Chapter 165
< Evade the Hero and Flee! 165 #19. Life is a continuous escape (6)>
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Hmm
Spreading rumours around proved to be so simple.
The princess was already called the most beautiful woman in the north, after all! And our dear hero had rescued her from the clutches of an evil dragon!
This story was already burning vigorously without
doing anything to it. But not only did I pour extra fuel on it, I even fanned the flas too, so how could it not burn like crazy?
And on top of that, I joined hands with said princess and began pressuring the nobles politically, too.
We secretly uncovered their corrupted ways, made them shut their traps and turned them into our allies.
This was the technique the Imperial Princess employed to periodically rob the imperial court clean, which was basically a den of devils as far as I was concerned.
All those nobles, panicking grandly after failing to figure out how they were robbed! The technique of gradually stripping those nobles down to their undies was so stupendous that even the prince, helping us out at the Ice Cream Princesss request, was freaking out!
She thanked
for teaching a high-level technique and even rewarded
with a rather fat bonus on top, as well.
Once the high-ranked nobles got robbed blind one by one, causing them to shut their mouths, it didnt take the lower-ranked nobles that long to figure out that sothing was wrong, prompting them to shut their mouths as well.
The princess, satisfied by the willing silence of the nobles, borrowed the mouth of the royal court and began to whisper certain things.
-Touch my hero, and I shall kill you all.
Uwaah. Damn scary
I had experienced similar things many tis in the past but the Ice Cream Princesss threat was still powerful enough to make
shudder nonetheless.
But her threat proved to be super-effective in the end!
Nobles seed to be shocked by another side to their previously gentle and reserved princess and nodded their heads in obedience.
After capturing the minds of commoners outside the castle walls and then manipulating the nobles of the royal court to her whims, she began enticing the bards to her side next.
Those bards added even more sweetness to the tale before spreading it around, and in the end, it even reached the ears of neighbouring kingdoms as well.
Just as they were beginning to get accepted as the norths official couple, the princess followed my plan and coaxed the hero into entering the high society. In the anti, I worked hard to create rumours and spread them around.
One week passed by like that, then another week. By then, the rumours had morphed so much that they said the couple had already perford the engagent ceremony.
Well, then. Your Highness, its ti to gradually close the net.
Yes, Sir Naruan. I feel confident of our chances. The princess nodded at my suggestion, a confident smile floating up on her face.
As that boys teacher, allow
to give you this advice. Hes very adept at escaping, so you must cast a solid encirclent first before moving out to conquer him.
Although what we have in place seems adequate enough You are Sir Heros teacher and the Great Sage, so I shall take what you said to my heart, Sir Naruan.
Why, thank you.
I was still not used to the nickna of Great Sage, but for the sake of my plan, I was prepared to endure any other titles, including the likes of Great Warrior or even Great Demon King.
Well, then. I shall head out, sir!
May the fortune in war be with you, Your Highness!
The princess left the eting room looking a bit tense. While watching her leave, my heart began racing in anticipation, wondering how my plan would pan out. I patiently waited, and then
Sir Naruan!
About three hours later
Seeing the princess rushing up to
while calling out in a high-pitched voice made
realise that my plan was successful.
How did it go, Your Highness?
I did it, sir! I feigned falling over, and Sir Hero caught
on ti. But I still fell to the floor and made it seem like Sir Hero had pounced on top of . And a lady-in-waiting co-in-cidentally walked in on us at that very mont!
Although so of those words seed a bit excessive when coming from a princess of a kingdom, this was still all a part of my plan.
While nodding, I revealed how satisfied I was with this outco. Perfect, Your Highness.
Yes, it is perfect!
The rumours had spread within the kingdom in such a way that only the hero and his party mbers were oblivious of the situation. And after tossing in such a massive bait, various fish were bound to show up sooner rather than later.
Of course, we were talking about the information network of maids and ladies-in-waiting here! Which was even faster than the empires intelligence bureau when transmitting information! Apparently.
Of course, this information network could be rather destructive, too. Thats because, when a story gets passed from one person to another in the network, itd gain a new aspect, a new flesh.
When the first witness starts the rumour by saying, So and so were holding hands~, those words would eventually morph into, So and so were already married and even have a child together~ by the ti it ca around back to the first witness. Thats how destructive this network was.
But then again, you could say that relying on it was the best decision to make in our current situation!
In that case, let us move on to the next stage of the plan, Your Highness.
Yes, lets!
