The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

Not long after the military doctor left, Silua returned to the dormitory.

“Yuan Oppa!”

Seeing that I was awake, Silua started to run towards me but then hesitated and fidgeted, looking at my reaction.

“…Are you feeling okay?”

At that, I smiled and gestured for her to come.

“It’s fine, if it’s because I fainted, there’s no need to be cautious. It’s not your fault either.”

If anyone is at fault, it would be my rotten teacher who didn’t write a single line even though he knew it would hurt.

“But still…”

“Well, if it had no effect, I was planning to go straight to his grave and curse at him, but as expected of a sage, the effect was better than expected.”

Actually, the pain was also because of my mana density. If it was average density, it would have been fine.

“Of course! Father is amazing!”

Silua, who exclaimed vigorously, said “Oops” and looked at my reaction again.

“No, I’m sorry because of Father…”

“Ahahaha! I said it’s fine.”

As I told her not to worry and to come, the door suddenly flung open.

“Young Master! You’re awake! I was worried!”

Gilbert ran towards me with tears in his eyes, trying to hug me.

“Oof!”

However, Navi created a transparent wall with wind, and Gilbert, who was running, strongly collided with the wall and fell.

“Ah, sorry. Without realizing it.”

Perhaps because he had just come back from battle, Gilbert’s momentum felt threatening for a moment, so I ended up blocking him.

Of course, there was also the fact that I didn’t want to be hugged because his whole body was covered in monster blood, as if he had taken a shower in it.

“No, I was too excited. I’m glad you’re awake!”

Nuni, who was sitting on Gilbert’s shoulder, flew up and sat on my head.

I got out of bed and stretched.

“Ugh! Ouch, not moving for a long time makes my whole body stiff. Gilbert, you worked hard, so wash up and rest.”

“No! I will guard you!”

Gilbert seemed full of enthusiasm, as if he still had energy left even after just fighting.

When he first fought, he looked quite exhausted, but he seemed to be growing faster than I thought.

The more I see, the more I think the ancestral heritage would have been better for Gilbert to have.

Damn body.

“Still, you smell like blood, so wash up. Come to the doll storage after completely getting rid of the blood smell.”

At my point, Gilbert sniffed the smell coming from his body and frowned.

“Ah… you’re right. Understood.”

I then asked Precia.

“Precia, is there joint training today?”

“There is, but I don’t know if it will be held.”

Certainly, since I woke up and Demiway said he would personally check, it might be skipped today.

“Really? Then go to training for now and tell the commander that I will come after checking the dolls.”

At my instruction, Precia nodded.

“Yes, understood.”

I patted Silua’s head and said,

“Silua, let’s go together.”

“Yes! Yuan Oppa!”

Entering the doll storage, I was amazed at the sight of the arranged spider-type combat magic dolls.

“Wow, completely SF!” (TN: Sci-Fi)

Even when they were broken and only stored, they had a certain charm, but the sleek steel spiders that were all fixed looked like dystopian war weapons.

Geor knows a man’s romance.

“Silua, I heard the practical test is over; how was it conducted?”

At my question, Silua lightly raised her hand to activate the dolls.

“We conducted it in automatic combat mode, considering when we leave this place. Uncle Commander was satisfied, saying the performance was the same as before they were broken.”

“If that uncle is satisfied, that’s all that matters. Did you try actual control?”

“I did. There were no major problems when I controlled them.”

I infused mana into my magic wand, “Aquila’s Grimoire,” a ring-shaped wand on my finger, and sent a mana signal to the dolls.

Without knowing the mana signal set by Geor, these dolls could not be properly handled.

The 6,000 dolls that reacted to my mana signal got up all at once, emitting light from their eyes.

Since the dolls’ power source was magic stones, my mana was only consumed when giving orders to the dolls and receiving information.

Of course, it still took a considerable amount of mana since there were 6,000 dolls.

Without the assistance of Aquila’s Grimoire, I wouldn’t have dared to attempt it even with my current mana amount.

This is why mages are crazy about good magic wands.

“Wow, the interface is way too messy.”

The information about the dolls that appeared in front of my eyes as my mana connected with them was too excessively detailed.

It would be fine when controlling one doll at a time, but when controlling a large number of dolls, I couldn’t see in front of me due to the 6,000 interfaces that appeared.

“Silua, how did your father manage this information?”

At my question, Silua blinked her eyes.

“When moving many dolls, Father didn’t bother looking at information that wasn’t really necessary.”

“Then?”

“He mostly processed it with sense and mental calculation.”

Sense and mental calculation.

Certainly, since I was connected to the dolls, basic information about the dolls came directly into my head.

But while it might be fine when standing still, when making them fight, a huge amount of information would come in, and he processed it without even looking at it?

Is the sage some kind of unbelievable monster?

“You too… No, that would be a pointless question.”

Since Silua has a library in her head, she would do it better than Geor, not worse.

“This won’t do.”

I blocked the information coming into my head and spread my arms to create magic techniques.

Various magic techniques and magic circles appeared in the air, filling the space.

I scanned the magic and started modifying Geor’s magic techniques on the spot.

I integrated and simplified the overcrowded information as much as possible.

While I was organizing the magic for a long time, a strong presence was felt outside.

It felt like my cognitive senses expanded along with the increase in mana.

“Royal Knight Yuan! If you don’t want me to break the dolls of your benefactor, come out quickly!”

It was Demiway’s voice.

I quickly encrypted the magic I had floating in the air so it would be unrecognizable and said,

“Geez, he’s so impatient. Zillian No. 13, open the door.”

As the door opened, Demiway entered, and I continued the modification while moving my hands without rest.

