The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

I slung a bag containing heavy luggage over my shoulder and grabbed the Earth Denomination’s permit for entering the ruins.

Inside the ruins where space was distorted, it was difficult to use spatial magic, so I had no choice but to carry the bag.

Actually, considering the creator of the spatial magic tool I possessed, it seemed there wouldn’t be much of an issue, but I decided not to use it just in case.

I had no intention of becoming lost in the second dimension while taking things out of the subspace.

Therefore, I left the magazines with spatial expansion magic in the carriage and only filled the pockets of my tactical vest with spare magazines without magic.

I thought I would never wear this kind of trash vest again after being discharged.

Of course, rather than the tactical vest from my previous life, it was a high-end product sold as exploration equipment, so it was thicker and engraved with defense magic.

The problem was that the thicker it was, the more easily it got sweaty and stuffy.

“Shall I carry the bag?”

At Precia’s consideration, I shook my head.

“No, you’re carrying a bag too.”

Even if the bag was heavy, the bags Precia and I were carrying weren’t that big.

It was because my glass body couldn’t possibly withstand a heavy military pack, and Precia needed to move nimbly when something happened.

“Now, everyone pay attention.”

At my words, the eight people gathered in the room looked at me all at once.

“We’ll be entering the ruins soon, so I’ll do a final check. We’ll be divided into two teams.”

Team 1 was me, Precia, and Jade.

Team 2 was Gilbert, Abassael, Silua, Yard, Sophia, and Dailhorg.

Since there were two permits, we decided to move separately.

Precia was already fixed as she had met Amelie and Rotulus, and I pondered over who among Jade, Gilbert, and Abassael would go with me, and eventually chose Jade.

If I took Gilbert, it seemed he would have a lot to learn from seeing Rotulus, but I excluded him because I thought I would need magical help.

Between Jade and Abassael, I judged that the person with more experience in ruins or dungeons should lead Team 2, so in the end, Abassael was chosen to lead Team 2.

Although he had been trapped in Boutique for 10 years, the feat of becoming the youngest Supreme Mage was not an achievement possible only with book smarts.

“I want to move together with the Captain.”

Sophia had become comfortable with me and my companions at some point.

At her words, I chuckled.

“No way. Do you want to make things awkward with the Sea Denomination for no reason?”

Although Sophia was a close childhood friend of Amelie, the Saint of the Sea Denomination, the holy knights and priests of the Sea Denomination would be uncomfortable with her.

Amelie alone was uncomfortable enough, but a Saint from another church on top of that would be too much.

From their perspective, it was equivalent to the commander of another division coming to play and messing around with the unit here and there while our division commander was giving a lecture.

Moreover, the commanders were close friends, so they didn’t hold back and didn’t distinguish between what should and shouldn’t be said.

It wasn’t hard to imagine what the atmosphere would be like.

“Your Holiness, I agree with this fellow’s words this time. Please restrain yourself.”

Dailhorg, who followed Sophia all the way to Vahanad to protect her and ended up being dragged to the ruins, also agreed with my words.

“Tsk, I’m confident I can stay put.”

There was a mischievous playfulness in Sophia’s eyes as she said that.

That expression clearly shows she’ll cause a crazy accident if she goes with me.

It would be fun. Should I just take her?

No, I don’t think I’ll be able to properly carry out my plan then, so I’ll have to hold back this time, even if it’s regrettable.

“Silua.”

“Yes! I’m all ready!”

Silua moved the dolls with a simple hand gesture.

Silua’s dolls were summoned in advance to serve as porters and combatants.

Being unable to use spatial magic meant summoning was also blocked.

It was a disadvantageous ruin for Silua, whose dolls were her combat power, in many ways, but it was good for her to become familiar with other magic on this occasion.

I also controlled three dolls to make them carry luggage.

“Hmm, the more I see this guy, the more unpleasant it is.”

I looked at the doll that looked exactly like me, carrying a military pack five times my size.

