《I Was Reincarnated as a Prince, but my Kingdom is in Danger from Enemies!》 Prologue: Reincarnation Prologue: Reincarnation I, Suzuko Haruka, died. Wait, no no no, that is a dumb way to introduce myself! I thought of such things as I floated through a black void. Should my introduction involve something more dramatic? Maybe how I died? Ahg, but....I cant think of how to make that interesting...erm...where would I even start at? I, Suzuko Haruka, was walking home from....no, now it just seems annoyingly wordy...uhg...I know the Truck is common place, but...I cant figure out how to build up to it when I am just a normal otaku (nerd)! I floated around in this dark space, trying to figure it out. While I was worrying about such pointless things, I felt some sort of light ahead. To put it simply, I was a normal high school girl who loved animes, mangas, light novels, web novels, all of it. I was also pretty good looking, but I never got into romance. All the guys who approached me were annoying muscular muscleheads who thought muscles would attract me. Apparently this made other girls jealous, jealous enough after the three dozenth time for someone to push me out in front of a truck while stopped at a crosswalk! How mean! Besides, muscles are lame, and not cute! Cuteness is where it was at! If only a short, cute boy would have approached me! Or maybe a short cute girl as a partner, or at least as a friend? "Request Acknowledged" a weird voice said as I floated in this black space. This startled me, I had only been here alone and silent this whole time, but was there someone listening in? "Wait wait! Can I also get all of the epicness from my treasured collection?! All my anime, manga, novels...can I get updates too? Can you grant those requests?!" I pleaded. "Request Acknowledged" it said again. I sighed with relief, but then it spoke up again. "Alert. An issue with the amount of the ''Request'' detected. Prioritizing most powerful and vital components".Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. Although I didn''t quite get what it meant, or what its limits were....I found myself drifting into the light and losing consciousness.
Eventually, my eyes began to open as awareness washed over me. I seemed to be lying in some sort of bed...some sort of really nice, comfortable bed. Normally, this might be the time where I, if I was a main character, would say something like "An unfamiliar ceiling". But, I was not sleeping on my back. I was sleeping on my belly, my arms coiled around a pillow as my legs were spread out. I could roughly feel that, however...I also felt...smaller... First off, I could tell right now I was not sleeping in a hospital bed. This bed was nice, luxurious. I could tell because sometimes...okay, most of the time, I fell asleep in my chair, or on the floor, or such places. Secondly, as I moved my head around, the room was larger then my previous room. At least twice as big. Also, my bed was the size where it could fit ten of me. The next thing I realized was that things were not as big as I first thought...but rather, I got smaller! I am a child again! I also for some reason was sleeping completely naked, but that, along with a certain feeling, made me realize something else. As I got on my hands and knees, I looked down at my body...and I had something that I, as a female, or former female, should not have. Yes, it seemed I had become a boy! Now that I thought about it, that voice did say Request Acknowledged after I mentioned cute, short boy...did is misinterpret my words? Not that I minded, as from what I could see, I was outragously cute! Being a boy seemed weird for sure, but...I was cute! Seeing a large mirror in my room, I jumped out of bed and ran over to it. However...I was only further shocked! "Are those...animal ears?! And a tail?!" As I looked at myself and turned around in front of a mirror over five times my size, I saw dog like ears on my head, and a dog like tail coming out from my rear. I was a cute Beastkin animal boy?! It was practically everything I ever dreamed of. Becoming a boy seemed a bit weird though, but everything else made me perfectly okay with that! That said, I ended up moving around so much, I got dizzy and fell over. It seemed that this time, I made a loud enough thud, because I heard shuffling in the next room over, as well as panicked voices. Suddenly I heard two people run over from the other room, and slam my door open. "Prince Zyr! Are you okay?!" And so, as a young boy dressed like a butler and a young girl dressed like a maid came running in, I recieved the biggest shock of them all. Rather...Prince?!?!?! Chapter 1: Prince Zyr Chapter 1: Prince Zyr "i''m okaaay!" I said rather dizzily, still comprehending what was said. I knew the bed was luxurious, far superior to my previous bed, but...to think I was a prince?! This completly had me shocked. But more importantly, the two in front of me were fussing over something. "Why are you out of bed?!" "You should be resting!" the maid said, putting her forehead to my own to check my temperature. "Eh...Talo, his fever is gone". "What, let me check!" the boy said, pushing the girl out of the way and putting his forehead to mine as well. "No way! He was burning up just a few hours ago! The poison was not supposed to wear off that quickly, we didn''t even get the antidote from the alchemist yet!" More like, you both just put your foreheads against the forehead of a cute naked boy so casually....your faces were right there...though I dont feel as embarrassed as I normally would for some reason. Also from what they said, I heard something inexcusible. "Eh...poison?" "Don''t you remember? An assassin snuck into the castle and attacked you. You somehow managed to dodge it a little, but the blade still grazed you before the assassin was taken down! You went down with a fever and everything!" "And it was apparently a super lethal kind! We slowed it down as best we could with magic, the entire Temple''s collection of Priests came to help! Do you not remember?" "Ermm...no?" The two looked dumbfounded for a moment, but then the boy thought of something. "He might have surpressed such a terrible event". "Maybe the poison never entered his system, and he got a fever from sheer panic?" "...maybe. It sounds more plausible then somehow shrugging off the poison itself". At that moment, I realized myself, since I was isekaied into this position, it was probably my Cheat. Everyone gets something to help them out. Magic, Spirit Power, something like that. In that moment, a strange menu, like a HUD from a game, came up in front of me, but no one else seemed to notice. However, they made a huge fuss about me