How to Live as the Enemy Prince

After checking for signs of a struggle, Calian immediately sent Kyrie to the territory.

Kyrie, who pretended to support as a mercenary, gave several Silver Coins to the most satisfactory soldier. We also heard about the five inexperienced Elves gathering in the temporary housing and the causes of the war.

"The Bricen Merchant Guild caused this."

The Bricen Merchants Guild.

"It's Lennon Brissen again."

Kalian gives you a false sense of humor.

This is why I like to think that it can cause a fight between territories.

"The merchants around here are only Brissen, and the Brissen Merchant Guild said they would stop coming to this area because of the Latran territory."

Kyrie continued to say:

Both areas were unable to farm wheat, so they were buying wheat and rye from the Bricen Merchant Guild. Then the Bricen Merchant Guild cut a deal on its own. At least there was wheat stockpiled in the territory of Nerica, so I asked him to sell some wheat in Sting, and Nerica called for a ridiculous amount. Due to this, the fight has led to war preparedness.

When Calian heard about the situation, he said that the word 'wheat and rye' is not something to worry about.

"We can't stay long because we're fighting when we run out of food."

It's natural.

How can we continue the fight for a long time without wheat and rye in the courtyard of the hired soldiers as well as mercenaries?

After some insight into what was going on, Calian returned to Elf Village without taking any further action.

"How are you?"

When he arrived in the room, he opened the door and woke up to Jan, who was sitting on the chair, greeting him. Khalian nods at the greeting, removing the prince's seal.

"Bring me a letter."

"Yes, my prince."

Yan, who went out with the answer, immediately returned with a few letters, a pen and a bead. Khalian wrote two identical letters in Yan's presence.

It said, 'I will visit soon, so please prepare me for my stay without any inconvenience.'

Jan saw it and became a little puzzled.

I don't write letters asking me to treat them like that, even with my own seal. However, Jan stood quietly by his side and waited, because his expression was not so good.

He folds up the finished letter, puts it in an envelope and seals it.

"Sting and Nerica are at war in a day or two. I think the Elder asked me to stop it. Said you wanted me to find five Elves."

"So you lied to the prince?"

"I see. I was fooled."

Jan notices the situation and acts like the Duke's son for a moment.

Surprised, Khalian closes Yan's mouth and quickly picks up another word.

"The two lords seem to think I've already passed through here and are preparing for a fight, so if I tell them I'm coming, they'll stop. Everyone knows that the Knights of Latran came to Kaerra, so you know there's nothing good in stimulating me."

Jan asks what made Kalian think of such a snobby letter.

"And after that? Even if you get a letter and put off the war, if the prince doesn't visit you in time, he will try to fight again."

"Five Elves will return."

Callian smiles at Jan.

"The deal was to find the Elves, not stop the war. Fight or not."

Callian walks to Jer's house with two letters he just wrote.

* * *

When Callian reaches out two letters, Jer looks at it and asks.

"What is this?"

"It's a letter."

Callian replies, sitting comfortably across from Jer.

"Send one to Sting and one to Nerica. Then the war will be postponed for about a month. The Elves have left the house. Of course they'll come back. After that, you take care of it so you don't go back out there."

Callian replies, knocking on Jer's desk.

"If only we could stay here."

"Then war!"

Jer shuts up, and Calian laughs when he sees it.

"But he's still an elf. So I didn't think so. You fooled two lords into knowing they were fighting."

Kalian twists his head.

It followed a stiff voice that would fit perfectly with that look.

"Me."

I learned that Elves can't lie, not that they can't hide the truth and not tell it. Jer's mouth opened after a long time, telling him the truth.

"Are you sure you want to leave like this?"

"You asked me to find five Elves? That's why I found it."

Jer's long ears turn red, whether angry or ashamed. Ger sprouts his mouth a few times but is unable to speak.

Kalian rises from his seat without any further delay.

Then he pointed his finger at the letter on the desk.

"That's the price we've been paying for our drinks. We leave first thing in the morning. I don't need a forest path or anything."

Jer's ears turn slightly red as he turns and walks out. When Callian arrives at the door, Ger's voice pops out.

"You mean war is fine with me in your country?"

"They fight for a reason. I'm gonna talk to him."

Callian raises his finger and points to the floor.

"If this place is so important, you keep it to yourself. Don't try anything."

After that, Kalian opens the door and walks away.

Jer stares at the door, forgetting his words for a while. It was because something too different had happened from what he expected.

* * *

Meanwhile.

After returning to the room, Calian sits still. Yan stood next to me worried because his expression didn't look so good.

"Was there anything else bothering you?"

"Lennon Brissen. I don't like the exclusivity of food deals in Brycen because he's acting like this."

"Is it because you lost your smuggling job?"

"Yes. If something like that happens, it's not the lord's hunger."

This area is heavily mined and not fertile enough for large-scale farming. So the food must have relied on trade unconditionally.

"You shouldn't play dumb with what you eat."

Callian mutters, and you hear him knocking. Calian gestures to open the door to Jan, as it was clear without seeing who would come.

It was Jer who entered Calian's room as expected. If I'm being precise, it was Jer who really changed his face.

