I Became the Second-in-Command in a Romance Fantasy Novel

Five years have passed since then.
As expected, Prince Ellen has become a monster, and I have also worked hard to keep up with that monster.
And the result.

“Princess Hestia.”
“…”
“You’re not good enough.”
“Hey, sir!”
I ran away as I watched Princess Hestia, who had a sad expression, explode.
Recent record: 4 wins and 1 loss in 5 matches.
It was not like before that there was a handicap, but the result of a pure skill competition.
The downfall of Princess Hestia, who was proud of being the strongest in her age group.

Of course, her skills did not decline.
On the contrary, her skills were growing rapidly in line with her talent, and she was still called a genius in the sword.
She was just defeated by her monster younger sibling and me, who was being forced to become a monster because of that younger sibling!
She was still a strong swordsman with almost no rivals among her peers.
“This is why she dopes.”
Even she was defeated by me, a monster that was created.

The captain did not lie.
With truly full support, I was able to grow day by day.
“I wonder if this is all I can receive.”

Even if the prince’s education center plays an important role, it is unlikely that he would normally support me more than Princess Hestia.
However, the 5th prince, Ellen, made it possible.
Prince Ellen, who ran fiercely every day, had been going at it with Princess Hestia for the past three years, and now had a 90% win rate.

And of course, I was defeated in the process.
I couldn’t even feel wronged because I was so cleanly stripped away.
That’s why a project was launched to grab hold of Prince Ellen’s trouser leg.
The kingdom’s best elite swordsmen, including the captain, who was a sword master, took turns training me.
The royal chefs were preparing everything from the diet to snacks to make me a perfect body, including the elixir. To the point where other instructors said that he was actually the illegitimate child of the royal family.

I didn’t need to prove that nonsense.
All I had to do was have him spar with Prince Ellen once.
“It’s already scary.”
Even the senior instructors in charge of other princes easily dismissed Prince Ellen, and yet today I had to deal with him again.

I didn’t want to do it from the beginning, but I always hate doing things.
However, when I thought about the amount of money that was regularly deposited, my steps became lighter.
In just 5 years, I had purchased two buildings in the royal castle area, which was famous for its expensive land prices.
One was a mansion and the other was a commercial building, and they were already prepared for retirement.
On top of that, I was starting to become famous in the kingdom as a famous saint, so I wouldn’t be treated poorly anywhere.
“A business trip?”

I had focused so much on domestic investment, but suddenly I heard that I could go on a business trip.
And it was a long-term business trip. They said it would be 4 years at most.
What does that mean?
“The prince is too strong.”
Now he was saying something so obvious.

“That’s common sense.”
“Yes. That’s why it’s a problem.”
The captain’s explanation was like this.
It was about time to go to the academy, and of course, going to the domestic royal academy was the norm.
In general, the neighboring empire’s academy was strong, but when it came to training knights, it was at least half and half.
Even if we were to evaluate it objectively, our kingdom was in a weak position.
So there was no need to go to another country to study.

“But there was a variable.”
Although the empire was proud of being the best on the continent, our kingdom was lagging behind in swordsmanship and the kingdom of Dale in magic.
The gap wasn’t that big, but for an empire that was satisfied only by being number one in everything, it must have been unbearable.

“The sword master has been added to the imperial academy faculty.”
They said they brought the sword master to the swordsmanship department next year, and the former magic master of the Baektap to the magic department.
“How?”

He is the idol of all inspectors, and a figure who has had a big or small influence on famous inspectors of the present age.
Without citing anyone else as an example, our King and the Chief had connections with the inspectors when they were young.
And even though they continuously asked him to help the Royal Academy through that connection, he refused.
“We offered him the position of Chairman last time, but he was rejected.”

“That’s right.”
“Didn’t you say back then that you had no intention of being associated with a specific country?”
“That’s right.”
How could someone like that suddenly appear in the empire?

“What, did your only granddaughter get sick?”
“…How did you know?”
The Chief looked surprised, but he had some experience in web novels.
It’s such a common cliche that a hermit breaks his seclusion to save his granddaughter.

“To be exact, she is not the only granddaughter. The youngest granddaughter got sick, and the empire offered her an academy professorship in exchange for treatment. That alone would be a disaster…”
“What else?”
“By the way, that grandson is also planning to enroll next year.”
“A small sword?”
It’s the same for commoners and royalty to have children.
It was the world that heroes were born from children of the lower classes who got drunk every day and committed violence.
However, bloodline was something that was hard to ignore.
The inheritance of skills from that bloodline could never be ignored.
The swordsman’s bloodline was not special.
He was born a commoner, and it was the same even now that he was called the swordsman.
He was a genius who refused even though many countries offered him a title.
That’s why he was respected even more.

His fame was completed with just one sword, and his bloodline could learn such a sword without any conditions if they wanted it.
Of course, inheriting the sword of the sword master is a difficult path.
In fact, none of the sword master's children said that they inherited the sword of the sword master.
However, the rich say.
If someone inherits the sword of the sword master,
it would be the sword master's grandson, Asran.
The little sword master, Asran.
He was already called the little sword master, one of the famous sword masters on the continent, and one of the sword masters chosen by the captain to stand against Ellen.
"Yes."

