Prince (3)
“I didn’t mean to joke. Belfar seems to care a lot about appearance, so I just emphasized my appearance to build a good relationship.”
I added those words immediately after shaking hands with the prince.
It seems like he’s trying to get out of here with a smile, but that’s absolutely not the case.
“There’s a corner that’s cuter than it looks. Certainly, the saint is as beautiful as my sister, so don’t worry! I’m a person with very strict standards for beauty, so you can trust me.”
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Look at this.
Just now, I secretly identified myself with the princess’s tidy appearance, and at the same time layered my activities, which had been widely spread through rumors, on top of it to block out gossip that could come from outward appearances. I gently turned around the fact that what I was doing was just my appearance.
To be honest, the prince’s reaction to him was beyond my expectations.
I didn’t expect a reaction of being embarrassed or apologetic, but I was expecting a reaction of being suspicious and wary of me to some extent, or being confused as to whether it was discussed with the princess in advance…
Although I’m sure I just felt a subtle sense of incongruity about my reasoning, rather than exploring my intentions, I like it more and give compliments.
And while praising the appearance, I wondered if that was the only thing I could praise.
No matter what I was thinking, it was an act that was hard to come by without being supported by the overwhelming confidence that my actions would eventually endear me to myself, and the self-love that compliments on my appearance were of great value.
A narcissist with a snake tongue but no malice? I really don’t know what hybrid this is.
Of course, just because the other person reacted unexpectedly doesn’t mean I’m giving up here.
A head-on breakthrough by a person about the size of a prince might seem like a trick in itself, but it didn’t mean much to me, who was already prepared to crash into it.
“Yes, it looks like it. Seeing the unmistakable appearance of the accompanying knights, I think I know how much Belfar cares about aesthetics.”
To put it bluntly, the expedition corps came back after suffering like this, but you guys look so comfortable, what kind of looks are you talking about? It wasn’t the princess who rested comfortably, wasn’t it you? It will have some meaning.
In fact, the troops who did not go out on the expedition are not particularly compared, and there is nothing to do, and it is natural to greet the personnel who return after winning, and to greet the equipment in a clean look.
Even since the leader is the prince, it is not strange that he puts all his heart and soul into it, but even things that seem natural in the world start to look strange when someone starts to find fault with them.
The element that the prince threw in that could be criticized by the princess is subtly replaced with a story about the knights and the prince welcoming the expedition, and the cause must have been the prince, who is the leader.
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Let’s see where this goes through the front.
“Um…I like beautiful things, but I don’t emphasize the forced beauty to the point of urging my subordinates. I’m not that rare.”
Then it is.
The prince in front of me really said thank you for taking care of the soldiers’ equipment this time, and seemed like he might have made a head-on breakthrough, but at the same time, he was the type to give such orders in advance, even though he would point out any soldiers with problems while walking around. I didn’t think so.
Besides, he’s not the type to say he did something he didn’t even do.
I tried to manage my expression so that the smile of conversion was not revealed, and I spoke in a voice of regret.
“Is that so? Of course, I said that they prepared in their own way to welcome our expedition, but it’s a pity. The soldiers must be very disappointed.”
Advance payment ON.
Become an immature prince who only cares about appearances and is not interested in practical matters, or become an incompetent prince who is not interested in preparing for an expedition.
Pick the one you like.
In fact, soldiers want to get back quickly, so it doesn’t matter how well the equipment of the other soldiers who greet them is in good condition.
“hahahaha, it’s disappointing that the saint doesn’t understand my feelings. The soldiers of the Empire can do everything they need to do without giving such detailed instructions. In fact, you would have thought that you had given an order separately by looking at the soldiers. Isn’t it maintaining an orderly posture as much as it is. The saint is saying that because he doesn’t know much about the loyalty of the soldiers of the Empire yet, but I trust my soldiers, so I just didn’t give orders to them one by one. How can I say that I didn’t do my job? can you?”
Did you come out like that?
There is no surer method than changing the subject of the story to break through the gap.
Suddenly, the story was not about the prince, but about the loyalty of the imperial soldiers.
Besides, it is certainly skillful to link my words implicitly to a lack of trust in the Imperial soldiers, and even conclude that the reason I did not give my orders was that I had enough faith. It’s not even right to lead the story.
