How the Psionic Prince Overcomes Reversal and Obsession

14 – sky tower

“I… … Rain, I will be your secret friend.”

“… … … .”

If I had to refuse here, it would only make the atmosphere awkward.

At times like these, it is best to gloss over the matter and scatter it with the help of time.

“I will consider the case of confession.”

“Ah, dear. Prince, don’t do that… … .”

But even after that, Cardinal Marilyn persistently tried to get a definite answer from me somehow.

In the end, I couldn’t stand it and said that I would visit him someday.

“All right. See you soon.”

“Whoops.”

Cardinal Marilyn smiled as if a flower was blooming.

“Cardinal. I have my next schedule… .”

“please! Please visit us! I’ll wait!”

“… … .”

The time of being alone, which was a bit reluctant, ended like that.

* * *

Today is full of schedules as if testing the limits of my physical strength.

I asked little maid Nia about the next schedule.

He rummaged through his notebook and answered quickly.

“What’s next?”

“The Mage Tower Wizard has already arrived and is waiting.”

I checked the wall clock in the hallway.

I was already 30 minutes late for my appointment time.

‘It’s all because of that persistent cardinal…’ .’

At that time, Feria, the escort knight, approached me with an urgent face and asked.

“Prince, by any chance, didn’t that woman do something?”

Her face was shining with a strong work spirit.

It seems that older sister Irene’s reprimand had a big impact on her.

“There was no such thing as what Sir Peria was worried about.”

“If you carelessly touch the jade body… .”

“Hmm. What about holding hands?”

“Oh… ! Also, that damn cancer hahahaha… .”

I turned to Peria at the sudden curse.

With an expressionless face, she naturally escorts and follows.

‘… Did I hear you wrong?’

Anyway, while having such a conversation, we moved to the waiting room where the Wizard of the Mage Tower was waiting.

It is a different building, far from that of the cardinal.

clap.

I entered the reception room through the door that Nia opened.

The brown-haired wizard, who was sitting awkwardly in a wizard robe, jumped up.

I looked at her and tilted my head.

“What I asked for must have been the 6th circle mage of the Mage Tower? Who are you? Are you that disciple?”

The age she seems to be on the outside is just about the same age that she has just acquired the qualifications of a proper wizard.

‘Did my request sound funny?’

An official notice was placed in the Mage Tower in the name of the imperial prince.

Still sending such a low level wizard.

At my gaze, the young wizard hurriedly shook his hand and his head and shouted.

“Oh no! I am Rosa, the 6th Circle mage!”

“… you?”

I looked at the woman in front of me from head to toe.

It was covered with a robe, so I couldn’t see it closely, but it was a young, green body with a young face.

“You look too young to be in the 6th circle already.”

“I… Even if I look like this, I’m older than the prince… Ah, ah! What do I say! I’m sorry! I have committed a mortal sin!”

I stopped her from lying on the floor.

“Well, it doesn’t matter as long as the level is right. Rather, I am more sorry that I doubted you.”

“So, I’m sorry… .”

I sat her trembling like a rabbit in front of a lion on the sofa and sat across from me.

Nia, the smart attendant, quickly set up refreshments and fruit juice as if to relieve tension.

“I’ll take a sip.”

“Wow, I’m sorry.”

Sorceress Rosa, perhaps nervous, drank the juice and suddenly started coughing.

“Kukkuk!! … Wow! Keck! Kuck!”

“… … .”

“Cough Cough! Huh… Huh… .”

A bit strange, but… … .

All wizards are like that… … .

As long as you do the job right anyway, there’s no problem.

I went right into the business that brought her here.

“The reason I asked you to send people to your Mage Tower was because I wanted you to make one thing.”

“Yes, yes. I heard it!”

“I asked for advice on what I wanted to make, and he recommended it because it coincided with your research.”

“That, you see… .”

“The magic of putting light into paper.”

“… … .”

Put the light on paper——If I simply write it down in the words of my original world, it becomes a ‘photograph’.

Along with the development of fairy newspaper companies, the technology to print portraits or various illustrations drawn by field reporters on newspapers has already been developed.

However, the concept of photography, which captures light as it is seen on paper, has not yet been developed.

It may have already been made but died, or it may already be in the process of being researched somewhere.

Anyway, I needed a magic tool that could take pictures for future plans.

Wizard Rosa carefully asked.

“It’s a field I’m researching, but I don’t know why the prince is so interested in it.”

“Hmm… .”

“If you let me know if you need it for some reason, it might be easier to get a better direction… .”

“Right. For now, the function I want is——”

This camera will later be used by academy cadets in the process of climbing the Sky Tower.

