episode_0078

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you in person, Lady Marian.”

Before she knew it, Esteban had approached her and said hello, and the look on Cecilia’s face when she looked at him was just… like seeing a troublesome being.

I’m glad you’re okay.

It seems that the comforting efforts had an effect in their own way.

I only shifted my gaze after examining Cecilia thoroughly.

“Hello. His Majesty the Crown Prince. It’s surprising that you’re not even a student.”

Then she held her skirt with one hand and bowed lightly.

“Haha. I am also a graduate here. It’s a pity that I couldn’t go with you.”

“Is that so.”

I didn’t hide my annoyance.

“Would you like to dance this song with me?”

There was a strange sense of urgency in his words. I looked into his eyes without thinking and was startled. To be honest, it was very brutal.

No matter how much of a bastard he was, he was still the main character and crown prince. As such, I have so far politely declined most of his invitations.

‘sorry.’

‘I’m tired today.’

‘I don’t have time now.’

‘I hate dancing the most in the world.’

‘ah. ‘I’m not going there.’

‘It’s annoying.’

hmm. This is a polite way of saying it, right?

Is it because I hesitated differently than usual?

“Could you please soothe my regrets about not being able to spend my school life with you?”

‘Why am I comforting him, you crazy person?’ The words rose up in my throat, but I smiled awkwardly.

I don’t know why, but it feels like an elevator. Unlike before, his kindly smiling face with gentle open eyes really seems to attract a woman.

It is also a characteristic of crazy people that their emotions go up and down in an instant.

‘But why?’

Is it because I keep rejecting this? Are you the first woman to reject me?

It goes without saying that this guy is crazy, but he has never done any harm to me. I asked you for something like this in a place like this, but if you refuse…

‘Should I dance it at least once…’

There is no need to get into trouble with a crazy person. Even though I know in my head that this is right, I somehow don’t feel like it.

Even the music that had just changed was, unlike the previous song, a tango-like dance with a fast tempo that required quite a bit of stickiness from the partner.

When I glanced out of the corner of my eye, I saw some dancing girls moving to the outfield, waving their hands.

“I’m a little tired.”

“Woman, lady…”

The joys and sorrows of the young people were mixed in an instant between acceptance and rejection.

I reached out to a passing servant, took a sip of wine, and rolled my eyes.

‘This is delicious.’

Just then, a gray-haired man wearing a black tailcoat lowered his posture politely, and a pink-haired man appeared.

‘It’s the female protagonist.’

Ian was working on the heroine.

“Lady Yuri. Would you like to spend the rest of your time with me?”

no. Now is not the time to worry about that.

‘In the first place, I don’t dance to songs like this well unless I’m close to them.’

This next song… . Perhaps a calm symphony.

‘I guess I should take a break and dance for a moment.’

I sighed and pulled my left hand slightly, but the pod didn’t come off. When I turned my head, Cecilia smiled silently and took the empty glass. She then handed it to the servant, looked at me again, and gave strength to her hand.

Strong, but not painful, doesn’t want to let me go. It felt like that feeling was being conveyed.

Is it because my pupils are shaking? Only then did her strength loosen up.

no wonder.

Can’t I go?

It seemed like he was saying that.

I was thinking of stepping on your toes.

I changed my mind.

“Charge. I have a partner today.”

“Young-ae. It wouldn’t look good to dance with only one partner for the entire prom. Wouldn’t Young-ae’s status rise just by doing one song with me?”

Confidence is amazing. ‘I have a partner.’ Why do I need to mention this? My current partner is better than you. It was the same as saying that.

If you were a shy Yeongsik, you would realize that you were offended by this much and run away with a blush on your face.

“You also have a position, don’t you know? That I am the only one who suits you, the duke’s daughter.”

Surely, no matter how much I thought I would kill, even if he was a bad guy, he was not a prince, but a prince.

The young lady who danced with the crown prince. That title alone will attract attention.

There may be people who need that kind of fame, but not me.

