The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 352

Chapter 352

The search for the ground level of the Devil Castle only resulted in Charlotte admitting the fact she didn’t want to admit.

Charlotte had come to the conviction that Valier had used her from the start. According to the logic of not saving himself, but for the resurrection of the demon king, it was because the logic of the logic that was loose fit perfectly.

That’s why Charlotte was in no state to do anything more today.

The feeling of betrayal seemed to have wiped out all motivation.

Do you regret warning Elleris to run away?

At that time, Charlotte was already almost certain that I was the successor of the Demon King.

It’s just that he now has confidence in Valie’s intention to save him.

It’s clear now.

The moment my identity is revealed, even if no one else knows, Charlotte can’t help but hate me.

The important thing is that if I find a way to completely improve Charlotte’s condition in the Devil’s Castle, and if I can execute it, Charlotte will be able to realize that my intentions in trying to protect Charlotte were pure even if my identity is later revealed.

no wonder.

Now, I’m thinking of it as a premise that a situation where my identity will be revealed will definitely come.

Can not help it.

If you just try to live a quiet temple life, you won’t face situations where your identity will be revealed.

But it can’t be, so I’m doing this and that.

Knowing that if the tail is long, it will be stepped on, and it has no choice but to lengthen it gradually.

It was not a situation where further exploration could be done, and the above ground was already revealed, so there was nothing more to see.

I found Valier’s room, which I didn’t know existed, and Charlotte was convinced of something because of it.

So, naturally, there were questions.

The first place I came to my senses was not in Valier’s room, but in the hallway.

I am Balie, the prince of the Demon Realm.

But I’m not Balier either.

In real life, Prince Balie wasn’t a very good prince. He was an idiot who was lazy and had no ability.

He is a pitiful bastard who believes in the authority of the demon king and only giggles.

I replaced it with a comfortable excuse that I lost my memory, but I don’t know anything about Valie other than that he’s just an idiot.

But in Bali, there must have been a life before I became Balie.

therefore.

Even when the demon king was about to die, Bali must have been doing something. At that moment, I possessed Valie’s body.

I saw Valier’s room for the first time today.

The first place I came to my senses was the hallway.

A hallway, not a room.

It means you are going somewhere.

Where was Bali going before I possessed it?

To the battlefield of the demon king where the fight is in full swing?

In a weak state at the time, which was at the height of incompetence?

A question that I had never had before came to mind when I arrived at the Devil’s Castle.

* * *

The VIP room of Garrison Command.

It seemed to be a room prepared in advance for high-ranking nobles or soldiers who came out on inspection.

Like a hotel, there were several bedrooms inside, and it was a comfortable place to stay for a few days.

We decided to share a room, not knowing what Charlotte’s condition would be like in the middle of the night. It didn’t matter because the bedrooms were separate anyway.

“I will find out the situation of the underground search and come back.”

“Yes Sir Tana.”

“May you rest.”

Saviolin Tana vacated the room for a moment. Charlotte stared at me with the robe she had been wearing all day hanging on a hanger.

“… … why?”

“… … I want to wash.”

right.

Wasn’t he really ashamed to hear who was washing himself? I could see that Charlotte wanted to say something to me, but hesitated because she was sorry.

“… … I’ll be out for a while.”

Normally, I wouldn’t know, but the current Charlotte is not in a situation where I can touch it.

“… … Sorry.”

While Charlotte was washing, I was outside the VIP room.

Corridor in front of the VIP room at the headquarters.

Through the window, I could see the high walls of the Demon Castle.

secret place.

The basement is most likely, but how do you get there and how do you break through the traps?

There will be rangers and wizards who are familiar with traps in the garrison to uncover the secrets of the castle, but the fact that they are also struggling means that even if we go, there will be no sharp points.

-While

I was thinking about this and that, quite a bit of time had passed, and with the sound of the door opening, Charlotte poked her head out the door.

Water was dripping from her hair and her face was flushed red.

“I washed everything… … .”

Something.

That’s what makes me think strangely… … .

* * *

Charlotte, who had changed into a white dress and slippers, was rubbing her hair and wiping her hair while looking in the mirror.

Someone would do that, but at the temple, basically, you have to live alone, so it wasn’t particularly awkward to see Bertus and Charlotte doing that.

The princess’s dignity or authority.

It didn’t look like it felt that way. I feel like a normal person at that age.

“Why do you keep looking at me like that?”

Charlotte asked if I was conscious of my gaze as I continued to stare.

“No what. just.”

“Hmm.”

At my words, Charlotte looked in the mirror again and dried her hair.

