Episode 42 The Knight Commander's Son Grows at the Difference in Specs

"You did it in a flashy way again."

After finishing a task, I noticed that there was a familiar person as soon as the knight unit arrived to pick it up.

"A night out at this hour, Rinse?"

"I thought you would make something happen. I forced myself to come."

"Since you're the crown prince, why don't you think about your position a little more before moving?"

"If you're here, I don't need an escort first. Even so, is that Marquez Stereo lying there?"

I sighed and said to Rinse who asked me that after looking at the capture target who was fainting carelessly.

"It looks like he was doing a lot of dirty things behind the scenes. Especially he's affiliated to a cult where they believed some god:

"It's dirty... specifically?"

"I guess they were trafficking in people and maybe selling some nasty drugs."

I take out some items from the fainted guy's pocket. There was a white powder in addition to the deadly poison that was charged to me, so I was convinced when I saw it. I didn't tell him earlier, but when I heard the words he said... the name of the organization "Prometheus", I remembered the existence of a drug that was recently popular in a neighboring country. The name of the medicine is "Prometheus". It's a huge drug with hallucinogenic effects and drug addiction effects, and it's said that if you drink it, you'll be able to temporarily exceed your limits and become stronger.

Well, even if you say that, it doesn't actually make you stronger, it allows you to move beyond the limits of your body, and it's almost self-defeating because it only suppresses the load by paralyzing the sense of pain. There are only disadvantages for the user, but the scary thing about medicine is that once you use it, you can't stop it. After looking at the medicine I showed him, Rinse said with a bitter expression.

"That drug... is it 'Prometheus'?"

"Ah, because this guy actually spoiled the name of the organization just now. Villains are really brainless, maybe it's his canon event"

"Sorry, what's a spoiler?"

"Oh, erm. Telling the truth."

When I said that unintentionally, Rinse muttered after thinking for a moment.

"However, I didn't think that this drug was on the market in our country. Did you know?"

"No, they probably just entered this country. Maybe some noble tried to sell it secretly"

Once a drug becomes available, it spreads quickly. It will take some effort to stop it. Well, it doesn't matter if I take care of it that much. Thinking about the future, it would be fine for me to leave my achievements and sit in the Knights Commander's chair, but if I didn't do it, depending on the situation, the price might come around. However, considering the possibility of damage to Alice, it is a troublesome place.

"Arth, I have a request."

"I do not want to hear that"

"I'm fully aware that I already owe you a huge debt, but I still want to ask you. Let's get this medicine out of this country with me."

"There is a shortage of actors and there's few people to trust"

"Only you can do it. Please lend me your strength."

That's what I'm asked to do, but if I get out of my hands any more, I might lose more time with Alice. That is not allowed. Alice is more important than the crisis of the country. That said, I'm sure they would have noticed me in this matter. If we don't get rid of it early, sparks may reach Alice. That's no good.

I can endure anything. But if Alice catches sparks, I will knock them down to hell no matter what I do. Seriously...I can't believe that the eradication of illegal organizations will be the next step after correction, and it seems like I'm on the side of justice.

"Really, isn't it fine to leave it to an older person?"

"Because I can't do that."

"You really are a splendid crown prince."

"Is that what you're saying? Don't you notice the state of the knights around you?"

I look at the knights who are working after being told that. Rinse said that he was not happy at all even if he received it from a man.

"Everyone respects what you've done. Tomorrow this will spread and you'll be a secret hero. A single person with connections to illegal organizations such as human trafficking. He's a cleaned up hero."

"Can you call yourself a hero at this level? A cheap hero."

"It's a peaceful country to begin with. I wonder if the knights will come to you even if you call yourself the Knight Commander right now?"

"Even so, I'm only fighting for Alice."

"It will eventually benefit the country and the people."

It's a good thing that the mouth is often spinning. It's hard to say that I'm really good-looking. I'm supposed to be plain handsome, but I don't have high communication skills.

"So what do you think?"

"Well, it's not bad if you can make a loan that you can't pay back for the rest of your life."

"You're really dry except for Miss Misty."

"Naturally. There's no reason to be so kind to someone other than Alice. Also, if you want to solve this matter, you'll have to work hard, but I don't mind."

"Oh, I'll do anything"

"Is that so..."

After saying that, I put my hand on Rinse's shoulder and said with a smile.

"For the time being, let's persuade the princess of the neighboring country."