Happy Friday!!
First things first, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I have come up with a schedule. Starting from next week, I’ll post every Friday night. However, the bad news is that there will only be one chapter a week. Although I say that, it doesn’t mean that there won’t be any surprise chapters here and there, but I didn’t want you to expect two (or more) chapters a week, so I’m just going to leave it at one chapter every week, especially when the chapters are so long.
The other thing I want to address is that I read all the comments. Although I do not reply or like all of them, at the very least, I do read ALL of them. I know some of you like one character or don’t like that character, and that’s fine, no judgement, but I would appreciate it if you didn’t cuss or use violent language because I will NOT approve those comments. It’s not a huge issue, but there were a few of these kinds of comments, so I just wanted to address it and be done with it. I have read ahead and the story does go into more detail about the characters’ backgrounds and why they behave a certain way, so I hope they grow on you.
That was a lot. Sorry about that. I was contemplating on making a separate post, but I wanted everyone to read it, so here it is. Anyways, here’s chapter 10. Enjoy and I’ll see you next week. Happy reading!
「Sh*t…! Why? Why isn't it being conveyed…!」
The prince was troubled. It was kind of weird.
「Why isn't my love being conveyed…!!」
「That is seriously disgusting.」
Even if there wasn't that many people around, this was the hallway. If someone heard what he was saying, it would be inevitable that they would think that the sincere, honest, and diligent first prince His Highness Prince Alan was losing his mind over a girl.
Or in the worst case scenario, if they came across this scene at the perfect time, it might be misunderstood as him proclaiming his love for me who was also there with him. Please don't involve me in this.
「As I thought, Miss Swain is a hindrance to my plan…!」
「No, it's because of your personality.」
「Move aside! I must return to the infirmary and get Yuriel back from Miss Swain!」
「You aren't aware that you're being disgusting, what a troublesome guy.」
Since even His Highness Prince Yuriel would avoid him.
I was wondering what he was scheming, but he was only thinking about disappointing things, leaving me emotionally drained. I had completely forgotten about it. That our country's first prince was, in actuality, a disappointing man.
As far as I'm concerned, His Highness Prince Yuriel was the nuisance. And for Alan, Mirabell was in his way.
What this all came down to was that His Highness Prince Alan who was thought to be the one who was most likely to shoulder the future of the country was…
「Don't be rude! I just love my little brother!」
「Can you not touch me?」
This just meant that he was just that kind of guy.
Although he doesn't disregard the importance of family, it's not good to overdo it either. At least, if I had this kind of older brother, I would run away with all my strength. I wouldn't want a brother who chased after me with bloodshot eyes.
「Do you even know how I feel!」
「I don't particularly want to know though.」
「I wanted to love him, but the second one quickly became cheeky because we were close in age. Before I could even be affectionate with the third one, he hated me because of stepmother! That youngest brother is my only hope.」
「You really love your family.」
「It's only that stepmother that I don't like.」
It's just that he loved them too much and it felt really gross. Even His Highness Prince Yuriel, because he was too persistent, he ran away. However, he was only five years old. Wasn't it too early to lose hope? Should I tell him? That it's already too late. That it's impossible to win him over now and he should just get a clue that he was being hated because he was so persistent.
It seems that Alan was different from the other Highnesses and he even wanted to hug His Highness Prince Yuriel's mother too. He was driven by the needless thought that he must protect that fourth prince.
「Don't kill me for saying this, but why is it Miss Swain and not me!」
「That goes without saying, because compared to the suddenly loving older brother, my pure, beautiful, and adorable fiance has a higher existential value.」
Even for kids, it's obvious that they would rather hug the gentle oneesan who they were familiar with than a weird older brother.
「That guy, he said that Miss Swain praised him for the first time. Even though I was there to pat him on the head with all my love!」
「Fuun. Were you listening to me when we discussed this just now?」
That meant that His Highness Prince Yuriel probably found out that he was noncommittally praising him for no reason.
