"Greetings, Rinse-dono. It's been a while you visited our country"
"Long time no see, His Majesty King Salvare."
The person in front of Rinse, who was the first to greet him, was His Majesty the King of Salvare Kingdom, Jill Salvare-sama. His Majesty King Salvare hides his eyebrows after seeing Mace, who is standing behind me, and me next to him.
"Who's that other guy behind you?"
"Let me introduce you. My best friend and the next leader of the Knights, Arth Lost."
"I'm going to meet you for the first time. My name is Arth, the son of Vector Lost, the current Knight Commander of the Kingdom of Laundry."
"Are you Vector-dono's son? It seems your father has trained with you several times. It's seems you're strong enough, then advance congratulations:
"Yeah, being tough is my strength."
When I said that, His Majesty King Salvare smiled a little and then looked at Rinse and said.
"Well, if I recall correctly, Rinse-dono came here to make friends with our country."
"Yes, that's right. Due to various circumstances, I have taken the title of Crown Prince. I will be graduating from the academy soon, so I wanted to get along with your country as soon as possible, so I went today."
"Hoho, that's it. Then, when you become king, I would like you to invite me to the ceremony."
"Yes, by all means at that time."
As long as you have a little conversation, you can't see anything that seems to be a particular flaw. It's true that I'm pushing myself a little too hard, but for better or for worse, it's normal. Well, it's an evaluation because it's about small talk.
"Oh yeah, I heard that you have an appointment to have tea with my sisters after this hmm..."
"Your Majesty, I would like to point out one thing. I want to see if they could be my fiancée"
"Huh? A wonderful fiancée. Come to think of it, the engagement was annulled when Mace-dono returned the right to succeed to the throne."
"Yes, what is it?"
"No, no, I know it's just a rumor, but there's a rumor that Arth-dono over there stole Mace-dono's fiancée. Is this true?"
I take it back. He may be a more interesting man than you think. But he doesn't seem very capable. While making such an evaluation, he glanced at the prince and looked slightly displeased. Well, it's a natural reaction if my wound is gouged out. All of a sudden, he felt Rinse's gaze on him, so he asked me what he would do if he looked in that direction. After thinking about it for a bit, I decided to tell the truth.
"Although I am arrogant, I am telling you the truth. As a result, I was the fiancée of Duke Alice Misty, who was Mace-sama's fiancée at the time."
"Oh, that's it. It's very interesting. I'd love to hear from you."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I can't do that."
"Oh, why?"
That's what I was asked, so I answered with a smile.
"I am jealous"
"… Jealousy?"
"Yes, if Your Majesty hears about Alice from me here, Your Majesty will be interested. In that case, I am very sorry for Your Majesty, but I will express all negative feelings in the form of jealousy."
"Oh, hey, Arth. By the way..."
I continued my words while glancing at the prince who was unusually impatient.
"I love Alice from the bottom of my heart. It's already distorted by other people's eyes. So I can't express it here."
"Fufu, even though I'm lazy?"
"Your Highness, that is to accept your Highness as a true friend."
While the surroundings were stunned by the rather irreverent remark, His Majesty alone said with a big laugh.
"Hahaha, this is hilarious. Even though I'm young, it's hard for someone to refuse such a refreshing refusal to the king. I would have given preferential treatment to the people of my own country."
"Thank you for your time"
"Arth-dono. Please invite me to your wedding."
"Yes, but no matter what kind of feelings you have for my Alice, I will stand in your way."
"Since you are Vector-dono's son, you must also have a great swordsmanship. You can come to our country, Tou can become duke here"
Rinse and the prince are surprised at those words, but I decline them with a smile.
"I'm sorry, but I've already made plans for my life with Alice in our country. I don't need any more titles or status. As long as I can spend the rest of my life with the person I love, that's all I need."
"Well, if you change your mind, come back anytime. Our country has a low quality of knights. We want a knight like you who has a clear purpose."
"I will do my best to help as proof of our friendship."
If you can help me with various things and sell favors, you can be in a pretty advantageous position. With that kind of feeling, the audience with King Salvare ended without incident.