The genius prince : vol 7 ch 22

There is no anger and no sorrow in the words. Being hostile and being friends are are not two different things.

 they are friends, they know each other's strengths.

"Haaaa!"

Glenn stepped in. Without hesitation, he swung his iron sword and it flashed between them.

Ninym evades the blow with amazing dexterity. In return, she fires several throwing knives. But Glenn easily knocks them all away.

"Is it the time of the decisive battle with the Dimetrio army you snuck into the city?" 

"It was a failure to prioritize the feelings of the inhabitants of Narsila and to provide only a modest amount of security around the dock area."

The figure of Ninym melts in the darkness. 

"Thanks to that, during the decisive battle, I could easily sneak in with almost no obstacles."

"It's no different from dealing with 15,000 soldiers!"

Glennn's sword is swung again toward the voice. Empty boxes in the warehouse were cut open and scattered through the air.

Mixed in amongst the boxes, Ninym emerges from the darkness and approaches Glenn.

Sparks scattered in the dim darkness. Ninym's dagger is blocked by Glenn's sword. Ninym immediately turned around and moved away from Glenn.

"And after sneaking into Narsila, tell the people the lie that Prince Baldrosh will hold a baptismal ceremony, and that the people's will would overcome logic. "

"It was easy to fire up the people. The emperor's coronation is what everyone wants."

"But just in the nick of time I made it."

Glenn's spirits swelled. The pressure was so intimidating that it stung skin. The way he held his sword, from the tip of the sword to the bottom of his feet, there was no room at all. He had the true spirit of the man he used to be when he was a student.

"Surrender. If you confess in front of my Lord, I guarantee your treatment in my name."

But Ninym shook her head.

"Do you think I will ?"

"Then let me ask you again. Do you think you can beat me with a sword?"

"If you can think that far, you're one step ahead of me." Ninym burst into laughter.

"Why am I facing you because I can't win with a sword?"

A moment later, a strange noise sounded behind him. Without even looking at it, Glenn realized that it was the sound of the entrance he had kicked through being blocked by something.

 At the same time, Ninym's who had been facing him, came to the surface. He quickly reaped it with his sword, but not in time.

 He turned his head and saw someone other than Ninym on the beam of the warehouse. His hand was holding the black-painted rope that had pulled Ninym up. Glenn slides his eyes to the warehouse in search of a way to pursue. But before he could do so, strange noises began emanating from the entire warehouse.

"this is……?"

"It's natural to have one or two tricks to get rid of the tracker?  I never thought I'd have to use it on you. "

"You're a real piece of work, .!"

The walls of the warehouse begin to collapse. Ninym is agile at the doorway near the ceiling that was prepared then she made a move. 

"Let's meet again, Glenn"

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The warehouse was a pile of rubble, and Ninym ran through the shadows of the warehouse district with a few companions.

"Ninym-sama, what are you going to do now?"

"We'll get out of here before they come after us." Ninym responds simply.

"Our presence will be known very soon. We must not lose a single moment."

"Since that man died, it will take a while for us to be exposed?"

"he not the kind of person who would die from that."

Ninym glanced behind him at the site of the warehouse collapse, which was now far away. Her friend was trapped under it, but she was confident that he would live.

"Either way, our work here is done. Glenn said so, but it's too late to do anything about it. Then it's time to go home. "

"Oh, I understand."

Thus Ninym her team disappeared without a sound from the city of Narsila, moving from shadow to shadow.

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"... Hey, hey, what's going on here?"

The sailors who had just had an encounter with Glenn were stunned by the scene before them. They followed Glenn for that reason, but What awaited them was this collapsed warehouse.

"It was old warehouse?"

"Maybe. ...... That brother who just came in may have been under here."

"No way, that's ..."

The sailors looked at each other and then shouted fearfully. "Hey! Is anyone there?"

There was no reply. Was this a groundless fear? Or had he already died under the rubble? Either way, the rubble had to be removed.

"Hey, let remove the rubble by calling people for the time being?"

"That's right ... wait a minute."

Everyone's eyes gather at the point side

The rubble was piled up, but it was moving slightly. The rubble, which must have been many times the mass of a human body, was being lifted up from below.

"Is that really a human .......?"

Glennn appears on the ground, pushing away the rubble on the beams and ceiling as the sailors are dismayed.