Capturing His Highness Prince Yuriel who started to hit me as I was carrying Mirabell who fainted, Alan had hugged him and rubbed their cheeks together. His Highness was creeped out and he already hated him with all his heart.
「You bastard! Judias Roerick!! What are you doing to Mira! Oi! Don't touch me, hentai prince!!」
I did something bad to His Highness who was yelling at me while pushing away Alan's face.
「Saa, what my pure fiance will do to a brute like me…does the mature Highness Prince Yuriel know?」
How childish. I need to reflect on it.
Alan was the one who found His Highness and Mirabell and just as planned, he had been alone with His Highness Prince Yuriel for quite a while after leaving Mirabell to me. According to Alan, if you took the time to talk with just the two of them, then his feelings would be reciprocated. Were they a pair of lovers? Also, rather than reciprocating, the young prince didn't even have any feelings towards you in the first place.
I was shocked, but I also wanted to find the opportunity to have a chat with Mirabell, so I went along with the idiotic prince's stupid plan.
「It appears that things didn't go according to plan and you weren't able to get His Highness to like you.」
「As soon as he found out where Miss Swain was, he ran from the student council room straight to the infirmary.」
It was pointless to think about it. He decided to use the student council room that no one would go to and was far away from the infirmary instead of using a vacant classroom, making his plan excessively disgusting.
「What happened on your side? What happened with you and Miss Swain?」
「She is stubborn. It seems that she will still be friends with your little brother from now on.」
There are times when she is stubborn. On top of that, whatever I said was useless. Even when I said too much, she ignored me.
「That's not it. I want to know what happened, not what you guys were talking about. Don't tell me that a seventeen year old guy didn't do anything. Did you do it to the girl you love?」
「If I did do something, then I would definitely be smiling so hard right now.」
Oh well. I did do something. I kissed her cheek, just that. I had a lot of self-control. And I didn't cry much.
If we did it for real, then it would've been fine to continue onto the lips. However, she had that look on her face when I moved closer to her. She was not bashful nor was her face red, as if it was not happening to her. It was obvious that she was indifferent towards me. Even if I had done something to her, she would probably treat it as if a dog had bitten her.
I didn't have an unrequited love for her just for show. I'm quite aware that I'm in a difficult position, but even so, I'm able to bear with it pretty well.
「You don't have any determination.」
「I can't even deny that. Even so, I'd rather not be treated like I was her son.」
「Treated like whose son?」
「Like I said, Mirabell's…」
Mirabell…was…
「I also do not intend on becoming your mother.」
「Since when have you been listening?」
「Just now. Starting from when His Highness Prince Alan said that you did not have any determination.」
It was really just a few moments ago.
Mirabell looked at me with a wry smile on her face while holding hands with His Highness Prince Yuriel.
「I don't understand how the conversation would lead to that.」
「No…that…….you, are…」
Because I know that you would not notice me.
「You…yearn, for…Father… 」
「Eh…? No, no way! When did I say that! How embarrassing…」
Her face that didn't even blush when I was near turned completely red and she used her hand to cover it.
「Mou! Mou! How cruel of you to expose people's fleeting first love to other people. It's already something from a long time ago, so please forget about it!」
「A long time ago…? You, even now, Father…」
「Mou! I was talking about Yurii-sama, right? How long will you keep bringing that up!」
…so was it, different, now?
If Father and I went to the Count House or if Mirabell came to the Roderick estate, no matter where she was, even if I was right there, Mirabell's gaze would be trained on my father, Fion Roderick. Even if she were talking to me, she would be absent-minded and she called out to Father, her face completely red.
Truthfully, Mirabell didn't even like me. Still, she has to accept me, because if she hated me, then she wouldn't even be able to meet Father. Therefore, if that's the case….
However, if that was not the case.
Was it a good, thing?
There were no, excuses.
