How to Live as the Enemy Prince Chapter 1

Chapter 1 . 1: Prologue

Go onwards, do not falter .

A volley of arrows hails down from the sky again .

I swing my sword to parry them and then lunge forward, running the blade through two enemies and cutting down another .

Do not fall .

Today cannot be the last day of Secretia!

A new enemy rushes forward, brandishing his sword with practised skill .

I block it, and the man asks,

“I remember you . What is your name?”

“I don’t remember . ”

I am only a sword that serves King Oros .

The man maneuvers his weapon expertly and shatters my blade .

“That sword…that is Chase’s Auro . I’ve always wished to see it . ”

Instead of answering, I swing the hilt at him . He doesn’t bother to avoid it, and instead shoots a spear of ice .

I cannot stop it .

– Puuk! 

I can hear the sound of my life thrumming in my ears .

It’s getting difficult to breath .

“I am the army commander of the Caillis Magic Division, Arsen Hertz . I will remember you, Prince Bern of Secretia . You have fought valiantly . ”

I lift my eyes to stare into the distance .

Your Majesty…My elder brother…I tried to search for you .

“So now, rest . ”

I can see light–

I’m going to die .

That was the last memory I had .

I open my eyes to ten years in the past .

I found myself in the body of the third prince Calian of the Kingdom of Kailis, the same one that destroyed my country of Secretia .

Calian .

A weak prince, whose bloodline was the descendant of dragons .

He was a timid boy who had little influence and no ability to protect himself, and so he spent his life in hiding and was assassinated even before he was fifteen .

That was the future ahead of me .

“What are you going to do now?” the image of Calian in the mirror asks .

I answered .

“Naturally . ”

I have to live .

Chapter end