I Became the First Prince: Legend of Sword's Song
chapter-3-1

Prince of Mangani (3)

The message didn’t linger long enough for me to organize my thoughts.

『Power, [Judgment] can be used limitedly.』

“If I had an opponent with a status lower than or similar to me, I could confirm the quality.”

“Hey! Wait a while! What are you!”

And it didn’t answer me.

『Power, [Third Eye] can be used very limitedly.』

『You can see better.』

『Power, [Third Ear] can be used very limitedly.』

『You can hear better.』

“What is this…”

Even after the message disappeared, it stayed in my mind for a long time. I still didn’t understand the outrageous “phenomena”. However, it was not difficult to understand the “results.”

[In … sound… Words… I can’t go in …?]

[… I don’t know his personality… I went … I can’t be safe …]

I could hear the faint whispers of the ladies through the [Third Ears], and I could see the world in sharp detail through the [Third Eyes].

For some reason, the power has been restored. Now it was necessary.

“Haha.”

The good fortune came unexpectedly, and I was quickly excited by the “possibility”.

[… That … Ugh, loss…]

[… Until irresponsible … People who suffered … He can’t sleep …?]

[… I don’t know about it … Ground… bottle… Many people …]

“Ugh.”

I listened to the voices of the ladies outside the door, and I grabbed my head.

“All the mana in the body is exhausted.”

“The use of power is forcibly stopped.”

A quiet message informed me of my condition.

Only then did I understand what the message “very limitedly” meant.

The sense of being a sword that captured everything limitlessly no longer existed. My current ability was to recognize the surroundings in a limited manner literally.

I could overhear the sounds outside the door or enjoy a relatively detailed picture on the wall without going close to it.

But I couldn’t do even that after squeezing out the mana.

“First, let’s grow a mana vessel.”

Considering the change that occurred immediately after making the mana heart, I was sure that if I increased the amount of mana, it would happen again in some way.

Grumble.

But for now, the first thing was to fuel this weak body. I couldn’t stand the hunger and called a maid in.

“Your Majesty?”

“I’m hungry.”

The girl’s eyes flickered to the window. The moon was high up in the sky. It wasn’t a good time to eat something.

“I’ll go get you something.”

Regardless, she followed my command without a word.

“You can have a little bit of dinner.”

It was the first time that Mannani’s life-long habits were welcomed.

* * *

From the next day onwards, I devoted myself to filling my heart with mana. I didn’t give up simply because my qualities were so poor.

I was working all day with mana, but then a visitor came.

“Your Majesty, Your escort sent by His Majesty.”

The guest was a handsome young man. The golden armor and the royal coat of arms on the chest revealed his identity. He was a royal knight of the court knights.

“Where is the person who was in his position before?”

“Everyone has been removed.”

I pursed my lips.

The young men join the Knights of the court with big dreams. They got kicked out of the palace before they could spread their wings because of the dumb owner’s terrible accident.

I thought that he was going to grind his teeth at me.

It was unfortunate for me to be in that country. However, I thought of it as a price to get a new body and bore it.

“If you need anything, please call me.”

The new escort briefly greeted me and rose to leave. He must be a faithful and sincere man.

“Wait.”

I called him up before he left the room and used the power of [Judgment]. He was going to escort me in the future, so I thought it better to know his qualities.

□ Carls Ulrich [Male, 24 years old]

□ Aptitude. [N/A]

□ Characteristics. [N/A]

Unfortunately, the only information I could see was the name and age. This may also be since the power is “limited”.

“Your Majesty, what did you say?”

“No. nothing.”

I made a rough gesture and sent Carls Ulrich out.

Then, as always, I wanted to work on growing a mana vessel, but another guest came.

It was the Queen.

“I ate all the medicines sent by you, mother.”

She was delighted that I did not throw away the concoctions she had prepared.

The door opened, and an old man appeared. He seemed to have been waiting outside.

“Do you know who this is?”

The Queen sighed when I shook my head.

“Do you see? This child became this.”

“I thought that it was a rumor that he lost his memory.”

