7 – Prince Edward and the bandits
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in the middle of the sea.
A red sunset was setting.
“weird.”
Young Man Moon stood up from his seat while rowing and looked around.
“I think this is right, but where did you go? The ghosts are going to cry.”
There is no island in the place where the island should be, and only the red sea with the setting sun spreads wide.
The other young men rowing with me all scratched the back of their heads saying it was strange.
“Aren’t we wrong?”
“Aren’t you misdirected?”
“Hey, what are you looking at me for? You got it right.”
“Then why is there no island?”
“Isn’t it me?”
While the young people were talking, the young man looked at the sea in silence.
Then I found something.
“Guys, go to the right for a second.”
I saw a small pouch hanging precariously on a floating log.
Young Moon picked it up and opened it.
“this… It’s his money bag.”
“Then are we right?”
“I think it fits.”
“Where is the island? Could it be that it sank? Whoa, that’s a lie.”
The young man counted the money in his pocket and clicked his tongue bitterly.
“After we gave it away, we didn’t even have a few pennies left. Poor fellow.”
He tied up his money bag and expressed his condolences.
“It was a short meeting, but it was fun. please go to heaven We’ll spend the money you left behind.”
Whoops!
A boat horn was heard in the distance.
Looking in the direction of the sound, a large sailboat was heading this way.
A man on the bow was screaming loudly.
“I’m the prince! Where are you, Prince!”
When Carlisle spotted the boat with the young men in it, he pointed with his finger.
“uh? so-so-so-so! there! You guys brought the prince! Where is the prince!”
“We were looking for it too.”
After honestly answering that the island had disappeared, the young man left rowing.
Carlyle sat down on the deck.
“Oh, that could be… ! How could I tell the Queen about this… ! Sobbing… ”
Standing behind him, devastated, the minstrel Jamila began to improvise, wiping away tears.
“There was a prince who longed for adventure~”
The wind carried her beautiful song far and wide.
Then it gradually faded and landed on the land.
Cave prison with burning torches in the middle of the night.
Maru opened her eyes.
***
“I live! I thought I was dead because I couldn’t come to my senses!”
What came into Maru’s eyes was a naked blond man.
A skinny physique with no muscle.
Late 20’s? It looked like that.
“Who is it… ? Why are you naked?”
Maru asked while looking around.
The entrance to the cramped cave was blocked with iron bars.
It was like a prison.
And he was naked too.
“I am Prince Edward, who will one day become the owner of this land.”
“Edward… Prince?”
“Are you surprised? don’t be too surprised I’m informal, so please be comfortable with me. He is an open person unlike my father, His Highness.”
Edward, who identified himself as a prince, laughs heartily.
It seemed that he had just been caught, and even though his face was beaten and turned blue with bruises, he was full of energy.
“Why is the prince in this shabby prison… ? No, why am I imprisoned before that?”
“Listen.”
Edward approached with a serious expression on his face and squatted down.
“So what happened… ”
After hearing the circumstances from him, Maru nodded.
“The succubus left it.”
“It was a very beautiful succubus. I’ve never seen such a beautiful succubus. How did you twist it? Could it be your familiar? If not, there is no way to abandon you to the thieves.”
“You said you were being chased by a wyvern?”
“Yes. ah! Right. Were you in a hurry?”
No matter what Edward said, Maru was lost in thought for a while.
‘The mark on my ear… Did you use it to find out the location and save it?’
He thought that Luciella must have saved him from drowning in the sea.
I vaguely remembered the decadent nail polish color she had painted on her nails.
He rubbed his right ear and smiled.
“It was unexpectedly useful.”
“Well? What are you muttering?”
“No nothing. So, how did the prince of one country end up trapped here? Are they thieves who are not afraid of the king?”
“I!”
Edward stood up vigorously, shaking his center.
He clenched his fists.
“I bought mercenaries and organized a unit with the intention of destroying the thieves who harass the people! But I got caught up in a wicked trick and was betrayed! In the end, all the mercenaries ran away and I was left alone and caught by the bandits.”
“Were you captured alone?”
“That’s right. The traitors were the mercenaries I bought.”
“… … ”
How can a person called a prince proudly speak embarrassing stories like this… ?
It’s nice that it looks pure.
“You should have used the kingdom’s army. Why did you buy a mercenary?”
“Currently, all the soldiers in the kingdom ignore me as a stupid prince. No one listens to me.”
Edward put a hand to his forehead and let out a sigh.
“Your Highness, will you leave it alone?”
“Even my father calls me an asshole.”
“Oops.”
“My younger sister, who is a princess, gave up on me altogether.”
“… … ”
What is his true identity?
what kind of character
Are you a prince?
“Don’t worry. Around noon tomorrow, His Highness’ envoys will come and rescue us. Last time I got ten gold coins and let him go, but I don’t know how much more he’ll ask for this time. ah! No prince of this country can ignore his people in trouble. I will definitely demand that you release them as well. Just trust me!”
“Does this happen often?”
“Yes! This is the sixth time I’ve been caught by bandits!”