Demiway looked at the magic circles flying in the air and cleared his throat, perhaps feeling embarrassed.

“Ahem! You look busy; my apologies. If you’re in the middle of important work, I shouldn’t have interrupted.”

At his shameless words, I let out a chuckle.

“Then you shouldn’t have threatened to destroy the dolls.”

“…I’m sorry about that.”

I nodded at Demiway’s apology.

“Well, it’s not that I don’t understand the Commander’s feelings.”

It was natural for him to be impatient.

His father had to retire early due to the Red Eyes, and the Red Eyes had caused enormous damage to the territory for a long time before falling asleep.

Now that the Red Eyes had awakened and filled its stomach, and it was unknown when it would fully begin its activities again, they had to take the initiative as soon as possible, or the damage could increase.

In such a situation, it was natural for him to be anxious since I, who could be the key to the operation’s support, had been unconscious for a week.

“I’m finishing up now, so please wait a bit.”

The numerous magic techniques in the air gathered at my fingertips, condensing into a single small interface.

Those large chunks of information were compressed to show only the doll’s number, magic stone remaining amount, and damage status.

Clicking the number would bring up detailed information about that doll, so it was organized into a small size of about 20 inches.

Seeing what I had organized, Silua was surprised and admired.

“Wow! It’s simplified so you can see it at a glance! Is this how it’s done?”

Silua quickly followed the magic techniques I reconstructed.

It probably wasn’t that difficult since it was fundamentally Geor’s magic, but as expected of Geor’s daughter.

“With this, the first adjustment is done, and now I need to do the second adjustment…”

There were still many lacking points for me to comfortably handle the dolls.

When I glanced at Demiway, he coughed lightly.

“Is that adjustment or whatever absolutely necessary?”

“Since I haven’t reached the level of a sage like my teacher, I need to adjust it to suit me in order to handle them similarly.”

“Hmm…”

“But if we’re not going to war right away, there’s no need to do it now.”

At my words that the second adjustment could be postponed, Demiway nodded with a curl of his lips.

“Then let’s immediately test if you can properly fill my vacant spot.”

“Do you have a method in mind?”

At my question, Demiway pondered for a moment.

Since he said he would test it directly, he was probably thinking of fighting against the doll army I control.

“I’m thinking of fighting directly against the dolls you control. However, I’m debating whether to fight all 6,000 units or a portion of them.”

Both have clear pros and cons.

If fighting all 6,000 units, there is the advantage of being able to clearly confirm that I am controlling them.

However, the disadvantages are that the testing space is narrow, magic stones are wasted, and if I make a mistake, I could damage a large number of dolls.

On the other hand, if fighting a portion, the previous disadvantages are eliminated, but there is the disadvantage of not being able to confirm if I can properly handle all 6,000 units.

“Which method do you think is better?”

At Demiway’s question, I shrugged.

“The latter is better, isn’t it? For the former, we can test it through monster subjugation. Then there’s no space constraint, we can supply magic stones, and above all, it’s not a waste of time and resources.”

At the word “waste”, Demiway’s brows furrowed but soon nodded.

“Alright. For immediate testing, 20 dolls should be enough.”

“Well, that much should do.”

At my gesture, 20 dolls moved and lined up in the central passage.

I stepped on the leg of the frontmost doll and climbed on top of it.

Hmm, I’ll need to attach a backrest to this guy later.

“Silua, let’s go.”

“Yes! Yuan Oppa!”

Silua flew lightly with magic and sat in front of me.

Demiway took the lead, heading to the cavalry training ground located west of the lord’s castle.

At the cavalry training ground, about 30 knights, including Precia and the Special Forces Captain, were busily moving and conducting joint training.

Roughly looking, it seemed Precia was acting autonomously, assisting within a range that didn’t interfere with their movements, rather than matching the Blantzberg knights.

Knowing my gaze was directed at Precia, Demiway said,

“Unlike you, she’s a talented knight. I’d like to persuade her to transfer here from the Royal Knights once this matter is over.”

“She won’t accept even if you persuade her. Who would exchange the comfortable, safe, and honorable position of a Royal Knight that guarantees retirement for the dangerous and foreigner-unfriendly knighthood of Blantzberg Territory?”

Demiway’s eyebrows twitched.

“You’re quite confident. Even if I say I’ll take her as my disciple, will she really?”

“She really will.”

At my matter-of-fact answer, Demiway glared at me, looking displeased.

“I can make that child the next Skyfall Swordsman.”

At those words, I snorted.

“Then try persuading her like that.”

At that moment, Silua tugged on my sleeve with a restless face.

Oh no! I promised Precia not to get on Demiway’s nerves, but I unintentionally did it.

Precia will scold me again. But how can nice words come out when he dares to covet what’s mine?

“Everyone, move aside!”

At Demiway’s shout, the subjugation team stopped their training and scattered left and right.

Demiway passed through them and stood facing me at the end of the cavalry training ground.

Perhaps because it was a cavalry training ground, it was very wide, seeming convenient to move the dolls.

“Let’s see if your puppetry skills are as good as that mouth of yours.”

Fighting spirit, so intense that it seemed like killing intent, rose from Demiway’s whole body.

“Silua, go to Precia.”

At my words, Silua got off the doll and scurried to Precia’s side.

I sat on top of the doll and drew up mana.

The dolls reacting to my mana quickly took their positions.

“Commander, I hope you don’t forget that this is just a performance test. Even if you smash the dolls in one shot, your reputation can’t get any higher, and it takes time and money to fix them. Of course, I’ll charge you for the cost.”

At my words, Demiway’s fighting spirit faltered and diminished.

He has a cute side too.

“Let’s begin!”

Demiway ran towards me first.