How To Survive as a Crazy Prince

“This is something I can never recommend. It may not be right.”

“… … Even if you don’t do that, the crown prince can become strong enough.”

Katyusha and Mustafa dissuaded me from asking for more.

“Mustafa is right. The institution’s procedures are only for commoners like me… … .”

“Are you going to disobey me?”

But I’ve already made up my mind. I have no intention of retreating.

“Because I have thoughts. Talk in detail.”

At my request, Katyusha nodded with an expression that looked like she was about to cry, but forced herself to swallow it. Mustafa was silent with a hard expression on his face.

Katyusha explained about the procedure she received at the institution. I listened to the story in silence.

“… … After the procedure, to check the sensitivity of the senses, I closed my eyes and ears and entered a unique tank.”

And a word of concern came out.

“Tell me in detail. that tank.”

“yes. Let me explain.”

When I asked for an explanation in an unexpected part, Katyusha was puzzled and searched for her memory.

“It was a strange water in which the body floated. When I closed my eyes and ears and floated blankly on top of it, I didn’t feel anything from the outside.”

It was a concept I had heard about before.

“I checked my senses there. It was such a bizarre experience that I still think of it from time to time.”

It was about the sensory deprivation tank.

Equipment that existed closer to the occult than science, said to be able to block all external stimuli and focus on oneself by floating in salt water at the same temperature as the skin.

I never thought that such a thing could exist in this world.

“… … What is the agency doing? Doesn’t it fit the times?”

“I haven’t heard the details either, but I’ve heard that there was a genius given by God.”

“That genius, what’s his name?”

“It’s a MacGuffin.”

Indeed, is it like that? not even evil Laughter came out of nowhere. It’s nothing.

“Then let’s get down to business. Can you recreate that tank?”

“The organization’s personnel have all been purged after past assassination attempts, but the record probably exists.”

“Let’s look for it. as soon as possible.”

“… … All right.”

Katyusha bowed her head and headed for the study to carry out my order. Mustafa looked at me with concern.

“I don’t know what the crown prince is thinking, but it’s better not to do anything too dangerous.”

“Nothing. I just wanted to do some meditation.”

There is no way a sparrow knows the will of a phoenix, no, a phoenix.

If you don’t care, you might burn yourself.

It didn’t take long to find the records of the sensory deprivation tank.

“If you pour salt and adjust the temperature to the ratio written here, it seems possible to reproduce the roughness. The amount of salt… … It looks like it’s going to be close. The food will be bland for a while.”

“It’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped.”

The royal palace bath. I was recreating the sensory deprivation tank according to the records that Katyusha had found. Mustafa took the salt and poured it into the bathtub, and Katyusha measured the temperature of the water and tasted it to check the ratio.

“It’s like preparing soup for hundreds of people. What to say when questioned about the consumption of salt. Cleaning seems like a big deal.”

Katyusha grunted and tasted the salt water. Katyusha was extremely against it, but when I explained that I wanted to experience it for meditation, he was astonished but cooperated.

“Rather than doing this, why don’t you go out and get hit by a waterfall?”

Mustafa didn’t seem to understand even though he was tearing and pouring salt. It’s a waterfall, it seems to suit Mustafa quite well. You may have actually meditated while being hit.

“… … It fits now.”

After pouring salt for a while and repeating the temperature measurement, the sensory deprivation tank, no, the water tank was completed. All that remains is to close your eyes and ears and enter.

“You must take off your clothes.”

“… … please?”

“At least one piece would be fine, but I used it naked.”

… … It’s a bit embarrassing, but I can’t help it to see the proper effect.

I sighed and told him to turn around and take off my clothes. Hmm, Katyusha cleared her throat and averted her gaze. I’m a little concerned about whether he’s surprisingly shy, or whether he thinks it’s polite to react like that.

Then, wearing an eye patch and earplugs prepared in advance, I stepped into the water.

“If you feel uncomfortable or abnormal, please tell me right away.”

“okay. Instead, never touch me until I say something.”

The water in the bathtub felt more than several times more buoyant than ordinary water. It was a very strange feeling.

‘It’s scary to be honest. Whoa… … .’

I took a deep breath, slowly entered the water, and lay down. My body floated with a strange feeling of buoyancy. And as time passed, the sensation gradually disappeared.

The lukewarm temperature of the water that I had felt at first was no longer felt. It was a feeling of floating, no, just existing in a space filled with darkness. I didn’t even feel like lying down.

It was as if I had been abandoned in the vastness of space.

