I Reincarnated as a Mob Villain Prince Who Dies Before the Game Starts ~ In Order to Be Happy with My Favorite Heroine's Younger Sister, I Overcame My Weakest Magic [Dark Blade] with Excessive Effort, and It Became the Strongest Broken Power ~ - Chapter 6: The Prince of Mobs Aims to Become the Strongest Using Game Knowledge to Defeat the Emperor

Chapter 6: The Prince of Mobs Aims to Become the Strongest Using Game Knowledge to Defeat the Emperor

“Understood.”

Saint Germain bowed deeply.

“Then, let me assess Prince Luke’s talents using【Appraisal】.”

Saint Germain held his hand over me and activated the appraisal magic.

Hot magical energy flowed into my body.

This is bad. If this goes on, my status will be exposed to the Emperor…!

When appraisal magic is used, it shows the target’s stats in the game.

Not only the values of each attribute are displayed from F to S, but it also reveals【Magic Aptitude】and【Unique Magic】.

“Wha-what? Magic is zero?【Magic Aptitude】is【Dark Blade】Dark Edge at the SSS rank. The rest are all F…?! And the【Unique Magic】is also【Dark Blade】Dark Edge?!”

Saint Germain blinked in shock.

“【Unique Magic】is【Dark Blade】Dark Edge?”

I couldn’t help but ask back.

There’s no way【Unique Magic】could be the same as a basic magic everyone can use.

【Unique Magic】is a special gift from the gods, only allowed to one person in the world.

The Demon Queen Diana’s【Unique Magic】”The Black Moon That Swallows the Sky” Ginnungagap is a perfect example. It’s a massive and unique magic that symbolizes her character. It’s her trump card.

Those born with【Unique Magic】are called “those loved by the gods,” and they are feared and revered in this world.

“What is this? Explain yourself, Saint Germain.”

Emperor Alvais raised his voice irritably.

“Y-yes. From Prince Luke, no magical power can be sensed at all. Moreover, this extreme bias in【Magic Aptitude】… it seems that【Dark Blade】Dark Edge, a basic magic, performs at its best, but no other magic can be used.”

Huh?

Wait, what’s this…?

Even I was surprised.

“But he has【Unique Magic】, doesn’t he? What kind of effect and performance does it have?”

“Prince Luke’s【Unique Magic】【Dark Blade】Dark Edge seems to be exactly the same as the basic【Dark Blade】Dark Edge.”

“Ridiculous… How could something like that be called a divine gift【Unique Magic】?!”

“Y-yes… I can’t understand this either. This appraisal result is the first in a thousand years, and it’s completely inexplicable.”

Count Saint Germain looked bewildered.

Even with my game knowledge, it didn’t make any sense.

There’s no other example of a character so focused on a single magic.

What’s worse,【Dark Blade】Dark Edge is a magic that manifests a dark blade—an exceptionally rare close-combat-only magic.

In other words, it can’t perform the biggest advantage of magic—long-range attacks.

“Enough. So this means he’s useless?!”

My thoughts were interrupted by the Emperor’s angry voice.

“A magic user who can only fight in close combat is a joke!”

“Please wait, Your Majesty. Luke has an enormous amount of magical power, as evidenced by the many times he’s caused magical power surges.”

My mother stepped forward to defend me.

“Perhaps this is God’s will, that he will become the best user of【Dark Blade】Dark Edge in history?”

“However, the【Appraisal】shows his magic is zero. If he was originally someone with a large amount of magic, this would be impossible.”

I heard this already, but my magic is zero…?

That’s just not right.

Maybe it’s because I overused my magic to the extreme to wield the【Titan’s Sword】Titan’s Sword, draining all my magic from my body.

That’s why my body feels so terribly drained.

“What’s so great about being the best at【Dark Blade】Dark Edge? What value does such a person have?!”

The Emperor yelled and raised his fist toward me.

In an instant, I couldn’t react at all.

“You trash, making me foolishly happy!”

“Stop it!”

“Mother!”

Luna rushed to protect me and hugged me, taking the Emperor’s fist to her back. A horrible sound of her spine creaking echoed.

My entire body was filled with boiling anger.