"... Well, she got me." Glenn tossed the debris to the side and looked over, brushing the dust off his cloak.

"I''m going after them now...will I make it in time?"

Failing to capture the accomplice was a painful failure. The first time I saw her, I thought she was a friend of mine, but I guess my reluctance to let her get hurt because I wanted to capture her alive made me dull my sword.

 "Hey, hey, you."

 "“Hm? Oh, you’re the guys from before," Glen replied, noticing them

 only after they’d called out " i'll reimburse the owner of this warehouse later, so please let us go for now. "

"well, it’s really not like we could hold you, even if we wanted to."

The sailors saw Glen as more of a strong-armed monster than a man. They had no desire to lay a hand on him for a bounty

 "Captain!"

Glenn's men appeared in a narrow alley in the warehouse district.

"What are you doing, Captain! What is this?"

All the subordinates are scared to see the collapsed warehouse. Glenn picks up the sword that had fallen under his feet and puts it in his scabbard.

He said while putting it in. "If i talk, it will be long, so I'll put it off now. I'll hurry back to the headquarters. I have something to do"

Then one of his subordinates shouts. "Wait a minute! That's right, the headquarters is in trouble now. It looks like! "

"What? What happened?"

"that is--"

In response to the words of his subordinates, Glenn rushed to the headquarters.

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The Baldrosh army is now headquartered in one of the pavilions in Narsila.

 Baldrosh and his faction leaders set their plans in the conference room of this building day and night, investigating and deciding on their next plan—

"Stupid, are you really saying that?"

It is the second prince Baldrosh himself who is angry and roaring.

The heavyweights are in front of him. In the face of the wrath of the lord, but their expressions were resolute, ready for battle.

"Of course, this is not something that can be said by Our consensus.  Let me say it again: Your Highness, please take this opportunity to go through with the baptism. "

"………!" Baldrosh involuntarily distorted his face.

"Have you forgotten that we’ve taken this city for justice?! We needed to put an end to Demetrio’s tyrannical ideas! Touting justice and chasing out Demetrio, only to do the same thing, will make me a joke for generations "

"Nobody is laughing. Your Highness its feeling of people  as soon as possible Hoping for the birth of the new Emperor. with this victory, the second is suitable for the emperor

The Empire should be convinced that it is Prince Baldrosh and Betraying them and returning to our own territory will turn us into laughingstocks "

Even if they reprimanded by Baldrosh, the spirit of the heavyweights will not be shaken. On the contrary, "... What do you do, After stopping Dimetrio, we quickly return to the territory.

I joined hands on the condition. If you betray, don't shut up over there. "

"What about Manfred? We collaborated under the condition that I return to my own domain after putting a stop to Demetrio. If I betray him, he won’t stay silent "

The heavyweights who  want make a strong claim to the last, and Bardrosh who tries to put a stop to it.

The two claims did not mesh, only the heat in the room rose-and sat silently.

Lorencio got everyone's attention by hitting the desk.

"Let’s take a short recess. You’re losing your composure."

"Sir Lorencio, this is a grave matter. We have no time to waste!"

"If that's the case, you need to make a calm judgment. If things can be achieved just by wishing, long ago Your Highness should be on the throne. "

When Lorencio, the count and the oldest member of the faction said this, other people reluctantly spoke.

"... It's okay. Take a break for a while. Put your thoughts together."

With the command of Baldrosh, the meeting was once take a break.

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Upon arriving at the mansion, Glenn was the first to visit Lorencio's room.

"Glenn? I'm working on it now. I'll talk later."

Lorencio, who seems to have been pondering, said so, but Glennn knelt down.

"My apologies, but this concerns the baptism. I’m afraid I must speak with you immediately " 

“Oh, so you already know. I take it you heard the rumors during your patrol?” Lorencio asked, urging Glen to take a seat. “So what news do you bring?

"Huh. It is Narsila's public opinion to affirm His Highness's baptismal ceremony, but It turned out to be made by Prince Wayne's plan. "

len recounted how he had gone to the north to pinpoint the source of the rumors, come across covert operatives in the warehouse, and engaged in battle, but failed to capture them.

After listening to the story, Lorencio said after pondering for a while.

"... Glenn, who knows this other than me and you?"

"No one"

 Lorencio nodded.

"Then, Let's say there was never talk about this"