Such a sword master was entering the Imperial Academy as a set with the sword master.
That's why the royal family had no choice but to worry.
"Well, a natural matchup would be better than a made-up sandbag."
"It's not that you're lacking."
"I know. I told you that you came back after robbing Princess Hestia earlier?"
"...Again?"
I was dumbfounded by the way he glared at me with his eyes narrowed.

“No, the captain told me to.”
The one who told me not to entertain the princess and to win was none other than the captain himself.
“No, that’s because you broke down the year before last.”

That’s true.
I got so used to the defeat sword that losing became second nature to me.
After that shocking incident where I lost to a new recruit who was the youngest princess’s instructor, I had a hard time getting my corrections.
I should only lose to royalty, I shouldn’t become an automatic door that loses to anyone.

The fact that I’m Prince Eren’s match meant that I shouldn’t lose to anyone other than Prince Eren.
That’s why I had to learn how to win with the defeat sword, and in the process, I had to beat Princess Hestia. Since Prince Ellen started to beat Princess Hestia every time, in order for his rival to be recognized, he had to catch Princess Hestia like a mouse to become normal.
“Princess Hestia is also royalty. Please entertain her sometimes.”
“That’s why I lose to her once every five games.”

“No, it’s not a matter of winning or losing! You say you get excited every time you win! Every time you do, Lucia comes to see you with a letter of resignation!”
“Senior Lucia… You haven’t given up yet…”
He admired her tenacity in writing a letter of resignation every time, even though she was torn apart three times a week.
“Ahem. Let’s get back to the main topic. As a result of the meeting between the royal family and the educational officers, we concluded that the prince’s study abroad in the empire would be more helpful for his growth.”

“For various reasons, my study abroad was also confirmed?”
“That’s right. It’d be depressing to be alone in a remote empire. You should have at least one friend from your hometown.”
As I said earlier, our country has an advantage in things related to knights.
You can become a top knight just by aiming for the Royal Academy without having to go abroad to study.
Of course, there are some shortcomings in other departments, including the Department of Magic, but given the title of the Land of Knights, there was no problem for most of our people to aspire to be knights.
That is why there was no need to go abroad to study at the Academy, and it is said that there are almost no Korean students studying abroad at the Imperial Academy, the best educational institution on the continent.

“Even if there are, they are in the areas of education or administration, and there are no knights.”
“Don’t other nobles go?”
“We are just keeping an eye on things. They say that the name of the Sword Master is valuable, but the nobles also have pride.”
“I see.”

The Land of Knights.
That name was a source of pride and self-esteem for not only the general public but also the nobles.
That is why even if the Sword Master became a professor, even with the education at the Royal Academy, It seems to think so.
“That could be true. We should make it that way.”
The royal family and the headmaster are said to be working hard to make it that way.
However.

“Prince Ellen is different.”
It is too big a vessel to protect one’s pride.
To be honest, as an educational institution of the kingdom, Prince Ellen’s vessel could not be filled to the brim.
“To be honest, even before the news of the sword master becoming a professor was delivered, I had been considering studying abroad in the empire. I thought that Prince Ellen would benefit more from meeting people and a bigger world than sword education.”

But it’s the sword master.
And there’s the sword master’s grandson as a classmate.
“That’s not all. Because of the former magic tower lord of the White Tower, the magicians must be worried too.”

Unlike knights, magicians can go abroad to study at any time to gain knowledge.
Unlike the nobles of our country, many of the magic nobles of the Dale Kingdom are probably considering studying abroad in the empire.
“As a knight, you can’t fight only with swords.”
“That’s true.”

In that sense, the Empire is good.
Even though we are slightly behind in magic compared to the Kingdom of Dale,
In other words, the Empire’s magic is overwhelming us, and the Empire’s black Dale is overwhelming us.
No matter how much we encourage magic, the level of magicians of the same age that we can meet in our country is not that high.

For Prince Eren’s experience with magic, going to the Empire wasn’t a bad choice.
“Um, and also.”
“Wait a minute.”

I could roughly guess the story that followed.
And I could also roughly understand why he was explaining his studying abroad in the Empire at length.
To be honest, it was enough to just say that the Sword Emperor and Sword Emperor’s grandson went to the Imperial Academy.
“I have a schedule with Prince Eren in the afternoon.”

“T-That’s right.”
“So don’t drag it out and bring it up.”
“……Ugh.”

The manager’s expression crumpled at my firm words and he took out a piece of paper from his bosom.
It was a new contract with a business trip as a condition.
“Money over duty.”

I lightly raised the first digit of the contract.
The manager groaned and muttered.
“Hey, if you do this, your salary will be higher than mine.”

“If you’re dissatisfied, why don’t you run it yourself?”
“Can’t you just lower it a little?”
“I’ve lost all my investment here in 4 years, so this is what I should get.”
“It’s real estate! The price of land in the capital city has gone up, so why can’t it go down?”
“It’s an opportunity to raise it more, but I can’t.”
I did the usual WWE for about 30 minutes and ended up lowering it slightly.
Still, I was able to end the negotiation with a salary higher than the manager.

“Adam, you’re here!”
“……”
I was able to lightly shake it off to Prince Ellen, who was smiling brightly.