At my bad review, Silua pouted her lips.

“Why! He’s handsome!”

Precia also chimed in with Silua’s protest.

“That’s right. I want one too.”

This doll was the named combat doll ‘Doppelganger-type Yuan Prototype’ that Silua made for me.

I also participated in its production, so I knew the performance of this doll better than anyone.

I worked on it a bit more, so I might know it better than Silua, the main creator.

But I couldn’t help feeling unpleasant that it looked too much like me.

“Precia, even if you have the doll, you don’t know magic, so you won’t be able to use it. But you want a doll that looks just like me? Not a doll that looks like you?”

At my question, Precia smiled brightly like an innocent girl, saying she didn’t know what I meant.

It felt somewhat fishy, but if it was Jade, I would be more suspicious, but if it was Precia, there shouldn’t be any strange intentions. …Probably.

“Well, it’s true that it would be useful if it looked exactly like me.”

There’s nothing like this doll for scamming or creating an alibi.

But right now, there was a problem with this face. I touched the doll’s face for a moment and changed it to a middle-aged angular face.

“Ahh!”

At the sudden exclamation, I turned to Precia, but Precia smiled at me as if asking why.

Hmm, was it my imagination? I must have misheard the sound coming from outside.

I moved the dolls as a test.

Although they were ordinary dolls left by Geor except for the Doppelganger-type, they were superior to the named dolls of most puppeteers.

If controlled well, they were much stronger than the Sea Denomination’s holy knights.

If controlled well.

Still, it should be fine since I’m only controlling three.

“Jade, Precia, and I will enter as soon as we go to the Sea Denomination. Abassael, did you thoroughly understand the map and routes I prepared for you?”

“Of course.”

“Good. Then move two hours after us, and let’s meet again at the rendezvous point at the time I set.”

I entrusted Abassael with the task of retrieving the relics that might still be hidden in the early sections of the ruins.

It was something that existed even in the novel set much later than now, so it would probably still be there now.

If I moved together with the Sea Denomination, I wouldn’t be able to retrieve them, so I informed him of the hidden locations and search methods.

“With Lord Jade and Lady Precia, there’s no need to worry, but just in case, please be careful, My Lord.”

“Hahaha, don’t worry. With the personnel moving together, even if I wanted to get injured, I wouldn’t be able to until we meet again.”

There are only a few priests in the bus that will drive me.

As long as it’s not instant death, I can survive pretty much anything.

I glanced at Sophia.

“Well, I don’t think I need to say it, but just in case, follow Abassael’s instructions as much as possible and get along well with everyone.”

“Ohohoho! Worrying is also in your nature. We’re already friends, right?”

Sophia laughed and sought agreement from Silua, and Silua also laughed and clapped hands with each other.

She had already blended in among my companions with her unique affinity.

This is the first time I’ve seen someone with such good affinity besides Gilbert.

As expected, professional religious fanatics are different in their own way.

“Don’t just get along well yourself, but also seek the cooperation of that old man.”

When I pointed to the old holy knight standing like a totem pole behind Sophia, Sophia also looked embarrassed.

“Ah, that’s indeed worrisome.”

“Ahem! I have no intention of causing unnecessary disturbance, so don’t worry.”

Judging by Dailhorg’s gaze, it seemed he was telling me there would be no problem if only I wasn’t here.

“Goodness, you’re not a father-in-law whose daughter was taken away by his son-in-law, so don’t be so stiff. Let’s smile a bit.”

“What!”

At my joke, it seemed sparks flew from the old holy knight’s eyes as if his vital point was poked.

Certainly, it wasn’t strange for him to think that way since Sophia suddenly started following me and went on journey, saying it was a promise of an oracle.

Especially since it was Sophia, whom he raised like a real granddaughter, not some other priest, he would be all the more displeased.

But what can you do about it?

“Whoa! Calm down, Uncle.”

