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Chapter 3

Episode 1 Part III

I stood up from my seat and went down to the hall.

"You... your highness. I..."

Celis called out to me.

"So you have found your true love, huh? Just shut up and watch me..."

I loosened my collar while I told Celis that.

"...as I shattered your delusions."

With a smile on my face, I walked towards the monkey.

When I tried to push the royal guards away from my path.

"You... your highness! Please stand back, it's dangerous here!"

They tried to block my path to stop me.

"I stood up from my seat and came here because you guys are taking forever dealing with that small fry."

I then pushed the royal guards away and stepped onto the battlefield, where the guards were fighting against the monkey.

Should I call this monkey wild? Or should I regard him as a hero even if he has a rotten personality? Without wasting a single breath, he punched one of the guards. When he noticed me, he glared at me.

"At last, you finally came out."

"...Royal guards, from tomorrow onwards, I will be doubling your training menu."

I then removed my jacket when I told that to the guards.

"So you were waiting for me to get tired, right? You're a coward, Prince Olea, but unfortunately for you, I'm a hero, so I won't get tired of something like this."

I really want to smack this guy so hard that he doesn't have time to spout nonsense.

"Guards! The women of this monkey should be in the school's dormitory right now. They're a group of rebels. I approve the use of the teleportation circle. Go and capture them immediately, then bring them back here!"

Is it because he's a monkey that he wanted to create a harem? Or is it because he wants to create something insane like a harem, which is why he's a monkey? I don't know which one of those two is him, but this monkey made a party with only women as members. And after all that, he even laid his hands on my fiancée.

Then he believes that he can become a king.

I can't help but wonder if he really thought that he could go that far and do whatever he wanted without anyone going against his path.

When I think about it, since the time of my previous life, the people around me who did whatever they wanted always came out on top.

I lived all my life sincerely and kindly so as not to offend or be hated by other people, but what is the result of leading that kind of life? In the end, I was framed, and I lost my life in the process.

At my words, the monkey got furious, and he pointed his finger at me.

"Coward! This has nothing to do with them! Are you going to take them as hostages?"

The monkey, who believes that he is right, is squealing a lot.

"Hey monkey! It'll be hilarious if a hero gives up just because someone close to them has been taken as a hostage."

Even if I didn't have a hostage in the first place, I wouldn't lose to you.

"Then why are you arresting them?"

"I'm just going to give them a special seat. I'm sure the women in your party are in love with you, right? That's why I'm just going to show them the hero that they worship and admire being beaten up."

When I imagined that, I couldn't hold back my laughter.

"You lowlife!"

"I can't believe a crazy guy making a harem is telling me that."

"I love them all equally!"

When he said that the three monkey women arrived, they were being escorted by the guards.

"Abel!"

The women called the monkey's name in unison while being held down by the guards.

It was a really funny sight, as their expression is the complete opposite of what Celis is having.

I pulled the sword from the guard's waist and threw it at the monkey.

"Come on, hero. If you can defeat me, you might really become a king, you know?"

When I told him that to stir him up, the monkey picked up the sword without hesitation.

"The punishment for killing a royal is a minimum of a ten-year torture sentence."

Sophia told me that, but I ignored her.

"Ooooooooooooooooh!"

The monkey screams as he charges at me, then he swings his sword.

However, I clench my fist in front of my chest without avoiding it.

"Wake up Inheritance Regalia."

When I muttered that a magic circle appeared behind me, a huge steel arm appeared in front of me, blocking the monkey's sword strike.

"What!?"

"This is the power of the royalty. You monkey!"

I laugh and look at the monkey.

"Roar! Ark Tyrant."

In response to my voice, the giant arm swung and violently mowed down the monkey.

After being hit, the monkey glided across the floor. After a while, he crashed into a wall, then he collapsed.

When the people inside the hall witnessed that, they all went silent.

I guess that would be expected.

As people have thought of me as being kind and sincere, they assumed that I wouldn't use violence myself, as I always use the king's knight.

"According to Sophia, killing a member of the royal family is a crime. And what you did was an attempt to do that, but since I provoked you to do that, That's why I will forgive you for that."

I walk over to the monkey that has collapsed to the floor, and I look down at the monkey's body.

"However, even if you are a hero, you are still a civil servant, and you need to make amends for the crime of standing up against the royal family."

As I said that, I mounted the monkey's body, then I punched him on the cheek.

The monkey, who has been unconscious up until now, seems to have been woken up with that punch.

I continued punching the monkey's cheek.

"Here's a lesson for a stupid mountain monkey such as you. The aristocrats value their image, but the proud royal family values their image even more. Do you know the reason why?"

I stopped punching the monkey as I asked that question.

"I... I don't know."

I slammed my fist into his nose.

"It's because if someone looked down and scolded the king, the country would also be looked down on and easily threatened by other counties! And you just did that today!"

I grabbed his hair, and slammed the back of his head on the floor, then I looked into his face.

"Hey, monkey. If you want to reduce your sins, then forget and throw away the woman from the Pardos Kingdom. If you do that, then I'll take that into consideration."

"I go... got it! I won't have anything to do with Ellie anymore!"

"Did you hear that woman from the Pardos Kingdom? It appears that your favorite hero-sama has abandoned you?"

Suddenly, a woman in a mage's uniform who was restrained by the guards broke down in tears.

Ah, I feel so good.

"Next. You said you loved those women equally, right? But even with that, you still approached Celis for the throne, didn't you?"

"I... I love Celis too!"

I was annoyed by his answer, so I hit him again. Seriously, this guy is still saying things like love again.

"Then let's talk about that love that you are talking about. Just now, you cut off that Pardos woman for your own selfishness. Is that what you call love? I believe you said earlier that you loved them equally, didn't you?"

"Tha... that's..."

I hold down the monkey's body using the king's arm, then I look back at the monkey women.

"On the contrary, should I ask you guys? You've also awakened to "true love" too, haven't you? This guy has been sentenced to imprisonment for treason against the state, but if things continue like this, you guys will also be imprisoned as accomplices. If you're willing to stick to "true love", I think I'll put you in the same jail, but what do you think about that? I'm kind, aren't I?"

Suddenly the woman's eyes widened.

"I... we have nothing to do with it! I just happened to be at the same party as that man!"

"I had no choice but to go out with him after he approached me!"

"A man who abandoned me for his own sake..."

The women are now throwing out different excuses.

This is really interesting.

In the end, it seems these women are more interested in their own safety than in "true love".

"You guys are really running your mouths, huh?"

I looked at the guards and told them to let go of the monkey women's restraints, and when they did, they ran up to the monkey and started kicking his head.

"Wai... you guys... guah!"

It won't do much damage to the monkey, as that monkey has a sturdy body since he's a hero, but I'm sure it will hurt mentally.

When I got up, I told the guards to surround the monkey and let the women do as they pleased with him. Then I walk up to Celis.

"This is what your "true love" looks like."

"Now? What are you going to do?"

Celis, who had a very pale face, froze at my words.

I laughed out loud as I couldn't hold back the laughter that overflowed inside me when I saw her expression.

"To all the lords here, listen carefully! If you ever disrespect the royal family, you all know what will happen to you now, don't you? If you think I'm joking, why don't you try it right now? Hmmm? I guess no one wants to do it?"

All the nobles who had gathered in the hall held their breath at my words, then they all bowed at once.

Ah... I feel refreshed.


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