He left the Great Hall and returned to his study with His Majesty.

I'm the only one who was asked to come with me.

His Majesty went back to his desk as usual and sat in a chair, and I pinched that desk across from His Majesty.

"Well, it's Noah."

"Ha."

"I'm talking about the hostages. I'm going to give it up to someone in the prince's side room to sell favors over there, but what do you think?"

"Side chamber?"

"It would be better for the prince - the rest of his son's side room - than just a hostage"

Political marriage. That's why. It is also a stone.

I thought about it a little bit.

"Sell grace," His Majesty said.

That is the general policy that His Majesty thinks it is.

Use that as a starting point - no, as an end point that doesn't move.

I tried to accompany it and thought of something more in the interest of the Empire.

After all sorts of things ran around the back of my brain like an electroluminescent fire, I greeted His Majesty and answered.

"I was wondering if I should not take the hostages."

"Hmm? Do you have any interesting ideas?

His Majesty looked at me with intrigue.

"Ha. First of all, we don't need hostages. Mother and sister. No matter how much you know you need it, no one can take it hostage and completely break it off"

"Naturally."

"So I'll send it back. Instead, we have just advanced food. We'll send it every other week."

"Every week?

"Yes, every week a critical part of Luci Tsari's people's belly can be covered"

"So what happens - Huh?"

Ask me, your haunted Majesty.

His Majesty was surprised at first, then distorted the corner of his mouth and looked at me.

"Egg, Noah is"

In one word, I was convinced His Majesty understood the intention.

I snort and go on.

"Ha, it's feeding where it gets clogged. If you feed it, gradually you won't be able to get away from this ration of food over there. If we take into account the constant supply at times of need, this will be the de facto hostage."

"Uhm, right"

"Furthermore, if you depend on this feeding, in case the other side asks for a new source -"

"Two hearts - it also augurs well for betrayal. You mean."

I nodded quietly.

"Send food, we don't need hostages. It can be a one-stone, two-bird measure that holds the other lifeline at the same time as selling favors."

"Uhm. That's just great, Noah. All right, let's move on with that plan."

Your Majesty seems satisfied with my proposal.

The next morning, the thirteenth prince's residence next to the royal palace.

I put Dylan in charge of this place.

Prince Thirteen for many years - Dylan, who served me, maintained the mansion of the capital without hesitation.

I have business in the capital for a while now, and I'm staying at this mansion in the meantime.

I woke up in a familiar room for over a decade in the morning and gave myself up to the maids I left over here.

Well what to start with today......

"Get Shirley and the others."

I went to get it as soon as I ordered the maid to.

I moved into the living room and waited for a cup of tea I had made the maid put in.

After a while, two women came into the living room.

Shirley Grants and Cheryl Hyde.

Shirley was the only knight I picked when I first did the judges. Cheryl was a knightly aspiring woman she had met before she met Indra, and since she had strong prospects for improvement after that, she dived in as a guest examiner in the knight selection and pulled her up.

As those two entered the room, they bowed their heads on one knee to me sitting on the couch.

"May I call you, Your Highness?"

"Oh. I was hoping you two could show me the results of your training. I'm just checking homework."

"Ha!"

"Yes, sir."

The two exchanged their gazes and Shirley pulled out their swords first.

"Oh, good for both of us at the same time"

"What? But"

"So..."

"I don't mind, come on"

That's what I said, I got up.

Take a step forward and face the two of you head-on.

The two change their gaze again.

Nod at each other and shake off the stray.

Cheryl, too, pulled out his sword.

"Hey ahhh!!

"Ha!!

Shirley and Cheryl, the two have been attacking, as if to pinch from left to right.

I didn't move standing up.

Shirley's slaughter was on her neck, and Cheryl's went into her hips.

Keane!!

A tall metal noise sounds and sparks splash.

The slaughter of the two was prevented.

"Come More"

"" Ha!!

They're both knights I chose to do the screening.

We both had no hesitation in attacking because it was the same way we did it when we selected it.

I didn't move, I took it.

With an armored ring and "absolute defense" by Leviathan and five others.

Leviathan was the only one who did this first.

The Devil's Sword of Water and the Armor Ring link to put out an automatic defensive shield away from your body.

That way, me and Leviathan and others are getting used to it gradually.

Now I can put up a defensive membrane of about a thin piece of skin that is almost stuck to my body.

And not only with Leviathan, but also with apopis in Bahamut, Huwa and Behemoth.

Each one of these guys is different. These guys are now more capable of playing good offense.

Leviathan can prevent water and slaughter accurately, and Bahamut can almost disable flames and fights.

It's stretched like skin on my body, so from the side, it looks like I'm being unilaterally slashed by the two of us without doing anything, but there's plenty of room in the fruit.

That can also be seen from the fact that I'm standing on a cool face, whereas the two people who are making a fierce attack are already sweating.

The two onslaught actually lasted five minutes.

It's like holding your breath for five minutes.

The two were totally breathing up and kneeling on the spot.

"Uhm. Well done to both of you. Shirley weighed a blow, and Cheryl was getting more and more polished by the amount of trouble."

"Oh, thank you......"

"Your Highness is the one... who is getting more and more amazing..."

"Your Highness and I are getting farther and farther away."

"It seems like you guys still have some stretching to do. You should encourage more."

"" Ha!!

The two responded with their voices together, with their swords in their hands and their breath ready.

I didn't say it to comfort you, Shirley and Cheryl are improving compared to when I checked the results of my workouts before.

There's still room to get stronger if we keep refining, I really thought so.

Patchy, patchy.

Two, there was a clapping noise in the living room.

When I saw it, Brother Henry was here at some point.

"Brother, when?"

"I just got here. Oh, don't blame the servants, I told you I didn't have to reward you."

"Really? Go ahead."

I told Shirley and Cheryl, "Enough," to back off and sit on the couch with my brother.

Just like before, put my brother in the upper seat and I'll sit in the lower seat.

"That's Noah. He said those two got stronger, but isn't Noah stretching any further?

"Right, right there"

"Hmm. That's fine, but isn't that way just dangerous? You know, just in case, right?

My brother raised the obvious question.

"That's all those two are worth."

"Hmm?"

"Sometimes I want to trust them, so I want to keep track of their power... with my own. It means you'll know better when you actually experience it."

"You are amazing after all. I understand the logic, but I can't do it when you tell me to do the same."

"Don't. I'm just putting up with you."

"A privilege of nobility"?

Brother Henry laughed "heh heh".

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