The Talentless Wicked Prince Wants To Survive ~ The Only Way For Me, Reincarnated As The Punching Bag Third Prince In A Romance Smartphone RPG, To Live Is To Not Break Off My Engagement With The Duke’s Yandere Daughter Who’s Stronger Than The Heroine~

“What!? Everyone! Get away from here right away!”

Seeing what Jean took out from his pocket, a jar containing an eyeball floating in liquid, I couldn’t help but shout.

At the same time, Jean… swallowed the eyeball.

“Haru-sama. What was that thing he just swallowed…?”

“…The Eye of Gargouille.”

That’s right… It was one of the rewards obtainable only by ranking within the top three in a limited-time event of Engage Hazard.

In battle, it was an item that could summon the raid boss “Guardian Beast Gargouille” once, but only when fighting on Hard difficulty or higher.

“Then that man… has summoned the Guardian Beast Gargouille? Is that correct?”

“Yes. In terms of strength level, it’s on par with the demon beast Hen Wen.”

Given that I’ve got Cass, Sandra, and Monica with me, we should be able to put up a fight… probably. The troublesome part was that unlike Hen Wen, who’d focused on physical attacks, Gargouille used many fire-elemental area attacks, so it was impossible to predict how much damage we’d take.

“That being the case, this is an extremely bad situation with everyone else here. We must prioritize getting Princess Lisette and Princess Elyne to safety, immediately, before…”

Before I could finish saying that, Jean’s body began to grow larger before our eyes, transforming his appearance.

Wait, since it was called a summon, I’d expected something more like those popular school-themed JRPGs from my past life.

This wasn’t a summon, it was a transformation…

I wondered if he could turn back. I had no idea.

“Oh… n-no way… Jean…”

“Huh!? Look out!”

Queen Paula, face pale, staggered toward the grotesque beast that Jean had become.

As I hurried to move, taking a single step forward…

Ssshhh.

Queen Paula was completely consumed by the blue flames of Gargouille’s skill, [Crimson Note]. She couldn’t even scream.

“AAAAHH!!!”

Seeing that, the soldiers of Dehaubarz and the knights of Capetien all rushed for the exit at once. Having no mental preparation and witnessing something like that, it was only natural to react that way.

As for me? There was no way I, a heavy EnHaza player, would flinch at something like Gargouille.

More than anything, there was something precious here that I had to protect.

“Sandra! As you can see, this monster uses fire-elemental magic! Get behind me!”

“Yes!”

Even though Sandra was among the strongest, her fighting style was close-range focused, which put her at a disadvantage against Gargouille, who specialized in ranged firepower.

So, to take this thing down, I’d have to advance bit by bit while blocking its fire attacks with my Shadow Shield Casparieg.

“…Haru-sama. How do you know what this monster is?”

Ah… yeah, I knew someone would ask that.

“There’s a book, an unpublished text passed down only among the Dehaubarz royal family. It’s called Teurgia Goetia, and it describes every magical beast, spell, and unique power that exists in this world.”

Yeah, that was a lie I’d just made up… well, half a lie.

There was no such book in the palace, or anywhere in this world, but the official EnHaza strategy site was actually named Teurgia Goetia.

“I can’t show you that book, Sandra. I… apologize.”

“Please don’t worry about it. In that case, it also explains what happened with the demon beast Hen Wen.”

Phew… looks like Sandra accepted that explanation.

While I did feel bad deceiving my beloved fiancée, I couldn’t possibly tell her that I was a reincarnated person.

And then…

“Guh… oh…”

I was shocked. In EnHaza, Gargouille never made a sound, it was completely silent. Yet now, it was groaning.

Maybe that was because, unlike in the game, Jean had actually become Gargouille instead of just summoning it.

“GROAARRR!!”

“!?”

There was no time to be carefree.

From the mouth of the fully transformed Gargouille, the exact form I remembered from EnHaza, a fireball shot out, which I caught with my shield.

“Cass, you ready?”

“Nyahaha! Of course! This’ll be easy!”

My reliable partner answered with laughter. Not just me, Cass had also earned a Title after all. There was no attack now that the two of us couldn’t block.

“GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!”

Locking its sights on us completely, Gargouille unleashed fireball after fireball.

Thanks to that, Lisette, Elyne, and the soldiers had the chance to escape, which was a relief.

Still, just in case…

“Kuhahahaha! What’s wrong, Jean? Even after turning into Gargouille, is that all you’ve got? You’ll never beat us like that!”

“GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHH!!”

It seemed he’d understood the taunt as an enraged Gargouille fired even more ferocious attacks. He still had enough reason left to comprehend insults, huh.

That’s fine, if I kept drawing his attention, we might be able to minimize the damage here…!?

“[Hellfire]!”

“Guh!?”

Suddenly, a mass of black fire hit Gargouille’s left shoulder, igniting and refusing to go out.

Th-that was…

“I… I am Lisette Josephine de Capetien, First Princess of the Capetien Kingdom! As his sister, I shall take responsibility for my brother’s disgrace myself!!”

Behind me, Lisette, the main heroine of this scenario, cried out boldly… and imperiously.