The first emotion I felt was fear. But as time passed, the fear slowly turned into comfort. My heartbeat, which had been beating like crazy, also calmed down.

I took a deep breath and focused on my body, on my senses.

‘… … I feel it.’

After some time passed, I was able to sense the electricity flowing through my body. I could feel a very delicate and feeble electricity running along the bundle of nerves that ran from my head to the tips of my limbs.

‘Can I control this?’

I was terrified. I felt the fear of whether I would be able to properly handle this many, delicate, and feeble electricity. It was something I was determined to do, but it never felt easy when I actually faced it.

‘No, is that difficult in the first place?’

While frozen in fear, I had an idea.

When we move our bodies, we do not worry about not being able to move. just move The only time it doesn’t work is when you’re hesitating.

By letting go of hesitation, man has complete control over his body.

‘You shouldn’t be afraid or nervous. You just have to do it. It’s what I usually do.’

I shook off my thoughts and focused on my body. And the first thing to do was cut off the signal of the sense of touch.

It was done casually. Since I was in a state where I didn’t feel anything in the first place, there was nothing difficult. Signals flowing through the tactile senses were cut off, and signals from other senses were amplified. I felt a strange sense of awakening.

‘Let’s keep in control. How far can you go?’

I opened the tactile signal again. And cut off the signals of the other senses. By repeating it, he gradually got used to dealing with his senses.

While concentrating on my senses like that, I came to a question.

‘What if I cut off all my senses like this?’

It may be dangerous. However, as long as I had my doubts, I couldn’t hold on without checking. The temptation of reaching new heights did not stop me.

I cut off the senses I had opened one by one. And finally, the moment when all five senses were cut off——.

‘hey.’

An inaudible sound came.

‘Who are you?’

And I saw something that couldn’t be seen.

I——Mikhail was standing in front of me.

‘Suddenly came into someone else’s body and is doing something absurd.’

I could tell intuitively.

This is the original Mikhail.

Inside the sensory blocking tank, humans face only themselves.

There, I cut myself off from my bodily sensations and reached a state of even more complete shut-off.

As a result, I came face-to-face with the original owner of the body I possessed——the original.

Maybe I’ll lose control of my body like this, or I’ll disappear.

‘Well, I’m not really complaining. I don’t do that.’

The moment I thought that, Mikhail spoke as if he had read my thoughts.

‘I said it was absurd, but what you’re doing is also what I was trying to do.’

Is Mikhail not resentful of having his body stolen?

‘Are you taken away? I never thought I was taken away. Aren’t you overly self-conscious?’

I was dumbfounded as if Mikhail was talking about something. For a moment, I had a hunch.

Maybe my consciousness and Mikhail’s consciousness are mixed and exist.

Come to think of it, there was a lot of work to do. Whether it’s the occasional over-the-top talk, or being easily annoyed… … I was a completely different personality from the person I was before being possessed. If Mikhail from the original work and my consciousness before being possessed were mixed, that phenomenon would explain——.

… … wait for a sec. wait a minute

Myself before being possessed… … .

What was I

‘I don’t know where you are, but I don’t hate you.’

I was momentarily confused——.

‘Let’s do our best together.’

At the same time as Mikhail laughed, the senses that had been blocked began to run wild.

“aaa!!”

I screamed and jumped up. He exhaled heavily and tore off the blindfold. I pulled out my earplugs and threw them away.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha… … ! ha ha, ha ha… … !!”

And desperately breathed the air. The air, like the salty breeze of the sea, passed through his throat.

“Gwa, are you okay, young master… … .”

Katyusha’s voice came from outside the bathtub. That Katyusha had a frightened face. Mustafa was also shocked and was wary of me.

“Huh, huh. ha… … .”

I looked at my own body. My muscles were tense, and light sparks ran through my whole body. The water in the bathtub also crackled ominously with the electricity in my body. It looked as if an ordinary person would be electrocuted in an instant.

“hahahaha… … . whoop whoop whoop… … .”

I managed to calm my rough breathing. And he checked his senses one by one. My body sensations were completely different from before.

However, it wasn’t like Katyusha’s sense of touch was blocked and other senses were amplified.

“Mustafa.”

It just felt like all the senses were simply amplified. It seems that magic power flows through the whole body.

“May I ask for sparring?”

At the same time, the desire to see just how powerful this power was, boiled over.

“Brother, calm down! and… … .”

Katyusha approached me and shouted. But right now, no matter how Katyusha I am, I’m not in a state that can stop it. I’m right now… … .

“Put on your clothes!”

… … decided to get dressed.