The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

Surprised, I took out my spirit gun and aimed it at her.

“Huh?”

The woman who had been diligently sweeping the temple’s treasures into a sack was also surprised when the vault door opened and aimed a short magic wand at me.

Neither I nor the thief who had infiltrated first asked each other who we were.

I looked over the thief in front of me and said,

“I didn’t expect a prior guest.”

Of course, with Navi’s power, the vocal range was changed, so it wasn’t my voice.

“I didn’t expect a later guest either.”

Her playful voice was a pleasant mezzo-soprano.

Dark navy blue hair with a bluish tinge peeking out from under the hood.

The bluish tinge in the hair was a typical trait of saints.

There were currently a total of three female saints in the seven denominations.

The Sun Denomination, the Sea Denomination, and the Earth Denomination.

“What business does the Earth Denomination’s saint have in the Sea Denomination’s secret vault?”

Among the three female saints, the only one with navy blue hair was Sophia, the saint of the Earth Denomination.

As soon as I realized the woman in front of me was a saint, the person who came to mind was the saint of the Sea Denomination, but her hair was a golden color with a deep bluish tinge.

Moreover, the saint of the Sea Denomination was famously known for her gentle personality “in public”.

As such, she wasn’t someone who would secretly rob her own denomination’s secret vault like this.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Asking shamelessly with a smile, she was definitely the saint of the Earth Denomination.

But although Sophia had a playful personality, she wouldn’t have been someone to rob another denomination like this, right?

I lowered my spirit gun and asked,

“Did the Sea Denomination’s archbishop embezzle or commit any illegal acts?”

At my speculation, a glint flashed in Sophia’s eyes.

“Eung, are you here to become a thief of justice too?”

Judging by her sending an intrigued gaze and not denying it, it seemed my guess was correct.

“Well? I’m someone who has no connection with justice.”

“No connection with justice… From my perspective, you don’t seem entirely like that, though?”

Her blue eyes sparkled and stared at me as if seeing through me.

Come to think of it, the saint of the Earth Denomination possessed hyper-intuition.

I didn’t know what she saw in me, but it seemed even hyper-intuition wasn’t that trustworthy.

Anyway, I didn’t feel any hostility from her.

“Thanks for seeing me in a good light. In that sense, how about we each mind our own business and pretend we didn’t see each other?”

It didn’t matter why Sophia was in this city right now.

As long as she didn’t interfere with my business, what she did had nothing to do with me.

“You’re saying there’s nothing to gain for either of us if we cause a commotion here, right?”

At the saint’s question, I smirked.

“To go further, I meant for you to think about who would lose more if we caused a commotion.”

A thief unrelated to the temple and a saint from another denomination.

In the worst case, I could just run away, but Sophia, who was easy to get caught due to her somewhat distinctive appearance and divine power, wouldn’t end with just embarrassment if a commotion occurred.

“Hmm, I don’t like being threatened, but I would definitely lose more.”

“Seeing you admit it, I guess you’re not denying being the saint of the Earth Denomination anymore?”

At my question, Sophia smirked and answered,

“Continuing to deny would also be doing something wrong to the God who loves me. And it’s meaningless to deny it to someone who is already convinced.”

Saying that, she began putting things that seemed to be excavated from the ruins back into her sack.

That sack, is it a subspace magic tool?

I couldn’t read the whole thing, but judging by the engraved formula, it seemed to have a size adjustment function too.

Overlapping mutually conflicting spatial magic, the creator wasn’t an ordinary magician. Was it a relic from the mythical era?

I entered the vault, passed by her, and approached the permits hanging in a frame at the end of the vault.

They were stored in this vault, just as the Twilight Guild’s information said.

There were two permits hanging in the frame.

I was slightly conflicted about whether to take both permits or just one.

It was hard to act decisively as both options had clear pros and cons.

If I took both, the Sea Denomination would definitely see red and use all means to find me.

Considering that they didn’t play around with permits like this ordinarily, there must have been a reason for the Sea Denomination to remove both permits from the ruins.

As such, there would be a huge commotion.

On the other hand, if I took only one, there would be a commotion, but it would likely end within the Sea Denomination unless it was exceptional.

Even if it became an issue, it would be after I had already entered the ruins.

However, there were also benefits to taking both.

With two permits, I could split the party and move separately when needed, and it was possible to delay the Sea Denomination’s “purpose” for removing all the permits from the ruins.

The Sea Denomination’s purpose for removing all the permits from the ruins was probably…

“Excuse me?”

At Sophia’s voice coming from behind, I stopped thinking for a moment and turned around.

“I don’t know what you’re contemplating, but it’s better to choose quickly.”

At her meaningful words, I immediately swept up “one” permit and the holy water I saw nearby and jumped out of the vault.

“Pull!”

At my shout, Yard, who was waiting in the ventilation duct, pulled the rope and lifted me up.

Pushing my body upward with Navi’s power, I quickly entered the ventilation duct.

“Whew~! So you came this way?”

At Sophia’s relaxed voice, I smirked.

“Let’s forget what happened here.”

At my words, the masked Sophia nodded.

“That’s what I want too.”

I crawled away as fast as I could, leaving her behind.

“Why are you doing that?”

