The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

“…You came to the right place after all.”

Seeing the cheerful-looking beauty, I let out a sigh.

I should have taught Jade beforehand how to handle encountering the Sword Demon, but I made a mistake.

I didn’t expect him to run into her so soon.

The Sword Fairy, Nayuta, shouted as she stepped on the fragments of the shattered door.

“Come out! Anastasia! You crazy bitch! Come out and let’s settle this!”

I don’t know who’s calling whom crazy.

Just as there was a reason why Anastasia Hightefill was called the Sword Demon, there was a reason why Nayuta Elispil was called the Sword Fairy.

Looking at her current behavior, it might be a bit hard to understand, but anyway, that’s how it was.

As the soft yet magnificent aura hidden within her cheerful smile dominated the space as if pressing down, everyone swallowed dryly and tensed up.

In the taut tension as if she would attack at any moment, I clapped my hands to lighten the mood.

“Everyone, organize the artifacts, and Yard, go downstairs to explain the situation and ask if there are spare doors and windows.”

“Understood.”

At my instruction, my companions who had been tense started moving again. I said to Nayuta,

“If you’re looking for the Sword Demon Anastasia, you’ve come to the wrong place, so first help with the cleaning.”

I took out a broom and dustpan from the shattered door closet and threw them to Nayuta.

“Huh? Uh…”

Receiving the cleaning tools, Nayuta looked at me in surprise.

“What are you doing? Sweep up the wood fragments and put them in the trash can. You can pay for the shattered door and window later according to the invoice.”

“…Oh, sorry.”

As I swept the glass shards scattered by the window with the broom, Nayuta also reduced her momentum and hesitantly cleaned up the door she had shattered.

It wasn’t too messy despite her grandiose entrance by shattering the door, so cleaning wasn’t difficult.

Fortunately, the window glass fragments that flew out the window fell into the rarely visited backyard, so no one was hurt.

“Um…”

“Put the large fragments that don’t fit in the trash can out in the hallway.”

“…Oh, okay.”

The inn manager, who came up after hearing from Yard, grasped the situation and asked if we needed to change rooms.

I said there was no need for that and just asked for a door and window.

At my request, befitting an expensive inn, they quickly brought a door and window and replaced them.

Normally, it wouldn’t have been strange to be kicked out, but fortunately, we could get away with it because we booked the room with a noble status card.

Once the situation was settled, I took out coffee cups and a magic kettle from the subspace and boiled water, asking,

“You should be able to tell with your ki sensing that the Sword Demon isn’t here yet, so why don’t you have a drink before you go? Which do you prefer, black tea, coffee, or alcohol?”

“Huh? Ah… If I’m drinking, alcohol would be good.”

I agree.

I poured a cup full of coffee, sugar, and distilled liquor, making a corretto, and placed it on the table.

“Ah, thanks.”

Seeing the corretto, Nayuta looked at me with a slightly surprised gaze.

Mixing distilled liquor with coffee was a common way of drinking in her hometown, but it was unfamiliar in the Kingdom of Duplion.

Sitting down and sipping the warm drink, she cleared her throat and looked at me.

“Uh… Sorry. For suddenly barging in and causing a ruckus.”

Nayuta seemed embarrassed, realizing she had misunderstood.

At her apology, I smirked.

“As long as you know.”

An apology came before self-introduction or an excuse for suddenly breaking the door.

The Sword Fairy Nayuta had a strong tendency to get excited and act recklessly when it came to the Sword Demon, but she wasn’t a bad person.

She just caused a lot of trouble.

Still, for a Sword Fairy, breaking one door and one window wasn’t that big of an accident.

At least I didn’t have to worry about where to sleep tonight.

As I casually sipped my wine, Nayuta seemed to take an interest in me and asked,

“But boy, do you know me? Usually, when I rush in excitedly, people ask who I am or are on guard, but your reaction is quite composed.”

Judging by her words, it seemed this wasn’t the first or second time she had rushed in excitedly because of the Sword Demon.

Well, the relationship between the Sword Fairy and the Sword Demon was famous.

“If there aren’t two people in the world who cause a commotion while searching for the Sword Demon, there can only be one person who you are.”

At my answer, Nayuta cleared her throat in embarrassment.

“Ahem! As you guessed, I am a swordswoman known as the Sword Fairy, Nayuta Elispil. I apologize again for suddenly barging in and breaking the door. It doesn’t seem like you’re a hidden criminal organization or anything.”

The Sword Fairy looked at me and my companions with eyes that seemed to see through everything.

The Sword Fairy chases the Sword Demon, the Sword Demon chases magic swords, and magic swords are usually found in criminal organizations or underground forces.

So when the Sword Fairy rushes in like this, it usually turns into a bloodbath, and such experiences must have made her even more extreme.

At her apology, I smirked.

“If you’re sorry, why don’t you give my escort knights some instructional sparring later?”

At my cheeky answer, she laughed and nodded.

“If the opportunity arises.”

Then, glancing at Jade who had finished organizing, she said,

“As you know, boy, I am pursuing Anastasia. I followed the traces of the guy who was with her from the store where the remnants of the magic sword remained. Do you know where the Sword Demon headed?”

I answered Nayuta’s question instead.

“When you barged in just now, there were artifacts scattered on the floor, right? I collected artifacts that seemed useful in this city. In the midst of that, my friend here discovered a magic sword and tried to purchase it to dispose of it, but the Sword Demon intercepted and disposed of it. That’s all.”

Although I couldn’t hear the story from Jade, I made up a plausible explanation based on the circumstances. The Sword Fairy stared at me.