collapsing still, but I felt fine. Rather, I finally began to remember things about my reincarnated life here. I am Prince Zyr Ryzamer, a Dog Beastkin Third Prince of the Ryzamer Kingdom. I am currently seven years old, and thanks to having two older brothers and two older sisters who are all very capable, I likely wont inherit the throne and can live as I please. That said, the Kingdom seems to be worried about some neighboring empires planning to invade them, evil plots of Demons, and such. It seemed it would not be so peaceful. The two attendents forced me to lay down in the bed, basically picking me up and putting me on the bed, belly down. They didn''t seemed too phased about me being naked, but that made sense. They were the ones that bathed and dressed me ever since I was a toddler, and were both my loyal attendents and bodyguards. Interestingly enough, they were both only a year older then me. Apparently Royal Attendents and Guardians were the ones who got closest to the Prince, so it was a way to have good, trustworthy friends. Score! My friend count is already at two! Well no, that is not it! I do have more! From my memories, it seemed there was another boy, the son of a Duke Family, who often came to play with me. Leo, a cat Beastkin. Ah, but not all Nobles are Beastkin, there are humans too. In fact, both of my attendents are human! Humans are friends, and are not mistreated at all! I promise! Anyways, it seems that we have ocean access, so we have ports as well! Our kingdom is pretty big, and we have very good people! Well, according to pupa...err, I mean....papa, or rather, the King, there is some concern of corrupt nobles maybe trying to sell out our Kingdom to the enemy. As for those enemies, there is the Humanis Imperium, which is heavy in human superiority and doesn''t like the fact there is a non-human ruler. They are pretty big as well, and we clash a lot. Its not civil or friendly. Then there is the even more oppressive Empire, Susko Empire. Children''s stories say they just wish to conquer the world or such. Well, I dont feel like listing them all, so I will just leave it at those two! Since my attendents ran off, I decided to try and call up the HUD again. It came up the moment I thought about it. On the top it said User: Zyr. On the side, there were a few options. Ymos Records, which probably meant this world''s records since it was called Ymos, Other World Internet (Limited), Other World Archive, Cheat Skills, Relationship Tracker, Magic Creation System, Chat Room (0/1 Online). It was pretty cool, but the first thing that caught my eye as an isekai fanatic and otaku was Cheat Skills, so I looked into that first. And then the long list appeared. I basically skimmed through it, but a lot of things caught my eye. High Speed Recovery (Enhances Recovery Process) Once a Day Ressurection (Self Ressurection, only triggers once per day) (Used for the day, eight hours remaining) Titanic Strength (You have the strength of a Titan. A safeguard is in place so you dont accidentally break anything...or anyone, without meaning to) Overflowing Magical Power (Your mana pool is grealy enhanced and you can call upon higher level spells more easily) High Ailment Resistance (You can resist all of the strongest ailments. Warning, does not work against natural, unaltered diseases) Unbelievably Cute (You will always be short and cute, due to your request) Spirit Weapons (You can summon spiritual weapons to aid you) All Language Download (You understand and know all of the languages of this world) DIvine Line (You can easily talk to and visit the Gods, even in their Divine Realms) Danger Sense (You can automatically sense danger and trouble) There were more, but I couldn''t help but notice those in particular. In the first place, three of those skills were clearly related to me surviving the poison. However, it said one of them had been used...did that mean my Cheat Skills did not activate until I died?! Does that mean that my memories awakened from that, or did my soul fly in after he died and ressurected the body? I am going to think it was the former. Reincarnation means being born into a new body, not taking over a dead one...at least, I am pretty sure that is how it works. So, that is what I will stick with. Additionally, I was starting to recall memories of before I regained my old life''s memories. If I was a different soul, clearly I would not get them. So no little boys died! This is good! Still, to think there are such scary people... "I will need to be more careful" I said to myself, as I noticed the fluffy pillows. I squeezed one of them and hugged them. Then I looked down at myself. "Its already 2PM and I am not dressed...well, I guess I was dressed, but then the poison gave me a powerful fever and sweat a lot? I see...its a traddition of this world for sick people to remain in bed naked, especially Nobles and Royalty, so that they can stay cool when their bodies are hot, and to limit the amount of expensive fabric they might throw up on...and commons do it because they cant afford to do laundry too much and waste money on new clothes and such..." While thinking about such things, I decided to investigate the other features. Magic Creation was as expected, I way to create new magic for myself to use. Other World Archive and Internet though, when I investigated them I nearly jumped out of the bed in joy. All of my manga, web novels, light novels, and anime! It was all accessible! When I used them, a laptop appeared in front of me to use. Not sure why it was like that. if I selected a manga, a book appeared. If I closed the laptop, it disappeared. I could even summon multiple laptops. Before I could get further, I heard a lot of panicked running outside, so I quickly dismissed them all. Right after I did, a bunch of worried, cute looking people with Dog ears and tails similar to my own came in, and looked at me.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. "Zyr, you are okay!" "Oh thank god, he is alive after all!" "Zyr! Thank the gods!" "Ahh, look at Zyr''s cute body! Its okay!" "I knew Zyr was a real man! He wouldn''t die from that!" As five people came into the room, they all swarmed my bed, some jumping right on from the door, and hugged and cuddled me. It seems in this world, I was very well loved! But wait, some of those comments seemed weird! And I am still naked....I guess they are family, so its fine though. Bathing with friends is normal in this world too, and even bathing with the opposite gender is not that unusual if one is close friends. Although, from my recollection, it seems there are no swimsuits in this world, but that was a trivial thing right now.
