The entire hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at the knight sitting on the ground due to a wardrobe malfunction.

Seriously, what's so interesting about it? It's not like it's a special treat.

If you want to watch something, watch my cool finishing move. What's the use of watching that idiot?

"Good! Very good!"

The king applauded while speaking.

"You are truly talented and promising. The country needs people like you!"

Then, he looked towards Princess Silvia.

"A knight, right? Well, I allow it, but I also allow anyone who wants to challenge this position to challenge you. However, it may become troublesome if there are too many challenges, so I will set a limit: three times! Anyone who has objections can come forward to challenge! And I'll add a reward. If you win all three challenges, I'll reward you with 100,000 gold coins."

It's a bit embarrassing to win money from you every time.

Thinking this in my mind, I performed a bow.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Side Quest: Knight

Complete the knight's challenge

Progress 0/3

Reward: 1000 experience

It seems that the level of this quest is a bit low, and the experience is quite low... But the money reward is extra compensation, so it's still acceptable.

If it's just for one day, it's a good opportunity to explore the palace and inspect all the threats within.

If possible, I should also take care of the palace guards, as the saying goes, "Better safe than sorry."

The level of that knight is 16, surprisingly higher than the king by one level, and there is no one else with a higher level than him. That's why after this guy was defeated, no one dared to make a sound.

"Alright, that settles it. Those who want to have dinner, stay here. It's time for dinner."

Although there was a smile on the king's face, things will definitely not be that simple.

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"Sorry, I didn't expect to cause you such trouble."

After dinner, following Arhuahua, Princess Silvia and I headed towards the North Tower where the princess slept.

Of course, my task is just to guard the nearby house. I'll pass on any princess play.

"It's nothing. It's just a chance to understand their strength... and of course, their hidden strength as well."

"Oh, you are quite confident and open-minded."

The princess looked at me with admiration in her eyes.

"I wouldn't say that. After all, there is always someone better, and there are much stronger existences outside this country. In those empires I visited before, I even felt that their ordinary soldiers were several times stronger than our soldiers. They could easily wipe out our country with a flick of their hand."

"It is precisely because it's so easy for them that they wouldn't do it. For one, occupying new territories requires appointing new lords, which in turn requires a lot of effort. Moreover, if a country's population is not saturated, expanding too recklessly will lead to poor management. Furthermore, think about it, if a country is allowed to freely occupy others' territories, other countries will follow suit, which in the end will just trigger another round of continental wars, completely meaningless."

Silvia abruptly stopped and turned to look at me, surprise evident in her eyes.

"I didn't expect you to have such insights. You're really something, casually saying all this, you're much better than the lecturers at the Imperial Academy."

Sorry, this is not my perspective, just an idea that I have accumulated from playing games.

"Nothing groundbreaking."

"No, you make a valid point, especially regarding the situation in our mainland... Well, you can explain it to me later. It should be helpful for my political studies."

"Sure, no problem."

"I will walk the rest of the way myself, Arleana, you take Felipe to where he is staying."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Arleana nodded and pointed to the side.

"Lord Felipe, please follow me this way."

"Okay."

However, when she said that, I had already seen the small cottage not far from the tower.

Although Arleana was walking towards it, I couldn't help but keep my eyes on the house.

"What's wrong, Lord Felipe?"

"Don't go near that house later, it's dangerous."

"Why?"

"Because there are a few strange guys inside now. They probably want to get rid of me."

"Is that so... If you can sense that there are people inside, it's possible, because no one has lived in that house for a long time."

"I see."

"Since no one lived there, I have been too lazy to clean it. It's really troublesome, I have to clean it now."

"Are you really saying that in front of me? Can't you be more subtle?"

"What's the big deal? You won't mind, right?"

"Well, indeed, but you don't have to worry anymore."

"Why?"

"Because..."

I couldn't think of how to explain it after thinking for a while, so I directly used a fiery magic towards the direction of the house.

After a moment...

Boom!!!!

The entire house turned into debris after a loud noise.

"Because they had planted a bomb triggered by heat."

Oops, then where am I going to sleep tonight?