The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

It was not long after I had entered the body of Prince Yuan.

I moved to obtain the treasures hidden throughout the palace.

I was able to acquire quite a few things, such as the wind spirit Navi hiding in my clothes, Aquila’s grimoire worn on my finger, and Dalanta’s ingredient warehouse.

The only thing that could have involved me with the goddess of the earth was the Earth Denomination’s chapel inside the palace.

When I pretended to pray in front of the statue to check the “Rosario of Daliana” hidden in the base of the statue, I thought like this:

‘Please allow me to safely rob the holy relic. Then I will properly raise the next saint for you. Although I can’t give the rosario to the next saint, I will help them obtain things like a saint’s staff, the remains of an incarnation, or a forgotten holy place as much as possible, so can’t you do something about it?’

“The god you believe in has no conscience at all.”

In the end, I robbed Daliana’s holy relic myself while using precious magic stones.

The goddess of the earth didn’t help at all. And yet she’s trying to use me.

As my sacrilegious remarks continued, Dailhorg clenched his teeth and fists.

Precia clenched and unclenched her empty hands, preparing to take out a sword from the subspace at any time in response to him.

Even as the atmosphere rapidly turned hostile, Sophia, the saint of the Earth Denomination, smiled brightly.

“Wow! Thank goodness. Although I trusted my intuition, I didn’t have the confidence that you were really the ‘one who walks outside of fate’ in the oracle.”

At her words, I let out a hollow laugh.

“So now you’re confident?”

“I said there was a way to verify it. Actually, there’s a second part to the oracle I received.”

There’s a second part?

Indeed, the oracle felt short.

No matter how much there were restrictions on gods interfering with the present world and the vestiges of mythology were being consumed, oracles were given because the gods had something to warn or say to the earth.

As such, there was usually a certain amount of content to prevent it from being too short or twisted to be misinterpreted.

“When he hears the request, he shall be indignant and blaspheme me. But knowing the darkness underneath, he shall be grateful.”

I smirked at the continuing oracle.

“Even they know they made an unscrupulous request.”

At my words, Dailhorg was outraged.

“Let’s see about that!”

“Uncle! Calm down! Everything is according to the oracle, so there’s no need to get angry!”

Sophia calmed the old holy knight.

Ignoring the two of them, I became lost in thought for a moment.

The darkness underneath?

And I will be grateful?

The use of the past tense in the oracle’s expression must mean an event that has already occurred.

And if I become grateful for a past event, there’s a high possibility that Sophia is not related to the subject of the “promise”.

The goddess of the earth must have interfered with something in the present world for my sake, and that is closely related to the time, place, or action of the “promise”.

Otherwise, there would be no reason to mention the “promise”.

The only possibility is the palace chapel.

Come to think of it, Daliana’s rosario served as the core to maintain the refuge, and the goddess statue collapsed when I removed the core.

If the goddess statue collapsed, it could have greatly affected the refuge as well.

Did I miss something in the refuge or the goddess statue?

So the goddess of the earth interfered with the collapse of the goddess statue to prevent whatever I missed from being damaged?

Since it was not just any place but a chapel, the domain of a god, and a place heavily marked by Saint Daliana, it would be possible to interfere.

It was just a speculation, but if that was the case, it wasn’t strange for the goddess of the earth to come out so shamelessly.

At that time, I couldn’t use magic and was inexperienced in handling spirits, so it was fully possible for me to miss something.

“Hmm… I don’t know.”

“What is it?”

At Sophia’s question, I smiled brightly.

“Whether the goddess of the earth is scamming me or if she really did something I should be grateful for.”

“This guy dares to!”

The old holy knight angrily reached for his waist out of habit.

But his sword was in the hands of the saint.

“Sir Dailhorg! We are currently executing the oracle! How can you be so immoral?!”

Sophia slammed the table and shouted.

As she exuded divine power and suppressed Dailhorg’s killing intent, the old holy knight faltered.

At the same time, he made a wronged expression.

It seemed that the current oracle had not been formally delivered through the Pope and the altar of the papal palace.

Well, if the oracle had been formally delivered, the saint and the One-Man Army wouldn’t have come here alone.

Even if the content required secrecy, at least ten high-ranking priests with hidden identities would have come.

So Dailhorg was half-believing and half-doubting the oracle Sophia had mentioned, and he couldn’t help but be angry as I kept making sacrilegious remarks.

It was understandable for him to feel wronged.

Although it wasn’t my business.

“I understand the oracle. Seeing as it said I would blaspheme the god, the goddess of the earth probably knows my personality, so she’s not scamming me.”

Of course, the suspicion hadn’t completely disappeared.

The goddess of the earth would know what kind of things I would do if I found out later that she had scammed me.

Given enough time, it was fully possible to inflict enough damage to incapacitate the seven denominations, especially the Earth Denomination.

As a result, one or two small countries would be ruined, but…

“Well, fine. I was planning to keep that promise when the conditions were met anyway, so I’ll do as the oracle says.”

At my words, Sophia smiled brightly.

“Thank you!”

At her words of gratitude, I smirked.

“Do you even know what promise I made to thank me?”

“No. It’s just that since God’s will has been fulfilled, my homework is all done, isn’t it?”

