“Isn’t something wrong? You’ve been quiet for days… … .”
“Yeah, it seems like it’s been six days since you’ve been quiet.”
It was a conversation between the soldiers guarding the place where the 2nd prince, Cruz Alexander, entered.
“But since you eat regularly, there must be nothing wrong… … .”
These words came from the soldiers who had been watching from outside the door for Cruz, who was locked inside by the Queen’s order.
The first day was surprisingly quiet.
Although the queen had locked it up, she thought she would get it out soon.
However, from the second day onwards, they made loud noises through the communication tube and scared the soldiers outside.
＜these guys! Do you guys think you’ll be all right!? Open this right now! open it!＞
But the soldiers didn’t even respond.
Even so, it was the queen’s order, and I dare not disobey it.
In the royal palace, no one followed the 2 princes, and the reputation was not good… … .
＜Is anyone there? please take me out… … Then, I will pour all my strength into making you enjoy wealth and glory… … .＞
From the third day, I entered appeasement.
However, the soldiers did not respond.
However, it became quiet from the fourth day and continued until today, the tenth day.
thump.
The sound of knocking on the door startled the soldiers and straightened their posture.
It was a natural reaction since the second prince, who had not heard anything from the fourth day, expressed his opinion after six days.
“Open this door.”
It was the voice of the 2 princes, calm and carefree.
“… … Did you forget Her Majesty’s order not to come out until you reach 2 stars?”
“We’ve reached 2 stars, so open it.”
The soldiers laughed silently.
It’s only been ten days since I entered the closed ward.
I remember that I didn’t even train properly for three days after entering that… … .
After that, the prince’s quiet period was only six days.
Even if you were kind enough to focus on training for 6 days, you reached 2 stars in that time?
It was unbelievable.
“Your Majesty, are you trying to trick us again?”
“That’s right, this could lead to the crime of contempt for Your Majesty.”
The soldiers spoke like a child.
There was also the fact that I was ignoring the 2 princes, usually implicitly.
After being locked inside for ten days, his patience reached its limit and he judged that he had lied.
Even if the 2nd prince had focused only on training, it was impossible for common sense to reach 2nd star in such a short period of time.
“You are so arrogant.”
However, the tone of the two princes heard from inside was somewhat different from before.
“Is it okay for you guys to scorn me as a member of the royal family?”
His voice sounded light, with a hint of anger mixed in.
The soldiers shrank involuntarily.
“Oh, no. that… … .”
“Don’t talk nonsense, bring the court mage.”
The voice of the 2 princes sounded rather troublesome.
The soldiers brought the court mage, Ion, to Burinake.
“This is Ion, a second-class court mage. Decrease Cruz.”
“Now that we’ve reached 2 stars, open this door right away.”
“… … Her Majesty the Queen is waiting. So please answer carefully. Can I really open this door?”
“Yes, I know, so open it quickly.”
“All right.”
Ion sighed inwardly.
2 Because the prince thought that punishment could not be avoided.
‘It’s going to be noisy.’
If you came out without reaching 2 stars, you would be deprived of your royal status.
A few days ago, I noticed that a spirit was descending into the forest in the north, so I’m taking countermeasures… … .
I thought that if the punishment of the 2 princes were added to this, the atmosphere in the royal palace would freeze like a field of ice.
‘Well, I’m not in a position to sympathize with the royal family.’
2 The prince was given so many opportunities.
In the meantime, even if I played dissolutely, a lot of people looked at me because I was born with outstanding talent.
Even so, the 2 princes kicked away many of those opportunities.
The 3rd Prince, who is two years younger than him, is a 4-star low-level warrior, but the 2nd Prince is still a 1-star.
“… … !”
Ion, who opened the door, doubted his eyes.
It was because it felt like he was dealing with mana so naturally.
It was a level where there was no need to directly check whether it had reached 2 stars.
“What is it, can I use magic to determine if it’s a 2-star?”
“Oh, no.”
By taking the mana in the atmosphere into the body and converting it into magical power repeatedly to create a core, it will reach 1 star.
When you reach 2 stars, you can show off the converted mana by expelling it out of your body.
However, the 2nd prince was showing it freely now.
Reaching 2 stars in just 10 days or so is surprising, but can you show such a relaxed side as soon as you reach it?
‘No, and this figure… … .’
2 Looking at the prince’s eyes, I don’t know what it is, but I can feel that something has changed.
Before, I felt like I was distracted for some reason and couldn’t focus on one thing.
Is it a relaxed yet sharp feeling right now?
‘You changed… … Is it?’
Ion’s gaze turned inward.
My eyes went to the strangely large number of bloodstains.
“Prince… … Can I ask you something?”
“What?”
“Have you ever suffered an internal injury? There are bloodstains… … .”
“It was spitting out contaminated magic through blood.”
“… … yes?”
“I absorbed the mana of the magic stone, so I took it all out.”
2 The prince said it was not a big deal, but Ion was shocked.
Even the stupid thing that sucked the mana of the magic stone.
I was astonished at the fact that I had resolved the situation by myself.
‘… … Looking at the traces, it’s true.’
This was impossible even for Ion.
It is possible to separate and extract the contaminated magic power.
This is the story of when there is no pain.
I can feel the pain as if blades are going through my whole body. How can I do this?
This was usually possible only with the assistance of others.
‘Is a 1-star wizard capable of such delicate adjustments… … ?’
Shocked by the situation he couldn’t understand, he couldn’t move easily from the spot.
* * *
Coming out of the closed training room, I headed for the low-level residence on the eastern side of the palace.
The residence was a place where books and news and information from various places were stored.
‘It’s certainly wide enough.’
