How To Survive as a Crazy Prince chapter 91

“This would have been enough to confirm your skills.”

Eugene said while blocking my wooden sword with the dagger issued for self-defense. honestly cool He looks very much like the main character. In fact, he was also the main character of the original story.

“Put it on, commoner… … ?”

Iris, who had been stiff, looked up at Eugene and muttered.

“This is Eugene. Don’t call people by pronouns.”

Eugene glanced at Iris and replied. I took up my wooden sword.

“I never thought an intruder would suddenly appear. So, how about this confrontation?”

I ran my finger across the scratch on my cheek. It was stinging and slightly bloody.

“In the end, I was hurt first.”

Iris was speechless and looked at me.

“… … no.”

And quietly shook his head.

“no. This is my defeat. commons… … If Eugene hadn’t helped me, I might have died.”

I gestured to Eugene to get out of the way and Iris faced me. I suddenly felt the difference in height, but I never felt small.

“The Crown Prince took the strategy of giving flesh and taking bones, and it succeeded. It was blocked only by outside intervention. This is the crown prince’s victory and my foul loss.”

Iris held out her wooden sword to me, saying that it was her defeat. As soon as I accepted it, cheers erupted from the silent onlookers.

“… … This is my political defeat.”

The cheering onlookers no longer saw Iris as a weak woman. Public opinion has already accepted her as a woman worthy of the name of the corps commander’s sister rather than a weak victim.

The image of ‘a tragic heroine who sacrifices herself to the crown prince’, which Iris has prepared so far, is now ‘the corps commander’s sister who hides her martial arts and tries to compete with the sword under the pretext of meeting the crown prince’. covered with

Now, even if she leaves, she will not receive sympathy. He will remain as a beautiful strongman who gave in neatly to the match and left the knight academy. Even if they are forced to stay at the academy, now that victory and defeat are overshadowed, the effect they were aiming for and public opinion cannot be moved the way they want.

This is completely checkmate.

“… … Can I go now?”

“okay. I won’t ask you for the crime of interfering with the duel. let me go in.”

As I sent Yujin away, I reflected on what had happened a little while ago.

It was only for a moment, but Iris was genuinely surprised when Eugene intervened while blocking my attack.

‘That part is no different from the corps commander.’

There was one fact that could be inferred from it.

It was the fact that he couldn’t foresee the number of unimaginable cases, and that he shared a weakness with the corps commander.

‘Of course, the corps commander would be able to handle the magic of wisdom better than Iris, but possess equal or better sword skills than I do. Even if he knows his weakness, he doesn’t have any confidence to win with his current strength.’

Of course, fighting the corps commander with swords is still a very early story. Right now I’m just building my strength.

“I never thought it would turn out like this. If I knew it would be like this, I wouldn’t have learned martial arts.”

Iris sighed. And it came close to me

“There is something I want to ask you.”

Then, in a low voice, he asked in a whisper.

“The first stab, were you really trying to kill me?”

“Okay. Let me tell you, what you saw is the truth.”

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“… … Whoops.”

Iris gave a small smile at the end of silence.

“Whoop whoop. My older brother also thought that he would not be defeated as a strange person, but I don’t think he can compare with you.”

And he smiled happily as if he had been refreshed.

“I will be waiting for the day when you and my brother will cross swords.”

Iris politely bowed and bowed. After greeting, Iris raised her head and had a relieved face without any fuss.

“Iris.”

Also, this woman

“It’s a waste of you to be used or abused according to that man’s will. Next time, if you come by your will, I’ll be sure to greet you politely then.”

It is a waste to end up as a mere trophy.

“… … I don’t hate or hate you for saying that.”

Iris answered jokingly and turned around. Behind him was Eugene, who missed the timing to return and stood in a daze.

“And did you say commoner, Eugene? I will remember it.”

“I guess.”

Eugene must have saved him, if he wanted to, he could do enough work, but he didn’t do anything. However, it seems that it left a good impression on Iris.

“Proud. It’s over, so let’s sort it out.”

I looked at the back of Iris and called a quiet Proud from earlier.

“Ahhh. Are you done… … .”

Proud was white. It seemed that the series of battles that took place a while ago had mesmerized. If the person in charge of the fight between two extremely high-ranking people is close to life and death, that would be the case.

“okay. No one died and it ended well. It’s okay to be relieved.”

“Life span, 5 years… … It seems to have shrunk… … .”

I lightly patted Proud on the shoulder as if his soul was coming out of his mouth, and I left the arena.

I wanted to invite her to dinner one last time, but Iris couldn’t see where she had already gone.

It was the very next day that Iris returned.

He disappeared from the academy in an instant, as if he never existed before, leaving a letter saying that he would return after polishing himself more.

