Chapter 289 – 11. Recognition of Prince Oberon

With a clatter and the sound of pottery, the tea cups were sorted out. The prince, who placed his hands on the empty table, licked his tea-stained lips with the tip of his tongue, then wiped them away with a napkin, then continued the conversation.

“Do you like tea?”

It was a typical greeting, so I nodded and looked at the teacup I was holding, and returned an affirmative answer to the prince whose eyes were strangely shining.

“The fragrance is strong and it feels very cozy. I want to keep drinking.”

At my positive evaluation, Oberon trembled in his ears and gave a bashish, light smile and was satisfied. To think that a person named Hwangja could smile so beautifully. Just as he wiggled his fingers in thoughts, the prince raised the topic again.

“Come to think of it, is everything with Stelgia resolved? She did help by asking you to cooperate with her, but I don’t know if she’s not angry.”

“It was nothing. Thanks to her prince, I solved it with her story, and thanks to her help, it was not difficult.”

The prince’s gaze turned to one side of the room. In-young, who was leaning against the wall with her robe pulled over, noticed the prince’s gaze and sniffed it, then turned his head with his snort.

“It was only possible thanks to competent subordinates. It’s fortunate if it’s resolved in a good way, my heart is broken deep down.”

On the day we decided to talk with the prince for the first time, one of Oberon’s subordinates, a wizard, approached us and told us.

‘The witch is watching. What would you like?’

It was only then that I remembered that the mansion had fallen under Stelgia’s hands in the past, and I was momentarily taken aback, not knowing what to do, but the prince’s orders were more busy.

‘I’ll help you do as you wish, Cassano, who has a bad relationship, so that I can watch until he asks.’

‘All right.’

At the leisurely Oberon’s order, I had several conversations with the prince about the treatment of Stelgia, and thanks to that, I came to the conclusion that I would neglect Stelgia and punish her. In the meantime, there were many things such as chatting with the prince and enjoying horseback riding, but most of them were fun to show off to Stelgia.

Prince Oberon is a god to grant such an unprofessional request. Deeply filled with gratitude for the prince, I stared at Oberon in front of me, and Oberon, who tapped his finger, sighed deeply in my eyes, then brought up another topic.

“Then, the treatment of Stelgia has been resolved, and I’m going to talk about the exam I talked about before.”

“Yes, feel free to speak.”

“Okay, I guess I should introduce myself again first. Following the edict of King Heidenrich III, the solemn master of the empire, I roam the imperial territories and travel all over the continent, resolving the neglected people of the empire and the unsavory things that happen in the empire.”

Nodding, lightly nodding his head in response, the prince smiled and picked up the chocolate that was lying on one side of the table and lightly threw it into the center. Oberon, who picked up one of the round chocolates covered in smooth wrappers and rolled around, tapped one, placed it in the middle, and continued the story.

“But even if I send my vassals to this vast continent, there is a limit to the number. I don’t want to be serious, but sometimes in life, there are situations where you have to weigh things, and then something unpleasant like the case of Count Haengmi happened.”

“Her vassals say that Stelgia must be punished, but she forcibly passed on her story as much as she had grace in her mouth, but her dissatisfaction was not the only one, and then I heard about you.”

“They said she easily solved the test that Stellzia gave her as an assignment, ha ha, the more she digs into the story, the more she’s troubled by what Stellzia did… “

If it’s something Stellgia did, she must be the fort’s work and the blacksmith. Recalling Stelzia’s merciless behavior in her hands, I nodded her head and looked at the prince. Her eyes met, and the prince quietly pushed her flowing hair behind her ear and spoke again. Started.

“I need someone like you, someone who will faithfully follow my orders all over the empire and continent, and do it more perfectly than anyone else.”

“You seem to be expecting too much from a mere mercenary.”

“They say that the mere mercenary is a stranger who has been here for less than a few years.”

Of course, the prince would know, but you can ask her if Stelgia said it, and seeing that she didn’t show any sign of it, it seemed like she investigated it separately.

Purple and reddish jewel-like eyes, white eyelids and long eyelashes cover and disappear, but like the sun, it rises again and gazes at me, a feeling of exhilaration unknown to me.

“… And, a good man like you is far better than youngsters with families on their backs and idiots lined up for me with unknown guardians.”

“I wonder if I am a person worthy of such expectations… “

“The prince is talking.”

A nonchalant voice interrupted, separating Oberon and me.

“Lilia.”

The knight called Lilya flinched, shuddered at her slightly, and straightened her back. The platinum-colored armor clicked and I could feel the burning eyes through the tightly closed helmet cover, but rather than the fact that he was dissatisfied with me, I was more surprised that the person who seemed to be the knight commander was a woman. I looked at the prince, imagining the woman inside the armor.

“… Excuse me. Being too loyal is bad, isn’t it?”

