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Chapter 19 – The End and the Rapid Progress –
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Translator: Xean
Editor: SevenTails
TN: Final chapter for Volume 1. Thank you for reading!
EN: *sniff sniff*
The next day. Fii and I arrived at the Alchemist Association. We were going to tell the chairman what happened the previous day.
「Uncle, the truth is…」
With that, Fii begins to talk briefly about what happened yesterday. Hearing her, the chairman pressed his hands on his head.
「Let’s take another measure… a~ah. Come to think of it, do you know what this thing is?」
「「 Is this…? 」」
It was something Fii and I had never seen before. A small, cubic, black blob. At first glance, it looked like a bug.
「This is a piece of lost technology mined from the labyrinth. It seems to be able to pick up and transmit sound within a 5-meter radius. As far as technological systems go, it’s different from our current alchemy.」
「Wow, that’s interesting.」
I stared at the object. Normally, I could tell if it was alchemy or not by looking at it for a bit, but this was completely different. What kind of technology was this?
And from there, the chairman said something unexpected.
「Actually, there was one more of this thing.」
「Another one?」
「But the other one was stolen while we were transporting it.」
「「 St-stolen…?」」
「I have an idea of where it might be. Maybe it’s on your body?」
I thought there was no way, so I searched my body for it. But there was nothing. There was no such object.
「Hey, Fii. Is there anything on you…?」
「Eeeehhhhh- I-it wa-was he-ere…」
Fii pulled out a small black object from the inside of her suit’s pocket. It was definitely the same as the one on the desk.
「Ha~a… I wanted to check it out just in case, but I guess I was correct. Prince Oscar really is troublesome.」
「Wa-wait a minute. Does this mean that my private life was in full view?」
Fii’s face turned pale. If you ask me, just sound alone was already considerable information. It was safe to say that the conversation between me and Fii was being leaked.
「Ma-maybe they heard the conversation at that time? No way, even that time too!? Kuu~uu~uuu, why am I so stupid!? I won’t forgive them this time!! This is an invasion of privacy!!」
Fii stomped the ground to get out her frustration. I haven’t seen her like that in a long time. Her frustration was clearly shown.
「Elle-kun. There’s one more thing I want to check. I know this is highly confidential information, but is Proto in your workshop now?」
「Yes, he’s there.」
「Can you confirm this right now?」
「Well, I’ve got the alchemy path linked to… him…」
I traced back to the first quality primamateria and looked for traces of Proto. Normally, this would be an easy task; it would take less than ten seconds, but I couldn’t make the connection. I couldn’t link with Proto at all.
「Huh? Proto’s not there?」
「… As I thought. Prince Oscar has taken a hold of Proto. I’m not sure of this information but… there are some men in the Alchemist Society that belong to the Mystics. I only just received word of that earlier but it’s too late…」
「Proto-… Proto-…」
Proto kidnapped? Proto had been with me all this time.
In health and sickness, in joy and sorrow, in riches and poverty, I loved Proto, I respected Proto, I comforted Proto, I helped Proto, and I swore to give my whole heart to Proto for as long as I had his life… Did they just… take Proto away from me?
Just to satisfy their own desires, my Proto was kidnapped…?
I couldn’t forgive them. I’ll never forgive them!
「Fii! I’m going to the royal castle!」
「Ou! Let’s teach them a lesson! As if all of our alchemy was just for this moment!」
「Ha~a… Well, do what you want. There is enough evidence, so it’s good, but don’t go too crazy… I wish you good luck.」
With the chairman’s approval, we immediately headed to the royal castle.
「Just keep in mind that they’re still royalty!」
「I don’t give a sh*t!」
—–§§§—–
「Open up and let us in! Otherwise, I’ll break the gate!」
「That’s right! That’s right! Open up! Let us in!」
We made a scene in front of the main gate of the castle. Then the same maid as before came out from inside.
「… Prince Oscar is waiting inside.」
「Hahahahahaha! It’s going to be a bloodbath!」
「I’m going to make you regret violating my privacy…」
With determined eyes, we were led straight to the throne.
「Ya~a… I’ve been waiting for you. El~weed Wi~llis~kun.」
For some reason, Prince Oscar was sitting on the throne. As I recall, yesterday, the king said that he would be gone on an expedition… but it’s not like Prince Oscar is the legitimate successor, so what’s with that attitude?
「… You know why we’re here, don’t you?」
「Of course, it was for this guy. And maybe this one for Alsfira?」
With that, the bastard Oscar came over with Proto in his right hand and the wiretap device in his left.
「You f*cking son of a b*tch!!! ARE YOU PREPARED!? If Proto gets hurt, consider your life gone!!!」
Proto is rampaging jitterily in the hands of the f*cking Prince. Oh… my poor Proto, just wait a minute and I’ll save you right away.
「Wow~ I’m scared~ Your obsession with this is apparently true. You’ve been talking about this all week with Alsfira. Ah! Speaking of which, are you two lovers? You seem to be living a very sweet life.」
「That was just Fii being drunk.」
「No~oooo!!! Stop this b*llsh*t already!!!! I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him myself!!!!」
Fii got really mad. Well, it would be unbearable to hear that nonsense.
「Anyways, if you want this carrot back, you can join MY military ranks. I’ll put a Spellbound Curse on you at that time, though.」
「… Spellbound curse.」
Spellbound Curses. It was a form of alchemy used in the days of slavery. It was used to take control of an opponent and manipulate them at will. It was a technology that was supposed to have disappeared, but there was still someone who could use it?
