"What are you talking about? I've practically staked my entire fortune and life on you." Feeling helpless, The Second Prince spread his hands and showed that there was nothing left on him.
Except for the shoes he had just walked over in. He immediately covered them, afraid Uchiha Hiko might set his sights on them, but Uchiha Hiko merely shook his head.
"Then you really underestimate me. I've never had my eye on your shoes. Otherwise, if you couldn't get back, wouldn't The Eldest Prince hold me accountable?" Uchiha Hiko weighed the matter carefully. His considerations were exceptionally thorough, and it was unlikely anyone else would get involved.
"Then what do you suggest? Uchiha Hiko, aside from what I'm wearing, I'm willing to give you anything." The Second Prince could not keep yielding any further, or he would lose all the authority he had as a prince.
"If you win, then I'll work for you from now on and be your lackey." Uchiha Hiko gave him a mysterious wink, looking quite amused.
"That sounds pretty good. But what if I, The Second Prince, lose?" He felt that with such generous terms, losing would surely bring even worse consequences.
"If you lose, then we reverse it. You, The Second Prince, work for me, and I'll work for The Eldest Prince." It was essentially inserting an intermediary into the chain of authority. Like a livestream, it did not sound all that terrible.
But if word got out that The Second Prince had become someone else's lackey, and that person was not even The Eldest Prince, he would truly become the laughingstock of many.
"Hey, Uchiha Hiko, how can you make such a joke about a dignified Second Prince?" Although he would not do anything to Uchiha Hiko, he still had to argue