“If it’s okay with Hildea Young-ae, can I stay here with her for a while?”
It’s not like I can say, ‘No, please go back, it’d be a burden for me.’
It was because he was the older brother of Princess Rafia. The innocence melted on his face made it seem even more unbelievable that they were half-siblings.
His innocent face was the reason why I went to help him on the street that time.
The gentle, drooping eyes felt like the eyes of a fallen child who was about to cry, making the viewers stretch out their hands to help him.
‘This is so unbelievable, that he is older than me. I bet he doesn’t even have to put any effort to make people like him.’
However, the opponent was not a young boy, he was of the imperial family, and he was the son of the fearsome Empress Dejia.
‘And she’s the kind of person you shouldn’t take easily.’
I glanced over at the top and had to roll my eyes as if struck by lightning.
I could not see her face but I could feel the eyes of the Empress, who was next to the supreme priest, Chris. I could feel her glaring at me even without looking.
‘It’s like she’s warning me harshly.’
Like saying stay away from my son.
It feels like she can’t stand her noble son daring to speak to someone like me.
It seemed that the empress had completely made a picture of me in her head before all this even started.
‘Hillington family and Dejia already have a bad relationship anyway.’
I sighed and looked at the crown prince. I didn’t know why the hell was he approaching me.
“Your Highness, do you have anything else to say to me?”
“You seem to have recognized who I am. From that time….”
“Because there is no other person in this banquet hall wearing the same clothes as his highness the Crown Prince.”
“Um, Young-ae. At that time, I was working…”.
Was it still a secret?
He wants me to keep it a secret that I saw him there?
In that case, it would be right to move to a quiet terrace rather than a place like this.
“I’m sorry.”
My head went blank for a moment.
What did the prince say to me, just now?
Somehow, his expression of being shy was strange.
“Since I deceived you Young- ae. And I didn’t come here for that. I just wanted to talk to Young-ae. Because I’m glad to see you.”
Why? Please don’t make that face right now.
Considering the relationship between Hillington and Empress Dejia this view must be very stinging.
And, above all, the biggest reason why I want to break up this conversation.
That gaze on my cheek.
I glanced and met the clear purple eyes head-on.
‘Gabriel….. Why are you looking at me like that? My face will be pierced.’
Gabriel’s gaze didn’t leave this side.
It looks like he is angry. Maybe It’s my misunderstanding, but….he does seems to be worried about me.
But he couldn’t come this way right now.
The princess who had left me approached Gabriel, and it seemed that many young girls who followed her like a swarm of bees blocked Gabriel’s side.
I looked at it and smiled from inside.
That hard face wasn’t just shining on me.
Still, compared to looking at those young girls, when he looks at me, his face is closer to being cute?
Just then, I saw him pout his lips.
Gabriel was recognizable because he was a few distance away.
‘If you are there ,I will go.’
That was what he said several times.
It’s rude for me to look at Gabrielle when I’m talking to someone else. Perhaps, Benjamin thought so too and coughed in vain.
“Uhm, Hildea Youngae? I’m still here.”
“Oh. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, your highness.”
Benjamin burst into laughter rather than rebuking.
Then, he looked at the side I was looking earlier and smiled more deeply.
“No, Yeong-ae. Surely . . . . . . he’s an eye-catcher. Even now, it’s just like his victory banquet. I understand.”
What was the relationship between the crown prince and Gabriel in the original work?
No. The empress’s presence was stronger than that, so it seemed that there was not much written about the crown prince.
Looking at that gentle face, I think I know the reason.
“But, your highness, if I dare to say something.”
“Can’t I be Benjamin instead of His Highness”?
“······What?”
I opened my eyes really wide. Who the hell dares to call the Crown Prince or any royal member by name easily?
But he suddenly asked for it from a person who is the same as someone he has never seen before.
And that also so casually.
Unlike me, who was surprised, Benjamin looked around as if he had no idea why.
It was an act that suited the young-looking appearance astonishingly well.