‘But why should I?’

In other words, if you danced with only one partner throughout the dance, it meant you were either unpopular or had a special relationship with your partner.

Not to mention the former, even the latter is scandalous.

‘Is there any problem?’

In the first place, if it is popular, there will be a lot of it, and if it is not there, rumors will spread. If I were to dance with Esteban, wouldn’t I be seen as a girl who flirts with this guy?

Naturally, the reputation among the ladies is.

‘It’s just the original Yeoju, isn’t it?’

“Heh.”

When I turned my head at the sound of the wind escaping, I saw Cecilia with a crooked smile.

‘omg.’

It wasn’t a slight laugh, it was a clear sneer.

“Is His Highness the Crown Prince acting attentive after leaving his partner behind?”

hey. Why are you leaving like this? . First of all, he is the crown prince.

I looked at Cecilia with those eyes. He just lightly tickled the back of my hand.

Hey… he hasn’t forgotten that he has a fake identity… right?

“Yes, you…!”

No, wasn’t your original mask so thick that it looked like a steel mask on the outside? Why is your personality revealed in just one word?

If he had this personality, he would at least send an assassin to Cecilia today.

‘Ugh.’

I held Cecilia’s hand firmly and took a step forward.

“His Royal Highness Crown Prince Esteban. Even though I told you this much, you still don’t understand?”

I sighed and hardened my expression.

“Number 27. This is the number of times I have declined Your Majesty’s invitation. Now number 28. This is it.”

“……I know that you are not an easy woman, but if you do this much, I will show my sincerity.”

He didn’t seem to understand what I meant. It was as if I was just flipping out to get attention.

‘The axe soldier is no joke.’

I feel like there are quite a lot of eyes on me.

It would be better to make sure you are going to do it anyway.

“Your Majesty doesn’t like me. It’s just an obsession.”

“No, I am!”

No matter what he said, I continued talking.

“Ha. Even if I say this, you don’t seem to understand, so I’ll make it clear.”

“It’s annoying. I don’t have the slightest interest in your Majesty. The person who has a partner in the first place, ah. Are you a former partner now?”

His picturesque face cracked. Ignoring the wildly shaking eyes, I gestured toward the center of the hall.

“What is that…”

Esteban’s head slowly turns.

There.

There was Yuri, beautifully dressed like Cinderella. The problem is that you’re dancing happily.

And it goes without saying who Yuri is currently dancing with. For a moment, it felt like Ian and I made eye contact, but he immediately looked at Yuri.

‘Hoo.’

To begin with, he had a just personality among Yuri’s fishermen. Moreover, as the male lead only had eyes for Yuri, I was surprised that he turned on me.

What can I say? Should I say that he also has the temperament of a middle school student?

I was immediately captivated by Yuri, who imparted divine power equally to the poor and marginalized, regardless of their status. It is clear that even in the original work, he did not hide the fact that he fell in love with Yuri at first sight.

‘wow.’

Esteban’s eyes suddenly changed. I feel a tingling energy that I have no intention of hiding.

‘If I make a fuss about this guy, my mana will run out, right?’

I wonder if those are the eyes of Jinseong Dol-eunja. What can I say? I can tell just by looking at it. Does it look like he has been betrayed?

Well, it wouldn’t be pleasant for the female lead, who was dressed up from head to toe like a fairy grandmother, to be doing that with someone else.

But you abandoned it, right?

If this novel had been a superpower battle story rather than a romantic fantasy, lasers would have shot out of Ian’s eyes right away and burned him.

Did he want to become the king of a harem?

“I said it before, but if you are the crown prince, you should take care of your people at a time like this. I believe that you are not so foolish that you do not know what the country is like now.”

I just said to just mind my work and turned around holding Cecilia’s hand.

Soon Esteban also walked slowly.

‘Yep. Okay, okay, go. Do whatever you want, whether it’s a harem or something. Just stop paying attention to me and my sister.’

