Seeing their conversation and the pink atmosphere, the king coughs to take their attention. Naturally, when the two heard his voice, they immediately shifted their attention towards him.

“Oh I’m sorry, your majesty.”

“It’s fine…now then, what I wanted to ask you is that……I want to employ you as the kingdom’s private knight…..of course, it’s only after you return back to your original appearance.”

‘As I expected’ Hein clicked his tongue inside his mind, however his outer demeanor and calm expression didn’t even seem to change even a little bit.

“I take it as you already knew my ability, your majesty?”

“Yes. Although I find it hard to believe but if my best friend and my strongest knight said it, I can’t take it as nonsense…At first I really thought you were only an innocent child, even if I have my own suspicions with the way you act and behaves but looking at your childish appearance, I dismissed those suspicions. But to hear that you were one of the [ World Jumper ] on top of that, you possess the ability of the mythological bird Phoenix is a really shocking one. For any human to possess such power is simply ridiculous but if the evidence is right in front of me, I couldn’t help but believe it……..That’s why, I need your power! Lend it to us…”

Even after hearing it, not a little change can be seen in Hein’s face. He was just there, like a real noble filled with gracefulness, calmly sipping a cup of tea.

Clank!

He slowly and gently put the cup in his hand to the saucer as he took a deep breath and then looks at the King in front of him…..

However, this time there is no trace of any innocence and childish expressions but his eyes were as sharp as a blade.

Seeing this sudden change, not only the princess beside Hein but also the king in front of him was also surprised and quite alarmed. Being a professional and seasoned man in court, he still managed to regain his cool as he stared calmly at Hein.

‘A cute and handsome little boy with an aura of a powerful war god is really out of ordinary. Is this really what [ World Jumper ] are? Just what are they exactly?’ King Alexander thought.

“….What will you do after you gain this power? World conquest?”

After a few short breaths that seemed like it last for a long time, Hein finally opened his mouth. His voice was cold as steel,

“I don’t have any intention of such ridiculous ambitions. This kingdom is enough for me to control, I don’t have any intention for it to expand even more….it will just become too troublesome in the future~”

“So what do you need me for?”

“I want you to become this kingdom’s Hero in the upcoming war”

Help the Berona Kingdom in the upcoming War!

The Berona Kingdom’s King, Alexander Alberona the third asked for your help in the upcoming war against the Demons.

Difficulty level: A

Quest requirements

Close friendship with the King. Acknowledged as reliable, trustworthy and powerful by the King. Possess enormous power and ability that can give hope to the people.

Reward:

Achieved the title [ Hero ] and will be given enormous fame, authority, wealth and recognition. The King and the people’s trust in you will reach its maximum.

“War?” In the inside, Hein was very surprised but he didn’t let it out. He just calmly asked what the king meant,

“Yes. Several months, years, maybe decades.. A holy war against the demons will happen again. I received various reports and information’s from our spies as well as from the neighboring kingdoms, that some of the high level demons were starting to revive the Evil Demon God.”

“I see….”

‘So this Evil Demon God will be most likely the last BOSS that we must defeat in order for us to end this game. The AI wannabe called it great evil lord so it must be insanely strong enemy….Oh I so don’t want to fight him….I don’t have any obligations to do so, after all~

There were also many players inside this game, who knows some of them will become stronger than this evil lord?…I don’t want any responsibility to come my way, so I’ll just leave it to the other players who loves attention~’

“So, what do you say? Will you send us your strength when that day comes? I promised you great fortune and…”

“Stop!”

“…..Eh?”

Being stopped while he’s still speaking, the king was left dumbfounded by Hein’s actions that can be deemed criminal offense in front of the king.

“I don’t want to hear the continuation for I refused!”

You have refused the Quest!

Although the King was stunned in seeing Hein’s change of attitude, it only lasted for a moment as he immediately composed himself. He stared at Hein’s aloof and prideful expression without saying anything.

However, the princess beside Hein couldn’t as she started panicking.

“H, Hein…That’s rude towards father, the king you know!”

“It’s okay!” The King raised his hand towards his daughter to ease her.

As soon as the princess heard this, she immediately stops herself from speaking any longer as she continued to look at Hein who was sipping his tea silently.

For a while, the atmosphere became tense and heavy when Hein as if it’s only natural, glanced at the princess and asked,

“Princess Mifuelle, there’s no Strawberry biscuits?”

“Yes!?” Surprised by the sudden and nonchalant question, princess Mifuelle unconsciously raised her voice. Not just her but the king was also obviously surprised with Hein’s nonchalant attitude as if he really didn’t care about the situation at all.

“Yeah, I like those cookies you know~ haa~ well, I guess its fine.”

“Ah! No, no if you want, then I’ll ask some servant to bring it.”

“Really! Thank you!” Giving princess Mifuelle a dazzling smile as she left, Hein once again returned his gaze towards the king.

However, contrary to the looks he gave to the princess, he only gave the king an icy cold look and said,

“Two at the back….one behind you…four at the ceiling…quite prepared, aren’t we?”

When the king heard his words, the ever so calm look was now gradually crumbled. His whole body was sweating bullets as he steeled his eyes towards Hein.

Gulp!

As the king saw the cold sharp look in Hein’s eyes, his heart trembled for some unknown reason as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

“This…this…I…”

Who would have known that a child not less than 9 years old could make a ruler of a kingdom trembled like this?

“You don’t need to say anything. I understand the cause however to be that weary in your closest friend’s son? Isn’t that too rude? In the name of my father and Mother, I couldn’t possibly hurt anyone close to them, can I?”

“No…*cough…I mean, It’s just that the power you possess is not something anyone can make light off…that’s why…”

“Enough with the excuses…and you don’t need to worry about it, I’m not that shallow as to mind those small things after all~”

“Sorry for the wait Hein, there are some left from the strawberry biscuits this morning, so I hope this were enough~”

As the talk between Hein and the king became intense, princess Mifuelle came back bringing a tray of crimson biscuits…

“Let’s just pretend nothing happened…” Hein said to the king as he took some of the biscuit and brought it to his mouth.

“T, then… can I know the reason as to why you refused my request?”

‘Joining you also implied less freedom and I still would need to complete some certain tasks. If that’s the case then that would be troublesome’ is what Hein was really thinking.

It was obviously not he desired.

“Haaa~ the power I possess right now is not omnipotent. It’s still not powerful enough and is only sufficient for my goals. That’s why even if I do have power and ability that is even above the norm, I just can’t use it as I please….”

“Goals? What do you mean goals?”

“…..just like you wanting to protect your people because you are a king, I too have some people I wanted to protect. There are also people I need to find no matter what, that’s why I can’t just dilly dally here burdening myself in that huge responsibility!”

“But….but you can’t only protect these people you mention off, you can also save countless people! With that power of yours….that power belonging to a legendary being, you can protect everyone!”

“I don’t want to burden myself to protect the people I don’t know. I’m neither a saint nor God that will save regardless their identity, races or status. I’m also not a Good Samaritan with selfless views. Why should I trouble myself with them?”