The high-ranking people at the knight academy completely panicked at the brief return, and desperately gathered information about the duel yesterday, but when the opponent was told that it was me, they fell into a situation where they couldn’t help it. Occasionally, some professors came to me as if they wanted to talk to me, but when I glared at them fiercely with an expression of annoyance, they sighed and went back. a sad adult

‘Anyway, it was a very quick return.’

It was fortunate that I was able to hold on to Iris who was about to leave and talk.

‘Ask a few things by winner’s right before you go. Iris, do you know anything about Parabellum?’

‘… … You’d be right in saying you don’t know, but let me tell you a few things in particular.’

‘What does Alexei think of Parabellum?’

‘It’s a business. It seems to be somewhat wary.’

‘It looks like there is a Parabellum in the Academy of Knights, do you know what it is?’

‘If I can give you one piece of advice from my line, it’s better not to trust the people around you too much.’

‘I don’t know if it’s just simple scaring, or if there are actually traitors attached to parabellum around. It’s confusing me until the very end.’

She really is a troublesome woman. To give homework until the end.

I took out the setting notes after a long time, thinking that I had to organize the main characters’ movements according to the original work.

‘A lot has changed at this point, but human nature doesn’t change that easily.’

Then, the work of comparing the original work with the real one began.

* * *

A few days later, Iris returned to her home in the capital.

“I didn’t expect you to come back so soon, brother.”

“I didn’t know it would turn out like this either.”

Alexei greeted the returning brother from the window chair with his legs propped up on the table. The moonlight created a dark backlight, making it impossible to see what kind of expression she was making from the direction of Iris.

“I won’t bother to reprimand you. It’s also something I didn’t think would go well in the first place.”

The voice was light.

“But I would like you to tell me everything that happened.”

The subtle anger in that lightness was enough to dwarf the opponent.

“… … .”

Iris was silent. Then, after putting down my luggage, I turned around and unbuttoned my coat.

“I also have things I want to hide from my older brother.”

And for the first time since coming to the capital, he said no to Alexei.

“Hoo.”

What Alexei felt at the words of that refusal was still interesting.

“It is strange that you would say such a thing. Have you reached puberty at the wrong time?”

“Since you’ve been quiet up until now, isn’t it okay for once?”

Iris laughed at Alexei’s words. Alexei was silent, then took a sip of the drink from the glass.

“Did the prince do something he couldn’t tell you about?”

and asked directly.

“Tell me everything. Then my brother will take all the humiliation you received… … .”

“It’s not like that.”

Iris resolutely denied it. A heavy silence hung over the house.

“I am refusing to speak of my own will.”

“… … Are you serious, Iris?”

Alexei, who had been talking while looking out the window, turned his head.

“I don’t remember raising you like that.”

“is that so.”

Iris gave a short answer.

“Even if you are my older brother, it seems you haven’t foreseen this far.”

Alexei gripped the glass tightly. Iris noticed that. But it didn’t move.

At Iris, Alexei threw the glass.

“… … !”

The glass hit the side of Iris’ eye and shattered. Iris bowed her head, and raised her face quietly.

The sides of Iris’ eyes were red and swollen. He was scratched by the broken glass and blood flowed out.

“It hurts, brother.”

“… … You could have avoided it, but why didn’t you?”

In contrast to Iris, who was injured but calm, Alexei’s voice trembled.

“Are you really going to rebel against me?”

We accept violence by being hurt.

“Then I wish I hadn’t thrown it.”

By accepting it, it was an expression of his will not to compromise or engage in further dialogue.

“Your brother knew that I was right, didn’t you?”

Iris asked Alexei in a cold voice.

“Sometimes, you don’t want to believe what you see. Iris.”

Alexei raised his forehead in despair and answered. Moonlight slowly entered the room with heavy silence.

“… … I didn’t want to fight with you if possible. Because it doesn’t end like this.”

“I did too. That’s why I thought I’d obey forever.”

Iris answered calmly.

“But I just realized that it can’t be like that forever, it can’t be like that.”

Even the pain felt from the wound was approaching the current Iris as a small joy.

“No matter how much I was able to live thanks to my older brother, my life is mine.”

He thought he had nowhere to run. Even if his older brother oppressed him, he calmed himself down, saying that it was okay, thinking that he was a person with good parts.

Until the crown prince told me that there was no need to do that.

“Or, are you going to take it by force?”

“How far are you going to make this older brother heartless?”

“… … sorry. Brother.”

“I have nothing to apologize for. Go in and rest.”

Iris headed to her room. As I headed towards it, I suddenly had the thought of wanting to see the crown prince’s unlucky face, embarrassingly.