The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 13 [Parts 1 to 3] by Tsunehiko Watanabe

Author:Tsunehiko Watanabe
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2 — The Rite of Age

Several days later, the day had come to send Eric to Capua. Zenjirou had sent a maid home with a letter to give them warning, so while he had no way of checking, the Capuan palace—and Aura specifically—should be aware of the foreign prince’s arrival.

Eric would head to Capua this afternoon. Tomorrow, Zenjirou would set out into the mountains to take the Rite of Age.

The rite meant going out to sea or into the mountains and bringing back prey suitable to prove one’s adulthood. Originally. only the minors taking the rite would go, but nowadays, companions were allowed. However, while they could offer advice, they could not offer assistance. If he relied on their aid, it would be seen as a failure. The biggest “prey” Zenjirou had managed so far would be the beetles or frogs he had caught as a child, so it weighed rather heavily on him.

“Your Majesty,” Freya asked him with concern as they walked to the room where Eric was awaiting them. “Are you sure you do not wish to take Skaji?”

She had offered the warrior she trusted most—both in terms of personality and ability—to accompany him, but Zenjirou had turned her down, saying he would allow Eric to make the choice. Naturally, Natalio had intended to accompany him as well and was considerably against his decision, but Zenjirou’s course had not yet faltered.

Skaji aside, not taking Natalio was an unavoidable decision. The season was still spring, and the mountains Zenjirou were heading into were still completely covered with snow. The temperature dropped considerably during the night as well. While Natalio was overwhelmingly stronger than Zenjirou in terms of fighting ability and stamina, he would quite possibly be nothing more than a burden under those conditions.

Zenjirou had spent his childhood in a place that saw at least decent amounts of snow. He was also a relatively competent skier. At least, in terms of modern high-efficiency skis. He didn’t have the courage to try and ski through the mountains with the narrow strips of wood lathered in wax that this world used. Skaji, an accomplished skier as well, had offered to teach him, and he might even get a taste for this world’s skis someday, but that would not happen now.

“I will be fine. While it might be shallow thinking, I have an idea, at least. It would be better in that respect if I had no absolute allies with me.”

“Did your discussion with my father influence that?” she asked.

The discussion had taken place the day after the decisions about Eric’s trip to Capua and Zenjirou’s Rite of Age had been made. It was a conversation without any outsiders, just the two of them, so he had been away from even his guards and maids. It had mostly concerned a minor request from Gustav and an agreement that when that request was fulfilled, he would accept the concubine proposal.

Zenjirou had been unable to hide his shock at the unexpected acceleration of events, but it was more than he could ask for.

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