The Incompetent Prince Who Has Been Banished Wants To Hide His Abilities - CH 17

One day.

In the lord’s mansion, I was struggling with the ever-increasing workload.

“Noah-dono, I have something to ask of you……”

“Hilde……do you want me to do any more work for you……? Haah……?”

Piles of documents that needed approval were stacked on my desk!

The other day, the Demon Lord and the demon tribe joined our ranks.

The more people we have, the more things we’ll need.

Buildings, food, and much more…

The small miscellaneous affairs are taken care of by my excellent secretary, my fiancée Sarah and my fanatic Lista, who is surprisingly good at her job.

But I have to be the final judge.

Hence, the mountain of paperwork that accumulates.

“I’m sorry…”

“Damn. So? What’s the matter?”

“Actually, I was hoping you could help me with the miasma.”

“Miasma? What’s that?”

“It’s a poisonous gas that’s spreading throughout the land of the former Demon Kingdom in the depths of the Abyssal Forest.”

Here’s a quick summary of the Demon Lord’s story.

Their territory is polluted with a gas called miasma.

The demons are somewhat resistant to it, but for humans, it’s a completely poisonous gas.

The Carter Territory and the Demon Kingdom have now merged and humans will be coming and going as well.

However, with the miasma enveloping the Demon Kingdom, ordinary people are having trouble getting in.

“Why don’t you just avoid going in there?”

“But if we don’t……there won’t be enough places for the population to live. The miasma isn’t a very good environment for demons either.

“Oh, I see……so the demon tribe wanted a human land that wasn’t covered in miasma.”

I’m totally over this…….

Why is it that troublesome things come in one after another…?

What? Am I cursed?

“You must have done something wrong in your previous life, right? 』

“How rude! In my previous life, I was someone who beat up about 99999 bad guys. Shouldn’t I be considered a hero? 』

“That’s the cause, isn’t it? You’ve got a lot of grudges…..』

Well, anyway.

Miasma…Hmm.

Alright!

“Noah Carter will solve this problem for you!”

“Really! Oh yes! Thank you…Noah-sama! You’re so kind!”

“Why? What’s your true intention? 』

“Use the miasma to make an incompetent move! 』

“You never give up, Noah sama…..I think you should stop doing that……It’s going to backfire anyway.”

“It’s going to be okay! I’ll succeed this time! I’ll be an incompetent lord from now on!　Hahahaha! 』

“Ah, he’s setting a flag again…….”

★

I was riding on the back of a white dragon, flying above the abyssal forest.

This dragon is the true form of the demon goddess Laurie.

I was one year old when I beat up the demon goddess that was sealed in the forbidden book and made it my apprentice.

She seals her power and usually looks like a cat.

This time, I had to go on a long trip, so I broke the seal.

I can fly too, but it’s a hassle.

“To think that even a great demon goddess….is just a gopher, I can’t face my people like this.”

“What? You don’t like it? Then I’ll erase it.”

“Don’t! I love being a gopher! 』

“Good”

“By the way Noah-sama, where are you going now and what are you going to do? 』

I unfold the scroll over Laurie’s back.

It is a map of the entire Demon Kingdom that Demon King Hilde had.

“I heard that the miasma is thickest near the Demon Lord’s castle. I’ll investigate there.”

“Do you want to check it out? 』

“No, I want to expand the damage.”

“Hey…! You said you’d fix it!! 』

“Idiot! If I solve the problem, I’ll be treated like a competent person again!”

All I want is to be looked down upon as incompetent.

To see the look of disappointment from the troublesome people of the territory.

For that reason, success is outrageous.

Failure is what I want.

“The miasma has so far only appeared in the area around the Demon Kingdom. What would happen if we spread it to Carter’s territory?”

“‘No, if you do that…..Carter territory will be an uninhabitable land….No way….”

“Yes! Carter’s territory will become uninhabitable. That means it’s no longer a fiefdom and the lord will no longer be in charge!”

“You’re the worst! You’re an asshole! 』

“What? You have a problem with it? It’s only harmful if you inhale it for a long time, it won’t kill you instantly.”