After confirming that I was okay, I was told the fate of the assassin who poisoned me. It appeared he commited suicide, so they were unable to learn anything from him. However, they were able to identy the poison as that of a Greater Basalisk, which has a venom so strong it is rumored to even work on gods. As such, everyone now believes the wound was so shallow it did not actually deliver the poison into my blood. The wound was already healed itself, so it would be impossible for anyone to check that. Score, I got away with keeping my secret! After all, if they heard the truth, I was rather afraid that there would be a massive uproar, or something like that. Either way, since I had slept most of the day, I was feeling rather energetic. Because of that, I finally got dressed. Even if my naked body was cute, I also looked really cute AND cool in these new clothes! A pair of black boots, to feel sturdy but also comfy! A white shirt, sleeveless yet otherwise nice and good, not a workout shirt but a nice but also comfy sleeveless shirt. Some grey shorts, that only went halfway to my knees. And something that caught my eye, something that people tended to wear with pride. Something always worn for formal events, but is also frequently worn casually. And so, he put that around his neck. A collar, which was fastened behind the neck. It was fitted perfectly for him, and in the front had a luxurious round golden tag. On one side was the insignia of the Ryzamer Kingdom, with a crown on it, and on the other side is the name of the owner, as well as a magic circle. It was a protection spell, both for itself to prevent theft, and to protect the wearer from harm. Only Royals and Nobles could afford that feature though. Now I looked really cute and cool! I kept thinking that as I walked down the hall happily. Those who saw I was alive was relieved, and some even seemed to cry tears of joy. From what I recalled, I was the youngest of hte royal family, but apparently even though my entire family was considered kind and wise, coming from the blood of the famous "Wisdom King of Kindness", my kindness was considered exceptional. Although, apparently I sometimes tried to sneak out of the castle to play with the kids in town. As I walked around, I ran into my two younger older siblings. Both of them were about eleven and twelve years old. Both of them were wearing the same thing. A brown short sleeve light jacket, a white short sleeve collared shirt, a reddish brown tie with white stripes going down the center, black shorts that also went halfway to the knees, and the only variation was that my sister was wearing red lighter shoes that looked good for running, while my brother was wearing more sturdy brown boots. The reason for such matching clothes was because they were both students at Esmes Academy, an Academy for children of all heritages, commoner, noble, or royal. "Shouldn''t you be resting?" "Haha! Now is the time to work out and become muscular like me!" "Dont give weird ideas to Zyr! One musclehead is enough!" I backed away from my younger older brother, Azamus. Although he sometimes had wise words to say and was kind, he was basically a musclebrain! I didn''t want to ruin this cute body with something ugly like muscles. It made me remember my previous life, when a bunch of muscleheads always thought their muscles would attract me or such. It was weird and annoying and eventually just disgusting, so no thanks! "See! Look! You are scaring him!" My younder older sister, Liathalmus, defended me. For the record, Zyr was essentially just a shortened name. My full first name was Zyrmandius, but everyone thought that was too long and just called me Zyr. Apparnetly, the one who named us all was mother, who is currently away subjugating an evil Dragon. Apparently she is also an adventurer, but recently powerful and dangerous monsters and beings have been rising up, so she has been forced to travel the world with her adventurer party to subjugate them. "Anyways, Zyr. You should be careful. We are still checking the castle for more intruders, so while this area was cleared, it should be safe...but still". "Speaking of which, father asked us to check the cellars. So dont wander around, okay? And get muscula...ow!" And like that, his two siblings ran off. "Assassins huh...how many could there possibly me?" I questioned myself, and then remembered something I could do. It was a bit mana taxing, but I had one ability called Radar. It was rather vague and sometimes had issues indoors, undergrounds, or such, but it could give me information about an area. ANd so, searching for "People with murderous intent", I searched. "...eh?" And what I saw was four red dots heading right towards me from the other direction, three more red dots in the surrounding rooms, and another red dot that was...directly above me. And so I used another one of my skills, Thought Acceleration, which allowed me to temporarily accelerate my thoughts for a few moments. I had an enemy above me. Three enemies in the rooms in the directions I can escape to. They are already moving towards the door. I also have a group of four coming at me from behind. There are no innocents in this area. I hoped that meant they had all simply not been here, and not that the assassins killed them. In short, I had eight assassins using highly lethal poison coming to kill me. Furthermore, my Danger sense activated fully while thought acceleration was in effect, and I realized these guys were super dangerous. Thankfully, it seemed I had reincarnated with a lot of skills and such to use. But, these guys go for instant death! My ressurection skill is still on cooldown, and my Regeneration wont be effective if I get killed in the first hit. Although during Thought Acceleration, it was hard to invoke magic, it was not impossible. Especially if it was magic that targeted myself. I applied magic armor to myself, warding armor which would try to direct attacks away from me, and I used my Physical Enhancement cheat to further increase my already high endurance and strength. I then activated a multi-layered normal barrier around myself, and considered what actions to take. The moment I stopped accelerating, the fight would likely begin. The four coming from the back will distract me, while the guy up top drops down and slits my throat. That was what my Forecast skill told me. Even with all of my defenses, if my throat would be cut while poisoned that would be bad. Even though I had an ability to resist abnormal ailments and such, according to my Analysis Skill, if I was repeatedly poisoned with the powerful poison they are using which can even hurt divine entities, it would surpass it and kill me. Furthermore, the blades themselves are enchanted, and wounds made from them are harder to heal. This was insane...even though we have such a nice king, other empires seem to be envious of what we have and want to take it all. These assassins were sent to cause distress in the leadership. They believed if the youngest was killed at least, such grief would overpower them, cause them to make mistakes which they would then take advantage of. Of course, if they were able to kill any more royals after me, all the better. I didn''t have much time left till Thought Acceleration wore off. I had raised defenses, but how would I attack? I had Titanic Strength, and magic...but, I had to deal with multiple attackers at once?! No no...I can do this... I thought that to myself. Calming down, I prepared a spell to cast to at least give me more breathing room...
The assassins smiled, as they saw their ambush would work perfectly. They had made preparations so they could deal with the guards, but it appeared the boy was all alone. He was deemed the Focal Point...if he died, it would start a chain of events that would cause the downfall of this kingdom. A seven year old boy...and with all the assassins around, they would succeed for sure this time. And so, they executed their plan the moment he was alone in the hallway. As the four approached, and the three burst ouf of the rooms, the man from the top dropped down... "Flame Nova!" But then, a burst of fire errupted from Prince Zyr and knocked several of them back. "XL Burst!" Zyr then appeared behind one of the guys who came out of the door at a fast speed, and kicked him right in the back as he jumped up, causing him to fly through the air in a sideways V shape. Even the professional assassins who were experienced and used to seeing strange and irregular things needed a moment to process a seven year old boy, even a Prince who is the son of a living hero, doing such a thing. It was clearly beyond absurd. "Spark Blaster!" Suddenly, several sparks appeared in his hand. He gripped them, and as he spun them around tossed them at four of the assassins. The sparks flew fast, and while two were able to recover fast enough to dodge, the other two were still getting up off the ground and seemed to be electrocuted, collapsing to the ground instantly foaming at the mouth. That seemed a bit weird, but he had no time to think about it. The others got up, coming to their senses that this boy was not to be trifled with. "Don''t think you can win so easily...alright brat, give us more of your power" he said, as he seemed to press a button on a bracelet he was wearing. Suddenly, the group was covered in shadows, and Zyr felt their danger levels increase. "Seriously...to think they still had trump cards" Zyr muttered. The assassin smiled, seeing that he was caught off guard, and charged at him. Unfortunately, Zyr pushed his palm out, and the moment he was hit the shadows dispersed. Zyr also seemed surprised, but hte blow did kill the momentum, so Zyr quickly struck with his other palm. As such, he was also sent flying. The other assassins tried to use this opportunity to attack, but as they did, several barriers seemed to come up to repel them. Some broke through the multiple barriers though, only for another barrier to ward off the attack. Then finally, a few more came and even got past that, all in the span of a few seconds. ALl of those defenses penetrated by multiple high level assassins. And yet, as they reached the skin, their blades found it tough to penetrate. One still managed to do so, but the poison did not seem to take effect, startling them. In the next instant, they were all blown away by a tornado that centered on Zyr, and they were all sent flying. With the sheer force of it all, they were all knocked unconscious. The only one who seemed to remain conscious was their leader, who could not move... He stared at the seven year old boy who began to approach him with fear and shock, something that did not happen often for the assassin. "M-monster!"
