The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

Yuan and Yard, who had come out of the Vahanad Cathedral of the Sea Denomination, caught their breath and observed the atmosphere of the cathedral.

Keeping their presence hidden and watching carefully for a few minutes, there were no signs of a commotion occurring.

I considered sending spirits to look inside, but it was better to withdraw as it was rather than stir up trouble.

“Did we succeed?”

At Yard’s question, I took off my mask and smiled brightly.

“Tada!”

As I took out the ruins entry permit from the subspace, Yard also took off his mask and laughed as if the tension had been released.

“Hahaha. Really, where does your boldness come from, Yuan?”

“What’s so difficult about sneaking into a mere cathedral, not even the papal palace located at the main headquarters?”

I had contemplated stealing both permits but ended up taking only one for now.

If my prediction was correct, the reason the Sea Denomination withdrew their excavation team from the ruins would be related to Arcana.

Because the saint of the Sea Denomination, Amelie, was “Arcana 02, the Priestess”.

Of course, this might not be the case. There was almost no information at this point in time, and I didn’t think things would flow according to the novel because of all the things I had stirred up.

If Amelie had come to this city as I predicted, one might think it would be better to take all the permits.

Because it could block or delay Arcana’s entry into the ruins.

But if I left one behind, I could use it as it was left behind.

“Only Yuan would say such a thing after robbing not some rural church but the cathedral of one of the seven denominations.”

It seemed he was quite nervous inside, even though it didn’t show on the outside.

When I looked at him as if it was unexpected, Yard wiped his cold sweat and smiled.

“Of course I was tense. Do you think I could set foot and live on this continent with this face if we were caught?”

Having said that, Yard looked at me as if I was someone whose nerves were made of adamantium.

Well, the influence of the seven denominations spanned the entire continent.

Thanks to the division of divine power into seven parts, there was no medieval dark age encompassing the entire continent except for a few countries.

Still, as they united and occasionally combined their strength, their power transcended borders.

“For someone who says that, you seemed to be enjoying it?”

At my words, Yard chuckled.

“Actually, it was fun.”

This guy was also quite gutsy and eccentric.

“When else would I get to rob the Sea Denomination in my life? I’m not even the Phantom Thief, who is said to be the pinnacle of famous thieves.”

Is he talking about one of the Two Odd Walls, whom hobbyists call the two strangest people in the world?

Come to think of it, the Phantom Thief also appeared but ended up being an extra whose identity was never revealed.

There were a few suspicious characters, but I wonder what kind of guy he was?

“I’m increasingly thinking that I made the right choice in following you, Yuan. Actually, my childhood dream was to be an explorer going on adventures like this.”

“Not a circus troupe?”

“At that time, I had a strong perception of the circus troupe as my home. It changed as I grew up a bit.”

That was unexpected.

Chatting about this and that with Yard, we returned to the inn.

As I opened the door to our room, cool air swept over my entire body.

Feeling the faint remnants of winter, I realized that Jade had used magic.

“You’re back. Did things go well where you went?”

Jade was laying out the artifacts they had bought on the living room floor of the suite with Silua and Abassael.

It seemed Precia and Gilbert had not returned yet.

Well, I did give them a lot of errands, so it was understandable that it would take a long time.

“Oh, we were lucky and obtained a permit.”

At my answer, Yard playfully mocked.

“You obtained it indeed. That’s right.”

I laughed along with Yard and examined the artifacts.

“But you bought a lot?”

The living room floor was not enough, so they had also laid out artifacts in the bedroom.

“Hahaha, we bought everything that had even a hint of magic power. After buying so much, Silua was later treated like a noble young lady.”

If they had spent that much money, it was understandable to be treated that way.

“Is the appraisal going well?”

“Right now, we were just sorting them into these boxes. This box contains cursed items, this box contains unknown items, and that box contains non-cursed items.”

The curses contained in the artifacts circulating in the market were mostly trivial things like slightly weakening the immune system, accelerating hair loss, or causing malignant athlete’s foot.

Even such trivial curses had countless uses.

Or you could gather the curses together like melting them in a furnace to create a powerful curse.

I rummaged through the box at my feet that Jade pointed to.

Just like I obtained the Phoenix’s Crystal Staff, a legendary-grade magic staff, from the Twilight Guild, there might be something useful.

“No, no, no, no… Oh! Found it, the Magnifying Glass of Arudos!”

Among the miscellaneous items, I found a dusty monocle.

It was one of the items I had told Jade to buy if he found it, even describing its appearance.

I thought I might not be able to obtain it because the timing was different from when it was obtained in the novel, but it was worth believing in the protagonist’s luck.

This will make excavation easier inside the ruins.

“Ah, those glasses. I bought them because you said to, but are they a good item?”

“The Magnifying Glass of Arudos?!”

Unlike Jade, who didn’t know about the Magnifying Glass of Arudos, Abassael, who was diligently putting cursed artifacts into a box while patting his back, approached with sparkling eyes.

As expected of a former high-ranking magician from the magic tower, he knew about the Magnifying Glass of Arudos.

Abassael dusted off the monocle and carefully injected magic power into it.

After injecting magic power for a while, a faint magic formula appeared between the frames of the glasses.

Seeing that formula, Abassael became excited.

“It really is the Magnifying Glass of Arudos! My goodness! If I had known this existed, I wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of sorting them out!”

At Abassael’s reaction, Jade and Silua stopped sorting and showed interest.

