Chapter 162.
Hearing the words about going to the palace instantly raised his spirits.
”Your Highness, Your Highness.”
I panicked and grabbed the crown prince who was holding my arm. He frowned menacingly as he looked back at me.
“What for? Don’t get up quickly.”
“Your Highness is really calming down a bit. Sit down, it’s nothing.”
I gradually calmed the excited crown prince. Even if I wasn’t pressurized, Penelope is just of a rude nature and has a sensitive body. But his words trying to calm him down backfired.
“So is there anything special for the male daughter?”
A cool breeze blew and the crown prince moved his eyes.
“Really thickened up and buried in the ground to realize it’s a bit special to you?”
“Don’t exaggerate. I’m not going to die. Even so, what do you care?”
Heartless’ voice leaked out. It was genuinely curious to ask. It wasn’t long ago that he had proposed holding “no feelings”. But why get so angry just because there’s less meat? It’s like falling in love with my people.
“…….”
Is that not appropriate in our situation? Why is that not like you. The idea of time immediately became an empty family.
That day, what he said became a living word flashing in his head. It had a 78% favorability mark next to it.
Confirming Ikris’ favorability?
[4 Million Gold / Fame 200]
I stared blankly at the box floating in the air just before, and slowly withdrew the wrist that he had grabbed.
He said, “It doesn’t matter if I’m fat or skinny, if I’m really a member of the Duke’s family.”
“It has nothing to do with your highness. So it’s no big deal.”
After taking his hand off completely, the system’s window slipped away quietly.
Of course, if I didn’t dwell on it as much as I do now, and instead was as relaxed as Ikris, I might be able to fill up the “100%” and listen to what I want to say.
But I don’t have the time. Therefore, either through this or confirming his favorability is futile.
I knew the crown prince would get into trouble with my rude tone. But he gazed at me silently. He immediately opened his mouth quietly.
“… Do you have to make it so out of order to talk to someone who decides?”
Although his expression was calm, the barely endured anger could be felt in his great exhale. But I still asked with a voice that I didn’t feel.
“Why?” ”
“What?” ”
“Why does your highness miss me.”
“Your Highness.”
“What is the relationship between us?”
As if it was a warning, I answered in spite of the voice of the Crown Prince who was getting cold.
The Crown Prince replied
“I asked for your hand in marriage and am formally engaged.”
Incredulity filled me at his words. I don’t know where he got that confidence from. At any rate, this was the opportunity. I immediately said what I hadn’t had time to say earlier.
“In any case, I can only refuse Your Highness’s proposal. My answer is no, Your Highness.”
“I want ……”
Running the tune like a succession of pearls, the Crown Prince felt absurdly ridiculous and raised his hand to cover his face.
I knew our conversation was a bit off, but I pretended not to know. It was already a blessing to be able to say that before the coming-of-age ceremony.
The crown prince, who had been touching for some time, looked back at me. But his eyes were filled with red.
“Gong Maiden, just now we were talking about your diet and health. Must one say such things under these circumstances?”
“I was going to say that.”
“Why? Even if it’s a reason, it must be a good one, right?”
The Crown Prince interrupted me in annoyance and moved his body. He hesitated across from me again.
I finally got the courage to speak.
“I won’t use the reason of playing with words such as ‘I thought I could kill it with reference’ anymore, the public woman’s sudden whisper warned me. I gave you a full opportunity. Give me a chance for revenge.”
Despite looking like a madman, he never gave me a chance to just behead me.
It was grounds for defeat, but it was a card that couldn’t be used anymore. I nodded and opened my mouth.
“But that’s not the reason.”
“Then?”
“Because what Your Highness and I hold is different, and the ideals desired by each other are inappropriate.”
Aspirations are? Above? Hsu. It seems like I never said anything like that…
The Crown Prince blew a gasket when he heard my words and found them unbelievable. He tapped on the table while thinking for a while, then suddenly frowned and asked.
“Anyway, it’s all about getting married in accordance with the family’s stipulated way of getting married, saying the right things appropriately to each other, and getting along well with people in the right situation as well, is it that hard to say something like that?”
It wasn’t hard to say, and when no answer came, he whispered reassuringly.
“I am not asking you to be a Crown Princess, but a male daughter. I am proposing a partner with whom to spend my life. -would have been a better choice than a stranger ……
“How can you be so sure?”
“I’m better looking.”
He raised his head haughtily, in a really good way. A small smile in that moment, despite being in a state of white blur due to complex thoughts.
“Laugh?” Although Callisto’s eyes widened, he was never able to stop the smile that showed.
If I was really Penelope, if I was a noble born and raised here, his words might have been sweet. But that was not the case.
“Your Highness,” I could finally smile! Faintly, he opened the conversation.
“I don’t fit into the ugly duckling’s situation as your highness said.”
Hearing my more or less unpleasant words, he frowned.
“Then what is it?”
“It’s really the return of the Duke’s daughter …… “real
“The Duke’s own words.”
My answer caused him to dream only for a moment, with little look of shock.
“Do you know.”
“I heard from the world that the atmosphere in the Duke’s house was extraordinary. I thought it was meant to be false, but it turned out to be true.”
Telling him what he had learned, he asked coldly and rhetorically.
“But what exactly does this have to do with you and me?”
“I’m a fake.” I let out a guttural shush.
“A fake that would back out if it actually showed up.”
“Where in the world is that these days?” Callisto gave a ridiculous look.
“After six years of living in the position of a duchess, now that there’s a pro-life one, the duke is kind of breaking Yang, right?”
“So you’re roughing it without even giving a meal?”
“No, Your Highness. Don’t do it again. Who would mistake me for being hungry like.”
The guy shut his mouth. One look at the kind of pity that pervaded his eyes and his mood turned sour.
I frowned and said.
“Even if I get engaged to your highness in this state, your highness won’t have much to gain. Because of the gazes of the other nobles, there is no reason to treat them like your own daughter even if you don’t go. Blood is thicker than water. At that time even my words won’t fall on deaf ears.”
The Crown Prince, who had been listening to me with his mouth closed up until then, replied ferociously.
“It was you I chose, Pepilop Eckhardt. Not the Duke’s.”
“Is it not a good thing for you? When friends and family come, you can’t manage much out of the mansion, can you?”
“Like you said, the Duke won’t have you abandoned right away. Nor will you just go out.”
“Come to the palace before you go. Wouldn’t that be the end of it? Why are you thinking so complicated?”
He muttered that he felt puzzled while inspecting his words.
“I feel like we’re quite fond of each other. Is it just me?”
He felt blackened by the fact that he knew.
He and I, we have a crush on each other. Feelings that absolutely cannot be surpassed.
“That’s why you and I can’t!”
The heart slowly settles. I managed to squeeze out my voice.
“Because it’s not love.”
“It’s not love when you’re not a child, male daughter.” The crown prince replied more or less nervously.
“That stupid game of feelings is just an illusion. You know that one too.”
“The real male daughter appeared, and it all sounds like sophistry. Don’t be like that, give the real reason.”
“Simply say you hate me, it’s more convincing.”
“Dislike.”
In that instant, the reason for rejection that was so trippy and hard to explain even to me became very clear. I lifted my head to look Calisto straight in the eye.
“I don’t like marriage without love, Your Highness.”
“I don’t love you, I don’t love you.” Why is that?
In a flash, I saw the red pupils waver slightly and thought:It came earlier.