CH 27

It has been about a month since the duel with the hero Ark and since he started working as Princess Leia’s SS.

“Sey! Yaaaa!”

The voices of the Royal Castle Guards echo here and there. This is a wasteland on the side of the forest, a short distance from the castle town. They were surrounding a single Red Slime or Forest Wolf in pairs of three, seriously thrusting out their spears to defeat the monster.

“Listen, keep your spears at the correct distance! Don’t get too close or too far away from it!”

“Ha!”

From a height where I could see the entire wasteland, every time I gave a single command, the guards would respond with a loud reply.

─ ─ This is a training exercise. We, the Royal Castle Guards, have come here armed to the teeth to hunt monsters and raise our level. And I’m in command of them.

“Gustav-sama?”

“Yes, is something wrong?”

“We, C Squad, have finished defeating the Red Slime. Our member Dortos has leveled up and reached his quota, and Carza is almost at level 15. We will continue to search for the monster!”

“Thanks for the report. No, let’s end the training once Team C is done. It’s dangerous when you get tired. It’s important to take a proper break.”

“Yes, thank you very much for your concern! Then we will take a short rest!”

The guard, who was the leader of Team C, gave a quick salute and hurriedly returned.

Good, good, we need to make the working environment as white as possible. If training too hard, my reputation will be damaged, and if that kind of bad publicity goes around, I might be dropped from my position as Princess Leia’s SS commander.

But even so, training is going pretty well. So far, no major injuries have occurred and the guards are progressing very well.

“Gustav-sama.”

“Yes?”

A voice calls out to me from behind. It’s Princess Leia. The princess, who is sitting in a chair positioned under a parasol, puts the Braille book she is reading on her lap and turns a smiling face towards me. (Notes: Braille is a system of reading and writing by touch used by the blind. It consists of arrangements of dots which make up the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation marks.)

“Why don’t you go to bed soon? You’ve been standing for hours now, haven’t you?”

“Yes, well, I have to give training instructions on … so.”

“Oh, you yourself said earlier that ‘proper rest is important’.”

“Ugh …… yes, that’s right. Well, a little bit then.”

The leader of Group E, who was just taking a break, was nearby, so I decided to ask him to keep an eye on the training and take advantage of Princess Leia’s thoughtfulness. It looks like she went out of her way to prepare a chair for me to sit in, so I sit in that.

“Thank you for training day after day.”

“No, it was originally my suggestion. But still, I’m sorry to Princess Leia, because of the relationship between guarding and training, I’ve asked the princess to come outside like this from time to time. ……”

“It’s not something you need to apologise for. Besides, I am usually not allowed to go outside, so I am very happy to be allowed to come out like this.”

Saying this, Princess Leia smiled and gave me a charming, childish smile. That’s not a compliment to me or anything. It seems to come from the Princess’ heart.

“I see. I’m grateful to hear you say so.”

“Yes, please take me to many places in the future, won’t you, Gustav-sama?”

“Haha, if His Majesty’s permission is granted, yes.”

“Mmm, you’re teasing me. I’m sure your father won’t give you permission.”

Me and Princess Leia both laugh. …… Oh, what a good atmosphere. If I wasn’t armed with this, it would be like a date. I wasn’t blessed with the opportunity to go out with such a beautiful girl in my previous life. ……!

“Buuuuut~~, I hope you don’t create a world just for the two of us during training~~”

“Whoa?”

I almost jump up when I hear a sudden yell from right next to me. When I turn around, there she is, staring at me with a dissatisfied face, the SS vice-commander Nina.

“Niña, I told you to keep your presence out of sight and stop coming near me. When did you get back?”

“Since about the time you two started flirting…… humph.”

For some reason, Nina turns her face away from me, looking very unhappy. As ever, I don’t know where the switch is that raises or lowers Nina’s mood. But, after spending a month together, I can tell that she’s not really angry.

“So? Nina did come to report on the A-team?”

“You never heard me complain about? Damn it … Team A destroyed two Red Slimes and one Forest Wolf that intervened in the middle of the battle. There were some unplanned battles, but everyone got through them unscathed and leveled up. Olya is now level 18, Alicia is level 17, and I am now level 26.”

“Well, thank you. You handled Forest Wolf very well. That’s great Nina, I’m sure some of them would have been injured if you hadn’t been there.”

“Hmph! Well, that’s obvious!”

