“Me? No, why are you suddenly picking on a strict person?!”
I was also shocked by Prince Felix's one-sided speech, which omitted detailed explanations and only spoke his mind, so I refuted him.
But Prince Felix, who seemed like a reclusive scholar who never got angry, suddenly started to lose his temper.
"This isn't just nitpicking! Princess Argenthoz, do you know that it's because of you that I got my back broken in a fight between whales?"
“Why are you suddenly doing this to me? This is completely ridiculous!”
“Honestly, I was living a very peaceful life!”
“I don’t think it goes well with peace, warrior?”
I deliberately muttered the feelings I had just felt.
But this Prince Felix was no ordinary man, as he was not hit at all, and he pushed up his glasses that had fallen down to the bridge of his nose and smiled calmly.
And he spoke in a mean tone.
“Hmm. Princess Argenthoz has it all... but you seem to lack discernment. Shall I teach you some of my secrets?”
“Aha? Is that so? Your Highness, you have nothing, yet you have the wit.”
'Oh my god! This is crazy.'
That was too harsh.
Even so, it's still like that. I firmly shut my mouth, the mouth of destruction, that was spouting without any filter.
Could it be that he resembles Barden's younger brother? I'll have to be careful with my words from now on!
I felt sorry for Prince Felix, so I gritted my teeth and glanced at him.
“Oh...? You were a bit more perceptive this time. Hahaha.”
But Prince Felix answered as if he didn't care, and then added a hearty laugh at the end.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
“The words of the Princess are purer than the foul tongues of those who flatter others when they do not. Don’t worry about it.”
A kind smile appeared on his lips.
What is the aura of a liberated 80-year-old man who seems to have experienced all the hardships of life despite being young?
Certainly, Prince Felix is an extraordinary man.
"Still..."
As I hesitated, feeling sorry, he tried to change the mood by making jokes about my lack of awareness, and I chuckled at how absurd and funny he was.
As I continued to argue and laugh pointlessly with him for a long time, I forgot about the mission to search the palace, and time flew by.
But then, out of nowhere, a long, black shadow fell over us.
“You two, are you having a great time?”
Prince Felix and I screamed at the same time, terrified that we could not feel any movement or breathing.
“Whoa!”
“Huh!”
I was truly terrified by the eerie and chilling sound of the voice and the surrounding air.
Even if a familiar appeared, it wouldn't have been this scary.
So I thought a real evil spirit had appeared, and Prince Felix and I held each other's arms tightly.
“...You two have become very close in such a short time?”
“Ru, Rudd?”
I looked at him with wide eyes.
Fortunately, it was the Duke of Rudnaine Iels.
If he were an evil spirit, he would be so fascinating that many people would sacrifice their lives to him.
Rudnine, who was looking at us with his head tilted at a slight angle a few steps away, narrowed his beautiful eyebrows as if he was displeased.
“What are you two doing now?”
"Yes?"
"Hmm?"
As we answered blankly, he bared his teeth, strode over to us, and roughly separated Prince Felix and I, who were holding onto each other.
“Why are you two hugging?”
“Weren’t we hugging...?”
“That’s right. It wasn’t exactly like that.”
Prince Felix and I both waved our hands and made excuses, but Rudnine's gaze grew colder and colder.
It was so cold that my bones were numb.
No, I really feel wronged.
I wasn't doing anything bad, I was just standing here quietly.
I was scared because Rudnine suddenly appeared, so the situation became like this.
I looked up at him with my eyes and lips pouting in rebellion, filled with resentment, as I knew it wasn't something I should be scolding him for.
“Hmm.”
“Yvonne.”
But instead, he had such a stern expression on his face that he seemed to be scolding me so severely that I really felt like I had done something wrong.
So I changed the subject, turning my gaze towards the stage and muttering for no reason.
"Oh my goodness? His Majesty the Emperor is away? And Her Majesty the Empress? When did she leave?"
“...It was a long time ago.”
"Is it so?"
