The Neglected Princess

26. Precious

Transactions made at the port are not going well. The envoy from the neighboring kingdom turned out to be only deceiving the imperial side. They sell low-quality armor at very high prices, in order to make a profit. It was revealed by Arron himself in front of the royal and imperial messengers who were making transactions.

"What are you doing, Your Majesty. You mustn't be like this to the royal messenger" said someone trembling as a sword pointed at his neck.

"Why can't it? You think you can fool the empire with that sweet word of yours, huh? you might be able to fool other kingdoms or empires. However, here you won't be able to do what you want. You're a fraud." said Arron.

"We are not deceiving, Your Majesty. We just ... " said the envoy.

"What only? is this how you have been dealing all this time? you sell useless trash. If the imperial soldiers used this armor to fight, then what would happen? You are shameless. I know wrong and still don't admit it. Go back, and tell this armor maker. If you do not want to lose everything you have, then you should not play games with the empire" said Arron sharply.

"Well, Your Majesty." replied the envoy and hurriedly left.

In the end, the messengers left with their luggage. They boarded the ship back to their home kingdom.

Victor retrieves a shard of armor that Arron had previously destroyed. He stared at the thing in his hand.

"How can they do this?" murmured Victor.

"Teacher ... tomorrow we'll just come back" said Arron walking up to Victor.

Victor looked at Arron, "Have you investigated everything? from the beginning you know, if this transaction isn't going to happen, right?" ask Victor.

"Long if it should be explained. The point is that I found something suspicious from the armor that would have been sent to the previous range. The quality is very bad. And when I came to explore the work of the west, many unexpected things I heard and saw for myself. Therefore I immediately took one suit of armor and destroyed it. It all turned out to be as I thought. They cheat with the material of making armor. It's been found out it's still evasive. You sly people" Arron told Victor.

"Ah, so this is why you were gone for almost a month then?" ask Victor.

"Yes. As a future Emperor candidate, I should really pay attention to the welfare of the residents and soldiers," Arron replied.

"You're a big boy, huh? in fact, the Arron I knew would not care about other people's business and was busy practicing and learning" Victor said.

"It was different then and now, Master. Arron is a six-year-old boy who must hide from the civil war. Moreover, the teacher knew for himself, how weak this body was. Without practice, without the help of the teacher, there is no way I can be like this. Now, I can do whatever I want. Also, face the opponent without fear" explained Arron.

Victor fell silent. He remembered the past. At that time he met Arron accidentally without knowing who Arron was. At that time there was a civil war. Between the current Emperor and the younger brother.

The younger brother of the emperor waged a rebellion aided by a faction of nobles who supported him. At that time the younger brother of the Emperor judged, if the Big Brother was not worthy to occupy the position of the Emperor because he was weak. The younger brother thought, a leader must be someone strong and tough like him. Not a weak person who is sickly and only rely on wisdom as a reference to lead a country.

A great war ensued, The brothers held their swords and attacked each other. Beyond the expectations of the Brother, it turns out that his brother has grown into a strong figure even stronger than him. It's just that, the Big Brother hid his strength in front of the Little Sister and made the Little Sister fooled.

The war was won by the brother. And the brother who was the Emperor, immediately locked the Brother into custody and served the punishment. Not only the younger brother, the noble factions that participated in the rebellion were taken title and instantly executed without mercy.

The emperor, who knew that a civil war was about to take place, hid his beloved son in the depths of a forest with a knight and a lady-in-waiting. He did not want Arron to be hurt, as Arron was the only treasure left by the late wife who died after giving birth to Arron.

Victor, who had just returned from the war, met Arron who was on the run. Apparently Arron escaped from the pursuit of the man who was going to kill him, and hid in the old hut where Victor rested for a while. Victor, who did not know who the chaotic-looking little boy was, asked the name and place of residence of the child. It was only after being answered, Victor knew, that the boy in front of him was the crown prince.

The little Arron told me clearly what happened to him, starting from he was sent to the forest, and suddenly his temporary home was visited by unknown people who wanted to capture and kill him. Dayang and kestaria guards fought against a group of criminals, and he immediately fled once there was a gap. Because the father advised, if bad things happen, Arron was asked to run to the river and ask for help, if he saw people in gold armor. The Emperor said that if Arron had to survive, whatever would happen.

Victor then sent some soldiers to help the lady-in-waiting and the knight Arron. He took Arron with him and left Arron in his right hand. Victor goes to the Empire to help the Emperor.

Victor felt guilty, he did not know that there would be a rebellion as long as he was not in the empire. And he just found out, it turns out the Emperor sent Victor deliberately, because he did not want to involve Victor in the civil war. When Victor asked what the reason the Emperor was, the Emperor simply replied with a smile and said that Victor should stay alive, in order to help him take care of Arron. The emperor did not know what would happen, he could have been killed. If he dies, what is the fate of his son? The person the Emperor trusted the most was Victor, who was none other than his own good friend.

If only when war broke out, Victor ads in the empire and the Emperor's side suffered defeat, then Victor and his family would receive punishment. The Emperor did not want this to happen. The civil war happened because the Emperor was the target of the brother's greed. So the Emperor did not want to involve his precious people.