The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

Amelie and I, who were surprised to see each other, maintained an eerie silence as we confronted each other.

It was obvious that we were both racking our brains.

When we parted ways, there were only six of us, including the dolls, but now there were more than ten times that number, so it was only natural that they couldn’t move carelessly.

Of course, I was also racking my brains to the point of getting a fever.

How are they here?

According to my expectations, Amelie should have chosen to retreat.

To induce that choice, I stole their food and even ordered Abassael to break the receiving magic tool at the Artifact Management Office so they couldn’t receive the distress signal.

After thinking for a moment, I could easily infer the situation.

Considering that there were 24 people here out of the 34, Amelie’s personality, and the characteristics of the Labyrinth of Constellations, there was only one conclusion I could draw.

They were simply lucky.

I was unlucky.

Abassael said it would take about three days to repair, but due to the different flow of time in each area, the magic tool was fixed at the office in the Ursa Minor area before Amelie decided to retreat.

When contact was made, Amelie chose to forcibly break through with the 20 people protected by the permit and the maximum number of 4 additional people that the Saint and the Mercenary King could protect with their power.

The remaining 10 people would probably stay behind and wait for rescue.

Seeing the holy knights and Rotulus still panting from exhaustion, it seemed my prediction was not wrong.

“Kuk kuk kuk, looks like you had a hard time.”

When I asked, holding back laughter, Amelie, the Saint of the Sea Domination, shouted in a burst of anger.

“Because of whom!”

“Who knows? I’m pretty sure I said I would only go with you halfway.”

Although I did hire the Sea Domination’s holy knights as an escort, I never said I would go with them all the way to the end.

Knowing that, didn’t she also try to manipulate me from the entrance of the Labyrinth of Constellations, pretending to give me choices?

“You…! You thief!”

“Calling me a thief is too much. I thought it was a fair distribution and just took our share.”

At my impudent words, the holy knights and priests also began to tremble with anger.

“You even stripped us clean of our food! I don’t know about the artifacts, but you took the food and what? Took your share?!”

At Amelie’s shout, Sophia and Dalihorg behind me looked at me with surprised eyes.

Come to think of it, I didn’t tell those two.

The two of them, especially the old holy knight, obviously wanted to grab me by the collar and ask what I had done.

I smiled and brushed it off with a wink, meaning I didn’t do much.

Fortunately, despite Sophia, her close friend, being present, Amelie and her subordinate clergy couldn’t see through the fake face created by Eunha.

My current face was also fake, but I thought there was a possibility that someone who recognized me might have just pretended not to know, but it seemed I didn’t need to worry.

“Thief… What do you mean by that?”

The deputy leader of the Izel Expedition Team, Delevhem, asked. He seemed confused, not understanding the current confrontational situation.

He reacted sensitively to the word thief in particular.

It couldn’t be helped since thieves would be the ones to be most wary of when exploring various places.

“There was a small misunderstanding. It’s a trivial misunderstanding common in ruins like this.”

At my words, a vein bulged on Amelie’s neck.

“What do you mean a trivial misunderstanding!”

As she got angry, dense divine power mixed with mana fluctuated around her, and a haze rose.

Rotulus grabbed her shoulder to calm her down and whispered something in her ear.

“Calm down, Saint. If we recklessly cause a dispute without considering the consequences, it will be troublesome for us. For now, we need to think about the numbers.”

Using the power of the wind spirit Navi, I eavesdropped on Rotulus’s voice.

As expected of an experienced mercenary, his assessment of the situation was quick.

His gaze was fixed on Precia and Dalihorg.

Even if the holy knights and priests were among the strongest in the Sea Domination, if they weren’t transcendents, numbers didn’t matter.

It wouldn’t be difficult for him to calculate that if either Precia or Dalihorg caught his ankle, they would be annihilated.

“Then you’re saying we should let them go now?”

At Amelie’s question whispered in a low voice, as if growling, Rotulus shook his head.

“No, calm down and take a good look at them. If we fight, we only need to deal with the six who betrayed us, right? Especially take a good look at that seaweed-haired guy in the coat.”

At Rotulus’s words, Amelie took a deep breath and glanced at Delevhem.

She seemed to have found the faded symbol of the Izel Expedition Team on the sleeve of his coat, three swords crossing behind an open book, and smiled.

“You mean we should separate them first rather than blindly fighting in anger. Especially persuade those wearing the emblem of the book and swords first, since there are 40 of them.”

At Amelie’s words, Rotulus nodded.

“I…”

“It was all for your sake!”

I cut off Amelie’s words and shouted in a sorrowful voice.

At my shout, everyone looked at me.

I continued, slightly exaggerating my emotions while trying to be as natural as possible.

“How many people would grieve if a noble person like you went deep into such a dangerous ruin and suffered misfortune?”

In situations like this, I had to make the first move.

If I carelessly handed over the initiative in the conversation, troublesome things could happen.

At my words, Amelie seemed to get angry again and lashed out.

“Then why did you take the food! You’re the one causing my misfortune! You damn thief!”

At her anger, I lightly waved my finger and said,

“If it weren’t for that, you would have surely tried to go deep into the ruin without considering your own safety. It’s only natural for you to be angry! It’s also natural for you to hate me! But please understand! You are someone who shouldn’t be in such a dangerous place!”

At my words, Amelie seemed dumbfounded and mumbled.

