“What? What’s suddenly not working?”
“Love! I can’t love you.”
“?”
Ryan might have been thinking of hiding like he did the first time and then rushing in and killing everyone, but I was different.
If everything goes according to plan... Unlike the first time, when they didn't even know if Ryan was alive or dead, Wessenberg will inevitably become aware of our presence.
'You may not care now, but once we grow old enough to be a threat, Father will definitely take action.'
Father, the Duke of Wassenberg, is a scary man.
Asking a single person was not a problem, and if it was bothersome, he would act without regard to means or methods.
‘And it’s meticulous and mean...'
A person who encourages love creates weaknesses in their children.
'I have to face that kind of father all the time, so I'm going to create a weakness for myself?'
I'm a person with superpowers who can protect myself, but what about the ordinary girls who get entangled with Ryan?
What if something terrible happens?
Kidnapping, intimidation, imprisonment, assassination...
My father was a man who could do the worst thing imaginable without a second thought.
Sorry, but love... after everything is over!
You have to do it then!
“Something other than dating! Tell me what else you want to do!”
“...Excuse me. Who are you to tell me to date or not?”
Of course, Ryan was dumbfounded.
“If you’re going to get revenge, why don’t you just date leisurely?”
“Huh...?”
Well. I feel a little sorry for saying something just before, like, “I hope you don’t get caught up in revenge.”
“I wasn’t thinking about it, but I suddenly feel like I’m going to die?!”
“No~! Do it after you’re done with your revenge!”
“What are you? Are you my mom?!”
At that moment, a shadow fell next to me.
“Are you...slacking off right now?”
It was Revan with a broom.
“Hey, hey. Is this kid funny? She suddenly told me not to date. I thought she was my mom...”
“Stop talking nonsense and just clean up!”
Ryan immediately started wiping the windowsill again, deliberately teasing me.
“Hey, just wait a minute~ This dad will make you a new mom~.”
“Eeeeek!”
This is true. It might sound like absurd talk right now, but I can't just list out my future plans...
If Ryan, who has a crush on someone, really goes out and brings home a girl...
“Dad, dating isn’t that big of a deal. I’m just curious because you’ve never tried it, but when you actually do it, it’s nothing special.”
“What are you talking about as if you’ve done something?”
“Of course I did. I’m already... uh, twelve years old?”
“...”
“...”
Everyone is silent.
Ryan and Revan blinked their eyes.
“Ahahaha!”
“Poohahaha!”
The mansion laughed as it left.
“Oh, right, right. Our daughter, have you ever been in a relationship?”
“I’m going crazy, really~.”
“What, is he even the little boy who lived in the castle? Do you have a few boyfriend pictures~?”
“Oh, brother! Stop teasing the baby!”
They both looked like they were having a lot of fun.
Well, misunderstand or not...
It would be nice if the topic naturally changed from Ryan's love life.
“You can’t see him anymore. What should I do?”
"It's okay."
“When did you meet~?”
“Yeah. Since when did you start dating~?”
“...”
For two men who had spent half their lives in prison, a twelve-year-old love story seemed quite interesting.
"Hmm."
When did we meet?
I counted the time in my head.
We first met when I was sixteen and broke up when I was twenty.
We've known each other for four years.
It’s been two years since I returned there...
“So, the first time I met my boyfriend was six years ago.”
“Huh! First time meeting at the age of six?”
“Yeah, six years old is the perfect age to be dating~!”
“...”
Nike Valencia was a man of few words. His answers rarely exceeded a single sentence. Since getting to know him, the word Vania heard most often was "yes."
“The weather is really nice, isn’t it?”
"Yes."
“I also like hearing the children’s laughter~.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Are you even listening to me? Are you harassing someone who doesn't even like you?
Despite such worries, Vania didn't give in. If he didn't care, he wouldn't have come out to see her so regularly.
“Would you like to have dinner together?”
"Yes."
“Do you like seafood?”
"Yes."
“Will you be my lover?”
“...”
She was rejected.
'But you still listened to me!'
Even in the midst of all that, she thought positively.
Vania, sixteen.
Nike, twenty.
The first confession that day failed miserably, but the relationship between the two did not change much.
Because Vania never gave up and kept challenging herself...
Of course, it was a challenge that gave her a glimpse of the possibilities.
Nike answered Vania's letters regularly, went with her to see flowers, gave her gifts on some days, and watched her on her way home when it got dark.
But even after that, all the confessions she tried to make with courage were rejected.
Why is that?
The reason became clear shortly thereafter.
The House of Vania, the Wassenbergs, weren't just a simple power broker. They were a force to be reckoned with, wielding force and eroding the nation from top to bottom.
So... the Valencia royal family is decaying because of the Duke of Wassenberg.
Two families that can never mix like water and oil.