I was so relieved I had decided to rish using all that mana to put up all those defenses. Seriously, isn''t the starting few days supposed to be weak enemies or something that can be defeated? Sure, I did defeat them...but, usually in mangas its not this stressful or close on the first fight! The enemies were way too high level! It was insane! And then, that last guy was mean enough to call me a monster! After he was able to take magically strengthened Titanic Strength hit! I had to hit him twice! And the assassins took mere seconds to get through my barriers! I was able to take the singular attack that got through, but if a second one had gotten though, I could have died! Who would send eight high level assassins to kill a seven year old?!?! But, there was something I heard I could not ignore. I took the bracelet from the man, and used my power for limited mind manipulation to compel him to answer my questions. "Where is this ''brat'' that you mentioned?" It seemed they still had a hostage maybe, based on my Insight and Forecast, and I was not going to let that slide. Chapter 2: Go Go Rescue Operation! Chapter 2: Go Go Rescue Operation! "To think there was such a place so close to the castle..." I mentioned mindlessly as I saw the abandoned armory. Around the castle, both inside and outside the walls, were countless structures. Towers, buildings, things like that, built long ago but now abandoned. And this place was the one that had been pointed out to me after I "questioned" the head assassin. I also got some other details. It appears they had kidnapped a child and his sister, in order to use him for this operation. Apparently, he possessed some sort of special power or such. They were even using slavery collars to force them to do what they wanted. And so, I decided to come and save them, beat up the bad guys, maybe get some answers, and such. It definently wasn''t to also show off! In no way was it so that I could look cool and maybe make some new friends! It was for justice! Justice I say! Besides, assassins that could breach my defenses in mere seconds, I didn''t want to let them escape. Even though I had a lot of cheats, apparently the enemies are insanely high level! If I had not made that request, and gotten those cheats, I would have died on day one! Thinking about that, there could be more dangerous people in here. Therefore, I decided to reconstruct all my barriers once more, apply an additional wind barrier on top of that, and then enable an Auto-Counter Fire attack spell. With all that done, I then added a skin layer physical barrier, and used my entire MP to strengthen it. After that, I drank a full MP restoration potion I got from a supply closet, and decided I was ready. I did a few stretches first though, to avoid cramps. After that, I used my Radar, focusing it in front of me to try and scan the building. It was a bit tougher to get readings from inside of a building while outside, but since I focused my search to hostages, it should work. And thus, my radar brought back some information, although odd. It registered the lifesigns of both hostages as in a weakened and bad condition. It seemed I did not have much time, and the situation was fragile. Only one thing to do then. I applied a multi-layered physical reinforcement, physical boost, speed boost, and perception boost on myself, and then charged right in. Two people got up almost immediatley, but I shot them both with lightningbolts to stun them and render them unconscious. Then, I broke through the wall in front of me, the wall after that, and every wall following it that was in my way towards the room with the hostages in it. After all, why risk taking my time navigating the building, even with Speed Boost, when I can just make my own route! My power level is well over 9000! And so, like that, I broke into the room the hostages were in and immediately used Thought Acceleration. Combined with my perception and speed increases, I was able to easily examine the room in the instant. As time appeared to be frozen, I examined everything. The first thing I saw was an unbelievably cute black haired boy with wolf ears and a wolf tail, completely naked and restrained to a wooden circular lid. His hands were shackled right to it, along with his torso, and he was soaking wet. Furthermore, below him was a barrel full of water. Right now the water level was only at his thighs, but the lid could easily be lowed onto it. This would submerge his entire body inside, and would cause him to suffocate to death. He looked to be about my age, maybe a year or less older. And then, there was his unbelievably cute sister, who was also naked and restrained in the same way he was. She also had black hair, black wolf ears, and a black wolf tail. She was also soaking wet, and it appeared she could be tortured in the same way. I remembered reading something like this....it was called waterboarding or something like that. It appeared the two of them were being tortured in such a way. Furthermore, both of them had collars on, but they were different from collars from this Kingdom. They were slavery collars, ones not native and even outlawed in the Ryzamer Kingdom. In the Ryzamer Kingdom, Slavery was allowed, but it could not be considered the slavery one would normally see done by evil empires. There were two ways to become slaves, through debt or commiting a crime. However, not just debt, but even Criminal Slaves still had rights, and once they had paid off their time or debt, would become free. If a family fell into debt, anyone seven years or older would be made a Debt Slave, and all of them would have to work until they paid it off. However, they were not allowed to be mistreated or neglected, they had a right to education, they could not be given work that is too difficult or impossible for them, they could not be forced into acts of sex or even be forced to fight against each other for other''s amusement. They also had to be paid enough for reasonable accomodations, three square meals a day, and could not be made to work if they were sick, although they would not progress towards paying off their debt either. Criminal slaves also had most of those rights. The only thing was that they were given slightly less money for accomodations and food, and depending on the nature of their crime, the courts could rule to revoke other rights as well. Some criminal slaves, such as children who had simply stolen a noble''s purse or helped smuggle in illegal goods, could get only two years of Criminal Slavery with decent rights, and even education. Sometimes education was even forced on them, to try and make it so they would be more likely to become productive members of society. Others, such as rapists and mass murderers, would likely be given very few rights, and be strictly monitored. Likely, their slavery collars would include an Obediance Enforcement Enchantment, unlike Debt Slaves who would be less likely to have one. However, while the collars on those two were certainly given Obediance Enforcement, I could also easily tell they had a Death Command registered, meaning the collars could kill them in an instant. Well, not quite an instant, it would be rather painful, a design so they would be an example. However, that feature is strictly outlawed in the Ryzamer Kingdom. Furthermore, it was obvious to me that there were Torture mechanics built into the collars as well. With that, waterboarding them was not even necessary. Which means...they did it for their own personal pleasure. I still had some time left before Thought Acceleration would wear off. First off, I had to destroy those collars instantly. Before anyone in the room made a word, I had to disable them so the torture or kill mechanics would not be activated to use against me. For that, precision