36 Chapter 35.

(POV crown prince, Ten Jo)

When I opened my eyes what came into my vision was her. It was as if in this instance in time my world only contained her and I.

She left me utterly breathless. I could not believe my eyes; the fact that a beauty as perfect as her could possibly exist completely blew my understanding of the world straight out the window. Such divinely crafted curves could not possibly be real, could they? Her sense of color coordination left me completely captivated and starstruck. I found it excruciatingly difficult to breathe just from looking at her for even just a moment and I thought I would pass on into the afterlife if I stared for too long.

Can gods truly create such an unbearable otherworldly existence like this? She is so beautiful; to the point that I can hardly stop the lemonade that I accidentally spilled on my eyes from sliding down my cheeks. Yeah, I spilled lemonade on my eyes. Got a problem with that? I'm a crown prince, we naturally do some freaky things in the royal palace. As a man, I naturally don't cry, so you must accept that it's just some unbearably sour lemonade.

Her shape was truly mystical and I would definitely be left captivated for uncountable sleepless nights in the future wondering how one could be crafted so exquisitely. I couldn't help but wonder if I would lose my soul and never be able return to my original world.

If I did, perhaps it would not be so bad, after all, I could still die content and happy. This pocket realm truly is such a mysterious place, hiding such a wondrous existence like her.

"Crown prince, why are you staring so stupidly at that thing?"

How rude! How can you call her a thing. She is clearly a living being! Can you not hear the sexy moaning coming from her body? If she were not alive how could she make such a bewitching and seductive moan?

Unfortunately for me I had to keep up my act as the arrogant, domineering, and disdainful crown prince of the Celestial Empire.

"Hmmp, who is staring stupidly you fool? I was merely examining a beauty is all. Can you not even tell such a simple thing?"

"Oh now that you mention it, that woman was quite the beauty. My mistake crown prince, you were just lost in thought after bearing witness to that goddess."

Hmmp, of course she's a beauty! Why do I have to put up this stupid act though? It's such a bother. Why can't I just be like all my other brothers and sisters? Damnit, why was I born first?!

They all just run away whenever I mention giving them the position of the throne like I'm the plague. I just want to slack off and goof around like you guys too! I don't want to be the crown prince who has to be burdened by an entire empire's worries!.

Why do I have to get beat to death everytime I bring it up with father? Can't you guys show some sibling rivalry and fight me to the death for the throne like in every other normal empire?

Do you guys really enjoy going to brothels and having tea parties that much? Do you have no sense of responsibility towards the empire?!

Haaah, I give up. I don't want to leave this pocket realm. Can I just stay here forever? I just want to be together with the beauty before my eyes for the rest of my life. This box like shape really is the best. Those rubber wheels on the bottom of her fit so perfectly and give her an elegant air.

I want her so badly and I can hardly contain my emotions which are presently in complete turmoil. How do I win her heart? I really don't know, but I suppose there is only one thing I can do.

I walked up to her and bent down on one knee and said, "please be mine!"

Unfortunately, silence returned my request for her to belong to me. It looks like she has too much pride to answer back. It's only natural, she must be the goddess of this pocket realm. She cannot possibly belong to any man that asks her. She must get requests like this all the time and has grown used to it.

Just when I was about to stand up and leave like a defeated dog, I heard a sound coming from her. When I looked up I saw the tinted transparent segment on her move downwards revealing two individuals behind it. There was a man and a woman sitting on what looked like a chair. It was a rather strange chair covered in leather, but it was very attractive in my eyes.

The woman said, "what do you like about me?"

Eh? Who are you? Did I say I like you?

Why are you sitting inside the beautiful being who rules over this realm? Is this some kind of rebellion against the goddess? Is the reason behind my goddess' lack of response due to these two clowns?

Seeing my lack of response the man next to her said, "kid, you have some real guts proposing to my daughter in front of me. But I will only accept someone who is stronger than me. If you can't even protect her, what right do you have to propose to her?"

Your daughter? So you are not actually rebelling against the goddess? The goddess is actually your daughter? When I realized he was doubting my strength I couldn't help but narrow my eyes and examine the man. It was then that I came to a world shaking revelation that could confuse all gods in existence. This man… he's so weak! How could a goddess have such a weak father?!

Are you telling me if I beat you I can have the divine being you are sitting in?

"Bring it on."

Hearing my provocation, the man got out from the divine being and walked around the divine goddess to stand before me.

Puny little mortal, you dare challenge me? Is what I would say as the crown prince, but I couldn't care less. Inside, I was delighted at the chance to capture the apple of my eye, in other words the true object of my desires.