I was so surprised that I couldn't hide my bewilderment and widened my eyes.
In fact, I was planning to secretly explore the Empress Giselle's palace while closely observing her movements.
'Damn it. First, I need to find out where the Empress went.'
I tried to leave quickly, but Rudnine opened his mouth with an unusual air.
"You two were so engrossed in your conversation that you didn't even notice His Majesty leaving. I'd like to know what you were talking about."
“You don’t really need to know that much...”
'It was such a trivial topic.'
As soon as I answered, Rudnine looked at me and smiled even brighter.
But you...You’re clearly smiling, but why don’t you look like you’re smiling?!
I wonder if I've gotten closer to him now. I can clearly sense that he's quite dissatisfied, displeased, and now angry.
So I asked cautiously.
“What’s wrong, Rudd?”
“...Yvonne. Why on earth am I doing this?”
Instead, Rudnine asks me back.
What is this? An infinite loop?
What are you doing here, arguing with Rudnine?
I was so shocked that I asked Prince Felix for his consent, but he just shook his head and clicked his tongue with a look of despair.
“The Princess is seriously clueless.”
“Your Highness!”
'You damn Prince! Stop bragging about how perceptive you are and teach me!'
I glared at Prince Felix and threatened him, but he looked at Rudnine, took a step back, and changed the subject.
“Ahem. I am a very perceptive person.”
And Prince Felix, who took three more quick steps back, put his hand on his forehead and pretended to be in pain.
"Well, then. I'm very unwell and tired, so I'll go rest now. Oh, I'm dizzy."
"Where are you going, Your Highness! You're my partner at this party! This is a dereliction of duty!"
In this uncomfortable atmosphere, I desperately stretched out my arms to grab hold of the annoying Prince who was trying to run away alone, leaving me behind.
But Prince Felix was startled as if I were a contagious disease and avoided my hand, then ran away even faster.
"Partners! Don't say that. We're just using each other for political gain, out of necessity!"
“Oh my goodness, this world is so cruel.”
I deliberately put on a look of contempt at his firm attitude of drawing the line.
But Prince Felix didn't seem to care, and instead, he shamelessly shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Rudnine with his chin.
"The Princess's partner is right next to you. Don't be foolish. You've been a perfect match for that man from the start. Come to your senses."
“What, what did you say...?”
While I was stuttering and flustered, Rudnine quickly stepped forward and politely saw Prince Felix off.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Then, please take care. I have assigned my knights to safely escort you to the Palace of the Deep Sea, so you may return with peace of mind."
“Oh, thank you for your consideration. Um. Well, then I guess I’ll be going now.”
Prince Felix nodded and disappeared from the banquet hall as if he had never been there.
'Wow...?'
I clenched my fists as I stared blankly at Prince Felix, who had disappeared like a ghost, leaving me behind in a cowardly manner.
He was a Prince who was not only quick-witted, but also quick to run away!
"Yvonne. Why are you looking at Prince Felix with such longing eyes?"
“When am I?”
I burst out laughing because his questioning was so unfair.
"Hazy." No, that's not it. This look is a mixture of condemnation and despair toward the one who abandoned his comrades and ran away!
But before I could even give him time to explain properly, he narrowed his eyes and made a resentful expression.
And then he whispered to me slowly in a very low voice.
"Seductress."
'Seduct... what?'
I blinked, not believing the words coming out of his mouth, and asked again.
“Me? Me? You mean me?”
“I didn’t want to burn out in jealousy every moment...”
Rudnine trailed off with a sullen expression.
Then he gently grabbed my fingertips and pulled me towards him.
Jealousy? Didn't this person just say it was jealousy?
As I was chewing on the tremendous words that were clearly heard in my ears, the sight before my eyes had changed.
'Uh?'
Obviously, we were inside the banquet hall.
I followed his lead and found myself on a spacious terrace where no one was present.
And then my eyes naturally turned to the sky.
'Ah!'
