Betrayal Knight's Joyful Faith

Chapter 122

‘That Seton guy is pretty good at his job too.’It was worth the effort he put in. Not only Seton, but Enoch and Rosie also did their jobs well.

Since it was rumored that Arendt and the Crown Prince were interested in them and cared for them, no one bothered them wherever they went.

Thanks to this, the children were able to serve as great assistants to Arendt.

The three children took turns observing the foreign guest palace where Llewellyn was staying and reported back in real time.

Not long after, a chance came.

A small banquet was held under the pretext of relaxing the guests who had arrived, but Llewellyn refused to attend and went into his room to rest.

The trigger came right away.

So Arendt volunteered to do external patrol work and went there.

Arendt smiled, satisfied.

“If you wish, I can treat you appropriately right now.”

“You, you, do you know who I am…!”

“Shall I do as you wish?”

Llewellyn, who had grown pale, attempted a vain protest, but it was soon foiled.

The fellow knight who was just rolling his eyes in confusion next to him seemed to still not fully grasp the situation.

Surely he never imagined that that crazy bastard would treat a prince visiting the empire as a VIP like this.

Arendt took a big step forward and gently touched the prince’s shoulder.

Amid the noise of the bustling festival, a beautiful, smiling voice whispered.

“I could just take you to the palace like this, Your Highness. His Highness the Crown Prince would be very happy to see you. And your chief chamberlain. Oh, and your father would be very impressed by that.”

“…”

“As you know, I am a knight belonging to the royal family, so I have to report in detail how we met. What do you want to do?”

“You…”

In the end, Llewellyn had no choice but to raise the white flag.

“You little punk, what do you want? Money?”

“It’s good that we can communicate well in these areas.”

Arendt burst into laughter at the sight of the prince growling fiercely, then straightened up.

“Now that it’s come to this, let’s have a chat for a bit. Should we move seats?”

“What? What’s going on?”

Arthur, who still couldn’t figure out the situation, looked between the two of them in bewilderment. However, Arendt only looked meaningfully at the fish, no, the prince, in his hand and let out an eerie laugh.

And after a while.

Arthur, who had learned all the facts, turned pale and clutched his stomach.

“…So, the prince of the Everan Kingdom…”

“I got caught by a mere apprentice knight, and I…”

Prince Llewellyn, sitting across from him, also looked unwell. Arendt, the main culprit behind all this, was just calmly sipping the drink he had ordered.

“This, isn’t this kidnapping a royal family member? And on top of that, threatening… Anyway, this is a crime of contempt. Do you understand that?”

“It’s okay. He’s the one who needs to save his body right now.”

Arendt answered neatly and turned his gaze back to Llewellyn.

It is true that Llewellyn wandered around here and there, but he didn’t feel that out of place even though he was in a noisy place.

His blond hair, curly and reminiscent of wheat fields, and his handsome face had a guilty air, but he displayed little of the authoritarian attitude typical of someone descended from a ruling family.

The prince’s easygoing personality was fully revealed in his gestures and speech, which suited him better as a free-spirited youngest brother than as someone who stood above others.

Llewellyn grumbled, banging his head on the slightly messy table.

“Damn, I won’t leave that drunkard alone.”

“Why are you blaming others? Who was the one who sneaked out of the palace and caused a commotion? If it became known that a prince from a country came to the Caerleon Empire and tried to draw his sword against a civilian, it would be a very amusing situation.”

“I get it, so shut up!”

Llewelyn grumbled, resting his chin on his hand and snapping angrily.

“You are truly crazy… Does His Highness the Crown Prince know that you are threatening His Excellency?”

“He may not know that I am threatening a VIP, but he probably won’t be surprised since he knows full well that I am a crazy person.”

“That’s a boast, you son of a bitch.”

Arthur groaned while holding his head next to him.

Arendt shrugged his shoulders, crossed his arms, and faced the prince.

“You came because of the dragon, right? You came to see the dragon as soon as you arrived at the palace.”

“What? You knew that?”

“If you can’t even detect that little bit of movement, you can’t do this job. Anyway, Prince.”

“Just call me by my name. What if someone hears?”

“Very well, Lord Llewellyn.”

Arendt, who said so, seemed more satisfied than anyone else.

Llewellyn let out a deep sigh and grabbed the glass in front of him.

“Are you doing this to me on purpose? I asked you before, what do you really want?”

“It just so happens that Llewellyn and I have similar interests.”

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Llewellyn raised his voice at the strange remark.

“I heard that Lord Llewellyn has been exploring various places on the continent. He is particularly interested in non-human species.”

“Well… that’s true, though.”

Llewellyn nodded, looking at Arendt with suspicion at his unexpectedly innocent words.

“It is said that even in normal times, he likes to travel around and discover new places rather than staying in the palace.”

“Yes.”

Although he may seem reckless, he was actually quite amazing.

Although he was considered a troublemaker in human aristocratic society, his unique free spirit and purity seemed to be appealing to other races.

Thanks to this, Llewellyn personally visited foreign countries and opened the floodgates for trade, making a great contribution to the Kingdom of Everan.

Even though he was a guy who would cause trouble if left unchecked, he was able to gain a fairly high position within the Everan Kingdom for that very reason.

“Then do you know dragons well?”

“I’ve heard all sorts of things. I’ve searched for them many times, frantically, but I’ve never seen its shadow, let alone its tail.”

