I'm sorry for writing chapter 8 late, so instead I'm willing to write chapter 9 sooner, I hope you all enjoy it.
Happy reading!!!
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From Princess Charlotte's perspective, before she met Arthur.
At this time, she was accompanied by her bodyguards in the royal carriage, suddenly stopped when she saw the crowd in front of her, and immediately asked her bodyguards.
"Hey, try to find out over there, what's going on." Hearing the order from her master, one of the guards nearby immediately walked towards several people standing there and asked.
"Excuse me, can I ask you something?" a man who was currently looking ahead, heard a voice behind him and turned towards him, immediately he was shocked and said in fear.
"t-royal soldiers?!!, w-what do you want to ask me..." seeing the fear of the man in front of him, the guard immediately replied.
"I just want to know, why is this place so busy?" The man in front of him who heard the question, immediately sighed and told him.
"Actually, there are rumors that there is a man who sells potions that can cure even fatal diseases, but I think that's just a rumor..." hearing the words in front of the man, he immediately asked again.
"Who is the person selling the potion?" hearing the words of the bodyguard in front of him, he immediately shook his head and said.
"Sorry, I don't know who he is either, but what is certain is that he is still very young." Hearing the reply from the man in front of him, the royal guard immediately thanked him, then he returned to Princess Charlotte.
Princess Charlotte, who saw that her bodyguard had returned, immediately asked him.
"So, do you know what's going on there?" hearing the question from her master, the bodyguard immediately told she.
After hearing the explanation, Princess Charlotte smiled and began to be a little interested in this man.
"Is the person who made the potion inside?" hearing what her master said, the bodyguard immediately replied.
"I don't know for sure, but what I can know is that Duke Roswell took that person and took him to his residence." Hearing the explanation from her bodyguard, Charlotte slightly widened her eyes and muttered in her mind.
'Heh, if that man managed to draw a curse from Duke Roswell's daughter, then Isaac would definitely be very angry. But, if it really happens, then that is really exciting news.' Immediately, Charlotte smiled broadly with her face filled with hatred.
"Then, let's wait here until the man returns from the Roswell residence." hearing the order from their master, all the guards just nodded.
After more than half an hour had passed, Charlotte saw a man forcefully walking in, but the thing that surprised her the most was that the robe he was wearing represented the Roswell family.
Charlotte, who saw this, immediately knew what had happened and immediately told her guards to get ready.
"You guys, get ready I will go and meet him."
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Let's go back from Arthur's point of view.
Arthur, who saw the third princess right in front of him, immediately asked.
"Oh, princess, how can I help you?" Charlotte could see Arthur's smiling face and immediately replied.
"I want to talk to you privately, do you have time?" Hearing Charlotte's question, Arthur immediately answered.
"of course, come with me." seeing that arthur let her talk to him alone, without thinking he started to follow her but he was blocked by her bodyguards.
"Princess, you can't be alone with this unknown man, what if he targets you." Hearing the words of her bodyguard, Charlotte looked at him coldly and replied.
"Let me talk to him, I don't want anyone to disturb our conversation. Do you understand?" hearing her master's emotionless words, the bodyguard became a little frightened and retorted.
"o-okay, as you wish, my lady." Hearing the reply from her bodyguard, Charlotte smiled and started following Arthur.
Arthur, who was walking upstairs, heard the words spoken to her bodyguard, just smiled and thought to himself.
'oh, it turns out this princess can make expressions like that too. But it really suits her face.' After daydreaming for a moment, he immediately went up the stairs with Princess Charlotte.
Arriving at Arthur's room, he immediately said to her.
"Sorry, princess. I only have this room as a place for our discussion." Hearing Arthur's words, Charlotte just smiled and replied.
"No problem, but don't call me princess. Just call me Charlotte." Hearing Charlotte's words, Arthur replied calmly.
"Okay, Princess Charlotte? Or should I call you Charlotte~, hehe." Hearing Arthur's teasing words, Charlotte frowned slightly and immediately replied.
"Just call me Charlotte, as for why I came here to meet you personally." seeing the expression of the girl in front of him, Arthur just smiled and asked.
"Then what do you want to talk to me about in private." Hearing Arthur's question, Charlotte's expression became serious and said.
"I came here to offer cooperation with you." Arthur, who heard Charlotte's offer, immediately asked curiously.
"Oh, explain to me in more detail, that way I can give you an answer." Charlotte, seeing that Arthur had allowed him to talk about the offer, immediately told him.
"This is about the potion you made, I plan to promote it with high ranking nobles with connections I have outside the kingdom, as for the distribution I will take 40% and 60% for you. Not only that, I can provide you with a good facility with the ingredients what you need to mix your potion." Arthur, who heard the offer, immediately said.
