"Richard!"
While he was busy enjoying the various grapes around the pool, his name was suddenly called — but this time, the voice sounded childish, almost identical to his own.
Richard turned around only to find the little red-haired prince emerging from another doorway and walking toward him.
"Your Highness…" Richard greeted him, though not as formally as he had greeted the Empress.
It wasn't easy for him either, since the little prince was, after all, just a kid in his eyes.
Of course, the young prince was still innocent and couldn't yet distinguish levels of formality in people's greetings.
Just like the last time in the palace, the prince looked at Richard with curious eyes.
"I heard you defeated my uncle who's in the World Realm," said the young prince.
"Your uncle?" Richard was a little surprised until he remembered that the man called Bear — the one he had robbed — was actually the Empress's older brother, which meant he was indeed the little prince's uncle.