Before he could say a word I had already lunged towards him and sent him flying. It took less than a second. Isn't he a bit too weak? I would feel a bit bad killing the poor guy I was scamming. After all, he really didn't clearly understand his opponents true strength so I naturally held back. Plus, he might become my father in law in the future.

When he hit the wall and came to a stop he was already unconscious. The woman who sat next to him hurriedly got out of the car slack jawed and ran over to the man to check on his condition. While she was busy with that, I entered the body of the box from the side the man came out from.

There was this circular object in front of me that looked like it could rotate to the right and left. Two pedals were also by my feet, it looked like you could press down on them with your foot. I pressed on one cautiously but nothing happened. In my confusion I tried pressing down the other and a loud sound rang out.

Hahaha! Isn't this interesting? What do these two levers beside me do?

"What are you doing you thief?!"

That strange woman ran back while dragging the man towards the box like compartment I was in. Her eyes were watery when she looked towards me and said, "what did you do to my father you jerk?"

Father? Is this girl brain dead? This man clearly said this divine being was his daughter. Oh! I get it now, you are actually saying you are the little sister of this divine being. That makes more sense I guess.

"He should be fine. I made sure to hold back. More importantly, this divine being is my spoils of war, you better not be thinking of trying to go back on your words by taking her from me."

"You, you, you petty bully!"

Eh? Am I bullying? Well, I guess I did sort of scam them and I am taking her sister away abruptly like this after all. But she is not a thing, she has her own free will. She hasn't rejected me yet, so if you want to take her away from me you should at the very least be stronger than me. The one with the biggest fist has all the right to speak after all.

"Hmmp, it's your own fault for being too weak young lady."

I did have a bit of a guilty conscience over being so forceful about everything, but I must always retain my air of arrogance.

"Fine little lady, if you serve this great crown prince well I will consider compensating you. Get in."

"Hmmp what do you mean get in? It's our car!"

Oh! So this divine being is called a car? My eyes lit up when I finally discovered the name of the divine being and I couldn't help but argue, "she's my car now. Also, she is not a thing! Even she has feeling too you know!"

She then grit her teeth and looked towards me hatefully like she wanted to eat me alive. She grumbled, "shameless, crazy, psychotic villain" under her breath before tossing the unconscious man into the back.

She sat down beside me and said, "can you at least take us to the nearest hospital?"

"Hospital? What's that?"

She looked at me like I asked the dumbest question in the world before hesitantly questioning, "can you even drive? Do you actually have a driver's license?"

What is with all these strange terms? I felt like it was something important so I responded, "naturally I do you country hick."

"You… who's the hick?!"

She bit me. No, do you think I'm joking? She literally bit my neck like she wanted to eat me alive. First she glares then she acts on it; she's surprisingly actually quite decisive, if I do say so myself. For a mortal, I do need to admire her, she's got quite a good bite to her.

Since I felt slightly bad about the passed out man in the back, I ignored her biting me and decided to treat her like she was just a mosquito trying to have her revenge for her mosquito like father. Naturally, it was also because I wanted to find out how to operate the divine being known as the car as well.

"Young lady, how do you operate the divine car?"

"Damn it you stinking liar!"

"Oh, by the way, what are these two levers for?"

"Eh? It's nothing. Don't worry about it."

She leaned her body over the two levers and covered it with a serious expression like her life depended on it. You're making it too obvious young lady. I'll have you know, I am a crown prince who has spent his entire life scheming. Do you really think I would not notice such an obvious attempt to hide the truth? The "P" and "D" written beside it was far too conspicuous my dear young lady.

With my godlike detective prowess, I remembered she asked me if I knew how to drive and if I had that thing called a driver's license. That "D" is definitely the "D" in drive. Hahaha! I'm definitely a genius!

When I realized this, I moved in for the kill. My hand extended outwards and brushed against the chest that hung over the lever. Do you think I would be afraid of a chest blocking my path young lady? Nothing shall stand in my way when I want to do something. Not even the most bountiful of melons can block my advances.

"Tch. Although you're a bit lacking." I couldn't stop myself from looking at her chest when I accidentally let my true thoughts slip out.

"You rude mother…"

"Everybody was kung-fu fighting…"

I accidentally pressed a button when she hit my hand away. Just as she was about to say something, loud music sounded out from the sides of the chair like structure I was sitting on. How did they manage to fit singers there? Is it another dimensional space within this pocket realm? Isn't it quite cruel to stuff people in there and have them slave away as your own personal singers?

"What? Sorry, I can't hear you. Could you repeat that?"

"Those cats were fast as lightning..."

