Chapter 21

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“Another deal?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

He nodded as he looked at me with an arrogant expression.

“Please tell me the details.”

His golden eyes in the bright sun, shining quite attractively.

“Isn’t there a rumor that the culprit who tried to harm Your Highness was Grand Duke Damian? Besides, he was said to be imprisoned in the Imperial palace.”

“And?”

“Well, can you guide me to where he is?”

At my words, the Crown Prince asked with a surprised expression, as if he heard something weird.

“Are you asking me to guide you to the place where the Grand Duke is?”

“Yes.”

“What benefits will I get from doing that?”

“I will show you my healing power. Now at this place.”

I said it and smile at him.

“Didn’t you say that you couldn’t show your healing power if no one had suffered fatal injuries?”

“It seems I forgot to say that my healing power isn’t only for humans.”

At my words, the Crown Prince narrowed his eyes slightly.

“What do you mean?”

“It could make the flower that Your Highness stepped on now, bloom like a completely new one.”

I pointed to the flower that the Crown Prince trampled on.

The Forget-me-not flower, which was trampled by the Crown Prince’s shoes, caught my eyes.

“Your Highness doesn’t value plants.”

“!”

Hearing my words, the Crown Prince kicked the flower and looked down. At the same time, the appearance of a forget-me-not flower, which had almost lost its vitality, was horribly revealed.

The leaves, which should be fresh, were distorted because they couldn’t withstand the weight of the Crown Prince shoes, and the sky blue petals, which once bloomed and boasted their beauty, were crushed.

I get up from my chair and went to the side of the poor forget-me-not flower, then squatted in front of it.

“What are you doing now?”

The Crown Prince’s angry voice came from above me.

“I’m trying to cure a poor child.”

I bent my knees and looked around in the same position.

Fortunately, the imperial knights were so far away that they wouldn’t be able to figure out what I was doing.

I closed my eyes and put my hand on the forget-me-not flower.

Since it’s a plant, I don’t need much energy.

So, there was no such thing as when I was treating a large scar on Casadine’s body or when I treated the Crown Prince.

The forget-me-not flower, which had been withering, quickly regained vitality the moment my hand only touched them.

The leaves that had been tattered without strength, turned into fresh leaves and the petals that had fallen off, regained their pretty color and bloomed like before.

“It doesn’t make sense…!”

The Crown Prince’s previous angry voice disappeared and was replaced by his surprised voice.

I raised my body and brushed off the dress with my hand. In front of my eyes, the Crown Prince, who opened his eyes brightly, suddenly came closer to my face.

“You… Are you a wizard? How did you do it?”

“What do you mean, Your Highness. I am just a healer.”

“A healer…”

The Crown Prince bowed slightly, then plucked the forget-me-not flowers with his hands. When I looked at him with an absurd face, he looked a little childish.

“If this flower stays here, it could also be stepped on by someone’s shoes, so I’ll put this flower in my room.”

Whether the Crown Prince noticed the beauty of the flowers blooming in the garden, he showed a slightly different attitude from before.

With a smiling face, he gently slipped a forget-me-not flower into the pocket of the top of his uniform.

‘It’s a shame if the flowers are picked like that, but instead of getting stepped on by shoes….’

Seeing the Crown Prince triumphantly as if he had done something very good, I realized once again that he was a man whose common sense didn’t work.

“By the way, I have one question.”

The Crown Prince asked me while tilting his head.

“Yes, what is it, Your Highness?”

“What is the reason for you trying to meet the Grand Duke in prison?”

“…”

“I wonder what the reason for you to go to the prison and meet the Grand Duke.”

I expected him to ask why, but what would be the best answer?

‘Do you believe in falling in love at first sight?’

Originally, I didn’t believe in those words, but in fact, I fell in love with Grand Duke Damian at first sight.

‘I want to see his handsome face even just once.’