would be needed. I examined my own knowledge database, as well as my magic and the collars themselves. They had measures to prevent the collars from forcibly being taken off. Rather, if that was attempted, it would explode and kill them. But, something that goes on must come off. In that case, I would need to trigger a disarm command to the collars, or a release function. But I didn''t have that...but, there was another spell I could try. There were a bunch of warning labels attafched to this skill, but it couldn''t be helped. I could figure out the specifics later. That left the weirdly elite assassins and the barrels. Unlike the collars, those were a bit simpler, so I came up with some ideas easily. And so, normal thought speed resumed. Immediately I released two discs of energy from my hands, and both flew towards the hostages. The moment either one hit the collar, both the disc and the collar disappeared immediately. "Start Punishment!" one of them said, but it was a second late. In the next instant, a strong gust of wind was cast from me, and pushed both of the lids away from the water and to the ground behind the barrel, stopping them from pushing them in to submerge them to distract or bait me. A bunch of assassins then lept in from behind. I released another Fire Nova, and knocked them all away, but one managed to slip under it and come at me. His blades clashed with my barrier, so I put my index finger to his forehead and unleashed a large scale zap, stunning him and rendering him unconscious. The guy who appeared to be the "owner" of the collars ran towards the two, probably to try and use them as hostages, but I moved too fast for him, kicking him in the chest and sending him flying away. I then proceeded to smash the wooden lids. I didn''t have the time or opportunity to take off the shackles themselves, but with the wood broken the nails had come out, so now it just looked like they were naked except for metal belts and bracelets. "How the...wait, shouldn''t you be dead?!" "Eh...wait....eh?!" The black haired wolf boy looked at his master, who was standing up with some scratches on him, and then the one who rescued him. Rather, the boy clearly remembered that the one who rescued him was also supposed to be the assassination target that his master''s organization, who had kidnapped him and his sister, were going after. I simply smiled at him, and gave him a thumbs up. "Its okay! I am here to save you both!" "To...save us?" the girl said, looking at me with big eyes full of hope. I had no way of knowing this at the time, but something in her heart began to stir. Meanwhile, the boy was simply grateful, and also full of hope. "Tsk...to think that you would still be alive...and this strong. The heroic blood is stronger then you then expected". I thought what he said was strange about heroic blood, but then I remembered that my mother was someone who went off to fight evil dragons, demons, krakkens and such. Apparently, it was decided I had inherited my power from her. "...I had heard she once fought off a legion of ogres when she was seven, but to think her child was the same level of absurdity..." And then I heard something even more absurd. Did he just say that she fought off a legion of ogres when she was my age? From my memory, aren''t those super strong, super tough beings capable of using magic, and could bring down an entire small kingdom if they grouped up enough, organized, and worked together? And she beat a legion of them?! At age seven?!?! She is a reincarnator right? Or a summon? Maybe both? A reincarnated summon? I dont think even I could do that! Either way, its not like I had time to think about it. I had two unbelievably cute wet wolfkin children behind me, and my desire to protect them motivated me greatly! Also, I kicked that guy right in the center and sent him flying into a stone wall, yet he only had a few bruises. Clearly he was annoyingly tough. We stared right into each other''s eyes. "Shadow Strike!" Suddenly he appeared behind me, to strike at my back. He broke through a few barriers, but the multi-layered one caught him. I then proceeded to kick him right in the groin this time, however...Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. "Nice try, but wrong gender". "No way! You cant be female!" He was still sent backwards, but the damage was not as much as I had intended. No no, more like what the hell. That face and body is clearly masculine. There are no boobs on his chest, nothing like that! There is no way that is a girl! "Looks can be decieving" he, or rather she, said. "No no no, even if you say you are unbelievably flat chested, or have masculine like looks...that still wouldn''t be enough to convince me! Was it cut off? Someone just cut it off right?" A few of the assassins around us started to get up, so I raised my wariness. That said, I had two people to protect, so this would not be easy. "No...dont mind us, just run away and save yourself!" the boy said, tears rolling down his unbelievably cute face. That said, it was obvious they were using his sister to make him do this, so why would he... Oh...so thats it...I see, I suppose there was that... "No! I wont abandon you, unbelievably cute wolfkin siblings!" Although my true thoughts leaked out a little, the assassins were not phased at all. Although, such a declaration did draw their attention, so that was something. Still... "Don''t think you can protect them!" the slave master said, appearing not only behind me, but behind the siblings as well, sending a blade to their necks. I was unable to stop the blow, and so the blade made contact...only, the wolf boy''s neck, and then the whole body, seemed to turn into a black mist. Yes, it was the power they had been borrowing, or rather stealing, from him, the whole point of him and his sister being here. The entire time I had been talking, he had created an illusion while simultainously concealing him and his sister, making the illusions take their place at the exact same time they were concealed. Because of that, they had already ran outside, while all the combatants were now in this room. I smiled a bit devilishly, as I took out what appeared to be rubber balls. They were also in the storage closet. Apparently, Dog Beastkins shared more then appearance traits with dogs, but that was besides the point. Because these were not to play fetch, but rather they had been enchanted several times over on the way here. And once I released them, they moved at high speeds, easily surpassing 150 kmph, as I put a special barrier around the room. The rubber balls were enchanted with something that would make them be repelled by this special barrier without doing or recieving damage, and would keep bouncing around the room. With the siblings outside, the only people they could hit was me and the assassins. However, I had a special barrier around myself too, so they would not do that either. Still, one of the assassins got close to me, and unleahsed a large scale flame spell. I quickly created an extra barrier to block it, but the heat still came through. Half of my shirt was burn off, as well as pants of my shorts. My collar was unharmed, but my boots were practically singed. "To think you would be able to take an Inferno Flare at close range" he muttered, as some of my clothes were already falling off. However, he then moved behind me in an instant. "but it seems it does have some affect!" And then he hit my back with it. I was sent flying, but landed on my hands and feet. All my clothes had become ash now, except the collar. Hold on hold on! Leaving aside the fact I am naked...all Royal Clothing is made with various layered protective enchantments! Also, this spell pierced all of my barriers like it was nothing! Something that, after piercing