“No, it’s not? Your homework is just beginning.”

“Pardon?”

Seeing her flustered, I chuckled playfully.

“The goddess of the earth must love you a lot. Seeing as she even gave an oracle.”

“What do you mean?”

If the “subject” of the promise mentioned in the oracle is the goddess of the earth and me, then the “object” of the promise is not strictly the “saint” of the Earth Denomination.

I clearly said that I would help the “next saint” grow.

Not the saint, but a saint.

According to the novel, Sophia, the saint of the Earth Denomination, senses a future of a binary choice due to her hyper-intuition and meets a terrible end by sacrificing herself.

The priest I wanted to recruit as a companion was the kid who would inherit the stigmata anew simultaneously with the saint’s death and become the next saint.

I lightly shrugged my shoulders at Sophia’s question.

“If I am the correct subject of the oracle, the target of my promise was not you, but the next generation after you. However, the goddess of the earth made you and me meet now, before the next generation is born, even giving you an oracle.”

“In other words, the bountiful earth wishes for me to fulfill that promise in her stead?”

I nodded.

At my affirmation, her expression hardened.

There can only be one saint in a denomination. As long as she is alive, the next generation cannot exist.

In other words, she had been given a death sentence.

That’s why I was convinced that her god loved her.

Because if she traveled with me, at least she wouldn’t die like in the novel.

Of course, it didn’t mean my journey was safe, but…

“That’s my interpretation, but it could be wrong. Don’t worry, I will keep my promise even if it’s not necessarily you.”

“It depends on my choice.”

“That’s right.”

It didn’t matter to me whether it was her or the kid who would inherit the stigmata after her.

Come to think of it, if Saint Sophia doesn’t die, that kid can’t become a saint.

“…If I fulfill that promise, do I have to move together with you?”

As expected, her intuition is good.

“Your Holiness!?”

Dailhorg shouted in surprise at Sophia’s question.

The saint stared at me with a firm gaze, regardless of the old holy knight’s outcry.

I liked that deep gaze.

I was wary that she might be approaching me with some purpose using the oracle as an excuse, but it seemed like a needless worry.

I smiled brightly and nodded.

“That’s right. You have to go on a journey with me.”

“I see.”

“I’ll tell you in advance, my journey will be dangerous, and sometimes you’ll have to be cowardly. Also, you may have to turn a blind eye to injustice in front of you, remain silent, or commit evil deeds. I declare, I do not pursue justice.”

At my warning, Sophia fell silent for a moment, then calmly nodded.

“I’m prepared.”

“Your Holiness!”

At Sophia’s words, Dailhorg was surprised and tried to dissuade her.

“You’re going to follow a man you met for the first time today all of a sudden?! That’s unacceptable!”

At the old holy knight’s urgent outcry, the saint smiled playfully and said,

“What’s unacceptable about it? Doing as my respected mother and master wishes is the duty I should fulfill as a daughter and servant who receives the excessive love of the bountiful earth, right?”

“That’s just guessing based on intuition, isn’t it?!”

At his outcry, Sophia chuckled.

“Let’s express it more nobly as ‘I felt destiny’ as a saint.”

At her firm answer, Dailhorg held his head as if he had a headache.

“…What are you going to say to His Holiness the Pope?”

“That’s for you to figure out, uncle.”

“Pardon?!”

Sophia pushed all the troublesome matters onto the old holy knight and reached out her hand to me.

“We’ve become travel companions from now on, but I don’t even know your name yet. Let me introduce myself again, I’m Sophia.”

I shook her hand and answered.

“I’m Yuan. I apologize for being somewhat rude and sacrilegious until now.”

At my apology, Sophia smiled brightly and brushed it off as no big deal.

“This is my escort knight.”

“I’m Precia. Nice to meet you.”

As I accepted Sophia as a companion, Precia completely let her guard down and accepted it as it was.

“Oh my! Nice to meet you too! I think Lady Precia and I can become good friends.”

Seeing Yuan, Precia, and Sophia exchanging greetings, Dailhorg staggered while holding his head with his hand as if he wanted to deny reality.

“This is a nightmare. I don’t know, how am I supposed to handle this…?”

Ignoring Dailhorg, who had started to half-escape from reality, I said to Sophia,

“Don’t expect to be treated as a saint. If you become my companion, you’re just Sophia, the priest.”

At my words, Sophia was rather delighted.

“That’s exactly what I want.”

Come to think of it, unlike the Pope who is elected by the cardinals, saints are directly chosen by God, so they feel trapped and suffocated by their position, right?

If they had a lot of vanity or a sense of being the chosen people, they would rather enjoy the attention they received from a young age, but since God doesn’t choose just anyone, they were usually down-to-earth.

Of course, that’s mostly the case, and there were quite a few exceptions.

“Now then, let’s save the introductions of companions for later and first receive some help. The Earth Denomination had a permit to enter the ruins, right?”

If there’s a spare permit, we can split the party into two and move stealthily when needed.

Moreover, it was perfect for creating an alibi.

Understanding the meaning of my words, Sophia laughed along like a mischievous child.

“Of course.”

It seemed like I would get along with the saint better than I thought.

TN: Two professional scam artists are now joining together