“Hmm, usually I can tell when someone is lying, but I can’t tell at all with you, boy? Normally, in this case, it’s either because you’re so skilled in lying that you’ve lived your whole life doing it, or you have no connection to lies at all.”

“Which one do you think it is?”

At my playful wink, the Sword Fairy laughed heartily in amusement.

“Ahahaha! At least it doesn’t seem to be the latter.”

Then Jade stepped forward and said,

“It’s not a lie. I don’t know where the Sword Demon went. She devoured the magic sword and disappeared right away.”

“Hmm, I can tell that boy’s words are not a lie. It feels like he has lived honestly his whole life. Although it seems slightly different recently.”

At Nayuta’s words, Jade only smiled.

Downing the still-hot corretto in one go, she stood up and asked me,

“What’s your name? Boy?”

“Yuan.”

Hearing my name, Nayuta opened the window, placed her foot on the windowsill, and bid farewell.

“I have a feeling we’ll meet again in the not-too-distant future. See you later, Yuan boy.”

The Sword Fairy, who jumped out the window, disappeared like the sunset hiding between the horizons.

On the table was a money pouch that I didn’t know when she had placed.

“She left quite a lot.”

The pouch was filled with gold coins.

******

“Yawn~!”

Late in the morning, I yawned and stretched on the bed, wriggling.

I had stayed up late last night wrestling with the map and the astrological star chart, then playing with clay using the things Abassael had bought.

Washing my face and coming to my senses, I went to the living room, where Precia, who was maintaining her sword, greeted me.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yeah, did you sleep well too, Precia?”

Precia, who had returned late last night due to errands, was greatly disappointed to learn that the Sword Fairy had visited.

It was understandable for her to be disappointed, as it was one of the few opportunities to cross swords with one of the Ten Heavenly Swords.

Finishing her sword maintenance, Precia handed me a paper box containing sandwiches for my breakfast.

Is it the breakfast that came out?

“Where did everyone go?”

“Gilbert and Mr. Yard went for a morning run as training, and Silua, Jade, and Mr. Abassael went to buy artifacts like yesterday. They said there’s an artifact market with a black market nature in the northwestern part of the city.”

“Is that so?”

In the novel, Jade didn’t visit that place, but it wouldn’t be bad to check it out.

Since we have the Magnifying Glass of Arudos, I hope they bring back some good items.

I ate the sandwiches and checked the items Precia and Gilbert had bought yesterday.

From field supplies like shovels, pickaxes, machetes, ropes, and fixing pins to emergency rations like jerky, ship biscuits, and dried fruits, the living room was full to the brim.

“I should have given you one more subspace bracelet.”

The size of the subspace in the bracelet I gave Precia was at most the size of a small studio room.

Even if they stuffed it into the subspace, they could only bring back handfuls of items.

With this amount, we wouldn’t have to leave the ruins due to lack of supplies.

Preparations for the expedition seemed to be almost complete.

“No. Wouldn’t it have been a bit conspicuous to buy lots of things but not carry anything?”

“Well, that’s true.”

Judging by the good quality, I made the right choice in sending Precia on errands.

“By the way, how is it? It seems like you gained some enlightenment?”

At my question, Precia smiled ambiguously.

“Actually, I’m not sure. It’s vague, as if I can grasp it but not quite. But I think I know how to put my heart into the sword.”

The sight of Vermilion rising to the superhuman level and imbuing his image into the sword seemed to have given Precia a lot of inspiration.

However, she seemed to feel slightly impatient as the wall of the realm loomed before her eyes.

“You don’t have to be too impatient. You’re doing well enough. Horazon might even complain that it’s too fast.”

I was relieved that she didn’t resent me for not being able to help her cross the wall of transcendents.

As I smiled and ruffled Precia’s hair, she smiled slightly and nodded.

“Thank you.”

As we ate sandwiches and chatted about this and that, I looked at the clock and saw it was about time to go out.

Precia, preparing to come along, asked,

“Are you going to the Twilight Guild?”

She immediately mentioned the Twilight Guild because I had explained last night at dinner how I obtained the ruins entry permit.

“If I go out at the promised time for the introduction, even if they suspect me, they can’t say anything.”

The Twilight Guild was probably suspecting me by now, knowing that the Sea Denomination’s vault had been robbed.

If I didn’t show up at the promised time and place, that suspicion would turn into certainty.

But if I went out confidently, they wouldn’t be able to question me, their VIP.

If they tried to question me and cause harm, I would confidently use the “customer complaint” contact magic attached to the VIP card.

I didn’t know when I first received it, but the VIP card had quite a few built-in functions.

At my answer, Precia chuckled, saying as expected of the young master.

“We still have some time, so let’s check out the Sea Denomination before we go.”

“Understood.”

Precia and I left the inn and headed towards the central street where the temples were gathered.

The Sea Denomination, visible in the distance, looked peaceful as if nothing had happened.

Could it be that they still haven’t noticed the vault was robbed?

No, that can’t be.

Even though I actively took only one to prevent them from moving, it was strange that no commotion had occurred at all.

Especially since there was a prior guest in that vault before me.

While I was lost in thought for a moment, a lively voice spoke to me.

“Excuse me~! You have a very good impression.”

Turning my head, I saw yesterday’s prior guest, the cute girl with dark navy blue hair tinged with a bluish hue, smiling and greeting me.

“So, I’d like to share some good words with you, do you have a moment?”

The saint of the Earth Denomination approached me with a suspicious smile, asking if I believed in the way.