all of my barriers, exceeded the limits of my clothing''s protective enchantments...doesn''t that mean if I hadn''t had those protective enchantments, I would have been reduced to ash?!?! In truth, I had an elemental resistance skill, but all of my skills such as Enhanced Body Durability, Rapid Recovery, all of that, only affected my body. As such, several defenses are only applied at skin level, and my clothes were not as protected. So a direct hit to my body would not damage me as much, but...it was true without my protective clothing, I would take more damage then before. Still...the assassins clearly had their own defenses. Although the rubber balls were slowly wounding and weakening them, and a few were already unconscious due to bad luck, a number were still standing, including the boss. Okay...I cant think about this right now, but later, I am seriously taking a look at the rest of my clothing and seeing what protective enchantments I can add to them. Focusing back on the battle, I readied myself. These guys were clearly trained, focused, experienced, in full battle mode. Without my protective clothing, and since they had abilities that could break through my barriers, this would be tough. Therefore, I went with a dark, deep forbidden plan, to be used for emergencies like this. And so...I changed my posture! And suddenly, my cheeks became flush, I tried to hide my boyhood with my tail while looking bashful and embarrassed, and my arms were in a position where it seemed like I was trying to hide or cover or cower myself. And I maxed out the cuteness charm! "Please...I''m...i''m innocent! Pweese dont huwrt mwe!" Such a completely illogical declaration, and such a sudden change in behavior. Even the professional assassins, who had experienced many tricks and hardened themselves, temporarily stopped and found themselves dumbfounded, seeing such a strong opponent do that. Their brains all just had a sort of "What?!" stopgap to them. It was just too stupid and unrealistic for that to occur. Unfortunately, while not stopping them totally, it dulled their movements, and so the original threat, the bouncy balls going faster then a speeding truck, proceeded to smash into them. Several assassins who were dumbfounded and forgot to dodge, and whose movements had slowed, were taken out in an instant. Only the master, who was the most experienced, had avoided that fate. "...the hell was that? Was that really an act?" "Ehhh....what can I say, I am a complicated person". The master looked down below my waist, apparently confirming my gender. "...so you are definently a boy". Oh? Did I act too feminine there? Well, I didn''t remotely act like that in my previous world....although, if a cute boy did something like that in front of me, I totally would have had a nosebleed...wait, could it be? I checked my own nose, and I had indeed given myself one. Between that act and the cute work beastkin siblings, it seemed my otaku dark nature had triggered such a reaction. The master was still avoiding the balls, but with everyone else gone, I was able to focus on her. I created two discs of magic in my hands, and this time used it offensively at her. Or rather....I needed to know something! It hit her clothes, and those vanished as well! She really didn''t have one....and she really did have an unbelievably flat chest. Like, there are some people who like flat chests, but...thats flat even for a flat chest. But...that was the only thing feminine. It was like someone put those on a male body, that guy had no feminine features. I even used a magic to analyze bone structure and the results told me it was masculine. "....really?" "Thats disturbing on a whole number of levels" I replied, throwing another disk at her. This time, it hit her, only instead of disappearing, soemthing appeared instead. Around her neck, the two slavery collars. "Now, sit" I said, and she then sat on the ground. "Okay, stay here, dont move a muscle aside from breathing and life important stuff, do not leave this room, and obey all the words the guards say. You cannot commit any more crimes or hurr any more people, and you cant lie or avoid a question. Oh, and you cant say anything about this fight to anyone, or give anyone information about me". I didn''t plan to hide my abilities fully, but...I didn''t want to let anyone get information about my specific abilities and then use that information to kill me. That was no good. Either way, I headed outside, and the two siblings who were waiting there for me saw my condition. "Erm...you okay?" "So cute!" The boy asked I was okay while his wolf tail wrapped around his waist, clearly embarrassed. The girl''s tail was wagging though, and her eyes looked at me in a way I was fairly familiar with. Ah...erm....looks like I triggered some sort of romance flag, maybe... "Ah...I will be fine" said as I grabbed both of their arms. Suddenly, all three of us began to float into the sky. "Anyways, lets go home and let my family know everything is good! After some relaxing and a few pictures, of course!" "Eh?" "Pictures with Cute Prince? Yay!"
By the time the enemies were discovered in the hall, and it was noticed I was not around, the castle went into a panic. However, before going full panic mode, the King, my father, and my siblings went to my room to check. And when they came in...they saw a magical device known as a Photoscope, which was basically a camera, as well as an enchanted automatic painting board, taking various pictures of the three of us while our painting was done. Incidentally, no one had gotten dressed yet, but there was a randomly floating object obscuring just the right areas to avoid any of those showing. As both things had just finished, my family looked dumbfounded, and then looked at the wolf siblings, and then me....and then all of my siblings ran over and tacklehugged us! "Ah! Zyr, where did you make such cute friends?!" "We were so worried about you! Please dont disappear during times like this!" "When we found assassins where we left you, we thought something bad might have happened!" "Don''t worry! I wont let anyhting happen to you until you become big and muscular and can protect yourself!" Ah... the cuddling of my siblings triggered not just mine, but all of our ticklish spots. I think some were tickling us on purpose even! Still, they tend to be like this whenever it comes to me. Still, my father simply watched and sighed. "I will want an explanation later, please" he said, having picked up that some weird events went on.
"...and so, we flew back, and then because I thought we could all use a break to take away the tension and laugh, we ended up messing around and playing around in my room, and then we made a painting and a few pictures" I told him, my cheeks very red. Both sets of cheeks, to be exact, as I was kneeling completely naked in front of my father, who was in King Mode, along with the two wolfkin, who had finally told me their names, Izra and Izri. The boy was Izra, and the girl was Izri. As for why we were still naked, and this time super embarrassed, it was part of my punishment, along with a rather extensive spanking that made me cry. I got one for "running off without telling anyone during an emergency and confronting the enemy myself", and they got them for "conspiring to kill royalty", which netted us each a solid 50 spankings overs my father''s knee. And now, we had to report, in detail, everything that happened to my dad while he was in king mode, as everyone in the royal hall watched and heard. "...and you understand why you are being punished, right?" "...because I ran off to fight the enemy without telling anyone foolishly, and then proceeded to do something super dangerous". "...and..." "...and for not at least bringing other backup with me" I said