“You were a regular customer… ”
This is enough to make even the king’s head throb.
Anyway, I stayed up all night exchanging stories with the blonde prince.
Edward was lively and had a lot of stories he knew, so he was a fun friend.
It seemed like an honest and bright personality.
Before I knew it, a rooster crowed, and when morning came, no rice was served and strangers were hanging out in front of the iron window.
A middle-aged man in an expensive robe peered through the cage and seemed to be giving orders to the thief officers.
“Cut W, cut that, cut from there to N… (slightly)”
When the middle-aged man returned, the thieves opened the prison door and entered.
He was holding three buckets and a large, flat knife.
“Tie him up.”
As one thief pointed at Maru, other thieves came and began tying Maru’s arms with rope.
Edward shouted.
“What are you doing! Maru will go out with me! Don’t hurt him!”
The rogue giggled.
“Shut up the foolish prince. Guys, the prince is hungry. Put some cloth on the snout.”
“Yes!”
Edward’s mouth was immediately stuffed with a rolled-up cloth.
And the thieves soon tied Maru’s arms with ropes and pulled them from both sides.
“The alchemist bought you. It seems that you are synthesizing a chimera. With your body that looks different from ours.”
“What?”
Didn’t you just drag it out?
The moment Maru tried to resist, it was already too late.
One thief quickly swung his sword and hit Maru’s leg.
“Uhhhhh! First of all, don’t take the pig’s feet!”
widely!
Caang!
“what?”
The blade that touched Maru’s thigh broke and split in two.
Everyone went crazy.
“What happened… ?”
“Heh heh.”
What surprised me was Maru as well.
‘Has my body hardened?’
The thieves thought the blade was damaged and changed their swords and swung them again.
However, the second blade also broke without a hitch.
“Shibeol, what is it? What’s wrong with this guy’s body?”
Maru finally figured out the situation.
I realized that my body had changed.
‘Have I gained strength?’
He immediately pulled his arms together with all his might.
Two thieves holding the rope were dragged helplessly.
Grabbing their heads, they head-butted each other.
puck!
“100 million!”
“Ah!”
In that way, he easily knocked down two people and immediately grabbed the officer-looking guy by the neck and lifted him up.
Both of his legs struggled in the air.
“Hey, let go of this!”
“What? Cut off my limbs? You are laughing.”
Maru gnashed his teeth and threw him.
He hit his head against the wall and fell down.
I just passed out.
“Wow, great! Were you a warrior? Were you a warrior?”
Edward was delighted as he spit out the cloth with Maru’s help.
“Where did this power come from! If there was, I should have written it a long time ago!”
“Shh. Let’s explain later and get out of here quickly.”
“Okay! When you get out of here, tell me the details! Insignificantly!”
Maru picked up the scarf the fallen bandit was wearing and covered his lower body.
Then he came out of the prison through the open door.
I encountered a bandit on patrol.
“Where are you planning to run away to!”
The knife he wielded just hit me, grabbed his throat with his hand, and then stuck it upside down on the floor.
Quaang!
“Oops… ”
The rogue immediately lost consciousness.
Maru admired the amazing power he had.
He looked down at his palms and smiled with joy.
‘Thank you Mr. Belcran.’
Horns resounded from all directions.
“The captives have fled! Go get them!”
The thieves’ stronghold became noisy.
Maru looked back.
“I’m back in jail.”
“Are you?”
“I’ll come clean them up.”
“clean? Ohhh I see! I’ll be waiting for you, so make sure to pick me up!”
While Edward quickly escaped to the prison, the archers in the watchtower fired their bows at the floor relentlessly.
A rain of arrows rained down overhead.
Maru was right.
Ting ting ting, ting!
Ting Ting!
Ting!
The arrowheads touching Maru’s body broke and fell to the floor.
They all bounced off without leaving a single one.
“I’m not good at things like the shot put.”
Maru picked up the junk scattered around and threw it to the top of the watchtower with all his might.
One archer was knocked out by a jar, another by a barrel of rum, and another hit by a stunned thief and fell down.
After dealing with the archers, Maru moved on.
On the way, a group of people with swords shouted and charged, but in vain.
After being beaten by Maru, he fell down while screaming.
“Where is the mirror of truth? After all, it must be a double room, right?”
While looking for the boss’ house, I ran into the alchemist earlier.
“Gasp!”
“You Mr. Lee, come to Ilu.”
As Maru strode forward, the frightened alchemist hurriedly memorized a spell and sent his familiar.
“Go and bite!”
“Kwaaang!”
A hell dog with a roaring body jumped out and rushed at Maru like lightning.
Then, regardless of whether it was hot or not, Maru grabbed the head of the hell dog, grabbed the upper and lower jaws, and tore the mouth open.
Chow!
Dark red blood was splattered everywhere.
Maru wiped the blood off his face and smiled.
“Ow, I’m tired of pleasure. Would that hero have felt this way every day? Even if it’s like me, this is a drug. If I live like this every day, I won’t be able to come to my senses. Why did you give away such a wonderful power?”
It seemed that no one could stop him now.
Uhh