No, no… It’s also strange to go to confess love to someone who is in prison. That wasn’t even Damian, and the Crown Prince to believe it. It’s weird to say that to someone who offered me a position for the Crown Princess.

“Why don’t you answer it?”

“Your Highness… Are you sure that the Grand Duke Damian is the real culprit?”

The expression of the Crown Prince hardened terrifyingly when I said that.

“No.”

A firm answer.

“What was lacking in someone who could become a Grand Duke and do such a thing? It must’ve been done by someone else with a grudge against the Imperial Palace.”

Apart from his strange behaviors, the Crown Prince was smarter than I thought.

“I don’t know who the culprit is, but it must be a reckless person. How dare they do that on my birthday.”

It was true that the culprit are smart and reckless. But I’m not going to tell the Crown Prince that Casadine is the culprit.

“The poison given to Your Highness this time consists of a poisonous plants that only grows in the north.”

“What?”

At my words, the Crown Prince looked at me with a surprised face. It seemed to be the first time he heard it.

“This is what I learned while treating Your Highness. A poison plant that only grows in the north, a late arrival at the birthday banquet, and those circumstances led the Grand Duke to be the culprit.”

“Right. Then it makes sense. But there’s no exact evidence.”

The Crown Prince nodded as if he was convinced.

“Yes. I think I’m also responsible for how he was accused of being the culprit in the absence of accurate evidence. I’ll go to the prison and see what the Grand Duke is doing for now.”

“Why is it your fault that the Grand Duke was driven as a criminal?”

“Since I told His Majesty that it was a poisonous plant that grows a lot in the North, it seems that the innocent Grand Duke was imprisoned because of me. So that’s my responsibility.”

I lowered my head to look like someone who felt guilty about this. Seeing the Crown Prince’s attitude, I feel like this plan is going well.

“Why is that your fault? Wouldn’t it be a bigger problem if you didn’t say it?”

“Because the truth can be a lie to someone…”

With my head down, I saw a big hand in front of me. As I watched the hand silently, the owner of the hand shook his hand up and down, and said.

“Alright. I understand what you said, so I’ll guide you to the prison myself.”

It was a success.

I smiled lightly and lifted my head. At the same time, I felt someone was looking at me. I followed with my eyes where I could feel the gaze. It seemed I made eye contact with a knight standing far behind the Crown Prince’s back.

‘Is it because of the mood? But why is he wearing a helmet in this hot weather? Isn’t it hot?’

*****

How long have we been walking? The gloomy looking tower, which didn’t match the Imperial palace was already visible. A large circular black tower. The Crown Prince suddenly stopped in front of the tower.

“It’s here.”

“Is this tower an imperial prison?”

A Tower, known as a criminal camp, is enough to make you feel scared just by looking at it. I heard a lot of crows around me. This place seemed to be used to confine witches or prisoners with bad characters.

“Yes. You’ve never seen it before. The imperial prison is so far away from the main palace.”

The Crown Prince said so and walked into the tower. I hurriedly followed the Crown prince, who had already entered the prison.

“Your Highness, it’s enough just to guide me to this point.”

“No, are you going to enter this dull place alone?”

“I can’t make any more trouble for you, Your Highness.”

“…Hah…”

As I drew a clear line, the Crown Prince looked at me with an irritated face. But, perhaps because of the healing powers which I showed him before, the cheeky attitude has been softened more.

The Crown Prince shrugged his shoulder and sighed, then gestures to the Imperial knights that circling around us.

“There, you.”

At the words of the Crown Prince, a knight wearing an iron helmet approached this way. In the helmet that completely covered his face, only his purple eyes can be seen.

‘No, wait a minute. Purple eyes?’

As I felt something strange and tilted my head, the Crown Prince opened his mouth as he looked at the knight.

“Why are you following us here?”

That made me all anxious. Why? I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that this unknown knight was Casadine.

I didn’t even know, it was because I’ve only seen one person with those eyes in my life. I tried to open my mouth, but before that, the Crown Prince spoke first.

