Chapter 344 (1/2)
14-29 Water Peach Kingdom (2)
◆Royal Villa of Rudom◆
“–Your Highness, what did the weasel ask?”
“To let theain”
The second prince leisurely replied the cabinet minister from his faction who came to his room
The minister ordered an official behind him to vacate the soldiers outside the door and close it
“The Shadow Castle? Is that possible?”
“Of course not”
The second prince raised the reasons why it's impossible one after another
“The gate won't open unless you take a little girl wearing the 『Necklace of Treasure Key』 that can't be taken out except during the grand festival, on top of that the castle is protected by sentries that evenYamato ran away y'know?”
The legend passed through the second prince's mind
The hero king Yareat dened supreest]
An existence that can't even be defeated by the [Strongest], he can't iine it
“Still, it's too bad isn't it If the God sentry weren't there, Your Highness could have gotten his hands on the treasures sleeping in the Shadow Castle…”
“Are you i me to raid the tomb?”
“Not at all, Your Highness will only take a little bit of inheritance from your ancestor”
The second prince's wavers with the minister's words
As if taking advantage of that, the official behind the minister murmurs
“Perhaps the weaselkin's underling that contacted the criuild the other day was related to this?”
“–You uild people to kidnap Ru as the Shadow Princess?”
“With all dues respect…”
The minister assented to the second prince's worry
“Don't tell me–the B-class adventurers who had an audience with His Majesty were also summoned by them?”
“It is possible There's also the report of a scout-looking adventurer going astray in the prohibited place in the royal castle”
It's probably hard to infiltrate the Shadow Castle no ether with adventurers most active on the frontier, the success rate should be different
“Let the knights to stand by near the ceremony site”
The second prince stood up while giving an order to the minister
“I'll go out too It's the older brother's job to save his little sister”
The thought of saving his little sister fro the treasures they have and then confiscating the disrespectful weaselkin's firm floats in his mind
There is no one here who pointed out about hi the chickens before they're hatched
◆Rimia the Sixth Princess of Rumooku◆
“Rumia is calm today”
My heart aches hearing Nii-sahtly
Even though I've switched with Rumia ane-sama to do the role of the Shadow Princess in the festival, Nii-sama doesn't notice it at all
Perhaps brother doesn't recognize me, who doesn't have pink hair, as his little sister
“If you're tired, let reet the citizens Ru the fruit water”
“Thank you very much Nii-sama”
I repliedmy best
–The day darkens before long and a bonfire is lighted in the center of the ceremony site
“Hou, this is some tasty wine…”
“It was brought in a barrel by the representative earlier”
“Must be a wealthya barrel of an expensive wine like this”
Nii-saood mood
I've never drunk wine before but people said that the wine in this kingdoent and bad so this n country
“Here's sorape water for Rumisama”
“Thank you”
I drink transparent red drink offered by an unfamiliar maid
–Sweet
It's as classy as the sugar water that I got during Nii-sae ceremony back then
I forget rape water
My view shakes
I staggered, fell to the ground and looked at the surrounding with disorderly mind
–Everyone is sleeping?
“Hey, isn't the all-important princess awake there”
“Keh, that daave us a defective product”
“Oy! Save your coet out quickly”
I could only shi+ver with pale face hearing the violent words
Just when I thought e se
“N-o, get–”
My frail protest reached no one, and I fainted as I was carried roughly
◆Crime Guild◆
“Boss! The cavalry are chasing us from behind”
“What?!”
When the cri scale mails
Despite their heavy armor, their horses speed is faster
“10 horses all huh… There's only a few of them, but they appeared too fast”
They must've been on stand by even before the princess was kidnapped
It's an ihts of this country
“Tsk, did we get set up by the weasel bastard?”
“Boss, those are the second prince's troops”
“That schemer daredevil second prince sure is fast Oy, use the sdom explorers Throw it after we pass that watchtower!”
“Yea”
When the boss passed through a watchtower for festival use, he cut the tower's ropes
Slightly afterward, his subordinate threhite bundle, and then s explosively
Without caring the cries in the back, the ate
They sate and let a subordinate set them to fire
“Boss, is this alright? Doing this much”
“Don't worry We just have escape the country once we got the treasures in the Fallen Castle”
The boss laughed off the vice's worry
There were many cases where pursuers couldn't catch up to the the fact that there's a little traffic between the cities and the borders of the eastern countries
Although, cases of kidnapping a royalty and pillaging the national treasure like these are probably going to be an exception
Only several people including the boss and the vice notice it
“What if we don't get the treasures?”
The ti his horse
“No worries The things we stole from the prince and the princess earlier are already valuable enough We could even get peerage rank if we sold this 『Necklace of Treasure Key』 this princess had to so countries”
“As expected of boss, you're well thought!”
Unlike the gloomy vice, the subordinates applauded the boss
The h the forest toward the Shadow Castle on their horses
◆Rumia the Fifth Princess of Rumooku◆
“Rimiaaaaa!”
Farsa,to dash out
My little sister Rimia was kidnapped by bad masked men before my eyes
“Let o”
“Princess-sama, you must not”
Farsa checked with the escort soldiers about the safety on the surrounding, and let the escort soldiers to go to the guard station after confir it's safe
And then a horse riding group appeared