CH 67

Chapter 67 Similar Souls Attract Each Other 【The Crown Prince’s Side Part 2】

The nobles pushed me into a shabby room in the detached palace.

I resisted, of course, but I couldn’t do anything against several people….

It’s a room made of stone, about the same size as the toilet in my private room.

There’s nothing but a shabby bed, and the window and door have iron bars… isn’t it like a prison!?

It’s absolutely outrageous.

How dare those incompetent nobles do this to the next king!

「I can’t open the door even if I want to get out…! Those bastards… do they think they can get away after doing this to me?」

When I got out, I’ll make them starve to death in the prison!

For that reason, I want to master enchantment as soon as possible, but… for some reason, this skill doesn’t activate even if I chant it.

To think that it’s troubling me this much… what an unpleasant skill.

When it was time for dinner, the food was placed carelessly from outside the iron bars.

I’m hungrier than usual today because of the unreasonable treatment I received from the rude people who don’t know their place.

I must eat well to regain my strength….

「What’s with this amount of food!? Are you telling me to starve to death!?」

It’s just a small amount of bread and soup, a bad-looking steak, and salad!?

Even the amount is less than half of what I usually eat!

「This is the normal amount for an upper class noble. The budget is fixed, so we cannot serve more than that.」

「What the f*ck!? There aren’t even fruit and cake! …… Hey, wait! What will you do if I, who has a noble lineage, starve to death!?」

The petty official who was keeping an eye on me left the plain food behind.

I want to catch them and teach them a lesson, but I can’t even get out because the door is locked.

I’m hungry….

They left me with only a small amount of food that I lost weight.

I need to master Enchantment, get out of this prison as soon as possible, and get rid of those rude people, but I’m so hungry that I can’t even muster up the strength to move….

God… why do I have to go through something like this….

It’s so unpleasant!

Isn’t it unreasonable!?

「Please stop!」

「How rude, I’m the king of this country, you know!?」

This voice is… Father?

I see, so he came to save me!

I wish he could have helped me sooner, but I’m sure he had his own reasons.

As the next king, it’s my duty to show my strong figure to my father here!

My father came in through the door accompanied by several knights.

The petty official who was watching me was lying covered in blood by the door.

…… Serves you right.

「Elliot…. You’ve lost some weight, huh?」

「Yes. Those insolent people pushed me into prison and gave me only poor food, so I’m now like this…. But I’m relieved now that Father is here. Let’s kill those insolent people together and restore the dignity of the Rosalta Royal Family!」

Normally, I should be enjoying our father-son talk for the first time in a while, but I have to hurry up and escape through the door opened by my father.

The people who disrespect the royal family might be still lurking around….

*Whack*

「GYAAAAAAAAAAHHH!」

Ow!

It hurts!

What happened!?

「If only you had kept your mouth shut, I could have put all the blame on Nonland! Why should I be disgraced because of you!?」

「GYAAAAAAAH! STOGYAAAAAAH!」

「I’ll kill you! I don’t need a son who gets in my way!」

It’s a strange feeling… I have no body but I’m conscious….

I don’t know what he misunderstood, but my father kept hitting me.

He is a parent, why would he do such an atrocity to his son…?

Perhaps, I was killed by my father….

After all, I can see my body that’s completely changed….

Am I going to heaven like this…?

…… I can’t accept it!

I still haven’t punished those who put me through this!

Especially… Jink.

I died because of him… it’s all because he existed in this world!

I won’t go to heaven until I kill him!

Elliot’s soul, harboring a strong grudge against Jink, defied his instinct to return to God.

Following Jink’s presence, he tenaciously arrived at the Labyrinth City.

But well, Jink had already headed to the royal capital, so he wasn’t in the labyrinth city….

While wandering the labyrinth in search of Jink, Elliot’s soul found a soul similar to himself… and the two souls mixed together.

The one with mixed souls… that’s the Orc general, the boss of the 15th floor of the labyrinth city.

The Orc General, who was supposed to be a powerful boss, harbored a deep resentment toward Jink’s group because he was constantly hunted by them and was treated as tasty meat….

And when he was resurrected, even though his memory was reset every time, his resentment against Jink’s group was carved into his soul.

Ork General and Elliot.

Not only because they look alike, but also because of the strong resentment they have against Jink that their souls were drawn to each other.

「I am… King…. I will… kill Jink…!」

Elliot became one with the Orc General while inheriting the memories until he was killed by the king.

Based on the knowledge installed from the labyrinth and his own memories, he mistakenly believes that he’s a brave and strong Orc King.

The Orc General is the mid-boss of the labyrinth that’s destined to be hunted regularly not only by Jink’s group but also by other adventurers of B rank or above….

Before it revives, the body will be recovered by the labyrinth, leaving the drop item, but… the soul remains in place, watching its own demise.

Unable to leave the boss room, only to be hunted and have his body taken away as material… what would Elliot think of himself?