1 Chapter 1: the prince wants peace

The sun rose from the east illuminating the beauty of Salazar kingdom, there was green pasture everywhere with a European styled city in the center. This is luaus, the capital of Salazar.it is a vast city with attention to beauty seen in every corner (Because it is the fucking the capital, dammit!).

traditionally, Salazar used to be a militaristic country, the current king saw no profit in being as such in the current time, so he decided to reform the system. He has 2 children: a male and a female.it is advisable for the royalty to have more wives, to avoid succession issues, but the current king was obstinate on having only his wife (he was so smitten with her lol!). this caused a lot of problem for the officials, who were worried about political instability after the king's demise, only to have their worries unfounded after the prince was found to have god's blessing (An ultimate cheat which the protag only has, wanna know what it is? Even I don't know).

The current king is said to the wise, cold and calculating man with his warmth only shown to his family. Rumour has it that he is still so much in love with his wife, causing the queen to blush despite her age.

(ok, enough about the king's love life, let's move on.)

Most of the high-ranking nobles a have mansion in their fief, but they also have one in the capital for their stay, though most just stay in the fief with a few rarely staying in the capital.

(order of power: royalty>duke>marquess>baron>church>other low-ranking nobles>bureaucracy.)

There is no discrimination against any race perse. the king's ancestors had to unify different races, which at that time were at each other's throat, this allowed foreign forces to invade the kingdom quite frequently. The public safety, morale among people, scenery was affected greatly, just to name a few. to solve this problem, the king at that time decided to reform the country into a militaristic one to fend off the foreign invasion and to unify the country. overtime, people forgot discrimination since strength was valued above all else.

"so, the time for me to choose has come, huh...". the crown prince sighed, just turned 16, a young man full of vitality before a few months, is now a bit depressed due to recent turn of events.

The cause of distress: marriage.

Even in this world, children are considered as adults after their 18th birthday. naturally, marriage partners are decided according to one's status, though the problem here is cross-breeding and marriage with other races are allowed. The percentage of non-humans among nobility is pretty high. The crown prince loathes cross breading, especially with orcs, who have an unusually high sex drive.

"Hey Alfred, I heard your marriage partner was decided. Man, aren't you a lucky pervert, I heard it is an orc. "said brad, my friend, beside me.

He is also my aide, though he is more or less a pain in the ass, who enjoys seeing his master, which is me by the way, tormented.

'Wait a minute, did he just say marriage partner? moreover, an orc for that matter.'

"…brad, do you really enjoy seeing me crushed so much by your shitty joke early in the morning. heh, nice try, better luck next time."

I said haughtily to stop brad's advances aimed at destroying my mental fortitude, not letting any sense of fear show in my face or my actions.

Even though I put up a front, inside I was quivering like bunny trapped by a hunter, people call me blessed child, genius and the likes. but, as a human, I do fear certain matters which could determine my future like my marriage. In the best case, I would like to marry the person I love, in the worst-case scenario, I would like to marry the person, I am comfortable with.

"man, don't you love orcs? aren't they like your favourite or something, didn't you say you love their meaty thighs and their bountiful cleavage and their huge body mass just the other day.���

This bastard clearly knows that I hate orcs, but he deliberately says so to spread rumours that I love orcs with meaty thigh or the likes. If you ask me why i have this scoundrel around me despite his attitude, well, there are two reasons, firstly, he is at least trustworthy compared to the other power-hungry nobles. For the other, well,

I guess we will see it soon.

"huh? why would I do that, am I not your best friend and your trusted retainers? I just said what I heard from the king himself if you don't trust me ask the king yourself." Brad said nonchalantly while tilting his head to the side, something about that rubs me in the wrong way.

Usually, he has this nasty smirk plastered in his face, which he only shows to me, when was about to pull one over me. but his innocent demeanour today alarms me much more than that.

Well, anyway, even if this is a prank, I can't let it slide knowing the urgency of the matter at hands.

"brad, let us meet his majesty, now shall we?" I said.

Brad grinned, as if to say, I got you. I have really bad feeling about the looming future.