[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail":3,"chapter-the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-2":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1222728,1619,"Chapter 2","the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Chapter 2 — The Axis of Evil (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, I thought there was some kind of crow model sitting there, so I rubbed my eyes several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the thing was still tilting its head, its black eyes gleaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My vision was clear, and it was still vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it became certain that there was nothing wrong with my eyes—and that thing was not a model—I had no choice but to raise myself from the soft bed and look around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the passage of time could be felt, what entered my eyes was a luxurious room that looked even larger than my house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Where am I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caw!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crow cried, as if answering my mutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell was this thing, staying still even though a human had been yelling since a while ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half because I felt that crow was strange, and half because I first needed to check where this place was through the window, I got out of bed and approached the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I soon had to stop at the unfamiliar face faintly reflected in the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“....Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dumbfounded voice, unlike me, came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A face with upturned eyes that made it look a little fierce, and a slightly youthful face somewhere between a boy and an adult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he around twenty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, I had not become younger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, aside from black hair and black eyes, it was simply the face of a complete stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a strangely familiar face, but it was definitely not the face I saw in the bathroom every morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor was it my face when I was younger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I fumbled over the face reflected in the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands moved according to my will, and my facial muscles also moved as I controlled them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was undoubtedly my body, and yet the sense of discrepancy from seeing another person’s face move left me dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the conclusion I reached was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Should I faint?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Caw?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the crow crying behind the window where my face was reflected, as if answering my mutter, my strength drained away and I could not put it into practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at the thing, dumbfounded that it had broken the serious atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caaaw!! Caaaw!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting out cries that were hard to distinguish from someone scraping cotton, the thing now even flapped its wings a little, as if it were excited about something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you understand what I’m saying or something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caw!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was even faithfully giving something resembling an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think I was in an unfamiliar kid’s body, communicating with a crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something that could never happen in reality was happening, there was only one answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a damn dream.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap! Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my hollow mutter, the thing answered again by tapping on the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it clearly meant it wanted me to open it, its will to come inside also seemed certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, I had no intention of opening the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this was a dream, I did not want to see that kind of total chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tatak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it seemed I would not open it, the thing began striking the window even more fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not just a funny crow, but a crow with a nasty temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rattle. Rattle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had simply been noisy, I might have ignored it, but when the window frame, which plainly bore the passage of time, began shaking in time with the thing’s pecks, I had no choice but to raise my hands in surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shh! Damn it, fine, so stop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though this was a dream, my petty commoner side, unable to watch an expensive-looking structure get damaged, sprang out, and I had no choice but to open the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing flew into the room as if it had been waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it naturally perched on my shoulder and rubbed its head against me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you the bird the owner of this room raised?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For that to be true, there was no birdcage or any sign of an animal having been kept anywhere in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, it did not seem right to let a winged beast into an expensive-looking room, so to release the now-quiet thing outside again, I put the arm it was perched on out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing did not seem afraid of my hand trying to shake it off my shoulder, and merely looked at me quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock, knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cawk?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand I had stretched out to lightly shake it off startled at the knocking sound, and in that instant, I ended up grabbing the thing by the neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bird panicked and struggled, and I was startled along with it, so I hurriedly let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I did not know for sure, but it seemed certain that the thing was cursing me with its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh…I didn’t mean to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I offered an apology as calmly as possible to the flustered thing, but the crow stared at me with eyes full of betrayal before flying far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before my guilt toward the thing could fade, what came next was a faint pain transmitted through my fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood was flowing from a wound caused by the struggles of that poor bird a moment ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why does this hurt?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain, which should not be felt in a dream, was far too distinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock, knock, knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the confusion could even subside, the continuing knocks began pressing down on me this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this sudden situation, it was difficult to make a rational judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why does this hurt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I even a person with this much imagination in the first place?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That absolutely could not be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, an ominous thought that perhaps all of this might be reality flashed through my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sense of reality that had been faint until then gripped me fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is seriously a huge problem, isn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am currently inside the body of someone I do not know. And now I am about to show that state in front of another person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But should I just tell them honestly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would they even believe me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were me, I would think the person was sick in the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no certainty that the other party would not think the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, although the body I had entered was quite tall, judging by the face, it looked like a child who might not even be an adult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be fortunate if they at least accepted it as the lie of an adolescent boy wanting an adult’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would I do if they immediately suggested outpatient psychiatric treatment—or even hospitalization—without hesitation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I gave no answer, the one who had knocked on the door revealed his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness. It is Sein.