100: To be king

To be king

The first prince was waiting on the second floor of another inn inside of Grenton. It has been six days now since he ordered his men to go and kill Valdel, and there was still no news regarding the situation. The last time his subordinates reported to him was them saying, that Valdel was being cornered near the town of Valheim, that was north of Grenton. That report was given four days ago. So what happened after that? 1

The first prince wasn't that worried since he already somehow guess that this might happen, which was why he sent more men and hired mercenaries to help out. Yet it has been a few days since anyone reported to him. It was obvious that his people didn't want to meet him with nothing to show for, but still not reporting for four days straight was not good as well.

The first prince Reynold could only sigh as he waited for some news. He needed this to end faster since his brother the second prince was finally making a move.

'I wonder what that coward will do this time?... Also I've been wondering why he made our little sister the sword princess go on a wild goose chase. It is possible that this might all be distractions for the real plan.'

While Reynold was thinking about what to do with his little brother, he heard someone knock on the door, and spoke the password. Once one of Reynold's guards heard the password he opened the door. The person who entered was Erick one of the six close aides of the prince.

"Have you accomplished your mission?" Erick bowed his head when he heard his liege ask this question. He didn't want to return empty handed but he had no choice, since he knew that his liege would be wondering why no one was reporting.

"Unfortunately we have lost track of him. The knights under my and Henrick's command have been afflicted by a mind spell, they have forgotten what has happened for the past few days. We assumed that Valdel was in the area, where the knights lost their memories, but after searching the whole area there was no sign of him."

Hearing what Erick had to say, Reynold frowned a bit. Erick hasn't lifted his head the entire conversation, but if he did and he saw the frown on his liege's face he would've propose to kill himself.

"Is he that powerful?"

"No my liege, when the five of us fought Valdel we sensed how powerful he is. The amount of knights that chased after him were too much even for the five of us to handle. So he either fought them by a set number of people and wiped their memory, or someone extremely powerful aided him."

"Are you thinking Ren did this?" Erick once again shook his head before answering.

"He is the most probable person to do this, but I don't think he was the one who did so. Based on the information we had gathered about the person named Ren, he wouldn't have just erased the memories of the knights, he would've annihilated them. This means while on the hunt for Valdel a third party intervened."

"A third party?"

"Yes it would seem that Valdel has an enormous amount of luck. It is possible that while on the run, he met a random master that help him."

"Isn't that too much of a coincidence?... Hmmm, but still he does seem to be a person that has a ridiculous amount of luck. Gaining that magic weapon, meeting my father and gaining his favor, having a friend like Ren, escaping the encirclement. Yes he does seem to have a ludicrous amount of luck... Tsk, still I don't have time for this."

Reynold looked at his faithful subordinate and sighed.

"Erick I need you to come with me, since my brother the second Prince plans to hold a banquet to celebrate the return of Captain Ross. Currently Captain Ross has a neutral standing, but it would seem that my second brother thinks he can make him join his side. I must stop him from doing this, if he gains Captain Ross, he would easily gain the favor of most of the common soldiers. So for now I want you to tell Henrick to continue the search on his own. While you and the others shall accompany me back to the capital."

"It will be as you wish my liege." Erick stood up and left the room. Reynold who was left alone with one of his guards sighed. Nothing seems to be going as planned.

'Well if I can't overcome such challenges then becoming king of this kingdom will be impossible, much less being a conquering king. Very well I will show everyone how I will overcome this challenge and prove I am the rightful king of all.'

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