The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

Ding ding ding ding-!

The ship’s steward diligently rang the bell, signaling the passengers to prepare for disembarking.

The five-day voyage had ended, and we arrived at the resort city.

“Nice weather.”

Befitting its name as a resort city, Ziliville welcomed us with its beautiful beaches and lively cityscape.

“Contrary to your worries, nothing happened.”

At Jade’s joke, I smiled bitterly.

“You’re right.”

Contrary to my expectations, Precia showed a calm and cautious attitude while teaching me the cultivation method.

I was sure she would implement a crazy Spartan training method like making me do obstacle races when I first learned horseback riding, but it was the opposite.

Of course, there was some sternness to a degree, but it was within the normal range.

I trembled in fear for nothing.

At my words, Precia spoke sulkily.

“That’s too much! There’s no way I would push you too hard when you’re handling mana!”

She seems to be pushing Gilbert to that extent though?

At my gaze, Gilbert, who was packing the luggage used for five days, tilted his head, not understanding why I was looking at him.

Even now, as he shouldered his bag and prepared to disembark, Gilbert was naturally cultivating.

He was trained so rigorously that he was cultivating too naturally while living, except for sleeping hours.

The funny thing was, Jade was also impressed by Precia and Gilbert and began training his mana circuits while living.

Even in the novel, he didn’t follow along, calling it a crazy act.

Is it a crazy act if one person does it, and a new attempt if two people do it?

To me, they all seemed like lunatics.

Precia, noticing the meaning of my gaze, lightly fake coughed and added,

“Gilbert and young master have different goals.”

Gilbert was a guard knight protecting others, and I was for self-defense, so it wasn’t wrong.

“Well, that’s true.”

As I acknowledged and tried to move on, Precia muttered terrifying words under her breath.

“And you’re not skilled enough to do it all day yet.”

Wait, why are you looking at me ominously? You’re not going to make me do that crazy thing like Gilbert, right?

Before I could ask, Precia moved away as if running away to take care of Silua, who was exploring.

I couldn’t bring myself to follow and ask out of fear.

*******

On the upper floor of a tobacco shop, in a living space and laboratory filled with various medicinal herbs, Yekatrice looked around with curiosity.

“Cough! Delicate leaves of Ant, petals of Udumbara, overlapping wings of Agakdari… Could this oil possibly be Void Whale Oil?”

Even as the Sage of Winter Trees, her eyes sparkled at the various hard-to-obtain ingredients.

Seeing her excited appearance like a noblewoman gazing at rare jewels and accessories, Aladrine chuckled.

“Yes, that’s right. I know places to obtain it, but I can’t go there anymore, so it’s an oil I cherish.”

The places where various medicinal ingredients grew were lands controlled by the Poisons Institute she used to belong to.

As the top priority on the Poisons Institute’s elimination list, Aladrine could no longer obtain them.

“Don’t worry. If my illness is completely cured, I will procure them for you.”

“Just hearing that is reassuring.”

At Yekatrice’s words, Aladrine smiled and read the recommendation letter sent by Yuan.

After reading slowly, Aladrine burned the letter with magic and asked,

“Master of Disease, you have Malecob Jeffries’ disease implanted in you?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“And you killed that bastard?”

As Yekatrice nodded, Aladrine did a double take.

“Why are you reacting like that? Was he someone you were close to?”

Yekatrice asked cautiously.

Malecob Jeffries was an executive of Arcana, but also belonged to the Poisons Institute.

She heard from Yuan that Aladrine and the old man named Divet she had yet to meet used to be part of the Poisons Institute.

At Yekatrice’s question, Aladrine smiled bitterly.

“Someone I was close to… Yes, I thought so. Until he killed my family and Divet’s family.”

At her words, Yekatrice realized why Yuan told her to kill Malecob at all costs.

Malecob’s death was the treatment fee paid to the famed doctor in front of her.

“Here, this is the dimensional magic tool he had. I put his magic staff and corpse inside.”

Aladrine received the bracelet-shaped magic tool, checked its contents, and was surprised.

“These are… too precious. I knew Malecob didn’t trust others easily, but to think he carried all his research materials…”

They wouldn’t have much value unless you were an apothecary or doctor.

No, even for apothecaries or doctors, if your skills didn’t back it up, they were no different from a pearl necklace on a pig’s neck.

However, Aladrine and Divet had passionately spent their youth with Malecob, and it was hard to determine superiority in their skills.

Of course, since Malecob was a master of sorcery, one had to be proficient in sorcery to properly grasp his research materials, but Aladrine was somewhat skilled in sorcery due to Malecob’s influence.

“I received an excessive treatment fee. Still, with this fee, the time to treat you will be drastically reduced. At the earliest, within a month, at the latest, within this year, you’ll be fully cured.”

At Aladrine’s words, Yekatrice smiled brightly.

“Then I can repay His Grace’s favor sooner.”

Even if her illness was completely cured, she had no intention of joining Yuan’s group.

She was certain her presence would hinder the growth of her disciple, Jade.

So she planned to help the other Sages of the Four Seasons and erase all the secret branches of Arcana from the world.

She was so excited to give a blow to those who had tormented her for so long that her butt wiggled.

Seeing Yekatrice like that, Aladrine gave a stern warning.

“First, focus on curing your illness. Fortunately, the curse-like disease is slowly encroaching your body due to the depth of your mana, but we can’t be complacent.”

“I understand. Then I’ll devote myself to treatment and help my friend who recently took on a new disciple as a pastime. It’s that friend’s first disciple because he has no disciple luck.”

