The Incompetent Prince Who Has Been Banished Wants To Hide His Abilities - CH 26

Sister Meishen, who married into the empire, has come to the territory with her husband, Prince Garcia, who is five years old.

In my room.

“Noah-sama! Noah-sama! please teach me magic!”

Prince Garcia gets on the desk and looks at me with sparkling eyes.

“Ever since you rescued him from the bandits, he’s been a fanatic of yours.”

“I don’t want any more trouble.”

“Noah-sama! Noah-sama! I want to be a great wizard like you.”

Ah, well….why do I have to go through one hassle after another….

And that was when it happened.

“Noah-sama! We’re in trouble!”

“Oh, Sebas-san……what’s the rush?”

Sebastian, the old butler who recently had a complete change of heart, comes into the room, sweating profusely.

“I have word that bandits are pouring into the territory!”

“Ah, bandits!?”

Sister Meishen, who was in the room, shouted with a blue face.

“But….. Noah drove the bandits away…..”

“It’s probably revenge. They’re leading a large army of bandits towards Carter territory.”

So, the leader of the bandits I blew away is here to return the favor.

Tch……!

I should’ve taken him out.

“What are you going to do, Noah-sama? The prince is here and bandits are attacking us.”

“Mm…..Yeah. Okay, I’ve decided!”

I stand up.

“Sebas-san”

“Ha! It’s time to prepare for war! I’ll call on Knight Commander Diva and Mage Commander Liza immediately…..”

“No, that won’t be necessary.”

“What!? You don’t need them!?”

“Yes…… you all should stay here.”

I put on my cloak… and stood up.

“I’ll go alone.”

“Oh, no! That’s absurd! If you go alone and you die…. that’ll be…”

I smile and say.

“I’ll leave everything else to you Sebas-san…..please take care till I get back.”

“No, Noah-sama ~~~~~~~~~!”

Sebastian cries as he slumps on the spot.

I don’t like the sight of a good old man crying.

“Prince Garcia, you must stay here with my sister. You must never leave the palace.”

“Okay, Noah-sama… Be careful!”

I nodded and left the building alone.

Laurie the white cat followed me from behind.

“So what’s your true intention? 』

“An incompetent move using bandits.”

“You’re a real piece of work! 』

“Of course I am! I want people to think I’m incompetent! I want to retire in comfort!”

The white cat Laurie, pounces on my shoulder.

“What exactly will you do with the bandits? 』

“Let’s go and get caught”

“What!? You’ll get caught!? But you can annihilate the bandits with a snap of your fingers.”

“Of course, you know there’s no way I’m going to be defeated by crap like that…..but what do you think would happen if I got defeated there?”

“Well…..you went there with all that coolness and got beaten…..”

“It’ll be so lame. In other words, Noah-sama, who was so excited was a useless lord who lost to bandits. The people’s trust in me will fall. The prince will also be disappointed.”

“Hmm…I wonder if that’ll happen”

“With my IQ of 500,000, high-performance brain, that’s my calculation.”

“Master Noah’s IQ of 5 is a good place to start…… Oh no, don’t pull on that~~~~! 』*

Well, whatever.

[Noah-sama, you were so cool earlier but got caught by bandits easily ★] Strategy, it’s a decision!

★

I came to Abyss wood, the Abyssal Forest

The presence of the enemy was known through magic sensing.

I determine the enemy’s position while drifting in the air.

“Noah-sama, what are you going to do now? 』

“I’ll just go to the enemy general, beg for my life and tell him ‘I’ll give you my people, but you have to spare me’.”

“Do you play some kind of sport that records the lowest, Noah-sama? 』

“Shut up. But the bandits, all of them have too little magic power to be distinguished from each other….Oh, is this him?”

In the group, there was one with a slightly higher amount of magic power.

I fly towards him.

“Good.”

Squish!

“Squish…? What’s that weird sound I heard…?”

We were in the middle of the forest, surrounded by a group of bandits.

Damn it.

“Huh? What’s going on around here?”

“Noah-sama. Down, down.”

“Down……eh?”

There was some kind of crushed piece of meat under my feet.

What’s this…..?

Oh well.

“Ah, so you’re the bandits? The undesirable bastards that want to invade my territory?”

I smirked.

I’ll have to act the part of a useless lord.

The type of lord who doesn’t know what he’s capable of, but he’s still a hothead.

“” “………” “”

“Good grief…… you dared to attack when I, Noah Carter, was here…..”

I snapped my fingers (for no reason).

I feel like that’s better.

“Don’t think…… You’ll make it out of this place alive……”

So, my scenario is that I try to cut corners here and make a challenge and end up getting beaten.

Phew…..as planned….

What a smooth scenario. I think I could be a first-rate novelist.

「「「「 I’m sorry! 」」」」

“Huh…..? What?!”

“The bandits are disarmed and they’re all on their knees.”

The  white cat sighs above my head.

“I have no intention of going against Noah-sama!”

“Please, not my life! Please don’t kill me!”

The bandits are desperately begging for their lives.

Eh, why!?

I haven’t done anything yet…

“Noah-sama, down, down. You’re stepping on it.”

“What’s with this piece of meat?”

“It’s probably a monster and judging from the amount of residual magic power, it’s a pretty high level monster.”

“What? No way! It’s a monster and it only has a little bit of magic power like that!?”

“It’s been a while since you were here and the level of the monsters have declined…..the amount of magical power has also decreased. Perhaps these bandits hired a monster as their bouncer.”

“And then I killed it easily…..so, what? Could it be….I’ve done it again?”

“Congratulations, you’ve broken the record for the most screw-ups, Noah-sama.”

“Aaahhh! I’m screwed!”

The bandits are trembling.

No, no, no, if my people see me like this, I’ll be……

“”As expected of Noah-sama!””

“Where the heck did you come from!”

Behind me, the fanatic Lista and other armed members of Ain’s village appeared.

“That’s great, Noah-sama! How daring of you to take on those bandits all by yourself!”

Knight Commander Diva applauds with tears in her eyes.

“Phew…… Moreover, you didn’t use force, but words to convert the bandits. You’re a sweet guy………that’s my kinsman. He is a man of great capacity.”

Liza, the Mage Commander, applauded admiringly.

“Not only are you strong, but you also have a compassionate heart! Did you see that, Prince Garcia!?”

Prince Garcia was being carried in Lista’s arms.

“You’re so cool! You’re the best, Noah-sama!”

Ohhhhhh, the people’s fanatism has gone up again, in addition, the prince’s favourability was also raised!

“Noah-sama, you’re very cool.”

“No, no! Why is this happening?”