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“Leona, when you hit level 6, just use your ultimate right away.”

“Got it.”

“Let’s push the lane together.”

Nickname: Reckless Empire Prince.

Today, he was once again thoroughly immersed in the “game.”

The game is called Championship of Legends, commonly known as COL.

He was originally meant to be the next Emperor, the Crown Prince.

Since childhood, he had accumulated much culture and ability suitable for that position.

The term “reckless” didn’t suit him; he was truly the future and light of the Empire.

He chose this nickname to hide his identity.

It would be problematic if rumors spread that the Crown Prince, the future of the Empire, played games.

He had several younger siblings, and among them, the Third Prince was a notorious rebel.

So it wouldn’t be odd for him to be gaming, hence he adopted this name to pretend to be a reckless younger brother.

But now, he was getting so wrapped up in the game that he was genuinely becoming a reckless person.

And ironically, the nickname of that Third Prince was “Empire’s Light.”

Pew—Pew—

The champion he was playing now was Caitlyn, a long-range dealer who used a gun.

She synergized well with Leona, who had a guaranteed stun skill.

Boom—

The level-up sound echoed, and he could finally use his ultimate skill.

“Now!”

Bang—

Leona’s ultimate exploded brightly like the sun.

The opposing support, who was struck right at the center of the ultimate, was left stunned.

The enemy AD carry was missed just barely, but the Crown Prince immediately set traps for the support and focused the damage.

-Enemy has been slain.

“Keep chasing! I have my ultimate!”

In an instant, the Crown Prince and Leona eliminated the enemy support and chased down their AD carry.

At that moment, Leona used Flash to follow the enemy AD carry,

And struck them with her shield to stun them.

But, with just a sliver of health, the enemy AD carry was hanging on.

Having used all her skills on the support meant there was just a tiny bit of damage missing.

“Got it!”

But the Crown Prince shouted in victory.

He still had one last secret shot of his ultimate left.

A powerful bullet that guaranteed damage.

Just as the Crown Prince was about to aim and unleash his ultimate,

Boom—

“…? What the!?”

As the illusion faded, the Crown Prince returned to the real world.

Someone had forcibly ended the game, the illusionary magic artifact.

“Your Highness, it’s time to attend the meeting.”

“No, damn… I mean…! There’s still time left… isn’t there?!”

The Crown Prince almost let a curse slip out as he was still dazed.

Fortunately, he managed to keep his composure just in time.

But that didn’t lessen the fury of having his game interrupted.

“It’s just… you were late last time, so today…”

“No, I’m telling you I’ll finish this game first…! I get it, so you go on ahead. I had a double kill lined up, ugh…!”

With that, the Crown Prince activated the artifact again and logged back into COL.

Seeing him, Miles, the Empire’s Royal Minister, sighed.

He couldn’t say anything to the Crown Prince.

He had come to personally escort him this time since he’d been late to the state meeting again, but even as the Royal Minister, it was useless.

Reluctantly, Miles left his room and headed to the Emperor’s chambers this time.

The Emperor was in a similar situation.

Miles braced himself and forcibly closed the Emperor’s maple leaf-shaped artifact.

“…?”

The Emperor opened his eyes with a very displeased expression.

At least he wasn’t shouting like the Crown Prince.

“Your Majesty, it’s almost time for the state meeting.”

“I know. I have important business, so let me finish this.”

“You were late last time too. This time, definitely…”

“I said I got it! But what if my homework isn’t finished yet, what then?! Just go ahead!”

“Yes, yes… but Your Majesty, recently, the amount of money you’ve poured into ‘Maple Leaf Story’ is astronomical, so we need to discuss this matter today…”

“I said I understood! Or maybe some additional options…”

The Emperor muttered incomprehensible complaints as he logged into Maple Leaf Story.

Miles occasionally played too, but he wasn’t a heavy user like the Emperor.

It was just a romantic game merely about adventure.

However, recently, more people were getting heavily into Maple Leaf Story like the Emperor.

Eventually, Miles returned to the conference hall with no gains.

“…It looks like we’ll be starting a bit late again today. Please wait a moment, everyone.”

“Oh come on! Just stop with the poking and zoning!”

“Hahaha! This game’s all mine!”

“Hey, Minister of Military Affairs! What’s with the 6 assassins?!”

“Hah…”

After observing the scene in the conference hall, Miles buried his face in his palm.

Everyone was taking out their artifacts to enjoy Auto Chess as if they had all expected it.

Auto Chess was like a sequel to COL.

Unlike the existing games where you entered the illusion, this one opened up an illusionary chessboard using artifacts, and the champions from COL fought each other on the board.

Filled with fun to watch and strategic elements, it was immensely popular among those accustomed to using their heads rather than their bodies like these royal ministers.

“…I’ll join the next round too.”

Of course, Miles felt the same way.