
"Thank you very much father." Said Laren with a smile
"Alright, after the three full days of cultivation practice you must be hungry. Let's go to the dining room, I'll have people prepare delicious meals for you." Speak of the king
"Thank you so much father." Laren said with pleasure
The father and son went to the dining room to eat together, after a while they finished eating their food.
After that, a guard came to the king and Laren was talking.
The guard came over to the two of them with a slight run and with a panicked and agitated face.
"Hamba salutes the king and prince Laren." Said the guard while bowing
"What's wrong? Why does your face look panicked? Is there a problem?" Ask the king
"Sorry to interrupt the time of the king's majesty and the prince's majesty, but there is something urgent and must be resolved by the king's majesty." Said the guard
"What's the problem?" Ask the king to the guard
"Abspond the king's majesty... Your Majesty, a plague is arriving in the eastern village of the kingdom and the longer it takes the glorious toll." Said the guard
"What's? Why could there be a new outbreak in the eastern village of the kingdom?" Ask the king in surprise
"Please, your honor, but this plague is not a new plague... W-the old plague that once appeared in that village." Said the guard with a brick
"WHAT?! How did the plague reappear? Wasn't the matter of calm the plague already handled by the second prince? And it should have been gone a few months ago, how could it have resurfaced?" The king asked in surprise and panic
"I answered his majesty the king... S-I also t-don't know about this noble thing." Said the guard while shaking
There was something wrong with this guard, if he was only in charge of conveying information then he would not be frightened like this let alone tremble. (Batin Laren while observing the guard)
"Guard, is there something you're hiding from us?" Laren asked with an interrogation look
"Ti-no noble p-prince." Said the guard tremblingly as he looked at the sharp gaze from Laren
"Washer if there's anything you know, but you didn't tell us, then I'll kill you myself when you're found guilty." Laren said while giving off his killing aura
The killing aura of Laren greatly suppressed that guard, let alone the aura belonging to Laren getting stronger after he broke through to middle-level cultivation.
Finally unable to withstand the pressure from Laren, the guard said something.
"P-prince, actually... Actually I want to tell you something about this plague case." Said the guard
"Hmm what do you want to say." Laren
"Actually... Actually the plague that was in the eastern village of the kingdom was not... Not missing but reportedly closed and all guards on duty told to shut up and not discuss the matter again." Said the guard in fear
"WHAT?! WHO WOULD DARE SHUT EVERYONE'S MOUTH CAUSING THIS MESS?" The king said with great emotion
"We... We're ordered by..." Said the guard while shaking
"Who is it." Laren urged the guard
"O-by the second prince." Said the guard trembling
"WHAT?! How could something like that happen?" The king said angrily
"The second prince told us that the plague was not very severe and would go away on its own in time. Then the prince ordered us to keep the guards quiet on this matter and not to discuss the matter of the plague in the eastern village of the kingdom, nor to inform the king of this matter." Clearly the guard was in detail
"EXCESSIVE!" Said the king with emotion while pounding the table beside him
"Please pardon the noble servant of the king, his highness the prince. B-but servant is just an ordinary guard, I cannot refuse the prince's orders, otherwise I will be killed by the second prince. Please forgive the life of a noble servant." Said the guard while prostrating in front of the king and Laren
"You take it easy, if what you say is true then I will protect you, but... If you still lie then I'll kill you myself." Laren
"H-the servant has said all the truth of the prince." Said the guard
"Alright I will forgive you, but you must still be punished for helping the second prince do things that violate the king's orders. Go, go for second-degree punishment." Laren
"Okay, thank you prince. Servant permission to withdraw." Said the guard then left the king who was still emotional and also Laren
After the guard left, Laren looked towards the king who showed an extremely angry expression at hearing the statement from the guard.
Laren also tried to calm the emotions of the king, the king was very surprised and also very emotional towards the behavior of the second prince.
Because all this time, the second prince was a prince who was trusted by the king but instead disappointed the king's decision.
"Ayahanda please calm down. Since Laren is healed then Laren will help the father to overcome this problem." Laren's words tried to dampen the king's emotions
"Laren, father must clean up the mess your brother caused. You rest first. If there's anything I'll ask you for help." The king then stood up
"Okay father, please do not forget to maintain health because of the problems in the kingdom." Said Laren while bowing
"Hmm I understand Laren." The king then walked away from Laren
After the king left, Laren returned to the room that Rayden had prepared.
While indoors, Lacey appears to accompany Laren and shows him her mission.
"Sir." Lacey said while keeping a distance with Laren so that Laren would not be surprised and hit him again
"Hmm what's up?" Ask Laren
"Master, this is a good opportunity to increase the value of the lords' hatred." Lacey was excited
"Yes, you're right. By helping my father solve the plague case in the eastern village of the kingdom, the attention of the previous father to the other princes will be transferred to me. And that will make the second brother's hate value increase and I'm sure the other princes' hate values will also go up." Said Laren with a small smile
"You understand very well what I mean sir." Lacey said with pleasure