Chapter 6
I stared at the magic sword .
After listening to my brother Henry and bringing this thing to its knees, it started to feel more comfortable in my hand, if it was my imagination .
Then another thought came to mind .
“What are you thinking about?”
“I’ve given in to it now, so I thought I’d carry it around with me . ”
“I see . But that’s hard to do . It’s great that you held that thing down as a demon sword, but it’s physically too big . It’s too long to carry it on your back, let alone lower it to your waist . ”
” Yeah . ”
“Well, wait a few more years . His Majesty and all your other brothers are tall, and you’ll grow up soon . ”
“I suppose . ”
But I’m not ready to give up .
That’s how well the leviathan blends in after swinging it .
It was then .
– .
A voice echoed in my brain .
I could hear something, it wasn’t human language, but strangely enough, I could understand the “meaning” of it .
“What’s the matter, you look so funny,”
“Excuse me, brother . ”
I didn’t know what the outcome of the process would be, so I declined to say a word to Brother Henry .
Then I tightened my grip on the leviathan and closed my eyes and concentrated on my thoughts .
The form I desire, as well as the form it desires .
“Mmm,”
Brother Henry grunts .
I open my eyes and look at the leviathan in my hand .
The magic sword had shrunk .
The Leviathan, which was the size of a large sword to my six year old me earlier, shrank in its form, shrinking into a child-sized but a good looking long sword .
“Yeah . ”
I squeezed it again and again to check the feel .
The fit is still the same – or even better than before .
I brought it to my waist to try it out, it’s just the right length .
After checking it all over, I looked up and said to brother Henry .
“I’ll be able to take this with me . ”‘
“… . ”
“Brother?”
For some reason, my brother was flabbergasted, I tilted my head and looked into his face from below .
“Oh no, I wasn’t expecting that . ”
“You didn’t expect that?”
“It was you, Noah, who changed the size of that magic sword, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, I did . ”
“This is unheard of . It’s been 200 years since it was isolated as a national treasure, and there are records of it in existence, but nothing like this has ever happened before . It’s just amazing – I just want to take my hat off to you . ”
“It’s because this guy suggested it . ”
“I see . ”
Brother Henry smiled .
“So you’re saying you’ve tamed the mad dog that much . ”
“Yes, it willing to understand . ”
My brother looked at me with increasingly impressed eyes .
At any rate, I can now equip the Leviathan .
From now on, I thought, I’ll carry it with me .
The sun was setting and I left the room to see my brother off as he was leaving .
The maid in the reception room came in and first bowed to brother Henry and then reported to me .
“Master, I have an invitation from the 3rd Vizier .
“Invitation?”
“Yes, he’ s hosting a banquet at his home tonight, and would like you to come . “
The maid said and held out the 3rd Vizier’s card and invitation .
I did not accept it, at a time like this nobles do not read the contents with their own hands .
I ask the maid, as a nobleman would .
“What time is it?”
“He said you’re welcome to come by anytime . ”
“Okay . ”
I’ve been able to roughly read between the lines in these situations for six years since my reincarnation .
That means I’m the guest of honor today, and the start time is the time I arrived .
The invitation is that far, and the other party is the Third Vizier .
As expected, I couldn’t say no to him .
“How about you, brother?”
“I refrain . I don’t like the noise . ”
“Is that so . I understand . ”
Then I’ll go alone .
I simply ordered the maid to prepare and went out with her to see brother Henry off .
I walked side by side with my brother as he climbed into the carriage and walked out of the house .
“Hmm?”
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” Is there a problem, brother?”
“Look there . ”
I followed my brother’s gaze as he looked out from inside the carriage .
Just ahead of him, he saw several men on their knees .
Ah, those debt collectors as an example .
“I see . ”
I nodded just so, and removed my gaze to look away from them, to see my brother off .
My brother, who was not involved in the matter in the first place, also removed his gaze from them .
Then .
”I can’t take it anymore dammit! Don’t be so cocky!
One of the guys who was on his knees stood up suddenly .
He stood up and glared at me .
His shoulders were covered in bandages, a familiar face .
He’s the guy who was collecting from Alice .
” You little–“
“… . ”
The guy tried to grab at me, and tried to jump at me until he was overpowered by his friends, but he was suddenly weak and slumped down with a stunned look on his face .
His companions grabbed him from behind, pushing his head to the ground and bringing him back to a kneeling position once again .
“What did you do?”
Brother Henry asked, guessing that I had done that last minute slump, too .
“Well, Pardon me,”
I didn’t say a word to him, but I did the same thing to my brother that I did to the man .
An intimidation that only partly unleashed Leviathan’s power, and that’s how I managed to make that man go slump .
Of course, the one I directed at my brother was far weaker than that .
Brother seemed to understand that as well .
“That’s…amazing how well you’re able to use it . ”
He was more impressed than when I had first succumbed down the demon sword .