In my previous life, I saw my father, who used to abuse me and my mother, in Emperor Alvais.

I can never forgive him.

If even a little magic remained, I would have pierced the Emperor with【Dark Blade】Dark Edge.

“You must not oppose your father. He will kill you.”

My mother whispered to me quietly so the Emperor couldn’t hear.

With that, I barely managed to hold back my anger.

If I do something reckless, it would not only affect me but also my mother and Diana.

“I took in a filthy witch as my wife, and my son turns out to be a failure!”

“…I apologize.”

Even while being unjustly insulted, my mother bowed her head.

“However, this child has done nothing wrong. Please forgive him.”

“Hmph!”

This made it clear.

Emperor Alvais, after all, held no love for either me or my mother.

“And what about the daughter…?”

“Don’t bully Brother and Mother!”

Diana punched the Emperor’s foot with small fists. My mother’s face turned pale.

“Diana, stop it!”

“Such a lively little princess!【Appraisal】”

Saint Germain cast appraisal magic, his eyes widening in shock.

“W-what… Magic power is A-class!【Magic Aptitude】is SS for Dark Magic. The rest are all S, except for Light. And even【Unique Magic】!”

“What?! Is that true?!”

Emperor Alvais trembled with excitement.

“Yes, Your Majesty. Princess Diana is undeniably loved by the gods. Her【Unique Magic】”The Black Moon That Swallows the Sky” Ginnungagap seems to absorb all the magic of enemies and convert it into her own power. This is probably how she eliminated the Archdemon.”

“That’s wrong! Brother Luke defeated it with【Dark Blade】Dark Edge!”

“Hahahaha! What an amazing daughter!”

Emperor Alvais lifted Diana in the air.

But there was no affection for his daughter. All he had was a fierce ambition to dominate the continent.

“Diana. Help this Emperor Alvais conquer the continent. That is the reason for your existence, your true value.”

“…If I do that, will you stop bullying Brother and Mother?”

Diana, intimidated by the Emperor’s pressure, asked.

“Of course. If you are useful to me, I will spare your useless brother and mother. Also, anything you want, I’ll give it to you. If there’s something you want, just say it.”

“Then, a magic book!”

“What…?”

The Emperor was taken aback by the unexpected request from a four-year-old girl.

“I want a lot of magic books! Right, Brother Luke?”

Ah, Diana remembered that I wanted to be able to use more magic and wanted magic books.

“…Thank you, Diana.”

Even though I only have an aptitude for【Dark Blade】Dark Edge, I wasn’t pessimistic at all.

【Chris Knights】has a feature called【Fusion Magic】which allows two or more magics to be combined.

This feature becomes available in the later stages of the game, and if you are skilled in Dark Magic, you can fuse the same type of Dark Magic.

The four years I’ve spent working hard are definitely not wasted.

Right now, I can only enlarge and harden the manifested blade, but if I succeed with this, I’ll be able to add more special effects to【Dark Blade】Dark Edge.

More importantly, when I used the【Titan’s Sword】to cut the Archdemon, I felt an indescribable response.

My【Dark Blade】Dark Edge is far too different from the game’s design. I’m sure there’s something unusual about it.

Thinking that made my heart swell with excitement.

“Even though you have no talent, you still want to learn magic, Prince Luke?”

Count Saint Germain looked at me in admiration.

“Even though I have no talent, if I learn magic, I will be of help to Diana. Father, please give us an uncountable number of magic books. I will definitely prove useful to you.”

I hid my true feelings and knelt before Emperor Alvais.

…Now that I think about it, being seen as a useless failure is quite convenient, isn’t it?

Now, they won’t be suspicious of me. The Emperor won’t try to seal my magic with restraints.

And most importantly, it’s easier to protect my mother from assassins if I’m thought of as useless.

“Hmph, fine. Do as you like.”

The Emperor glanced at me disinterestedly.

“But from now on, don’t ever call me ‘Father.’ A failure like you doesn’t deserve to be my son. Know this: I only love true strength.”

“Yes!”

I swore I wouldn’t let him have things his way, Emperor Alvais…!

Filled with determination, I looked up at my father.