The Abandoned Prince Heals an Enemy Soldier on the Frontlines, Only to Discover She’s the Seventh Imperial Princess - Chapter 67: The Abandoned Prince Initiates Project Laputa

Chapter 67: The Abandoned Prince Initiates Project Laputa

We’d let Lime slip away, sure—

But at least she’d promised to help us whenever we needed.

A few days passed since then, and now—

“It… it’s completeee!!”

“You did it, Yelona!!”

“All thanks to you, Reyshel!!”

Right now, I was helping out at Yelona’s workshop, where she was working on “Project Laputa” to make landmasses float.

By “helping,” I mostly just stood around not getting in the way.

The most I could do was use Perfect Regeneration to repair all the busted magical tools that broke during testing.

That way, we didn’t waste any extra resources.

As for the actual technical stuff—

Yeah, I stayed far away from all that.

…Though I might’ve made a few suggestions.

“No, no! It really was all thanks to Reyshel!! Once I learned about gravity—how things fall down from up above—the research was basically half done right then and there!!”

Apparently, that little chat had helped more than I realized.

In this world, they’ve somehow managed to develop firearms and other modern weapons out of nowhere…

But when it comes to basic scientific knowledge, they’re still way behind Earth.

I mean, most people here don’t even question why things fall.

When you think about it like that, the people back on Earth who first started asking those kinds of questions were seriously amazing.

So yeah, when I casually explained gravity while we were discussing how to float a whole country…

Yelona said it was like her brain got struck by lightning.

“This lets us weaken gravity with way less mana than we expected!! Once we have that down, we can fine-tune the orbit with some propulsion magic, and bam—an airborne nation safe from enemy attacks! The dream is coming together!!”

“Totally—wait, Yelona!?”

I was nodding along as Yelona got all excited…

When she suddenly swayed and looked like she was about to collapse.

I panicked and reached out to catch her before she could smack her head on the floor.

Let me just say this in my defense—

I swear it wasn’t on purpose.

It wasn’t on purpose, but… my hands ended up grabbing her soft, bouncy boobs.

Squish ♡ Squeeze ♡ Squish ♡

…Crap!! Not good, not good! My hands just kinda acted on their own!

“Yelona!? Hey, are you okay!?”

“I’m fineee~ Just… those five all-nighters finally hit me. I think I’ll nap for a bit nowww…”

“O-Oh, got it.”

She was so tired she didn’t even notice I was copping a feel.

Feeling guilty, I carefully carried her over to the nap bed she had set up in the corner of the workshop.

“Alright, now just gotta cover you with a blanket and—”

“mm… I can’t eat another bite…”

“Wait, what!?”

“uhehe…”

Just as I tried to tuck her in, Yelona suddenly grabbed my arm and pulled me in.

Next thing I knew, we were snuggling.

Yup.

I was full-on cuddling with Yelona.

“Breath in… Breath in… Calm down. It’s not time to panic yet.”

Yelona was surprisingly strong—

I couldn’t move at all with the way she was holding me.

Well, okay, technically I probably could’ve wriggled free if I really wanted to.

But if I did that, I’d definitely wake her up.

Not that I wanted to stay wrapped up in Yelona’s soft, warm boobs or anything.

Definitely not.

Nope. Not even a little.

“…This is bad.”

Yeah, we’d done the deed once—

Back when that wild bunch crashed my wedding night with Alcarion and Rosemary, and everything spiraled out of control.

But this?

This was the first time we were completely alone together, with nobody else around.

And now, I was dangerously tempted.

“…W-Wait! What the hell am I doing!?”

My hand had started creeping toward Yelona’s giant boobs—and her shapely butt, too.

I yanked it back in a panic.

T-That was close.

Sure, I’d already experienced Yelona’s body before…

But that didn’t give me the right to mess with her while she was sleeping!

…Okay, yes, I had done that with Ailynn that one time when we were stranded on another continent.

But she’s a drunk who literally yeets people off cliffs for fun.

Yelona, on the other hand, is an actual decent person.

She’s just a mech-obsessed beauty with massive boobs and slightly chaotic energy.

