The Lady is a Stalker

“Go away.”

 

How did the crown prince know that she had come in? Without even taking his eyes off the documents, he told her to leave. There was no doubt in her voice that the person who opened the door and came in was her. She was the only person the crown prince would treat so hostilely.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

She ignored his words to get off and went up to him and called him out, and he just turned his gaze that was fixed on the documents and glared at her. When Raven saw her arrive right in front, he spoke in a dissatisfied voice.

 

“What are you doing? ‘Your Highness’? What keeps you from fitting in? Now, don’t pretend to be polite. Your pretentious behavior is disgusting and creepy.”

 

“Really? Then…Raven?”

 

As soon as his name came out of her mouth, he furrowed his eyebrows as if he was offended. If he was going to make her feel bad, why did he ask her to call him by his name? As expected, she had no idea what the young kids were thinking.

 

“…Lord Raven.”

 

When the honorific was added, the prince’s expression softened slightly. But he still seemed upset.

 

“…”

 

The crown prince was trying to feign a calm expression, but he was agitated from the moment she appeared. He had been pretending to be concentrating on his documents with an indifferent face from the moment she opened the door and appeared, but his composure had already been broken a long time ago. She didn’t know if it’s because of anger toward her or fear due to trauma. The crown prince was not the type of person to show any agitation or anxiety on his face, but she immediately noticed that he was agitated. It was a subtle change in facial expression that could not have been noticed unless you were quick-witted, but the reason she was able to notice the change in his mood was none other than the documents placed under his arm.

 

“I think I heard this.”

 

“What?”

 

“The spelling is…”

 

She pointed to the messy writing on the document. It seems to be fine until the middle, but the part he was just writing was a mess. The crown prince, who was greatly agitated by her appearance, seemed not to have noticed even though he had made a mistake. She was not the type to kindly point out each and every mistake of others, but he made mistakes because of her. This was to prevent unnecessary resentment later.

 

Following her finger, his gaze automatically turned downward. He seemed to have moved unconsciously rather than consciously following along. He was staring at her fingertips in a daze, then suddenly came to his senses and jumped up in shock, as if he had been set on fire.

 

“W-what are you doing?!”

 

In response, she spoke in a dumbfounded voice.

 

“I won’t eat you.”

 

She was just trying to let him know, but it turned people into patients with some kind of infectious disease… The crown prince, who was standing with a surprised expression on her face, frowned. Only then did he seem to come to his senses again. Before, he had a bewildered expression, as if he had come to his senses after being possessed by something.

 

“Did you come here on purpose to start a fight like that?”

 

“No.”

 

“…”

 

He looked at her with narrowed eyes, as if trying to figure out her intentions. But she had no dark intentions. They argued for a while, and eventually she opened up about her business first.

 

“I brought you a meal.”

 

“What?”

 

When he took out the sandwich she had made as a meal replacement for the Crown Prince, which she had hidden behind her, she felt the Crown Prince look dumbfounded. But soon the crown prince spoke with a cold, stern face again.

 

“You didn’t bring it thinking I would eat it, did you?”

 

“If you don’t eat anything, you won’t be healthy…”

 

She didn’t bring it because she was particularly concerned about his health, but she opened her mouth to pretend to be concerned.

 

“You probably know that a body won’t die just by starving for a few days, but even if I starve to death, there’s no way I’ll ever eat the food you made.”

 

‘I see. I wanted to resolve it verbally as much as possible.’

 

Feeling discouraged by the stubborn prince’s words, she lowered her head with a sad expression. When the crown prince saw her sullen expression, he seemed to be in a happy mood and continued his scathing remarks toward her with a slightly excited expression.

 

“Are you angry? It’s a natural result. You should have expected this to happen when you tried to give me the medicine. It’s too bad, but from now on, I will never show you even the slightest favor in my life.”

 

He continued his speech, convinced that she was disappointed in his rejection. But she was listening to his words with one ear and letting them go with the other.

 

‘I really didn’t want to use this method.’

 

She said sullenly with her head down.

 

“…Then I’ll starve too.”

 

“What?”

 

She really didn’t want to starve. But if words didn’t make sense, this was the only way. Since she couldn’t force a sandwich into the crown prince’s mouth, she had to go on a hunger strike. Although the crown prince hated her terribly, he was fundamentally a good person. The hunger probably wouldn’t last long.