‘Is this a trap I didn’t notice? Right……. Maybe it’s the empress’s doing trying to get me out of the way and get some information about me through the Crown Prince?’
For example, it could be that she was trying to learn more about my congratulatory remark.
<Young ae has no fate>.
When the story spread to the nobles, the atmosphere at that time was clear.
Disbelief, astonishment.
And a laugh from somewhere.
On the other hand, there were those who felt strange.
“But, Your Highness, I don’t think Her Majesty the Empress will like this situation that you are talking to me right now…”
Benjamin’s expression changed even before I finished talking.
His face, which looked like a puppy looking forward to something, was bitter now as if he had been stabbed by a thorn in his finger.
He muttered in a mournful voice with a sullen face.
“That’s right. It’s true that I want to be a good son who listens well. It’s always like that. Because I cherish and love my mom. But young ae…..”
I felt like I was wrong.
“I came here purely to talk to Young-ae.”
“Oh, my! Your Majesty. His highness…….”
“I saw.”
The ladies who spoke to the empress had puzzled expressions on their faces.
“Your majesty , you need to fix it. His highness may have developed curiosity about that girl.”
“No need. What’s done is done.”
The Empress touched her chin and looked at them as if it was even possible. No, rather she looked annoyed.
The people watching didn’t show it, but they too thought it was an interesting relationship.
Crown prince Benjamin, who was always known as the shadow of the empress.
It’s strange that such a prince took such a prominent step, and that’s also because of that Hillington’s Young Ae.
What’s more interesting is that Duke Belfius is looking at Hildea and Benjamin having a warm conversation as if he’s piercing through them.
‘Doesn’t it seem like a scene from a popular novel?’
When Gabriel and Hildea first appeared, most nobles were puzzled.
If a man presented a necklace containing jewelry of their lover’s eye color to their lover then they were considered to be courting each other but here Hildea and Gabriel both seemed cold-hearted according to the secret courtship of the social community.
However, the people who were mistaken for their subsequent actions were also secretly paying attention.
‘Who is going to marry the Duke of Belfius?’
The person that Duke Belfius was interested in was not that lovely and cute little Rosériel, but the first born, Hildea, whom he escorted.
Every time anyone approached Hildea, he raised his eyes viciously and gave a warning, so they couldn’t help but notice it.
‘What do you like about her?’
People couldn’t understand.
Hildea von Hillington’s uncommonly cold-heartedness is that she has never smiled since she entered the banquet hall.
Even when she was next to her father.
Even when she was next to her lovely sister.
Even when entering under the escort of a war hero receiving countless attention!
It looked like Gabriel, who gave the necklace, was clinging to Hildea, and Hildea seemed to be dissatisfied with their planned engagement.
So it can’t not be fun.
Pretending not to, the nobles who were watching Hildea whispered.
“Was that necklace really a sign that you shouldn’t even think about touching her?”
“But Hildea Youngae…… doesn’t seem to feel good, does she?”
“Her etiquette is unquestionably perfect, but she’s a little too weird to approach.”
There was a clear difference between Hildea and Rosériel.
Hildea was definitely beautiful but that was it.
Even without Gabriel’s check, no one would have been able to talk to Hildea in a friendly way.
“Isn’t it suspicious that they are twins?”
“That’s right. She’s so different from Rosériel Youngae and her congratulatory remark is also strange.”
“I’m sure everyone here knows how important congratulatory remark and this abilities are.”
Hildea’s cold face, as if she was going to stab anyone who came near her, was terrifying.
So, the young-siks who showed interest in her beautiful appearance retreated after being frightened and were already spreading absurd remarks, saying they didn’t like her from the beginning, because her congratulatory words were ominous.
However, such a woman was the center of the topic right now.
In the midst of the attention towards the Crown Prince and the Duke of Belfius.
Empress Dejia’s eyes, who for the first time was experiencing her son not listening to her, were set dangerously low.
Obviously, even before the banquet started, she warned him not to hang out with Hillington’s twins.
‘Are you ignoring your mother’s words just because of her?’