The sky, which was turning purple and vermilion, was covered with clouds that looked like they had been painted with pink fluorescent paint.
I gaped in amazement at the magic of the mystical summer sunset.
"Wow!"
“Pfft.”
Rudnine, who came to the terrace with me, burst into a short laugh.
When I turned my head, he was leaning one shoulder against the terrace railing, staring at me intently.
“Sometimes Yvonne has a childlike, innocent expression.”
“Was that so?”
Did I open my mouth too wide?
While I was feeling embarrassed and avoiding eye contact with my mouth and cheek, he broke the short silence and spoke again.
“I’m sorry I got angry.”
“Oh, no.”
The anger he felt at the misunderstanding between Prince Felix and me melted away in an instant, like ice cream dropped in the desert.
It was a really petty anger.
What the hell is wrong with me? Am I really this easy? Or do I just become so infinitely generous when I fall in love?
No... that’s not it.
Clearly, this person said 'jealousy'.
It's to the point where we have to control ourselves from laughing out loud, let alone being angry.
'Hehe.'
This moment, as I face his eyes, as beautiful as pitch-black jewels.
The words he had said and the words Prince Felix had said were jumbled together and resonated in my heart and head.
Come to think of it, my hand is still held by him.
I can clearly feel the veins in my hands pulsing in time with my heartbeat.
This relaxed, heart-fluttering, sweet atmosphere. The heat in that person's eyes.
I'm not mistaken, am I?
As the slightly cool summer evening breeze blows, he opens his mouth as if it is his turn.
“I was curious, angry, and jealous that another man could make Yvonne laugh... I hate myself for doing this.”
He whispered slowly, looking both indifferent and affectionate.
“Ah, Rudd.”
I called him, but my mind was spinning, wondering what to say, so I shut my mouth again.
'Oh my god...!'
Rudnine looked straight into my eyes, leaning forward and saying nothing more.
And then he begins to speak again with an expression that makes the viewer's heart ache.
"So, I want to stop liking Yvonne. I can't. I can't, Yvonne. What should I do? Please tell me."
I was also shocked by Prince Felix's one-sided speech, which omitted detailed explanations and only spoke his mind, so I refuted him.
But Prince Felix, who seemed like a reclusive scholar who never got angry, suddenly started to lose his temper.
"This isn't just nitpicking! Princess Argenthoz, do you know that it's because of you that I got my back broken in a fight between whales?"
“Why are you suddenly doing this to me? This is completely ridiculous!”
“Honestly, I was living a very peaceful life!”
“I don’t think it goes well with peace, warrior?”
I deliberately muttered the feelings I had just felt.
But this Prince Felix was no ordinary man, as he was not hit at all, and he pushed up his glasses that had fallen down to the bridge of his nose and smiled calmly.
And he spoke in a mean tone.
“Hmm. Princess Argenthoz has it all... but you seem to lack discernment. Shall I teach you some of my secrets?”
“Aha? Is that so? Your Highness, you have nothing, yet you have the wit.”
'Oh my god! This is crazy.'
That was too harsh.
Even so, it's still like that. I firmly shut my mouth, the mouth of destruction, that was spouting without any filter.
Could it be that he resembles Barden's younger brother? I'll have to be careful with my words from now on!
I felt sorry for Prince Felix, so I gritted my teeth and glanced at him.
“Oh...? You were a bit more perceptive this time. Hahaha.”
But Prince Felix answered as if he didn't care, and then added a hearty laugh at the end.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
“The words of the Princess are purer than the foul tongues of those who flatter others when they do not. Don’t worry about it.”
A kind smile appeared on his lips.
What is the aura of a liberated 80-year-old man who seems to have experienced all the hardships of life despite being young?
Certainly, Prince Felix is an extraordinary man.
"Still..."
As I hesitated, feeling sorry, he tried to change the mood by making jokes about my lack of awareness, and I chuckled at how absurd and funny he was.
As I continued to argue and laugh pointlessly with him for a long time, I forgot about the mission to search the palace, and time flew by.
