Chapter 398: Troublesome welcoming ceremony (1/2)
Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce
Hearing Mayor Jong's reply, Leo can't help feeling why it sounded like he was depressed or that he doesn't want what he was giving him. He thought, ”Is the Sandy Town perhaps loyal to the Silver royal family that's why they don't like us being here?”
It was really out of Leo's expectations that Mayor Jong actually still doesn't have any idea who won the war in the Silver Kingdom or that the war had actually ended already. In Mayor Jong's mind, his arrival here was to ask for men to send into the war.
”Here,” Leo said as he handed the new alliance contract to Mayor Jong. He can't help thinking inwardly, ”Maybe through this alliance contract he would change his mind and no longer be loyal to the Silver royal family anymore.”
Mayor Jong hesitated while watching the letter from Leo's hand. He was contemplating inside his mind whether to accept the letter or not. But in the end, he still chooses to accept the letter.
Slowly, Mayor Jong opened the letter as he right after began reading its 'depressing' content.
However, the more Mayor Jong reads, the more excited he became. He can't help looking at Leo and the letter from time to time, still feeling doubtful whether what he was reading right now was correct or not.
Finally, when Mayor Jong finished reading the letter, he heaves a long sigh before turning to look at Leo, ”Is everything written here the truth?”
”Yes!” Leo nodded his head as he can't help thinking that the content of the letter had definitely changed Mayor Jong's standing and that he's no longer loyal to the Silver royal family.
”So the war is already over?” Mayor Jong can't help wanting to confirm.
”Wait what?!” Leo immediately exclaimed inwardly, ”What does Mayor Jong meant about that the war is already over? Didn't he just say he knew about the war in Silver Kingdom, so he should have known that it had ended already, right? Or was it that, he knew that there is a war in Silver Kingdom but doesn't yet know that the Mischievous Lion organization had won? Considering their location, then that's most likely the case. So that means...”
He finally understood that Mayor Jong's depressed look before when looking at the alliance contract was actually because he had misunderstood something. As for what kind of misunderstanding it was, only one way to find out...
”Did you perhaps misunderstood something, Mayor Jong?” Leo asked, hoping to clear the misunderstanding.
”Yeah...” Mayor Jong can't help scratching the back of his head while feeling embarrassed. He explained, ”I really thought that you were here to ask for people to send to war...”
”Oh, so that's why, hahaha!” Leo said while chuckling. He then added, ”Actually, the war in Silver Kingdom has already ended a few days ago with the Mischievous Lion organization winning the war. The new royal family is now the Heart Noble Household... No, I mean, the Heart royal family. And I'm, Leo Heart, one of the three princes of the Lionheart Kingdom.”
Hearing that Leo was actually a prince, Mayor Jong and everyone hurriedly bowed their heads.
”We apologize for our presumptuous action, Prince Leo!” Mayor Jong apologized.
”We apologize, Prince Leo!”
”We apologize, Prince Leo!”
Leo was immediately rendered speechless while looking at the scene in front of him right now. He can't help turning to look at the others behind him, who he soon saw were actually holding their laughter.
”You would get used to such a treatment soon,” Ethan tapped Leo's shoulder to console him.
”Now you know how uncomfortable it feels for a lot of people to bow their heads every time they meet us,” Edward tapped Leo's other shoulder.
As members of the previous Silver royal family, Ethan and Edward had experienced many times already being greeted in the same manner as Mayor Jong. Although they were members of the Silver royal family and should long expect already that being treated in such a way is only natural, but they still can't help feeling uncomfortable. Maybe it's because they just don't want to be treated in such a way, rather they preferred a friendly greeting like shaking hands and the likes.
If Leo knew about Ethan and Edward's feelings in the past, then he would have definitely voluntarily resigned in becoming a Prince as it was very troublesome to be treated in such a manner like this. But remembering that the one who would be ruling the Lionheart Kingdom is his Master Olivia, his older brother Reinhart's wife, then even if he voluntarily resigned he would still not be able to escape becoming a Prince of the Lionheart Kingdom since his family name was 'Heart'.