. I W ILL GRIND THEM INTO DUST.'

RIGHT ON TIME. /OUR BROTHER GIOVANNI JU S T RETURNED FROM SPAIN.

STOP DREAMING, CESARE, YOU BELONG TO CHURCH. HY DEAR GIOVANNI W ILL TAKE COMMAND OF HY ARMV AND FIGHT THE OTHER HOUSES, STARTING WITH ORSINI.

STOP IT. BLE5S HIM AS HIS BROTHER AND HIS . CARDINAL.'

OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL RUBV. I LOVE THEIR COLOR, LOOKS NICE IN CONTRAST TO My SKIN.'

NEVER/ HE I S NOT A WARRIOR, BUT A PEDERAST.' O RSIN I WILL BEAT HIM EASILV7

YOU C O M SUCKER, STUFF I T UP yOUR ASS '

SINCE YOU DO NOT WISH TO B LESS HIM, MY RING WILL.'

STOP IT.' I T 'S TIME THAT yOU KNEW - yOU ARE NOT My SON.' A SERVANT KNOCKED yOUR WHORE OF A MOTHER UP.' GIOVANNI I S A v REAL BORGIA, UNLIKE J , A r-s, yOURSELF.'

NOW I > UNDERSTAND WHy YOU ALWAyS PREFERRED THIS USELESS h . CREATURE. ^

GIOVANNI AS GENERAL OF AN ARMy? HE HAS OVARIES INSTEAD OF A DICK. yOU ARE FALLING INTO THE ABySS.'

y o u IDIOT.' I WILL EXCOMMUNICATE you.'

I HOPE yOU GET S yP H ILIS FROM yOUR WHORES'

" W f CAN'T 6V6M > SL66P WH&N OM GUARD.' W W Y NIGHT SOM&THING HAPPENS.',___'

AND W6 DRAG OUT ANOTHER POOR SOUL ALMOST W m MORNING.'

AHHH... m SOM, FUTURE KING OF MAPLES, AND ALL OF ITALV, EXTINGUISHED LIKE A TORCH IN SAND.' AAAH.'...

AAAAAH.' AAAHHH.' I HAVEN'T EATEN IN THREE DA/S OR HAD A DRINK... CAN'T SLEEP... M DEAR SON... WHO HATED YOU SO ?

T&LU THE TRUTH MOW/ WHO KILLED HIM? WHO TOOK HIS HAND?

WHO FORCED ME TO EMTER THE CHURCH WHEM I DIDN'T WANT TO ?

WHO FORCED ME INTO THESE RED CLOTHES, WHEN A NISHT CAP LOOKS BETTER THAN A CARDINALS HAT? WHO MADE ME INTO SOMETHING I DID NOT WISH TO

ENOUGH.' I T 'S yOUR SOW.' EAT HIS HAND THEN.'

VAP6 RETRO? IF I CALL UPON CHRIST,HE WILL SM ITE YOU WITH LISHTNINS.' .

ALL RIGHT, SLOW DOWN... TAKE I T AWAV.

i IT IS OBVIOUSLV" MOT A yOU DIDN'T J U S T HIT yOUR SOLUTION, SINCE yOU FATHER, BUT CHRIST'S VICAR HAVEN'T DOME IT YZT. ON EARTH. IF I CALL THE 1 WHICH BORSIA WILL GUARDS, yOU W ILL END UP ON THE STAKE. , LEAD VOUR ARM /? THERE I S ONLy THAT RETARD, fiEOFF, WHOM YOU ARE HIDING IN A MONASTERy.

yOUR HATRED T ELLS ME THAT YOU ARE MOT SO LELy RESPONSIBLE FOR GIOVANNI'S DEATH. I AH ALSO TO BLAME FOR LOGINS HIM BLINDLy...

H / SON, I W ILL LOVE YOU LIK E I P IP GIOVANNI.

P IP I HEAR yOU RIGHT, P IP YOU CALL ME SON?

