Crown Prince’s Ex-Boyfriend

“En garde! (Ready)!”

The referee shouted, and the prince and I got ready.

Suddenly, I heard the whispers of people who had gathered.

“Oh, it looks like they are about to start sparring! Who is doing it?”

“His Highness the Crown Prince….and The Young Lady of the Marquis of Heather.”

“What? Are those two sparring? What’s that? People always fight with swords.”

…Was I supposed to point a real sword at the Crown Prince?

I must have been a nobleman with the tree branch.(?)

“Allez! (Start!)”

As soon as the word was said, the prince disappeared in front of my eyes.

As expected, as an owner of a warlike personality, he always attacks first.

But it’s no use.

My attacks are faster.

“One point!”

When I finally got the first point, laughter filled with pleasure burst out of my mouth.

Ah yes, this feeling!

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed freely since I possessed Irillin, it only became like this after I decided to leave.

“I’ll get it again, so be prepared!”

I shouted cheerfully and got ready again.

Meanwhile, there was something that caught my eye.

“……Are you laughing?”

It was Vin’s face in shock, as if he had faced an unknown world that he had never seen in his life.

Either way, I focused on Dalian(sparring).

It doesn’t matter if a person you’ll never see again is in shock.

“Two points!”

“…..Do you like it?”

“Of course.”

“Don’t like it. Because I want to kill you.”

“Huh…..”

A large number of banquet participants were all watching our battle.

The banquet hall began to buzz due to the prince’s sudden verbal abuse.

However, there was a sound that instantly calmed the tumult.

“You two look great together.”

It was the voice of the emperor. A voice that had the power to overwhelm people, but the words he said were amazing that everyone shut their mouths.

And more shocking words ensued.

“Marquis Heather, how about getting your daughter married to the Crown Prince.”

“Yes……? Your Majesty……. It’s an honor for you to think well of my daughter, but unfortunately, Irillin already has a fiancé.”

“That’s a shame. But isn’t it impossible to know people’s work?”

“What is the case Your Majesty is talking about?

“In the case of breaking up the marriage. Isn’t there a law that says you must get married just because you’re engaged?”

Breaking up? That’s what I wanted!

But it’s not easy to break a family contract, even if I break up the marriage anyway, I’ll have to get engaged to the crown prince who tries to kill me whenever he has time.

Just by looking this cancer(?), it seems like nothing but a ploy to get rid of the Crown Prince by attaching him to a foul-tempered Irillin.

Maybe I was not the only one who felt this way, but the crown prince’s expression rapidly darkened.

And one more thing, there was a person with a dark expression…….

Clink!

It was Vin, who was so shocked that he even broke the refreshment plate he was holding.

“In the case of breaking up the marriage. Isn’t there a law that says you must get married just because you’re engaged?”

Why? When he heard the words, Vin felt as if his heart was being pushed up to the top of his head.

Even though it was a forced engagement, in the end, he never thought of the word “break up” after accepting it.

Whether breaking up was easy or not, it was because he thought he would never get away from Irillin.

But the Emperor said that he could take Irillin away from me so easily.

That’s absolutely impossible as long as this world exists.

……But, at this moment, it suddenly occurred to him.

What if Irillin herself, tries to get away from me?

“Vin! Are you okay?”

Unlike the Crown Prince who runs with a face that looks like a knife stuck in his foot when Vin only dropped a plate, Irillin stood there and watched indifferently.

What it proves is that……

Irilin was already out of herself.(?)

As the Emperor had just said, it is not impossible for Irillin to be engaged to the Crown Prince.

Even though that possibility was extremely slim, the thought of their engagement made me feel as if something had been taken away from me.

“…….”

“Why aren’t you answering! Are you okay?”

So, I turned away from the crown prince without realizing it.

“Why on earth…”

I couldn’t understand my behavior either.

In such a circumstance, it would be impossible for the crown prince to understand Vin. Feeling strange right away, the prince suppressed the burning desire to win and lowered his tree branch.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“No…”

“But why don’t you look at me……!”

‘Look at that kid?’

That meaning was contained in the back words(?) that could not be continued because of the gaze.

Come to think of it, I’ve only been looking at the Irillin.

Not just now, I think it’s been like that for quite a while.

It happened before I realized it.

As Irillin has always done.

An eerie realization that I didn’t want to admit passes through my head.

‘You’ve become like the old Irillin.’

