The Reincarnated Young Lady Decided to Change Common Sense

His Highness’ Proposal (Reminiscence) ~Alyssa’s Perspective~

(Alyssa’s Perspective)

“Alyssa, will you be my wife?”

“…Huh?”

After the usual(?) dinner at our house, our living room froze when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince David uttered this line.

What did he just say?

My wife?

What was that?

Did he really say he wanted to marry me? 

He’s the Crown Prince of this kingdom, right? The next king? 

Did he just ask me to be the Queen of the Kingdom? 

“Are you serious?”

“Of course I’m serious.”

He seriously wanted me to be his wife.

To be clear, it was not to be a concubine or a mistress.

“I want to welcome you into my palace as a full-fledged Queen.”

I looked back into the deep purple crystal eyes that were staring at me with seriousness, and I replied in a clear tone.

“I decline.”

“…Eh?”

His Highness’s expression changed rapidly as I responded in a simple and concise manner that left no room for misunderstanding.

Judging from his expression, he probably did not expect to be rejected.

The noble daughters around the Prince were trying their best to get him to say this line.

They most likely thought that all the women in the world were dreaming of a marriage proposal from a Prince.

He looked as if he had no idea what was going on.

“I will say it again so that there will be no misunderstanding. I absolutely do not want to marry His Royal Highness Crown Prince David and become a regular Queen!”

How could I talk that way and be disrespectful? 

It was a little late for that, wasn’t it?

For nearly two years, I had been dealing with His Highness’ frequent visits to my home.

It was different from when we first met, when I was scared to death just because he was the Crown Prince.

Those days were gone!

***

I then explained to His Highness, who still didn’t seem to understand the situation.

“I’m a commoner. If I went to a royal palace, I would definitely be tormented. Even within the academy alone, people are whispering behind my back that I’m a commoner who is hanging out with the Crown Prince. I shudder just to think that this would happen in the royal palace, with nobles from all over the country.”

“What! Who would do such a thing?”

“I don’t care who. I mean, I don’t think most of the nobles would find it amusing, just the difference between actually saying it out loud and not saying it out loud.”

I continued.

“His Highness may think that if he married me, you would be able to see father as often as before, but that’s definitely not going to happen. It will definitely rain blood. I also want to be spared, so please pretend that this conversation never happened. Because I have no intention of becoming a Queen, no matter what!”

When I said that much, His Highness understood, and without further protest, he returned to the royal palace, drooping like an abandoned puppy.

I felt a little sorry for him, but I needed to be clear about this.

We would graduate from the academy soon, and then we would be living in different worlds.

I could only hope that His Highness would quickly learn the reality of the situation and behave like an adult.

Yeah, it was not my fault.

It was a sensible and mature thing to do…

For a while after that, I didn’t see His Royal Highness Prince David at the institute.

Of course, he didn’t come to my house, and from what I heard, he was absent from the academy for a long time.

Did he lose his mind from shock? 

Did he collapse in shock or fell into depression? 

While I was thinking about this, one day, His Highness visited my house again.

I thought he would never come again, but I guess he had come to terms with his feelings.

I could not turn away His Royal Highness who had come all the way to visit me, so I invited him inside our house with some awkwardness, and I was stunned again by what His Royal Highness Crown Prince David said.

“Will you take me as a son-in-law?”

“…What?”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince David, or rather His Royal Highness David, had officially renounced his right of succession to the throne.

He handed over the title of Crown Prince to his younger brother, and after graduating from the academy, he gained a new land and became a duke to support his younger brother, the new king.

***

“This is a decision that has been made and approved by father and those around him.”

“What exactly is that supposed to imply?”

His Highness said that we would nominally get a fiefdom to manage, but there was nothing special to do since the new fiefdom was originally under the direct control of the royal family and was not used or managed in any particular way, or rather, it was just left unattended.

We would move to the newly given Duke’s residence away from the royal capital, where we would not be visited by any unknown nobles.

He was going to be at the palace every day to assist the new king, but father and I had no obligations or restrictions, so we could just sit in the house every day drinking tea, reading books, and studying magic freely.

It sounded like a very comfortable and carefree life with three meals, lunch, and sleep.

It would seem that the groundwork had already been set…

“Are you serious?”

“In my own way, I have seriously considered how to convince Alyssa to marry me. I understand Alyssa’s point of view. I tried to think of the most mutually satisfactory way…”

“…How should I put it…. I’m amazed that His Majesty the King agreed to such a reckless plan.”

“I told him that if he didn’t like it, I would leave the country with Alyssa, and he reluctantly agreed.”

“I don’t want you to decide to leave the country on your own.”

“I was not seriously thinking of leaving the country with Alyssa, either. If someone tries to make ridiculous demands, you can make them believe that you are much better by making even more ridiculous demands. It’s all just tactics.”

“…”

I couldn’t say a word in disbelief.

“And what are you going to do if they still reject me?”

“…I’m going to take Alyssa and leave the country.”

I knew it.

I knew he would say that.

By the way, he was probably serious about this.

It was not a tactic or anything, but he must be seriously thinking of abandoning his current position, becoming just a commoner, and living happily with me and father in another country.

I could tell!

This was a man who would seriously think and do something insane.

*

I guess it was safer to compromise around this one…