The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

“Argh, my whole body is sore.”

I groaned as I came out after finishing my shower.

Moving a bit too much, it seemed the muscle pain tomorrow would be no joke.

The number on my wrist that I checked after my morning exercise didn’t change much as expected.

I guess I’ll have to take the elixir.

“Tell the chef that I’d like a simple sandwich for lunch. With lots of meat, of course.”

Herion, who was waiting outside the shower room, nodded at my request.

“Understood. But are you going out for a walk again today?”

At that question, I glanced at the servants wandering around and said in a loud voice.

“No. I’m going to rest a bit today. I heard that rest is also important, right?”

At my answer, Precia, who was waiting with Herion, had a slightly subtle expression.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

When I asked, Precia answered in a small voice that only Herion and I could hear.

“No, it just seems like you’re trying to do something again.”

At Precia’s answer, I whistled softly.

I didn’t particularly manage my expression, but her insight was not ordinary.

She seemed to have gotten used to me, not Prince Yuan anymore.

“Let’s talk in detail when we return to my room.”

When I didn’t deny it, Precia looked at me with a worried expression.

“Then I will convey your instructions to the chef and attend to the backlogged work.”

“Okay, you don’t need to attend to me today, so work hard.”

Herion was busy spending time repairing and managing using the budget the king had increased, thanks to the king greatly increasing the existing budget by 5 times and bestowing money for what he couldn’t receive before.

Moreover, the king gave me quite a generous allowance, so I could get the medicinal herbs I wanted through the infirmary without touching the budget.

Arriving at my room, I took out a large palace interior map from the desk and spread it out on the desk.

Precia was shocked to see the palace map.

“H-how did you get this?!”

The palace interior map was one of the most important confidential documents among the top military secrets, so it wasn’t strange for her to be astonished.

“Get? Where would I get something like this?”

“Huh? Then?”

“Of course I drew it myself.”

This palace interior map was a replica I drew by following an appendix attached to .

Naturally, it was a detailed map with hidden secret passages drawn to explain the episode, which involved a fierce battle against the enemy, with the palace as the stage.

“Don’t worry too much. I roughly drew it based on where I wandered around.”

At my excuse, Precia clicked her tongue.

“So that’s why you’ve been wandering around so much, because of this map?”

“Well, it’s one of the reasons. Navi worked hard.”

I stroked Navi’s neck and Navi made a pleased crying sound.

-Nyaa~!

The reason I kept going around inside the palace was to get into the king’s quarters, but it was also to actually check if this map was correct through Navi.

Of course, there was also the intention to provoke the queen while increasing my reputation for later.

At my answer, Precia sighed.

If I were caught making this map, I would surely be killed or confined for a crime tantamount to treason, so I understood.

But this map was a map I made to survive.

“So why did you take out this map?”

At Precia’s question, I laughed mischievously.

“From now on, we’re going to secretly leave the palace and come back without anyone knowing.”

Precia looked at me as if she didn’t understand what I was saying.

“Look closely here. Each palace has a secret passage to evacuate in case of emergency. In the early days of the kingdom, it was made known to the king and the owner of each palace, but as time passed, it was only passed down to the king in case it might be used for rebellion.”

I pointed to the secret passage of the detached palace where we were, running my finger over the map.

“If it’s only passed down to His Majesty, how do you know about this, Prince?”

It was a natural question, and I answered as if it was no big deal.

“I read a lot of books… but the opportunity I found out was by reading the records of the dwarf who built this castle.”

As I took out an old book from the warehouse, Precia looked at the book cover written in ancient language.

“That book was brought from the royal blacksmith during the ‘night walk’ four days ago.”

After dinner with the king, I took Precia with me every other day to look for hidden things in the palace.

Now, the only things I hadn’t found were Lisbeth’s Spirit Book hidden in the Queen’s Palace and the Saints Rosary hidden in the statue of the goddess at the cathedral.

Among them, in the blacksmith’s shop, there were the hammer and diary of the dwarf who designed and built this palace at the request of the ancestor.

By the way, although the secret passages were mentioned in this diary, there was no explanation, but there was no need to explain it.

“But is there a reason why you’re secretly going out? Wouldn’t it be better to notify them and take an escort for the sake of the prince’s safety?”

Precia’s thought was generally correct.

If the guys trying to kill me were ordinary bastards, that is.

In fact, the part I’m worried about now is that the novel officially starts about 3 years after Prince Yuan dies.

I had no way of knowing what incidents would happen in the next 3 years.

“Precia, there are two reasons why I’m secretly going out. One is to not draw the attention of those who sent assassins to try to kill me, and the other is to keep the queen from knowing what I’m going to do when I go out.”

Perhaps the queen’s contact in the capital, ‘Arcana 13’ Necromancer Arisa and ‘Arcana 16’ Puppetmaster Nivel, may have already entered.

