Battle Race in the Fantasy World

EP.129 Why Are You All Like This? Calm Down

“I heard that you sent the 5th Princess to the south.”

“Are you now monitoring even my movements?”

A playful question, without a trace of sincerity.

But the Crown Prince was startled by those words and answered that it was absolutely not the case.

Who in the world would dare to do such a thing?

“I’m joking. You don’t need to take it so seriously.”

After taking a sip of coffee placed in front of him, the Emperor continues.

“It’s just that the child seemed too worked up. So I gave her a little push.”

“…I see.”

“Are you still wary of that child?”

“That’s not the case, Your Majesty.”

In the past, the Crown Prince was most wary of the 5th Princess, Yurika, among his siblings.

A figure with no interest in power, too free-spirited for royalty, completely unsuited for the throne.

Nevertheless, the reason he suspected his youngest sister was only one.

“Unparalleled strength sometimes raises more suspicion than any words or actions.”

“…”

“I understand. I once had such worries too. If that child were to harbor different intentions, it could be incredibly troublesome.”

A ‘Top 10’ emerged from the imperial family, and not just anywhere, but from the Emperor’s direct lineage.

An existence outside the norm. Those who surpass human limits. That’s what the Top 10 are.

If that Top 10 is a princess with succession rights, and if she were to develop ambitions for the throne.

I guarantee, it could lead to a bloodbath incomparable to anything before.

“Now it’s really fine. If anything, the 5th Princess only gives me headaches.”

The Emperor bursts into laughter at the Crown Prince’s words.

It must be so. It can’t be helped. She was a child who even vexed the Emperor, the absolute sovereign of the empire.

Please just behave, we know you’re strong, so I’m begging you, just stay quiet.

Even after saying that, she would always seek out other powerful individuals and pick fights.

If she had any thoughts of succession, she might have brought those powerful individuals under her command.

But that wasn’t the case. The 5th Princess Yurika just went around beating them up.

As a result, the Imperial Household Agency and the Special Intelligence Agency were screaming in distress.

That daughter, who was like that, has subtly changed recently.

To be precise, it was after meeting a certain man at the academy.

They say people change the most when they fall in love.

Indeed, it wasn’t wrong. The youngest daughter, who was utterly uncontrollable, now controls herself.

She still visits the academy frequently, but she doesn’t engage in big fights like before.

“I thought I had given up hope, but now I’m thinking I might be able to see a son-in-law for my youngest.”

“Will that be alright?”

The Crown Prince asked sincerely.

He too had a rough idea of who Yurika’s partner was.

The problem is that the partner is far too unexpected.

“I’m rather worried. Wouldn’t it be like inviting Jonathan even deeper into our affairs?”

“There’s nothing to worry about. If they were that kind of people, they would have done so long ago.”

The Emperor had fought against the northern Jonathan for a long time.

That’s why he can speak about them with more confidence than anyone else.

Some may call them barbaric, but there are none more noble than them.

“There’s no need to worry about Jonathan. The real concern is whether it’s even possible.”

“Isn’t it a marriage with nothing to lose?”

“That’s not the issue. That doesn’t matter at all. Would those who have no interest in power in the first place be happy to be tied to the imperial family? To them, ‘Top 10’ would be more important than ‘Princess’.”

“Isn’t that good then? Jonathan would be pleased too.”

“It seems the partner in question hasn’t developed any particular feelings.”

At the Emperor’s words, the Crown Prince nodded as if understanding, saying, “Ah, I see.”

His sister possessed the beauty of a woman, but she shattered it with her fist-fighting.

One might be captivated by her appearance, but her inner nature was too difficult to bear.

“Your Majesty.”

The head chamberlain, who had been waiting outside, carefully approaches.

He then delivers some news, and upon hearing it, the Emperor’s expression changes strangely.

As a result, the Crown Prince sitting nearby felt slightly uneasy.

‘Has something happened?’

The Emperor rarely shows his emotions easily.

Not in front of his ministers, and not even in front of his children.

For such a person to suddenly make that expression, it was understandable to feel anxious.

“…Hehe. Hehehe!”

Following that, the Emperor suddenly starts laughing.

Because of this, the Crown Prince was no longer just anxious, but now terrified.

What on earth is going on? What kind of event could have occurred to elicit such a reaction?!

The Emperor continued to laugh for a while after that.

After several minutes, the Emperor finally stopped laughing and spoke.

“There are two pieces of news. Which would you like to hear first?”

“Is it… bad news?”

“If it were bad news, how could I laugh like this?”

Rather, your laughter makes it feel like even worse news, I must say.

Thankfully, it wasn’t that kind of situation, and with that thought, the Crown Prince asked to be told in order.

“The hardliners of the alliance who fled to the west. They say they’ve captured all of them.”

“Ah. That’s fortunate. That’s very good news. I heard some unpleasant incidents occurred because of them.”