But then, out of nowhere, a long, black shadow fell over us.
“You two, are you having a great time?”
Prince Felix and I screamed at the same time, terrified that we could not feel any movement or breathing.
“Whoa!”
“Huh!”
I was truly terrified by the eerie and chilling sound of the voice and the surrounding air.
Even if a familiar appeared, it wouldn't have been this scary.
So I thought a real evil spirit had appeared, and Prince Felix and I held each other's arms tightly.
“...You two have become very close in such a short time?”
“Ru, Rudd?”
I looked at him with wide eyes.
Fortunately, it was the Duke of Rudnaine Iels.
If he were an evil spirit, he would be so fascinating that many people would sacrifice their lives to him.
Rudnine, who was looking at us with his head tilted at a slight angle a few steps away, narrowed his beautiful eyebrows as if he was displeased.
“What are you two doing now?”
"Yes?"
"Hmm?"
As we answered blankly, he bared his teeth, strode over to us, and roughly separated Prince Felix and I, who were holding onto each other.
“Why are you two hugging?”
“Weren’t we hugging...?”
“That’s right. It wasn’t exactly like that.”
Prince Felix and I both waved our hands and made excuses, but Rudnine's gaze grew colder and colder.
It was so cold that my bones were numb.
No, I really feel wronged.
I wasn't doing anything bad, I was just standing here quietly.
I was scared because Rudnine suddenly appeared, so the situation became like this.
I looked up at him with my eyes and lips pouting in rebellion, filled with resentment, as I knew it wasn't something I should be scolding him for.
“Hmm.”
“Yvonne.”
But instead, he had such a stern expression on his face that he seemed to be scolding me so severely that I really felt like I had done something wrong.
So I changed the subject, turning my gaze towards the stage and muttering for no reason.
"Oh my goodness? His Majesty the Emperor is away? And Her Majesty the Empress? When did she leave?"
“...It was a long time ago.”
"Is it so?"
I was so surprised that I couldn't hide my bewilderment and widened my eyes.
In fact, I was planning to secretly explore the Empress Giselle's palace while closely observing her movements.
'Damn it. First, I need to find out where the Empress went.'
I tried to leave quickly, but Rudnine opened his mouth with an unusual air.
"You two were so engrossed in your conversation that you didn't even notice His Majesty leaving. I'd like to know what you were talking about."
“You don’t really need to know that much...”
'It was such a trivial topic.'
As soon as I answered, Rudnine looked at me and smiled even brighter.
But you...You’re clearly smiling, but why don’t you look like you’re smiling?!
I wonder if I've gotten closer to him now. I can clearly sense that he's quite dissatisfied, displeased, and now angry.
So I asked cautiously.
“What’s wrong, Rudd?”
“...Yvonne. Why on earth am I doing this?”
Instead, Rudnine asks me back.
What is this? An infinite loop?
What are you doing here, arguing with Rudnine?
I was so shocked that I asked Prince Felix for his consent, but he just shook his head and clicked his tongue with a look of despair.
“The Princess is seriously clueless.”
“Your Highness!”
'You damn Prince! Stop bragging about how perceptive you are and teach me!'
I glared at Prince Felix and threatened him, but he looked at Rudnine, took a step back, and changed the subject.
“Ahem. I am a very perceptive person.”
And Prince Felix, who took three more quick steps back, put his hand on his forehead and pretended to be in pain.
"Well, then. I'm very unwell and tired, so I'll go rest now. Oh, I'm dizzy."
"Where are you going, Your Highness! You're my partner at this party! This is a dereliction of duty!"
In this uncomfortable atmosphere, I desperately stretched out my arms to grab hold of the annoying Prince who was trying to run away alone, leaving me behind.
But Prince Felix was startled as if I were a contagious disease and avoided my hand, then ran away even faster.
"Partners! Don't say that. We're just using each other for political gain, out of necessity!"
“Oh my goodness, this world is so cruel.”
