The Crown Prince's Fiancée

Up until now, the Crown Prince has endured the pressure from the Empire’s elders, even without a so-called fiancée.

Rather, I remembered that the people were more amazed at the sudden existence of the fiancée that appeared out of nowhere.

I don’t think we even have to try this hard when he can just go without it.

And as if my question annoyed him, the prince closed his mouth tightly and then spit out a syllable.

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Is there any use for you to know the reason?”

“······No.”

“Then just focus on the things you have to do.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Ternie intervened as I bowed my head down.

“You may be wondering why you are doing this. Right?”

Nod.

In the end, it was Ternie, not Prince Adrian, who answered my question.

“Her Majesty, the Empress wants his highness, the crown prince to marry as soon as possible. So far, he’s been avoiding it with the excuse of still being young, but now that he’s over twenty years old and at the right age to get married, that excuse was already invalid!”

“Oh, I see.”

“However, if prince Adrian still doesn’t have a partner, Her Majesty is going to push the crown prince to marry a certain young lady, and she is very······ amazing.”

Ternie shook his head. He’s wearing a face full of bitterness.

Like Diano, it seemed that Ternie also disliked that infamous lady.

“It’s better to destroy this empire than to make that madwoman be the crown princess.”

The prince laughed coldly and muttered cynically.

You really hate women.

It definitely seems like he is gay.

His remarks gave me confidence in my conviction.

Exactly how much do you have to hate women to force the man you love to cross-dress?

Though I admit that the prince was also pitiful. He was born as a prince that’s why can’t choose his love, he has a sad life.

Another conversation was going on as I sympathized with the Crown Prince.

The prince and his two aides were talking seriously.

“Did you find Ethan?”

“No, he must have run away. Very far.”

“It’s because you’re so intense in bed.”

At Ternie’s grumbling words, the teacup in my hands descended vertically to the floor.

Whoosh—

Fortunately, the teacup didn’t break thanks to the carpet, but I couldn’t stop the three men’s gazes from focusing on me.

Man, bed, intense.

The combination of words made my imagination wander. I smiled awkwardly and picked up the fallen cup.

“Treat me as air. Please continue what you’re doing.”

“The air seems to be talking these days.”

“Haha······. Amazing, isn’t it?”

Fortunately, despite my bullshit, the prince quickly turned his attention away from me.

As I leaned back to the corner of the sofa, they started to continue the discussion that had hilted because of me.

I quietly listened to their conversation. Taking as many clues as possible was good for my survival.

Combining the stories so far, it seems that the person named Ethan was the prince’s fiancée and the prince’s guardian knight.

To be a fiancée, being a man is a problem, but anyway.

When the empress sought the crown prince to marry a woman, he seemed to have given a new identity to a knight named Ethan, whom the prince truly loved, and made him his fiancée.

The woman that often appeared in every conversation.

Well, that’s what happened. And it seemed to be getting organized now.

“I searched high and low, but I couldn’t find him.”

“Is it possible that he went back home?”

“No. I’ve contacted my person there and they said he was not.”

The knight Ethan must have been hiding, but I wondered how intense the prince must’ve been in bed for him to run away so desperately.

I glanced at the crown prince, but I was afraid that I would make eye contact with him, so I focused all my attention on the teacup.

Haha, what a gloomy life.

“Where could he have gone? We have to find him quickly.”

“I already have a proxy. Do I still need to find him?”

The Crown Prince intervened in the conversation between Ternie and Diano. Then he pointed at me with a chin gesture.

I was startled and immediately straightened my posture.

Why? What, what is it?

“······Is it possible?”

The gaze of the three men was all over me.

And it’s a little burdensome.

I laughed awkwardly and shrugged. I just felt like I should.

“Anyway, try to make her useful in two weeks. The Empress’s birthday party should be handled successfully somehow.”

I felt all the blood rushing to my face as I heard them say that I was to attend the ball that celebrates the Empress’ birth.

The party, which was held two weeks later, was attended by a large number of people I had to deceive.

It is a ball held to celebrate the Empress’s birth, so of course, Her Majesty, the Empress, and His Majesty will also come.

Oh, the emperor······.

I didn’t have the confidence to properly pretend in front of him on the spot.

“Well, what will happen if I get caught being a fake?”

