Chapter 57: Hero VS Hero

Chapter 57: Hero VS Hero

My excuse doesnt seem to work, then,

Wait, betting the princess is not something a prince should do!

Hou, I might have been rude. What you say is true.

Fuu, for the ikemen prince to be persuaded with that, is he a feminist?

Even though I dont understand the other partys ability, suddenly having a duel is no joke.

But it doesnt even matter.

The court ladies that are accompanying the prince are saying kya kya no matter what the prince says.

However, the kingdom of Silesie has just been desolated by the civil war. It will be easy for the empire to conquer it. It would not be a bad idea to say that we will decide it in a duel between heroes without sacrificing soldiers and people.

Well, that might be the case.

This guys reasoning ability is also good.

As for me who wants to avoid war, he might be able to persuade me.

Golden Lion Emperor! Dont think that you can get Princess Silhouette in a mere duel!

Who the hell are you

Suddenly, the saintess whos eyes cant even be seen with her double hood thrust herself forward.

And, the opinion of Prince Freed on her is who the hell is this guy?

It is nice to meet you, Prince. I am Steriana, Hero Takerus saintess.

Oh, youre the rumored Saintess of the Seal.

Oh, so Ria is famous enough for Prince Freed to listen to rumours about her.

Saintess of the Seal huh. Certainly, she was able to seal miasma reservoir three times already. She can already be called a veteran.

Princess-sama, please show the prince how much you adore Takeru.

At the signal of Ria, Princess Silhouette kneeled on the spot, rubbing her strawberry blonde hair on my feet and crying lovely buhi.

TN: chapter 51

At that moment, the atmosphere at the audience hall froze to absolute zero.

Ria, you, the diplomatic envoys of the empire are also here, why did you let the princess do something like this!?

Even the courtiers who accompanied Prince Freed are at loss for words.

Th-this is

The face of Prince Freed, who was smiling from the beginning, collapsed.

I also understand the princes feelings. Rias prank finally developed to an international level problem.

Why do these kind of things keep happening to me?

I think that you already understood it by all means. The princess has already been trained by my hero completely. Crown Prince Freed, even if you win in a duel right now, you will never obtain the heart of the princess.

This is stupid. For a princess of the country to play piglet-chan I cant believe it. I have never experienced something like this!

Buhi

What are you doing!?

Prince Freed, who received a heavy shock on the princess pig play, crashed down in one knee with his Orichalcum armor making a noise.

With the worlds strongest prince on one knee, a roar resounds on the audience hall.

No, Prince Freed, its different. Ria just do whatever she wants.

You bastard! Dont think that you already won because of this!

No, dont look at me with such a mortified eyes, were not competing over that.

After that, Prince Freed who lost confidence picked up his feelings. It took a considerable amount of time until the frozen atmosphere of the audience hall recovered.

Scene Change

The venue changes from the meeting room to the reception. Diplomacy continued.

Of course, even if I say reception, it is not possible to have a friendly feast and chat to a potential enemy country.

This time, an intense diplomatic negotiation at bureaucratic level has started.

There is a war of words regarding the border issue with the Transylvania dukedom which is a tributary of the empire. However, the discussion was not settled at all.

The position of the Kingdom of Silesie, which remains heavily scarred due to the civil war and border disputes, was weak thats why we are desperate in negotiations.

The Germania Empire has expanded its territory to the limit of the Eura Continent. It is a fact that a large number of kingdoms and dukedoms that have autonomy are obedient to them due to their overwhelming military power.

In internal affairs, there is always the danger of a local rebellion. The weak point of diplomacy is being considerably cautious in other countries.

Well, what I want to say is, the Prince and us are free.

The prince who is trying to recover his confidence is sitting on a settee at a distance while being attended by beautiful women.

Did he get tired of it? The shellfish purple cloak is coming over here.

Hey, Silesies Hero Takeru.

What is it, Prince Freed?

This is just a consultation. Can you trade your saintess, Steriana, to Archbishop Nicholas?

Are you serious?

My heart is shaken by the unexpected favorable offer.

She can use instant movement which can make her instantaneously jump to her line of sight including the one shes touching.

TN: Some sort of short range teleportation like the one in FF XV

Thats really fishy.

Ill be rendered helpless with that instant movement.

I wonder if there is a limit due to magical power.

Another one that we should be caution of is her Metastasis Magic. It is a magic that can transfer a group of people to a place she had set up in advance.

Thats completely foul!

If you can send soldiers freely with such magic, the tactics will be useless.

Please be at ease. She can only send 10 people at once. On top of that, it is an advanced technique that requires some time. However, it can be a magic that can change the tide of war if you effectively transfer warriors who have ability similar to the prince and his aides.

Is it all right?

If you understand the other partys magic trick, there is a coping method. To use metastasis magic, she needs to lay a magic formation. Ill be sure to wash the places theyll visit in the capital.

Please.

Already have a strategy, sensei is really dependable.

Another one we should be careful to is the princes guardian knight, Hermann Salzhorn. As you can see, he is capable of rearing the worlds strongest orichalcum shield.

Right.

His existence itself is like a giant rock with a crew cut.

As for the heavy shield, I heard that it is as strong as a weapon. It is a defence specialized cheat. I dont want to fight against Prince Freed.

Well, if they became our enemy, can we try pouring him with cannon barrage? Im looking forward how far can Hermann of the Impregnable Guard can hold it to.

Er .

Sensei, dont laugh while saying such a thing. You somewhat had a villainous atmosphere.

Now youre doing a diplomatic negotiation to avert war, right?

War is also a means of diplomacy, if you are not prepared to defeat the enemy, you can not avoid war.

Is that so?

Prince Freed came when I was discussing something with sensei.

I want to have a duel with the hero of Silesie.

That again

Even if we fight, there is no benefit.

Silesies Hero Takeru, you have deliberately removed the seal of the Hells gate using your demonkin subordinate.

What are you!

The golden lion emperor shook his lusty lion hair and laughed a lot.

Ha ha ha, it is natural that I know it. Because I did the same thing after seeing how you did it.

Freed, you didnt

Yes, I did. The seal removal of the hotbed of corruption and delusion was ordered by me in order to obtain the power of a hero.

You completely annihilated your city, the church, and your people just to become a hero!?

I never thought that he did it deliberately.

I thought that it is a result of a race but it is a cruel story.

It is my empire. Whats wrong in using the hotbed of corruption and delusion to the city and the people of my empire?

You know what? Everything.

He overdid it.

What kind of empire is Freed going to make?

You also unsealed the miasma hole of doom with your selfish reason. There is no way that youll rebuke me as evil, Silesies Hero Takeru!

I

Certainly cant make an excuse.

I did my best to avoid war but even if we did, I would still be the villain for the scoundrel Freed.

Come on, please take out your sword now. Which hero is correct? Let the the sword of light conclude it in a fair match.

Boong(sfx), I took out the sword of light.

For some reason, Im amazed by Free who seems to want to duel with me anywhere.

Even if his body is bigger than mine, this fellow is just a brat.

A brat whos dying to have and use his new toy.

Although I understand this guy. I also suffered chunibyo before too.

He wants to show off his power but still havent realize that he can deeply hurt someone with that.

Freed, this might be a good substitute war between the Kingdom of Silesie and the Germania Empire. Lets do it!

I cant lose to a brat whose feature is only his large body!

If there will be a sign that Ill be defeated, Ill run away with haste. I sent sensei a glance to confirm it.

Okay, Ill probably be okay so lets do it.