The queen finally stopped scolding the other 6 after half hour. However, most of the scolding part were only received by the king, as the queen only cooed her children gently. I kinda feel bad for him.

"Now then, since you still have time until you make your public appearance tomorrow and get reinstated as the second prince officialy, do you want to get some rest? explore the entire capital? or maybe.... do you want to cuddle a bit in your mother's arms???" Asked the queen.

"I already had enough rest, so the only option left for me is exploring the capital." I quickly replied in a straight voice.

"Eh? but you still have the third option you kno-"

"The only option left is exploring the capital"

"But-"

"The only option left is exploring the capital"

"O-Okay, i-if you say so" said the queen dejectedly as she conceded.

"Whoa, to be able to incapacitate mother this quick, maybe Lucas-kun is a genius after all" said Lily in a teasing manner.

"Hahaha, if it was me, I would've chosen the third option immediately, despite my unwillingness. Haahh, it looks like I still have a long way to go as the crown prince."

"Now then, we still have around 4 hours until the sun sets, let's take that time to go around the capital." Said Airi as she pulled me out of the room.

"Eh? wait a sec- Heize, get some guards to escort and protect those two, we're still at wartime, so there might be hostile mercenaries or assassins lurking in the streets." Said the King worriedly as he motioned Heize to get people to escort us.

"That won't be needed, Father, we can handle ourselves on our own" Said Airi to her father calmly.

"But-" The king was about to try to convince her more when he suddenly saw the look in his daughter's eyes, at that moment, he didn't see the eyes of a little girl that needs her guardian's protection, what he saw is a girl, doing her best to break out of her own cage.

When he saw such look, he finally decided to concede and let us go.

"Like father, like daughter huh." said the queen as she held her husband's hands.

"You used to be like her when you were also a child, but you slowly changed and grew up continuosly. And now, here you are, the King of a huge nation"

"Time really flies by fast huh, that little lad really took after me" said the king with a soft expression on his face.

"Rest assured Your Majesties, I will take 6 high level knights from the sombre squad to protect them from the shadows." Heize slowly approached the king and queen and bowed as he voiced out his suggestion.

"Thank you, Heize, we'll count on you on this one. And also, don't interfere with them unless their lives is in danger or is in risk of getting severely injured."

"Understood."

...

Right now I'm standing in the garden while waiting for Airi who said that she's gonna change her clothes first.

"Why do women always likes to change their clothes and put on shlabadabadoo thingies on their bodies and faces when they go out" I muttered to myself in curiosity.

Even Tanya, my secretary and one of the 4 emissaries of Yggdrasil always does this whenever I ask her to go on a mission with me.

"Speaking of Tanya, I wonder how my subordinates are doing right now..."

...

At an office in the top most floor of a 60 storey building, a blonde woman is standing behind her desk as she continously barked her orders at the people in front of her.

"Yuna, arrange these reports documents and send it to Kagenawa and while you're at it, Go to Jonas' office and tell him that we will have a briefing about the negotiations with Alpha Group after 6 hours. And you, Asamiya, go to 4th franz company, our subsidary, and discuss with Goro about the funds needed in order to implement their new project. Hitomi, go over these financial reports of the Kilen and Sanryang companies and report back to me if you see any signs of illegal dealings. Julio, hand over these confidential documents to General Hakaze, he must be at the military's 4th region, Camp B7. Take Millet and Homer as your bodyguards. Listen up! Our leader is no longer with us, He died days ago just to protect this country, I won't tolerate a single damn mistake! Our reputation is on the line here, if the Saints Group deteriorates from the loss of our leader, what would we look like to others? His Majesty didn't nurture and train us to be weak the moment our leader disappears! We act as one, we are the entire group. Don't you fucking dare show your face to His Majesty in the afterlife if you can't even stand without his support! UNDERSTOOD!?" Yelled Tanya as she gave her commands to her subordinates.

"""YES, MA'AM!!""

Her coworkers replied back and hurried out of the room after getting their orders, leaving the room in silence with only one person inside.

Instead of instilling fear to everyone, her loud voice motivated everyone else into doing their best. Such is the charisma and aura of Tanya, the secretary of Lucas, the 2nd Emissary of Yggdrasil, and the current acting chairman of Saints Group.

At first she was found by Lucas in the slums of the Lawless Land while escaping from an ambush set up by his enemies. At that time he is still weak as he still couldn't wipe out 60 SSS class mercenaries, he was severely injured and his life is only hanging on a single thin thread due to intense fatigue and hunger, and the coldness from the heavy rain stiffened his body.

At that time, Tanya saw his heavily injured body, as she didn't know how to treat an injured person. So she gave him the bread that she just stole from the Black market and carried him to her house while still unconscious.

"He's still young, about 3 years younger than me, yet, Why is he so heavily injured like this?"

As she didn't know how to take care of an injured person that much, she just removed his clothes, boiled warm water and poured them onto his body in order to prevent him from catching cold. After that, she used her spare clothes to dress him up.

