The Prince Wants To Retire

8. The prince’s bodyguard? (2)

It had all sorts of odd things, but all of them were familiar to Kariel.

‘It looks similar to what I saw in medical dramas when I was on Earth.’

Kariel, who was carefully looking at the things Brion had, turned her gaze to the others.

Although they were eccentrics, I could see that they flinched at his gaze, probably because they were in front of the prince.

‘cute.’

Kariel smiled as she watched those react to her gaze and opened her mouth.

“Does everyone know why they are here?”

“Yes!”

Everyone immediately responded to Kariel’s words.

“Then it would be easy to say. Create a mana aging method that suits my body. That is my request.”

At Kariel’s words, everyone looked at him with serious expressions.

“You must be curious about the reward, right?”

At his question, the three geeks nodded slightly.

“What you want more than money. I will listen to it as far as I can.”

The three eyes began to twinkle at Kariel’s words.

“As soon as the words come out, say what you want.”

The geeks, who hesitated at Kariel’s question, said what they wanted one by one.

Arsuna wanted a flame-based magic book, Iris wanted a martial arts book and swordsmanship, and Brion wanted a medical book.

“Well, that’s about it… … . I’ll give you an extra paycheck.”

Saying so, Kariel threw large bags of gold coins in advance, and the corners of their mouths caught in their ears.

‘If this is the heart of the drake… … .’

‘I can buy one large monster in order!’

‘I won’t have to worry about money for a while!’

Everyone looked at the gold coins and muttered blankly.

Seeing them like that, Kariel clapped her hands.

“Then I will give you a reward… … Start working right away.”

At Kariel’s words, the geeks who were preoccupied with gold coins hurriedly came to their senses.

I looked at Kariel’s body with a serious expression, probably because I bought the geeks’ favor with money.

‘As expected, money is the best.’

Kariel thought so and told the geeks.

“You can touch it.”

He allowed it because he knew his body to create the right thing anyway, but Tarion paced around Kariel with a restless expression, probably anxious.

“Stay still. Are they going to eat me?”

“It is not… … .”

Tarion said with a worried expression, but Kariel dismissed him as if he was annoyed.

Then the geeks who come more actively.

“Five! You really breathe a lot of fire.”

As if Arsuna was surprised, he carefully inspected Kariel’s firearm, and then subtly injected her own magic power to confirm it.

On the other hand, Iris found out at once what kind of training Kariel had been through just by checking her body.

“You only learned the basics of mana maturation.”

“I know you well.”

“It is surprising. Even if it doesn’t seem right… … .”

Iris tilted her head.

The normal method, which shouldn’t suit Kariel’s sickly body, was actually helping.

Seeing that figure, Iris also made an interesting expression as if seeing it for the first time.

On the other hand, Brion made an expression that was not funny.

“Are you not interested in a sickly human body?”

“Kuhm! that’s not it… … .”

Brion cleared his throat as if he had been caught, and then slowly examined Kariel’s body.

“I heard that you are very sick, but you are definitely not feeling well.”

“okay?”

“Yeah, it sounds like the fire is the problem, but it’s close. You seem to be covering it with exercise, but the limit is clear. You will eventually hit your limit in a few years.”

Cariel nodded his head as he looked at Brion, who had grasped the condition at once.

“That’s why I called you. Please modify this to fit my body.”

Saying so, Kariel threw a book on the table.

It was a copy of an ancient werewolf’s body art.

As soon as she saw the name of the book, Iris brightened her eyes and immediately looked through the books.

If Brion was also interested, he and Iris devoured the book.

It was natural for Brion to be interested, as the ancient werewolves’ bodies were drawn and detailed descriptions of how they used their powers were made.

On the other hand, Arsuna had a sad face.

It was only natural that she was interested in flames, but not in martial arts or mana maturation.

Among the humans who use the mana purification method, those who extremely reject the mana aging method.

They were magicians.

Those who went beyond refining and processing were magicians, so the mana aging method was uncivilized in their eyes.

“Arsuna.”

“… … Yes, Your Highness.”

“You should study this or that.”

Saying so, Kariel threw a book away.

There, information related to the blood system abilities and firearms of the imperial family was written there.

“This, this… … !”

“You can’t take it outside.”

“No, of course it comes!”

Arsuna nodded her head as if it was natural to Kariel’s words.

“Everyone seems satisfied, so the research begins right away.”

They immediately bowed their heads in response to Kariel’s words.

Since they were hard to find anywhere, everyone was fascinated by them.

“Go outside and start researching with Toto. We have prepared the necessary items in the palace, so you can go to work here. We have room and board, so let me know if you need it.”

At Kariel’s words, Arsuna carefully raised her hand.

“Well, can I stay here?”

“Then me too… … .”

Since everyone was out of town, it didn’t seem like they had a house.

Looking at Brion clearing his throat, it was clear that all three of them were sleeping in an inn or something.

“Huh, do that.”

Kariel gave permission and gestured at the same time, and the three immediately bowed and left the room.

“Now I really need to get ready to leave.”

Kariel smiled at the fact that the geeks came.

He intended to leave this damn imperial palace as soon as he remodeled the martial arts to suit himself.

“Yolo life is not far away.”

Cariel muttered like that and put a small smile on his lips.

There was no one who wouldn’t want the sickly Crown Prince to step down, and he thought that if he went to abdicate after working hard for the Empire in the end, there would be no one to touch after his retirement.

***

After retiring, Kariel left the Imperial Palace and fell asleep comfortably thinking about living a secluded life on an island.