“What is the Magnifying Glass of Arudos?”

To Silua’s question, Abassael put the Magnifying Glass of Arudos on Silua’s eyes instead of explaining with words.

“Wow! I can clearly see the formula! With this, we really didn’t have to bother with sorting!”

“Right? The Magnifying Glass of Arudos is an artifact made by a high-ranking magician named Arudos in the late mythical era, which allows you to see hidden magic formulas. It’s a rare artifact with only five in the Sky City, but to think it was lying around here.”

With just that monocle, we had earned dozens of times the value of the worthless antiques scattered on the floor.

“Master, but how did you recognize it when the appearance was slightly dented and the magic power had been depleted for a long time?”

“I saw it in a book. You see the magic formula partially exposed on the frame of these glasses? That formula was the same.”

It wasn’t a lie. I saw it in the appendix at the end of the novel.

“That’s amazing. I had even seen and used it directly before, but I failed to notice it.”

At Abassael’s admiration, I waved my hand and took out the Phoenix’s Crystal Staff.

“Use those glasses to take a look at this.”

At my request, Abassael received the small brooch and examined it diligently. Then, before long, his eyes were filled with shock.

“This, this is! Amazing! How can there be such a formula!”

Judging by Abassael’s reaction, it didn’t seem to be a fake.

“It’s a flame-type magic staff, right?”

“Yes! That’s right. Master, how did you discover such a precious item?”

“The Twilight Guild was just selling it as a brooch. Is it better than the staff you originally had?”

“What do you mean! It’s not just better!”

The excited Abassael infused extreme yang magic power into the Phoenix’s Crystal Staff.

The room, which had been cool, became hot like a sauna due to the ultra-high heat that couldn’t be produced with an average magic power density.

“Oops!”

Abassael tried to retrieve his magic power that had spread throughout the room. I smiled and raised my hand to stop him.

“Biam.”

Biam, the spirit of fire, poked its head out from inside my clothes and devoured the excess heat.

The room, which had become hot, cooled down to a normal temperature again.

Seeing that, Abassael infused magic power into the brooch without hesitation.

“I apologize. I was so excited that I didn’t think about the aftermath.”

In Abassael’s hand was not a brooch but a magic staff that looked like a long branch.

At the end of the magic staff, a small red bird was perched as if alive, preening its feathers with its beak.

That bird was not a living creature, but it sang and used magic according to the will of the staff’s owner.

“It can happen. If you like it, keep it.”

“Is it really okay?! …Ah, but a magic staff of this level would be useful when Master handles the fire spirit.”

At Abassael’s words, Biam tapped my back with its tail in agreement.

It seemed to really like the Phoenix’s Crystal Staff.

“No, I have something I’m aiming for later, so it’s fine.”

Lisbeth’s magic staff must still exist.

Even if not, I have Aquila’s grimoire, so it’s okay.

“And it’s not good to be biased towards one attribute when working with spirits of various attributes.”

“Ahem! I see. Then I will gratefully accept it.”

Abassael tried to hide it, but he couldn’t conceal his joy as he changed the Phoenix’s Crystal Staff back into a brooch and attached it to his chest.

Biam angrily slapped my back with its tail.

I’ll have to get Biam a fire magic stone later.

I checked if the items I had bought were in the box and asked.

“It can happen. Where are the things you bought from the magic tower?”

“I placed them in Master’s room. As instructed, I bought the astrological star chart, diatomaceous earth, and graphite, but are they necessary for excavating the ruins?”

At Abassael’s question, I smiled and examined the astrological star chart placed on the bed.

“Of course, they’re necessary.”

The astrological star chart was needed to calculate the rules of the Labyrinth of Constellations.

It was simply an item that recorded the movement of constellations and celestial bodies, so it was far from the vision of the astrological school, but it was sufficient to calculate the location of the item I wanted in the changing ruins.

While I was reading the astrological star chart, Jade, who was wearing the Magnifying Glass of Arudos and finishing the sorting, said to me.

“Yuan, there’s something I’d like to ask.”

“What is it?”

I answered while turning the pages, and Jade asked while putting artifacts into the box.

“Do you happen to know anything about the Sword Demon?”

“The Sword Demon of the Ten Heavenly Swords? I know a fair amount. Why the Sword Demon all of a sudden?”

The Sword Demon was one of the Ten Heavenly Swords, the ten strongest swordsmen in the world according to hobbyists, and one of the Four Demons who viewed the world with a distorted gaze.

“It’s nothing major, but I ran into her at the market while purchasing artifacts.”

“Is that so? You met the Sword Demon… What?”

I almost let it slide because Jade mentioned it casually as if it wasn’t a big deal.

“You met the Sword Demon? How?”

When I asked back in surprise, Jade answered with surprised eyes, not expecting my reaction.

“I found a magic sword in an old weapon shop in a back alley of the market street, and I met her there.”

“Don’t tell me the Sword Demon disposed of the magic sword on the spot?”

“Yes, how did you know?”

At Jade’s answer, I held my forehead.

“The traces? You erased them and came back…”

Bang-! Crash!

Before I could finish my sentence, the shattered door flew off and broke the window.

“Come here! You bastard! Did you think I wouldn’t find you?!”

A woman with a rough voice shouted fiercely, carrying a sword on her shoulder.

She was Nayuta Elispil, one of the Ten Heavenly Swords known as the Sword Fairy, who always appeared wherever the Sword Demon was.