"Hurry! That fricking child may not have gotten farther since he's injured."

"Avenge our fallen comrade! Bring that child back to me, DEAD OR ALIVE!"

At that moment, Tanya heard loud shouts around 10 meters away from her hiding spot.

"But still, to think that a mere child like that was able to kill off 42 SSS Class mercenaries and the 8 Deities, the strongest mercenaries of the Lawless Lands, just how much of a monster is that?"

"That's why we should kill him now, we can't afford to let loose a genius like that, or else we're doomed."

"Look around all of you, he's just a little boy with silver white hair in black clothing! Don't you dare let him escape, or the deaths of our comrades will be in vain and our reputation as the world's strongest mercenaries will plummet!" Said a huge burly tanned man who seemed like the leader of the pack.

Tanya turned around to look at the unconscious boy in the ground.

"S-Should I just turn him in?" said Tanya to herself as she shaked in fear.

She pondered over it for a few seconds until she remembered her parent's words.

"Tanya, promise your mama and papa, that you will help anyone in need, even if we have nothing, we should always help those who is in need."

...

"No, even if I turn him in, I doubt they will let go of someone like me, Just like what they did to my parents. Don't worry, I will hide and protect you until you regain your strength." Said Tanya as she caresses the forehead of Lucas. Saddness and a hint of hatred can be seen from her expression.

Fortunately, her house is well hidden, and the mercenaries wasn't able to find them.

It was 7 am in the morning and the sun rose already. Tanya saw that Lucas' hands moved a little and his eyelids slowly moved upwards.

"Oh? you're awake? Good morni-"

But before Tanya could finish her words, the boy instantly disappeared from her front and reappeared behind her as he gave her a head lock.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Lucas' voice sounded like the voice of a demon that escaped hell and it sent chills down Tanya's spine, so much that she wetted herself due to the intense bloodlust.

When Lucas noticed that she didn't have the physique of a fighter and is just an ordinary girl, he immediately let go of her, but his guard remained up.

"I-Is that *coughs* h-how you t-treat *coughs coughs* your s-savior?" Said Tanya as she coughed and tries to catch her breathe.

"S-sorry, I was just being vigilant." Said Lucas as he bowed.

"A-Anyways, you might want to clean yourself up a bit." Said Lucas as he looked at the puddle below Tanya.

Tanya looked below and noticed that she wet herself from fear earlier.

"KYAAAAAAA!!!"

Her loud cry rang out, but Lucas immediately covered her mouth with his hands.

"Shhhh!!"

"Y-You bastard"

"I apologize, ok?"

It took a while for Lucas to be able to calm down Tanya whose face is flushed from embarrassment.

"Do you live here alone?"

"Yes, my parents died 4 years ago, they were killed by the mercenaries here."

"Sorry for asking..."

"No, it's fine, anyways, did you really kill the 8 deities of the Lawless Land?"

"Huh? where did you hear tha- ouchh, be gentle on that wound, it's pretty deep."

"I heard it from your pursuers last night, they talked about how you killed the 8 deities and 42 SSS class mercenaries, is it true?"

"Well, yes, but in the end, I wasn't able to kill the remaining 60..."

"Just how high is your ambition? everyone would've been satisfied already by being able to kill a single SS class mercenary. But you, despite eliminating the 8 deities and 42 SSS class, you're still unsatisfied. You're quite the greedy one aren't you?"

"Without greed, I won't be able to realize my dreams."

"Dreams huh..."

"Do you have one?"

"Yes... it's to kill with my own hands the people who killed my parents."

"Who are they?"

"The colorless squad of the lawless lands. But they're no longer here, I heard they moved to another country to work as a company's underground forces."

"I see... then, want to work for me?"

"what?"

"Help me achieve my dreams, and in the process, I will also help yours."

"C-Can I really..."

"You heard of my capabilities right? Then just trust me, let's build a world where everyone can live with smiles and laughters."

giggles* "Don't you think that dream is a little bit... childish? like a child's fairytale about being a hero of justice."

"You think so? I'm pretty sure it's quite different though?"

"How so?"

"Heroes of justice from children's fairy tales most use rainbows and friendships as their powers and stepping stones to achieve world peace."

"How about your way? what is it?"

"Well, I will achieve my goal, my world, my paradise, through flowing bloods and tears, and rolling heads."

Tanya was slightly stunned by Lucas' words, but after a while, a smile appeared on her face. Lucas held out his hand and Tanya accepted it.

"Count me in then, this Tanya will dedicate her entire self to you, for the sake of our dreams. I give you my greatest thanks... Your Majesty."

...

Tanya sat back down at her desk while facing the ceiling with closed eyes as she reminisced the first time Lucas and her met each other. After a while, tears flowed out of her eyes and trickled down her face.

"Just because we already achieved our goals... How could you die first and leave me...us and your subordinates. You were supposed to be invincible...you...."