【The Old Man of the Expelled Inn Unwittingly Dominates Today Too】Although I Want to Lead a Slow Life, for Some Reason the Strongest Beauties Who Hold Important Positions in the Country, and Were Once My Disciples, Gather Around Me Asking to Be Hired – Even Though I Only Taught Them a Little～ - Chapter 48: Prince Genus' POV—Genus, Drenched in a Rain of Monsters

“Crap… Why do I, of all people, have to flee to this crappy, remote fortress!”

An old fortress on the southernmost cape of the kingdom.

“I don’t like this dirty place~ I’d much prefer the city~”

A woman cursing.

Hmph, to think she’s called the ‘saint’ is just laughable.

“Hey, Fake Saint! You can properly cast a 【Barrier】, right?”

“Hmph! A fortress-like this? I can handle it any day! Don’t underestimate a saint!”

What does she mean by ‘don’t underestimate a saint’?

Her 【Barrier】 couldn’t last even 5 minutes in the royal capital!

Well, I still need to use her for now. Even though this fortress is the farthest from the Great Forest, monsters might surge from Fridania and attack us.

The Fake Saint said she could maintain the 【Barrier】 around this fortress. After all, we paid her so much, she better do her job well.

I’m still in a place like this.

“What’s all the noise outside the fortress? What’s going on?”

“Ah! Prince Genus! Those are the local villagers gathered around the fortress!”

Ah… This ridiculous line.

I remember now this is why we exiled Nuketel here.

“Why are these lowly peasants coming to my fortress?”

“Hehe~ Prince Genus~ You’ll understand if you go down there!”

Huh?

Reluctantly, I headed towards the fortress’s main gate.

“Oh! It’s Prince Genus!”

“He’s come!”

“Look! Everyone is seeking protection from Prince Genus! This fortress is the only place around here where we can protect people from the monsters!”

Ah? What is he talking about?

“This is the time for Prince Genus to show his generosity! Let’s take in as many villagers as possible! Let’s take everyone in!”

No… This guy’s lost his mind.

Toss.

I grabbed Nuketel by the scruff of his neck and threw him out of the main gate.

“—!? Prince Genus?”

“Idiots! Did you think you lowly peasants could enter my fortress? There’s a limit to being presumptuous!”

“Prince Genus! This is too much! Is there no place in the fortress at a time like this? Are you telling us to die?”

Crash!

I ordered the main gate to be closed and quickly retreated to the depths of the fortress.

What a ridiculous farce…

I can still hear the noisy voices of the peasants.

Do they need help understanding? There’s no way royalty and peasants are equals.

“I’m right…”

Lying on my bed in my room, I hear an annoying laughter from the hand mirror I placed beside me.

“Hahaha~ That’s right. You are correct.”

The mirror.

I brought it with me when I left the castle because it insisted on coming along.

“Hey, mirror. Don’t get too cocky, or I’ll smash you. Do you have a problem with my methods?”

“Hahaha~ You never waver, do you~ Such a strong aura of negativity. It’s irresistible.”

“Tch……”

“Why do I have to deal with all this just as I become the acting king?”

We’re losing the war, we’ve lost the gold mine, and now there’s a Mega Stampede of enormous monsters…

Crap…

As I was getting irritated, the door burst open without a knock.

“You bastard! Who permitted you to come in? I’ll kill you!”

I yelled at the idiot subordinate who barged in.

“P-Prince Genus! Something is approaching from the direction of the kingdom!”

“What? What do you mean by ‘something’? Speak clearly!”

“I mean, that… It’s something!”

I left the room and went to the fortress’s rooftop, where the lookout soldier spouted more nonsense.

“Prince! Something like a wall is coming from the kingdom!”

“A wall is coming? Are you an idiot? What are you talking about!”

“Oh! That must be the saint’s 【Barrier】!”

“Wow, Dad, the wall has reached our village!”

“Yes, this pitiful fortress’s 【Barrier】 is nothing compared to that. Let’s go back to the village, everyone.”

The lowly peasants stuck outside the fortress made a stir as they left.

…The saint!

She shouldn’t be in Fridania anymore!

What the hell is going on… I don’t understand.

“P-Prince Genus! It’s terrible! Monsters are raining down from the sky!”

“You idiot! Don’t make up such obvious lies… Wait… what…?”

What the hell is that!!

“It’s a massive amount of monsters! Pushed here by the wall, they’ve flown all the way here!”

Damn it… but we have a saint here! There’s a 【Barrier】! The saint’s wall surrounding the fortress…

Hey! Where’s the wall? There’s nothing here!

“Prince Genus! The saint said, ‘This is impossible~’ and ran away!”

Damn it all!!

“Wow, it’s raining monsters!”

“We can’t fight back! There are too many!”

The monsters fell like rain from the sky, each one like a high-speed bullet, crashing into the fortress one after the other.

Damn it, if it’s come to this, I’ll show them how terrifying I can be… What the hell is that!!

“Prince Genus, an eight-headed Dragon Turtle, is falling at high speed from the sky!”

“Is that the Yamata no Shinryu? Wow, that’s extremely fast! Run!”

“You bastards! How dare you run away and leave me behind―――Aaaargh!!”

As the eight-headed dragon fell, the fortress was destroyed.

“Guha… Ha… Ha…”

After hours of endlessly digging through the dead bodies of numerous monsters…

“Ha… Ha… I finally made it out…”

Fortunately or unfortunately, the large shell of the eight-headed dragon served as a shelter from the rain of monsters.

“Ha… Ha…”

“Hahaha~ You’re a tough one, aren’t you~ To survive that…”

In front of me were the shattered pieces of the mirror.

Tch… You’re as tough as me… Ha… Ha…

Prince Genus somehow survived, but a harsh life of fleeing awaited him.