Riding in the carriage, we were swayed for a few minutes .
Halfway across the imperial capital, we arrived at our destination mansion .
The carriage bore the thirteenth prince’s crest, so there was no mistreatment by anyone, but rather, we were welcomed enough to be able to see it from inside the carriage .
When the carriage stopped and I jumped down, the doors of the mansion were fully open and an old man was standing in front of it .
He was a rather dandy first-timer, not my cup of tea, with a beard trimmed in the current fashion .
The 3rd Vizier, Jean-Brad Reydouk .
He comes from a distinguished and venerable family with two names .
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Reydouk waited to see if I’d landed well before he approached me with his big stride, kneeling in front of me and bowing .
“Welcome, Your Highness Noah,”
“Thanks for having me . Looks like it’s a pleasant evening, doesn’t it?”
“I’ll do my best to entertain you, sir . Please, come in . ”
Reydouk stood up and, despite being the vizier, followed a step behind me like a servant .
He walked out with me in the lead and entered the mansion .
I continued down the path made up of a procession of servants and stood in front of the door of the party room, which was a part of every mansion like this one .
Reydouk looked around, and the servants opened the heavy-looking doors to the left and right – and then .
A whirlwind of applause erupted .
Roughly hundreds of people, men and women in formal attire and dresses, were gathered in the party room .
All of them are clapping at me .
I was a little surprised, but I soon realized it was Raydouk’s cue .
This is the way they formulate the idea of welcoming me, well, like a preemptive punch .
Well, but I don’t feel bad about it .
I follow Reydouk down the flowery path of applause .
“That’s His Highness the Thirteenth . ”
” Such an interesting person at such a young age . ”
“Not only is he not afraid of the occasion, he is at ease and undisturbed . That’s His Majesty’s son, indeed . ”
We made our way through the voices coming from all over the place .
As we advanced to the center, they all swarmed in .
Not in a disorderly fashion, though .
The party was hosted by the Third Vizier, and the guest of honor was me, the Thirteenth Prince, and all of the guests were of the upper class .
That’s why there seems to be a hierarchy and the order in which they address me has been decided in advance .
Even though they look like a bunch of people, they speak to me in a very orderly manner .
“By the way, Your Highness . As for your waistcoat… . you didn’t have it on when we last met . ”
After the greetings from one of them, and before the next one could speak, Reydouk asked .
“This, yes, this was given to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince . It’s called Leviathan . ”
A moment later, they all gulp in unison and then start buzzing .
Probably all of them are wondering, and hence the buzzing .
As if to represent everyone’s doubts, the host, Reydouk, asks further .
“When you say Leviathan, you mean?”
“Yes, that . ”
I responded with only a hint of affirmation, since everyone here was surprised to hear that .
“Oh, I didn’t think it was going to be that–the national treasure . ”
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As I thought, Reydouk knew about the Demon Sword .
“And it came straight from the Crown Prince . ”
“As I recall, His Highness the Thirteenth’s estate is in Almeria . ”
“Ooh, I see, it’s a connection!”
The voices around me were of one color, so even the sudden mumbling of something different was noticeable .
“Heh, such a toy . It’s a fake anyway . ”
He may have felt that he only mumbled a little, but in that instant, the place fell silent as if it had been struck by water .
All of us at once turned our attention to the person who spoke .
It was a young man in his early twenties, dressed in formal wear .
The young man flinched for a moment, but as if he could no longer back down, he made an annoying smile while his face was drawn up .
Hm, what should I do– .
Instantly, the air in the place changed even more .
All of them turned pale in unison .
The women in dresses even slumped down .
They all reacted as if they had seen something terrible .
” Wait . ”
I muttered softly .
Maybe “sit” would have been more fitting, but I figured “wait” would be fine .
Then the air relaxed .
The Leviathan was pissed .
The mad dog that had become a loyal dog, once again turned into a mad dog .
Thus, he reacted violently to the insult to his Lord .
The killing intent unleashed by the demon sword Leviathan, which overwhelmed those around it just by being present, overwhelmed everyone here .
That was fine, but it could be called overkill .
Many of them were relieved to be free of the killing intent, but many of them were still pale .
That’s how much killing energy was released by Leviathan .
Just as I was wondering what to do, Reydouk sent out a ship of help .
“Oh my goodness, that’s quite a feat, Your Highness . ”
” Huh?”
“For a moment now, all of us here must have felt the same thing, ‘death’ . That’s the power of a national treasure . And it was,”
He turned to the others but held his hand out to me in an act of introduction .
“It is the greatness of Your Highness the Thirteenth, that you are capable of using such overwhelming power . ”
A forceful summary, but it was effective .
The response was heartfelt because of the death they faced .
The applause was even louder than when I entered, and everyone praised me for taming the demon sword .
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