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[Prince Claude’s point of view]
“Damn damn dammmmmnnnnn!!!!!! Let me innnnnnnnn!”
“No. You are already not a [prince]. I cannot let you into the palace.”
The gatekeepers of the palace will block my way.
Deprived of my status as a prince, I ……
“I am a prince you know. ……? Get out of my way ……!”
“No. His Majesty the King has ordered me to keep you out of the palace because you are no longer a prince!”
“Ugh…….! Let me in!!!!!”
I charge at the gatekeeper and try to force my way through, but…
“I’m sorry, Claude-sama,……,but I can’t. Reflective magic!”
“Guha……!”
I am blown away by the reflection magic.
“I’m prince! I am a prince, ……! Using magic on a prince is a death sentence!”
Attacking royalty with magic is a [death penalty] in this kingdom.
So this gatekeeper should have been put to death,
“Claude-sama is no longer royalty. ……”
Haaa……, the gatekeeper sighed.
“I will definitely enter the royal palace ……!”
I charged at the gatekeeper again and again, but was repeatedly blown away by his reflex magic.
“Haaahaaa…… you, get out of the way! That’s disrespectful!”
“…… it’s about time you gave up. Claude sama.”
The gatekeeper looks disgusted with the situation.
(Damn ……! You’re just a gatekeeper!)
“What are you doing, Your Highness Prince Claude?”
(Someone calls me [His Highness the Prince] ……!
I turn around and there he is…
“The Duke of Edmont……!”
The Duke of Edmont is the younger brother of His Majesty the current king – in other words, my father.
He is an old man with a magnificent golden beard.
The duke has the second highest rank after royalty.
The capable Duke Edmont was also the Prime Minister assisting His Majesty the King.
I have known Duke Edmont since I was a child.
“The Duke of Edmont, this gatekeeper won’t let me through!”
“I see. …… Well, gatekeeper, please let His Highness Claude through.”
“Is it really all right, Duke? His Majesty the King has ordered not to let Claude sama pass through.”
“No, I will take the responsibility. Let His Highness Claude go through.”
“I understand.”
When the Duke of Edmont said that, he moved the gatekeeper to the side.
“Also, His Royal Highness Prince Claude will be reinstated as [prince] very soon. Remember that.”
“Yes…..!”
(I will be reinstated as the [prince] ……?)
I and the Duke of Edmont enter the royal palace.
“Your Highness Claude,……, His Majesty the King is wrong. There is no …… way to deprive a prince of his throne.”
With a pop, the Duke of Edmont tapped me on the shoulder.
“I-I see! The Duke of Edmont thinks so, too!”
Since I had been stripped of my princely title, I had been ridiculed at the academy and ignored by my best friends and my sister.
No one was on my side.
But this Duke of Edmont understands me.
(What a nice guy! ……!)
I am on the verge of tears.
“Yes. The next king should be His Royal Highness Prince Claude. The people overwhelmingly support His Royal Highness Prince Claude.”
“The people support me, ……? Really?”
“Really. The people want His Royal Highness Prince Claude to be king.”
Smiling, the Duke of Edmont laughed.
I have known the Duke of Edmont since I was a child.
He would never lie to me.
“I will work with you, Your Highness Claude. I will make sure that you will be restored to royalty.”
“I will be restored to royalty. ……”
“Yes, you can. If you work with me, ……”
“But I don’t think Father will change his mind once he’s made his decision.”
“It’s all right. All you have to do is to annul the duel with Grundy.”
“Nullify the duel ……?”
“Yes. Actually, Grundy was playing a cowardly trick.”
The Duke of Edmont pulled out a magic stone from the breast pocket of his coat.
“Is that ……?”
“This is a magic seal stone. It has the effect of lowering the magic power of the person holding it. Grundy had actually planted the magic stone in the clothes of His Highness Prince Claude.”
“W-What ……? I knew it. ……! I am royalty, there is no way I can be defeated by a Baron’s son!”
“That’s right. It’s impossible for His Highness Claude to lose. It’s all Grundy’s plot.”
“Damn, damn, damnnnnn……! Grundy!”
(I can’t allow it. ……!)
“And …… I hate to tell you this, Your Highness Claude, but ……”
“What is it? Tell me!”
“As a matter of fact, …… Her Highness Charlotte has appointed Grundy as her personal guard.”
“W-What the hell,……?!”
I couldn’t believe it.
I couldn’t believe that my beloved sister, Charlotte, would side with Grundy. ……
(Grundy, you …… are going to take not only Alicia but Charlotte away from me!)
“Impossible, absolutely impossible……”
“No. It’s the truth. The truth. Grundy intends to get to Charlotte-sama and take the throne from her.”
“How insulting …… ! The son of a baron is too much [garbage] to aim for the throne. ……”
I’m sure Grundy is a scum of scum.
It’s trash that shouldn’t be kept alive.
(As a prince, I must stop Grundy at all costs ……!)
“His Highness is right, Grundy is garbage. However, it is also true that Her Highness Charlotte is being manipulated by the garbage Grundy. Therefore, we need the power of Your Highness Claude. Join hands with me and save Her Highness Charlotte from Grundy!”
“…… I agree. Duke Edmont. I will join hands with you!”
“Thank you, Your Highness. Together we will create the ideal kingdom……”
I shook hands with Duke Edmont firmly.
(Duke Edmont…… what a good man! I will surely defeat Grundy!)
“There is no way I can be beaten by Grundy. I am above Grundy. ……”
“That’s right. If you fight properly, there is no way that His Highness Claude will lose to Grundy!”
“Hahaha! That’s right! Grundy! I’m totally crushing you!”
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[The Duke of Edmont’s point of view]
“What an utterly stupid prince…..!”
I was able to take advantage of Prince Claude (the idiot).
Thanks to the fact that the idiot lost the duel with the baronet, I had a chance to take advantage of him.
“With this, I can strengthen my private army.”
I was holding the key to the treasury, which I had borrowed from the idiot.
(He was fooled by me and gave me the key in a flash……lol)
The key to the treasury – the key to the warehouse where the [Ancient Armor] has been passed down from generation to generation in the royal family.
The equipment of the [Six Saints] who led the unification of this continent of Regalia during the ancient monarchy – that is the [Ancient Armor].
“All that remains is …… to turn that idiot into a demon god and make him my servant….!”
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Prince calling Duke as his father, isn’t he his uncle?
“The Duke of Edmont is the younger brother of His Majesty the current king – in other words, my father” what I meant in this sentence is the word “His majesty the current king” AKA his father
I see now. Sorry for inconvenience.
No worries
“There is no way to deprive a prince of his throne.”
I can’t even comment. It’s too easy.