I will Save this Doomed Plot

Chapter 33: Leash(3)

"That is correct, and because the Reece kingdom was the one who destroyed their home, it is only natural to side with the enemy of their enemy. I bet that in the future war, magic will be one of their main source of attacks."

"Correct, that is why I am trying to enhance all the soldiers' armors with mana stones so that they can withstand magic."

"That is a good choice, your highness. Since our military power was mainly knights, we have to strengthen them as much as possible. Now, may I ask? Do you still need some more mana stones?"

"Yes, I absolutely need those."

Luke smirked and grabbed a pouch from his pocket, it was a spatial pouch, and put it on the table. Lance looked at the pouch with a confused expression and looked at Luke who was signaling him to pick it up with a smile on his face. His smile seems sketchy, which made the crown prince hesitate.

But in the end, Lance slowly picked up the pouch and opened it. He then threw the pouch away in surprise.

"Oh god!"

Clink!

The pouch's opened and few mana stones came out. They are the highest mana stones that Luke got in the cave, of course, not all of the mana stones are in there. Luke then saw Lance looking at him with an expression of shock and disbelief.

"This... Mana stones? And highest grade ones at that!"

"As expected of his highness! You noticed right away! Yes, your highness, you are correct and I am planning to sell you these mana stones."

"What?"

Luke's head tilted.

"What? What's wrong with that?"

Lance slowly sat back on his couch. He then brushed his face with his hands and started to laugh unconsciously.

He can't believe it. This situation is too crazy for him to believe.

He was cornered, forced, and was now facing incredible riches. This is crazy.

"Ha, hahaha! This is crazy! You crazy bastard! How much?"

Luke didn't say anything and put out his five fingers. Lance frowned and spoke.

"Five million gallons?"

"No."

Lance was silent for a moment before shooting a question with a surprised expression on his face.

"....No way, five billion?"

Luke smirked and the crown prince brushed his hand with his face. He wanted to protest but he can't do anything. This smirking bastard in front of him had a hold of his neck pretty tightly.

If word comes out that the crown prince is an illegitimate child of the king and a maid, not only the crown prince's reputation will sink but also the entire royal family's.

Eliminating this bastard is also out of the question because he is now the brother of Noah, the number one supporter of the crown prince's faction. He can't afford to lose Noah's trust.

Lance frowned.

"You planned this from the very beginning did you?"

"What do you mean? I just wanted to build trust between us that is all."

"Ha!"

'Your planning to put on a leash on me! Not trust but a leash! You bastard!'

The crown prince gritted his teeth while looking at Luke. Luke just signaled him to calm down.

"Please calm down your highness, now, where were we? Ah! Five billion gallons. That's too much, right? But it is only natural because those are the highest grade mana stones heck, I even cut down the price to the minimum for you."

"Bullshit."

"Please mind your image, so are you going to buy it or not?"

The crown prince pondered for a moment before talking in a sigh-like voice. He seems tired.

'What he said is true though. These highest-grade mana stones are extremely pricey and if I could take all of these in five billion then I'll be the one benefiting from this.'

"Fine, here."

The crown prince took out a shining gold plated paper with [5,000,000,000 gallons] written on it. It also has the signature of the prince on it. Luke asked in shock.

"You prepared for this?"

"Yes, I thought that bringing five billion gallons will be too much but I was wrong. You greedy bastard."

"I'll take that as a compliment, your highness. Now then."

Luke called Klein over and Klein entered the office with a nervous expression. Luke called out to him with a smile.

"Sir Klein please come and sit."

Klein looked at the bright expression of Luke while calling out to him. He seems to be really happy.

He's right.

'Five Billion! I got five billion just from selling a third of my highest grade mana stones! What a haul!'

He's happy scamming the crown prince. Very happy.