However, if it is difficult to lead the story, you can twist the subject of the story like the prince just did. I repeat, the prince’s qi is also my qi.
“But if you didn’t care about that at all, you could have come a little further to meet us…”
Uncharacteristically for my usual appearance, I blurted out the tail of my horse and looked around.
Eavesdropping on a conversation isn’t a very nice thing to do, so I pretended not to be everyone around me, but I could see that all my nerves were focused on this side.
“Hmm? It’s just that we decided that it would be most appropriate to join at this point. It doesn’t mean much.”
“I thought so too. If you go deeper here, you will be entering the Plaguelands, right? It was a story. He didn’t mind the appearance being a little dirty, but he stopped right in front of the Plaguelands anyway.”
For the first time, embarrassment rose in the prince’s emotions.
Because the meaning behind my words was much more blatant than before.
It was an attitude that would surely disappoint any member of the expedition who threw themselves into the Plaguelands to deal with the demon worshipers.
So why didn’t you just choose one of the two, being incompetent or immature?
Congratulations! I was impressed by your attitude of refusing to say that neither is mine, and the hidden option has been opened.
I’ll give you the title of a coward who only cares about my life and doesn’t care about the lives of the soldiers!
“Wait, saint. There seems to be a misunderstanding.”
“Yes. Everything is a misjudgment stemming from my misunderstanding. Even if you hear that you have defeated the person who spread the disease, it is reluctant for anyone to set foot there right away. Even if you are a party welcoming people returning from there. I did.”
“That’s a misunderstanding. I never chose this place as a rendezvous point with that in mind. I just considered the right time and place…”
Oh, yes, that’s right. Actually, there was no hint of lies in the prince’s words.
In the first place, the place where the prince and the expedition met was not completely on the border of the Plaguelands, and they had already left the Plaguelands to some extent.
It was more likely that the location was chosen based on the expedition’s return route and their starting distance rather than the location being chosen with care about the Plaguelands.
But, you know, I’m the highest authority on this situation right now.
If you twist it, you shouldn’t have prepared a one-sided reception procession like this.
I just nodded my head a couple of times with an understanding face.
Anyway, if I say something that doubts the prince’s intentions here, it will only harm my image.
Well, I’m not going to have a serious discussion about how long it will take to get here when I spread out the map of the Empire, estimate the distance to the Imperial Palace and the Plaguelands, and pack up soldiers with all my might.
I noticed your petty ulterior motive, but the desire for survival is a natural human nature, so I understand your feelings.
Anyway, enough rice cakes were sprinkled. From now on, all I have to do is watch the prince struggling to clean up the rice cakes I sprinkled.
Then, if you can’t stand it and attack me who sprinkled rice cakes, only the prince will become a bad guy who beats people who stay still.
“…so this was purely coincidental!”
The prince’s argument, which had just been continued, came to an end.
Oh, that was a touching story. Of course I didn’t listen. But I sincerely believe in your innocence.
But I don’t know if others will believe it.
“If you feel any ill, please let me know. I will treat you.”
Again, I didn’t take a positive or negative attitude toward the prince’s riverside, but instead took an ambiguous attitude, as if I was saying that if I ever got a plague, I would cure it.
That alone was enough to send the prince into a seizure again.
What if you already have a bunch like that?
From now on, until we arrive at the imperial palace, I’m going to stir-fry it enough to make me want to run away just because I joined.
Now, do you have a sense of how much your own style of speech is that of the other party’s clothes?
I don’t use it intentionally for my own benefit, but I think using it unconsciously is the realm of sin.
Until I arrived at the imperial palace, I firmly resolved that I would eradicate sin by fulfilling my duty as a priest.
Absolutely, it was an emotion derived from a perfectly noble sense of duty as a priest, unmixed with any selfish desire to make my princess’ rope even stronger.
…
“To be honest, it was unexpected.”
“Is this why you said you didn’t need advice?”
“It’s somewhat similar to what I expected, but it’s a different aspect. I expected that one of the two would be influenced by the opposite side and wield it, and I expected that the one wielding it would be Ronan Saint, but I didn’t know that he would wield it in confrontation.”
The princess thought over the conversation between Ronan and the prince a little while ago at the words of the knight commander who was driving the horse by her side.
