Chapter 26: The Commander's Son Meets the Capture Target

After sending Alice, I immediately started to act with Rinse. The first thing we meet for is the prince, who is the most important character among the capture targets.

"Or rather, it's time to come."

"It's really about now."

"I just thought you didn't have good feelings for your brother."

"Well. Even if I don't have, He is still my brother"

I almost nodded at Rinse, who was such a hard worker, but well, he was probably going to accompany me after this, as well as reporting to that raccoon dog father. Well, Rinse doesn't seem to say anything unnecessary, but I was quite worried about taking him alone in a state where I didn't know what would happen, but I managed to suppress it.

"Well, it's certainly not a good idea if he suddenly sees my face and punches me."

"I don't think there will be such a development."

"Well, I can't let His Highness get hurt, so in that case, I'll at least help him escape."

"It seems like you don't like protect me."

Well, I wouldn't say to protect a man. I only protect Alice. Well, if I get married and have children, that includes children. They're the child of my precious Alice, so I guess I thinks it's cute after all. When I was thinking like that, we arrived at the front of the room before I knew it. After speaking to the guard, Rinse knocked on the door.

"Brother. I'm coming in."

There was no reply, but Rinse didn't seem to care and opened the door normally. There was a prince sitting with his head in a luxuriously decorated room, and Rinse spoke quietly to him.

"Brother. It's a visitor."

"...Rinse? Why the hell are you here for?"

When he slowly turned his gaze to me, the prince made a rather surprised expression and said bitterly.

"Did you come to laugh at me, Arth?"

"No way, I heard that Mace-sama was depressed and came to see how things are going."

"Hmph, it has nothing to do with you."

"This is still a former aide, so it's not unrelated."

"Even though you took everything away from me, you can still say such lines."

Soberly rooted. Perhaps it's because he knows that Maria has become her maid. It might be about Alice, but... the prince and Alice have the worst compatibility. Perhaps Alice has nothing to do with it.

"It's bad to hear that I took it away. I proposed to Alice after breaking off the engagement properly. Besides, didn't I help Mace-sama regain his sanity?"

"I think I did something bad to Alice but she's still my fiancée."

"Even if it makes Alice suffer?"

"ah for Maria I can do everything, that's what I thought that time"

Those words made me feel like I was going to hit him for a moment, but I managed to hold back and said.

"Then this is punishment."

"Punishment?"

"It's a punishment for trying to humiliate others. You caused Alice so much pain that Maria and the right to succeed to the throne left you as a punishment."

"I don't think you'll lose everything by doing that."

Is that so? I'm rather surprised that it ended up that way. As for me, I thought it would be fine to hunt him down and kill him. It's a matter that I wanted to deal with as soon as possible if there was no talk from Rinse. Still, that's what I think but without saying that.

"You lost your love from the beginning because you didn't notice that."

"Broken heart huh...as expected, does Maria have another man she likes?"

"Did you know?"

"Yeah, I knew. Maria was looking at other goals instead of me. Still, I was in a hurry to do something, I didn't really understand, broke off the engagement and lost everything."

Heh, you're surprisingly smart. Even so, it wasn't just the effect of the charm magic that made you boldly act. Perhaps this impatience enhanced the effect of the charm magic.

"Then Mace-sama. Would you like to have a match?"

"A victory?"

"Yes, if Master Mace wins, I will give you another chance to meet Maria. However, if you lose, you will have to listen to what I say. What do you think?"

"Can you make such a promise?"

"That's why Rinse is here for."

When I said that, I looked at Rinse and answered with a wry smile.

"This is still the crown prince, so I can do it to some extent… well, I'll leave it up to Arth's judgment."

"And that's why. What do you think?"

Hearing that, the prince laughed and said,

"Then let's accept it. I don't know what kind of scheme you have, but I just need to win."

"Then it's decided."

Even if it's a match, if I fought normally, it would be my overwhelming victory. So if we can win by handicap to some extent, it should go as planned. Besides, this prince also wanted to pay off the amount he had treated Alice once, so it's just the right opportunity. Of course, Alice probably doesn't mind, but I want to give this prince proper moxibustion once. Rinse smiled wryly as if he sensed that I was planning something like that. It seems that you can read my thoughts to the extent that I can call you my best friend.