Even the experienced Rotulus seemed surprised, not expecting this.

“Mr. Delevhem!”

“Huh? Uh-huh.”

“Do you know who this person is?”

At my question, Deputy Leader Delevhem looked back and forth between Amelie and me and shook his head.

“No, I roughly know the faces of the exploration teams entering the Labyrinth of Constellations, but… it’s a face I’m seeing for the first time.”

“This person is Lady Amelie, the Saint of the Sea Domination!”

I revealed Amelie’s identity before she could do it herself.

In situations like this, if you try to respond after the other person reveals it, it’s too late.

Even if I argue that I already knew and had other intentions after Amelie directly revealed it, it would be difficult to gain persuasiveness.

Hearing the word Saint, everyone present was surprised and looked at Amelie.

“I didn’t want the noble and esteemed Saint to come to such a dangerous place! I ask you, Miss Yurpe.”

“Huh?”

The short-haired girl from the Izel Expedition Team, who was suddenly called upon by me, was startled.

“Please answer with your faith on the line. If the Saint said she would set foot in this dangerous labyrinth, would you agree or oppose!”

When I asked pressingly, Yurpe stammered and answered.

“W-well, of course, I would… oppose, normally?”

“Exactly! Who would dare to risk the safety and life of the Saint, who receives the great favor of the gods and the love of all people? If one has even a speck of faith, one must not do so!”

I took half a breath and immediately attacked, asking the priest standing next to the Saint.

“I ask you! Did your faith! Your heart! Your soul! Truly tell you that it’s okay to drive the Saint into danger!?”

As a clergyman, no matter how deep their loyalty to the Saint was, they would naturally have at least a little opposition in their heart.

“Th-that’s…”

Agitation is 8 parts momentum and 2 parts emotional appeal.

Logic? There’s no need for that.

When reason and emotion clash in a person, emotion often wins.

That’s all the more true for a group.

As Amelie’s lips moved to refute something, I shouted without giving her a chance. It’s still my turn.

“Then I ask the holy knight right next to you! I swear by the gods! Do you have no qualms even if the Saint is in danger?!”

“Of course not!”

Once ignited, emotions tend to spread like wildfire.

“Then why are you here with the Saint in this dangerous place! If you are a true clergyman! If you want to live a life without a speck of shame before the gods, shouldn’t you have stopped the Saint even at the cost of your life when she said she would enter the ruins!”

At my accusation, the holy knights and priests flinched for a moment.

I was now misleading their emotions and leading their faith astray.

Sensing the crisis, Amelie also shouted, emitting divine power.

“They are strong enough to protect me here! There is no reason for them, who are among the best in the Sea Domination, to hear such words from you!”

She took the bait.

Amelie shouldn’t have engaged in an argument with me.

She should have ignored my words altogether and overwhelmingly suppressed me by asserting her identity and power.

If she tries to match me in a battle of words, I will only drag her into a mudslinging fight.

“That’s right! They are not ones to be evaluated by the likes of me!”

When I agreed with her words, Amelie was startled again.

There was no way a sheltered lady who only had power struggles with old people who feared her and sweet-talked her would have experienced someone openly picking a fight and dragging her into a dirty dogfight.

If she had been a seasoned religious person who had dealt with many nobles, it would have been difficult to deal with her, but this is why elites who haven’t experienced ups and downs are like this.

“However! Even if not me, they themselves should have had these doubts! Because that is the way to live a life without shame before the gods! Can it truly be considered right to simply follow the words of a superior who is aware of the danger but willing to take the risk!”

For a moment, Precia looked at me as if asking if I was in a position to say such things, but I lightly ignored her.

“It is an honor to follow the Saint’s orders and risk one’s life! But what will you do after those lives, one by one, are lost? Can you truly say it is right to escort the Saint deep into the labyrinth without considering that she will be left alone after everyone dies!”

“What does that have to do with you taking my food and running away!?”

At Amelie’s final struggle, I answered in a pious voice.

“It has a lot to do with it. Because if there is no food, the merciful Saint will surely leave the evil labyrinth! I had no choice but to do so with tears in my eyes!”

Of course, it’s a lie. Even if I drove her out of the ruins, she would crawl back in, so how could that be?

Amelie seemed to have lost her words and mumbled. Finally, unable to bear it, Rotulus stepped forward.

“That’s a matter to be discussed in a religious trial, but in the end, your actions endangered the Saint. If your faith is that deep, you should simply allow yourself to be captured.”

At Rotulus’s words, Amelie nodded vigorously.

“That’s right! If your faith is that deep, don’t hide behind the Izel Expedition Team and quietly follow us!”

Oh~! Not bad, huh?

Still, as an experienced mercenary, he made a not-so-bad judgment without being swept away by emotions.

However, it was only not bad, and it couldn’t be called a good judgment.

To that extent, I could easily drag it into a stickier mudslinging fight with more agitation and fabrication.

I was about to start flapping my mouth in earnest, but unfortunately, it seemed time was up.

Faster than I expected.

I drew the cursed sword I had on my waist.

“Young Master?!”

Then, a vicious demonic energy spread in all directions and tried to engulf my arm.

“Drawing the sword was a foolish act, boy.”

Before the demonic energy could invade my body, a beautiful woman with ebony hair fluttering took the cursed sword from my hand.

Sword Demon Anastasia Heightfill.

It was the appearance of my next bus driver.