ANP I ALLOW yOU TO REMOVE yOUR CARPINAL'S ROBES, SON.

I SA IP IT , ANP I W ILL REPEAT IT: THE ARHy I S yOURS, My SON. COME ANP GIVE ME A HUG.

NOW yOU REALLy ARE My FATHER.' THANK yOU.'

BITCH.'

STOP RINSING FOR DEATH, VOU MORON.'

SHUT UP AND LISTEN.' I SAID THAT LUCRECIA IS BAD, NOT THAT SHE WAS DEAD.'

HURRV UP AND MOVE yOUR LEGS, yOU OLD WITCH. THE FEVER IS K ILLIN G HER.'

THE WITCH yOU TRUST HAS ARRIVED, SHE W ILL CURE yOU WITH HER POTIONS...

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANyMORE, My BODy I S BURNING...

My PAIN CANNOT BE CURED WITH POTIONS, ONLy WITH A KNIFE...

yOU W ILL NOT FEEL ANyTHING AFTER yOU DRINK THIS, DEAR CHILD. yOUR BABy I S HUGE, I HAVE TO OPEN yOUR BELLy. •

I AM NOT AFRAID OF PHySICAL PAIN... ONLy SPIRITUAL... GO AHEAD, CUT ME OPEN...

STOP RIMÔIN6 FOR HER HEALTH, YOU FO O L'

SHUT UP.' LUCRECIA IS PEAD.'

ADD F & A T H 5 R 5 T O T H 6 HE-UM/ P U T B & A D S ON TH& CLOAK! I W AN T T O S & 6 N FO R WHAT I AM - A SO D .'

LEONARDO DA VINCI 15 HERE, yOUR HIGHNESS. THERE ARE SOLDIERS ALL OVER THE CASTLE, WHERE WOULD YOU RECEIVE HIM?

YOU ID IO T, BRING HIM TO My CHAMBERS AT ONCE.'

A THOUSANDS APOLOGIES FOR THIS, MAESTRO. CESARE LIV E S HERE WITH HIS PERSONAL GUARD, WHICH CONSIST OF A THOUSAND SOLDIERS.

WELCOME, MAESTRO. WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING yOU.

I HUMBiy SAIUTB /OU, H IS H ty MASTER....

X K I55 TOUR ROBE, CESARE B0R6IA.'

PLEASE SE T UP, MAESTRO. I MEED SrOU'

HOW CAM I BE OF A SSISTANCE?

I AM SORRY, YOUR HIGHNESS, BUT I CAN NOT USE My TALENTS FOR THAT PURPOSE. I ABHOR THE IDEA OF WAR.

I AH PREPARING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST ROMAGNA, FLORENCE AND THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES' I WANT YOU TO DEVELOP NEW AND POWERFUL WEAPONS FOR ME.'

I W ILL SHOWER yOU WITH RICHES. yOU W ILL HAVE yOUR OWN PALACE, AND SERVANTS...

THEY SHOULD HELP ME IN K ILLIN G ENEMY SOLDIERS AND DESTROYING FORTRESS WALLS INTO P IE C E S '

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT MONEy, POWER OR PALACES, My LORD. I COULD LIV E IN MONASTERY CELL...

AMAZIN6: A POWERFUL CANNON, A CARRIAGE WITH BLADES FROM IT S WHEELS, A FLVING MACHINE...

THAT'S RIGHT, YOU BEAUTIFUL ADONIS... W«y BOTHER BREAKING WALLS IF YOU CAN FLV OVER THEM?

YOU ARE A t LEONARDO... KEEP My PR

TELL MY FATHER WHAT yOU SAW HERE, DEAR DUARTE. THESE CANNONS THAT LEONARDO IMPROVED, CAW FIRE STONES UP TO 6 0 POUNDS IN WEIGHT. THE POPE W ILL ------BE IMPRESSED, WE ARE INV IN CIBLE WITH SUCH WEAPONS.

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