The princess was already heavily relying on
thanks to my blinding achievents. Thats why she paid close attention to my advice and continued to carry out the plan.
And in the end
Im sorry? Instructor, what do you an by engagent?
But, my disciple? The rumour has spread to all corners of the kingdom by now.
I stepped up personally to land the checkmate.
What are you even talking about, instructor?!
Uh-huh could it be that youre trying to back out of it?
I almost laughed out loud at the flustered face of the hero, but my poker face with the proficiency level at MAX didnt allow that to happen.
But instructor, I never stepped forward in the first place, so how can I back out of whatever this is?!
Sure, you never stepped forward by yourself. Its more like you walked completely unawares into where the trap was, after all.
But to think that you still havent figured out that sothing was up by now!
It wasnt the cold northerly winds that caused the lonely wanderer to remove their coat but the warmth of the suns rays. And in that spirit, it wasnt the mighty strength that finished a hero off, but all the politicking behind the scenes of soothing peace!
Answer yes or no from now on, my disciple.
What are you even?
Have you ever pounced on the princess or not?
Eh?
Is that a yes I hear?
N-no, of course not! Thats not it and what really happened was
Answer only with a yes or no.
The hero stared back at
with a frustrated expression but eventually turned his head slightly away and whispered, Yes
Have you seen the princesss underwear?
T-that was only because she dropped her teacup, and it reflected so white clothes!
That sounded about right. I deliberately had the princess wear so type of see-through clothing, after all.
Just answer with a yes or no, disciple. No, wait. Youve already answered with a yes in this case.
I-instructor!
Only the two of us in the sa room could beco rather dicey for him, so the hero had made sure to bring his party mbers and my daughter to the eting, too. But now
Sir Hero
It cant be. You
Dear Shuttle-gun the Saint began staring at the hero with eyes of pity while Selena the Elf was looking at him with eyes reserved for glaring at utter human trash.
Dad, that uncle was a pervert after all?
It seems that way, my child!
N-no, I am not!
The hero reacted like a wrongly accused man, but since both of those events did happen for real, he had no excuses to speak of.
There had been many other events similar in nature to those two, after all.
Youve done all these things, yet you dont wish to take responsibility?
But they were just coincidences, instructor!
A series of coincidences can only an its fate, right? Before all that, however. This matter has already been reported to the royal family, the nobles and even the commoners of this kingdom. Trying to brush it all aside under the pretext of coincidence will cause much too great of a disturbance. Are you trying to prevent the still-young princess from ever getting married?
And so are you trying to say that I should take responsibility and marry the princess, instructor?
As a man, yes, you should.
-Wow, I never expected my master to utter those words out in his life!
-Shut up! My own marriage is veeery important, but this guys marriage isnt! As long this idiot gets married, Ill be happy. And the princess will be, too! Everyone will be happy!
-But master, I think world peace wont be a pipe dream anymore if you get married
-Dont you know that the world is supposed to grow up and mature through bloodshed?
-Wheres your humanity, master
Since ancient tis, my motto always had been, Instead of us, let it be you; instead of you, let it be .
As such If sacrificing one annoying hero was enough to ensure my and my daughters peaceful life, I wouldnt even hesitate to throw ten more heroes under the bus!
But, but, shouldnt the princess also want for the marriage to happen? The hero spoke up with an expression of a man clutching at the final lifeline, but then
Yes, Im happy with it.
But then, he realised that the lifeline had already rotted away to the core after seeing the princess entering the room at the perfect timing.
Y-Your Highness?
Im happy with it, Sir Hero.
She repeated herself to shut down the hero trying to say sothing. She already expressed her consent twice, so saying sothing at this point would effectively constitute publicly rejecting her.
Sir Hero, do you not find
agreeable?
Im sorry? N-no, of course not. But
The princess began tearing up, causing the air in the room to get a little colder.
The Elf and my daughter began whispering, Human trash and I knew it, hes a bad person while leering at the hero.
In that case, isnt it fine, sir?
I was the one who ca up with this plan, but it was the princess who agreed to it and diligently carried it out in the first place. But the hero had no idea about that.
The mont he got drunk with the luxurious comfort on offer and started lazily rolling around on a bed! It was the sa as his defeat being written on stone! And he still hadnt figured that out yet. How disappointing, oh Sir Hero!
It, its just that, things are progressing too quickly
Thats why Ive already spoken to my father that we should start with engagent first, Sir Hero.
T-to His Majesty the king, already?!