When I praise her, she turns red and turns away again. Now I understand the reason for this reaction. She’s just embarrassed. Me and Princess Leia are smiling at her reaction and can’t help but laugh.

“What?”

“No, nothing?”

“You’re lying, you guys were definitely laughing!”

“Well, I’m just glad the training is going so well. I know, right, Princess Leia?”

“Yes, indeed. Everyone is so reliable that I couldn’t help but smile.”

Nina’s lips twitched at me and the Princess, who was still playing along.

“Well, but it’s really going well. I didn’t think you’d be able to level up so quickly and safely.”

“That’s really true, isn’t it? I was also taught that fighting monsters is something you risk your life for in the royal castle, so I was very surprised.”

Princess Leia and Nina nodded to each other. Well, in light of the general common sense of this world, their senses are probably normal.

As for me, I had played various RPGs in my previous life, so I can’t help but think that [a world with monsters = defeating monsters and raising the level]. I’m not sure if it’s normal or not.

“The reason I was able to level up so quickly was because I was able to identify where the Red Slime and Forest Wolves appeared. Around the castle town, these two monsters have the best experience efficiency.”

“Wow, you know a lot about that, Gustav.”

“Well, sort of.”

In a previous life, to quickly clear the game [Let’s Go Crush the Demon King], which has the same worldview as this world. I was practicing an efficient method of raising my level, and it was worth it.

I am now leading the daily training with the goal of raising the level of all the guards working in the royal castle to 15 or above. If I can get them to that level, then even if the gargoyles invade again, the guards, except for me, will be enough to fight them off.

“Speaking of which, have you been able to train yourself, Gustav-sama? Both I and father were only happy that the other guards are getting stronger, but if you are pushing yourself too much on to do many ways, …”

“Eh? No, no, that’s not true. I’m also doing voluntary training in the hours after my work as the princess’s escort is over and on my off-duty days.”

“..Is that so?”

“Yes. Would you like to check my status? ‘Status’.”

I then read out the contents of the black window that appeared -.

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Gustav Lv42

Experience required to next level 781

Occupation: Captain of Princess Leia’s SS

Skills.

[King of the Spears] LvMax

→No one is on the right side when it comes to spearmanship. Increases attack power using a spear to an extreme level.

[Thunder Rage] Lv3

→Ultra-high-speed, ultra-powerful thrust with lightning attribute. This attack cannot be defended against.

[Thousand Spear Birth] Lv2

→A bundle of spears extends from the ground, blocking the opponent’s attacks and inflicting damage at the same time. The speed of the damaged opponent is greatly reduced.

[Thousand Strikes of Fluid Thrusts] Lv2

→Unleashes a series of 100 water-attribute thrusts. Each thrust hits 10 times & lowers the opponent’s defense.

[Ballista] Lv9

→A super-powerful attack that pierces the opponent by throwing a spear in a straight line. This attack has a destructive effect attached to it.

[Tame-Thrust] Lv7

Extremely powerful thrust with stored power

[Quatrdent Forcer] Lv4

→A powerful spear thrust attack is unleashed simultaneously in all directions

Equipment.

[Poseidon Lance]

→Water attribute +.

[Platinum Helm.]

→Speed+.

[Platinum Armor.]

→Speed+.

[Necklace of speed – modified]

Money in possession

96,000G

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“Well, I’m getting stronger and stronger.”

“Wow, that’s amazing … 42, I’ve never heard of a level like that.”

“Wow, is that for real? Omg, you’re not kidding at all.”

Princess Leia and Nina looked at me as if I was looking at a strange thing.

Yeah, I don’t think so ..? The game’s level cap is 100, and I’m not even halfway through yet. In fact, I’ve been struggling with my level recently.

So I try to get as much experience as possible, and I even dive into dungeons on my day off to fight with high level monsters. but even with that, it’s like this, if you look at it as a game, you can only gain less than 20 levels over a month. It’s just too slow.

The demon king is still a bit higher level, and I rather have to work harder still.

“Gustav-dono…”

At that time, a voice suddenly called out. When I turned around, a soldier who seemed to be a messenger was standing, saluting me.

“Gustav-dono, His Majesty is calling for you.”

“What? Me?”

“Yes. He wants you to come to the throne room as soon as possible.”

Me, Nina, and Princess Leia all nod our heads in unison. But well, if the king is calling for me urgently, then something must have happened. I told the messenger that I was on my way immediately and started preparing to return to the castle town.