Chapter 516 eting Alver Again
Alver was a blonde and blue-haired young man I t on my first day at the Imperial Institute.
I did not know much about him, though. I only know he is the son of a countryside noble.
The truth is, I did not have much of a relationship with him. The only reason I even rember him is that his room was located beside mine.
Even so, he could be considered my closest male friend.
I an, I don’t have any male friends in this life.
It sounds so sad...
Well, I have a huge harem in exchange, so who cares.
Anyway, I was slightly surprised when I saw Alver. I never expected to et him here.
Right now, he was seated on a sofa with Katherine, Andrea, and Rose across him as Aunt Dayana prepared a bit of tea in the kitchen.
"Alver?" I raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"Prince Claus, long ti no see you."
"Long ti indeed. Since the institute closed down. I did not know you were in Fort Mist."
Alver smiled wryly. "That is normal. Actually, I knew you were here, but I was busy and could not visit you before. However, I t Miss Rose on the way and decided to co."
I looked at Rose and she nodded.
"I thought he was familiar, but I only recognized him when he called out at ."
Is it so?
I nodded in understanding and walked towards the sofa.
"Well, it’s nice to see a familiar face in this kind of place," I said before sitting down between Andrea and Katherine and smiling. "How did you end in this place?"
"It’s a long story. After the Institute was closed, I decided to return ho. Unfortunately, the territory of my father is close to Fort Mist, and the war had just broken out. Plus, my position in the family is not very good, so I ended being sent here as a military official."
That is an interesting story.
Certainly, after the Academy was closed due to the thousands of deaths that occurred inside (courtesy of the unknown immortal) many students returned to their hos. It looks like Alver was one of them.
Even so, it’s rare for a young noble like him to be sent to this kind of place.
After all, Fort Mist is the frontline in the war against the Daemons. Even if he is a military official, there is a big chance of him dying here.
A power struggle?
As though understanding my thoughts, Alver smiled bitterly.
"Actually, I was not against coming here. You probably don’t know Prince, but although the main army is being stopped here, many daemons units have infiltrated the empire through the mountains. They have been causing chaos through the empire borders.
"Just in my father’s territory, more than ten villages have been pillaged, massacred, and burned down. Moreover, the daemons that infiltrated the empire are rather strong and employ hit-and-run tactics, so the soldiers of the local nobles have trouble taking them down."
"So, you accepted to co here due to that."
"Well, maybe you think it’s foolish, but I wanted to do sothing. I could do nothing in my father’s territory, but here I can help to stop the daemons from entering the empire." Alver scratched his head embarrassedly.
What a noble purpose.
But so daemons have infiltrated in the empire territory, huh.
Thinking about it, we were attacked by an elite unit on our way to Fort Mist. That is the reason we are short on supplies.
Mmm... How strange. Daemons should not find it so easy to infiltrate the empire.
Is soone helping them?
I should investigate it.
Alver and I continued chatting for a while. In the anwhile, Aunt Dayana prepared tea and snack for us.
None of the topics was very serious. It was mostly friendly banter. He even teased Katherine, Andrea, and Rose, saying that they are such good wives to even accompany to the frontlines.
Rose, of course, denied it flustered, but Andrea and Katherine just lowered their heads shyly.
"As expected of Prince Claus, you are very lucky in love." Alver smiled amusedly.
I raised an eyebrow. "Should I help you? I can teach you so tips."
"About that..." Alver’s expression quickly turned bitter. "I already have soone I love, but I don’t think there is much hope between us."
Poor boy.
If it would have been , I would have snatched her already.
"Right, Prince, did you hear the news?"
I furrowed my brows. "What news?"
"About Princess Dina. His Majesty chose a husband for her. It’s a young man called Clark."
Katherine, Andrea, and Rose stiffened imdiately.
Even Aunt Dayana who was hearing our conversation from the kitchen stiffened.
As for , I sighed inwardly.
So it’s that, huh.
The reason he is here.
"... I did not know about it."
"You did not? It’s a sha, though. Princess Dina is so beautiful. Many young n in the institute wanted to marry her. They must be overwheld by the news."
I nodded and stared at Alver fixedly.
"Do you know anything about that Clark?"
Alver thought for a mont and shook his head.
"I only heard he is very strong. Apparently beyond the twelfth layer, but I know nothing more."
"Beyond the twelfth layer, huh." I feigned a pondering expression.
At the sa ti, I chuckled coldly in my mind.
Alver finally revealed his true purpose.
To provoke to desert the army to rescue my sister.
Well, it was already pretty obvious he had an ulterior motive. It’s too coincidental to et an acquittance in this kind of place.
Of course, soone inexperienced would have fallen for this trick, but I noticed the problem as soon as I saw Alver.
And when I started to talk to him, I confird it.
Just by looking at his expression, I detected a well-hidden nervousness and wariness. Soone truly friendly would not be like that.
As for this Alver, he should be a man of my father or the empress.
Well, there is no need to let him know that his cover was blown.
"... Thank you for the information, Alver. I really did not know about Dina’s marriage."
"Don’t worry, we are friends. Right, can I co again? There are not many people I know in this place, plus, the tea here is good."
Aunt Dayana smiled.
"Don’t worry, you can co when you want."
"Thank you, Mrs. Dayana. Then, Prince Claus, I’ll take my leave. I have work to do."
"Alright." With a smile, I saw him off.
...
Sayonara, until I have free ti again :p
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