Chapter 81: The Foolish Ally

Chapter 81: The Foolish Ally

Chapter 81: The Foolish Ally

‘They say a foolish ally is scarier than an enemy.’

The 2nd Prince took a puff of his cigar, recalling a saying he once heard.

Looking at the current situation, those words couldn’t be truer. A foolish ally was worse than no ally at all.

An enemy deserving of immediate elimination.

But, unfortunately, that wasn’t an option.

Because, regrettably, that foolish ally was...

“Are you deaf?! When someone speaks, you should listen!”

...his own flesh and blood.

Everyone had already left the strategy room.

A place secured with soundproofing spells, anti-eavesdropping, and anti-recording magic.

No eyes were watching, but the sight of his sibling shouting like that at her brother was downright pathetic.

To think that someone like her shared his blood.

It was hard to believe, but...

Unfortunately, that’s just how the world worked.

For every outstanding person, there was always someone lacking.

Just as there were brilliant strategists, there were also idiots who, despite lacking ability, had an abundance of confidence and were capable of ruining a nation.

“Ha, so you’re just going to ignore me completely now, huh?”

The girl standing before him.

The 3rd Princess, frowning, was the very definition of such an idiot.

“So childish, truly childish. Is that really how you want to play it?”

His sister asked.

Surely.

Ignoring someone was a rather low tactic, and he was well aware of that.

But he had his reasons.

If she had even once made a logical argument, he, being the merciful person he was, wouldn’t have let personal feelings get in the way and would’ve listened.

But all she ever spouted were absurd, nonsensical things.

- In the witness reports, the pointy ears were mentioned a few times. There’s also a mention of some kind of dark magic.

There’s no rule saying elves can’t make deals with demons, right? There are always heretics in any race.

Maybe we should contact the elf chieftain?

It’s common knowledge that they drop like flies if they stray too far from the World Tree.

She came up with this highly unfortunate theory, suspecting an elf to be one of the Black Fangs’ leaders, despite everyone knowing elves couldn’t survive far from their homeland.

- I’m telling you, that potion merchant is suspicious. Just give me a little manpower. The way they’re so desperate to hide their identity... I can feel it! There’s definitely something there!

She’d even started to demand resources based solely on her ‘gut feeling’ without a shred of logic.

In this situation, what kind of mad commander would take her seriously?

“I get it. This is revenge, isn’t it? Over that incident last time.”

The girl said, causing the 2nd Prince’s expression to falter slightly.

“Are you still bitter about nearly losing your command to me?”

“It’s not about losing command. The problem is that if an idiot like you takes the helm, this ship will sink.”

He replied with a scowl.

It had already been quite some time since their father entrusted him with handling the Black Fangs situation.

Though eliminating the Black Fangs wasn’t something that could be achieved overnight, it was true that progress had been sluggish.

In that gap, this ungrateful wench had started scheming.

She’d been whispering things to their father, trying to take his command away from him.

All they wanted was to serve as useful subordinates.

He was clearly someone who understood his position.

‘It’s unfortunate that we can’t manufacture the Holy Grail due to external scrutiny...’

But the fact that they could now use the Holy Church as their subordinate wasn’t a bad outcome.

In a future battle with Black Fangd, the Holy Knights would willingly side with the Empire and play a crucial role.

“You’re deliberately trying to ruin the Empire, aren’t you?”

The girl in front of him pounded her chest as if she were about to explode from frustration.

Thinking about it, her ignorance was unsurprising.

After all, none of this information had been shared with her.

Why would he share such knowledge with a traitor who had tried to stab him in the back?

“If I were in command, we would’ve wiped out Black Fangs in a single day!”

His sister shouted, her voice so loud that spit flew from her mouth.

The urge to tell her that if she couldn’t think, she should at least stay silent rose to the tip of the 2nd Prince’s tongue.

“If you can’t think, at least shut up. Are you trying to flaunt your incompetence?”

So he simply said it out loud.

The 3rd Princess trembled, clenching her fists tightly.

However, she said nothing more.

Well, if she had the intelligence of anything above a monkey, she would’ve realized it by now. No matter what she said, there was no chance he’d ever consider her opinion.

The girl stomped out her frustration and made her way to leave the strategy room.

...Or at least, she tried to leave.

But then the 2nd Prince’s sharp intuition—an almost divine instinct—warned him.

“What are you planning to do now?”

That foolish girl was about to cause another problem, he knew it.

At his question, the 3rd Princess halted her steps and scowled.

“I’ve found that potion merchant. I used my own people to track them down, and I’ll use my own people to deal with them. This isn’t your concern, so keep out of it.”

As expected.

She was about to waste the royal guard—elite forces meant to face Black Fangs—on some ridiculous investigation.

In this situation, the 2nd Prince knew exactly what he needed to do.

“Wait. I’ve got something for you to do.”

“What? You just said you couldn’t trust me with anything...”

The 3rd Princess’s face twisted in frustration.

She had figured it out.

She knew his plan was to give her a meaningless task to keep her occupied.

But whether she noticed or not, it didn’t change anything.

“Father entrusted me with command. Surely, you wouldn’t prioritize your private investigation over Father’s orders.”

With an amused smile, the 2nd Prince subtly reminded her that he’d report her actions if she overstepped her bounds.

His sister ground her teeth in fury.

She screamed in frustration, slammed the door, and stormed out.

Her behavior was utterly pathetic.

‘What a disgrace.’

She was so desperate to meddle that one could almost mistake her for a spy for Black Fangs.

With foolish allies like her running rampant, the future of the Empire looked bleak indeed.

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