108 060. Imperial Prince Saw Him -4 Part Two

“What’s the matter, Harman?”

“Sir… uhm, when you say Charlotte’s commands, what did you…”

“Ah, I see. Neither you nor his highness is aware of this yet, is that it? Very well. At the very least, you should know by now that she’s from the Heraiz family, yes?”

Harman broke out in cold sweat after hearing what Oscal said. “Ah, actually… the truth is…”

“She was granted the peerage of marquis by his majesty. And also…” Oscal leaned in closer and whispered into Harman’s ear, “As the head of the Heraiz household, she’s now the captain of the Order of the White Cross.”

“…!”

“It was his majesty’s will. Do you understand what that means, don’t you?”

“…”

He now had things to do. He needed to set up a camp by Ruppel Olfolse’s residence and ensure that not a single person leaves that building.

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(TL: In 1st person POV.)

Time flew past in the blink of an eye, and the celebratory banquet for the special envoy’s arrival finally went underway.

A simple military inspection ceremony was the first to take place, and the Paladin Corps members in charge of protecting Humite marched through the main street.

The crowd gathered to spectate was loudly cheering on as the well-armoured Paladins marched past them.

To heat up the excitement of the banquet even further, all sorts of competitive events had been organised and they all progressed one after the other. Both Charlotte and Heis participated in the proceedings. However, she was mainly there to ensure the safety of the nobles that were participating en masse.

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As for me, I was with Ruppel and envoy Haima at the front yard of Ruppel’s private residence, spectating Humite’s festival.

“Oh, so you can also do something like that with magic, huh…”

“…Sir Oscal, do you mind creating a slightly more distance away from us?”

“My apologies, your highness. But guarding you is currently my top priority.”

Ruppel groaned at Oscal’s reply.

Special envoy Haima also seemed to have found the presence of Oscal a bit too uncomfortable, since he kept wiping away cold sweat from his face with a handkerchief.

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I was standing on a first floor balcony, looking at Ruppel and the envoy from Aslan, Haima, down at the banquet hall’s ground floor.

My dear older brother was having a rather positive-sounding conversation with the special envoy. From the looks of things, one could be lulled into thinking that nothing was wrong here, but…

“…Man, that’s one hell of a stench.”

This mysterious but horrid stench was wafting in from somewhere around the vicinity of the residence. It was a pretty heavy stench too, as if the undead had been there for a long, long time.

“I-in that case, maybe she’s a Necromancer?”

Why was he acting like this?

I shook my head. “Also no. She’s simply a maidservant, except that she doesn’t seem to be a good person.”

“Not a good person?”

“Yes. It’s a bit difficult to put it in words, but…” I kept shaking my head while stating the rest of my observation. “…She’s the type to sell her own country for herself.”

Ruppel flinched in surprise and hurriedly clamped his mouth shut.

“She’s the type of woman who’d use blackmail to get what she wants.”

Ruppel’s shoulders quivered.

Meanwhile, I continued on, “Is it okay for you to have such a woman around your mother?”

“…O-of course. Allen, I’ll definitely repay all of my debts in the future.”

What Ruppel said sounded rather odd. Could it be that she discovered his weakness or something? Even if that was true, an Imperial Prince like him couldn’t be sweating bullets because of a mere maid, right?

Could it be that there was some other reason?

It was then, the special envoy from Aslan, Haima, walked up to us. He leaned closer to Ruppel and whispered, “Looks like it’s time, your highness.”