But still—a decent person.

Which means sexy mischief is strictly off-limits.

All I’m allowed to do right now…

Is enjoy the current situation purely for what it is—

A totally accidental, totally innocent, boob-wrapped nap opportunity.

In other words—

I shall now quietly fall asleep on this heavenly Yelona boob pillow!!

“Alright—goodnight!!”

With that declaration, I shut my eyes.

…But no matter how long I lay there, I just couldn’t fall asleep.

Even after hours passed.

So, y’know what?

I decided to just go for it and cop a feel of Yelona’s body.

No, wait—this was totally a massage.

A helpful, fatigue-relieving massage for the overworked Yelona.

It just happened to involve some slightly naughty touching. That’s all. Totally innocent.

“Fwaaaah… Slept like a log. …Hnn!?”

“Good morning.”

“G-Good morning to you. Uh—did I maybe end up using you as a body pillow or something?”

“Yep, pretty much.”

“…You didn’t sneak a peek at my face while I was asleep, did you?”

“I didn’t.”

That’s what she cares about first!?

Not the cuddling, not the groping—but whether I saw her real face?

Well, not gonna complain. Works out in my favor.

Still, I wonder if that’s really the right takeaway here.

Anyway—

Despite all the chaos, the magical device for Project Laputa was finally complete.

And just a few days later, the operation officially began.

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“Hey. What are you scheming this time?”

Hecton, now fully accustomed to her girlish body and confidently rocking a maid outfit, called out to the hooded woman across from her.

The woman simply grinned slyly, twisting her lips into a mischievous smirk as she shot back,

“Hm? And why do you wanna know?”

“Because it’s way more suspicious when you aren’t up to something.”

“How mean! You make me sound like some evil mastermind who’s always plotting something shady.”

“You literally sell weapons around the world and profit from chaos. There’s no way you’re a good person.”

“Ugh, stop spitting facts, Hecton dear.”

Hecton snorted, clearly unimpressed with the woman’s smug attitude.

And just then—

Someone barged into the room without even knocking, clearly in a panic.

“M-Miss I!! We’ve got a serious problem!!”

“Oh? What’s wrong? It’s not like you to get flustered, C dear.”

It was a lab coat-wearing girl with swirly glasses.

Her pink-blonde hair, which would shine beautifully if properly styled, was sticking out in all directions like she’d been struck by lightning.

Her name was C.

Obviously, not her real name.

“It’s bad! Really bad! Like, super bad!!”

“Did another country try to pick a fight with Agardramoon or something? What happened?”

“T-This!! Just read this report!!”

“Hmm? Let’s see…”

C handed over a single sheet of paper.

As the hooded woman read through the report, her expression gradually darkened.

Then she pressed her fingers against her furrowed brow.

“Ehh—are you serious? What kind of sci-fi nonsense is that!?”

“Something happen?”

“Apparently, Agardramoon just… floated up into the sky and disappeared somewhere.”

“…Hah?”

Even Hecton frowned and froze at how utterly ridiculous that sounded.

“Well, credit where it’s due—Agardramoon really is the global leader in magical tech. Still, I didn’t see this coming.”

“W-What do we dooo!? Isn’t this going to ruin the whole plan!?”

“Hmm… Nah, the plan’s still intact. The real problem is we’ve lost intel from that region. Tell all our agents worldwide to stay alert and report anything suspicious.”

“O-Okay… Ughhh, seriously—only Yelona would pull something like this. She’s my eternal rival, and now she’s literally making an entire country fly…”

Grumbling to herself, C headed out of the room while the hooded woman watched her go.

Then Hecton spoke up with a scowl.

“Hey. What plan?”

“Hm? Mmm, not telling you yet. It’s still a secret. But if I had to say… it’s a plan to save the world.”

“…Sounds shady as hell.”

The woman just giggled, her face still hidden under her hood, letting Hecton’s sharp remark roll right off her back.

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[Afterword]

A Random Tidbit

Author: “The ‘takes off the swirly glasses and turns out to be a beauty’ trope is a classic.”

R: “Totally agree.”

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