"You're amazing..."Ian said with a look of reverence on his face as he looked at Corner. He genuinely wanted to keep Corner by his side forever, after what he witnessed moments ago."I can't believe you didn't leave that bastard behind and actually brought him with us..."The bastard Ian was talking about was none other than Neil, one of the organisation members. Even among that crowd of explosion all around them, Corner hadn't let go of that bastard or leave him behind to die. Seeing his work efficiency, Ian was simply in awe."Young master... Why are you doing this?"Asked the knight with an almost teary face. Corner thought that he was being teased like that(Ian praising him) because he always used to praise Ian. Well, Ian's words did have a sarcastic tone to it. But it was only a habit of his, he did actually mean it when he praised others.Seeing Corner suffer like that, Ian decided to praise him eve

"Sorry. I don't want to be your secret friend."   Ian said with a stern expression. Seeing how the prince's eyes grew bigger in shock, he could confirm that his doubts were right.   The prince didn't make an official visit and instead came to meet Ian in a disguise. It was all due to political reasons. Prince Albert was actually being considerate towards Ian's situation.   The Dicarious duchy was a neutral household. A prince giving them a personal visit would put the duchy, Miller and his whole family in an awkward situation. People would gossip and the nobles would become alert. As such, Prince Albert decided to visit in disguise.   Even now, he only wanted to be Ian's friend. It was his honest intentions. And he also had no intention of making their friendship public, all for the sake of giving Ian a peaceful life away from the Royal fight for the throne.   And Ian, the target

"I forgot about the kids!"Ian sprang up from his almost asleep state as he shouted. He was so shocked and distracted by Albert's presence that he forgot to ask Miller about the kids.Ripler, Kio and the other's from the island were supposed to come with him. Ian slapped himself in the cheek at his own carelessness and got up from bed."Where are you going?"Came a voice from behind him. It was Albert, he was rubbing his eyes as he looked at Ian with a sleepy gaze. He looked to his right. Ash and the maze was sleeping peacefully there. The four of them were sleeping at the same bed since none of them wanted to leave the room."Oh.. I forgot I had an important matter to check up on.""Right now?"Albert asked, a little surprised. It was almost midnight. The pin dropping silence around them was giving them an idea of exactly how late it was. The whole world was asleep by then."Umm.

"Young master, are you close with the prince?"   Asked Arthur after Albert left. Corner was in charge of escorting him back to the royal palace, which left Arthur with Ian.   "Hmm... We became friends yesterday."   "Yesterday? But you guys seemed so close..."   Ian wondered if Arthur also wanted to become friends with Albert. In the original novel, they did became quite close aquintances after the incident at the Lancaster duchy. But since Ian was the one who took the credit this time, Albert's attention changed as he focused on Ian instead of Arthur.   "He's seems like a friendly guy. Oh, he also mentioned you yesterday. He wanted to get to know the knight that saved him."   "Did he?"   Arthur couldn't hide the slight excitement showing on his face as Ian put him on the spotlight. There was very few people in the world who didn't like be

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Albert asked Ian who was wearing his usual mask and robe.  "I apologize for not getting your permission beforehand. I felt like this would be the safest spot if we're meeting up in secret, you see." That was indeed true. There was no other place in the kingdom as godforsaken as this palace, the one of the deceased queen. If it wasn't for Albert sending his own servants once in a while to take care of this place, it would've turned into a playground for the wild animals.  'To think this would be the fate of the queen of a kingdom...' Ian couldn't help but sigh at the thought of it.  "You still haven't answered my question. Who are you? Remove your mask." "Oh! I cannot do that, I apologize once again. As for my identity, I'm Noah, a prophet." "A what?"&n