Yuri and Ian are similar in some ways. Before I met Yuri, I heard that Ian had the temperament of a Casanova who wouldn’t stop a woman from coming to him.

It’s the same with Yuri, if you add more, it’s not less.

“You two… don’t fight because of me!”

Yuri said, glistening.

Oh oh. I never thought I would see that line in real life.

Is this Buddhism?

You should thank me too, right?

Of course, there will be a lot of noise for a while as it is a rare love triangle between the crown prince and Ian, but the love triangle is important.

Claude Cabal, Yuri’s Fisherman No. 2, and Leonhard Ren, No. 4. Where are the two of you?

In short, Ren was a sea man. He loves the sea and has excellent navigation skills, so he is in charge of trade with the east.

Strictly speaking, he’s not my person, but he’s a business partner.

Besides, he was grateful to me.

The Count wanted to send him to the Academy. But Ren didn’t want to leave the sea and attend a boring academy.

Coincidence of understanding. With just one word of my persuasion, his career path changed.

‘furthermore.’ Looking at me like that now, wouldn’t Ren be grateful to me too?

What is Claude…

‘Do you think they’re going around the parade ground right now?’

Even if I just closed my eyes, I felt like I could hear my dad’s voice at that time.

-So.

“Claude Cabal. It looks like you are very free.”

“The head of the family…”

Dad’s low growling voice was really scary. But I wasn’t scared at all. A heavy but loving sensation at the top of your head, and the feeling of your hair being gently tickled.

It’s not because he’s my dad. Normally, if you hear a bloody voice in your ear, you’ll get scared. However, he made his fifteen-year-old daughter sit on his lap and rested his chin on the top of her head.

I wonder if I was surprised by what he said, so he gently stroked my head with his chin.

‘Is this also petting?’

Even though I was used to being stroked, this was my first experience of being stroked on the head with my chin, so I felt absurd, but I didn’t hate it.

I just rolled my eyes.

Moreover, contrary to his voice, he is carefully braiding my hair with his fingers, so how can I be afraid?

I couldn’t tell what kind of expression my father had, but Claude’s expression was as if he had met the Grim Reaper.

There was no sympathy for Claude, who had his vacation forfeited due to his father’s threats.

“Marian. Dad dances well too.”

“Neng?”

When I tilted my head back, my dad had a pitiful expression like a puppy getting caught in the rain.

Was Claude so scared after seeing something like this?

“Ha.”

Looking at Claude’s bewildered expression, it seemed like that wasn’t the case either.

“Dad, you have to work.”

“Marian…”

Anyway, it’s a bit hard to take my dad as a partner. Did he sense how I felt? The sullen voice returned.

No, no matter how young he looks, my dad is now in his 40s.

Moreover, what is it like to bring parents to a children’s party?

As we are modern people, there is something more to that.

So it’s not like it’s not.

Well, in short, thanks to me, two fishermen were eliminated.

If not, it’s a shame…

It’s changed quite a bit.

The love triangle is at that level, so if 5 people lost and stirred it up…

I know this is a serious situation.

Honestly, I was a little excited.

A real love triangle…

“Ah..”

While looking around, I made eye contact with Cecilia.

‘Hey…’

He just kept staring at me.

“Are you happy?”

“…”

I covered my mouth with one hand. The corners of my mouth turned up.

Actually, I didn’t smile that much. Of course, I think I tend to smile a lot in front of my friends and family. Still, what is there to laugh about at the Academy?

I even practiced smiling aristocratically. But, I was truly happy just now.

‘I can’t believe you’re laughing at something like that…’

Are you trying to hate me?

I lowered my head without realizing it, then raised my face when I felt the soft touch of my cheek.

“If Marianne is happy, I am happy too.”

Cecilia gently squeezed my hair and kissed me.

Somehow, the subtle tingling and tickling that fills my chest makes my face heat up.

“Pretty Marian.”

“…I know.”

I spoke calmly, suppressing my heart that was about to explode.