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Volume 4 Chapter 77

King of Glendale

I am the King of Glendale, the land of the human race.

I have just turned 20 years old.

My father, the previous king, fell ill and I was chosen to take the throne.

My father has since recovered, but he can no longer get around without a wheelchair.

I am still only half a man, but I have excellent ministers to support me.

So, I would like you to leave the reign to me and spend the rest of your life in peace.

My father was a great king.

He did not engage in wars with other countries, but instead made the country prosperous by promoting policies that focused on flood control projects and agriculture.

One of the achievements of the former king was that the country received the blessings of Undine, the king of water spirits.

My father always thought of his people and prayed to the gods and spirits every day.

Thanks to his efforts, Undine, the King of the Water Spirits, appeared to him.

My father prayed to Undine for the peace of the country.

The price was faith.

He built shrines and halls around the country to enshrine Undine and encouraged the people to pray to her.

Even today, the entire nation prays to Undine at the quarterly agricultural festival.

And with the blessings of Undine, the country has almost no flood damage and no water shortage.

Since there are no water-related problems, our country’s agriculture has developed rapidly.

Thanks to this, Glendale is now an agricultural powerhouse unmatched by any other country.

My role is to keep the blessing of Lady Undine to protect the agriculture of this country.

I have a friend named Cain who is the same age as me.

Outwardly, he is my SS captain, but I consider him to be my best friend.

I hope he feels the same way about me.

When the former king was still in good health, I, as a prince, led the Kingdom Knights to stop the stampede that had broken out in the country.

Stampede is a phenomenon in which demons run amok in packs, and if left unchecked, it can wipe out entire cities.

If left unchecked, the stampede could wipe out several cities. It happens about once every two or three years.

Normally, the country would request the adventurers’ guild to deal with the problem, but the stampede was on a different scale.

The demons that the adventurers were unable to stop were closing in on the area near the royal capital.

That’s why I had to lead the knights to defeat them.

At the time, Cain had already made a name for himself among the knights, and he was stationed right beside me as an escort.

The battle with the Stampede was fierce and intense.

It took a lot of effort to deal with the many different kinds of demons that attacked us all.

I realized how troublesome it is to deal with demons when they gather together, even if they don’t give you much of a fight one on one.

Even in such a situation, Cain unleashed the most appropriate attacks on all the demons and destroyed them in the blink of an eye.

I learned later that he was using a skill called super intuition to instantly determine the weaknesses of the demons and fight them.

The stampede was successfully eradicated.

Most of the credit went to Cain.

But he refused to take any credit, saying that it was because I, as the commander, had done a good job.

What was my command?

I just ran behind Cain and occasionally killed a demon that he failed to kill.

To be honest, I didn’t like the Cain I knew back then.

He was a stubborn and inflexible man.

But I recognized his abilities.

So I ordered him to become my master and teach me swordsmanship if he would not accept the credit.

He refused many times, but since I did not back down, Cain began to teach me swordsmanship.

As I learned swordsmanship from Cain, my strength and skills grew and grew.

I was now able to beat the captains of the knights that I used to be unable to beat.

However, I just couldn’t win against Cain.

He had been training with Cain for a long time, and before he knew it, he and Cain were able to destroy a small stampede together.

I could leave my back to Cain with no worries.

Of course, I would be the one protecting Cain’s back.

After annihilating the stampede demons, Cain suggested that we split the credit 50-50.

Although Cain had killed far more demons than me, I was glad that he didn’t want to keep the credit to himself.

I felt like I had been accepted as an equal.

From then on, Cain and I became close friends.

One of the first things I did after becoming king was to establish the SS and appoint Cain as its captain.

My best friend didn’t turn it down and accepted it.

My best friend’s brother got married.

[What are you doing? Go and congratulate him.]

What?　My bodyguard?

I don’t need that right now.

No matter how you look at it, this country is peaceful.

I’m not so weak that I can be easily assassinated.

So, just go.

But for some reason, Cain doesn’t want to go.

Okay, okay.

I’ll congratulate your brother.

We don’t know each other, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

You’re my bodyguard, so you’re coming with me, okay?

By the way, what kind of man is your brother marrying?

What?　Tina, huh?

What, did you marry the princess of Alheim?

I was shocked to hear that Tina, the hero I used to love, had gotten married.

However, she is the younger brother of my best friend Cain.

I’m sure he’ll make Tina happy.

By the way, I heard that Cain’s younger brother, Haruto, sided with Alheim when the Elven kingdom of Alheim was attacked by the human nation of Apriestos the other day, and drove back the Apriestos army.

There were no diplomatic relations with Aplistus, and in the past, when a hero from our country defeated the Demon King, a connection was made with the hero Tina.
Therefore, our country wanted to build a friendship with Alheim.

This desire became even stronger when the king of Alheim presented me with a super precious item, the World Tree Leaf.

Let’s welcome the marriage of Cain’s brother and hero Tina, the princess of Alheim, as a nation.

So, when I went to the wedding banquet of Haruto and his friends, I found the Marquis of my country holding the hand of the princess.

When I asked him why, he told me that the Marquis’ son had fallen in love with the princess and was planning to steal her away from Haruto.

That’s bullshit!

Are you trying to steal the bride from my best friend’s brother?

I won’t allow it. I won’t allow it!

I had the SS escort the Marquis out of the hall.

I will punish him severely later.

The charge should be treason.

As I was thinking about this, I saw Tina in her dress.

She looked the same as she had in the past, and she was beautiful.

I couldn’t help but propose marriage to her.

Oh, what am I doing?

What am I doing? I’m just like the Marquis.

No, no, no!　Tina is Haruto’s wife.

The girl blamed me.

I’m not sure if you’re a child of some nobleman or not.

I need to reflect on that.

The girl was Sylph, the King of the Wind Spirits.
And Undine was also there.

It’s a good idea to take a look at the actual information on the web to get a better idea of what to expect.

……

It’s a good idea to take a look at the website of the company and see what they have to offer.

If this country were to betray Haruto and his friends, all the spirits of the world would become enemies of this country.

These words from Lady Undine weighed heavily on me.

Protecting the Haruto family would lead to the protection of this country.

In this way, Glendale decided to protect the Harutos and the Elnor family with all its national power.