Even if Vin didn’t say anything, the Crown Prince, who never took his eyes off him, immediately noticed such a change in Vin.

He hardened his face and said.

“I need to talk to you for a moment.”

Without listening to Vin’s answer, the Crown Prince dragged his wrist and took him out of the banquet hall. Meanwhile, Vin only looked at the ground, and never once at the crown prince.

No, you were right to say you couldn’t see it.(?)

This is because an unknown pain poked my chest every time I saw him.

It was unpleasant, and I was sorry again. Ironically, the two emotions coexisted.

“Tell me. You, something’s changed, right?”

The Crown Prince, who found an unfrequented place, asked Vin directly.

It was clear that even if Vin spat out a lie in front of that blade-like gaze, he would see through it. So Vin just told the truth.

“Yes.”

“……Why?”

“I keep wondering. Why can’t she hold a sword, why do she act like she’s changed all of a sudden, why…… doesn’t she like me now.”

“……Why? Why do you ask that question?”

“I don’t know how I feel yet either. The only thing that’s for sure is……”

“……”

“I started to want her to like me again.”

“……Why? I told you not to. Don’t care, don’t.”

“I tried to do that, but it didn’t work out. I’m sorry, Your Highness.”

“……”

The Crown Prince looked more miserable than when he was verbally abused by the Emperor. The sight made me laughably sympathetic.

The sense of loss when something that I thought was mine was taken away. I could be see that the Crown Prince was feeling exactly what I had just felt.

So I felt that much more guilty.

Just a few months ago, I never thought I would feel this way for the Crown Prince.

And I never thought I would say something like that.

“I think it’s right to tell you quickly before I hurt your highness more, so I’ll tell you now.”

“No, I don’t want to.”

“Your Highness.”

“No. I like you.”

“…….”

“Think again. Say yes? I’ll never let you go. Please. Vin.”

As if he had no intention of letting go of the words he uttered, the hands of the Crown Prince, who clasped his wrists tightly, trembled pitifully.

In the red eyes, which had always been dry like sand, even tears that had never been seen in front of others, including Vin, were filled.

I felt sorry when I saw the face, but I didn’t want to change my mind at all.

When I had the intention to do so, I had already tried countless times, but I couldn’t.

The more I realized it was impossible, the deeper my emotions got.

This was the result that followed.

An irreversible catastrophe.

However, at the same time as Vin gave another person a catastrophe, an unexpected catastrophe came into his life.

“Didn’t I tell you. Shame on you.”

Smack-!

Vin’s cheek, which was slapped in an instant, swelled up.

It was his father, Duke of Ortega, who made a handprint on the boy’s soft cheeks.

Standing next to him, the Emperor only looked at the Crown Prince with disgust.

He neither slapped his son on the cheek like the Duke of Ortega, nor uttered abusive language.

Now that the other human beings have disappeared, the Crown Prince was just a nonexistent being to the Emperor.

The crown prince left the banquet hall with Bin, who was dazed for some reason.

In the midst of the unusual atmosphere of the two, there was a cold atmosphere in the banquet hall.

Then, as the whispers was about to begin again, the emperor and the Duke of Ortega left.

They also went out through the door that the Crown Prince and Vin had opened.

Looking at the scene, I suddenly realized that it was getting dark outside the window.

“……It’s already this late.”

The founding night.

Taking advantage of the atmosphere of the time, the Crown Prince whispered his love to Vin, and the Emperor and the Duke of Ortega to overhear it.

Judging from the way they followed them, the time is probably now.

“It’s finally time!”

“The highlight of the Founding Festival!”

“Time to fly the magic carriage……!”

And I’m running away, too, right now.

Two magic carriages are sent flying north and south at the end of the Foundation Festival.

This carriage, which means to send away the misfortunes of the imperial people, is meant to be ridden.

In spite of the fact that it is a ‘horse’ carriage, it was moved by magic rather than a horse, so it was very slow, and the space was also made narrow.

Therefore, no one would have thought of riding this carriage.

If someone had thought of that, they wouldn’t have been able to open the door of the locked carriage.

But I have the means. A secret spell that can open any door, ‘Taekbae What Sumida’.

This is my plan.

While they are preparing to fly the wagon away, I’ll knock out the guards and sneaks into the carriage.

Then I’ll put my hand on the slow carriage and shout.

“Jibea Chicken Sana!”