Her lips were moving while the song continued to play on full blast, but I could hear nothing. For some reason, by reading her lips, it felt like I was being cursed out; but naturally I am a crown prince so I was doubtful she would curse me out for a simple slip of the tongue.

It may have just been my imagination, but I really didn't understand a single word that I read from her lips. Perhaps it was a entirely new language she created just for me. I felt a bit honored thinking like that; she is quite dedicated to scolding her future brother in law when he makes a mistake.

Isn't that a sign that she cares for her family? After a while she noticed that her words clearly had no effect and she pressed the button I previously pressed and stopped the music.

She was panting and completely out of breath. She really must have been maddened by my slip of the tongue.

Let's forget about that for now though. I pressed the button on the lever then pulled it downwards from the "P" and positioned it beside the "D."

When she noticed what I had done she had eyes filled with horror.

I don't know what it was, but something within me clicked which screamed at me and told me to mash the pedal that made the loud noise earlier.

The moment I did, a girl's loud scream rang out as a sudden burst of acceleration assaulted us. To me it was nothing much, but the young lady was screaming with eyes filled with horror like she was on the verge of death.

Hoho, this speed is not bad. Looking in the mirror I could see behind us. That idiot who couldn't appreciate the beauty of the car ran at full speed trying to keep up with us.

"Hello, police? Please hurry! He's absolutely insane! It's exactly like you have heard. This psychopath assaulted my father, kidnapped us and has stolen our car. You've heard everything, right? He's even driving without a license. KyaAaAaaAaa!"

I was so excited I didn't have the mind to pay attention to the lunatic talking to herself beside me. What are these red and green lights I keep passing by? Why do all these fools stop at red lights?

"Don't these amateurs know how to drive?"

Of course, I only learned a few seconds ago, so who am I to judge?

"It's you who doesn't know! Those are red lights! Red lights damnit! That means stop you psychotic freak! It doesn't mean mash the pedal down as hard as you can! Two hundred miles per hour?! What are you doing you moron?!"

How fast can this thing go? It's quite impressive, even I wouldn't be able to keep up at this speed. That aide of mine is definitely eating my dust right now.

Weeeeeeewoooooo. Weeeeeeewoooooo. Weeeeeeewoooooo. Weeeeeeewoooooo.

What's with that annoying sound?

"Finally, the police! Holy crap, that car! Watch out!"

A car dashed by an intersection we were about to pass through. My heart leapt slightly and I could feel the adrenaline flowing through my veins. Something within me screamed and told me to slam on the second pedal and pull on that lever once again and put it into the "P" position. While doing so I rotated the wheel in front of me to the right and then left shortly after. Luckily my lightning like reflexes caused us to narrowly swerve around that car. Once we were in the clear I pushed that lever back into the drive position and once again burst into motion like I was possessed.

"How have we not crashed yet? This is crazy? Are you trying to get us killed?! I don't want to die so young, I'm just a pitiful virgin who hasn't even had a boyfriend yet!"

Fortunately for me I heard nothing the lady beside me was crying about. My mind was completely engrossed in some sort of trance. It felt so much better than being cooped up in the palace being forced to eat pills non stop and cultivate like a monkey on drugs.

This is the best! While I thought such things, the loud sounds from outside were getting closer. In my ears the noises seemed to get slower and slower with each passing second. Eventually some other cars with flashing red and blue lights were closing in from behind me. I felt disdainful when I looked into the mirror to see them trying to decrease the distance between us.

I take it those flashing lights are a signal of challenge in this world. You want to race me? You foolish mortals! Dream on amateurs! I kicked it up a notch further and our speed easily surpassed the maximum speed we travelled at earlier before we swerved around that last car that dashed through the previous intersection.

We passed by a few more intersections like this and those cars that were trying to catch up with all their might were only increasing in terms of distance relative to us. They were completely unable to close the distance and instead were rapidly getting farther away from us.

Just when they were about to become insignificantly small in the mirror, that was when it happened. I was too busy looking back that I did not notice the intersection I was about to cross. When I reached the middle of the intersection…

"OH MY GOD KYAAAAA!!!"

My vision turned black.

A heavy collision assaulted my left side, opposite to the woman who was on my right. A crashing sound loudly rung out and violently invaded my ears, shortly after it permeated throughout my entire body brought my mind to the verge of a mental collapse.

My divine car was sent flying and spun in the air while my brain tumbled about uncontrollably within my skull.

...

My goddess, are you okay? Please tell me you are fine.

Those were the last words I remembered thinking before I had fallen unconscious.

When I eventually woke up, my goddess was long gone and the only thing in front of me were cold metal bars. I couldn't quite understand my situation initially when I woke up.

The only thought on my mind now was, where am I?