The reason why I dare to gather young talents to the academy.

It is to support them so that they can easily conquer the Sky Tower through full support.

In order to do that, education that ends with words is not enough.

It would be more efficient to use a variety of learning tools and materials.

‘This camera can be useful at times like that.’

For example, you can make a textbook with detailed photos of a specific target area and use it as a lecture material.

If the response and results of the cadets are good, I have the idea of publishing a strategy book in my name throughout the continent as a separate book.

for example,

『Guide to Sky Tower with Prince Regid (with picture)』

『Cheongi Leak! 7 Habits to Reverse Life in Sky Tower (Legged Prince Swordsman)』

“Are you going to sleep now? No more top recruits! Prince Regid’s special boot camp! (Photo description attached)』

In this way.

‘If I come out with my name on it, people will open it at least once because they’re curious.’

People from all over the continent would react in one way or another.

yes… . That’s it.

No matter who it is, if you save the world, you’re good.

I am already full of honor, wealth and status.

But wouldn’t it be too unfair if the world perished without being able to enjoy it properly?

Whoever it is, I hope someone will save the world.

I just want to play and eat comfortably after everything is over.

anyway… .

You can’t tell all of that to the wizard right in front of you.

It’s not the time when the sky tower trials were triggered, so only strange eyes will be directed.

I made a rough excuse with plausible words.

“I can’t go into detail, but there is something I want to leave on paper, in that ‘photograph’.”

“What is it… ?”

Rosa asked with curious eyes.

“If you have eyes and ears, you know that the relationship between the three of us is a bit awkward right now.”

To be precise, it’s a situation where the troublemaker sister, Ekinne, has come out on her own.

At my words, the sorceress Rosa didn’t know what to do and shut her mouth.

It would be difficult to say anything because of the circumstances of the imperial family.

“My older sister and younger sister took a picture of our three siblings and gave it as a gift, wondering if the family relationship would be restored… I have such small expectations.”

“ah… !”

said so roughly.

Then, I suddenly tilted my head.

‘Come to think of it… … Could it really be all right to have a picture of the three of us?’

If you have a camera, you will be able to take pictures of our brother and sister’s daily life and keep them as memories.

‘Of course, the private life of the imperial family will be included, so I’ll have to watch it alone and be satisfied.’

Since the imperial family has authority, it would be unreasonable to disclose it to the general public.

Suddenly, I thought of older sister Irene.

I have a feeling that maybe my sister will also like the camera.

In the future, they may be begging me to take a photo full of ‘the friendly look of siblings’.

‘Well, think about it then.’

Anyway, when I made it up like that, the magician Rosa shouted with a moving face while holding her hands together.

“All right!! I will make sure to take pictures of the prince’s beautiful appearance so that it can be conveyed in detail forever!!”

“No, not my appearance, but the three siblings… .”

“Right!! I also thought it was too unfair that the prince’s ‘real face’ was covered up because of the ‘portrait artists’ conspiracy’ these days!!”

What are you talking about?

Anyway, it’s not a bad thing for developers to show enthusiasm.

“Then please do well. As soon as the prototype is finished, send it to me.”

“Leave it to me!!”

After giving a few more instructions, I got up from my seat and asked Miss Nia.

“Nia, what’s the next schedule?”

“It’s an inspection of the Sky Tower. I have already told you to prepare a wagon and an escort.”

“You this guy… … Aren’t you so talented?”

“lol. thank you.”

Anyway, it’s been a really crazy busy day.

But you can’t be lazy.

Now is the time to come up with the proof of the Sky Tower.

‘Because the proof can appear even today.’

I was about to leave the reception room, but Feria, the escort driver, did not follow me.

When I turned my head, in that corner, Peria and the wizard Rosa were whispering something and exchanging whispers.

whispers… .

Whispering… .

“… … Sir Peria? what one? We have to hurry a little.”

“ah! I’m sorry!”

Dada dot!

After exchanging eye contact with Rosa, Feria quickly ran to me.

* * *

The tower stood a few hours’ carriage ride from the ecliptic.

I stared at the approaching sky tower through the carriage window.

It is about five hundred meters in diameter.

It is a huge white tower rising from the ground to the sky.

‘Although it’s called the top… .’

However, the inside is not simple.

Dimensions of various sizes were stacked on top of each other.

There are dimensions ranging from as small as a gym to as large as the grasslands of the continent.

‘It can be seen as a kind of dimensional tower.’

A total of 13 such sky towers have been built throughout the continent.

The adventurers of the continent constantly gather, aiming for the various resources and wealth that can be obtained from it, as well as fame and success.

‘Like ants flocking to candy.’

