chapter 7

The guy who ranted at me naturally lost his place and before I knew it, he was gone from the venue .

All the while, I was being introduced to guest after guest by Raydoke .

Most of them were just, well, insignificant, upper-class people, but there was one pair of men and women who caught my attention .

The man was in his forties and dressed in a very merchant-like manner . In a place like this, it was important to know their status and occupation at a glance .

The woman is about ten years old . She is dressed in a slightly tall, neat and clean dress .

Such a pair of men and women .

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Your Highness . I am Byron Allan . This is my daughter, Cindy . Please allow us to get acquainted . ”

” Yes . Is she your adopted daughter maybe?”

I pointed out, and the merchant who called himself Byron’s face stiffened for a moment .

“Gosh, you were aware of this before?”

“No,”

However, I just “get it” because of my experience from my previous life .

A man in his forties and a girl about ten years old . They don’t look like a father and daughter .

“I can tell by looking at her . ”

“Your highness . For the sake of future reference, perhaps you could explain to me why . ”

Byron was puzzled, but Reydouk was as calm as could be .

He interjected well and connected the conversation .

” Allan, you’re either the second or third generation, right?”

“Yes, indeed . As you stated, your honor . ”

“I suppose . The way you behave makes me feel like you were born into the upper class . And she doesn’t have that in her . ”

My reincarnation was that of the 13th Prince, an upper-class nobleman amongst the nobility, and at the same time, I have memories of my previous life .

I understand how the upper class, who were born into it, and those who were not, carry themselves .

I felt it and pointed it out .

Then the Third Vizier Reydouk smiled pleasantly .

“I see! That’s my highness . I’m impressed by your wisdom . ”

And then I added .

“And besides,”

“I wonder if there are any more . ”

” The girl’s a slave, isn’t she?”

” Ye-Yes . ”

“Wow! You understand that much?”

“Yeah . ”

Those eyes .

A person who has once fallen into slavery has a peculiar questioning look in their eyes .

When I was pointed out perfectly about his daughter, Byron, who was blown away by it, speaks out with a much calmer face than before .

“This girl, I bought her from a slave-trader, but she was different from the other kids and was smart, so I adopted her and taught her a lot of things . ”

” I see . Good, I like that . ”

As soon as I say that, there’s a groan .

I continue on regardless .

” Next time I will invite you to the house . I want to hear more about the girl . ”

” — oh! HAHA, with pleasure!”

Byron bowed his head with great joy, and he drew envious glances all around him .

It was because she was the best little Cinderella at this party, which suited the thirteenth prince’s taste, who was brought by him .

And Byron was clever .

Any more and he would get jealousy, and if he wasn’t good enough, he would displease me .

He whisked away from the center of the circle, taking his daughter with him .

“Prime Minister Reydouk . There’s another reason why I found out that the girl wasn’t his own daughter . ”

” I wonder what that is . ”

” Look,”

I scoffed my chin, and at the same time his daughter, Cindy, turned around with a flash .

“She turned this way . ”

‘I gave a little intimidation just over there, and that’s how she reacted . Ever since the first threat, she’s been protecting Byron with her own body . ”

” Ho-ho . ”

“A girl that young,”

“Yes, I see . A girl of that age would not normally take a stand for her parents . She’s the one to be protected . ”

“That’s what I’m talking about . ”

“From the very beginning, you have been observing it, haven’t you? I’m impressed by the breadth of your perspective, Your Highness . ”

I grinned at Raydoke, who rattled off compliments, and I let him resume the rest of his introductions to the other guests .

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The next day, the 13th Prince’s residence .

After breakfast, I was stretching out in the garden when one of the maids arrived .

A familiar face, a maid by the name of Zoe .

“My lord,”

“Hmm, what?”

“The Third Vizier has sent a token of gratitude . What will you do?”

Zoe said and held out a sealed envelope to me .

The party was a success because I was there yesterday and as thanks for that, please deliver the ten thousand reeks .

