"It's not like I did it because I wanted to. So, this place is also a dark organization, huh? You there, mister."
"Yes, 'you there, mister' at your service. This is one of the dark organizations — the dark auction venue of 'Kachou,' which oversees illegal brothels."
"I see."
"We've been kidnapping children of high-ranking nobles and selling them at auction. I should also mention that the First Prince came here to sell the Third Princess because he lost his right to the throne and needed money to win back the nobles who had abandoned him!"
"Huh."
"So please forgive me!!"
As she spoke, she performed a spectacular jumping prostration.
"That's an incredible prostration. I've never seen one like it."
"Yes, I've been practicing ten thousand gratitude prostrations a day, in anticipation that this moment might come."
"Then accept the collar of subordination."
"Of course. I won't resist."
"
Compulsory Subordination
"
He placed an invisible collar on the director of Kachou.
"Then I'll be taking the First Prince with me."
"By all means. From this day forward, I swear lifelong loyalty to Lord Alan."
The entire exchange was almost anticlimactically smooth.
However, there were those who were not convinced by how quickly the director of Kachou had switched sides.
"Manager, how dare you—sell me out, the First Prince! The likes of you could be crushed by the royal family!"
"Lord Alan single-handedly obliterated the Diamond, which your royal family couldn't even touch. And you're still spouting that?"
The manager shot back with a straight face.
"Besides, you're so annoying. You sold out Serene too, so you're no different.
Memory Seizure."
"Gaaah! Aah, aah, aah……"
The light in the First Prince's eyes faded away.
"Lord Alan, what exactly was that……?"
"Huh, you don't know? It's the memory-stealing magic the Diamond's third-ranked, the Dark Master, was known for. Turns you into a vegetable, though."
What a terrifying
guy.
That's what the Kachou's manager thought, but since he had no desire to become a vegetable, he decided not to bring it up.
"Shut down the illegal brothels right now and switch to legal ones. I'm not denying that sexual desire exists or anything. Just no kidnapping."
"Haha."
"Go find every person you brought in by force and return them all to where they came from. That's your responsibility. And compensate the victims as much as possible. Then, get under Duke Gies's banner and do as he says. Otherwise, you'll end up down the same road as the Diamond."
"At your command."
He'd just dumped the whole mess onto the Duke.
Gies would know his way around the underworld anyway.
Oh, right.
"Just leave one spot intact."
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Next was Natalia.
She was no longer a princess guard assigned to the Third Princess—now she served as the personal bodyguard of the First Prince.
And this was the detached palace to which the First Prince, stripped of his succession rights, had been relocated.
"Ugh~ I sold out Selene to get posted to the First Prince, but who knew he'd lose his succession rights... My next target is Prince Pierrot. The First Prince was pretty underwhelming."
"The only underwhelming thing here is your brain."
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I've been dragging this out since Chapter 23, and it took nearly 100 chapters.
It's not that I forgot—I just kept missing the right timing to reveal it.
Skills: [Reverse] [Divine Eye] [Sword God] [Gentleman Thief] [Dark Magic] [Rock-Iron Magic] [Holy Magic] [Spacetime Magic] [Scorching Magic] [Frost Magic] [Magic Hand] [Seduction] [Pain Relief] [Complete Status Ailment Resistance] [Flame Spirit's Protection] [Phantom Demon] [Tempest Thunder] [Dark Spirit's Protection] [Herculean Strength] [Thunder God Blade] [Fortune] [Sunshower Magic] [Humility] [Heaven's Gate] [Ninja Master] [Eloquence] [Seeker of Truth] [Whisper of the Abyss] [Super Intuition] [Spear God] [Fist God]
Rank: Orichalcum
Thank you always for reading! 😊