Well, it was my father who brought up the topic of marriage first, you see.
The hero kept saying this and that, trying to find a way out but, judging from the look on his face, it seed that he finally recognised the noose gradually tightening around his neck.
He clamped his mouth shut, his eyes urgently darting around. He probably wanted to flee from this place as soon as possible.
-Too bad, only my master is capable of doing sothing like that, though!
-Hmm. Well, I certainly am confident of escaping from a castle like this one!
I had already prepared an escape route in case sothing unexpected happened. But unlike , the hero wasnt used to situations like this and as a result, his response looked amateurish.
Since ti immorial, a hero as an existence could transform overnight. Thats why I should eliminate one while his response still remained amateurish!
As your teacher, Im quite gutted by the fact that you are acting so irresponsibly like this.
It was right at that mont that the hero shot
a glare with an expression saying, What the f*ck are you saying, dude?! Morals! Where did you abandon your damn morals!
However, I chose to ignore him altogether.
Your Highness. Please give
so ti to think it over.
I shall, Sir Hero.
In the end, the hero had to tuck his tail firmly between his legs, then begged the princess to give him ti to think it over. The princess readily consented to his request.
But thats because this hunting ground had been laid out perfectly. She knew that the hero would never escape from here.
Oh, how foolish of you, Sir Hero! Dont you know that the longer you dither about, the worse itd get for you!
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Thats what I was thinking while tasting the sweetness of victory.
Just like a third-rate villain who let his guard down against the hero still hiding a final triumph card!
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Sir Hero, this
Yes, I know. My instructor mustve had a hand in this. And his end goal is to
Currently, everyone except Hill had left the room. He was trying to tell
his opinion regarding this matter, but I had already realised everything by now.
Flee from us.
I agree
Never in a million years would I have imagined that the instructor could cook up a plan like this one. To think that hed entangle
with the princess and prevent
from going after him!
This was a marriage to a princess of a kingdom we were talking about. She should have received training in various disciples from a young age, so she might have so basic combat prowess. Even so, itd be a tall order for her to join the heros adventures.
As such, Id end up remaining in the Neidon Kingdom after marrying the princess like a son-in-law living with his in-laws.
That would definitely prevent
from travelling with the instructor. And hed utilise his particular set of techniques polished to perfection to make an utter fool of the replacent hero and flee.
I was confident about this. Confident that the only hero in this entire world equipped with the necessary tracking skills to locate the instructor was
and
alone.
That only I could successfully chase after my instructor and capture him!
Without , at least one-third of the worlds religious organisations would have co together to monitor my instructor every single day.
Sir Hero, should I try to change Her Highnesss mind?
Nah. Shes already on my instructors side by now.
I couldnt be sure what the instructor said to convince the princess, but judging from her behaviour earlier, she would not be willing to give up on the marriage.
Sure, she was beautiful enough to rank as one of the top beauties I have encountered so far, but
Whenever I was with her, it felt like Should I say that an ominous chill ran down my skin as if I was a frog frozen before a poisonous snake?
There was sothing about her that made
instinctively want to distance myself from her.
A good way to overco this crisis
I bit my lower lip so hard that blood began pooling inside my mouth.
Wasnt this one of No.17s old habits?
Ah!
The mont No.17s face floated up in my mind, I thought up a way to deal with this situation.
Sir Hero, did you think of a way?
Yes, I did. All we gotta do is to run away.
But will that be as easy as it sounds?
Yes, if the most qualified expert in that field helps us!
My instructor was the master of escape. The most dominant nation on the continent, Karuan Empire, threw everything and then so to capture him, yet he still managed to outwit them.
Soone like him would find it very easy to escape the encirclent of a small kingdom like this one.
But will Sir Narual even help us?
Never. But we need to create a situation where he needs to combine forces with us to escape!
The instructor told
sothing this one ti. He said that todays enemy could turn into tomorrows ally and vice versa.
In order to survive, one must know how to properly differentiate enemies from your allies. But one still shouldnt forget the possibilities of enemies becoming your allies or vice versa, he said!
Hill, can you deliver a letter tomorrow? Without anyone finding out, and as quickly as possible, too!
High-ranking priests of our order are still in town, so it should be possible, Sir Hero.
And so, I wrote up a letter and handed it over to Hill.
[To: Mirua.
I found him. I found the instructor.
From: Your classmate, No.1.]
And just like that, I ended up playing my best hand against the instructors best hand.
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