This is what it says .

This is another standard of noblemen’s relations .

If you are not explicitly hostile to them, it is normal to receive it .

By the way, not everyone is able to give it to me .

Giving a gift to me, the prince, also requires status and events .

The ones I had yesterday were only Reydouk and Byron .

But Byron doesn’t seem to have a proud disposition .

He won’t be giving me a gift so soon .

I put the letter in an envelope and hand it to Zoe .

“Get it like usual . ”

“Understood!”

Zoe turns around and nods .

There was another servant right in the corner of her eyes, and he moved at Zoe’s gesture .

She must have gone to process the gratuity .

Now, there’s one thing I need to think about .

The magic sword .

Yesterday, I brought the Leviathan to its knees and took control of it .

So I even practically threatened him twice .

That’s fine, but I can’t rely on it forever .

If I’m going to hold the demon sword, I need to be able to wield the sword itself, otherwise it won’t look good .

Now what to do, I was wondering what to do – and then the emotion to communicate something from Leviathan flowed in .

It’s not words, it’s a simple emotion .

The feeling of an excited child .

“…hmmm . ”

“What is it, master?”

Zoe asked from the side .

I swallowed the words, “You’re still here?”

“I came up with something kind of funny,”

” Is it funny?”

“Just watch . ”

I walked off at a stalwart, and Zoe followed me .

We walked for a while, through the gardens that the gardener tends to every day .

Then we stood in front of one large tree .

It’s a pretty big tree, and even though I’m at least six years old now, I can’t get my hands on it to hold it .

Standing in front of that large tree, I pull out my Leviathan and unleash it .

Holding it upright – I swing it down .

“Waaah!”

She cheered .

There is no power, no speed . Those abilities are still at E or F or something like that .

I cut both sides of a large tree diagonally with that level of power .

“Wow! How did you do that, Master? It looked so effortless . ”

“On the contrary, it wasn’t enough for me . ”

With that, I cut the rest of the large tree once more and showed it to her .

A slash with all the force and weight I could muster .

The blade this time got caught in the middle of the large tree .

” Ugh . ”

“You seemed to be putting more effort into it now, but this time seems different, why is that?”

” This is an amateur’s way of cutting . This is the master’s–“

Leviathan remembered the movement of its former owner .

I traced the movement and swung down, and it was another blow with no power or speed, but it slashed the large tree further, cutting it into a circle .

“Wow! Wow! You look like an expert . ”

That’s the kind of move I’m talking about .

Yes, I wanted to be able to use it, and Leviathan told me about the movements of that guy’s former owner .

It’s probably because it’s a demon sword that chooses its owner, but most of its former owners are also capable of doing so .

Leviathan remembered those moves and techniques, and recreated them as it remembered them .

Even if my strength and speed were E or F, I could still be able to do expert-level slashes .

This would make him look good for a while .

And more .

“Heh . ”

” What’s happening this time?”

“You know this . ”

With that, I took out my magic splash and showed it to Zoe .

‘”Yes!’ It’s master’s trump card, isn’t it?”

“Yeah . I heard that Leviathan can do the same thing . Instead of consuming my magic and not draining myself, apparently it can only be used once an hour . ”

“I see . ”

“Let’s do some shooting . ”

Like an excited little rascal, Leviathan’s emotions took hold of me, and I gave it a shot too .

I raised the Leviathan’s blade and tried to shoot at the remaining remains of a large tree .

Just before I did, an instinct kicked in .

I hurriedly pointed the sword barrel downward .

There was a roar, the ground shook as hard as it could and Zoe fell on her butt .

“Owww……eh!”

Zoe, who had fallen on her butt, was surprised enough to scream when she saw what had happened .

I was a little surprised, as well .

A column of water more than five meters thick was released from Leviathan, which was pointed downward in a hurry .

It shot toward the ground and gouged out a large hole five meters in diameter with no visible bottom .

” Amazing………”

Unlike before, Zoe mumbled to herself mid-sentence .