"Indeed, that's a very profitable offer for both of us, but... What can I trust in someone I've just met?, answer me Charlotte." Hearing Arthur's words, Charlotte immediately answered.
"About that, I can offer myself to you, but if you agree to the offer of me, then you do one thing for me." Arthur became very surprised when he heard Charlotte offer herself only for this mutually beneficial cooperation. He immediately said.
"U-umm, I'm not interested in you, but I'm very sure that the conditions you're proposing are certainly not small..." Charlotte, who heard that, immediately told Arthur about the conditions required.
"I would like to ask you to fight the third prince with me." Arthur, who heard Charlotte's words, widened his eyes in surprise and replied.
"w-what, tell me the reason why you intend to target your own brother." Seeing Arthur's surprise, Charlotte immediately said to Arthur with a smile.
"Don't pretend you don't know, you must have seen the curse that Duke Roswell's daughter received, right? I'm sure they also expected it." heard what charlotte said. Arthur's face, which was initially shocked, was immediately replaced by a smile and replied.
"hahaha, I understand now. Looks like you also know what your damn brother has done." Seeing Arthur who was laughing, Charlotte started to speak.
"hmph, don't call him my brother, I will never admit to that damn bastard who once tried to rape his own sister." Hearing what Charlotte said, Arthur immediately became curious and asked her.
"oh, he tried to rape his own older sister? Hahaha!!! That's truly something extraordinary, but why didn't it spread throughout the kingdom, if something that big happened?" Charlotte, who saw Arthur's words while laughing out loud, immediately told him.
"huh... It's because that damn old man always spoiled his own son, in the end he didn't tolerate my older sister which made him feel ashamed of himself." Hearing that explanation, Arthur began to think to himself.
'haha, even the king himself is so stupid, to the point of allowing his son to have relations with the dark faction. I'm sure some of them have already infiltrated this kingdom.' After daydreaming for a moment, Arthur turned to Charlotte and said.
"Basically, I already understand these terms, but are you really serious enough to give me your body?" Charlotte, who heard those words, immediately said to him seriously.
"I don't have a problem, as long as I can save this kingdom from destruction that will occur in the future, I am willing to give my body to someone who can help me." Arthur, who heard that, could only remain silent and reflect in his thoughts.
'Actually it would benefit me. However, he has talent and knowledge in economics. by making him mine, he will really help me to manage my potion shop, while I'm away.' After thinking for a moment, Arthur immediately said in a serious tone to Charlotte.
"Okay, but if I succeed in defeating the third prince, you won't be able to leave my grasp..." Charlotte, who saw Arthur's dark expression, became a little nervous and replied.
"d-don't worry, as long as you succeed in defeating the third prince, then I am willing to give myself to you." Hearing Charlotte's reply, Arthur's expression returned to normal and said with a smile.
"Very good, then let's work together, Charlotte." Charlotte who heard that just smiled and immediately asked Arthur.
"By the way, you haven't told me about yourself... So I don't know what to call you." Hearing Charlotte ask his name, he immediately told her.
"My name is Arthur Leonard, as for my current age, it's a secret." Charlotte, who heard that Arthur was keeping his age a secret, was a little annoyed and said.
"hmph, then I won't tell you my age either!" Hearing Charlotte's words, Arthur just chuckled and muttered to himself.
'Hehe, aren't you still 18 years old, in fact you are a little older than me...' Seeing Arthur just smiling, Charlotte immediately said to him.
"Then, our cooperation will continue from now on. I'm counting on you, Arthur." Hearing Charlotte's words, Arthur turned to her and replied with a big smile.
"Yes, of course. As long as you don't forget our cooperation, I will still be kind to you. As for challenging the third prince, I will help you as you offered me~" Hearing what Arthur said, Charlotte, whose face was calm, suddenly turned red and retaliated.
"I-I know that, then I'll excuse myself." Arthur, who saw Charlotte walk out the door with his face still red, just laughed softly and muttered in his mind.
'huh, I really can't believe that this is my lucky day!.'
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Outside Arthur's shop, currently there was a man in a black robe who was looking from a distance and talking to the crystal in his hand.
"Sir, I have found information about someone who cured Duke Roswell's daughter from her curse."
hearing the words of his subordinate, isaac immediately said to him.
"Tell me about everything that happened there." hearing isaac's words, the cloaked man immediately told him.
"Master, it seems like the third princess is here too and is talking to that mysterious person." hearing what his subordinate said, isaac's expression immediately became angry and asked him.
