"Is the seat next to you taken, young master?"
Asked Arthur while smiling from ear to ear.
'Seems like he has no intention of ignoring me..'
Ian originally planned on ignoring Arthur if he did the same. Since Arthur had just recently started getting the public attention, Ian didn't want to be seen together with him outside of work.
"It's empty."
But if Arthur was going to approach him so openly like that, he didn't have the heart to reject him openly in front of everyone either. Arthur was the protagonist of his favourite novel afterall.
As the protagonist took the seat right next to him, suddenly, Ian felt like all the attention of the world was on him. He wondered if it was the side effect of being with the protagonist.
"Is it your turn next, young master?"
Arthur asked in a curious voice. Since the awar
"Young master..""Son..""Ian! How come you always have the answer to every problem?!Mister wizard! Please hurry and find my sister now!""Yes Prince Albert. Right away!"Arthur and Miller showed their bewilderment while Albert shouted in joy and hurried the wizard.Once he received the earring, the wizard managed to quickly track the princess down."It seems like they're planning on leaving the city."He pointed to a specific location on the map and spoke. The others weren't as tense as before since they all had a ray of hope now."Father. I'll go rescue her right away. My knights are ready."Reynold spoke, ready to take off any moment."I'm going with you."Albert said blocking his way. He didn't want to lose
"The food was good."Ian said. Rianne also had quite a satisfied look on her face. She didn't plan on having dinner with Ian in the first place. But seeing how considerate he was, and how there was no one bothering her when she stayed with him, Rianne changed her mind."Yes. I enjoyed it as well.""What do you plan to do now?"Ian asked casually. He initially wanted to leave the party as soon as the ceremony was over. But with the whole princess kidnapping case, he had to stay here till the end and look after things."I don't have any prior engagements."Rianne replied. She didn't seem to have any intention of mingling with the nobles present at the party."Hmm.. You don't have any friends?"Ian asked. Corner would've dropped his sword if he heard Ian speak like that, and Rob would've had a heart attack. The blu
"Young master, what are you trying to do?"Rianne asked in a small voice from behind Ian. She was worried a fight might break out here if Ian started throwing punches randomly. It may even sour the relationship between the two families."Have a conversation."Ian spoke, the nasty aura around him disappeared and his expressions returned to normal.'A conversation?'Rianne wondered if she heard correctly as she saw Ian approaching William. She wanted to stop him from causing trouble but amidst all that people, she was unable to do so."Young master William, are you okay?"Ian asked as he closed the distance between them within a few steps. William still wasn't paying any attention to him and he was grateful for that fact.When William was within Ian's reach, he looked at the girl. There wasn't anything wrong
The party hall was deadly silent as the confrontation between Ian and Vel took place.Ian was, from his point of view, trying to save Vel the embarrassment of getting his ass kicked by his own hostage, Rianne.But Venom and Vel both seemed to have misunderstood his intentions as someone who was trying to protect their lover.The nobles around also had similar thoughts. Adrian pursuing Rianne was a story well known to many people in the kingdom. Specially the nobles, they knew each other's every moves since it was in their habit to do so."You're wrong... Listen.. Let's not complicate matters more than necessary, okay?"Ian tried to negotiate."Since it looks like you guys want to take someone hostage, how about me?I'm one of the people with the highest importance and priority here, you know."
'Young master Adrian is hurt..'Rianne thought to herself. She could clearly smell the faint scent of blood coming from Ian's direction.But even when she asked if he was okay, he answered as if nothing was wrong. Just when Rianne was trying to figure out Ian's condition, she heard other footsteps coming from behind them.The three people that were with Venom was approaching them from behind. One of the three guys mumbled something to her ears and she chuckled."Not a bad idea indeed!"She spoke delightfully. Her eyes looked more vicious than ever as she twirled another small knife in her other hand.'What's she planning now?'Ian wondered, getting a bad feeling from the way she maliciously smiled."This'll keep you to your place."She whispered and moved her hand. Th
An hour later.Arthur and the other's of the special force were already inside the mansion. Since they didn't know where the princess was being kept, they had to check every corner of the mansion while maintaining their stealth."Stop. Hide."The leader of the team signalled and they quickly moved. An enemy went past the place they were standing moments ago. After he had disappeared from their vicinity, they all came back to the same spot once again."He came out of that room."The leader spoke. It was enough to tell the other's where their next target was. When they arrived in front of the room, they could see that it was locked from the outside.Click.But since no mana seal was applied, the lock was broken easily and they quickly went inside after confirming that only a single person was inside."
Inside the party hall.Ian was trying hard not to fall asleep. An hour or so had passed already. The noble kids were all on the ground a bit far away from him and Rianne.Their hands were tied up and were under constant observation of the five criminals. Rianne was currently right beside Ian since they decided that only one person was enough to keep an eye on both of them.'And it obviously had to be that bastard.'Vel was guarding them while the other three were in charge of the other noble kids. As for Venom, she was eating.That's right. She was eating. All the high quality foods prepared by the royal family was simply wasting away on top of the tables so she decided to have some for herself."Whoa... Isn't that her fifth bowl?"Ian couldn't help but exclaim as he kept watching her stuff her mouth. She was definitely
As Ian was learning about useless information, Miller and the others on the other side of the capital looked like they were finally done taking care of everything."Master, it looks like that was the last batch of them."Corner said as he hit someone's neck with the back of the sword, making them fall flat on the ground.There were piled up enemy bodies everywhere around them, many of them still alive and unable to move. They were to be taken in as prisoners, interrogated, judged and then sentenced a befitting punishment."We're also done with our sides."The two prince's replied simultaneously. Although victory was within their grip, none of them looked happy or comfortable. They all had a restless aura surrounding them."What about the Princess and the special force?"Corner asked. Since their teams weren't able to find them