-Janvas’s POV-

Following after Ru, we head towards the shop. The shop was situated on the south side of the eastern plaza.

As we reach the shop, we find it to be in black color, even the glasses to be colored. Upon entering, we are invited by the fragrance of the wildflowers found in the mountains it was so fresh as if the entire shop was a garden with exquisite flowers. But the texture of the shop doesn’t match the smell. The black walls with red barrels, giving the feel of the shop to be pleasant than obnoxious. I couldn’t feel anything spooky inside the shop.

The shop was clean but felt desolate, with pin-drop silence only my sole’s patter and our breathing was heard. I move to the counter on the right but see no one.

“Hello, Anyone?”

No reply arrives, I turn to Ru expecting her to tell me something, but she shakes her head,

“Jan, I can’t hear any sound. The fragrance of the shop makes it hard for me to smell a person out.”

Saying that she covers her nose,

“Too smelly?”

I pinch her nose, pulling it toward me I say,

“Learn to control it or you won’t be able to smell such beautiful scents.”

Rubbing her nose, she glares at me I just leave a small chuckle when a person speaks from the counter,

“How may I help you, prince?”

The sudden appearance of a person and the title surprises me, I look at the person in the counter then behind me to see no one.

“Prince Janvas, I’m talking to you.”

“Prince?? Are you mistaken, Sir? I’m no prince I’m a mere merchant trying to buy something from your store.”

“Your Highness, I’m not mistaken, after all, you are the son of the King and The Queen of our nation, how can I forget someone like you.”

I look at the old cat who appeared out of thin air, his whiskers were white and thick reaching his chest, a lean body, green eyes with black-brown fur surrounding him. Haruru is the prodigy in my harem, she can hear and smell stuff that even some professionals can’t and yet the old man comes here without her knowing.

She tries to come between me and the shop owner, I chuckle and grab her by the waist then pull her closer.

“Sir, I guess you have mistaken me for the prince.”

“Your Highness, we can do this all day.”

“Are you sure about me being the Prince, Sir?”

“No one can forget you.”

“*Huff* Well sir people can forget and I was used to be a prince. Right now, I'm just a husband to my wifes and nothing else.”

The owner looks at me dumbfoundedly. Then he shockingly speaks to himself,

“That’s not possible, it can’t happen, there’s no way that can happen, he can’t do it.”

Seeing us looking at him awkwardly he gets a hold of himself.

“Well, I guess things happen, Your Highness.”

“Sir, can I ask you something?”

“Yes, why not Your Highness.”

“Could you stop calling me Highness. I don’t deserve it. And could you tell me how you figured it out?”

“Well certainly. I found out that you were the Prince of our nation due to the maid of yours.”

“My maid?”

“Master-”

“No one can call Jan Master except us.”

“Umm...Then?”

“Janvas would suffice. Sir”

“No-no, of course, I can’t call the Royal by their name. How about Sire while you may call me Kirante, Sire.”

Stolen novel; please report.

“Okay. Then Mr. Kirante how did you get to know about me through Haruru?”

“Sire, everyone knew about Miss Haruru when you were known as the Heir of the Throne. After all, you did come to the southern district just to meet her. And later on, she with her mother disappeared from the face of the world, so everyone could guess that they must have gone to the palace to live with the prince, but I guess after that we couldn’t see you for more than 5 years, and in that time everyone forgot about you it seems. And looking that the young lady again I could guess that it was you, Sire.”

“Shoot.”

“Sorry.”

“Hey Ru, don’t apologize. It’s not your fault. He remembers you that’s it.”

I turn around the sad princess and hug her while caressing her back I ask my doubts from him.

“So, Mr. Kirante can you tell me who all might remember about me or her?”

“Hmm... I would say the old-timers and some of the kids that stayed near the miss's house would remember about you and her. Even now Miss Safrine sells medicine and heals the people in the southern district but no one remembers her. Maybe it's due to the change that she has gone through after going to the palace.”

“Mother changed?”

“Umm... Yes, Miss, Miss Safrine is different compared to when you were living in the southern district, she now has the aura of a Noble with a beauty different from when she stayed there. It must be Sire’s doing.”

