Episode 5. Making ropes (complete)
I loosened the cravat slightly and touched the choker I was wearing beforehand.
[You have equipped [Stealth in Words].]
[The skill [Mantra] Can be used.]
An artifact obtained from Aus.
Secrecy in Words was a skill that allowed you to ask the opponent a question once a day and get a true answer.
Instead, there is a condition for the skill, which is that the opponent must hear the voice I recite as a ‘mantra’.
“What, what?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
The moment our eyes met, Princess Se-ri flinched and softly hugged her body.
“You were the one who called me in the first place. Why did you call me?”
Seeing the young Princess Se-Ri, who has not yet reached adulthood, made her feel new. In the game, it was the image that was shown only in flashbacks of the past.
“… All right, I ask straight forward! Are you, uh, doing this on purpose to f*ck me?”
That can’t be.
I was just doing it because I wanted the princess tax collector to care about me.
“Is it okay to say that the princess f*cks you?”
At my words, princess tax collector hurriedly looked around her. Soon after confirming that no one is there, he is blatantly relieved.
“Don’t play with words.”
It seemed that the young princess was very angry.
Perhaps because she was still a young princess, the way she rolled her fists and clenched them looked very cute.
“You, why did you bother mentioning me?”
“It doesn’t mean anything.”
“So, without thinking, did you mention me when you have other siblings?”
It was a face full of fear rather than anger.
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Seeing faces full of resentment, a strange sense of immorality seemed to arise.
“Are you crazy? I don’t know where I stand…… !”
“How do I know where you stand?”
I asked with a bitter smile at the ironic situation in which the princess used respectful words to a commoner and the commoner spoke her own language to her princess.
“Ugh… ! You really…… !”
Perhaps he didn’t know that I would fight back calmly, he became a dumb man after eating honey.
“Rather, I wonder if it would be more dangerous for you to hold onto me and talk to me like this.”
“Great. That makes sense, but……. Still, it’s clear that you’re causing trouble.”
“… Don’t be so angry, tax collector.”
“What! Woah, are you casually calling her princess’s name?! No matter how strong you are, it is definitely a transgression—”
“In a situation where you have talked to Prince Chris, I wonder if calling your name is going to be a problem.”
I spoke confidently while putting an iron plate on my face.
Stupid at that, she stared at me confusedly, her mouth hanging open.
“You are the worst, really. It doesn’t mean that it’s okay to insult the imperial family no matter how talented you are. Do you really intend to turn the Empire into an enemy?”
“…… Only the brothers who threaten your life?”
“!”
Princess Se-ri opened her eyes wide.
“You… I don’t know where I stand…….”
At this time, the princess was still the object of check by the princes.
Even if she was already branded as incompetent, she never knew when the emperor would change his attitude.
It was after the death of the emperor that she truly escaped her eyes.
That’s why Princess Seri had to remain incompetent from now on.
I took her one step closer to her. She then spoke in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.
“The Mantra.”
[The skill [Mantra] Is activated.]
As soon as the skill was activated, her golden eyes became cloudy. It was as if he had been hypnotized.
Looking at the dazed expression, the skill seemed to be working properly.
From now on, if you ask a question, you can hear the truthful answer from her.
I have already thought out what questions to ask.
“Princess Seri, if you could become the emperor, how would you lead this empire?”
“I think the current empire is in ‘crisis’. It’s a situation where you can’t win even if you stick with the demons with all your might, but Obama slaughtered and enslaved other races. We have to work together even now.”
She knows. The power of the Beasts and the Elves.
She was well aware that they were simply not to be enslaved.
“I want to create an empire that is not threatened by demons.”
Look at that, this kid is absolutely not incompetent.
Seeing her reciting the same line from her game, I felt a sense of satisfaction, albeit briefly.
“…… What? What did I just say?”
He looked at me, wondering if his mantra skill had been canceled. She didn’t know why, and the way she stared at her eyes was pure.
“What, what? Uh, since when did you stick together like this?”
She freaks out and tries to push me away. I rather went one step further.
No matter how spacious the imperial palace is, there are many eyes to see and ears to hear.
It could have been followed without our knowledge.
Because I’m not a person with excellent senses like the others, I had to be careful on a daily basis.
“Princess tax collector, listen to me carefully.”
“Yes? De, I’ll listen, so please stay away… !”
I ignored her words and spoke my way.
“You don’t have any outstanding talent in any field, but you are by no means incompetent. So you should ‘pretend’ to be incompetent as you have been.”
“What is that…….”
“If you prove your competence, you will be able to catch the emperor’s eyes right now, but the princes will check you again.”
