𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞

And so! I was to receive magic control training directly from the Crown Prince himself!

The two of us were in the deserted back of the school building. The Prince, just to be safe, had cast an “invisibility” spell on us. Despite it being a high-level magic, the Prince was amazing, effortlessly casting the spell on both himself and me.

(. . .But, the first thing he said was, “I can’t make progress in finding my bride!”. . .)

Somehow, I got carried away and created an atmosphere of “Prince~! Are you going to help hopeless me?! Thank you~!”. . . But, dealing with my charm magic is just a bonus. . . right?!

“What’s with that look? I sense disrespect towards me.”

“No, it’s nothing! Nothing at all!”

Well, whether it’s a bonus or not, it’s fine. As it is, I have obstacles to leading a normal school life, and even after graduation, to leading a modest, reserved, and steady life. . .

The Prince’s goal is to “find his bride”. To do that, he’s willing to help me control my troublesome charm magic. Yes, it’s good that we both benefit. 

Now, to control my charm magic. . . First, I’m practicing the control of “fire”, a basic magic.

Maintaining the perfect heat so that the water in the pot doesn’t boil over. . . It’s a very mundane training, but it’s incredibly difficult.

I have a lot of magical power. It’s easy to output tremendous firepower without thinking, but this delicate heat adjustment. . . Continuously adjusting while watching the state of the pot is quite tough.

If I lose focus for a moment, the pot boils over in an instant.

And if I panic, the fire intensifies and burns the pot.

“At this rate, who knows when you’ll be able to control your charm magic. . .”

As the Prince shakes his head in exasperation, the contents of his cloak jingle.

Yes, I didn’t know because I hadn’t been close to him, but the Prince makes a jingling sound with every move, thanks to the anti-evil items in his cloak.

I feel like calling him “Jingling Prince” in my head. I won’t call him that. Only in my head.

Ah, that’s right. I try saying what I thought of. 

“How about distributing the royal family’s evil-Banishing Items to everyone at the academy?”

If we do that, the whole school won’t be infatuated with me, and there won’t be any “favoritism”, and the Prince can search for his bride with high spirits. . .

“It’s not as simple as just wearing them. All these accessories are custom-made. They won’t have much effect if worn by anyone other than me.”

That’s a shame. Well, but, indeed, it wouldn’t be a fundamental solution.

I have to do something about my uncontrollable charm magic. . .

Even though I’m receiving training directly from the Prince, I’m still not aware that I’m using charm magic.

――Bang!

“. . .It burst, didn’t it?”

“You’re losing focus, aren’t you? If you were concentrating on adjusting the fire magic, your charm magic output shouldn’t have increased, right?”

“I-I-I-I’m sorry.”

It seems that if I think about other things, it’s immediately noticeable. I’ll be careful, I’ll concentrate.

This Prince, although his attitude is arrogant and his tone is harsh, surprisingly, he’s very good at teaching. 

Today’s training. . . is it already the third day? I don’t think I can master magic control overnight, but His Highness seems to be patient with me.

His Highness, with his long legs crossed, is sitting on a perfectly cut stump behind the school building, casually reading a book. Although he is reading, he seems to be concerned about my condition.

“. . .It seems that you, have too much magic power to handle.”

“Ugh, that might be. . . true.”

In the magic tests, I always released magic that was several times more powerful than the specified power. But, because it was evaluated as [Wow, you can use such powerful magic! Extra 30000 points♡]. . . I didn’t care much.

(. . .But, that overly sweet grading, it’s all because of my charm magic. . .)

That’s why, when I accidentally burned the roof of the school building, I wasn’t scolded.

I bow my head in silence.

――Bang!

His Highness’s Evil-Banishing Item broke again. I shouldn’t have let my mind wander. The pot is burnt. 

“The stronger the magic power, the harder it is to control. It’s not shameful that your magic control is a piece of junk, considering the extraordinary amount of magic power you have.”

“Junk. . .”

“Even though you’re rotten, you’re still attending the Magic Academy. But, the minimum line that others can tolerate is much stricter for you.”

“Even though I’m rotten. . .”

I don’t know if I’m being praised or criticized. . . I feel like he’s saying something grateful. . . but I can’t concentrate.

“If the school’s faculty weren’t so spineless, you would have been better at controlling your magic. Just a little bit of my unreserved guidance, and your magic control has improved dramatically in these three days.”

“Really?”

When I take a step closer, another of His Highness’s Evil-Banishing Items explodes. It seems that it’s no good when I get closer. His Highness frowns, narrowing his striking blue eyes that give a strong and flashy impression.

“I’m sorry. . .”

“About the charm magic that you’re unconsciously deploying all the time. . . the road will be long.” 

His Highness sighs. With a jingling sound, His Highness lightly flips his cloak, raises his eyebrows in a triumphant manner, and smiles at me.

“But a step is a step. You will progress as much as you strive. Your honesty is a virtue. If you keep working hard, you will surely be able to walk on your own power, not with a false evaluation.”

“. . .Your Highness. . .”

After school, the sun had already set. The setting sun was making His Highness glow red. His confident and insolent expression looked very cool.

“Yes, I. . . I’ll do my best!”

When I face His Highness with determination, the Evil-Banishing Items explode one after another. 

・・・

『”𝔄𝔴𝔢𝔟𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰.𝔠𝔬𝔪” – 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔞 𝔠𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢, 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔲𝔩𝔤𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 “𝔡𝔞𝔦𝔩𝔶 𝔲𝔭𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔰” 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔬 “𝔞𝔡𝔳𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰”.』

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