To Nike, a member of the imperial family, Vania, the daughter of a corrupt family, was the only person he could not accept, even if he accepted everyone else in the world.
Vania, eighteen.
It's been two years since she had a crush on Nike.
She's talked back to her father, tried to get her older siblings to stop doing bad things, and even tried to sabotage them.
And she gave up.
She couldn't do anything alone.
“Are you here?”
As always, she asked for a meeting, and he agreed. Vania planned to apologize and say goodbye today.
“Your Highness, I am truly sorry. Did I cause you any inconvenience?”
“What do you mean?”
A small meeting that has continued for two years.
Nike was blunt but affectionate.
Vania has held on to this relationship until now, even though she knows that all his actions are 'because he can't help it'.
“That’s, that’s why...”
It was a situation where they all knew each other, but it was difficult to say it out loud.
Say something.
My family is the main culprit, the monster, the robber who ruined your country?
So you know you can't accept me?
Instead of saying such shameful things, Vania made a roundabout admission.
“I was so stupid that I didn’t know much about my family until now. In reality, I was only the head of the family in name.”
“...”
"I'm sorry. The reason you've accepted me until now is that you needed my healing powers every time you went on a subjugation mission... I actually knew that."
She knew why Nike had no choice but to continue to tolerate her annoying clinginess.
The threat of demons. Warriors are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the land. Nike, who wants to save even one more of them...
Vania was wielding that Nike with her meager supernatural powers.
Even though she knows she shouldn't do that.
If it's useless, Nike won't meet her.
'Still... I thought that if our family changed someday, everything would be okay...'
Wassenberg's actions have already been numerous. They are rotten to the core, beyond repair.
After admitting that there was no hope, Vania decided that she couldn't make things difficult for Nike any longer.
Stop this dirty business of continuing to meet people...
"From now on, I will never bother you, Your Highness. I won't contact you or ask to see you. Even if we do run into each other, I'll just pretend not to see you."
“Princess.”
“If you’re worried that I might not be there when the expedition takes place, you absolutely don’t have to worry about that.”
Anyway, she's 'that' daughter of 'that' family, right? She didn't like it when Nike thought that way.
"I'll be there anytime. If you need my help, just call. I indeed followed you because I liked you, Prince... but I heard things didn't work out for you..."
Don't cry, you idiot.
“Those who are fighting hard and getting hurt, we no longer help them...”
Hold on. Never cry.
Vania said, biting her lips tightly.
“I, I’m not like that... I’m not that kind of person...”
“Love! I can’t love you.”
“?”
Ryan might have been thinking of hiding like he did the first time and then rushing in and killing everyone, but I was different.
If everything goes according to plan... Unlike the first time, when they didn't even know if Ryan was alive or dead, Wessenberg will inevitably become aware of our presence.
'You may not care now, but once we grow old enough to be a threat, Father will definitely take action.'
Father, the Duke of Wassenberg, is a scary man.
Asking a single person was not a problem, and if it was bothersome, he would act without regard to means or methods.
‘And it’s meticulous and mean...'
A person who encourages love creates weaknesses in their children.
'I have to face that kind of father all the time, so I'm going to create a weakness for myself?'
I'm a person with superpowers who can protect myself, but what about the ordinary girls who get entangled with Ryan?
What if something terrible happens?
Kidnapping, intimidation, imprisonment, assassination...
My father was a man who could do the worst thing imaginable without a second thought.
Sorry, but love... after everything is over!
You have to do it then!
“Something other than dating! Tell me what else you want to do!”
“...Excuse me. Who are you to tell me to date or not?”
Of course, Ryan was dumbfounded.
“If you’re going to get revenge, why don’t you just date leisurely?”
“Huh...?”
Well. I feel a little sorry for saying something just before, like, “I hope you don’t get caught up in revenge.”
“I wasn’t thinking about it, but I suddenly feel like I’m going to die?!”
“No~! Do it after you’re done with your revenge!”
“What are you? Are you my mom?!”
At that moment, a shadow fell next to me.
“Are you...slacking off right now?”
It was Revan with a broom.
“Hey, hey. Is this kid funny? She suddenly told me not to date. I thought she was my mom...”
“Stop talking nonsense and just clean up!”
Ryan immediately started wiping the windowsill again, deliberately teasing me.
“Hey, just wait a minute~ This dad will make you a new mom~.”
“Eeeeek!”
This is true. It might sound like absurd talk right now, but I can't just list out my future plans...
If Ryan, who has a crush on someone, really goes out and brings home a girl...
“Dad, dating isn’t that big of a deal. I’m just curious because you’ve never tried it, but when you actually do it, it’s nothing special.”
“What are you talking about as if you’ve done something?”
“Of course I did. I’m already... uh, twelve years old?”
“...”
“...”
Everyone is silent.
Ryan and Revan blinked their eyes.
“Ahahaha!”
“Poohahaha!”