For Seri, who had lost all power early on, to participate in the succession war now was just an act of suicide.
Now is the time to lose.
When power collides with power, the weak side always loses.
The moment her power came to her was when her demons invaded the empire in earnest and the rebel group formed when the incompetent Prince Chris endangered the empire, ‘Resistance’ came out.
Until then, I had to endure somehow.
“What, what?”
She seems to be taken aback by my sudden advice, but if it were her, she would definitely chew on it several times and desperately try to understand.
A passive personality is, in other words, a state of giving meaning to small things and undermining self-esteem.
“That is the way you can live.”
I said as I fell for her.
“What the hell are you talking about… ….”
What do you mean, I’m trying to reduce the variables so you don’t do crap.
As long as everyone moves with personality, I couldn’t believe that they would always wait for the main character to come like a game.
I shrugged and turned around.
Leaving the princess alone, she moved to go to the bathroom.
…… But where is the real bathroom?
* * *
“Prause, you did something today.”
Duke Tory said as he lazily spun his expensive-looking wine.
That’s right, I didn’t mean it at all.
At this point, I wonder if I’ll look like a trouble maker to him.
“Prause-sama, the way you defeated the Commander of the Knights of Conver at an invisible speed was superb. As expected, the ability to smear Urca and Incuro doesn’t go anywhere.”
Ah, that…….
After thinking about it for a while and considering the most likely ones, I came to the conclusion that Ariel’s protection at the inn had been activated.
Because it’s the spirit king’s power, I’m sure I can chew on the leader of the knights.
“Hmm, I’m sure my skills are… Although it was quite……. You are a commoner There is a difference in social status to be engaged to Ella! So, kill demons and accumulate balls to become a noble. Then I will consider it.”
I stared at Glare as she pointed at me.
Doesn’t that mean that you will allow the engagement in some way?
To tell you in advance, I had no intention of coveting Ella from the start.
There were some things that aristocratic status was burdensome, but it would be difficult if one day it was revealed that I was weak, so I thought that a commoner rather than a commoner would be good for a girlfriend candidate.
“I don’t think so.”
“What! How dare you ignore us, the Todia family?!”
No, you old man. Turn it off please.
“…… ?”
I suddenly felt her gaze and turned her head to see that the princess was staring at me blatantly.
The spirits were talking hard in front of me, but they didn’t even look at me.
The golden eyes were fixed on me, as if trying to observe my every move.
I heard those words a little while ago, so I can understand why you’re looking at me…….
Something feels cheap.
Was there a ‘obsession’ setting for the princess’s personality?
I don’t think I’ve seen Yandere settings in the game…….
“…… I will go back now.”
Anyway, the business was completed safely.
It was time to go back.
“Tina.”
“Nungeng!”
Tina, who had stuffed food in her mouth, set her plate down and stepped closer.
“Now go.”
“Oh! I haven’t eaten yet!”
Tina gasped, swallowing her food.
“Are you leaving already?”
Ella sneaked up to me and asked.
“Yes, but.”
“Then would you accept this?”
I looked at Ella’s outstretched hand. In her hand was a blue bear pattern plaque.
“This is our family’s ‘Gapae’. If you have this, you will be able to enter anywhere in Todia territory without any special procedures.”
“Why are you giving this to me?”
“I hope you come to the North sometime. I want to learn a lot by talking together and having sparring with Prause. And about our future…….”
He gently blows on my ear.
I got goosebumps all over my body. Her hastily covered her ears and fell away from her.
“I don’t have anything to talk to you about— yup!”
Ella stopped her words, forcing her to shut my mouth.
“Even if Prause-sama is not there, I am. So don’t shut up and take a step back, please? Got it?”
Ella smiles at her and says.
She’s obviously smiling, but why does it feel like she’s not smiling?
She had no choice but to nod her head at the intense spirit that made her skin tingle.
“I already kissed the palm of my hand…… ! Big, you bastard!”
Glare shuddered in her body. It was just astonishing to see someone who had seen the whole situation react like that.
“Stop it, Dad.”
In the end, at Ella’s prompting, Glair shut her mouth.
Before she left for the last time, she tried to take a look at the prince, but couldn’t find him in the banquet hall. She was neither an emperor nor an empress.
It seemed like I was being reprimanded for what I had done in the arena.
Like that, Tina and I left the banquet hall behind and left the imperial palace.
* * *
When I returned to Sekul’s house like that, I had no choice but to meet an unexpected person.
“…… Father?”
“It’s been a while, Prause.”
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Paroco greeted me with a friendly smile.