“Did His Majesty order you to report what I did?”

The knight wearing a helmet stood still for a while, then nodded slightly.

“On this hot day, you put on your helmet and follow us all the way here. It’s a tremendous devotion.”

The Crown Prince narrowed his eyebrows as if holding back his annoyance.

It seems that the Emperor, trying to watch the Crown Prince anytime, anywhere, what’s he doing, and it feels more uncomfortable.

“…”

“I’m fine, so take responsibility to guide this Young Lady to the prison where the Grand Duke is.”

The knight who had approached me, suddenly nodded his head up and down as if he knew it.

“If anything happens to the Young Lady, it’s all your responsibility. Do you understand?”

“…”

“What’s your name?”

“…”

“Are you dumb, unable to speak? Somehow I doubt it.”

No! I hurriedly turned the subject before the Crown Prince became more suspicious of the knight in front of him.

“Your Highness, I think you were a little too much for the knight who came here because he was worried.”

“I’m too much?”

“Yes. This knight was only doing His Majesty’s orders, but I thought it was too harsh when I heard it.”

The Crown Prince looked slightly bad when I sided with the knight. I don’t know what’s upsetting here, but even more oddly enough was the fact that Casadine, who should have been in the mansion, was pretending to be an Imperial knight, and wandering around the Imperial palace.

“Do you know why I told you to come to the Imperial Palace alone?”

Suddenly, the Crown Prince asked a strange question. I answered honestly.

“I don’t know.”

“Your younger brother’s eyes were terrifying.”

The person he wanted to kill after going through many risks is still alive, so of course his gaze towards you is terrifying. I defended Casadine with a smile.

“My younger brother is usually a shy person. I think it was because he saw the Crown Prince for the first time.”

“Not the way he looks at me.”

“Yes? Then…”

“But the way he look at you.”

No, wait a minute.

“It’s not like seeing you as a sister. The way he looked at you was something more than that. You two aren’t related by blood, but that’s a bit of an exaggeration, even for me as a third party…”

I couldn’t listen about it anymore, so I bowed my head and said.

“Your Highness, Casadine is my family and he’s more precious than anyone. If you talk about my only younger brother that way, my position becomes embarrassing.”

“The affection for your younger brother is extraordinary.”

“Because he’s a precious person in the world.”

I bowed my head towards the Crown Prince. As I changed the subject, the Crown Prince said, pulling his lips up.

“Do you know what? I haven’t been able to hold a proper banquet this time on my birthday, so I plan to have another big banquet sooner or later.”

“Yes?”

“Until then, I will cherish this forget-me-not flowers you gave me. I’ll send you an invitation, so I’ll see you again soon. And there’s no option to refuse.”

The Crown Prince added, looking at the forget-me-not flowers in his pocket.

“If you refuse, I will assume that you have accepted the offer I made earlier.”

I was speechless for a moment, but I immediately organized my thoughts.

Being the Crown Princess is very unconventional, but as far as I can tell from the actions of the Crown Prince, he’ll lose all interest in me if I accept the offer.

Even with high power, there would definitely be a limit to my actions, and that would make it completely impossible to get close to Damian. If I become the Crown Prince’s wife, then approach him intimately, Damian would definitely be wary, and my plan to destroy Damian would most likely fail.

(Him=Damian)

That’s why it’s better to maintain a good relationship with the Crown Prince, and keep his interest by showing my healing powers from time to time. The Crown Prince won’t lose his interest in me, but I’ll become friends with him.

After clearing my mind, I tried to say that I would accept the invitation. However, the impatient Crown Prince, only said the words he wanted and suddenly walked away.

As I looked at the empty spot where the Crown Prince left with a blank face, a low, quiet voice stuck in my ear.

“Sister.”

I turned my head to where the voice came. That was a voice that I knew well and it came from the mouth of a knight wearing an iron helmet.

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