Yekatrice bragged, even though Jade was her only disciple in her life.

At her words, Aladrine recalled Dmitrikron and smiled bitterly.

It was hard to accept that she looked like a young, green-haired youth despite being much older than his elderly self.

“Ah, what does Ronia like?”

“Divet said she likes apple pie, but the season for apples is…”

Before Aladrine could finish, Yekatrice took out a golden shining apple from her dimensional storage.

“What a relief, I happen to have apples!”

“Could it be Eden’s Golden Apple?”

The mythical apple known as the elixir of immortality and the fruit of the gods.

Yekatrice waved her hand as if it were nothing.

“It’s not the real thing, just an imitation made by my great-grandfather, so the effect is inferior to the genuine article. At best, it only helps slow aging and accumulate mana?”

Just that effect alone would be a treasure that the whole world would go mad with desire for.

Aladrine wanted to trade all the precious medicinal herbs in the laboratory for it right away.

“But it’s still a tasty apple, so Ronia will like it too, right?”

Aladrine almost fainted at her attitude of not caring about the effects at all.

******

“What do you plan to do in this city?”

Jade looked at me with expectant eyes.

Since his first adventure after becoming independent from his teacher involved mermaids and krakens, it was understandable he had expectations.

At his question, I took out sunglasses from my bosom, put them on, and answered,

“What else do you do in a resort city? Rest, of course.”

“Oh… is that so?”

Seeing him slightly disappointed, I chuckled.

“You may not know, but the others have been on quite a forced march for a long time.”

Especially Gilbert, who had overexerted himself quite a bit and needed to relax.

I made sure to give him rest, but it was for the sake of the next battle, not for recovery.

Still, thanks to that, Gilbert had grown a lot, and Precia gained experience.

“And Abasael said he’s coming here too, so we have to wait.”

As we approached Ziliville, the carrier pigeon Abasael sent to Ziliville sensed my mana and flew to me.

According to the reply, he had safely regained his magic and was on his way to Ziliville with the Slavan Circus, which would take a few days.

“Ah, but don’t worry. There may not be battles, but you’ll have quite a few fun experiences.”

Ziliville was a renowned resort visited by nobles and merchants of the kingdom, as well as high-ranking people from other countries.

Moreover, its history predated the founding of the kingdom, so there were quite a few hidden things.

“First, there’s a lot to do, so Gilbert, book us lodgings. Rent rooms at the inn called Sea Turtle’s Cradle, then go around the shops written here and buy some things. If they don’t have it, don’t force yourself to buy it.”

I handed him a note with the errand list and a rough map.

Since the city was old, quite a few treasures were hidden among antiques.

The things I asked for were such items.

“Here’s money and a space-expanding bag. It’s not urgent, so just do it while snacking and having fun.”

The information I had was from after the novel began.

My actions would have changed the future quite a bit, so if I couldn’t get them, it just wasn’t meant to be.

“Yes, understood.”

I attached Navi to Gilbert and sent him off, then spoke to Jade and Silua.

“You two go around the city and rent out blacksmith shops. About six should do, right?”

The two immediately understood the meaning of my words.

“It’s to refine the metals we mined from the mountains, right?”

At Silua’s guess, I patted her head and nodded.

“That’s right, you’re smart. It’s hard to find well-equipped blacksmith shops unless it’s a big city like this.”

Silua’s mansion had related facilities in the workshop, but the mined ores were too numerous to process in one place.

“I heard the district with blacksmith shops gathered is in the northern outskirts, so try going there. And be inconspicuous, cover the dolls’ faces, and keep it a secret.”

As I cautioned them, Jade smiled and nodded.

“I know. My teacher always warned me to be wary of greed.”

“You can buy what you want with the leftover money. That tower you see in the city center is the Ziliville branch of the Magic Tower, so it’ll be quite fun just looking around.”

Seeing where my finger pointed, Jade and Silua’s eyes sparkled.

“Both of you, go after finishing your tasks. Contact me right away if anything happens.”

I placed Nuni on Jade’s shoulder.

“Okay~!”

“Don’t worry.”

The two ran off excitedly.

Is it that great? Their enjoyment probably won’t last long.

It’s not the main tower, and the information or magic tools sold to the public would be far from satisfying for them.

It would have been fine to let them know beforehand, but it wasn’t bad to personally experience and be disappointed in such things.

“Hohoho.”

Precia, noticing my thoughts, let out a small sigh.

“You have a bad personality, young master.”

“Isn’t this also part of the charm of traveling? They need to learn about living in the world like this.”

“So, where are we going?”

Precia asked as if it was natural, not even considering being separated from me.

Of course, I had no intention of moving alone either.

“Obviously, we need to earn as much as we spend.”

At my words, Precia asked worriedly,

“You don’t mean the casino, do you?”

“Oh, you’re quick-witted? The casino is one of the candidates.”

Ziliville gathered the wealthy not only from the kingdom but also from foreign countries.

As such, Ziliville’s casinos were quite prosperous.

In addition to the official state-run casinos, there were so many private gambling houses that they were hard to count.

That meant there was an abundance of pigeons to fleece.

“Young master!”

At Precia’s exclamation, I shrugged.

“It’s just one of the candidates. I have no intention of going to the casino today, so don’t worry.”

“Then where are we going?”

“Ziliville Chamber of Commerce and Industry.”

The world is the era of stocks, and I will become the stock king.

TN: Scam king cough