The Second Prince Is A Simp!

The second prince didn't want Alisceon to know that he had supported her secretly since he was well aware that Alisceon wanted to be independent. That was why Alisceon didn't know that it was the second prince's doings that she still had supporters.

It was the second prince's commands towards those nobles that supported Alisceon to not reveal that they were supporting Alisceon because of the second prince. The nobles agreed and they instead supported Alisceon under the guise of owing Alisceon's mother a favor which was (wasn't) the reason that they supported Alisceon.

Not only that, the second prince was the reason why Alisceon even had somewhat powerful royal knights that accompanied her in her journey towards the Mystic Forest to meet the old mage of the mystic forest.

Those royal knights that accompanied Alisceon were the subordinates of the Ultimate Knight or in other words, the subordinates of the second prince's swordsman instructor.