The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

At Jade’s surprise, the black-haired woman slightly narrowed her brows.

“I don’t have any disciples though? Boy.”

At her words, Jade, who had been flustered, blinked his eyes and then came to his senses and apologized.

“I’m sorry. You look a lot like my master, so I was momentarily mistaken.”

The long black hair, beautiful face, and mysterious aura were similar, but the naturally emanating presence was the opposite.

Unlike Yekatrice’s chilly but gentle energy, the woman in front of him had a piercingly sharp energy.

At a glance, they looked similar, but upon closer inspection, they were completely different people.

“Someone resembling me, that’s the first time I’ve heard someone say that in my life.”

At her words, Jade smiled and nodded.

“It’s also the first time I’ve met someone who resembles my master.”

The black-haired woman held up the sword Jade had been holding just before, as if it didn’t matter.

“So, can you yield this sword to me? Boy.”

Seeing her who resembled his master, Jade, who had momentarily forgotten about the magic sword, became serious.

“That sword is too dangerous.”

It was a magic sword that had invaded the body of Jade, the current Sage of the Winter Tree.

He couldn’t carelessly hand over such a sword to someone else.

He had to find out the identity of the magic sword and destroy it in the most precise way possible.

If not, he had to seal it appropriately according to the level of danger.

At Jade’s words, she nodded in agreement.

“You’re right. But that’s why I can’t hand it over to someone other than me.”

Jade felt a sense of reverence from the black-haired woman’s words that could only be felt from a spiritual seeker.

Intuition was telling him that she wouldn’t use the magic sword for nefarious purposes, but it was too dangerous to simply trust intuition with that magic sword.

“That’s what I want to say too. I can’t hastily hand over such a dangerous item to someone whose identity I don’t know.”

At Jade’s words, she showed a faint smile. In that smile, Jade felt a strange familiarity.

“Then is it enough if you know my identity?”

“At the very least, I need to know if you’re someone trustworthy and how you plan to handle it.”

It was a natural right as one of the Four Sages who had the duty to protect the world.

At Jade’s assertion, she nodded and suddenly unbuttoned the front of her clothes.

“You’re not going to use this magic sword, boy.”

“No…!”

At the sudden action, Jade blushed and became flustered.

The black-haired woman, not minding the young boy’s reaction, drew the magic sword and held it in reverse.

“This is how I handle magic swords when I find them.”

Holding the magic sword, she stabbed it into her chest without a moment’s hesitation.

At that sight, Jade was shocked.

The magic sword that should have pierced her heart disintegrated and vanished as soon as it touched her chest.

“Don’t tell me… you devoured it?”

“You have keen eyes, boy.”

The woman in front of him had eaten the magic sword not with magic, but with a special method.

As proof, from the center of her chest where the magic sword had touched, black malice and killing intent began to spread like pulsating blood vessels.

“Are you insane?! If you do that, your body will…!”

Before Jade could finish his sentence, the malice of the magic sword that had been spreading through her body began to subside, and the seemingly pulsating black blood vessels disappeared, returning to her white skin as if nothing had happened.

“With this, the magic sword that disturbs this world has disappeared, and I will bear its karma.”

She calmly buttoned up the buttons she had undone, as if it wasn’t the first or second time she had experienced it.

“That method is too dangerous!”

“But it’s quick and precise.”

“Even if you suppress the power of the magic sword now, if you keep devouring magic swords like that, one day you’ll be devoured by that power and die!”

“That is my path to seeking the truth, boy.”

In her calm voice, there was a spine-chilling madness.

“I don’t know why, but I feel a connection and destiny with you. Boy, what is your name?”

At her question, Jade hesitated for a moment before answering.

“Jade. Jade Hightefill.”

Hearing Jade’s name, a glint flashed in her eyes.

“I see. Even if you try to avoid it, destiny still intersects in the end.”

With those words, she opened the old door and smiled as she left.

“My name is Anastasia Hightefill, and people call me the Sword Demon. If our paths cross in the near future, let’s meet again, young Jade.”

At Anastasia’s farewell, Jade hurriedly followed her out.

Anastasia Hightefil, one of the Ten Heavenly Swords known as the Sword Demon, had disappeared as if she had evaporated in that brief moment.

Jade blankly looked up at the sky as if he had witnessed a mirage visible through the heat haze shimmering in the hot sunlight.

****

I hummed a tune as I examined the map of the ruins’ interior.

This map wasn’t one I had drawn from the appendix of the novel, but a map I had received as a “gift” from the Twilight Guild.

The most important part of this map was the “time” it was made.

The “Labyrinth of Constellations” located in the center of the city was not only ruins but also a huge magical phenomenon that changed its interior over time.

Using the rules of the labyrinth described in the novel, I would calculate the location of the item I wanted by comparing the map in the appendix with the map in my hands.

“You’re quite frugal.”

Yard clicked his tongue as he diligently put dozens of packaged cakes and cookies into my ingredient warehouse.

“Of course, you have to be frugal to live well.”

This map was periodically produced, so if I had bought it with money, it would have been quite expensive. But it was an item I “received as a gift” on the condition of “negotiating” with an organization that had a permit, which the assistant branch manager would connect me with.