“Thank you Mr. Kirante, for this kind of information.”

Saying that I pinch Haruru’s waist lightly to stop her from asking any further questions.

“It’s my pleasure if I could help Sire.”

“Now then coming back to the business that I came here for.”

I take out the slip that Farahe had given me and pass it to Kirante.

“ I would like all of these and quickly if possible.”

“Uhh! Sire, may I know if you have brought anyone except Miss.”

“No, I haven’t.”

“Sire!! The barrels are really heavy you can’t lift them all alone. Is Miss a fighter or adventurer? “

“No, she isn’t. And it won’t be her that lifts them it would be me.”

“Sire, that’s impossible. I can’t allow that. The Prince of our Nation lifting things isn’t acceptable. It can diminish our names.”

“May I ask you, who prince? “

“You Sire.”

“Then why am I here? Why aren’t there any guards with me? Why don’t I have a crown on my head?”

“That’s- that’s..”

Kirante looks like he is in a pinch and thinks of saying something, but before he could I say,

“It’s because I'm no prince. I’m just Janvas. A beastia with the royal blood and husband to three women.”

“Doesn’t marrying three women make you a prince?”

“Really it does? I never knew.”

“Jan, we don’t have time we need to reach the palace within an hour.”

“Yes-yes.Um... Mr. Kirante could you get us the material that I asked for?”

“Sire, I have them but they are heavy you won’t be able to take them with you. You need to hire a wagon for they are nearly 300 Kgs heavy. But today and tomorrow the wagons are forbidden from entering the streets and only carriages are allowed. The carriages won’t allow keeping barrels inside as it can destroy their rides.”

“I can help with that, Jan.”

Ru looks up at me and says. I wonder about it but couldn’t think of anything, so I ask,

“How?”

She just smiles and replies

“You will see, Jan.”

“Okay then Mr. Kirante can you give us the barrels; we are short on time.”

“Ahmm...Okay. Just wait a moment, Sir.”

Saying that Kirante opens a secret door beside the counter and enters it. Both I and Haruru turn to each other and just stare.

Haruru lets go of me and corrects her dress then mine. I just look at her, her silver hair blocked my view, so I tuck it behind her ear. Her golden eyes look up at me and a small smile appears on her beautiful face.

Leaning forward I kiss her this time we don’t entangle our lips, we didn’t know when Kirante would pop out of the hidden door.

Pulling back, I caress her cheeks and ask,

“What are you planning?”

“What?”

“How are we going to get all of those in an hour? ”

“Hmm...I wonder?”

As I frown, I ask,

“You wonder? Ru.”

“Hehehe. Wait for some time Jan. You will get to know when the barrels come.”

“Did you reach the next stage of the dimension spell?”

“No.”

“You got a friend who will lift them?”

“Nooo..”

“Then?”

“Wait na, Jan. You will know with time.”

At this point, all I could do was wait for the time when she would tell me how we could carry all those things.

While Kirante was bringing us the barrels I look around the shop to see what else did it contain. I Move towards the barrel on the other side of the shop. I look at what each and every barrel they had. The barrels were partially filled with what I could guess as to be the Stoned Beast Blood. All of them had different colors indicating their different uses. The Rose-colored ones were usually used by the nobles as Normal Wines while the rest used it only once in a year and the Charcoal colored ones for destroying things usually about 100 Meters of an area would be blown by this while the leather colored one can destroy about 500 Meters. There were about 20-30 Stoned Beast Blood in the Shop. The one that I was looking for was the Wine-Colored Stoned Beast Blood. If I remember correctly, the Wine-colored Stoned Beast Blood is sweet and less alcoholic compared to the Wine in the market.

As I look around and see the contains of all the barrels I head back to the counter and see six big barrels kept in front of Haruru. Opening one of them and seeing the Wined-Colored Beast Blood in them I know its time to leave.

“So, Ru, how are we going to go now?”

Without saying anything she comes near one of the barrels and puts her hands on top of it.

“Comprese!”