"What is that damn little sister doing?! She's really a cunning little girl, I'm sure she's working with that mysterious person against me..." Seeing his master's anger, the robed man immediately said to him. .
"Don't worry, I will take care of that mysterious person. That way the third princess' plan will fail miserably." Hearing the words of his subordinate, Isaac smiled and replied.
"Okay, I'll leave the mysterious person to you, but definitely don't kill him, I'll take care of it with my own hands." Hearing his master's words, the robed man just nodded and immediately disappeared.
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Arthur, who was currently alone in the room, immediately came down from the stairs and approached Helena and Thea.
"Hey, why are you wearing a sullen expression like that?" Hearing Arthur's words, Helena immediately answered.
"Huh, you perverted man..." heard what Helena said. Arthur wanted to ask, suddenly Thea interrupted him.
"Yes, I'm sure Arthur did something inappropriate to her while she was in the room, making her blush." Arthur, who heard Thea's words, immediately responded to the two women's words.
"It seems you have misunderstood. In fact, she was the one who offer herself to me, not me who took the initiative to tease she." Hearing what Arthur said, they just looked at Arthur with faces that didn't believe his words.
Arthur, who saw the expressions of his two women, became very sad and his heart ached a little.
"u-uhh, p-please believe the words of this sad man..." Helena and Thea, who saw Arthur's very sad expression, immediately approached him and said.
"huh... OK, we will believe your words. But not completely!" Arthur, who heard Helena's words, started to become a little happy even though the sentence at the end was a little painful.
"T-then, let's prepare for tomorrow, because there will be many visitors from noble level families to buy these herbs." hearing Arthur's words, even though they were confused, they just nodded and replied.
"We understand." hearing the words of the two, arthur smiled and said.
"Close the shop for today, I've got what I want. Tomorrow this shop will spread its wings and become famous, after that I will change this shop into a company." Hearing Arthur's words, they both nodded and Helena said.
"You seem to have gained a lot today, right?" Arthur, who heard that, just smiled and replied.
"Yes, this is really lucky, I really don't regret choosing this place as the start of my journey." After saying that, Arthur immediately walked back to his room and left the two of them silent.
"huft-, I'll be fighting the third prince sooner or later, I'd better focus on my cultivation for now." After that, Arthur immediately meditated in a cross-legged position until evening.
Sensing something with his senses, Arthur immediately opened his eyes, and said coldly.
"Come out of your hiding place, or don't blame me if I kill you." After saying that, 6 people immediately appeared from the window wearing black hoods and said to Arthur loudly.
"Hey, kid. Come with us. If you refuse, don't blame us for having to drag you by force." Hearing the words of the person in the middle, Arthur just laughed loudly and replied.
"hahaha! You guys? Don't dream of taking me by force, or you'll be the ones who die." Hearing that Arthur refused to follow him, the man in the middle immediately attacked him.
"hmph, since this is what you want, then don't blame me for being rude!" Seeing that the man in the middle was starting to attack Arthur, his colleagues did not remain silent and immediately carried out long-range attacks.
Arthur, who saw that he was being attacked from various directions, just snorted and took out 40 blue swords which floated in the air and said.
"Heh, since you dare to fight me with 6 people, you should just pray not to die here." The cloaked man who was attacking Arthur, suddenly stopped when he saw dozens of blue swords floating around him, immediately stepped back and muttered.
"w-what is that, why are there so many swords." seeing her frightened face, Arthur immediately said coldly to her.
"Didn't I tell you, even if the six of you attacked me, it would be impossible." After saying that to them, Arthur started throwing his sword towards the 6 people.
Seeing an attack heading towards them, they immediately panicked. When they wanted to avoid the sword behind them, an attack appeared from above someone's head and slashed them.
"Now, there are only five of you left. Don't run away okay..." Arthur looked at them with a sharp gaze. Seeing that one of their comrades had died, without thinking, they immediately attacked Arthur from close range.
Arthur, who saw their actions, immediately smiled and muttered.
"Huh, you stupid people. If you are working under someone's orders, you should at least be able to restrain your emotions of revenge..." after muttering to himself, without thinking, Arthur immediately launched an attack with his 40 swords and immediately headed in various directions in front of them.
Before they could dodge, the five robed men were instantly cut into dozens of pieces.
Arthur, who saw the blood stained on the floor, muttered quietly to himself with his face filled with annoyance.
'Third prince... You will receive this retribution for daring to ambush me, so you better be prepared or I will kill you.'
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Tomorrow there will be R-18 content, so for those of you who don't like things with adult elements, don't read it.
Oh yes, I am very grateful to those who gave me the Powerstone. I hope you can continue to support me, Seeya.