After a while, Charlotte, with her hair roughly dry, came and sat down next to me.

She is a princess wearing only a white dress and slippers.

Charlotte, sitting next to me, leans her head against me.

Charlotte must be very tired today, so I didn’t say much.

“It’s not surprising.”

“… … what?”

“The story I heard from Detto. I keep thinking of you these days.”

That strange sound that we will get married.

“When I first heard it, I wondered what this meant. I don’t fit in very well and I think you’re a good person, but honestly… … . I wasn’t interested in that.”

“… … So what.”

“You are the champion of Tuan.”

“… … yes.”

“Identity? That doesn’t matter anymore.”

Tuan’s champion.

Just being a being chosen by God makes my status more special than anyone else in the world.

It was something different that could not be compared to the royal family or the imperial family.

“I don’t think emotions are a problem anymore.”

Charlotte says she has special feelings for me. To put it too plainly, it was rather a strange confession that didn’t resonate that much.

“I thought the prophecy must have been wrong.”

Do you think it’s strange that the prophecy doesn’t come true? I couldn’t say anything, so I just shut up.

“I still think it was wrong, but the reason has changed so much from before.”

“… … What are you saying?”

Charlotte leans on me and looks up at me.

“I had no intention of marrying you.”

“… … Is that right?”

Charlotte looks at me and smiles.

“But now, even if I have plans to marry you, you are saying that you will not do it.”

The words seemed to catch my breath.

It was so direct that I couldn’t find the words to answer.

“Your personality is like this, so even if His Majesty issues an edict to marry you, it seems that you will run away somewhere.”

“What the hell… … . What do you mean… … .”

No, what the hell am I supposed to do? When I was speechless, Charlotte suddenly hugged me by the neck.

The scent of Charlotte’s hair wafted up to the tip of her nose, probably because she had just come out of the shower.

“You don’t have to love me, Reinhardt.”

“… … .”

“But promise me one thing.”

I felt water on the nape of my neck.

Charlotte was crying now.

“me… … . Please do not betray me.”

I won’t want you to love me, so please don’t betray me.

that can be said

Anything you can do.

I’ve given you this much, so I want you to give me this much too. Soaked in a sense of betrayal, Charlotte is now very weak mentally.

That’s why you’re asking me.

Say you won’t give up.

Anything can be done.

“of course.”

but.

the moment you say so.

Since I couldn’t be sincere, I was tantamount to betraying Charlotte.

The further I grew away from Valier, the closer Charlotte seemed to me. And the moment you reach the thought that you have been completely used beyond letting go of your lingering feelings for Valie.

Charlotte clung to me even more, and seemed compelled to let go.

My relationship with Charlotte only adds to my guilt.

Just as Charlotte is somewhat obsessed with me, I eventually become obsessed with Charlotte.

An obsession mixed with a sense of duty that I want you to live as happily as possible.

So it’s hard for me to lie to Charlotte every moment, but I couldn’t leave her alone.

and.

This is not a single room.

That’s why there was a problem.

-Jumping

“!”

“!”

“Oh.”

While Charlotte was clinging to me, Saviolin Tana returned.

“… … .”

Charlotte froze, clinging to me and never looking back.

As soon as she opened the door, she turned to stone with a word.

It was the same that I froze as I made eye contact with her.

It’s a good situation to misunderstand.

no, it’s not even a misunderstanding.

Tana seemed to hate herself for opening the door without knocking, and Charlotte seemed to hate herself for doing the first thing.

It’s been a while since I read Tana’s thoughts.

‘What did I see?’

‘Should I leave?’

‘No, I’ve already seen it. What if I leave?’

‘Should I dry it?’

‘Why not stop?’

‘What am I?’

‘What should I do?’

In the end, Tana stepped back with a stiff expression as if nothing had happened and closed the door.

-Click

“… … .”

Charlotte fell away from me.

After making something like a confession to me, Charlotte blushed, as if surprised herself that she hadn’t thought at all that someone might see this scene.

“I am. well… … . finely… … .”

“… … okay.”

Charlotte staggered into the bedroom as if her soul had been sucked, and shut the door quietly.

after a while

– Tok

tok tok, a quiet knocking sound was heard.

“… … There is only one VIP room.”

Saviolin Tana sighed and said, looking as if she didn’t know what to do.

no.

Did you try to sleep in another room beyond the level of avoiding your seat?

Aren’t you supposed to stop this from happening?

“I don’t know what to do with this… … . What should I do… … .”

It was evident that she suffered more mental damage than Charlotte.

With her lips quivering, she cautiously opened her mouth.

“that… … . Contraception is… … . must be sure… … .”

no.

what

What is it?