“That’s right. And the other news is that the lord of Pardal Island has officially sent a letter. Saying that there will be absolutely no interference with the Empire’s path to the east.”

“Pardon?”

“Furthermore, if the Empire strongly desires it, they are willing to submit to our rule.”

“…???”

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…Ah. Aah! Aaaah!! It feels so damn refreshing!!

Kyle took a deep breath as he got out of bed and threw open the window.

He couldn’t be in a better mood. The weather was nice, and the day was warm.

Glancing around, he saw that all the exercise equipment prepared by the princess had arrived.

Above all, it only took a single day to completely eradicate the Raiders!

‘We came all the way to this other world for an MT, spending time catching drug dealers would be such a waste.’

Time spent exercising isn’t a waste. But time spent catching drug dealers is.

So, finish it in one day. Then come back.

With this plan, Kyle moved immediately and managed to achieve his goal.

The hardliners of the alliance he brought in yesterday were all tied up and handed over to the princess for now.

You could say he just put them in a locker for a while, since he couldn’t drag them all the way to his quarters.

As if she had expected this, the princess only said, ‘Good job. And I’ve prepared the exercise equipment.’

But the imperial knights and special agents around her wore dumbfounded expressions.

It wasn’t just that he had left saying he’d be back and really did depart and return by swimming.

More than that, the conversation that followed between the two was so far beyond common sense.

“What about the Wave Tamer?”

“Wave… Oh, that pathetic weakling. I left him alive for now.”

“That’s good. I wanted to face him later too.”

“You’ll be disappointed. He was pretty underwhelming.”

“Really? Now I’m even more curious since you say that.”

Why hadn’t the Empire been able to subdue all the southern islands?

Besides naval power, it’s because using their greatest weapon, the ‘Top 10’, was very tricky.

No matter how strong the Top 10 are, they’re helpless in the face of nature.

To cross the sea, you need to board a ship. If the ship sinks, you drown in the sea.

What if a ship carrying one of the Top 10 sank in a situation where naval powers were evenly matched?

There’s no greater loss than that. There could be no more terrible nightmare.

The Empire’s most important military asset would be lost in such a ridiculous way.

Of course, they could swim. The problem is, the sea isn’t some small reservoir.

In that state, if they encountered an enemy, they wouldn’t even be able to resist.

It would be fortunate if they could be rescued, but if not, it would be an emergency that very day.

“Anyway, good job. Leave these guys to us.”

“No. I intend to conduct the interrogation myself.”

Jonathan needs to take responsibility and deal with these drug dealers to the very end.

That’s the only way to avoid future problems. It’s absolutely necessary, even to prevent recurrence.

‘Let’s go check on our drug dealers.’

To see if they still have any hidden enhancers or berserker drugs.

Whether they’ve secretly passed on their research data to anyone.

It was important to ask about these things directly and get clear answers.

So, as he was leaving his quarters early in the morning, he saw two people exercising up ahead.

‘What’s this? Nel and Ian? Or Ian and Leto?’

Who could be so kind, cool, and diligent to be exercising at this early hour?

Eager to give praise, Kyle approached and let out a surprised “Oh!”

The two people exercising were none other than Tisha and Elga.

“Kyle!”

“You’re up?”

The two women must have sensed his presence as they turned around.

Upon seeing Kyle, their faces lit up and they approached him.

“Were you exercising? At this early hour?”

“Yes. We heard about you yesterday. Kyle’s news.”

At Tisha’s words, Kyle asked, “News about me?”

The answer came from Elga’s direction.

“They say you left to get this exercise equipment. I wondered if you really had to do that during your free time… but understanding it was for me, Tisha, and others, I can see why.”

“…I see.”

He finally understood what they meant.

He had asked the princess to spread a suitable excuse while he was away yesterday.

And it seems the princess had come up with the most Kyle-like reason and informed the professors.

“Since you’re being so considerate, it’s only right that we work hard too. Isn’t that right?”

Elga, with a subtle expression, slowly moves closer to his side.

Seeing this, Tisha, not to be outdone, moves even closer.

She even went as far as to throw a counter-attack.

“Actually, Kyle. I felt a bit lonely exercising alone. But then Lady Elga came.”

“…”

Elga’s expression stiffens ever so slightly.

Isn’t that statement essentially saying, ‘I came earlier than her!’

She can’t let herself be pushed back like this. There are already two rivals.

In this situation, losing to a commoner would be too much of a blow to her pride as a noble.

“Kyle, Kyle! Want to hear some amazing news? Remember the weight of the dumbbells I was using before? Maybe because I’ve been working hard, I can now lift heavier ones!”

So, Elga’s choice was to attack with weight achievement.

“Oh! Congratulations, Lady Elga.”

A member getting stronger is a trainer’s joy.

So while Kyle was clapping and genuinely rejoicing,

“…”

“…”

An electric current began to flow between the two women.