while remembering my still stinging rear. "Yes. Even as royalty, it is not shameful to call for help when it is clearly the wise and reasonable thing to do, especially if it involves the lives and safety of innocents. That said...even if they were forced against their will, from what I understand from our interrogators, they were illegally brought into our empire. By international law..." For the record, there are a set of laws made long ago that all the nations are supposed to adhere too. Not just friendly or neutral nations, even some of our enemies have them. However, often they cover up any abuses of these laws, while we honestly follow them. "...we are supposed to return such people to their origin country". The siblings grimenced. That was only natural of course, since it appears they were smuggled in from the Human Surpremecist country. Of course, there was no evidence that the assassins came from there. According to the interrogators, they were apparently a freelance group, and since that one person was not allowed to lie, it had to be the truth. So, it was news that made all three of us sad. "However, leaving aside that, we cant let criminals who, even under duress, tried to assassinate a prince go free" the King said with a smile. "And since it seems like my youngest son has a tendency to run towards trouble...Izra, your punishment will be to become the personal bodyguard of my youngest son, Prince Zyr. Repay the debt of his kindness by serving him and protecting him for the next twenty years at least, after which you can decide if you want to stay or go. Izri, you shall be one of his personal attendents, and will help cook food for him, bathe him, clothe him, and manage all of his needs. Check in with his other two attendents..." As the king said that, he muttered something that was actually still audible by many... "...and help make sure they are not overworked to death". He then straightened his posture. "And you....my youngest son, for doing something so incredibly dumb, brace yourself...for the next six months, you must do a lot of hardcore studying every day on various subjects!" He then stood up, which signaled we should as well. We stood at full attention, our happiness coming our our feelings of embarassment. "Understood?" """Yes, your majesty!""" ANd just like that, the matter was settled. Since it was late, it was time to go to bed anyways, however... "Erm...why are we back here? ANd where is my sister?" Izra asked, as I suddenly pulled him onto my bed. "Wait wait, shouldn''t you put on a nightgown or something before going to sleep?!" "Too warm...and stuffy...warm things are better for cuddling" I said sleepily, clinging onto him like I did the pillow. His face went bright red. "Hold on...isn''t this bad? I am your bodyguard after all!" "Yeah...but what if someone attacks me in my bed? Besides, protecting my mind is just as important, and this soothes my mind". Izra wanted to resist, but I began stroking his spine and tail, while petting his head while also constricting him. As such, he became powerless and incapable of resisting, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw the figure of his sister looking wishful and jealous. And so, the day finally came to a close. Chapter 3: I Have Territory To Manage Already?! Chapter 3: I Have Territory To Manage Already?! Six months passed by like a blink of an eye...is what I wish happened! But instead, it was an incredibly long boring six months that 70% of which felt like it was filled with studying! Kingdom maps, surrounding kingdom maps, magical theory, names of noble houses, details about the international laws, science, math, language studies, and more! It was completely overwhelming and annoying! Furthermore, when they saw me finish one subject, they gave me more! And tests, an endless amount of tests! I think I used Thought Acceleration to the limit! I even pushed the limits on my Enhanced Concentration skill. At least memorization was not too difficult, because any knowledge I seem to get gets archived. But my teachers got more and more brutal the further I went. I guess this was a punishment, but wasn''t this taking it too far? They started to throw stuff that seemed like high school material at me! Izra and Izri helped of course, and even tried to learn along side me, but while they did do a fairly decent job at keeping up, it seemed I accidentally outpaced them. Well, I was a high schooler before I reincarnated, so that made sense. And then, after the six months was over, dad told me that I had done enough and told me to just go play and have fun, so I did. He seemed rather relieved too as I was happy to get away from the endless studying. I guess it was probably tough on him, to give out a punishment to his own child since he is known for being so kind. Well, I dont want to get in trouble either, so lets avoid getting in trouble in the future! Its time to enjoy some fluffiness...err, I mean.....its time to have some fun!
The King sighed when he read the reports. The reports were from the tutors that were supposed to be in charge of his son''s punishment...although halfway through, it turned into mutterings of despair. It wasn''t that he was not a good student...but rather, he was too good. He was completing things so quickly, they thought he might not be taking it seriously, so they issued some tests. But, not only did he get every question right, he pointed out a few mistakes in the grammar of the wordings for the tests, and also revealed a few other things. However, the scholars still had their pride, and did not want to get defeated so easily, so they kept giving him harder material. But he proceeded to absorb all of it and then passed again. And so this cycle continued. When the king saw his son did not become some weird study maniac, and went out to play, he was relieved. It meant he had not accidentally caused some weird personality twist in his son. That said, although he could delay it a little, there was another thing...a great tradition. Once a member of a Royal Family acquired a certain amount of knowledge, they would be given territory to manage. However, Zyr was only eight years old. The King was concerned about that, but also... "Ahhhhg! I cant believe my little brother beat me!" Azamus cried as he saw his little brother doing better then him academically. Even if he was a musclehead, even he could not just ignore this development. After all, he was now the only sibling not governing land. "Well, its not that odd right? I actuallyed started before him" Lia, or rather Liathalmus, mentioned. She had actually recieved her first territory at age seven, so Zyr had not broken any records. "Honestly, you are both monsters" Ruzella "Sword Princess" Ryzamer mentioned, her appearance looking both elegant and cute at the same time. Of course, their family all had various cute traits. Cheeks that looked beyond cute and pinchable. A child like face that is clearly very expressive. Tails and ears that clearly indicate their emotions. Of course, the older siblings and the King did look a bit more mature and dignified, but that was only natural. "...says the one known as the Sword Princess" the oldest sibling, Ezaro "First Prince" Ryzamer mentioned. "Anyways, I will begin preparing things for him. Since he is still quite young, make sure you give him your full support everyone!" "Incidentally, what territory are you thinking of giving him?" The King smiled, and took out a map of their kindgom. He then pointed out a specific area. "This spot should be perfect for him!" "Ah. Yeah, that is a nice territory". "To think he would get that place..." "Isn''t there some strong enemies to fight as well? So jealous..." "Ahhh....its not the Ardiac Library, but I think their library also has a good supply of books".