I had confidence. As long as Father existed, Mirabell would not be separated from me. However, even if there was admiration, there was no longer any love for Father in Mirabell's heart. My confidence was gone.
That's not the only thing. There was also the consolation that if she fell in love with Father, then it wasn't impossible for her to turn around to look at me. However, given the the current situation, I needed to figure out if Mirabell already had someone that I don't know in her heart or if she had a special inclination.
If that was the case, but…
What if there was someone who had Mirabell in his heart? Like that eldest son of the Marian House. His Highness Prince Yuriel would protect her, but more importantly, he might even elope with her before that.
Did the situation, get, worse?
「Does, Mira like Duke Roderick…?」
Slightly trembling, His Highness Prince Yuriel suddenly pulled on Mirabell's hand.
「Ara, please don't make such a sad face. Right now, Yurii-sama's number one.」
「M, my number one is Mira too!」
「Even though the one that I love the most in the world is Yuriel.」
「Shut up, pervert.」
Snorting, His Highness Prince Yuriel hid behind Mirabell.
「Miss Swain, I apologize for my violent behavior. If I didn't do that, my younger brother wouldn't accompany me.」
「It's no problem…」
If you're going to apologize to Mirabell, don't look at His Highness Prince Yuriel, look at the person you're talking to.
「Oi, Mira, let's go! I feel nauseous being in the same room as that guy!!」
「Maa, Yurii-sama…you can't say those kinds of things about your oniisama.」
「Mira says that because Mira doesn't know him!!」
Good grief.
「But, don't you guys have a good relationship? He even helped Your Highness pack your luggage for the new school term, right?」
「That! I was tied up with a rope while I was sleeping and was confined in this guy's room for a whole day and I saw it!!」
What was this idiot prince doing to his younger brother.
「Such good friends.」
「In what way? Every time I opened my study materials, there was always a new letter in there! Alan's hand-written letter that only had 『I love you』written on it was inside a book that I kept in my room that was supposed to locked at all times!!」
「Maa, you were even exchanging letters.」
「It's creepy!!」
Should I tell her that they weren't really talking about the same things and that it was difficult for her to judge if that was normal or not because she doesn't have any siblings?
Moreover, Mirabell's cousins invite Mirabell to places throughout the year and they love cats, so she probably thought that it's not that bad.
I also have a cousin, but I'm a guy, so I understand how those kinds of things can be creepy.
What Alan did was bordering on harassment.
「What about the time when I woke up early and there was a naked guy in my bed!!」
「If I did that, then it would be a problem, but isn't it fine since you're siblings?」
「It's not! I actually threw up!」
How many emotional scars are you going to give a five year old child? In the first place, I don't understand why you were naked. When I asked him afterwards, it seems that he could feel his body temperature better this way. I don't want to be his friend anymore.
「Why Yurii! Even though I love you this much!」
「Only Mira can call me by my pet name!!」
Sandwiching Mirabell in the middle, the noisy brothers were kicking up a fuss.
「Afternoon classes…are already over at this time. I got it, Dia. Why don't we go out for a bit today? I was thinking of inviting Mother to tea, but she had said before that she wanted to see you after such a long time. Is that ok with you?」
「Huh? I'm fine with it, but…」
「It's such a rare opportunity. Your Highness and Yurii-sama too, the two of you want to relax by yourselves, right?」
I see. For His Highness Prince Yuriel, this was torture.
I haven't seen this five year old child look disappointed until now.
「Me…too…! I'm going with Mira!!」
「I'm sorry, Yurii-sama. I was told to inform Mother three days prior if I was going to take Yurii-sama with me. She said that she can't meet a prince with her humble appearance. That's why, please take it easy with your oniisama for today.」
Mirabell took other people into consideration, but… The only one who was happy was not Mirabell's cute Yurii-sama but my shameful friend.
I went ahead with Mirabell while crossing my fingers in my heart.
Well then, I needed to brace myself.
Mirabell giggled when I straightened my back.
「You are really bad at dealing with my mother.」