I am the kingdom of the people, the king of Glendale.
I'm just twenty years old.
My father, the former king, fell ill, and I was to take the throne.
After that, my father managed to recover, but without a wheelchair, he couldn't move.
I am still half serving, but good ministers support me.
So I want the reign to be left to me and I want you to take the rest of your life slow.
My father was a great king.
No war was waged against other countries, and the country prospered by pursuing policies that invested in water remediation and agriculture.
One of the achievements of the former king is also that this country was granted the protection of the Spirit King Undine of Water.
The Father always thought of the people, and every day, he lacked prayer for God and the Spirit.
It was worthwhile and revealed to me by Undine, the Spirit King of the Water.
My father wished Undine peace in the country.
Consideration is faith.
A company dedicated to Undine (do it) was created in various parts of the country to spread prayer to the people.
Even today, all the people pray to Master Undine at the quarterly agricultural festival.
And thanks to the protection of Master Undine, this country is almost free of water damage and no longer suffers from water shortages.
With no water-related problems, agriculture in our country grew more and more developed.
Thanks to this, Glendale is now an unparalleled agricultural power.
My role is not to cut off the protection of Master Undine, who protects agriculture in this country.
Well, that's a different story, but I have a friend named Cain who's my age.
Externally, it's supposed to be my SS captain, but I think of him as my best friend.
I'm glad he thinks that about me, too.
When the former king was still in good health, I, the prince, led the Knights of the Kingdom to stop the stampede that had occurred in the country.
Stampede is the phenomenon of demons forming herds and rampant, which threatens to annihilate several cities if left alone.
That happens about every two or three years.
Normally, I would ask the Adventurers Guild to deal with the adventurers by asking them from the country, but the stampede was different at that time.
The demons, whose adventurers could not be stopped, approached near the king's capital.
So I led the Knights on a crusade.
Cain had already appeared at the head of the Knights at the time, positioned right next to me as an escort.
The battle against Stampede was fierce.
A wide variety of demons strike together, so it takes time to deal with them.
Even demons that don't even put teeth on them one-on-one realised how troublesome this is when they get together.
Among other things, Cain launched an optimal attack on all demons, instantly annihilating them.
Later on, he learned that he was using his skill of super intuition and instantly judging demonic weaknesses to fight.
Stampede was wiped out safely.
It was mostly Cain's handle.
Yet he didn't try to take any action because my extraction, the commander, was good.
What is my extraction.
I just ran behind Cain and occasionally defeated the demon he leaked.
Honestly, I hated Cain back then.
Because he was a solid, unfriendly man.
But I did acknowledge that strength.
That's why I ordered you to become my mentor and teach me swordsmanship if you don't receive the handles.
Many times he refused, but I didn't pull it off, so Cain started teaching me swordsmanship.
When I learned swordsmanship from Cain, my powers and skills kept improving.
We can beat the Knights' captains who didn't win back in the day.
But I couldn't beat Cain alone.
If I had trained with Cain all along, it would have been until sometime Cain and I could have annihilated a small stampede.
Cain safely deposited his back.
Of course, I'm the one protecting Cain's back.
After wiping out all of Stampede's demons, Cain said he wanted to cut the handle in half.
Cain had more demons that overwhelmingly defeated him, but I was glad he didn't tell me to make the handles mine alone.
Equivalent, I felt recognized.
Since then, me and Cain have become close.
The first thing I did since I became king was set up SS and appointed Cain as its captain.
My best friend didn't resign to it and accepted it.
That's what my best friend's brother said about getting married.
What are you doing, just go call me with some words of celebration.
What, my escort?
I don't need that right now.
What do you mean, peace in this country?
Even I am not weak enough to be easily assassinated.
So, just go.
But for some reason Cain doesn't want to go.
All right, all right.
I'll celebrate your brother.
I don't know. We're not friends, so there's no problem.
You're my escort, too, so you're coming with me, right?
By the way, what kind of person are you marrying your brother?
Hey, what? Tina?
What, you married the princess of Alheim, too?
Once upon a time, I was shocked to hear that my favorite hero Tina was married.
But he's my best friend Cain's brother.
I'm sure it'll make Tina happy.
Speaking of which, Cain's brother Hart had recently heard that Alheim, the kingdom of the elves, had sided with Alheim when he was attacked by a nation of people named Apristos, and had driven the Apristos National Army back.
I didn't have a national relationship with Apristos, and I used to be able to connect with hero Tina when a brave man defeated the Demon King from our country.
So as for my country, I wanted to build friendship with Alheim.
The thought grew stronger with the gift of the leaves of the world tree, a super precious item, from the king of Alheim.
Let's welcome Cain's brother and hero Tina, the marriage of the princess of Alheim, as a nation.
That's what I thought, if I went to the Halt and the others' reception, the Marquis of our country would be holding the princess's hand.
When I heard the translation, you said the Marquis' son was going to take it away from Hart because he liked the princess.
Stop kidding!!
You want me to take that bride away from my best friend's brother!?
Forgive me, I refuse to forgive you!
I forced the SS to pin the marquis out of the venue.
We'll punish you severely later.
Is the crime a national treason?
Thinking about that, Tina in the dress caught my eye.
It wasn't different from what I used to see, and it was beautiful.
I unwittingly propose.
Oh, what are you doing? I...
Isn't this the same as the Marquis just now?
"No, no! Tina's Hart's daughter-in-law"
The girl blamed me.
Some noble kid?
You're so small, you know that love is not something that should be taken away by others.
I need to reflect.
The girl was Silf, the Spirit King of the Wind.
And there was Master Undine at the venue.
He said he had a subpoena with Hart for everything and that Hart came to celebrate because he was married.
…………
What was I trying to do, get my hands on that contractor's bride in front of Master Undine!?
"If this country betrays the Hults, spirits from all over the world will be enemies of this country."
These words, which Lady Undine told me, weigh heavily on me.
Protecting the Harts leads to protecting this country.
Thus it was decided that our country, Glendale, would do everything in its power to protect the Hults and the Elnors.