Chapter 403 Picking herbs
The banquet didn't last long after that.
After all, no one dared to approach the main guests after what had just happened.
If they made a mistake, there was no doubt that they would end up as the next Marquis…no, former Marquis Heiman.
So we were allowed to go back to the residence that was prepared for us.
I was living in the same residence as the dwarves since I was officially named the ambassador, which was a relief since I didn't have a residence in the capital in the first place.
If I were to go back to the same inn as before…I would just receive the same treatment as last time.
No, it would have been even worse than last time since everyone now wanted even more from me.
There would have been even more people and maybe even people with bad intentions…
So it was better for me to be here where guards from the kingdom were guarding.
The king had made sure to put a full security team around the residence just in case anything happened.
But if one thought about it from a different perspective, it could also be said that they were here to monitor the dwarves just in case they wanted to do anything. If the dwarves did anything, they would be immediately surrounded by these knights of the kingdom.
But for the sake of friendship between the two kingdoms, people chose to ignore this fact.
When morning came, I found that the dwarves were up bright and early.
The other dwarves that I had lived with were the same.
Even though they had drunk so much that it would have knocked out an elephant, they were still perfectly fine the next morning.
This was just their tolerance and their work ethic.
But since they were here in the human kingdom, it wasn't as if there was anything for them to do.
There were no forges for them and if they were to go out, they would immediately be swarmed by nobles. Until the treaty between their two countries and the trade agreements were signed, there wasn't anything for them to do.
So the dwarves were all bored out of their mind and tried to swarm me since they had all come to chase me in the first place.
But I had something else that I needed to do.
"I am here on behalf of his fourth highness to invite Count Zwein. He is eagerly waiting for your presence." A well dressed butler was the one that said this.
This well dressed butler had been waiting outside the residence early in the morning and had invited me the moment that he saw me.
It seemed like the fourth prince hadn't forgotten about what had happened yesterday.
On the contrary, it seemed like he placed quite the importance on this matter which wasn't a good sign.
Just what did the fourth prince want from me?
Elsa looked at me with a concerned look and said, "Can you not go?"
I just slowly shook my head without saying anything.
She said with a sigh, "Be careful and take care of yourself."
I gave a slow nod before turning to the butler.
Seeing me look at him, the butler said with a bow, "Count Zwein, shall we?"
Once again, I gave a slow nod before following the butler to a carriage that was parked on the side.
This carriage soon headed off in the direction of the fourth prince's manor.
…
"I want you to go out into the forest around the capital and find a few herbs for me. These are herbs that are very important for me to find, so I needed a friend that I could trust to help me find them." The fourth prince said with a faint smile on his face.
But my chin had dropped the moment that I heard this.
Gathering herbs?
Gathering herbs?
Was it really just gathering herbs that the fourth prince had summoned me here?
While I was sitting there with a shocked look on my face, the fourth prince just casually took a piece of paper from the butler on the side. He put this piece of paper on the table and casually slid it towards me.
I looked down at that piece of paper before slowly reaching for it and picking it up.
When I read what was written on it, I couldn't help being even more shocked.
This piece of paper was a list, but it wasn't just any list.
It was a list of herbs.
Most likely the herbs that the fourth prince wanted me to pick from the forest around the capital.
But if that was the case, this was even more confusing.
After all, these were common herbs that anyone could have found for him. There was no need to specifically call me here to get these herbs for him.
In fact, these herbs were so common that picking them was considered a F Rank quest at the Adventurer's Guild. This was something that every rookie adventurer had to do to climb up the ranks.
Was he looking down on me or was there a deeper meaning to this?
Was there something else that he wanted me to do or was he just playing with me?
As I looked back up at the fourth prince, I couldn't help feeling more and more confused.
After a long silence, I slowly asked, "Is this all that you want me to find?"
The fourth prince just gave a nod with a faint smile before saying, "That's right. I just need you to find the herbs on this list for me."
As he said this, I couldn't help narrowing my eyes.
I couldn't see anything from the fourth prince's expression.
It didn't seem like he was looking down on me and it didn't seem like he was playing around.
Then did he seriously want me to pick these herbs for him?
While I still had that confused look in my eyes, the fourth prince suddenly said, "Oh, that's right. I'll also be sending one of my confidants with you. I hope that you will not mind."
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