The desserts Yard was putting into the subspace were also received together.

“It seems Ms. Julia didn’t think of it as a gift.”

At Yard’s point, I laughed cheerfully and said.

“Hahaha, no way. She must have gifted it to me, a valuable customer, with a happy heart.”

Well, she did grit her teeth as she left the room, but that must have been because her teeth were sensitive from drinking a cold beverage. That’s why gum care is important.

After Yard finished putting the desserts into the ingredient warehouse, I untied the string of the warehouse storage on the table and wore it like a ring on my finger.

It was possible to create an entrance connected to the subspace by making a circle with the string of the ingredient warehouse.

“Well, it’s true that you’re a valuable customer, young master.”

Yard smiled as he put on a space-expanding belt containing 50 thin daggers with rings at the end of the handles, which I had bought for him, replacing the dagger Cozette had taken.

He seemed to like the daggers I bought for him.

By the way, he had quickly gotten used to calling me young master instead of my name, skillfully changing the way he addressed me.

“Who else would be a valuable customer if not you, who bought so many dwarf-made ring daggers?”

Even if they were called dwarf-made, they were made by a young fellow who couldn’t even braid his beard.

I didn’t buy the daggers because they were dwarf-made, but because of the magic engraved on them.

The magic on the daggers was the magic formula of a high-ranking magician from a famous school in the sky city.

Why would I be crazy enough to buy a young dwarf’s practice pieces for money when I have a belt?

I’ll have to get Abassael to analyze the magic engraved on those daggers later.

Magicians who make magic tools hide their vision to maintain performance without exposing it.

But if it’s Abassael, who has been working as an engraver for a long time, he should be able to extract the vision with 50 samples of different magic.

It will require some effort, but if I can obtain a high-ranking magician’s vision for money, it’s a profitable deal.

“Now then, since we’ve finished our business, let’s go.”

As I got up from my seat, Yard followed suit. Leaving the Twilight Guild, I dispelled the illusion of Eunha covering my face, and Yard also took off his mask of disguise.

“Are we going directly to the place the assistant branch manager said she would arrange?”

“No, she said they also need time to bring it up to the other party, so we’ll go tomorrow.”

The place the Twilight Guild connected us with was the Sea Denomination, one of the seven denominations.

According to the Twilight Guild’s information, all of the Sea Denomination’s excavation teams had suddenly come out of the ruins just a few days ago and were on standby.

Thanks to that, 2 of the seven denominations’ permits in the city belonged to the Sea Denomination.

The assistant branch manager seemed to have chosen the Sea Denomination as the target for negotiation because of that.

“Yuhan, even if you have leeway, I think it will be difficult to rent. Are you planning to go with squeezing in?”

At Yard’s question, I shook my head.

“No. The maximum number of people who can enter the ruins with one permit is twenty. If it’s one or two people, it might be possible, but they won’t take all seven of us.”

And I didn’t want to move together with such baggage.

Moreover, to receive the protection of the permit when passing through the initial security zone of the ruins, we couldn’t be too far from the permit.

It wasn’t the end just by entering and leaving the initial zone; we also had to think about exiting the ruins.

“That’s true. I guess we can only hope the Twilight Guild lays the groundwork well?”

“What are you talking about? Of course, we have to sneak in and steal it before the Twilight Guild blabs about it.”

At my answer, Yard’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Pardon?”

“What’s with you? Are you pretending to be innocent now? There’s no need to play along when they’re so blatantly trying to manipulate us.”

Behind the Twilight Guild’s offer to build a bridge was the intention to subtly inform other organizations that had permits that I was targeting the permits.

There was no rule in the Twilight Guild’s rules about not selling customer information.

However, there was a rule to “sell that customer’s price high” according to the customer’s grade.

In other words, as long as the rule existed, my information couldn’t be passed on to someone or leaked unless someone bought my information.

At the same time, it also meant that when selling my information, they had to receive a price befitting a “VIP”.

The Twilight Guild’s rules were written in blood by the guild’s owner, the Twilight Queen, and violating them could lead to a fate worse than death.

Therefore, the assistant branch manager was using the loophole in the rule of “service the customer wants” to subtly leak my information.

Then I have no choice but to utilize that manipulation, right?

“Isn’t it too dangerous? Even if you succeed in stealing it, in the end, when the Twilight Guild approaches the Sea Denomination saying you want the permit, they’ll inevitably be suspicious.”

To that question, I smiled playfully.

“No, in the end, if the permit is stolen, the Twilight Guild will do their best to defend me. Because they sold the information used for the theft, making them accomplices.”

The moment they become accomplices, the Vahanad branch would be devastated by all the organizations that own permits.

Of course, they’ll be somewhat suspicious. But so what?

The Twilight Guild doesn’t even know my name or face, right?

At most, the only information the Twilight Guild knows is my transaction history and that I’m with at least two adult males, one female, and one child.

They might know the number of people from when I first met the thug branch manager, Zordic’s younger brother.

“Now, now, we have to make the first move before the Twilight Guild gets busy.”