And so, a week later....and I was traveling across the Kingdom. With me was my four closest attendents, one of which was actually my bodyguard. Izra, the unbelievably cute wolfkin boy, had a small sword strapped to his waist. He had recieved instruction from my oldest brother, and seemed to be quite good, but his real specialty was his Shadow Magic that was weirdly advanced. Apparently it was something he was born with. He had been doing his job dilligently as my pillow...err, I mean, my bodyfuard. His cute wolf ears was one thing, but even his face was cute! His cute, round eyes! His adorable smile! His body proportions were all very cute! It was like a cuteness overload! One would never expect he was my bodyguard! Incidnetally, to increase his strength and speed, he wore enchanted rings and bracelets that enhanced speed and strength. His boots also improved speed while quieting his footsteps, and his clothes were actually made of high quality monster materials and had protective enchantments, just like mine. His sister was also there. Usually when traveling, she would wear normal clothes easy to move in, but she recently got a new maid outfit, and was showing it off. It also made her look super cute! Perhaps because they were twins, but she had the same features as her brother. THey were even similar in height. Incidentally, she seemed to have a good affinity for daggers, flame magic, spacial magic, healing magic, and defense magic.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. Then there were the two I had when I first woke up, Ella the maid who was a bit older then all of us, and Riozama, a boy who was also slightly older then us. They had been very thankful when the number of helpers increased, since I could be quite hard to manage at times. And so, us five were heading off. Though, we would be meeting up with others. That said... "...I cant believe I am getting a territory already!" "Well, most of the time you will be at the Royal capital, and there will be people to manage it while your there. But its like a training experience" Riozama mentioned. At the moment, we were all riding a train. It was interesting, but at some point about fourty years ago, a Hero who was summoned to this world to help fight the Demon King at that time ended up spreading knowledge about trains, so the Kingdom had adopted a railway network. However, there was a limit. There was only three railways, they were all small, and they didn''t go near the borders. The one we are in heads southwest. The second one heads to the north. And the final one heads east, and a bit south. Because of that, most trade and travel happens through caravans, carriages, and such. But the three major cities in each direction are connected this way, and it has still improved trade and travel in the region. As for the territory he had been assigned, it appeared to have quite a few mountains and forests. However, there was something legendary about them. Something that could not be ignored! Hot Springs! They had Hot Springs! That is right, I am heading towards hot springs with a bunch of cuteness! Ah, normal baths with the cuteness was great, but hot springs are special! Hot Springs + Cuteness = the ultimate justice! That is the math I use! "Zyr has a very excited look, but also a satisfied look at the same time" Ella mentioned with a giggle, which made the twins sigh. They understood that look all too well. Well, its not like they minded it really. They accepeted a lot of my quirks, especially since I saved them from a terrible fate. "By the way..." "...what should we do about them". The twins asked that in a whisper, motioning to the people behind them....or rather, the robbers that were targeting them, who were preparing weapons. "About that...I think we have sent more then enough blatent looks at them, but they did not react at all right?" I asked. The others nodded. "In that case, they are probably way weaker then those assassins....although, if those assassins had been the norm, I would have screamed and cried". "...and yet you beat them so easily..." "I had like, ten barriers set up at least! It took them seconds to penetrate! And they managed to even destroy the protective clothes I was wearing under all that!" Riozama twitched a little hearing that. "That is some level of unreasonableness...assassins that can penetrate multiple barriers in seconds, and use magic". "Yeah...that fireball spell was scary and dangerous!" "Well, the robbers seem like a pain to deal with". "I will do it" Izra mentioned, giving himself a double fistpump. Zyr thought that looked super cute. "Even if they are weak, its my job to deal with this!" I quickly used my skill, Analysis, to analyze both the would be robbers and Izra. Izra, who also had been with me for the intense super study sessions, had learned quite a bit, but he also had taken combat lessons and absorbed those easily too. Well, I would like to say its all him, but in truth I have a Cheat Skill called "Growth Aura". It provides boosts to people''s development and learning ability based on how hard they worked. And due to the twins devotion to me after saving them and giving them a place to belong, they gave everything two hundred percent. Thats not a random number or an estimation, my Cheats told me that. Incidentally, I had unlocked another Cheat Skill which added a new function to my HUD, providing a party system. With this, some of my skills would have a limited effect on those registered in my party. At the moment, I had five people, including myself. Anyways, it was clear that Izra would be okay, so I gave him the thumbs up. Izra seemed to disappear right then and there, but in truth he did not use a stealth or teleportation skill. This time. This was his Super Acceleration. After I told him about how I could seemingly accelerate my thoughts (though I didn''t tell him the exact specifics or about the list of Cheat Skills exactly), he seemed to want to have a body that could keep up with my thinking speed, and used a combination of studying and physical training, along with his natural abilities. Because of that, he could temporarily move at super speed for a few seconds, though it seemed he couldn''t do it for too long or too many times without some draw backs. "Hey, what the..." was a mutter we heard along with various violent noises. "Would you like more tea?" Izri asked as she seemed to pull out a tea kettle and cup out of nowhere. "Ah, thanks!" She looks so cute as well! And while I was thinking that... Ahhhh....Prince Zyr looks so cute and heroic as well! I cant wait to share a hot springs together! I will wash his back, his body, everything I can to make him feel as great as possible! Incidentally, Izri''s innocent thoughts were purely innocent, but if anyone heard them, they would likely have huge misunderstandings. Izra then walked back and almost took his seat, but then Zyr quickly snatched him up and placed his head on his lap, stroking his tail and patting his head. "Good work, Izra!" "Ah...thanks" Izra said, embarrassed. He then felt Izri''s jealousy just a little bit. Its not like that Izri! Rather, please take my place! I would if I could! The twins, who looked at each other, seemed to understand what each other was thinking. Izra made pleading eyes to his sister and the others, who understood that the position he was in probably looked really embarrassing in public. Izri however could not do anything in the wake of my smile, and the other two had already given up, prefering to save their strength for more important times. However, eventually Izra was saved by the train reaching its destination. With that, everyone stood up and departed, carrying our luggage on hand with us. We would only be here for a few weeks at most probably, but we had to make the most of it. And, the moment we departed... "Zyzy!" "Leo!" A catkin boy ran up to me and tacklehugged me, which I recieved happily. "Leo, what are you doing here!" "YOu didn''t think I would let you visit a fun and interesting like place without coming as well!" It was my best friend and childhood friend, Leo. He frequently came over to play, and was a member of a Duke Noble Family. Incidentally, unlike what one might expect from cats and dogs, we did not fight like that and got along great. Sometimes we even trained together! For the record, he was a Silver Catkin, and his tail swayed happily as we both stood up. He had cute silver eyes that were round and full of joy, and he even had a tooth that seemed to stick out of his mouth when he smiled that was extra cute. It seemed that cuteness had spread far and wide in this kingdom, and that was something I loved! He was about the same height as me. "Anyways, come on come on! The hot springs resort we will be staying at is all ready to go! We just gotta get there! They even have a training ground, and access to the mountains and forests, and really yummy food!" "Yay! We have no time to waste!" I had to maximize the time I was hear soaking up cuteness! This hot springs trip....err, I mean, Territory Management lesson had begun!
"So, the third prince of the Kingdom is here in Ishfall?" a dark cloaked man asked. There were three of them, wearing black cloaks that seemed to only have the purpose of hiding their identities. Adding to that, the room was dimly lit, with the only light directed at the old wooden table between them all. On that table, a map of the region as well as various documents had been scattered around. Each of them had something to gain, and something to lose. Each of them had their own interests and desires. They took out a photograph of the group. One of them began to drool as they saw it. "...I forgot you liked them young. Then, would you like them for yourself?" "Of course...I imagine you are more interested in the goods anyways". "So long as you give me the knowledge, I am fine with both of you taking the rest". They nodded at each others words, and although no one could see them, sinister smiles crept up upon their faces. An opportunity had appeared before them, and they planned to take it.