“But the residents will lose their homes…? 』

“Then they can just go live in another territory and I’ll just retire as a lousy lord who caused more damage….. Isn’t that perfect?”

After a while.

We arrived at the Demon King’s castle.

“Uup … I feel bad….and the air is stale……”

Laurie, now in her white cat form, sits on my shoulder and says.

I look around.

Indeed, it was always filled with purple gas.

“Where’s the source?”

“Um….are you okay Noah-sama?”』

“No problem at all.”

“This guy isn’t human, is he?…. As expected of Noah-sama.”

I explore the area around the castle.

However, I can’t find anything that seems to be the cause.

Like a poisoned swamp or a polluted river.

In fact, the further into the forest I went, the more the miasma seemed to fade away.

“The miasma seems to be thickest around the demon king’s castle.”

“Is there a source in the castle? 』

“Or they’ve got the castle covered so the source can’t be found.”

“I see….there’s something like a miasma pool in the basement of the castle.”

“Exactly. then it’s easy isn’t it?”

THen I use levitation magic.

Standing above the castle.

“Ah, uh….what are you doing? 』

“I’m going to blow up the castle.”

“Huh!? Ah, um…why? 』

“There’s a miasma pool under the castle, right? If we tear it down, all the miasma that’s been building up will come out all at once.”

“Eh….Noah-sama, are you serious? 』

“Of course! What do you think I came this far for!”

“I’m the one who carried you…”

Oh, well.

I’m just trying to achieve my goal.

“So how would you destroy it? Just like you did with the volcanic turtle using fire magic? 』

“I’m not going to do such a troublesome thing. I just have to destroy the building. A finger snap will do the trick.”

“What……? Finger……snapping” 』

I put my right hand in front of me.

Then I snap my finger.

Snap…!

Boom-boom!

“Ehhhhhhh! it really blew away!? 』

“Okay, we’re good to go.”

“What did you do Noah-sama? 』

“What? I snapped my fingers and then I used the natural vibration wave to destroy the building.”

“Vi.. vibration..? I don’t know what you did…but it’s not magic.』

“Well naturally. Normally, you don’t need magic to destroy a building, right?”

“Please learn that Noah-sama’s normal is not normal…..』

Well, at any rate, the castle has now been destroyed.

More miasma than ever will spew out from the miasma pool below.

If left alone, the miasma would spread with the wind and Carter’s territory would become an uninhabitable land.

“Noah wins this time! Let’s go home, Laurie-kun!”

“Huh….? I don’t feel like I’m suffocating anymore…..am I imagining things? 』

★

“As expected of Noah-sama!”

A few days after returning from the Demon Kingdom.

Hilde, the former demon king came to my room with a smile on her face.

“What is it? Hilde.”

“The miasma is gone!”

“What? The miasma is gone? What do you mean?”

“The source of the miasma was the Demon Lord’s castle where I lived!”

After I destroyed the castle…..

Apparently Hilde had taken her men to investigate.

As soon as she entered the country, she noticed that the miasma that had been there before had disappeared.

Fragments of the broken castle revealed that a spell had been placed on the castle.

From this, they found out that the miasma had not been accumulating in the basement of the castle, but that the Demon Lord’s castle itself had been the source of the miasma.

“Wow…! Noah-sama is amazing! You were able to see the true nature of the miasma, which has been unexplained for centuries in one shot!”

“Uh, no…”

“And to destroy the castle built by the First Demon Lord in an instant! It’s amazing!”

“Uh, um…..”

Hilde says, sobbing and kneeling down.

“The destruction of the castle of the demon tribe, our symbol, was also an expression of your intention to break free from the spell of the past and lead the demon tribe from now on! As expected of Noah-sama, you must have had deep thoughts!”

Oh no, the Demon Lord’s trust in me has increased!

Why!?

Why are my moves backfiring one after the other!

“Don’t you think the grudge theory of the previous life is being proven? I think you should be purified Noah-sama.”

How did this happen? Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!