Chapter 6: Prince Kurobuta meets his younger brother

　Alberto von Pistel.

　The second prince of the Kingdom of Pistel and Brad’s twin brother.

　Unlike his older brother, who inherited the silver hair and brown skin of his father, King Castral, Alberto inherited his mother's blond hair and white skin, and in contrast to his older brother, who was proud and disliked, Alberto's good personality made him popular among commoners and nobles alike as a picture-perfect prince.

　And Alberto's high specs were not limited to his looks and personality; he surpassed Blatt in all areas, including academics, swordsmanship, and magic.

　The right to inherit the throne of this country is the same for both the first and second sons of the king.

　Therefore, due to the above-mentioned reputation, everyone around him thought that Alberto would become king, and even Brad, who was not on good terms with him, was sure he would.

　However, stories are bound to have setbacks.

In "The Final Quest," Brad had fallen to the darkness and used his dark powers to take the throne, Alberto was temporarily banished from the country. However, after living as an adventurer and hiding his identity, he returns to the Kingdom of Pistel as a companion of the hero. Together with the heroes, he successfully defeats Brad and reclaims the throne.

　Anyway, Alberto was such a dramatic, handsome and princely character, so he was especially popular with female fans.

　However, on the other hand, Kurokawa Hayato of the previous life was not good with this Alberto.

　It may have been jealousy, but Alberto was just too perfect for men. In the same way that women who are too pretentious are hated by their own sex, Alberto was too perfect for the male Kurokawa Hayato to accept.

　He’s not described as such even till the end of the story, and it’s just prejudice, but I can't help but feel that he’s hiding his black-heartedness.

　Of course, I sympathize with him who was forced to live an unfavorable life, but the impression of Alberto by Kurokawa Hayato was that he was no good.

　However, such a prejudiced person was reincarnated as Alberto's older brother Brad, and when he actually came in contact with him, he knew that he was right.

　*

" Glace-san, thank you for working hard from so early in the morning.”

　As he approached Brad and Glace, who were practicing in the courtyard, Alberto gave them a shining prince smile.

　I could hear the maids who saw Alberto cry “Kyaa” in a feverish voice. Alberto is as popular as an idol among the maids.

(... Wow, that's the face I saw in Fai-Que)

　On the other hand, Brad squinted at the glare of the prince's smile, remembering the smile he had often seen on the game screen in his previous life, and felt somewhat nostalgic.

　However, he immediately comes to himself and calls out to Alberto.

" Alberto, what do you want..."

“Even so Glace-san, isn’t this too terrible? When I asked you to train me, you refused, but now you train my brother every day.”

　Not only does he interrupt Brad's words when he tries to ask him what he wants to do, but he completely ignores his existence and speaks to Glace.

　It may look like the timing just didn't bite, but it was probably intentional, just like his thorny attitude toward Brad.

　After all, Brad and Alberto don’t get along.

　I remember the two of us playing together in our childhood, but for some reason, as time passed, Alberto began to take a cold attitude toward Brad, and now and now they’re like dogs and monkeys, bickering whenever they see each other.

　I'm not sure how the relationship got so complicated, but Alberto didn't like the lazy and ugly Brad in the first place, and I think the relationship got even worse when Brad felt his dislike for him.

　Anyway, just meeting each other makes the atmosphere of the place worsen, so much that the people around them avoid having them meet, and I'm sure I haven't seen him since I glanced at him at the academy sometime ago.

"Well, I refused at first, but Brad-kun seemed interesting, so I thought I’d give it a try~ ☆"

"You mean you thought training my brother was more interesting than training me?"

　Alberto responds with a frivolous smile, and while he still has the prince smile on his face, he seems like he was caught somewhere.

　Alberto looks down on Brad in everything, so he probably didn't like being told that Brad is better than himself, even as a training partner.

"Yeah, you're boring."

　But Glace did not hesitate and answered immediately.