Llewellyn grumbled as he took a big sip of his drink.

“Tch. That’s why I came all the way to the Caerleon Empire after hearing that the remains had been discovered, but I never thought I’d be treated like this.”

“Isn’t it good that you found it? Anyway, what are you going to do with the remains?”

“Do you know how much you can learn from looking at bones?”

Llewellyn pursed his lips.

“There are countless things we can find out, such as how big it is, what kind of place it lives in, and so on! Based on that, there may even be a chance of finding an existing dragon.”

“So, is your goal, Lord Llewellyn, to find out where the dragon lives based on the information you gained from seeing the remains?”

“Yeah, for now.”

Llewellyn responded grumpily and downed his entire glass.

“Wow, that’s refreshing. Do you know how wronged I am? I’ve been wandering around for so long, and now its popping up out of nowhere… And what, a ghoul?”

“It’s not that it popped out of of nowhere, but rather, isn’t it that Lord Llewellyn has been searching only the wrong places?”

“…”

The prince froze stiffly at the honest strike that came without even an inch of hesitation.

Arendt clicked his tongue.

“You must have been so angry and resentful that you acted violently toward Aide Jereon as soon as you entered the palace.”

“…”

“If you had said you wanted to see the festival, we would have arranged for an escort. We also know that Lord Llewellyn enjoys wandering, so it wouldn’t have been difficult to accommodate you.”

Llewellyn’s head lowered further and further as every word was true.

“But why did you choose to create such a commotion? Was it because you wanted to cause trouble for the Empire?”

“No, that’s…”

“Or did you want to completely cut ties with the Everan royal family? Well, because of your status, you can’t have fun, and you have to listen to nagging every time you go somewhere.”

“…”

“I think it wouldn’t be a bad thing for Lord Llewellyn to cause a major accident in the Empire and be cut off from the country.”

Arendt twisted the corners of his lips after saying that.

“Oh, you’ve already had an accident? But it seems like it’s still a bit weak to break the relationship. You should have killed that drunkard earlier and fought with the pursuing imperial knights.”

“…”

Arthur averted his gaze, thinking that the bastard’s mouth was even more vicious today.

Llewellyn’s face was now completely pale. He finally realized that this apprentice knight was a madman beyond imagination, and that he was a rat trapped in a trap.

If this guy returned and started talking like this, he would not only be scolded until his ears bled, and if he wasn’t cut off from the palace, he would be locked up in the palace for a while and may not be allowed to go out, let alone travel abroad.

For the free-spirited Llewellyn, there was no greater ordeal.

“Oh, I’m an expert at cutting ties with family. If you need any help…”

“What, what do you want?”

Llewellyn cut him off, becoming impatient.

“Do you need money? Or what, is there something about the dragon? Are you asking me to do something?”

“Wow, you understand better than your looks suggest.”

He wanted to slap that wide-eyed, clean face because it was so annoying.

Arendt bent down and snapped his fingers.

It was not something a mere knight would do to a prince, but since he was an opponent who had no common sense, Llewellyn gave up everything and bowed his head.

“If I give you a clue, can you bring it to me?”

“What do you mean?”

“Anyway, you probably prefer living like a wild dog. Since you’re going to live like that, why not try a more fun treasure hunt?”

It was a pretty tempting offer.

“So… you’ll sponsor my adventuring, and I share what I find out with you?”

“Yes, that’s it.”

But one problem still remained.

“…Why should I share it with you?”

He was not even a Crown Prince.

He had a rough idea of ​​what he wanted and why he wanted it, but as far as Llewellyn knew, Arendt was in no position to make such a suggestion to him.

But the apprentice knight himself didn’t care at all.

“I’m the person who knows the most interesting facts in the empire right now.”

“…?”

“And of all the people who hold information, I am also the one who can move the most freely.”

As a Crown Prince, Cantares could not make a personal request to a prince of another country. This was because it could easily lead to conflict between the countries.

Arendt laughed shamelessly.

“So this is a deal between you and me. It has nothing to do with the Caerleon Empire.”

“So what, you’re going to use what I get for personal use?”

“No, I will sell it back to His Highness the Crown Prince. I will sell it very expensively. That way, it will be profitable.”

“This crazy…”

Llewellyn, who had been gaping for a long time, finally managed to say a word.

“…You’re a knight, right?”

“You’re right.”

He could see a future where a Crown Prince somewhere would have his stomach hurt or a huge headache, but the Crown Prince didn’t know that yet.

“And there seems to be one misunderstanding. Lord Llewellyn, you probably don’t have a choice right now.”

“…”

“I didn’t say I was going to rip him off, I said I would sell it at a good price. Is there anything else you want to add?”

Llewellyn’s fists trembled on the table as he realized reality once again.

“If you don’t like it, I will escort you through the main gate of the palace. You seem to be quite physically fit… I think you would have guessed by now, Lord Llewellyn?”

Arendt looked Llewellyn up and down carefully.

The meaning of that gaze was simple.

The moment he took even a single step to escape from this place, Arendt had the ability to immediately grab the prince by the scruff of the neck and drag him to the main gate of the palace.

Arthur’s actions next to him would be without saying.

In the end, Llewellyn had no veto.

Thud.

In the end, the prince hung his head, despite all the pretense and all.

“Ah…”

The contract was concluded.