“You will likely die or be exiled.”

Oh, my god······.

The three men began to talk among themselves again.

“Haha. Will that woman also come?”

“There’s no way that party fanatic won’t come.”

When Ternie asked, the prince replied with a sullen expression, as if he was tired.

Apparently, the woman everyone avoids was a party fanatic.

Party. Although I was once a noble, I had never been to a party even before our family had fallen.

Also, even though it’s been six months since I entered the palace, I never went near the place where the party was held.

I was terribly afraid of my future two weeks later.

“Then, what shall we do?”

Ternie pointed his chin at me instead of talking. Faced with that line of sight, I opened my eyes wide and stepped back slightly.

The one who answered Ternie’s question was Diano, who was just watching.

“Ethan basically doesn’t speak.”

“That’s just because he doesn’t want to talk.”

“You have to do the same thing. It’s strange if your personality suddenly changes.”

The information that the former fiancée usually doesn’t speak was very helpful to me. At least, it lessens the probability that my cover will be blown away by accident.

“And what else did he do?”

“Well. He’s so good with the role that I can’t remember what he’s done.”

Two men, except for the Crown Prince, were vigorously worried about how the knight Ethan played the role of a fiancée alone.

The prince, who stared at the figure in silence, frowned and shook his hand.

“Take care of this matter by yourselves. Why should I care about this? All of you, get lost.”

At that line, the surroundings became quiet for a moment.

Ternie, looking at the prince with a blank expression, suddenly clapped.

“I can see the qualities of a tyrant.”

T-Tyrant.

It was such a bold statement that I’m afraid he might die from the prince’s hands.

And Diano, who seemed to be still, also added.

“You will be a great tyrant, Your Majesty.”

There wasn’t even a single piece of humor in the words that he spat out. Indeed, she also believes that the prince would be a great tyrant.

How are these humans still alive? It’s obvious that if you act like this in front of the crown prince, the remaining days of your life will disappear······.

And as expected, the expression of the prince became more terrifying as to whether he became more annoyed with his aide’s words.

He glared at Diano.

“Is that even a compliment?”

Then Diano politely bent his knees in front of the prince.

“I have sinned, your highness. Please kill me.”

“There is no reason for me to kill you.”

I envy you. You keep asking him to kill you, but he won’t. That jerk kept saying he’s going to kill me even though I keep begging for my life.

“If you know that you did wrong, then it’s good.”

The crown prince shook his head as if he was annoyed, then we were kicked out of the room.

However, I was happy. I wanted to be thrown out forever like this. If I could, I wanted to go outside the Imperial Palace.

As long as the crown prince was not there. He was hazardous to my life.

Ternie, who was stuck next to me, beckoned me.

“Now, then, shall we have a good brother and sister conversation?”

Can’t you let me rest for a while? You’re a man without a drop of blood.

However, I’m powerless, so I had no choice but to laugh awkwardly and follow Ternie.

My happiness was very short-lived.

“Athie you’re not trying to escape, right?”

“T-There’s no way I would do that.”

“Hmm. I’m just worried, so I’m going to give you some advice in advance. You should not forget, Athie. Your opponent is Adrian.”

“Yes, I know that very well······.”

I don’t know how Ternie suddenly sensed what I’m thinking, but it somehow pricked my conscience.

“By the way······. What if······. Just what if I was caught trying to escape, what will happen to me afterward······?”

“What else will probably happen. You’ll either die or be locked up.”

“Ah.”

“As you well know, the Imperial Household is heavily guarded among the Imperial Palaces. Especially the Lily Palace and the Poinsettia Palace. They have increased their security these days because of Ethan.”

“Oh, I see.”

“And I know you’re thinking that Adrian is unmerciful. But it is Adrian’s unparalleled mercy that you are still breathing right now.”

Seeing the blood on my cheeks completely drained, Ternie laughed and nodded.

“I said it was only, what if~!”

It was only a supposition!

“Athie. I’m your brother that’s why I’m warning you beforehand. If you mess with Adrian, I will survive, but not you. And I hope you live for a long time, my little sister.”

On that day, I completely abandoned the idea of trying to escape. It was clear that there was no lie in Ternie’s words, whether intended or not.

Since then I have started clinging to my studies desperately.