From the very next day, I was dragged by Toto and had to work out hard, but even that was happy.

This is because it was seen that a more efficient exercise method was created by Brion and Toto and their body improved.

“hey! hey! I told you not to bring them in front of me!”

“… … I will not use it on Your Highness.”

As Brion pursed his lips, Kariel sighed.

It wasn’t once or twice that he was fed up with the moving barrels of bizarre instruments every time he examined his body.

The problem was that Brion alone was a headache, and the others weren’t normal either.

“aaagh!”

Even today, Kariel screams while being beaten under the guise of training by Iris.

With the help of Iris, the training method of rigid body art also evolved.

The problem was that she enjoyed training in the wild like the Beasts, so she always wanted to train like a real battle.

At that time, Kariel’s body was cut in half.

“Ugh… … Ugh… … Take it easy.”

“This is how it works.”

Iris speaks coldly.

Looking at the half-cooked Kariel, Tarion was ready to step out, but he only turned his head and covered his mouth.

At first, Tharion was angry at Iris, saying he was crazy, but as his rigid body art made rapid progress, he was covering his mouth from afar and only crying.

“Your Majesty, exercise time… … .”

“How do you exercise with this body?”

“If you relax now, you won’t get sick the next day.”

Toto showed off his swollen muscles, and Kariel forced him to take him.

Then Iris quietly followed Toto.

Although Iris considers actual combat important, she started exercising together after seeing the effect of following Toto’s exercise.

“majesty! majesty! I found a new way!”

When I was being dragged by Toto and exercising for a long time, Arshana came running from afar smiling brightly.

“Did it go right this time?”

“sure! This time for real!”

At Arsuna’s words, Kariel, Toto, Iris, and Tarion looked at each other suspiciously with cold faces.

“It’s real! Trust me!”

“… … After, yes.”

When it came to fire, Arsuna was the first person on the continent to be counted on, so I had no choice but to believe it.

In fact, it is true that efficiency has improved since she systematically researched how to handle firearms and applied them directly to rigid body technique.

The problem was that only two out of 10 of the results that came out after pouring a huge budget were usable.

Besides, nothing suddenly changed.

Since the effect is only a slight improvement, from Kariel and Tarion’s point of view, ‘Should I continue this?’ I was just thinking about it.

Even though it was still in its infancy, it was more advanced than when it was just basic training, so I let it be studied to my heart’s content.

Kariel went to the private gym alone to train Arshuna’s newly developed rigid body technique.

But as soon as I started training, I couldn’t help but tilt my head. Because this time, I felt something different.

“Does it really feel different this time?”

As Kariel muttered like that, he concentrated on the sensations of his body.

And it was when I was practicing rigid body art intensely, feeling a lot more firearms moving through my body according to the movement of the body art.

-A long time?

Surt, who appeared after a long time, greeted Kariel warmly.

Seeing the flames and colors more pure than before, realizing that Surt had recovered considerably, Kariel smiled.

“Can I bring more firearms now?”

-Is that the same thing as soon as you arrive?

“haha! Take it quickly.”

Surtur absorbed the firearm right away, even though he looked at Kariel as if he felt sorry for him, who insisted on taking the firearm as soon as he came out.

“Oh oh!”

– Looks like you put in some effort.

Surt said that while looking at Kariel, then crossed his arms with his dainty arms and turned his head away.

“My body is recovering, and the day of retirement is just around the corner. It’s not long before we leave the real imperial palace.”

When Kariel muttered that, Surt, who was by her side, congratulated her and insisted on going quickly to find other demons.

Normally, he would have yelled out that it was annoying, but Kariel smiled as brightly as today and nodded, saying that she would understand.

And with a big smile, Kariel fell asleep while deciding when to retire.

But his happiness was shattered as soon as he saw the morning newspaper the next day.

「The true loyalties of the Empire! Kariel Frederick von Blazer!”

“The greatest prince in history! He is the current Crown Prince!”

Kariel, who made a bombshell speech at the Daejeon Conference, and what he had worked so hard to catch before the corrupt nobles became known to the people of the Empire, and gained enormous support.

It is definitely a good thing to be supported by the people of the Empire.

But it was not from the point of view of the emperor and nobles.

“… … It’s dangerous.”

Kariel frowned and clicked his tongue.

It hurts when the emperor, who is called the female army, starts to be jealous of Kariel.

In addition, even if Kariel retires, the nobles may try to keep it in check for later.

The best way to get around this situation is to put the Crown Prince down quickly and bounce like this.

But in circumstances, it can’t be.

If Kariel now retires, the things he is currently doing could have gone awry.

Perhaps the emperor and the prime minister may find a way to live.

“The prime minister and the imperial faction have to go all-out… … .”

I had to end it now because I knew from my previous life experiences that leaving unnecessary remnants would inevitably become a problem.

Especially in the case of a prime minister like a fox.

If the chancellor, who suffered a blow, returned, the opportunity might not come even if Kariel changed his life.

It was only because he was young and sickly that he had a chance, but now he will be considered a seasoned politician, so even if he retires, he will double and triple check Cariel.

“I need to speed up.”

As Kariel muttered that, she immediately stood up from her seat.

The security guard and the inspection department were enough for the subordinates, but it was not easy to catch them in the case of high-ranking aristocrats.

It was because it was difficult to lead the Inspection Department if it was set up to receive a formal trial by mentioning the judicial body and the aristocratic association.

That’s why Kariel moved herself.

But this time, it wasn’t just the servants and knights by his side.

Those in red uniforms.

Those who were called geeks on the continent followed Kariel.