Not Your Perfect Prince
Buddy

At dusk, the sun almost completely sinks.

Looking towards the four small tents set up, the campfire, and the four exhausted girls made Reinhart shake her head. No matter how awkward they were, he said.

"This is a group task. Your cooperation is very bad. Besides, you're too attached to caste. Nobles and non-noblemen, Count and Viscount .. You think too much of such a thing in the wild.

You guys are too reckless. Acting as you please without any prevention. Don't you guys rely on me too much?

Let me get this straight. Here I am the supervisor as well as the person who judges you. Since this afternoon we left the city to the location, the task has begun.

All I've done is get you to the little town where the missioners live. After that the rest is up to you. Whether you want to come to the missioner's house first, go straight to the mountain, or do anything.

As for now, you can split the tasks as you want."

After saying that, Reinhart walked over to the nearby horse carriage. He fed the horses with feed carried in dimensional bags. The young man then took out a tent and set it up away from the four girl tents. His actions were very skilled because he was used to it.

Maria's equipment had also been returned, so now Reinhart had completely handed the rest over to them.

Reinhart then took out some of the tools he had made. A type of tool that is not so powerful, but still practical.

Two chandeliers. It was shaped like a lantern, but not lit by fire. Inside was a light crystal that glowed when it absorbed mana. There were several runes to withstand the force in order for the crystal not to break when it absorbed enough mana. One was hung inside the tent, one was hung on a pole he had prepared outside the tent.

The young man then took out a short chair and a short table. The size is not too big, but it is enough to put some items.

Two small magic stoves appeared. After that, there were some cooking equipment.

Reinhart lit two stoves. One to heat a small skillet, one to heat water.

When the frying pan was hot, Reinhart put in a little butter. After melting, he sliced off two loaves of bread then toasted both sides in turn. After heating the bread, the young man then re-inserted the butter, this time quite a lot.

Reinhart shrank the fire, taking out various prepared materials. He picked up pieces of meat, was given salt and black pepper and then patted. When the butter had melted, the young man immediately put in fresh rosemary leaves and two cloves of onions.

The fragrance immediately smelled in the air.

Reinhart then began grilling the meat, but not just waiting for it in silence.

On the other stove, the water had boiled. He used some of the water to brew herbal teas, while the rest to make vegetable and mushroom soups.

The youth movement is very good. In a while, the dish had been served on the table.

There is no small meal for the appetizer, but there is soup instead. There is bread and steak as the main course. As for dessert, Reinhart doesn't need it.

After getting rid of the cooking utensils for later cleaning, the young man then ate his dinner.

Glup!

In the distance, the four girls who saw Reinhart acting like a professional camper couldn't help but gulp. They looked at each other, after full of doubt, Delia opened her mouth.

"It seems that Prince Reinhart completely ignored us. It is impossible for us to ask for his help, so .. does anyone bring in the finished ingredients or food?

I just brought snacks and sweets."

Seeing how awkward Delia was, May also said.

"I don't bring that kind of thing either."

"I'm sloppy. I think we're going hunting or something, so don't bring raw materials. I'm not good at cooking anyway." Hilda shook her head.

"S-I brought a compressed biscuit and meat jerky, a-do you guys want?"

Maria took out the food rations she prepared. The other three girls looked at each other. May is the first to respond.

"Food like that .." said May rather reluctantly.

Delia shook her head. It seemed that the girl was still reluctant to eat 'cheap' food and was no match for nobles like them.

Meanwhile, Hilda raised her eyebrows. Seeing the awkward expression on Maria's face, she picked up some biscuits and jerky while saying.

"Thank you, I'll replace it when we get to town."

"Eh? Nah! No need to replace. It's absolutely okay!" maria said in a hurry with a joyful expression on her face.

"May I ask for a little?" ask Delia.

"of course! Please!" maria said with pleasure.

"May I too?" may asked doubtfully.

"It's okay, just take it." Maria answered politely.

The four girls then shared a simple dinner. Even so, they became more acquainted with each other. The three noble girls did not think Maria was so annoying. While Mary herself also felt not so isolated.

After dinner, they began to talk.

"We should sleep in two tents, two people in each tent. In addition, we also have to set a guard schedule." Hilda said with a serious expression.

"Keep schedule?" may asked with a confused expression.

"Yes. Just in case there is a problem that might happen suddenly." Hilda nodded.

"Isn't there Prince Reinhart?" ask Delia.

"We must not rely too much on Prince Reinhart. As he said before, the task has already begun and we are currently being assessed.

I don't want to get bad grades and disappoint my dad."

"Annu ... I think Hilda was right" Maria added in a timid tone. A little afraid of being scolded for entering into the conversation.

"All right then." Delia nodded. "I'm already pretty familiar with May, so .. is that okay?"

Hilda nodded before saying, "It's okay. I'm going to sleep with Maria. You two want to stand guard in the first half of the night or the second half?"

Delia and May looked at each other. After some hesitation, Delia replied.

"Can we sleep first? We're not used to staying up late. Maybe it's better we keep watch in the second half of the night."

"Then get some rest. I'll keep watch with Maria." Hilda said relax.

"Good!" answered both.

After the two left, Hilda and Maria sat by the bonfire together.

At first, the situation was a bit awkward. Both of them were silent without much words. The more the night, Maria who was sitting while propping up her cheeks suddenly said.

"You're really great, Hilda."

"Hm?" Hilda glanced at Maria.

Maria was a bit surprised and hurriedly explained.

"S-I don't intend to mock. I mean, you're really great.

Not only beautiful, you can also face many problems calmly. In addition, you also have a noble status (noble) and are great in magic or hand-to-hand combat."

Looking towards Maria who kept praising her, Hilda smiled as she shook her head.

"Stupid girl. You yourself have no idea how amazing you are. You've climbed from circle one to circle two in three months. Not to mention that you have a rare light magic, coupled with your beauty .. It is only natural that many nobles hate you.

You should be more confident!

Also, do not call in such a formal manner. It makes me feel a little awkward. You can call me 'you' instead of 'you'.

Do you understand?"

"Eh??? Anu ... Is that okay?"

Maria looked towards Hilda with a look of doubt. Meanwhile, Hilda herself instead laughed kindly as she said.

"Of course it's okay. Anyway ... Aren't we friends?"

>> Connect.