"So next it's Prince Pierto. The First Prince wasn't all that impressive."
"The only thing that's not impressive is your brain."
"! Who are you — a thief?!"
"I'm not a thief. Seriously, did you forget the face of the person who saved you? I rescued you from that horde of Royal Oaks. And after that, I had to do a mountain of errands for you. If the Third Princess hadn't secretly slipped me that ring, I would've thrown you out on your ear."
"??? I don't know anything about that — what are you even talking about? More importantly, what happened to the Third Princess?"
"The princess who put her trust in you so she could curry favor with the First Prince — and you sold her off to Kachou in spectacular fashion. That completely undoes everything I did to save you."
"I was only sucking up to him to get ahead. Sure, I felt sorry for the princess with the useless skill, but once I found out the First Prince was the one who wanted her disposed of..."
The knight Natalia had completely given up any pretense of honor.
"For protecting Her Highness from the monster horde, I was actually praised by the First Prince himself. And he told me that if I helped with the Third Princess's abduction, I'd become his personal attendant. I had to take the offer — a chance like this would never come again!"
I was too stunned for words.
"I was the one who protected you from that monster horde. And seriously, the First Prince would never have kept you alive with a secret like that hanging over you."
"That can't be — we're in this together! ...or so I thought, but the First Prince had already lost his succession rights. So now, if I bring him this secret, Prince Pierto will be delighted to take me under his wing!"
"Did you hear that, Prince Mercurius?"
"Uuh... ah... a... a..."
I had secretly teleported the First Prince over a little while ago, and he just sat there with vacant, unfocused eyes.
Oh right — I'd turned him into a vegetable.
I'd wanted him to hear the whole exchange with Natalia. What a shame.
"Prince Mercurius!! But from the looks of it... he seems hopeless. In that case, I really do need to get Prince Pierto to notice me!"
"That opportunity will never come — too bad!! Punishment: Thunder Shock!!"
"Gyaaa! …………!"
A bolt of strong lightning magic knocked the female knight unconscious.
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"Ugh……where am I……? I remember being hit by lightning and then I……, wait, what is this collar around my neck!!"
When she came to, she found herself in a building with nothing but pink walls.
This was the only illegal brothel Alan had left behind in Kadie.
The difference from before was that only select individuals were now targeted.
Around Natalia's neck hung a collar of subjugation, exclusive to the brothel.
Equipped with a guaranteed pregnancy-prevention function.
"Ngh……what the hell is this……? That's right, you! What do you think you're doing⁉"
"What do I think I'm doing? I'm simply making sure you live out your life here as a prostitute. If I hadn't stepped in, that's exactly what would have happened to you, Lady Selene."
"Don't be ridiculous! I won't forgive you! Someone, help me!"
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It's been carried over to next time.
To all you Kukkoro fans nationwide, I apologize.
The king's line embedded within the first prince's dialogue at the end of Chapter 117 has been amended as follows (underlined section):
'Don't know who it was, but they went ahead and crushed that thorn in my side. I'll need to arrange a replacement organization……'
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'Don't know who it was, but they went ahead and crushed that thorn in my side.
Me
...couldn't protect, those
who
wouldn't
lis-
-ten
to
what
they
were
told —
they went ahead and crushed those thorns in my side for me.
a
nice,
compliant
replacement organization in their place...'
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