Chap 24-Ethnic Kin? Hatred?

 

The third prince, Kailon.

He was called the archer of the imperial family, a man who had received the power of Sagittarius.

From a young age, Kailon had to get his way with anything he wanted or desired.

And so, with the power of Sagittarius, he eliminated political rivals and nobles he didn’t like, forming his own faction.

Most of those with succession rights who had died were as good as already in Kailon’s grasp.

After entering Schperen, he couldn’t directly interfere due to the psychological warfare with other competitors for the throne.

But this time, his newly arrived younger sister, Arietta, and her close aide, Bathory, were quite interesting.

The naive Arietta was still the same, but her aide, the Bathory woman, was quite strong.

Rumor had it she had blown away Edenberun.

And even blocked a star sign’s arrow.

If used well, he might be able to make her fight Ailia.

“But she’ll know that the prince shot the arrow.”

“What does she think she can do, even if she knows?”

“Well, won’t she come after us?”

“There’s no proof. She can’t touch us recklessly.”

What could she do without proof?

A witness? Did she think that would be enough?

They would be clenching their fists tightly, trembling, but there was no evidence against him.

Yes. That’s what he thought at first.

Until those guys suddenly came to find him directly.

Bang!

First, they burst through the door.

Just as he’d heard, Arietta and that Bathory woman, who had no manners, and for some reason, the young master of Edenberun and an elf he didn’t know were with them.

‘To think they’d come looking for me.’

This made things faster.

Since they came on their own, he could manipulate them and sow discord.

That’s what he thought, but their actions were strange.

“This is the guy who shot the arrow that was blocked with one hand? He looks weak.”

“That’s right. That’s how he looked. That’s him. That’s the guy. I think I saw this sneaky-looking guy’s hair fluttering?”

“In short, Edenberun, you’re saying you tried to assassinate me by coaxing this wimp?”

“No, that’s not… it’s not fair!”

Those inferior beings beneath the imperial family were arbitrarily guessing and judging him.

Kailon himself, and his female aide, were dumbfounded, like pigeons that had been hit, just staring at the scene.

In particular, that woman from the Bathory family, Ciel, completely ignored them, as if they were just excess baggage.

As if the arrow he had shot was nothing.

They were just having their own conversation.

“Okay. Let’s say that’s true. Even if you brought dozens or hundreds of guys like him to assassinate me, it wouldn’t work.”

“Well, I didn’t!”

Hearing them, it sounded like Edenberun was saying he had instigated them.

That Ailia had instigated him to do this?

“Ruru. Is this guy the one?”

“Of course. I can swear on my World Tree and be sure. This is the one. This is the one who shot it from behind, all sneaky.”

Even the elf, who seemed to have grown up nobly under the World Tree, was pointing and saying such things.

Yes. Well, he expected to be found out, but what was this method?

He was ready to respond if they attacked.

But wasn’t this like coming into someone else’s stage, taking a seat in the audience, and just complaining?

After a while of talking, Bathory turned her head.

“Let’s go back.”

“Go back? Is it over like this?”

The Bathory woman was trying to go back on her own, without even asking for permission.

And not even according to her master’s will, but on her own.

“There’s no need to deal with weaklings like this in the first place.”

Weakling? Kailon himself had never thought he was weak.

Of course, if you only considered physical strength, he couldn’t beat his older brother, the Lion King Alexander. But at least in terms of match-ups, he didn’t think that he, the archer of the imperial family, would lose to Ailia or the incompetent Arietta.

He was so dumbfounded that he burst out laughing.

“Hahaha! A weakling?”

“That’s right. The fact that this guy instigated this weakling means that Ailia instigated him. We just need to take care of that bitch.”

What was this woman in front of him, making fun of him?

She was ignoring him, no matter what he tried to say.

Wait.

No, was she saying he was worse than Ailia?

That was ridiculous. To a mere woman?

He would lose to that clumsy woman who wielded thorns?

And that a woman under the incompetent Arietta was saying such things?

“She’s really stupid. Why would she pass on all the information when she ordered it herself? Ugh.”

“What if they attack again?”

“Seeing that he’s the archer of the imperial family, a prince, and is being swayed by Ailia, the answer is obvious. We just need to worry about Alexander or whatever.”

She was skipping him and aiming for his brother right away?

More than that, she had completely dismissed him?

He had hoped that they would come in with a sharp reaction and ask if he had shot the arrow, but what was with that very disappointing expression?

He was so dumbfounded.

He had never experienced anything like this before, so his mind stopped for a moment, like a misaligned gear.

Ciel, who was leading the situation, smiled faintly inside.

Well, seeing his reaction now, he clearly hated being ignored.

“How dare you be so rude to his Highness the Prince!”

Finally, a subordinate of Kailon’s, who belonged to the student council, stepped forward.

Only then did the Bathory woman glance at them, and her face contorted.

As if she despised them.

As if to say, how dare someone like you look at her like that.

Those eyes, containing the sparkling Milky Way, coldly staring at people.

It was as if she was stripping people bare.

“The rudeness was done by your master, Ailia’s lackey.”

“There seems to be some misunderstanding. I…”

“Be quiet. A man like you, who is pushed around by his younger sister, has no charm and is worthless.”

At those words, Arietta, who had been watching the situation quietly, burst out laughing.