If possible, I absolutely did not want to meet that lunatic Arisa.

At my answer, Precia’s expression became serious.

She wasn’t foolish enough not to know what my words implied.

“Is what you’re going to do outside the palace similar to the night walk?”

I didn’t know how Precia understood my treasure hunting.

But since I told her some information about the treasures I obtained, such as Videl’s armor, she would think it was not something that would harm me.

“That’s right. Maybe it’s something that could be even more important than the night walk.”

At my answer, Precia nodded as if she had made up her mind.

“I will follow you wherever you go, Prince.”

“Okay, then let’s change our clothes first.”

Right now, both my and Precia’s outfits were too eye-catching.

The boy thought.

This world is too cruel and does not sympathize with him and his younger sibling.

But at the same time, the boy had a dream.

He would take up a sword and defeat the evil threatening the world like the brave knights in the fairy tales he read as a child.

And he would reach out to those in need of salvation instead of the world that does not sympathize with them.

The adults who heard the boy’s dream mocked and reproached him.

Fairy tales are just fairy tales, and you can’t become like those great knights.

Face reality.

In the eyes of the adults, the boy lacked what was absolutely necessary to become a knight.

What is needed to become a knight is not a strong body, delicate swordsmanship, or noble chivalry.

To become a true knight, a huge amount of money, a noble bloodline determined by the world, or a strong backing was needed.

But the boy had nothing.

He didn’t even have money to buy a handful of medicinal herbs to feed his sibling, let alone a piece of bread to keep from starving right now.

Even though he could become crooked out of resentment for the world, the boy voluntarily took on the job of an errand boy who received a paltry sum with a lively smile today as well.

“Hey, Gil! Move this for me!”

“Yes! After moving just this!”

“Gilbert! Hurry!”

“Yes, yes! I’m going!”

People called the boy, who seemed to not know misfortune like this.

‘Stupid Gilbert’.

I ate the sandwich Herion brought me and looked at the capital’s scenery visible below the slope.

To the east of the large river crossing the city, there was a street market, and to the north, near the palace, there was a luxurious residential area.

In the south, farmland was spread out using the river as a water source, but the place I was heading to was not well visible.

“Where is the slum?”

At my question, Precia pointed to the vicinity of the west side of the capital.

“The slum is over there.”

Following the tip of Precia’s finger, I could see a place that looked like a shantytown at the end of the west castle wall.

Since the shacks were small, they were hidden between the buildings and not easily visible.

“But we really came out.”

Precia was genuinely surprised as she looked at the city center.

It seemed she was half in doubt when I said we would slip out without anyone knowing.

“I told you. The secret passage is connected to the sewer, so we can come and go without anyone knowing. Of course, it smells a bit.”

I said while stroking Navi’s neck.

“Navi, can you refract the light?”

At my question, Navi tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

“Hmm, how should I explain this?”

If she were a spirit of light, she would have understood in an instant, but since she was a spirit of wind, it wasn’t easy to teach her the method.

I diligently explained the method of changing the hair color visible to others by changing the density of the air and causing light scattering.

But it seemed it was impossible, I failed to make Navi understand first.

“No, let’s just buy a wig if we can get one.”

My bright blonde hair wasn’t that rare, but Precia’s red hair was quite rare and eye-catching.

Still, it wasn’t urgent to hide our characteristics.

Thanks to asking Herion to prove that I officially didn’t leave my room before leaving the palace, just in case.

Because Prince Yuan’s face was not well known, no one would recognize me even if I walked among the crowd, but I had to always be prepared for the worst situation.

When I gave up, Navi rubbed her face against my cheek with an apologetic look.

Navi is cute, so it’s not her fault.

Anyway, there was a separate place to get disguise tools, so it was fine.

I finished the last sandwich, brushed my hands off, and said,

“Well then, let’s go down. We have to move quickly to return before sunset.”

“Understood! Then where should we go first?”

Precia’s face was also flushed, perhaps because touring the capital was a rare experience.

When she was young, she had no time due to Horazon’s training, and after becoming a knight, she often had to give up weekends for the sake of the loner Prince Yuan, so this kind of experience was extremely rare.

“Since we have an allowance, we should look around the market first, right?”

I didn’t know if the things I wanted would be at the market at this point, but there was a store I had to stop by.

“I also have my saved-up salary! Since I received a precious sword from the Prince, I’ll buy you something in return!”

“Hahaha, I’m looking forward to what you’ll buy me. But we sneaked out now, so don’t call me Prince.”

At my instruction, Precia covered her mouth with her hand, realizing her mistake.

“Then what should I call you?”

At her question, I answered with a playful face.

“Just call me by my name. Come on, call me Yuan.”

“Ah, no, how could I dare.”

Precia blushed and fidgeted.

I chuckled and took the lead.

(To be continued in the next episode)