　Although Glace is not a bad person, he’s the type that can’t hold his tongue and rarely speaks words of pretense or flattery, so his words were probably just his honest thoughts, but the atmosphere completely froze in that instant.

　Brad shrugs without saying anything, and Alberto's maid had a frozen smile on her face.

　However, this is Prince Alberto, who has a good reputation for his personality.

　No matter how angered he may be, he wouldn't show it so easily. With his signature prince smile, he showed his beautiful white teeth and laughed it off.

"Hahaha, that's a shock! I thought I was better at swordsmanship than my brother, but maybe I was overconfident in my power."

"...... As for swordsmanship......No, in all abilities, you're a few steps higher at the moment ~ ☆ There’s no doubt. But you’ve already been completed, and you will become stronger without me having to train you. "

"At the moment?　You’re saying I won't be eventually?

"Yeah, that's not what I’m saying. Honestly, Brad-kun just seems more interesting. Overwhelmingly so. That's it~ ☆"

　Alberto tried to get the air back, but this man named Glace had no intention of reading the air. Rather, Brad was amazed because he said it in such a way as if he enjoyed fanning Alberto.

　Alberto frowned, and a tense atmosphere flowed again.

"Anyways, brother, what exactly do you want?" (Brad)

　Brad didn’t want it to become any more troublesome so interjected.

　In his previous life, he was kind of a shadow but was good at reading the atmosphere, so was hired as a director at work. He was confident in his ability to handle the situation.

"Ah ... I didn't realize you were there brother. Even though you have such a large figure, maybe it's because your magic power is so low and thin."

　Alberto snorts with ridicule and glances at Brad.

　Recently, It was a tacit understanding between the two that they would ignore each other even if they were in the same place, so they were like "What are you talking to me for?"

"I don't particularly have anything to say to you, but I heard that Glace-san was training my brother, so I was curious.

"If you want to train so much ... why don’t you join us?"

　Brad suddenly makes such a proposal.

　Given the possibility of the death end, it's definitely better to make up with Alberto. I wondered if this could be an opportunity here.

"Hahaha, that's a funny joke!　I thought you had no talent, but I didn't realize you had a talent for humor, or maybe you're just an idiot who doesn't think. Otherwise, you would have known that there’s no way I’d be training with you.”

　However, Alberto ridicules him as if he were a fool.

(Well, I can't help it)

　He had a reason for making up, but Alberto doesn’t. There was no way that they would suddenly come to terms with each other when they were bickering just a while ago.

　But Brad thinks he should make up someday--

"... But that’s fine. Let's train."

"Huh?"

Alberto suddenly said so while grinning with a fearless smile.

"It'll be a match-style practice, but brother has been training with Glace-san right. This will be a pain."

"... Match-style?"

　Brad felt impatient at the unexpected proposal.

　The initial level of Alberto in "Final Quest" is 35. Except for the alien like Glace, it’s a fairly high level of strength for humankind.

　It's just four years from now, but he should already be close to that. The level 15 Brad is no match.

　As much as I wanted to create a chance to make up with him, I really didn't want to agree, cause honestly, I’d just get beaten up if I tried to fight him.

"The match format is a bit ..."

"That sounds interesting, I definitely want to see it ~ ☆"

　But when I tried to turn it down, the whimsical Glace said that.

"See, even your teacher, Glace-san agrees, It's decided."

　Without waiting for Brad's answer, Alberto holds his sword with a smile.

　He seemed eager to beat Brad up as soon as possible.

"Oh, no, but ..."

"If you win against Alberto-kun, I'll teach you that skill ~ ☆"

　Brad was still reluctant, but when he hears Glace's words, he twists his mouth in hesitation and then scratches his head rapidly.

(Crap, I need to learn his skill!)

　I want him to teach me that skill at all costs.

　No, I have to learn it.

　Of course, my chances of winning are extremely low.

　But it's not zero. If that's the case, I can't afford to lose this chance. In the first place, there’s no way to escape from this battle, so let's give up.

"... Okay, okay, I understand."

　Brad reluctantly reached for his sword.

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