"You don't have to worry about him. He isn't someone who can cost me harm and he is someone who can do anything for us except her dying I guess." Prince said quite confidently.
Hearing his relaxed voice I understood that whoever that person was wasn't someone I had to be aware of but the issue here wasn't if that man was harmful or not. It was 'if or not, I could trust him and Prince's answer was enough,
but I needed something more because the situation I was in wasn't ideal and having someone who isn't exactly on my side wasn't something I could ever do.
"Your confidence can go to hell, just tell me who that person is?"I asked my voice laced with irritation.
Prince signed and answered my question. "Just remember him already. He's the one who served you from childhood. The only guy you ever had and the son of Duke of Orlando, Arslan, Arslan Orlando."
His words brought back a memory of the novel, 'I remember reading something about him. Yes, christopher companion from childhood and the only one who was capable of distinguishing between what was wide and wrong? among those who were with christopher, When christopher planned a rebellion, he was the who advised him against that but, Christopher didn't take his advice and went ahead with it. Since the duke of Orlando had pledged their loyalty to the empire and not a particular person, he had no choice but too go against christopher. Thus he lost an important ally.
Having confirmed the identity of the person following him, Christopher was now at ease he took a casual stroll before returning to his room.
Closing the door, he opened his window, waiting for Arslan to enter and as if sensing his thoughts Arslan came in,
Christopher pointed towards a chair before him.
Seeing this Arslan didn't shy away and took it,
Christopher knew that Arslan was angry with him. So he had to choose his words wisely if he intend to make this man his work without uttering nonesense, so he said, " I know you're angry with me and you might even think that after waking up I have been behaving differently, The man who often took you everywhere, mentioned every task he had done or was about to do, didn't speak a word about leaving the Palace and going through all the trouble roaming through the streets of the empire"
Arslan grumbling with dissatisfaction and said, "That's not the point, my Lord. You could have been attacked it wasn't safe. All you had to say was, 'Hey look, I am going to this place' that's it and I would have every done everything in my power to ensure your safety. But now you are doing everything by yourself. And there's no guarantee that no one on this streets would have attacked you"
Arslan's made his dissatisfaction very clear, but I couldn't say that I actually forgot about his existence with all the things I had to handle, in the short amount of time. I knew he's worried about me, I knew I had to say things that could justify my actions, but I had to make this clear that whatever I do was my call not his, "It's pretty rich coming from someone couldn't protect his master within the four walls"
Arslan bowed his head in shame. It was cruel of me to blame him for something he couldn't control, he didn't have an idea about, how his master was actually poisoned in his own home but the overall conclusion was still the same 'he couldn't save his master'.
We both stayed in silence for about few minutes before i broke it , "Arslan, I know you're loyal to me but it doesn't mean anything if you can't save me from danger and both you and I know who is behind all this and for that matter, do you think my father doesn't know? Nah he knows, But even he isn't in the position to do something about that. Because the man, who is responsible for committing a heinous act is someone who has a claim on the throne and my father doing something against him, might give all the people a wrong impression that he (the emporer) is doing his best to ensure that his favourite child is going to be next Emporer. Think, If such a rumor was spread among the empire , what will the people do? Practically speaking nothing, they can do nothing because they don't have the power to do so. But if the situation were to continue as it is, then we might face future consequences. I might lose my legitimacy and people will not view in a favourable way no matter how much hard work I do for their good life."
Arslan was desparate he wanted to do his best to serve his master so he asked, "Then what can I do my Lord? What can I do for you to have me by your side all the time, How can I make that man lose his legitimacy?, To make sure he doesn't have the face to claim for the throne anymore."
"You.....you are such an asshole, How can you manipulate every body, With that tongue of yours , you made Arslan propose something he would have done" I said to Prince not understanding how his advice even worked, How he was able to manipulate, Arslan with mere words.