Chapter 200: Change
“How did it start?” I asked as I waited eagerly for the prince’s response.
“I love how you’re really interested in this...” he said before he chuckled.
He had no idea just how much more I was interested in him than the topic that he was teaching me. I smiled at him as I continued watching him from where I was seated.
“I love how you love that fact that I’m interested...” I replied before my smile widened.
The prince just laughed at my words and my heart danced around rapidly in my chest as I enjoyed the warmth that seemed to course through my body at the sound of his delighted laugh. I still found it unusual how his words and everything that he did could have a direct effect on my body the way that it did although he was sitting so far away, and we were not touching.
“Long ago, after the first king established the kingdom by assembling the strongest Alphas there was undoubtedly many wars and battles going on. There are records that the kingdom started providing the services of knights and soldiers. To put it in simple terms, the provision of arms probably started all the way back then in the forms of soldiers for hire. Anyone from within or outside of the kingdom could pay to hire knights, soldiers, or even armies to fight on their behalf or to serve as protection. That was how this all started,” the prince revealed while trying to keep his story simply for my sake.
“I see...” I murmured.
“The fighting probably never stopped, and business probably continued to expand endlessly. Strong Alpha wolves were well-known for being strong and a male werewolf could easily take down a small army of soldiers. Running a business of renting out werewolves back then must have been a very lucrative business,” Prince Leonard said with an impressed look on his face.
The first king was surely a good businessman in that sense. I could see how a large and strong creature such as a werewolf would be highly desirable in times of war. However, it made me feel more than a little sad that they had to be used as weapons and tools of war.