Chapter 19

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‘Could it be that he came to visit suddenly because he found out the culprit was Casadine?’

Contrary to my anxious feelings, Sasha looked very excited.

“He has personally come to see you! He’s waiting in the parlor now.”

“… Did you hear anything else?”

“Yes? It said…”

Sasha tilted her head and blinked her brown eyes.

Fortunately, they didn’t know that Casadine was the culprit.

If not for that reason, why did he come to see me?

I was hoping I would never see him again after I treated him.

Is there a reason for him to come to meet me?

It seemed, the Crown Prince’s position didn’t have much work to do.

Sasha, who didn’t know that I had bad feelings for the Crown Prince, dragged me to the vanity mirror. Looking at the mirror in front of me, she was busy dressing me while humming. Sasha, who doesn’t know what really happened, looks very excited.

“I wonder if His Highness saw you and fell in love at first sight? Not only me, but everyone will think so. Yesterday, even though something unfortunate happened, he came to see you.”

“Sasha, that couldn’t be the case.”

It must be just because my healing powers were amazing.

The Crown Prince was the person who was amazed by that.

I felt sorry about Casadine in my previous life, because he must always be by his side. How much patience did he have over the years beside such an idiot?

Well, after all it’s for revenge.

“So have you found out what I asked for yesterday?”

Sasha replied while combing my hair.

“Are you talking about Grand Duke Damian? In fact, the Empire had been turned upside down by that incident. It was said that the person who tried to poison His Highness the Crown Prince was Grand Duke Damian. Was there anything lacking in the Grand Duke’s position, so that he could do such a thing?”

“…”

“I heard, currently he’s imprisoned in the Imperial palace, but there’s no solid evidence that he’s the culprit, so he may be released soon.”

“There’s no clear evidence…”

Surely, there would be difficulties in pushing him to be the culprit, only on the pretext that the poison eaten by the Crown Prince was taken from a plant that only grows in the north, and at that time Damian came late to the banquet.

Still, the reason why he was imprisoned was probably due to his extraordinary swordsmanship. Who else could be suspected of infiltrating the Imperial palace and doing something like that?

He was someone who easily won the championship in the annual swordsmanship competition.

Only a few people know that he has heart disease. His appearance must have deceived the Emperor’s eyes as well.

Otherwise, how could he hide his illness that not even a famous doctor in the Empire could cure him?

‘If I go to prison to meet Damian, will I get information about him?’

I know that Damian will soon be released from prison. It was me, who overthrew Damian for what Casadine did, but even if it was Damian, not Casadine, who really poisoned the Crown Prince, he was someone who would somehow escape from prison.

For him, other people are just things that were used when needed and discarded when they’re no longer needed. That wasn’t a bad way to cause a dramatic encounter while he was in prison. Once he’s out of prison, Damian will likely try to investigate the person who did this.

And if he finds out that the culprit is Casadine, he can use that as an excuse to take advantage of it. I know, Damian is such a person. Before that, I have to bring Damian to my side.

“What do you want to wear?”

“Well… ”

After making up my mind, I smiled at Sasha.

Perhaps, the situation will be better because the Crown Prince is coming.

“As flashy as possible.”

*****

After I finished getting dressed, I went to the parlor where the Crown Prince was waiting.

“Sister.”

As I was about to go into the living room, I heard a voice that I recognized very well.

I slowly turned my head to the voice came from.

Casadine was beside the door while leaning against the wall. It’s still vivid in my memory when he walked into my room last night and did some tricks.

“Why do you look so busy?”

“Because a guest came and was waiting in the living room.”

I didn’t mention that he was a Crown Prince. Because I wanted to avoid these two people from meeting.

“Can I go with you?”

“It must be a little difficult.”

“Why?”

Casadine’s gaze turned to the red dress I was wearing.

“… He seems like quite an important guest.”

It was a sarcastic tone.

Last night, Casadine who was like a beast, failed to get me into his trap.

Right now, he didn’t hesitate to reveal his true nature to me. I was very happy with that.

“Yes.”

At my clear answer, Casadine narrowed his eyes. It seemed he didn’t like the answer.

“Then, I’ll go first.”

I left Casadine and walked toward the living room.

However, Casadine took a step ahead of me. When I looked up at him with a face asking what he was doing, he opened his mouth.

“I’ll be quiet, so I want you to take me with you.”

“Why?”

When I asked why, Casadine just kept his mouth shut and gave no answer.

“Not for today, Casadine.”

“…”

“I’m sorry.”

“Will you get in trouble when I meet this guest?”

Casadine asked me while looking into my eyes.

“No, but he is a very difficult person.”

“…”

“I think, I have to go now. It’s too late.”

I patted Casadine’s shoulder with my hand. For some reason, Casadine didn’t ask me to bring him anymore.

“Then, see you later. I’ll be back soon.”

As I walked to the parlor, I looked back for a moment and saw him smiling at me.

*****

When I entered the room, all I saw was a man with golden hair sitting on a chair, and he was drinking tea.

It was Prince Leon.

“You are here.”

As soon as he saw me, he put the tea he had been drinking on the table and smiled at me.

“I’ve been waiting for some time and then I almost died because I was bored.”

It was a word that indicated the discomfort from someone who had passed through the pit of death yesterday.

I slightly lifted the hem of my dress and said an apology.