The mansion laughed as it left.
“Oh, right, right. Our daughter, have you ever been in a relationship?”
“I’m going crazy, really~.”
“What, is he even the little boy who lived in the castle? Do you have a few boyfriend pictures~?”
“Oh, brother! Stop teasing the baby!”
They both looked like they were having a lot of fun.
Well, misunderstand or not...
It would be nice if the topic naturally changed from Ryan's love life.
“You can’t see him anymore. What should I do?”
"It's okay."
“When did you meet~?”
“Yeah. Since when did you start dating~?”
“...”
For two men who had spent half their lives in prison, a twelve-year-old love story seemed quite interesting.
"Hmm."
When did we meet?
I counted the time in my head.
We first met when I was sixteen and broke up when I was twenty.
We've known each other for four years.
It’s been two years since I returned there...
“So, the first time I met my boyfriend was six years ago.”
“Huh! First time meeting at the age of six?”
“Yeah, six years old is the perfect age to be dating~!”
“...”
***
Nike Valencia was a man of few words. His answers rarely exceeded a single sentence. Since getting to know him, the word Vania heard most often was "yes."
“The weather is really nice, isn’t it?”
"Yes."
“I also like hearing the children’s laughter~.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Are you even listening to me? Are you harassing someone who doesn't even like you?
Despite such worries, Vania didn't give in. If he didn't care, he wouldn't have come out to see her so regularly.
“Would you like to have dinner together?”
"Yes."
“Do you like seafood?”
"Yes."
“Will you be my lover?”
“...”
She was rejected.
'But you still listened to me!'
Even in the midst of all that, she thought positively.
Vania, sixteen.
Nike, twenty.
The first confession that day failed miserably, but the relationship between the two did not change much.
Because Vania never gave up and kept challenging herself...
Of course, it was a challenge that gave her a glimpse of the possibilities.
Nike answered Vania's letters regularly, went with her to see flowers, gave her gifts on some days, and watched her on her way home when it got dark.
But even after that, all the confessions she tried to make with courage were rejected.
Why is that?
The reason became clear shortly thereafter.
The House of Vania, the Wassenbergs, weren't just a simple power broker. They were a force to be reckoned with, wielding force and eroding the nation from top to bottom.
So... the Valencia royal family is decaying because of the Duke of Wassenberg.
Two families that can never mix like water and oil.
To Nike, a member of the imperial family, Vania, the daughter of a corrupt family, was the only person he could not accept, even if he accepted everyone else in the world.
Vania, eighteen.
It's been two years since she had a crush on Nike.
She's talked back to her father, tried to get her older siblings to stop doing bad things, and even tried to sabotage them.
And she gave up.
She couldn't do anything alone.
“Are you here?”
As always, she asked for a meeting, and he agreed. Vania planned to apologize and say goodbye today.
“Your Highness, I am truly sorry. Did I cause you any inconvenience?”
“What do you mean?”
A small meeting that has continued for two years.
Nike was blunt but affectionate.
Vania has held on to this relationship until now, even though she knows that all his actions are 'because he can't help it'.
“That’s, that’s why...”
It was a situation where they all knew each other, but it was difficult to say it out loud.
Say something.
My family is the main culprit, the monster, the robber who ruined your country?
So you know you can't accept me?
Instead of saying such shameful things, Vania made a roundabout admission.
“I was so stupid that I didn’t know much about my family until now. In reality, I was only the head of the family in name.”
“...”
"I'm sorry. The reason you've accepted me until now is that you needed my healing powers every time you went on a subjugation mission... I actually knew that."
She knew why Nike had no choice but to continue to tolerate her annoying clinginess.
The threat of demons. Warriors are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the land. Nike, who wants to save even one more of them...
Vania was wielding that Nike with her meager supernatural powers.
Even though she knows she shouldn't do that.
If it's useless, Nike won't meet her.
'Still... I thought that if our family changed someday, everything would be okay...'
Wassenberg's actions have already been numerous. They are rotten to the core, beyond repair.
After admitting that there was no hope, Vania decided that she couldn't make things difficult for Nike any longer.
Stop this dirty business of continuing to meet people...
"From now on, I will never bother you, Your Highness. I won't contact you or ask to see you. Even if we do run into each other, I'll just pretend not to see you."
“Princess.”
“If you’re worried that I might not be there when the expedition takes place, you absolutely don’t have to worry about that.”
Anyway, she's 'that' daughter of 'that' family, right? She didn't like it when Nike thought that way.
"I'll be there anytime. If you need my help, just call. I indeed followed you because I liked you, Prince... but I heard things didn't work out for you..."
Don't cry, you idiot.
“Those who are fighting hard and getting hurt, we no longer help them...”
Hold on. Never cry.
Vania said, biting her lips tightly.
“I, I’m not like that... I’m not that kind of person...”
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