Seeing me suddenly hurrying, Yard was startled.

“We need to get as far away from the vault as possible. A high-ranking person from the cathedral is coming to the valuables storage.”

If I ignored Sophia’s words, something extremely unlucky would definitely happen, to the point where it was almost guaranteed.

Her hyper-intuition was almost at the level of precognition.

But why did Sophia warn me?

I don’t know. For now, I need to quickly get out of the cathedral.

*****

“Leaving without even a goodbye, how cold.”

Sophia, the saint of the Earth Denomination, smirked as she watched Yuan and Yard quickly disappear without looking back.

She, who had also stolen the treasures of the Sea Denomination’s Vahanad Cathedral, stepped on the tiles that avoided the alarm magic and left the valuables storage.

After confirming that no one was outside, Sophia wandered the corridors, pretending to be lost.

In the midst of that, she spotted a kind-looking old priest taking a parrot beastman with colorful feathers and a girl with bluish-tinged golden hair somewhere.

It seemed the three of them were heading towards the valuables storage.

If she had stalled a bit more, they would have almost run into each other right in front.

Sophia looked at their backs and waved with a bright smile.

“Amelie!”

At Sophia’s shout, Amelie, the saint of the Sea Denomination, was surprised and turned around.

“Sophia!”

Seeing Sophia, Amelie smiled brightly and ran to her with quick steps.

“It’s been so long! Too long!”

“I know! Geez, contact me sometimes!”

The two saints hugged each other like close friends who had known each other for a long time.

Because of that, the archbishop, the highest administrator of the cathedral, couldn’t question why the saint of the Earth was here.

“You! You’re the one who’s always out and about even when I contact you!”

At Amelie’s playful rebuke, Sophia chuckled.

“Ohohoho! I move according to my intuition.”

“Coming to Vahanad was also intuition?”

“Well, yes.”

Amelie held Sophia’s hand and smiled brightly, then said to the archbishop,

“It’s alright if I talk with the saint of the Earth Denomination for a bit, right?”

“Pardon? Ah… Yes, please have a comfortable conversation. Saint Amelie.”

The archbishop answered with a slightly uncomfortable expression.

Sophia and Amelie paid no heed to the archbishop’s discomfort and linked arms, going back up.

“Did you come here alone?”

At Amelie’s question, Sophia shook her head.

“No, I came with Sir Dailhorg.”

“The master of the Sword Saint, the One-Man Army?”

Dailhorg, the master of the Sword Saint and one of the Ten Heavenly Swords, was a superhuman respected across all seven denominations.

“Ah! Keep it a secret from uncle that I came here.”

She was like a mischievous granddaughter afraid of being scolded by a strict grandfather.

“Hehehe, you’re still a troublemaker, I see.”

Amelie smiled comfortably, seeing the flustered Sophia. Then she made a serious expression again and asked,

“Did Archbishop Ingsem commit any corruption?”

Even with the sudden question, Sophia wasn’t startled and took out a bundle of documents from the sack at her waist as if she had been waiting.

“There was another hidden vault inside the large vault in the valuables storage. I found it there.”

At Sophia’s words, Amelie didn’t ask how she infiltrated and opened the vault.

Sophia’s intuition that transcended her sixth sense sometimes showcased miracles like God’s grace.

Just by moving as her heart led, avoiding all alarms and defensive magic and entering the vault password, the result was no longer surprising to her long-time friend.

Calmly examining the documents, Amelie narrowed her brows and became furious at the archbishop’s true nature.

“You didn’t just bring the documents, right?”

“Of course not. Should I give it to you now?”

As Sophia made a gesture of putting her hand in the sack at her waist, Amelie waved her hand.

“No, it’s safer for you to have the physical evidence for now. Right?”

If there was no problem even if the physical evidence fell into Amelie’s hands, Sophia would have handed over the evidence along with the documents.

“I don’t know. Others always believe in my intuition, but I don’t really trust my own intuition.”

Sophia smiled bitterly.

That was understandable. If one moved without knowing the process and without one’s own will, just for good results, how would it be any different from a puppet?

The adults around her all envied and admired her, saying it was God’s guidance, but she couldn’t simply think that way.

Because she herself knew better than anyone how incomplete her intuition was.

At Sophia’s words, Amelie only smiled without saying anything.

“I should go before the old man finds me. Be careful, Amelie. I have a bad feeling for some reason.”

Amelie took her warning seriously without ignoring it.

The reason Amelie came to this city was to enter the ruins as a member of Arcana.

Sophia’s warning couldn’t be ignored for her, who was about to enter the ruins where all sorts of dangers lurked.

“What should I be careful of?”

At Amelie’s question, Sophia closed her eyes for a moment and emptied her mind. Then she recited what came to her mind.

“The ruins, and a thief…?”

The moment she said thief, Sophia thought of the boy with the false face from earlier.

He was indeed a thief, but she was puzzled because she didn’t feel any ominous intuition from him at all.

“Got it. I’ll be careful.”

At Amelie’s answer, Sophia brushed off her thoughts and bid farewell.

“Then I’ll get going. I plan to stay in this city for a while, so let’s meet again.”

“Alright, see you again.”

The saints of the two denominations parted ways, promising to meet again.