I deliberately put on a look of contempt at his firm attitude of drawing the line.
But Prince Felix didn't seem to care, and instead, he shamelessly shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Rudnine with his chin.
"The Princess's partner is right next to you. Don't be foolish. You've been a perfect match for that man from the start. Come to your senses."
“What, what did you say...?”
While I was stuttering and flustered, Rudnine quickly stepped forward and politely saw Prince Felix off.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Then, please take care. I have assigned my knights to safely escort you to the Palace of the Deep Sea, so you may return with peace of mind."
“Oh, thank you for your consideration. Um. Well, then I guess I’ll be going now.”
Prince Felix nodded and disappeared from the banquet hall as if he had never been there.
'Wow...?'
I clenched my fists as I stared blankly at Prince Felix, who had disappeared like a ghost, leaving me behind in a cowardly manner.
He was a Prince who was not only quick-witted, but also quick to run away!
"Yvonne. Why are you looking at Prince Felix with such longing eyes?"
“When am I?”
I burst out laughing because his questioning was so unfair.
"Hazy." No, that's not it. This look is a mixture of condemnation and despair toward the one who abandoned his comrades and ran away!
But before I could even give him time to explain properly, he narrowed his eyes and made a resentful expression.
And then he whispered to me slowly in a very low voice.
"Seductress."
'Seduct... what?'
I blinked, not believing the words coming out of his mouth, and asked again.
“Me? Me? You mean me?”
“I didn’t want to burn out in jealousy every moment...”
Rudnine trailed off with a sullen expression.
Then he gently grabbed my fingertips and pulled me towards him.
Jealousy? Didn't this person just say it was jealousy?
As I was chewing on the tremendous words that were clearly heard in my ears, the sight before my eyes had changed.
'Uh?'
Obviously, we were inside the banquet hall.
I followed his lead and found myself on a spacious terrace where no one was present.
And then my eyes naturally turned to the sky.
'Ah!'
The sky, which was turning purple and vermilion, was covered with clouds that looked like they had been painted with pink fluorescent paint.
I gaped in amazement at the magic of the mystical summer sunset.
"Wow!"
“Pfft.”
Rudnine, who came to the terrace with me, burst into a short laugh.
When I turned my head, he was leaning one shoulder against the terrace railing, staring at me intently.
“Sometimes Yvonne has a childlike, innocent expression.”
“Was that so?”
Did I open my mouth too wide?
While I was feeling embarrassed and avoiding eye contact with my mouth and cheek, he broke the short silence and spoke again.
“I’m sorry I got angry.”
“Oh, no.”
The anger he felt at the misunderstanding between Prince Felix and me melted away in an instant, like ice cream dropped in the desert.
It was a really petty anger.
What the hell is wrong with me? Am I really this easy? Or do I just become so infinitely generous when I fall in love?
No... that’s not it.
Clearly, this person said 'jealousy'.
It's to the point where we have to control ourselves from laughing out loud, let alone being angry.
'Hehe.'
This moment, as I face his eyes, as beautiful as pitch-black jewels.
The words he had said and the words Prince Felix had said were jumbled together and resonated in my heart and head.
Come to think of it, my hand is still held by him.
I can clearly feel the veins in my hands pulsing in time with my heartbeat.
This relaxed, heart-fluttering, sweet atmosphere. The heat in that person's eyes.
I'm not mistaken, am I?
As the slightly cool summer evening breeze blows, he opens his mouth as if it is his turn.
“I was curious, angry, and jealous that another man could make Yvonne laugh... I hate myself for doing this.”
He whispered slowly, looking both indifferent and affectionate.
“Ah, Rudd.”
I called him, but my mind was spinning, wondering what to say, so I shut my mouth again.
'Oh my god...!'
Rudnine looked straight into my eyes, leaning forward and saying nothing more.
And then he begins to speak again with an expression that makes the viewer's heart ache.
"So, I want to stop liking Yvonne. I can't. I can't, Yvonne. What should I do? Please tell me."
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