And then she ignored Kailon again.

At this point, Kailon was starting to get angry.

But that was it.

Before Kailon could react, that Bathory woman was acting as she pleased. There was no such thing as aristocratic dignity.

“Anyway, let’s go to Ailia. Let’s go beat up this Arnold in front of her.”

Naturally, they moved on to Arnold.

“Why do you keep bringing me into this?”

“Can I join in on the way?”

“Even the elf?”

“Well, he just looks unlucky. His face just stirs up violence!”

The elf, with her rich expressions, clenched his small hands and burned with animosity towards Arnold.

Ciel was a little embarrassed by the sudden intervention of the elf, but anyway, the existence of an elf was high in social status, so there were many ways to use that reputation.

Look. Thanks to the elf, it was now easier to openly ridicule them like this.

Even that Kailon, who had the right to succession.

“Is an elf allowed to do that?”

“Does it matter? Honestly, Arnold just looks like someone you want to beat up.”

“Well, if the elf is going that far…”

“He-Hey!”

Those things, chattering among themselves, finally opened the door and left again.

Daring to do that in the student council room.

In front of Kailon himself, the vice president. Daring to show their backs.

Bang!

Until they closed the door again, neither Bathory nor Arietta, nor the others, even looked at Kailon again.

Only after those things had swept through and left did he start to calmly turn his head.

Kailon was born from the same womb as Ailia.

In other words, he knew how to think similarly.

To sum it up, that bitch Ailia had passed on all the information to start a fight between him and Arietta.

But the woman under Arietta was treating Kailon himself as someone instigated by Ailia.

There seemed to be some misunderstanding in the middle.

‘How dare Ailia do this?’

How dare that woman, who was only the next in line to Arietta in the line of succession, act so high and mighty and cause this mess?

Kailon had a unique anger management problem.

He couldn’t forgive a woman he had looked down on for causing this chaos.

“Y-Your Highness. How dare those people treat you like this.”

“Ha. How dare that bitch Ailia treat me like her lackey?”

It felt like something hot was flowing down Kailon’s spine.

How long had it been since he felt like this?

How long had it been since he had been so blatantly ignored?

It wasn’t even a provocation disguised as pretending to ignore him.

That Bathory woman seriously didn’t see him, a prince, with reverence and respect, let alone as an equal.

She just saw him as someone used by Ailia.

Bang!

Kailon slammed his fist on the table.

“Y-Your Highness?”

“I have to destroy that damn bitch.”

The teacup he was holding shattered in his hand, the fragments falling onto the table.

If possible, he was going to act like a vice president, maintaining his dignity as a member of the imperial family, but she was planning to stab him in the back by using Arietta, who had nothing to lose.

Ailia seemed to have used her head well.

Well, since they were born from the same womb, they would think similarly.

That’s why Kailon had to feel threatened.

So he had to deal with Ailia rather than Bathory or Arietta.

In short, it was a case of hating one’s own kind.

“S-Suddenly? First, those rude people…”

“We can deal with those guys later. They’ll probably get hurt while fighting my brother. And after that, we can kill them without anyone knowing.”

Kailon coldly planned with a cool head.

Yes. He would let them go for now.

After all, no matter how many times they flapped their wings, Arietta was a woman without any support. He was just going to let her go.

Later, he would catch her and tear off those non-existent wings.

No, he could catch that Bathory or whatever woman and kill her in front of her.

“Then…”

“I have to take down that damn bitch Ailia from behind, one by one.”

He would make her pay dearly for daring to use him.

-I have to take down that damn bitch Ailia from behind, one by one.

Kailon’s voice was transmitted through the [Mana Thread] embedded in the student council room.

The operation was a great success.

Probably.

The fact that they weren’t attacking us now was good enough.

On the way back, they took more money from Arnold.

-How much do you have to squeeze me to be satisfied?

-Your father is still doing well with the flower shop, right?

-Ugh…

Arnold had to grit his teeth and play his role as his wallet.

How pitiful. It was all because he didn’t have good parents.

He never dreamed that his father would be trading narcotic herbs behind the scenes.

But originally, children had to pay for their parents’ debts.

“Is this okay?”

“It doesn’t matter. At least he won’t be able to touch us.”

That guy hated being ignored.

That’s what Ailia’s information said.

If you only looked at that, you might think we could be defeated.

But there was someone above him.

Ailia was the cause of him being ignored.

Besides, the two were of the same kind. They were even born from the same womb and were competing for the throne.

Kailon wasn’t stupid, so he already knew that Arietta was useless on the throne.

So what would he prioritize?

Of course, it was Ailia.

That was what hating one’s own kind was like.

“But I’m still worried.”

“In the end, we said we would touch that Alexander or whatever, so there’s no reason for him to touch us.”

Now, before we happily prepare for the lecture.

I turned my eyes to the red-haired nutritionist elf who had followed me.

“You said your name was Ruru?”

“I am Ruru, the nutritionist elf who has crossed worlds.”

Was there such an elf?

It seemed like that was the setting for this elf.

Anyway, this elf was probably not an ordinary elf.

Well, ordinary elves lived in the Great Forest centered around the World Tree.

Only a small number of elves came to the human world.

Then. As expected.

“You’re from the guild, right?”