Naturally, the area around the Sky Tower was bound to develop into a huge city due to the crowds of people.

The city that came before my eyes was just like that.

─Kazidum Empire, sky tower city ‘Tridum’

The wagon carrying me slowly began to enter the inner city of Tridum.

“Get out of the way!!”

“It’s the nobleman’s coming!!”

The imperial knights and soldiers surrounding the carriage shouted and drove the people from the wide roadside.

Usually, when going out, they borrowed knights and soldiers separately from the imperial family.

The city was spread out as if drawing concentric circles around the sky tower.

The carriage slowly came to a halt in the wide open square around the central sky tower.

click.

Feria, the escort knight, opened the carriage door and held out her hand to escort.

“Prince. my hand.”

“Thank you, but it’s okay. It’s only about going up and down the wagon, but what?”

“Yes, yes… … .”

I got off the carriage by myself, leaving the sullen Feria behind.

From afar, the leader of the Sky Tower management guild was running hurriedly.

A handsome middle-aged woman gasped and shouted.

“Woe, Prince! What an honor to visit such a humble place in person——!”

“Everyone who sees me is out of breath. please calm down… .”

I comforted her, who seemed to be out of breath at any moment, and walked toward the sky tower.

* * *

Rumors that the famous Prince Regid of Continental History had appeared spread quickly.

People from Tridum, the city, began to flock to the central plaza like a cloud.

“Get out of the way, get out of the way!”

“Hey, I can’t see!”

“This bitch doesn’t bow her head?!”

Regardless of gender or age, numerous people pushed each other to capture the figure of Prince Regid in their eyes.

Soon after, Prince Regid got off the carriage and appeared.

“ah!”

“Wow… !”

A heated exclamation erupted from the women.

It was then.

Dada Dada-.

A small child jumped out of the crowd and ran towards Prince Regid.

“What?!”

“Oh no!”

“What the hell is your father doing! I don’t see any mourning!”

Naturally, the little child was immediately stopped by an imperial knight.

stop.

At that time, Prince Regid saw that and stopped walking.

He ordered something to the escort knight next to him.

After a while, the escort knight brought the child to the prince.

The child was holding a small, ungainly bouquet of flowers in her bosom.

“… … .”

Prince Regid accepts the bouquet as if it were precious, smiles softly and hugs the child lightly.

The crowd watched the whole process with emotion and enthusiasm. It was like a painting in a story.

“Wow!”

“Prince-sama—!”

“Wow!”

A huge cheer erupted between them.

“Not only his appearance, but also how kind he is in his heart… !”

“You’re famous for treating subjects like us well without looking down on them.”

Then, a woman tilted her head.

“By the way… .”

“yes?”

“Isn’t it a bit different from a portrait?”

“… … I heard and saw it. Are you much better in real life than in portraits?”

“Was it true that the magnates claimed that Her Majesty Regid was the true No. 1 in the continent?”

Then another voice interrupted.

It was a female mercenary carrying a large two-handed axe.

“huh. I admit that Prince Regid is cool, but isn’t the No.

“what?”

“Is this bitch crazy?”

In the middle of the Kazidum Empire, it was impossible to undermine Prince Regid with ordinary courage.

However, the female mercenary responded to the angry women around her with a calm face.

“From my point of view, Prince Milo of Brickell Kingdom is the best among Continental History! Can’t you see the portraits released on the market?”

“Um… .”

“exactly… .”

People inadvertently nodded their heads, recalling the portraits of Continental History published in the media.

Compared to portraits only, Regid’s appearance ranks in the middle of Continental History.

At that time, a counterargument erupted from one side.

“Hey! Do you naively believe in portraits? From what I’ve heard, everyone bribed the painters to make a lot more messes than the original version?”

“what?”

“How many eyes do you see? Is that okay?”

People shook their heads with puzzled faces.

“Is it real? Some rumors say that Prince Milo of the Kingdom of Brickell secretly stabs his rival, Prince Regid, to make him look ugly from the start… .”

flinch!

A few newspaper reporters and reporters among the spectators secretly took notice of their surroundings.

“Did this bitch just say everything?!”

The female mercenary, a fan of Prince Milo, ran at him in anger.

“It’s a fight!!”

“Dry-!”

Unaware of the commotion in the crowd, Prince Regid disappeared into the sky tower management office guided by the guild leader.

When the figure of the prince disappeared, a pitiful exclamation leaked out among the people who came out to watch.

waggle.

The figure of the prince disappeared, but the crowd did not disintegrate.

It is because of the people who heard the rumors belatedly and gathered.

They sat down to see the prince’s face once again when he returned.

The central square gradually began to fill with people.