'You didn't think that a man who would become a prince would just leave the war ahead of him.'

Ger hesitates for a moment, seeing Khalian like that.

Calian frowns after waiting for a long time without a word from Jer.

"Are you here to see my face?"

Jer bows his head.

"I'm sorry. I'll explain. Just hear me out."

"Keep it short."

Jer's mouth is open.

It was a very cautious voice, which was very different from the first time I met him or when I saw him in Jer's room a moment ago.

Ger told me what the Bricen Merchant Guild had already heard about Calian. Then he bowed his head again and said.

"Luca knew you had something to do with Latran. But I couldn't talk first because this war had begun in Latran. I hid it because I thought if Luca was involved, she wouldn't help me. I'm so sorry."

Kalian doesn't answer.

"No offense, but we could use your help. We can't solve that problem."

Kalian doesn't give me an answer right away.

I kept my mouth shut and thought about it for a while. Jer looks nervously at Calian's mouth.

Callian's mind is constantly repeating only one name.

'Lennon Brissen.'

You turned your faction against Randall and caused trouble. You cut the deal at your own pace and started a war. Before that, Lennon was the one who wanted to get rid of Melpire Pollun for the diamond trade, and Lennon was the one who handed over the poison tacrimosa that Calian drank to Silica.

Keep going, keep going, keep going!

Grab my ankle.

After a long time.

Callian says low and fast.

"I haven't been to Nerica yet. Probably something like that. Go see if they're getting ready for a fight there, too. If you're right, just give me the letter. And I know what you need besides wheat. Then I'll meet the lords."

"You want to help?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not helping the Elves."

Lennon thought it was time to catch Brysen.

Either way, Jer's face is glowing. Whatever it is, it's what Kalian said.

"I hate playing in someone's palm. And I don't deal with conspirators. So do it right this time."

"I see."

Jer, who was so frustrated, went out to thank me several times.

* * *

The sun came out the window.

Calian spends the night awake. And then I contacted Alan. Either he was still home because it was early, or Alan replied right away.

- Have you been up all night?

Khalian sleeps quietly in the morning.

Because of this, I always stayed up all night when I was awake like the dawn.

- Yeah, I've been thinking.

- Speak.

Kalian nods. Alan is surprised to hear that. Kalian nods, thinking it was worth it.

- Are you sure you want to do this?

This is the first time Alan's asked me this question. Kalyan smiles. He almost knows what he's doing without seeing it. He must be leaning against the bed or the couch and rubbing his temples.

- Yes, tell the king. Ask Earl Brissen to tell him that Renan betrayed him.

- Are you sure you know what Renan Brissen meant by what he did with Tensyl?

After a long time, Alan said,

- I know there are risks to civil war and there are risks to a prince-to-prince war. And I know that Earl Brissen likes money.

I found out this time by looking at Hale Latran. After Hale handed over the money to the Marquis of Brissen, he decided to accept a gift from the Territory.

- So you're saying he's going to bribe Earl Brycen?

- No, I don't.

I recalled what Kalian had been thinking about all night and explained.

- Tell Earl Bricen, and if you can get Lennon out quietly without any other problems, I'll buy you the Bricen Merchant Guild.

Alan didn't say anything else.

Now I'm thinking about what Callian wants to buy. Followed by Calian's explanation.

- When I heard that Silica poisoned me, the Bricene Merchants Guild was the biggest hit. Hale, who was dealing with Renan, was hit by it, so the Bricen Merchants Guild's damage is more than you can imagine. There's no way that Earl Brissen is going to want to keep hugging that troublemaker.

In the beginning, Brycen was a knight family.

It was the Bricen Merchant Guild that Lennon, who had no skill in swords, began making.

The late Evan Brysen, Renan's father, would have remained in Renan's trade ring for money. However, there was no way I could appreciate the merchant guild, which would not be worth the money or fit in with the sign of the knight family.

- It's still the top of the Cairys. If it is said that the deficit will be severe, why do you want to buy it?

- You already have an operational candidate. Baron Pollun, the merchant merchant of the Pollun Merchant Guild, should be able to manage enough. If the Merchant Guild name is changed to Pollun, the nobles will resume trading, so the problem of deficiency will also be solved.

- It doesn't matter who's in charge. We are now preparing to purchase and build a site for the Wizard's Valkan to use. Other than that, it's not very expensive to get into Balkan maintenance. No matter how difficult the situation gets, it won't be easy to raise enough money to buy a Merchant Guild in one Royal Court.

Callian told me that he knew what Alan had misunderstood.

- Master, you haven't opened my safe yet.

Remain loved Freya very much.

After the death of Queen Aisha, Landel's mother, Remain greeted Freya in the harem, giving Freya a fair territory. Silica has since entered the queen.

The dead Freya's estate was inherited by Calian.

And the old Khalian did not spend his profits in the region. In the meantime, Calian didn't spend a penny on the vault until he wasn't curious about how much money was in the vault. All the money was piled up.

- Lennon Brissen. Now put it away, Master.

Whitrin, the largest wheat producer in Cairis.

Kalian, the Lord of Whitlin, said so.