Inside the study room, the atmosphere is serious. Albert is walking back and forth thinking about how he can convince Jin to meet His Majesty without alarming him about the situation.Jin is criminally overpowered by a human standard and what makes him more dangerous is how his mind works.He can conclude even with the simple information he has. What makes him more terrifying is that he was always correct.Who knows what he will tell His Majesty once he learned that they are planning to ask for his cooperation when needed?Although Jin gives his agreement he will cooperate if the royal palace meets his demands. But still…Before his brain explode of thinking what is the best excuse, he heard a couple of knocks.It seems he's here."You may come in." AlbertAs usual, I treated him as a guest more than a knight and pointed to the sofa he was seated before on their first meeting in the study room.I can't still believe a 22-year-old student possessed power than can overthrow one nation.
"You must be Jin. I'm the Crown Prince Michael." Crown Prince said and smile"Your Highness, it's finally a pleasure to meet you."I replied shortly and sensed a sharp glare and when I shifted my sight to my left side, it was Albert.He seems to be telling me that I should bow my head to show respect by making a little move of his head downward.The crown prince noticed my furrowed eyebrows while looking at Albert and said something"It's okay, you don't need to do that bothersome courtesy." Crown Prince Michael."But your Highness." Albert"It's fine. Besides I was rather felt relieved" Michael shifted his gaze to me and look directly into my eyes."It seems that my older brother meets his equal." Princess ClaireWe turn our heads to the princess, and she introduced herself to me."I am Princess Claire Astley of Narva Kingdom, the youngest child of His Highness." Princess"I am Jin Hale, knight of Haynes Nobility."I replied and bowed my head to show her respectEveryone is astonishe
"By sending the spy as a messenger." The crown prince's lips crept up with a smirk"Yes, only one spy needs to be sent to their camp. You guys just need to get rid of the rest of the spies.""How do we know who the spies are?" Albert"I have my way; you only need to follow my directives." JinI look toward His Majesty to grasp his reaction."I will consider your plan but I need to talk first to the officials about the war." His Majesty"I hope we make it fast as we are running out of time. The empire shows its fang in the most unimaginable and unexpected way when its prey is not being cautious." JinI left the room and the crown prince accompany me."Apologies Your Highness if I didn't give you respect earlier in the waiting room." JinThe crown prince stop walking and look at my face in surprise."It's okay. But may I know why?" Crown Prince"Well, you can say it's for show." Jin"Just for show?" Crown prince while furrowing his browse"Yes, for show." JinThat is half-truth and half
After talking about the plan Jin laid on my face about increasing the power capability of the Narva kingdom forces, there is nothing I can do but agree.My initial plan is to stay in the capital city and defend the people as long as I can. That's why I was hesitant to get the position of commander in chief.I know for a fact that our forces have no power to withstand the attack from the empire but my foolish brothers who still want to be the next king will try to use the opportunity to get the said position and increase their influence.But they are doomed to fail no matter what they do, our kingdom's existence is at stake, which is why from the start, His Majesty wants to hold the position of commander in chief.It is not that he doesn't trust me as a crown prince. He will use the opportunity that if ever we failed, history will blame him not me as a crown prince and also give us ample time to escape.My old man doesn't know when to rest.*SighIt's been two days since Jin layout the
"Now, who would be the first one to try the durability of my armor?" I said while smiling."You're kidding right Your Highness? How can we let such a thing happen?""Now. Don't be like that. I already know who among you does not want me to become the next King so if this new invention is really not what we claimed, it is your chance to get rid of me." The crown prince replied without hesitation.Of course, none would dare. Even if I said none will be held responsible if there is something happened to me.Actually, I didn't really know if it can withstand a single magic attack of a C-rank magician.Jin made a remark that it can withstand ten consecutive magic attacks by an E-rank magician.It is the same with the special uniform in Academy but those uniforms are useless in war. Yes, it can preserve your life but you cannot move due to the uniform will affect your mobility and can render you to pass out.Let us hope that what Jin said is true.I was snapped back to reality when His Maje
Now the hardest part is to determine the spies sent by the empire. I am heading to the southern border accompanied by Beatrice, Robert, and Elena. Albert disagreed when I told them about bringing Elena which I understand. But Elena insisted saying that “Jin needs me now; he did a lot of things for us so it is time to repay him”. I do not mind being repaid as long as it is money, I mean the opportunity to let me wander around the royal palace. I sense a lot of things needed to investigate in the royal palace, especially the nobles. I’ll get back to them soon. “Are you sure you can identify the spies inside the stronghold?” Robert “No, but we can. We are a team here so we need to cooperate with each other. I already told you the plan so let’s stick to it for now. If it proves unsuccessful, we can swiftly move to the second plan.” I replied Our plan is simple. To identify the spies without them noticing it and have one of them as a messenger. I read in the old book that spies are us
After giving instruction to the knights, they led us to the house belonging to the commander of the stronghold.The commander briefed us about the stronghold and the shifting schedule, location, and the total number of knights and soldiers currently stationed. Lastly, about the movement of the empire army.According to the scouts, the empire is not moving but their supplies are arriving continuously.Two days passed quickly and the reports were still the same.We are inside the house prepared for us and Beatrice is currently identifying if there are suspicious knights and soldiers around the house by using her wind attribute.After knowing that there are no suspicious people around, we started the meeting.The stronghold is quite large and I accept the fact that my mana can only cover half of it.I figured that the whole southern part of the stronghold is the priority.Without too much ado I started the meeting.“Instructor Robert, are the royal knights placed in their designated loca
It goes without saying that through fear of unbearable mental and physical pain, the spy took a seat and agreed to tell everything.Throughout the interrogation, they have provided all the core information. The interval days of continuous supply, the formation of the army if they commence the attack, and the number of knights and magicians.We want back to the house and provide all the information to Robert and Elena. Bea orders the royal knight to bring the confidential information to Capital City and hand it to the crown prince.“You said earlier that the total number of spies is ten. But we only captured 9, are you perhaps lying to the spy?” Bea“No, they are a total of ten. It’s not your fault nor the royal knights’. I sensed 8 marks on the southern part of the stronghold but intentionally only circled the seven spot.” JinThree of them stare deeply at me.“Why is that?” Bea continues asking me“That’s our messenger. We just need to have someone escape and let the empire think tha