I was definitely distracted by the 3rd prince, and in the end, Ronan ended up embracing the limits of the prince, so I didn’t care, but it seemed that there were some words that were a little far from the usual Ronan.
If it was the usual Ronan, even if he actually thought about it, he wouldn’t have bothered to mention it.
“You have a very nice person around you.”
“yes?”
“The reason why the saint came out is definitely to defend the princess.”
“…Huh? No, I can’t believe that…”
Azalea’s eyes flickered with confusion.
“Oh, was it really unexpected? The first words of the saint were words to protect the princess from the prince’s remarks, weren’t they?”
“That’s… yes, but…”
Even so, it was unbelievable to Azalea that Ronan would choose the path of confrontation with others for her sake.
Even if he was a saint who could read the other person’s true heart, he would have fully noticed that there was no malice from the prince.
“He was very good at diplomatic rhetoric.”
Although he sometimes forgets, Ronan is a person with the ability to survive in the headquarters while hiding his true intentions. For Ronan, who actually survived by risking his life and compromising political judgment and his thoughts, that much would be a piece of cake.
“I’ve thought many times that the 3rd prince and Saint Ronan are alike. Both of them easily control the people around them, and before they know it, they become the center of their hearts and gain their support. I will.”
“You two look alike? Um…”
“Heh heh, the princess cares for Saint Ronan very much and is shy with the third prince, so it’s not that I can’t understand it, but there are definitely similarities between the two. However, after becoming the center and gaining support, the differences between the two appear.”
“What difference do you mean?”
“The 3rd Prince uses the light he gains from others as a driving force to go up. In order to fly higher and spread the light farther. Then, those who have received the new light will gather around the Prince again and get the light from them again and go higher. It goes through a cycle of soaring up. It is a virtuous cycle for the 3rd prince.”
“But if that happens…”
“Yes. The people who follow the light to keep from missing the flying prince must be in trouble. The most cruel thing is that those who are possessed by the light called the Third Prince do not even know that they are being used as a stepping stone. There is only the desire to fly, but the desire to step on someone does not exist.”
“How about Saint Ronan?”
“Well, I haven’t seen Saint Ronan for a long time, so it’s hard to make a hasty decision, but I’ll judge based on what I’ve shown so far. He shines brightly with the light from others, and then he passes that light on to others and when he wakes up, he disappears somewhere. Rather, he went up. It would have been easy to find if it were, but it’s dangling somewhere like a cliff and promising to share light with those under it, so I’m thrilled.”
“Sigh…”
Unbearable laughter leaked out from Azalea.
Even though it is a metaphor for catching floating clouds, for some reason, Ronan’s image of jumping off a cliff to save a person in distress at the bottom of the cliff was drawn.
It wasn’t difficult for Ronan, who could fly, to rescue the man at the bottom of the cliff, but the biggest problem was that even if Ronan couldn’t fly, he would jump off without hesitation.
“Those who rule over many and those who gain the support of many naturally rise to the top. That is the natural law of the world, but Saint Ronan seems to be far away from all the principles of the world. The laws of this world apply. It’s like falling from another world that doesn’t work.”
The image of Ronan naturally appeared in Azalea’s mind. It would not be strange if he suddenly disappeared one day, a saint with a strange impression as if he was drifting away from the world.
“Don’t miss it, Princess. It will be of great help in the future.”
“That… I see.”
Azalea couldn’t bear to express her true feelings in front of the knight commander.
The fact that he was not by Ronan’s side, but by Ronan’s side.
One day, if Ronan suddenly sets out on the road, he may follow him instead of catching him and dissuading him.
“Now do you understand? This way was for the best. I just ran out of time!”
In front of me, I could see the prince, still attached to Ronan’s side, still eagerly explaining something.
Hearing from the Knight Commander that he had come forward to defend himself, he felt that Ronan’s usual calm expression seemed to be somewhat dull.
As I looked at that expression, I began to feel at ease, feeling that the worries I had just been worrying seemed so useless.
Azalea considered several things right now and decided not to complicate things.
It was only clear that Ronan was by his side, and that Ronan was on his way to the imperial palace.
Azalea felt a small pleasure that was difficult to officially acknowledge at the sight of the 3rd prince desperately seeing her for the first time in her life, and grabbed the reins and drove the horse’s head toward Ronan’s side.
Now that I had help, it was my turn to get rid of that leech-like little brother.