2 The place where the prince was imprisoned was Yeonhyuwon (鍊休院) in the west.
In general, it was a place used for training or rest.
He was imprisoned in the closed training room inside.
‘It was too neat and nice for a prison.’
Each district was divided into north, south, east and west directions, and there was a magnificent garden that separated them.
The buildings beyond the garden were more than that.
‘It’s incomparable to the family’s mansions.’
The Ronbergs were frugal for a large family.
However, even taking that into account, the facilities in the palace were said to be all large.
As if expressing the dignity of royalty.
‘Besides, these gazes… … .’
While I came out and headed to the residence, I received a lot of attention.
Most of it was a surprise that I was already out.
All of them didn’t even think that I came out after reaching 2 stars.
‘It’s not too much, because it came out too fast.’
He seemed to think that he had somehow forced himself out of it.
Even so, once he faced himself, he bowed politely, but he thought that even if he was a prodigal, the royal family was royalty.
‘I can’t read level 1 information, so I have to be content with level 2.’
The information in the residence was not open to anyone to read without restriction.
First-class information could only be read with the permission of the Queen.
‘I wish I had the information I want.’
The reason he came to the mansion was to investigate the situation in the kingdom of Grandets.
Entering the second-class residence like that, the carefree manager said in surprise.
“Degrade Cruz!”
It wasn’t strange that he was surprised.
According to the memories of this body, the 2nd prince had never been here before in his life.
“Can I use this?”
“No, of course.”
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Leaving behind the bewildered manager, I took out various books.
‘Originally, I should have an audience with the queen right away, but… … .’
It couldn’t be.
It was because the ministers were gathering and discussing the harbinger of the coming of the spirits that appeared in the forest in the north.
The natural descent of spirits was something that did not happen very often.
It was because it was quite difficult and unstable to descend to the human world on its own without making a contract with humans.
‘First, let’s build knowledge about the East Continent.’
I was also concerned about the spirits, but this one came first.
I had some knowledge about the eastern continent, but not in detail… … .
If you think about future plans and goals, you should know more about them.
‘This prodigal bastard knows nothing but the rough.’
2 If the prince knew these things in detail, he wouldn’t have to do this, but this body lacked general knowledge.
I like to play too, but this guy went too far in many ways.
While looking through the book.
‘Hoo.’
I couldn’t help but admire.
Because it was organized better than expected.
‘It’s a country that rules the eastern continent. Not only the history, but also information on major families is well organized.’
After a rough survey, I moved on.
It was the part where something went wrong in the northern forest.
‘I’d like to find something about the West Continent, but.’
Time was still running out.
I wanted to find out how it went after my death, but it wasn’t a priority either.
‘Because looking for it right now doesn’t mean there’s a point.’
Quickly suppressing my emotions, I looked at the data on the Northern Forest.
‘It’s the descent of the spirit… … .’
A few days ago, there had been reports of abnormalities in the northern forest.
The flow of mana is also messy, so the animals and monsters living inside jump out repeatedly.
The prediction was written that it was an omen of the coming of the spirit.
‘Judging from the mana flowing from the inside, it’s likely to be a high-ranking spirit… … .’
Spirits are divided into micro-spirits, low-level, intermediate-level, high-level, and king.
The high-ranking spirits referred to here were spirits of higher rank or higher.
‘It’s the area that the 2 princes are in charge of.’
The royal family with the right of succession receives and manages the estate and gains experience in management.
Of course, most of the operations were through agents, but it was a good policy to have various experiences throughout.
‘Though the two princes did not receive even a basic report.’
So I had no knowledge about it, but it didn’t matter.
2 It happened within the territory the prince was entrusted with, so I had enough justification to intervene.
‘I need to visit once.’
It was because he was able to meet a higher level spirit.
I needed information from the Dark Spirit King, Skadi, who had signed a contract with me.
There was no way to know what happened to me after I died or what my current condition was.
If you meet with a higher level spirit, you should be able to hear some related news.
‘It’s a high-level spirit, so communication won’t be a problem… … Something else is the problem.’
Since it wasn’t a descent through a contract, I couldn’t think of meeting a normal higher-ranking spirit.
Still, since I desperately needed information about Skadi, I had to take some risks.
“What are you doing here?”
I looked up and identified the owner of the voice.
A blonde like me, but with a younger look.
It was the 3rd Prince Hones Alexander.
“Hello, Hornes.”
“… … I asked what you were doing.”
“Don’t you see? I’m looking into the data.”
Hornes glared at me terribly, not hiding his disapproval.
“Hand over what you are seeing.”
What Hones pointed out was the report I was looking at about the premonition of the coming of the spirits.
“why?”
“… … I was instructed by my mother to investigate the island forest.”
Island Forest was the name of the northern forest where the spirit descended.
‘Even if it belongs to the territory I manage, is this the case, so I entrusted it to Honess?’
I held out the material I was looking at with a smile.
“here.”
“… … .”
swish
Honess’s hand, which was about to take the data, grabbed the air.
It was because I naturally pulled back the hand I had extended.
At that, Hones frowned.
“What are you doing?”
“Hey, your brother was locked up and only came out today, don’t you ask how he is doing?”
“Why should I do that to someone who wouldn’t even practice? It wouldn’t have come out after reaching 2 stars.”
Hones was mistaking me for being a 1-star Intermediate.
‘Well, it’s because I didn’t show my magic.’
In addition, the period of entering and leaving the closed training room was too short.
It wasn’t unusual for Hones to think this way.
“You don’t even want to go anyway, do you? So give it to me quickly.”
“I don’t think I can give it to you.”
“… … yes?”
“Here I am going.”
Honess seemed to doubt his ears at my declaration.
So I emphasized again and said it again.
“I’m going to Ireland Forest.”