The Youngest Prince Of The English Royalty House [EN]: Chapter 47

[47. The Foreigner of Jerusalem (2)]

And so, I, Safe Zone, purchased a noble savage from the East!

I made a pretty satisfactory deal with those merchants, but.

“Ah, am I to be sold off like this, to become a slave to a Westerner…”

The Chinese slave next to me seemed forlorn.

Even lamenting.

That pitiful appearance is a little sad, but.

Well, it’s none of my business.

Rather, he should consider it fortunate that he was sold to me.

At least Safe Zone, whose father was Korean in his previous life,

was not a racist.

‘Either way, if you’re useful, I’ll cherish you. You’re really lucky.’

Anyway, on the way back after acquiring a new slave,

the sun shone brightly.

These days, there are no battles, and I’m having a really peaceful day.

Of course, countless ‘political’ interests are being exchanged beneath the surface, but.

My proud knight Godfrey will take full charge of that.

“How did I end up falling so low like this?”

The noble savage clutched his chest and sighed.

Perhaps this Han Chinese is from a prominent literati family of the Song Dynasty.

Or maybe a family that toiled under the Jin Dynasty.

At that moment.

Feeling sympathy for that poor Easterner, I said,

“Feed that slave soft oatmeal.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

I showed mercy to that Easterner for now.

That Easterner is really lucky.

Safe Zone, who understood medieval Chinese and had a good heart, became his master.

Right then.

“Your Highness, this is a waste of money.”

Godfrey, the ultimate bastard,

couldn’t understand why I bothered to spend so much money to buy a noble savage.

“I understand.”

Of course, I fully understood his feelings.

It would be better to have hardworking Moors (African blacks) or Muslims.

It’s common to not know what to do with that seemingly uncivilized Eastern nomad.

“You can certainly think that way. But… Godfrey, have you ever seen me do something without any meaning? I will make this Easterner a Christian and fulfill the Lord’s will.”

My words meant that I would convert that Easterner to Christianity and use him effectively.

Godfrey immediately understood.

“I will follow Your Highness’s will.”

That’s what I like about Godfrey.

Even if there’s something he doesn’t like, he has a sense of what’s going on.

He’s probably guessing what I envision for this Eastern slave’s future in his head right now, right?

I called Charles, who was standing next to Godfrey with a bothered expression.

“Charles.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“I have a favor to ask of you. Teach this one the great English, French, and Latin languages.”

“Yes?”

Charles paused for a moment, as if asking what nonsense I was spouting.

Looking at his colleague next to him, he asked.

“Lord Godfrey is here, and Lord Robin is here, so why me?”

“Don’t the French originally teach languages incredibly well? And there’s no language as noble as French (Medieval French).”

We use Latin as an international common language, but.

Still, the everyday language of us Englishmen is Medieval French.

Charles, whose eyes lit up at my words, said.

“Of course, Your Highness is right.”

At first, he only lamented because he was so miserable being sold off to the West.

He infiltrated the Jin Dynasty to perform great feats for his country, the Great Song (南宋, Southern Song).

But he was caught by the cunning Jin bastards.

He was lucky enough to escape, but he was driven to his physical limit and unable to perform properly.

In the end, he was captured by the Mongol barbarians and became a slave.

Still, when he was sold to the nearby steppes, there was hope of escape.

But he was dragged to a faraway land and sold as a slave in the West without even knowing it.

“Father… Mother…”

His heart ached at the thought of his family left behind in his distant homeland.

But the Easterner regained his senses.

‘The first thing I need to do is survive.’

He didn’t commit suicide. How could he carelessly harm the body his parents gave him?

But even in the most miserable situation, you can come to your senses.

Yes, the important thing is to survive.

Even if he is a slave serving Western barbarians as his master.

If he calmly devotes his ‘loyalty,’ he will have a chance to return to his homeland.

“Fortunately, my master belongs to the gentlemanly type.”

He expected that he, as a slave, would be forced to do hard labor, but.

Unexpectedly, he came to learn the languages of the West.

The Westerner he saw for the first time taught him various languages.

The Easterner realized their intentions.

‘Like the Huihui people (Muslims) who took Tang Dynasty technicians as prisoners and learned papermaking, they intend to teach me languages and acquire new skills.’

This Easterner is a genius of language who skillfully speaks Goryeo [Korean] and Jurchen languages only for the sake of his country.

He is a talent who won’t take long to learn Western languages either.

He is a descendant of the patriotic hero Mu Mu!

As Prince John was happy to have obtained a special-class slave.

The rumor that Prince John bought an Eastern barbarian slave with the money he would have used to buy 20 other Muslim slaves.

spread to the holy city of Jerusalem.

And one person who had a lot of grievances against Prince John.

“Prince John seems to have enough money to buy an Eastern slave, doesn’t he?”

He was very annoyed by John’s appearance.

He, who was once successful, was endlessly declining, while Prince John was newly rising.

“Damn it… that English prince is taking what I rightfully deserve.”

His name was Guy de Lusignan. He was a knight of Jerusalem who married Baldwin IV’s sister.

At first, he was a knight who was somewhat ‘competent,’ but that was all in the past.

Now he was a knight who had become a complete thug.

Last time, when the Crusade was declared and the rogue knight Reynald of Châtillon was executed as an example.

It seemed like Guy de Lusignan would be executed as well.

Contrary to everyone’s expectations, he was not purged.

That’s partly because Guy de Lusignan was the husband of Baldwin IV’s sister, Sibylla, but.

