THE USELESS PRINCE-Chapter 49: We Win

The entire area was surprisingly quiet, not a sound could be heard, not even the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves or anything else.

Everyone and everything was speechless at this unexpected victory.

Canis, Ash, and Lucian were completely dumbfounded, no one knew how to react.

Everyone was deep in their own thoughts.

This uncomfortable silence only ended when Canis suddenly shouted in joy:

"We won! We won! We won!!!!"

Lucian was startled, pulled back to reality by Dragon Slayer’s piercing scream. But he didn’t feel uncomfortable at all, on the contrary, he smiled gently.

But that smile disappeared almost immediately after.

Unable to contain his current joy, Canis immediately ran towards Ash - one of the people who had contributed the most, and touched his shoulder in respect.

"Prince Ash, we won! We really won! And you were a big help too! Thank you, my Prince! I love you!!!!"

Lucian snorted, perhaps feeling unpleasant that Canis only thanked Ash and not him.

"Prince Ash..." Canis was about to say something but suddenly paused when he realized that something was wrong, and Lucian also noticed the strangeness.

For some reason, even when being shaken and shouted at by Dragon Slayer, Ash did not move at all, but just stood there, staring blankly into space.

"Prince Ash?" Canis carefully walked in front of The Useless Prince, only to see a horrifying sight.

Ash’s body froze like a statue, completely unable to move, and worse, his ears, eye sockets, mouth, and nose were all bleeding non-stop.

His eyes were lifeless, devoid of any emotion.

And then, as if he couldn’t hold on any longer, Ash slowly fell onto the thick, cold snow, staining the place he was lying on with blood and only blood.

***

Opening his eyes again, Ash found himself in a place that looked both familiar and strange.

’What happened? Where am I?’

The last thing he saw was Van’s body disappearing into nothingness, and what happened next...he couldn’t remember.

Ash only knew that after Van was killed by him, a terrible pain suddenly ran through his entire body, and then, he passed out without realizing it.

Ash sat up tiredly, realizing that he was wearing a hospital gown.

And when he looked around, he realized that he was in the same familiar medical room, the same one he had been brought to after defeating Lucian a few days ago.

And what a coincidence, the bed he was lying on was the same one he had used before.

Wait, it seemed like there was no one in this place like the last time he was here. What the hell was going on? How could things be so coincidental?!?!?!

Honestly, he wouldn’t even be surprised if he realized that the blanket and pillow he was using were the same as that day.

’Wait, I guess that is the truth...’ Ash was silent for a moment.

Perhaps it was because he had been lying in bed for too long, or perhaps it was because of the aftereffects of using the Sword of Dawn too much, Ash’s body was still aching slightly and he had no energy left.

It felt as if he had turned into a 90-year-old man.

’...So tired...’

At that moment, the door leading to the infirmary suddenly opened, and Ash thought that just like last time, the one who entered would be Furina.

"Are you awake, my little brother?" Modric slowly closed the door and approached Ash’s hospital bed.

Meanwhile, Ash was stunned by the presence of Modric in this place. He only came back to his senses when the Second Prince sat down right next to him.

"Modric?! What are you doing here!?"

"To visit my little brother, of course? Doesn’t this big brother have the right to do that?" He said with a mysterious smile.

What he said sounded like the truth, but of course, Modric wasn’t someone who would waste time on such nonsense. He definitely had another purpose for coming here.

And there was only one answer Ash could think of.

"You came for the Abyssal Organization, right?"

He glanced at Ash, still keeping that mysterious expression.

"It’s good that you understood things so quickly. Yes, I came here for that Organization, but also partly because I wanted to visit my brother."

"Have you found anything out?"

"...Of course, thanks to you being captured by a member of that Organization, I had sent a lot of soldiers to that house, and fortunately, I also found a map hidden in a corner inside that place." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Is that their main base?"

"That’s a possibility but the percentage is really low. We’ll know the answer soon because I’ve already sent some soldiers there." Modric calmly replied.

"..."

"By the way Ash, as far as I know, it seems like you had fought alongside two other people against a member of the Abyssal Organization, right?"

Ash didn’t even need to hear more to understand Modric "Genius" Voidveil’s intentions.

He wanted the truth about the Abyssal Organization to be kept secret, and only those who were worthy of his trust were allowed to know about them.

Modric believed that revealing that there was an evil Organization like the Abyssal Organization hiding in the Empire would cause unnecessary panic among the people.

But honestly, Ash just thought that hiding them was unnecessary since they would become extremely popular in the future anyway.

But for now, he would listen to Modric.

"Don’t worry, I’m sure they won’t tell anyone."

What Ash said was not unreasonable, but the truth.

Lucian did not know about the existence of the Abyssal Organization, he just happened to pass by and helped Ash and Canis.

But Canis was different, during a conversation with Van, Ash had accidentally mentioned the Abyssal Organization in front of Dragon Slayer.

But that was not too serious because after all, currently, Ash had met all the conditions to make Canis his Servant.

It seemed that after what they had experienced together, Dragon Slayer had truly trusted him.

[Do you want to make Canis your Servant?]

’Of course.’

[Congratulations! From now on, Canis - Dragon Slayer will become your loyal Servant!]

Name: Ash "Worthless" VoidveilFate: The Useless PrinceRank: High HumanExperience: [25/500]Ability: [Unlucky and Useless], [Loyal Servant]Servant: [Serena - Heir of War], [Canis - Dragon Slayer]Relic: [Sword of Dawn]

Ash couldn’t help but giggle in delight.

Meanwhile, Modric just sat there, watching what Ash was doing without saying anything.

At that moment, the Second Prince of the Voidveil Empire truly thought that his younger brother had become a psychopath.

’Poor my little brother...’