「… Okay, I accept. Let’s make the deal.」
「Elle! That’s…」
「… Don’t worry.」
After saying that, I headed to Oscar’s place. On the way to the throne, dozens, no, close to a hundred alchemists were waiting for me. I see… Mystics…
「Give me back Proto first.」
「I can’t do that. Let’s do it at the same time.」
「… Okay.」
I lifted my right arm and held it up. The moment Oscar carved the alchemy formation of the spellbound curse, Proto was back in my hands.
「…!!!!」
It tried to raise its right hand as usual, but it instantly stopped. A~ah… You poor little guy, you must have been so scared…
「Hahahahahahaha!!! This kingdom is mine! Even the Blue Stellar Alchemist has fallen into my hands! A~ah… God, I’ve done… I’ve done it!!!」
Oscar exclaimed in joy and immediately tried to use the Spellbound Curse.
「Fufufu. Let’s test the Spellbinding Curse as soon as possible. Elweed Willis, attack Alsfira. There’s no need to kill her, but her protests were quite troublesome. Do it.」
The moment he said that I slowly moved closer to Fii.
「Yo-You’re lying, right? I’m precious to E-Elle, right? Hey, Elle?」
Fii pulled back and trembled like a child. Then I walked up to Fii and raised my right hand just like that.
「Hi-i! E-Eh?」(ED: Like many after, not greeting, something similar to “eek.”)
「Take care of Proto, I’ve got an errand to settle with that f*cking prince.」
「U-un.」
I gently—very gently— handed Proto to Fii and went back to Oscar.
「Thi-This is… stupid! The Spellbound Curse isn’t working! Even Platinum Class Alchemists had a hard time resisting it!」
Oscar took a step backwards. Was this guy an idiot? How did he think that I, a Blue Stellar Class Alchemist, would be suppressed by a Spellbound Curse tested on Platinum Class Alchemists?
This kind of thing is even simpler than the early stages of Proto’s research. This crude alchemy formation could be resisted in a matter of seconds. It was no trouble at all.
「Y-you guys, stop him! Don’t let him get anywhere near me!」
When Oscar said this, the nearly hundred of alchemists unleashed their alchemy on me. But they were weak. It was too slow to build an alchemy formation from scratch. They were overwhelmingly slow.
I quickly swung my right hand to the side and an area of ice spread out around me. Not only did I freeze the legs of these ragtag, but I also froze their hands.
「Ha~a?! Those are Platinum and Gold Class Alchemists! And it was in an instant…!」
This a*shole misunderstood my abilities. Well, it couldn’t be helped. My known achievements were regarding my research work, not my combat prowess. Besides, there were only a limited number of people who knew about my strength. He was too impressed with the name of a Blue Stellar Alchemist. But still, if I were him, I’d be a little more prepared. He thought he’d win if he can cast the spellbound curse, what a dumbass.
I arrived right in front of Prince Oscar.
「Hey… How do you plan to make up for this?」
「Hi-ii! I-it wasn’t me! T-they made me do it!」
「What an eyesore.」
「Hi-ii! Cold! It’s so co-old!!!!」
Slowly, I freeze him starting from his feet. I then stopped and smiled, before I started talking again.
「Hey, should I freeze your limbs and break them…? One at a time?」
「Hi-ii! Y-You know- You know I’m royalty! If something were to happen to me, you could go to…!」
「Do you think I’m going to give in to that? You are not royalty ever since you took Proto away. You are a criminal. This is just punishment for your crimes… right?」
Oscar’s face got even paler when I gave him a serious stare. Finally, he understood that I’m serious. Stupid prince.
「Hmmm… How much should I freeze? Maybe your whole limbs?」
「Hi-i. I’m sorry, I won’t do it anymore!!!!!」
When I heard him utter something with his dumb voice, the door behind me opened. There they were, the King and Alice.
「Brother Oscar, you quickly turned tail and gave up? Ha~a… Pathetic.」
「Fa-father…」
Oscar’s eyes widened as he looked at the king who should have left.
「Oscar. I told you, things have their limits. You are a foolish son of mine to offend Lord Elweed Willis, a Blue Stellar Alchemist, and Lord Alsfira Medis. I am sorry for my son for this time. I will punish him, will you forgive me for what happened today?」
「… I understand. If the king says so, then…」
I stopped my alchemy and walked straight out the door with Fii.
「Sensei, see you again soon.」
I smiled at Alice. Proto came back and that a*shole will be brought to justice. That was enough for me.
—–§§§—–
I asked the chairman of the association the next day about what happened to that stupid prince.
「Prince Oscar has been deprived of his claim to the throne and sentenced to a month in prison. I also heard that he was going to apologize to Elle and Fii individually. The King asked if you’re happy with that punishment.」
「I don’t care anymore. It’s all over now.」
「I would like to hit him at least once, but, well, Elle did it, so that’s fine.」
「Well… Here’s the main issue.」
The chairman fumbled with something and pulled out a sheet of paper from his desk. Fii and I looked at it and wondered what’s in it. I’m sure there’s nothing more we need to do here, right?
「This is a request for Elweed Willis and Alsfira Medis from the Alchemist Society. We would like to request your help in clearing the Sixth Labyrinth.」
「What? The Sixth Labyrinth?」
The Sixth Labyrinth. It was a labyrinth near the Kingdom of Canovaria. But why did we have to go… to it? As I thought about it, I saw Fee shivering next to me. Ah, I see. Speaking of the Sixth Labyrinth…
「T-the Sixth Labyrinth? I don’t want tooooooo. Anything but that labyrinth… I don’t want to be in that labyrinth! Anything but that!!!」
Fii became hysteric.
Yes, the Sixth Labyrinth was also known as… the spider labyrinth.
Well, my retirement was going to be a long way off… Ho~ho~ho~ho~