– Knock!

“no! no! No!”

A completely unexpected sound came out, so I was speechless, and Charlotte opened the door, blushing and screaming.

* * *

Charlotte went into her room and was either sleeping or pretending to be asleep. She didn’t seem to be stepping out of the room today, and Saviolin Tana was sitting on the sofa, idly.

“I… … . What are you talking about… … .”

I think it was something an adult would have said, but it was a sudden rush, for sure.

Words usually jump out of nowhere without even realizing it, and that was the case with Tana just now.

In some cases, blasphemy for sure. Charlotte won’t take issue and I’m glad no one listened.

At this rate, it is clear that even Tana will be mentally out today.

“It is a misunderstanding. whatever you think.”

“… … is it?”

A room with only two.

Men and women hugging.

Can there be a misunderstanding in that situation?

look at me with that expression

No, I can think of all sorts of things, but it’s not that far!

“Let’s talk about work.”

“Day? ah… … . Oh yeah. Day.”

Saviolin Tana seems to have completely forgotten why she came here. She cleared her throat a few times.

“I heard the situation of the underground search from the commander… … . It was strange.”

When I asked to talk about work, the person’s attitude changed immediately.

She laid out the map she had brought.

“The search has been completed up to the 5th basement floor. There were places like storage, prison arsenals, and large kennels where monsters were raised or confined. The size of the facility is large, so the underground part of the Demon King’s Palace is actually bigger than the ground part.”

The basement of the Demon King’s Palace. Looking at the map, it was quite large.

“Most of the underground passages have already been searched for and treasures have already been retrieved.”

“Are you down there? You said the search wasn’t over yet?”

“Yes, while searching the 5th floor a few months ago, they found a secret stairway leading down to the depths.”

“Is there a sixth floor?”

“yes.”

Where Saviolin Tana was hiding, I could see that there was not a circular staircase leading to the basement, but a new door, and another circular staircase leading to the basement was drawn below it.

But the lower part of the circular staircase was unpainted.

“The stairs go all the way down here. You can keep going down for hours.”

“… … yes?”

“But if you go up a few steps again, you will reach the fifth floor.”

Saviolin Tana said with a firm expression.

“It’s a labyrinth starting from the 6th floor.”

labyrinth.

“I don’t know if there are stairs deeper than that on the 7th or 8th floor. It’s useless to draw a map after exploring the 6th floor. It seems that the structure keeps changing every time you explore. No matter how much a trap is dismantled, it seems to be rebuilt as the structure changes.”

The commander’s explanation was too brief.

The trap was not the problem, but it was a labyrinth whose identity was unknown below the 6th floor in the first place.

“I thought I would be reprimanded by Your Highness, so I deliberately understated it. This underground labyrinth has not even been reported to the imperial family. In fact, it should be seen that the search for the 6th floor or lower is not progressing at all.”

“… … That’s it.”

“It is an understandable situation. Even the wizards do not know what magic is in the labyrinth, and there are too many casualties. They say that there are a lot of people who are injured and whose life and death are unknown.”

It was recently discovered that there is a labyrinth at a level where you have no choice but to give up your search in the basement of the castle.

The commander deliberately evaded the labyrinth and said that the underground was dangerous. He had deliberately not explained properly because he feared that he would be reprimanded for not revealing about the labyrinth to the princess or be dismissed from his position. Since I thought this was an inspection in the first place, I have no choice but to do so. I would have thought that I would go back after looking around in moderation.

But we’re here to explore, not inspect. That’s why Saviolin Tana had to tell the commander the truth because she needed to know what was underground.

An unknown underground labyrinth of the Demon King’s Palace.

The structure of the labyrinth is constantly changing and traps are being regenerated, so there is no point in dismantling and moving forward.

That’s why the commander waited for the order to withdraw, wasting his time rather than aimlessly pouring people into the labyrinth and increasing the number of casualties. It was a neglect of duty, but it was a neglect of duty that the garrison soldiers were truly grateful for.

In the original work, of course, that labyrinth would not have been excavated. Because the Commander tried to cover up the fact that the Labyrinth exists. If the imperial family knew this fact, they would have ordered more soldiers to be sent in, and the result would be the injury or death of numerous soldiers.

I agree that human life is precious, but since Saviolin Tana found out about this, it seems that the commander’s neck is not left.

It is certain that there is something in the labyrinth. And it is certain that it is related to a secret space.

But that’s the problem.

“Your Highness, it’s too dangerous for you to go there yourself… … .”

It is too likely that I will be stopped from going there.

Because too important people are going to places that are too dangerous.