“So my brother, you must help this child. There is nothing left for this child.”

It was the Queen’s brother.

“You speak as if he is missing something great. It’s not a good past anyway.”

The brother was so outspoken, his tone fierce. I noticed that he did not like me.

“He’s your only nephew.”

“I came here because I couldn’t refuse my sister’s request.”‘

He looked at me and said.

“What I can do is just reduce that weight. Beyond that, I can’t do anything.

The Queen bit her lips. I think she expected as much.

“Even that much is incredible.”

“Don’t forget that now.”

With that, he walked out of the room. He seemed to want nothing to do with me.

“Do not take your uncle’s words to heart.”

There were many things I wanted to say, but I stayed silent. Treating the Queen was still tricky for me.

“Take an effort to change the minds of others.”

Then the Queen rose from her seat, bowed her head, and showed herself out of my room.

Thump-

It was scary when she disappeared, the uncle and a housekeeper opened the door and entered.

“If you want me to treat you like a prince, give up now.”

The face of the uncle was getting closer. It was close enough for me to feel his breath.

“I came to kick my ugly nephew’s butt. I don’t intend to support the prince.”

“Ugh!”

My butt hurt dully as I fell hard. The uncle really kicked my ass.

“From now on, eating, drinking, and breathing will all require my permission.”

When I woke up, I was already at the training ground in the corner of the first royal palace.

“What is going on?”

The uncle laughed. It was a ferocious laugh like a wolf.

“You know what? I’m going to change my mind and teach you a bit of our family’s visionary fencing.”

It would’ve been child’s play in my other life, and the words suggested were really unfair. He was an instructor of a knight and the teacher of the king who founded this country. A bit of fencing? There was no way out.

I could only smile faintly.

“It’s a bit embarrassing to see your fat jiggle.”

Unfortunately, my face was not very well suited to expressing delicate emotions. The outspoken man burst out laughing.

“Your face is so soft.”

Whoa, calm down.

I forcibly calmed my emotions and arranged my thoughts. I also felt the need to train. This bloated body was undoubtedly troublesome. Even if I moved a little, my breath filled up to the end of my chin. The very sound of my breath made me feel bad. Moreover, I sweat so much that no matter how much I changed my clothes, they got drenched quickly.

It wasn’t the only inconvenience that I had to live with. It wasn’t bad to start training my body. The problem was my pride.

Ha, what about that?

I didn’t like the way my uncle looked at me. This wasn’t what I hoped to be.

So I motivated myself.

“Uncle.”

Damn it—that awkward tone. I continued to speak, forcing my words out.

“Let us bet.”

The uncle raised his chin instead of answering.

“Within half a year, you will make me give up.”

“What if you can’t?”

“I will do what the uncle says.”

“Anything?”

“Anything.”

The uncle chuckled. It was the first happy appearance. The problem was that the willingness was due to the intention to beat me.

“Then, if you win?”

“In that case, you must fulfill my wishes.”

The uncle looked politely at my ferocious smile.

“Good. It will be fun. I should have something to enjoy.”

Stride-

I started running. I devoted myself to burning the fat off my whole body.

“Wait.”

I was running in a daze, but the uncle grabbed my wrist.

Energy flowed into my body through my wrist.

I did not resist. Instead, it activated my second heart.

“Are you making mana hearts?”

Laughter flowed.

“I didn’t think that you could have achieved anything. I feel like you made a bet just because you made a mana heart.”

“Some time ago, I managed to make it.”

I said, looking straight at the uncle. I was so excited about what I made.

“Where did you learn how to make mana hearts anyway?”

However, the uncle’s expression was very different from what I expected. He wasn’t surprised by small achievements, and he didn’t worry about the direction of the bet.

He was just staring at me.

“No, before that. I don’t get the point of making mana hearts.”

I felt embarrassed as he seemed reprimanding.

“Look at you. You don’t even know that it was wrong.”

Making mana hearts was something to be celebrated, never to be rebuked. That was what I knew. That was common sense.

“It’s a low-level skill for low-ranking mercenaries.”

A single statement from the uncle utterly degraded me.