‘I don’t want to get my hands dirty.’

Baldwin IV did not deal with it himself,

but planned to entrust his disposal to ‘Richard,’ who was scheduled to come to the Kingdom of Jerusalem soon.

Why did Baldwin IV try to entrust the punishment to Richard?

There was a bad relationship between Guy de Lusignan and the Duchy of Aquitaine.

More specifically, there was a bad relationship between Guy de Lusignan and Queen Eleanor.

Long ago, Guy de Lusignan was a vassal of the Duchy of Aquitaine.

But due to a moment of anger, he murdered Patrick of Salisbury, Eleanor’s escort nobleman.

In simple terms, he, as a vassal, rebelled against Eleanor, who was a princess of the main family.

If there had been no mediation from other countries at that time.

Guy de Lusignan would have been captured by the enraged Richard and Geoffrey and torn in two.

Anyway, when Prince Richard came to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

The people of the world thought that Richard would properly deal with Guy de Lusignan.

‘I don’t even feel anger towards you for betraying my mother. However, I will take away all of your political life.’

Richard spared Guy de Lusignan’s life but shattered his power base.

“Damn it…”

As a result, Guy de Lusignan barely saved his life, but.

He was now in a position where his presence was weaker than that of the foreign youngest prince, John.

Prince John.

If he were an ordinary person, he would be a person who had survived a miracle bestowed by God.

But now he was a nasty guy who would even interfere with him!

But Guy de Lusignan decided to be calm.

‘Of course, I can’t directly harm Prince John unless I’m crazy.’

He was not foolish enough to touch Prince John.

But there are many people who keep successful people in check.

There were so many people who had grievances against Prince John.

Wouldn’t one of them be able to do something rash? But that’s too obvious a trick.

‘John said he would join Richard’s faction.’

No matter how much of a thug Guy de Lusignan was, he wouldn’t do anything that would get him caught quickly.

So he was planning to use a trick that wouldn’t be easily caught.

‘Is it just Prince Geoffrey or Philip II after all?’

Are there so many people who want to bury that damn Prince John?

But he didn’t know.

‘That guy is crazy.’

That his attendants and knights were ‘actually’ people of Duchess Mary of Ireland.

-Antioch Region-

The sun is setting.

Unlike Safe Zone’s neighborhood, where a temporary truce was made by mutual agreement.

The battle here is not over.

‘Muslims, please surrender now. Honestly, your Rum Sultanate is also destroyed, and Egypt is in danger. If we really put our minds to it, the Persian region is also in danger.’

‘The sword of Ishmael cannot forgive your wicked Christianity. Pagans who threaten the Middle East! You took Anatolia for yourselves!’

It was even worse.

But a variable occurred in the east of the Muslim coalition.

Nomadic forces suddenly popped out from the east.

They temporarily changed their movements to a passive offensive.

From the Crusaders’ point of view, they thought, ‘Is this a chance?’

They tried to take advantage of this opportunity, but.

The Islamic coalition, united under the banner of Allah even though they believed in different sects.

Knocked down the nomads as quickly as possible and launched an offensive against the Crusaders again.

“Damn heretics.”

Henry II regretted missing a good opportunity to contact the Eastern nomads and bury the Islamic coalition.

The Crusades continued tediously.

Of course, the Crusaders still had the advantage.

But.

From some point on.

‘That is not the word of Muhammad.’

‘The law established by Jesus Christ is not that.’

A different kind of fight broke out than before.

A fight that shakes the internal forces.

Now it is not a war fought with swords and shields.

It is a very dirty war that even uses the history of outdated ‘sects.’

Of course, Henry II was not just taking it.

Rather, he felt good.

‘Yes, Muslims. You have to be this tough to make it fun to beat you.’

Soon after, Henry II summoned his arch-enemies.

“You damn bastards.”

-Yes, Father.

Henry, the Young King, and Duke Geoffrey of Brittany, Henry II’s sons whom he despised so much.

Barely concealing their expressions of ‘Is this human suddenly crazy?’

They came before their father.

Henry II spoke in front of those hateful sons.

“Will you give up ‘greed’?”

“Of course not.”

“Is that even possible?”

Henry II, the old lion of the Angevin-Plantagenet family, knew very well.

That the young lions were hiding their claws.

Ah, in fact, they didn’t hide them completely.

Because these wicked things are parricides who caused a great rebellion.

But.

Henry II knows how to move these cunning bastards.

It’s ‘profit.’

“I have a favor to ask of you.”

Henry, Richard, Geoffrey.

Henry II, who was not only faced with the rebellions of his first, second, and third sons, but also with the great rebellion of his wife Eleanor, knew very well.

That those wolves would not bite him yet.

“Bite those who are not cooperative with the Holy Land while being Christians! I will take responsibility.”

He was telling them to chew, tear, taste, and enjoy the easy-going Christian lords of the Middle East with appropriate excuses.

Too direct an order from his father.

But the Young King Henry and Duke Geoffrey of Brittany, who were hot sons who heard the very right ‘order’ that made their mouths water.

“That is extremely correct.”

“Father’s orders are truly solemn.”

Decided to be filial sons temporarily.

Philip II, the neighboring lord who saw the warm appearance of the Angevins-Plantagenets, cursed inwardly.

‘You’re playing around. You’re a broken family.’

He is the one who knows the plans of those insignificant Henry and Geoffrey brothers, who will cause a rebellion at any opportunity in this Crusade.

Of course, Philip II was the one who invested a lot in that future rebellion.