The Incompetent Prince Who Has Been Banished Wants To Hide His Abilities - CH 25

One day.

A letter was sent to the lord’s mansion.

In my room.

“Noah-sama, who is this letter from? 』

“It’s from my sister, Meishen.”

“The sister you sent a letter the other day. The one who married into the empire right?.”

“Yes. Let’s see……. What’s this, she said, ‘I’ll come see you soon’. Arrival date….. is today.”

My sister came all the way from the Empire to see me.

That’s because I sent a help call to my sister the other day.

“It all went to waste in the end though.”

“No…wait, Laurie-kun. This may be…a chance.”

“Chance? 』

“Ah. This letter said she and her husband are coming to Carter territory.”

“Her husband…”

“My sister is married to the emperor’s son, the prince.”

“Hmm….Is the prince coming too? So? 』

“Yeah, let’s kidnap the prince.”

Bwaa…! Laurie blurts out.

“Hey! Kidnapping? What are you talking about! 』

“It’s the usual incompetent move. Listen, what would the parents think if I kidnapped the Emperor’s son?”

“They’d be pissed off, of course. Worst-case scenario, it could be a war…….”

“Yes! Then the emperor’s soldiers will come pouring into Carter’s territory! If they’re successful, the territory will be destroyed! Once the territory is destroyed, there will be no need for a lord!”

“Hey! That’s really bad for the citizens of the territory……”

“They have the Knight Commander Diva, the Mage Commander Liza and the people with boon gifts aren’t going to die so easily.”

“Even so…it’d be a nuisance to your territory …”

“That’s good. It’s okay if Lista and the rest of the people are disgusted by the fact that I’m a stupid lord who senselessly went against the emperor’s prince. Either way, it’s delicious.”

“Wouldn’t it be better if you used some of your wiles for the well-being of your people……? 』

“You idiot! If I do that, I’ll get more respect and I’ll never be able to quit!”

“I feel like you’re already plunging head first into a bottomless pit…….”

“Shut up! Anyway……my policy is now set. I’m going to kidnap my sister’s spouse, the prince!”

★

I went outside the lord’s mansion.

A certain part of Abyss Wood, the Abyssal Forest.

I knew that my sister’s magical power was approaching using magical power sensing.

“Alright, let’s kidnap him ★”

“Noah-sama, you shouldn’t do that. Kidnapping is against humanity, you know. 』

I’m magically levitating in the air.

On my shoulder is Laurie, the white cat.

“No, I’m not going to kidnap and put myself in a bad situation. I’m just doing a little kidnapper imitation.”

“What’s imitation? 』

“I mean, like attacking a carriage and putting the prince to sleep, that kind of thing. I can’t hurt my sister, you know.”

“Huh? Noah-sama, the carriage is coming over here.”

“Oh, you’re here! Let’s see.”

I use my far-sighted magic to look deep into the forest.

A carriage carrying my sister’s magical power was running towards us.

“Target confirmed! Haha, we’re going into operation now!”

“It’s better to abandon the kidnapping plan…right? Noah-sama, aren’t there a lot of people there?”

“Huh? … Certainly”

There’s only one carriage.

But there were several horses surrounding it.

“And the carriage looks kind of rushed, doesn’t it? If you’re carrying the prince and his fiancée, shouldn’t you move more slowly? 』

“You’re right. I don’t know. The horses around the carriage are probably escorts. “

“Escorts…..I wonder〜? 』

“Oh, you’re so annoying. You should just shut up and watch the brilliant performance of this great actor, Noah-sama!”

I move at high speed from the air and land in front of the carriage.

I used wind magic to create a flashy landing.

“”Whoa ahhhh!””

The carriage stopped.

The [escorts] who were around were blown away.

“Who are you…!”

A man who seems to be the leader of the escort asks me.

He’s protecting the prince, probably a knight.

“Aren’t they a bit out of character for knights? …… Maybe they’re not knights at all……”

“I’m Noah Carter! I’m here to take all your important stuff! Ha-ha-ha!”

“Noah-sama is a complete villain …”

The guards flinched when they saw me.

Their equipment is poor and I hardly feel any magical power.

Oh, come on, that’s not very good for a prince’s escort.

“Well, life is precious….What do you want?”

“Oh, I’ll take the Prince ~”

“Something’s not quite right here…….”

While the guards were frightened, the leader shouted angrily.

“Yeah, go to hell, you bastard!”

“If I could. Here, I’m going to snap my fingers.”

Thud…..!

“What!?”

The guards were lying on the ground.

The leader’s mouth was hanging open at the loss of his men.

“What the hell! What did you do!”

“What? I just knocked them out.”

“How did you do that!?”

“I used wind magic to deprive them of oxygen.”

I could have used magic to blow those bastards to smithereens.

But we were in the middle of the forest and behind us was the carriage in which my sister was riding.

I couldn’t hurt her, so I decided to use a humble solution like this.

“I deprived them of oxygen, causing pseudo oxygen deficiency and knocked them out.”

“What a delicate magical operation…and it’s amazing how you did it without chanting.”

“Huh? You don’t usually use the lame word chanting, do you?”

“When has your normal ever been normal? You need to learn a little! 』

Now all that remains is the leader.

Honestly, I could have knocked this guy out too, but I wanted to leave one of them alone.

“What are you doing? Did you lose your mind? 』

“Of course not, it’s a messenger. We have to leave at least one of them behind to inform the Empire that the prince has been kidnapped.”

“Oh, yeah, that’s right …”

The leader is trembling.

“It’s a monster……”

“Hahaha! That’s right, the lord of Carter Territory is a vicious lord! Tell that to your superiors.”

I raise one finger.

The oxygen I just stole is converging on my fingertip.

“Well, come on!”

I converge, releasing the compressed wind.

The leader was blown into the sky by a strong wind.

“Remember me!”

I nodded to myself as I looked at the leader who had turned into a star.

Good, now you can go back to the empire and tell them that the prince has been taken away.

“No, I don’t think he’s going to the Empire…….”

“Huh? I don’t get it. Well, whatever. Now, I’m going to take the prince away.”

I approach the stationary carriage.

I open the carriage.

“Ha-ha! Noah-sama is here! If you want to live, you’d better do as I say!”

Inside was a beautiful woman in a dress…sister Meishen.

And there is one child, shivering in the arms of his older sister.

“Yes? Where’s the prince?”

Then the trembling child looked at me and his eyes lit up.

“Thank you very much, Noah-dono!”

“…………What?”

The child clung to my waist and began to rasp and cry.

“I thought I was doomed….. but Noah-dono saved me… ……”

“Well, uh……sister, what does this mean?”

Sister Meishen’s eyes fluttered.

My sister nodded, as if she understood the situation.

“Noah. Thank you. You saved our lives.”

“Huh? Saved…?”

“We were attacked by a group of bandits on our way here.”

“Ah!!! bandits!?”

“Yes. After all, they were dressed like knights. “

In other words… you mean?

So, I saved the prince who had been attacked by bandits…how can that be?

“Oh, no!”

The prince turns his glittering …… eyes on me.

Oh, I know those eyes.

I know it well …….

It’s the same eyes as Lista and the others…….

“Thank you for saving our lives! After all, Noah-dono is a kind and amazing person, just like Meishen said! You’re the best!”

“Ah, that’s too bad. You’ve supposedly saved the prince. It’s impossible to have a war with this!”

“Ahhh!!!! Why is it always like this!?”