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sounded like a young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Your Highness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that meant for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was I really, literally, an imperial prince?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, then his parents had an incredible naming sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while I was thinking this, the other party continued speaking, as if refusing to give me time to agonize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Excuse me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I heard the sound of his hand touching the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I had not expected him to come in like that when I had not even answered yet, I had to make my head spin at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, first I should pretend to be the owner of this body and buy time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be better than immediately saying that I was not this boy, but a twenty-eight-year-old office worker from some faraway place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reached that conclusion, I leaned against the window in the most natural pose I could manage, with the feelings of a prisoner awaiting a death sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cool wind blew in from outside the window and dried a little of my cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, I almost became envious of the crow that had escaped this complicated situation by flying away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, I wish I could fly away like that bird from earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a silly thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like briefly wishing, “Ah, I wish I had teleportation”, inside a packed subway, it was not some sincere wish, but merely a private complaint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, heat rose from deep within my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was…that was, in other words, a sensation I had never felt once in my twenty-eight years of life. It felt as if heat starting from my dantian was wrapping around my entire body in the form of warm slime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the kind of feeling that made me briefly lose my mind, wondering if this was what it felt like to become a fetus inside my mother’s womb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it disappeared so quickly that it felt empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it had merely been my imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was that just now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was bewildered by that instant of sensation that had felt like eternity, I came back to my senses at the sound of the doorknob turning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, first I have to do something about that person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened, and a tall man strode inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I prepared my heart to begin acting with everything I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner of this body did not look like he had a very pleasant impression, so I matched that and stood there with my brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My goodness.....”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contrary to my expectations, it was clear he must have been a person with a gentle nature who never lost his smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, there was no way the face of the person who entered could look that horrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s face crumpled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a reaction that seemed to indicate he had noticed something was strange about me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the man’s voice, which even contained anger, I immediately changed my stance and relaxed my expression to explain, then opened my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In as calm a voice as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—I am not a strange person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caw! Ca...aw?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what traveled up my vocal cords was not a human voice, but the sound of a crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled, I opened my mouth once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—No, I’m not the kind of person who suddenly makes crow noises at someone I’ve just met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caaaw!! Caaaw!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what came out was still the sound of a crow, so it had no persuasiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To think the room has been managed this disgracefully......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, frowning as he muttered, approached me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shoo! Get out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had thought he was big, but once he approached, he was not just big—he was truly enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not that the man was enormous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did I realize that I had become small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swung his arms this way and that to chase me out, and while sitting on the window frame, I flapped my arms in confusion and flew once around the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could even be shocked by the fact that I was flying, I had to escape out the window to avoid the man, who was now rolling up a piece of paper and aiming at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My appearance, briefly reflected in the window before I left, was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Caaaw!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing other than a crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This concludes the record of the humiliating yet useful experience from the first day of possession that no one else would ever know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason I called it useful was because, thanks to it, I came to understand the situation I was in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, I became a crow and had to drag my bewildering body around, flying through the area until night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, I overheard the conversations of the soldiers guarding the imperial castle’s surroundings, and I rose high into the air to confirm the three circles drawn on the fluttering national flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when night came, I was able to sit for a long time beneath the three clear moons floating in the night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were enough for me to reach one definite conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conclusion that I had possessed a character in the fantasy novel I had loved so much, ‘Dark Header’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little over a week had passed since I possessed the Seventh Imperial Prince in the world inside the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried waiting to return to my original world on my own, but my body still did not go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, no one noticed that I was a different person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not seem to care about that at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They merely faithfully followed the order not to let anyone in except during mealtimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to that, I came to understand my situation calmly, very slowly, and thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crossed the room I had now grown used to and examined the mirror attached to the wall once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black hair and eyes, upturned eyes, and a scar mark cutting through my left eyebrow that could only be seen if one looked closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This body was undoubtedly that of the Seventh Imperial Prince of the Abiran Empire, Ran Abiran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, of all people....”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sigh escaped on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of all people, it had to be the seventh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the first, second, or third, but the seventh imperial prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one treated the worst among the siblings, and with an awkward age on top of that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Emperor had quite a lot of children, so I was not even the youngest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, I went from being an only son to having countless brothers and sisters, but I was not happy at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because most of them were going to die within three years anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them would even die at the protagonist’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, unfortunately, we are the axis of evil.\u003C\u002Fp>",2292,"2026-06-04T16:12:46.831Z",1,"revengernovel.com","b215df4da1c2d92707358c2856a29de686fa7be6aa6449ea694c5d01ba1ddc28","the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-3","the-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-chapter-1",33,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-seventh-prince-wants-to-bail-cover.jpg"]