The Abandoned Saint I Picked Up is a Side Character in an Otome Game and Turns Out to Be the World's Strongest Mage. I Plan to Rescue the Heroine Who Couldn't Achieve Her Happy Ending in a Dungeon. - Chapter 14

We arrived at the royal capital.

No, rather than simply saying we arrived, it would be more accurate to say we stormed all the way to the royal castle.

“We’re coming in!”

“C-Captain Christiana!? We heard you were missing, but you’re safe—”

“Hah!”

“Ugh!?”

Christiana punched the soldier who had rushed over to her, sending him flying and knocking him unconscious.

“As expected of the royal castle, the security is tight.”

“Wait, wasn’t that soldier just genuinely concerned about you?”

“Don’t sweat the small stuff, Endo. Come on, Ariel, you too!”

Ariel and I followed Christiana as she marched into the royal castle.

Thinking about it calmly, this situation is absurd. A mage—typically branded as a villain—is brazenly breaking into one of the nation’s most important buildings.

Soldiers began pouring out from all directions.

“I-It’s an enemy attack!”

“Captain Christiana has lost her mind!”

“Call for reinforcements! We can’t stop Lady Christiana ourselves!”

“Reinforcements won’t make a difference! That’s the War God we’re dealing with!”

“It’s impossible! Run for your lives!”

Apparently, Christiana was so terrifying that the soldiers’ knees were visibly shaking.

Unbothered by their fear, Christiana marched straight toward what was likely the grand hall where the king resided.

Stopping in front of the grand hall, she kicked the doors open with full force.

“We’re barging in, Your Majesty!”

“W-What is the meaning of this!?”

It seemed a meeting was in progress.

Several middle-aged men who appeared to be ministers were gathered, and sitting on a luxurious chair at the far end was an elderly man, who raised his voice in alarm.

“C-Christiana! We heard you were abducted by a mage! Are you unharmed?”

At some point, it seemed I had been labeled as the one who abducted Christiana.

Well, I suppose that wasn’t entirely incorrect.

Setting that aside, Christiana grabbed the collar of the elderly man, presumably the king, and looked ready to strike him.

“More importantly, Your Majesty! Let me punch you—just once!”

“W-Wait! What are you doing all of a sudden!?”

“I heard everything from Ariel! You summoned a child who had just lost her parents under royal decree because she awakened to Light Magic. Then, after forcing her into the academy, you abandoned her!”

“!?”

At that moment, the king seemed to notice Ariel and me standing behind Christiana.

His gaze lingered on me, and his face twisted in rage.

“Y-You! Are you the mage from the rumors!? Did you capture Christiana and brainwash her with some kind of forbidden magic!?”

“What should I do? Should I shoot him?”

“If you kill the king, you’ll literally be hunted by this country for the rest of your life.”

“If it comes to that, we can just escape to another country. Problem solved.”

“…Fair point.”

With that, I calmly conjured a revolver and pressed it firmly against the king’s forehead.

“H-Hiiiii!?”

“So, Christiana, what’s the plan now? You’ve stormed the royal castle—what comes next?”

“Isn’t it obvious? First, we’ll make him apologize. Then… um… after that…”

Christiana trailed off, clearly uncertain.

As I suspected, she hadn’t thought this through beyond the confrontation.

“Alright, let’s start with the apology, then. First, he needs to apologize to my woman—Ariel. Oh, and let’s include the fact that his son used the royal shadow division to try to kill her.”

As I said this, the king’s expression visibly faltered.

Could it be that the king, of all people, wasn’t aware of the crown prince’s activities?

At that moment, something flew through the air—a chunk of ice, likely created by magic, hurtling straight toward us from the hall’s entrance.

Christiana and I instinctively shoved the king aside and dodged the attack.

When we turned toward the source, a familiar figure stood in the doorway.

“Step away from Father, you scoundrels!”

“Oh! Angelica!”

It was a beautiful girl with silver hair tied into twin tails.

Anyone who had played Under the Shining Starry Sky would instantly recognize her.

Her name was Angelica.

She was the half-sister of the crown prince, Roland, and a key character in the story. A classic tsundere, Angelica was fiercely loyal to her brother—to the point of harboring romantic feelings for him, despite their familial bond.

When playing Roland’s route, she often clashed with Ariel, serving as a classic villainess rival.

Her figure wasn’t as full as Ariel’s or Christiana’s, but by general standards, she was still quite well-endowed.

Though not as rare as Light Magic, Angelica was a skilled user of Ice Magic—a versatile and powerful element known for its strong offensive and defensive capabilities.

Honestly, I wasn’t keen on facing her in a fight.

As I was trying to figure out how to handle Angelica, Christiana suddenly spoke up.

“This is perfect! Endo, let’s abduct Lady Angelica!”

“…Huh? Wait, what? Why!?”

“Lady Angelica is the most reasonable person here! Come on! Quickly, open a door to the dungeon!”

“Uh, okay… got it.”

My brain couldn’t quite keep up, so I did as I was told. Using the Anywhere Key, I conjured a door that led directly to a dungeon.

Taking advantage of the moment, Christiana knocked Angelica unconscious with a precise chop to the neck and hoisted her onto her back.

And just like that, we ended up abducting a princess of the kingdom.