Volume 2 of “Incompetent Rascal Prince Wants to Survive” is out on August 9th!
Please be sure to check out the afterword as well!!!
Hello, this is Harold.
I am currently trembling in the very center of the Colosseum. I want to go home.
Or rather.
“UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
“Kill him!”
“I bet on you lasting three minutes! Don’t get taken down right away!”
The jeers, disguised as cheers from the audience, are tremendous.
My true self is an introverted loner, so fighting in front of such a large crowd is something I really hate.
The duel with Wilfred was in a similar environment, but Sandra and the others were there at that time, Lord Drake was the judge, and half of the audience were nobles, so they were much more refined. It’s completely different.
“Haa… this is a complete away game, isn’t it?”
I look up at the sky blankly and can’t help but sigh. I want to run away. I want to shut myself in.
When I find the culprit, I’m definitely going to make them suffer.
“Even so, just who is the woman who threw me into a place like this?”
As I’m thinking about such things to escape from the current situation.
“UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
An especially loud cheer rises, and the gate on the opposite side opens.
Appearing is a muscular man with a Two-Handed Sword in his right hand and a circular shield called a Buckler in his left.
That’s a mob enemy that appeared in “EnHaza,” isn’t it?
I never imagined he’d be working as a gladiator in a place like this.
By the way, I’ve been given a sword and shield as well.
Unfortunately, because I’m the weak Harold, I can only hold a small shield that’s less than half the size of the Jet-Black Shield Caspary. I hate my powerless Harold self.
“Then, begin!”
“Wait, what!?”
The referee, who appeared out of nowhere, started the match without permission.
Wait, wait, wait. I’m not mentally prepared yet… what!?
“Nuooooooryaaaaaaaahhhhh!”
“Whoa!?”
Swinging his large sword, the man slams it down at me.
I hurriedly block with my shield, but I stagger because I wasn’t in a stance to counter.
“Gwahahahahahahaha! Die!”
The man swings his sword down at my wide-open neck.
I.
“Tch!?”
“I won’t go down that easily!”
I almost panicked for a moment, but facing an absolutely desperate pinch, I became calm instead, and deflected the man’s sword.
In the first place, I can block 90% of Sandra’s sword attacks. Even if it’s not the Jet-Black Shield Caspary, I can completely shut out attacks from mob enemies like this.
“What’s wrong? Weren’t you going to kill me?”
“Tch! Don’t get cocky!”
Provoked by me, the man’s face flushes with anger as he attacks.
However, because he’s lost his composure, his attacks are simple. I could dodge them even with my eyes closed… that’s a lie, I exaggerated.
In any case, I can keep fighting like this. However, there’s no way I can defeat him.
“Damn it! What’s going on!”
The man swings his sword repeatedly, but it’s all blocked by my shield, and he can’t even graze me.
That only irritates the man even more, and it’s now less than a child’s play sword fight.
“…………………”
More than thirty minutes have already passed since the start of the match, and more than half of the spectators who were jeering at the beginning have left, and those who remain are watching in silence.
Well, that’s right. It would be strange if they didn’t notice this bizarre situation, aside from the guys who got bored and left.
From the spectators’ point of view, they might think that I’m toying with my opponent, who has overwhelmingly inferior skills, but because I’m the physically weakest Harold, attacking is meaningless. How sad.
And then.
“Th-this…!”
The man finally runs out of strength, sweats profusely, and collapses to his knees on the spot.
“Th-this is…”
The referee, at a loss for what to do, looks towards a corner at the top of the Colosseum… probably something like a VIP room.
Then a fat middle-aged man appears and gives a thumbs up.
“This match is a draw!”
Seeing that, the referee, with a relieved expression, declares the end of the match.
It seems that was a signal of approval.
“Now, get out of here quickly!”
“…………………”
There are many things I want to say back, but I don’t want to do anything reckless and suffer. I obediently comply, pass through the door that appeared, and return to the cell I was in.
“Hehe! There’s no way you could beat my partner!”
Caz jumps out of my pocket energetically and puffs out her chest.
That’s right!… is what I want to say, but.
“No… it was pretty close.”
“Hal…?”
The tension and fear of death in the Colosseum now come crashing down on me.
Blocking all of the opponent’s attacks resulted in the best possible outcome, but one wrong move and I would have been killed, or I would have taken the opponent’s life.
That’s right… there’s no one to help me now, and I can’t even use my only advantage, my SP.
“Hal…”
I forcefully suppress and endure the trembling of my body that has begun to appear now.
My partner puts her front paws on me and comforts me forever.
Thank you for reading!
To commemorate the release of Volume 2, we will be updating the sequel to the completed story every day!
Volume 1 was just released last month, but
Volume 2 of “Incompetent Rascal Prince Wants to Survive” will be released on August 9th from GA Bunko!
Readers who have not yet purchased Volume 1 also have the chance to read both books at once!
If you see it in a bookstore, please pick it up!
Finally, a direct confrontation with Wilfred!
The “Title” event with Caz and the Lisette route have also been greatly revised to be well worth reading!
I think everyone who has read the web version will surely enjoy it!
Also,
– Animate and Melonbooks have bonus short stories.
– Melonbooks has a B2 tapestry by Yuzuki-sensei as a paid bonus.
– Amazon has a linked short story for Volumes 1 and 2.
And even more! On the back of the book cover, there is a QR code for a special short story epilogue that you can never read on the web version!
It’s a must-see to find out what kind of fate Sandra met in the original scenario of “Engage Hazard”!
I know I’m being persistent, but Volume 2 of “Incompetent Rascal Prince Wants to Survive” will be released on August 9th!
You can go to Amazon’s page from the link below!
Please… please buy it!!!
Thank you very much!!! Please!!!