Chapter 45: The Academy Camp

Chapter 45: The Academy Camp

*Slash* *Slash* *Stab*

"Huff! Huff! Your Highness, be careful."

"Hmph! Move aside."

And with a strong and prepared strike, the [Searing Smite] spell covered the elegant longsword as a young man horizontally struck through the centipede.

His swordsmanship was elegant, accurate, and extremely precise. A marvel in its own way as the Level 5 holder of the Blade Technique retraced back his movement as if going back in time to the position he took before landing the strike.

"Incredible work, Your Highness!"

And as always, he was showered with compliments, ones that he didn't care to appreciate even.

"That's the last of them, I assume. The rest will be handled by the mercenaries." Said the Royal Knight overseeing the Prince.

"Don't bother me again with such things or I will take your tongue." The Prince said in a cold tone and walked away from the fight.

"I am ashamed, your Highness. This shall never happen again." The Knight said as he bowed.

Prince Edward, one of the most talented if not the most talented students in the first year, was invited by the Knights to sort out the Red-eye Centipede issue. Due to that, they had to drag him out of his daily philandering routine.

In truth, the Prince was already past level 10 some time ago but he came along because all the girls he spends his time with have to come and try to break the bottleneck if possible.

It is a bit irritating but for those girls, he will do anything especially when they are standing behind them to watch.

"That was amazing, your Highness."

"It was cool."

"I am all fired up."

Yet as the two started quarreling, a girl walked to the crowd and spoke to the girls with an overbearing yet subtle smile. Many of the girls immediately reacted to her presence and between dejectedness and annoyance, they wanted to just bury her here and now.

"Nora, glad you are joining us." Prince Edward called out cheerfully

The sight of him putting his arms around the backs of the two girls following him around then retracted them just for Nora was infuriating both the female and male students around. To the boys, this is the ultimate harem the Prince made which they can't interact with any of its members else they will conjure the glares of the Prince to those who dare touch a piece of his collection. To the girls, Nora was the last piece of this collection and she has been on display for almost half a month now longer than most of the girls.

Envy and Jealousy surrounded both Prince Edward and Nora Frye, he is the womanizer prince and she is the one who started to go out with him right after her alleged boyfriend was beaten. Still, it will be sooner on later when she joins the rest of the collection and remains a trophy in a line of many girls whose purpose is to keep the Prince entertained and sexually content.

The implications of the patriarchal society in Amber weren't even that bad and the legal number of wives allowed is 1 according to both State and Faith but a nobleman can take as many concubines, mistresses, and lovers as he likes. The marriage age starts from 15 as the tradition but the Academy Students should not be married as the academic policies go.

Fun fact, none of the girls were threatened by Nora Frye securing the position of Princess Consort as it is already filled. Princess Consort Kate Walsh, the star that should have risen if not for a certain Prince jamming his man-part in everything that looks like a half tangerine.

Tired of the unending carelessness, the young maiden looked away from the crowd she chose not to mingle with, and at an instant when no one was paying attention to her, Kate Walsh walked towards the direction of the supposed Pillar. Everyone knows this kind of pillar is put in a place where the sun can reach and so, she activated the device on her back and kicked the ground to move silently through the air unhindered.

From the edge of her vision, Nora Frye spotted Kate leap away and with a slight puzzlement, she decided it is no longer time to dwell here much longer.

"Your Highness, I think the Mercenaries were summoned to clear the rest of the monster. They said that the Hall Master himself is on the mission." She said as the convoy of girls returned back to the academy camp.

"I have no interest in Mercenaries." The Prince replied uncomfortably trying to divert the subject.

"Is that so?" Nora clapped her hands, "But I think the headmistress has excused herself earlier to go watch the Mercenaries taking care of the centipedes. I think a professional monster hunter will be an excellent experience for our classmates to watch."

"I don't really"

"Isn't that right, everyone?"

And exactly when the Prince tried to stay clear of it. Nora involved public opinion instantly.

Who wouldn't want to go watch the Mercenaries fight the monsters? Of course those aristocrat kids looked down on Mercenaries because even as kids, they have better upbringing thus higher individual power but the Mercenaries are still more active than knights for a reason. They simply have a solution for everything and accumulate a lot of experience in the field.

The voices of approval started rising as the Prince found himself cornered by the cunning Nora. He pushed his light blonde hair behind and took a deep breath before shrugging his shoulders.

"Alright, let's go see the Mercenaries."