Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

I just had a stunned look on my face when I saw him do this.

But I wasn’t the only one that was stunned by the second prince’s actions.

No, it was everyone that was stunned by this.

That included the royal guards of the Midra Kingdom that had us completely surrounded. They seemed like they had no idea that the second prince would do something like this.

There was a trace of unwillingness that was on their faces when they saw this, but they didn’t do anything in the end.

It seemed that at the very least, they were loyal to the second prince.

They seemed to abide with his decision even if it didn’t seem like they could accept it.

The second prince didn’t seem to care about any of this as he slowly moved forward towards me even though he was kneeling on one knee. He was slowly shuffling over while he was still presenting the crown.

It was as if he was almost pressuring me to take this crown from him.

Seeing this, Klein and the others turned to me with confused looks as if they were asking me what they should do in this situation.

Only...how was I supposed to answer that?

I had no idea what was happening here either since I had been certain that the second prince would betray me. I had already been planning to raise the Staff of Earth and create a tunnel out of this place for us, but it seemed that it wasn’t necessary...

The second prince kept coming closer and closer until he was right in front of me.

He was still holding the crown up in front of him for me to take while also still holding his head down.

At this point, he couldn’t be putting more pressure on me.

I just looked down at the second prince as he did this, but it didn’t seem like he was planning on doing anything.

In this situation...there was nothing else for me to do.

All I could do was reach my hand out to take the crown from him, while also watching him carefully to see if he would do anything.

The second prince didn’t move a single inch as I reached out for the crown.

Even when I took it from him, the only thing that he did was bring his hand down as if he was relenting the crown to me.

I slowly took this crown and lifted it up before putting it on my head.

Only when it was on my head did the second prince suddenly stand up to say, ”The Midra Kingdom is no more! We have officially been taken in by the Kite Kingdom and this is our new ruler!”

He was facing the former Midra Kingdom royal guards and even gestured at me as if he was presenting me as he said this.

At this point, there was no way that it could be a trap.

It seemed that the second prince was sincere about handing over the Midra Kingdom.

He had already gone too far for this to be a trap.

Even if he were to take me out and take the throne of the Midra Kingdom, he would only be known as a tyrant ruler. After all, he had just personally executed the former king and several former nobles.

Even if the only ones that knew this were the royal guards that were loyal to him, it would be impossible for this information to be kept hidden.

So there was only one path left for the second prince.

I really didn’t know what to say since I had assumed that the second prince had been trying to lead us into the trap the entire time.

But now I realized that this was all because I didn’t trust him.

If I trusted the second prince from the beginning, then I would have seen all of his actions as something else completely.

Take the former fourth prince as an example.

The things that he did were similar to what the second prince did, but he had the king on his side rather than against him.

That was why the king passed down the throne to me peacefully.

If it was the fourth prince, I would have trusted him regardless of what he did and would have gone along without any caution.

It was only the second prince that I didn’t trust, which was why I had my guard up like this the entire time.

Perhaps things would have gone much simpler if I had just trusted the second prince.

Even now, the second prince was looking at me as if he was expecting something from me.

It wasn’t as if he was expecting something evil from me, he was just expecting me to say a few words now that it was all over.

With a cough, I said, ”On behalf of my name and my authority as the ruler of the Kite Kingdom, we officially accept the surrender of the Midra Kingdom.”

Once again, everyone was filled with shock.

The royal guards of the former Midra Kingdom were shocked because they never thought that

I would be the king of the country that they were surrendering to.

It seemed that the second prince hadn’t told them anything about this.

It seemed that the second prince had kept all of this hidden and they had assumed that it would be the second prince taking the throne.

Klein and the others were shocked since they never thought that I would actually accept this surrender from the second prince.

Only the second prince looked at me with a smile as if he had expected this.

But then I said, ”For now, the former second prince will help me look over the lands of the former Midra Kingdom as a regent until we can sort things out and bring the lands of the Midra Kingdom under the rule of the Kite Kingdom.”

The former second prince was surprised by this, but he nodded as if he accepted this

appointment.

Of course I wouldn’t allow him to just get away like this.

I would work him to the bone for this.