Even if you ask me… However, the one in front of me was the prince of the empire. The nobles and ladies he had met so far were on a different level from those people, so when he responded with a smile, Oberon laughed and scratched his cheek. As I watched the neat fingernails press down on the white skin and fall helplessly, a graceful voice knocked on me.

“Sir Cassano?”

“Ah yes.”

“Haha, you weren’t in a bad mood because I spoke comfortably, right?”

“No. For a while, I had something vaguely in my mind, so I couldn’t concentrate.”

After watching him scratch his cheek, he couldn’t speak even if he died, so when he spoke roughly, Oberon laughed as if he had no intention of asking further questions. However, the knight named Lilyla standing behind Oberon looked at me as she stomped her feet with a thud, thump, as if she was uncomfortable.

“Haha, then I ask you to pay more attention from now on. Got it?”

If Oberon’s voice had been a little light and good to hear, the voice that asked back was a little subdued, like a dark voice peeking into the abyss. However, there was a commonality that it was good to hear, but when I heard Oberon’s voice, which was a little sticky and dark, I automatically woke up.

“All right.”

“These days, the empire is very noisy. There are many other problems that disturb the empire, such as the slave market that is prosperous as if mocking the current emperor’s abolition of slavery, the infidels who follow unknown evil spirits and put the devil first, but the emperor ordered My problems are the two aforementioned.”

“What I need to help is… “

“Already, there are numerous contacts all over the empire providing a lot of information and help, but the contacts literally only deliver the information I asked for, and there are no limbs. In my heart, I want to send out the knights who uselessly guard my side, but… “

“There’s no way I’ll allow it.”

“Yes.”

In response to my answer, Fisik Oberon captured me with his shining eyes and showed me a fresh smile. How can a man be so beautiful Pushing away the unknown emotions, I looked at the prince’s neck, which was squirming. The glittering golden chain swayed like a wave, and soon it was hidden by the collar and disappeared.

“Sir Cassano, I want you to be my only limb. Not for the empire, not for the emperor, but only for me. I want you to be my vassal.”

“As a vassal only for Prince Oberon, not for the emperor or the empire?”

“Yes, I believe in my father, but the empire is vast and it is this empire that hides countless wicked people. In such a situation, you need at least a dagger in your arms.”

“Do you think I can do it?”

At my question, Oberon, who tidied up his disheveled hair, stared at me with a bright smile and eyes like jewels of two colors. Confidence, positivity, goodwill, and all emotions were entangled in the beautiful jewelry that clearly captured my image.

“I believe in you, the man I heard called Cassano is trustworthy enough, and he seems like a great guy.”

Why does the prince rate me so highly, but it’s the first time, no, the second time I’ve been to another world. Now, even thinking about it makes my teeth tremble, but that moment when Remia reached out to me and made my own ‘nest’.

The emotions I felt at the moment when I was able to forget the piercing loneliness of falling into a world I had never seen before, permeated me again. Oberon, who believed in humans and stretched out his hand with pure kindness, could not refuse his favor.

The wounds healed by women, the emotional trough that could not fill the satisfaction of hugging women, was it perhaps the desire for recognition? I wanted to repay the prince’s trust as he showed me this much trust by reading my story I had read through documents without even talking to him a few times.

“Stelgia told me that. If it were me, I’d be very fond of the prince… “

“Haha, was it? How is it that Stelgia would say such a thing?”

Sigh, a slender hand reached out to me. Oberon stretched out his hand with a smirk and stared at me with a fresh smile.

-Turup

“I’m insignificant, but I want to repay the prince’s expectations. But before repaying it, the test you mentioned must come first.”

“That’s right, I really want to take you without anyone’s permission, but the vassals don’t… “

With a thump, Lillia rolled her feet without saying a word and slightly bent her waist, approaching Oberon’s head. The prince burst into laughter at the hideous figure approaching like a bear, then let go of his tightly clenched hands and said,

“The people you must protect, your woman… Should I say them? I’ll talk about the treatment I can give them later.”

The moment the word women was put into her mouth, Oberon’s face turned red. She’s more shy than you think. Isn’t it a daily routine when you become a prince? I suddenly had such a thought, but thinking that it could be so, I silently nodded her head and looked at the prince.

“I will tell you about the test later. I have something to do in Hormia, so I have to get up, so you should rest too.”

Silently, Oberon stood up, rubbing the table, and quickly finished her story and turned her body. While admiring her actions without hesitation, Oberon, who was following the wizard and escort knight who had left her room first, turned her head and looked at me.

‘Also’

‘Paper’

‘Ruler’

A mischievous child-like tone and smile, Oberon shook her hand with a fresh smile, and she disappeared with the door closed.

The touch of her soft palm, which she had just held, reminded her slightly of it.