While stopping him, Sophia snickered, saying it made sense.

“Then, let’s meet inside the ruins.”

I took Precia and Jade and headed to the promised location, the entrance of the ruins.

******

Standing in front of the ruins’ entrance, Amelie smiled as she saw the fully prepared ruins exploration team.

“Considering it was hastily prepared due to the Wheel’s prophecy, I think we prepared well, don’t you think?”

If things had gone according to the original plan, not only would it not be her entering these ruins, but it also wouldn’t be at this point in time.

The scheduled plan had more leeway.

However, recently, Arcana 10, the Wheel of Fortune, foresaw that the artifact the Arcana was aiming for would disappear amidst the constant shaking of fate.

Arcana 18, the Moon, saw it as a butterfly effect caused by the influence of the chain-like distortion of fate, but it was uncertain.

“The Clown worked hard. Gathering personnel other than the holy knights and priests and preparing supplies and equipment in such a short time.”

Rotulus praised Javan, who handed over the supplies with a tired face and left, swaying from exhaustion.

Gathering supplies wasn’t that difficult, even if specialized equipment was included.

However, even if it was an organization gathered under the same name, it wasn’t easy to identify talents suitable for the goal and seek cooperation beyond factions and internal strife in a short period of time.

“That’s true. Even though I told him to rest leisurely, he said he had a task left by the Moon and went straight to the western front.”

“The western front?”

“Yes, from what I heard, it seemed to be something about a witch and a forest.”

At Amelie’s words, Rotulus let out a small sigh.

“He’s still a guy whose mouth loosens in front of women.”

“Hohoho, but I don’t know much since he doesn’t say the essential things.”

No matter how much of a chatterbox Javan became in front of women, he never crossed the line.

“Well, honestly, isn’t it not a big deal even if people in our positions know?”

Both Amelie and Rotulus were high-ranking executives in the Arcana who had received numbers, in addition to being socially and authoritatively prestigious.

“Rather, there are times when it’s better not to know. The guests have arrived.”

Following Rotulus’s gaze, Amelie turned her head and saw six people approaching the cathedral.

It was Yuan in disguise, just like when he visited as a guest yesterday.

“Welcome, Mr. Ian. Did you sleep well last night?”

“Fortunately, thanks to the merciful sea’s blessings, I had a good night’s sleep. Let me introduce my escorts. From the right, there’s Rossan, Jay, Ganger, Ai, and Pret. You saw Fret yesterday, right?”

Yuan introduced Jade, Precia, and the dolls as if they were people. Jade was Jay, and Precia was Pret.

“Ha, it’s an honor to be working together.”

When Rossan, the giant man over 2 meters tall controlled by Yuan, greeted as if he were the representative of the escorts, Amelie smiled brightly and nodded.

“Please, no need for formalities. Ah, we’ll be entering the ruins soon, so could you ‘register’ on the permit first?”

The capacity of 20 people per permit wasn’t just a simple administrative restriction.

Each person’s mana had to be registered on the permit for the defense magic at the entrance of the ruins not to be triggered, and that registration capacity was 20 people.

“Sure.”

As Yuan headed to where the holy knights were with his escorts, holding the Earth Denomination’s permit, Amelie discreetly asked Rotulus.

“What do you think? Do you think we can get help from them in case of an emergency, as you said yesterday?”

At her question, Rotulus stroked his beak with his wing feathers and answered.

“Yes, I think they’ll be helpful. There are about three people among the escorts worth keeping an eye on. The other two seem to have good skills too.”

Rotulus’s gaze was directed at Jade, Precia, and the Doppelganger-type Yuan Prototype. Among them, the one drawing attention was Precia with her deep ‘brown hair’.

“Is that so? That’s a relief.”

Amelie smiled brightly and clapped her hands, saying,

“Now, let’s enter the ruins.”

The exploration team led by Amelie, the Saint of the Sea Denomination, immediately set foot into the ruins.