“Forgive me for being late, Your Highness.

I see the little sun of the Empire.”

“You don’t need to be too formal. This isn’t the first time I’ve met you.”

It’s not the first, but it feels like this is the first time.

Why are you pretending to be so close to me?

No… It was myself, who decided to use the Crown Prince to meet Damian. Let’s not lose our composure.

I sat on the chair opposite the Crown Prince. How could it be more difficult dealing with the Crown Prince than to Casadine? Most likely, it was because the Crown Prince was a very unpredictable person.

“I know, you may be wondering why I came suddenly like this since morning.”

“…”

“I’ll get to the point.”

The Crown Prince stopped talking and tapped the table with his finger.

“My lady, what do you think if you become the Crown Princess?”

What did he just say?

When I opened my eyes wide to a completely unexpected words, the Crown Prince smiled with satisfaction.

“… Your Highness, it doesn’t make sense. Even if you’re joking, don’t talk like that.”

“A joke? Do you think that I came all the way here just to joke with you?”

The Crown Prince said, tilted his head.

“And for your information, His Majesty also agreed.”

“… The Emperor?”

“Yes. There are rumors about your family accumulating wealth through the mines, right? The Emperor was very pleased with your help for saving my life.”

“…”

“The healer family who was deserves the protection of the Imperial palace couldn’t do this or that, due to unwritten rules with the Imperial family. His Majesty seems to be thinking about it all the time.”

The Crown Prince wasn’t joking. It would be nice if he was just joking. But he only spoke the truth. That fact made it even more difficult for me.

This has never happened in my previous life. Far from healing the Crown Prince, we never even talk to each other. This happened because I had healed the Crown Prince who had been poisoned.

“What is this… Your Highness, this is so sudden, I don’t understand. I’m quite satisfied with everything I have now.”

It was said honestly.

But at my words, the Crown Prince just tilted his head.

“Are you saying that you turned down the opportunity to become someone of the highest status in the Empire?”

“I’m satisfied with my life now and I’m doing well. I’m grateful for the offer, but I’ll just follow my heart.”

He laughed at my answer.

“It’s really beyond my expectation. It was the same when I first saw you, but you are a funny person.”

When I was looking at the Crown Prince whose expression was like a madman, someone suddenly opened the door without a word.

Looking at the door, wondering who had opened the door without knocking, Casadine appeared with a plate full of cookies in one hand.

“I’m sorry, I entered without knocking on the door first.”

Casadine said, and there was no expression of sincere apologies on his face.

Just looking at his face, he used the cookies he was holding in his hand as an excuse to interrupt my conversation with the Crown Prince.

“I baked the cookies because I felt hungry.”

Tak!

Casadine carelessly placed the plate of cookies he was holding on the table. It was such a disrespectful gesture that it made a pretty loud sound.

‘This is a cookies baked by Sasha. Why didn’t Sasha bring this herself, but instead, Casadine did?’

When I looked at Casadine with a doubtful face, he just looked at the Crown Prince with his calm expression.

“Good work. Now, please come out.”

“…”

Casadine didn’t leave when the Crown Prince asked him to come out.

The Crown Prince, who kept staring at me the whole time, looked towards Casadine, because he felt something strange.

“I said please come out”

Casadine still didn’t leave.

He just stood still like a stone stuck in its place. Maybe, my younger brother needs help. Then, I opened my mouth.

“This is my younger brother, his name is Casadine. Please forgive his rudeness.”

“…!”

At my words, the Crown Prince raised his eyebrows.

“I never heard anything like this from His Majesty.”

Said the Crown Prince, looking at me and Casadine alternately.

“You two don’t look alike. Your hair is platinum while his hair is silver. The color of your eyes is also very different.”

“It seems, the two of you aren’t blood related.”

Why are you so interested in other people’s private lives?

“Even though we aren’t blood related, he’s my only younger brother.”

“He’s too handsome to say that he’s your younger brother. With his appearance and the atmosphere from him. If I had a younger brother like this, it would be natural that my eyes would always be on him.”

“My younger brother is indeed very handsome.”

The Crown Prince shook his head and laughed as if my words were funny.

Is he someone who has no pain in his body?

The Crown Prince, who had been laughing loudly for a while, opened his mouth and coughed as if it was embarrassing.

“I was talking about an important things with her, so I hope her handsome younger brother will come out for a moment.”

“Is this something I shouldn’t hear?”

At Casadine’s words, the Crown Prince squeezed the armrest and opened his mouth.

“Well, let me tell you if you want it that way.”

The Crown Prince, took the cookie that was on the table and ate it.

It was a relaxed attitude that ate something without hesitation, so it was hard to tell that he was poisoned yesterday.

“Your sister will become the Crown Princess in the near future.”

“…”

“This is what we’re talking about.”

“Your Highness!”

I was so shocked that I called the Crown Prince.

I refused, but why did he say that?

“I definitely refused, Your Highness.”

“To convey your refusal, come directly to the Imperial Palace, My Lady.”

The Crown Prince laughed grimly like a spiteful child when he hears about something funny.

“Tomorrow, at noon. I’ll be waiting for you at the fountain of the Imperial Palace.”

“…”

“However, you have to come alone, My Lady.”

Without hearing my answer, the Crown Prince got up from his chair and just walked away.

He was a really arbitrary person.

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