 

“…why?”

 

The crown prince, who had been thinking about something blankly for a while, asked her with an expression of genuine curiosity, not out of selfishness.

 

“I… No, Lord Raven doesn’t eat at all, so how can a subject get food down his throat?”

 

She was about to call him ‘Your Highness’, but she remembered the Crown Prince’s words earlier that he was creepy and corrected the title. Prince Raven, who heard her words, had a rather complicated expression on his face for some reason. The crown prince, who had been pondering for a while with his brows furrowed, finally opened his mouth.

 

“…I don’t mind if you starve a little. Don’t pretend you worry… or that you are a sweetheart, don’t pretend to care. Didn’t you always do what you wanted?”

 

She wondered why he was making such a complicated expression, but it seemed to Prince Raven that she was worried about him. Princess Serabi, who was always faithful to her own desires, never made any moves while considering her prince’s physical condition or position. Therefore, it was probably natural for the crown prince to be very embarrassed by her actions.

 

“If you keep starving like that, you will not grow taller.”

 

“What?!”

 

Upon hearing what she said, the crown prince’s face immediately turned bright red. He shook his head and spoke in a very angry voice.

 

“It was foolish of me to want to see you again, even just for a little while. That’s the kind of person you used to be. Do whatever you want, whether you die or not! Oh, go away!”

 

He huffed and pushed her out of the room. The crown prince, who was looking at her with murderous eyes as she fell to the floor, closed the door with a bang and disappeared. It was a joke, but she stood up and dusted off the hem of her clothes. They ended up going to a long game.

 

The next day.

 

It was still worth holding on to. Since she had starved for about two meals, she only felt a little hungry. After receiving a call from the deputy commander in the morning, she visited his office. As soon as she entered, he handed her something. She was staring at it blankly, her eyes full of caution. Then the second-in-command spoke.

 

“I asked for it last time.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Then she remembered. A few days ago, she asked him to give her a military uniform to wear. So she went into an empty room, changed her clothes, looked in the mirror, and saw a cold-looking, beautiful girl with silver hair and purple eyes standing in a military uniform.

 

In contrast to her lively appearance, her cold eyes did not look like her age. When she saw that, she nodded with satisfaction. After wearing medieval dresses every day, she felt relieved to see something familiar to her.

 

After changing her clothes and coming out again, the deputy commander spoke in an indifferent tone.

 

“Something gives off the same vibe as the commander.”

 

“…yes?”

 

She looked back at him with a puzzled expression at his sudden words.

 

‘You put me on a line of comparison with the crown prince.’

 

If someone who hated her heard this, he would be shocked. Moreover, no matter how hard she tried, there was no way that she, a low-ranking cook, and the crown prince, the commander-in-chief, would have the same atmosphere. She didn’t think Raven would do that, but if anyone heard, they could be accused of insulting the royal family. What was this person talking about? She looked at him with those eyes and he said as if making an excuse.

 

“He is similar in age to you, and especially his eyes, but I feel that he is a kind person in everyday life who can be trusted and followed because he is cold at work.”

 

After she didn’t say anything for a while, he looked a little frustrated.

 

“Why are you so expressionless as a child? Other kids your age are noisy, and when I look at you, compared to other kids in the village, I almost think you’re a corpse. Sometimes I want to check to see if you’re dead.”

 

She never thought he would say that. In some ways, it’s a lot better than before. Even if she looked like a teenager on the outside, she was not like that on the inside, so it was unreasonable to expect the unique green color of a teenager, but to say that he could mistake her for one. She felt that the second-in-command’s evaluation of her was excessive. No, but it wasn’t unreasonable to think that way. People who say she didn’t have any emotions had always followed her since her past life.

 

* * *

 

She was standing alone in an empty training hall. There was something she had to check before today passed. That was, to check whether she had any special abilities.

 

Why? Well, when you look at those interdimensional characters, didn’t the main character who had moved between dimensions always had a special ability or two? She could be a genius in swordsmanship, a genius in magic, or had the aptitude to become a spiritist. She didn’t know if she’s the main character, but since she was also transported to another dimension in the novel, she couldn’t see the possibility as zero.

 

First of all, after hearing that magic could only be used in practice after accumulating knowledge, she decided to put it off until later. As for swordsmanship… She grabbed a passing second-in-command and challenged him to a swordsmanship sparring, but she couldn’t land a single hit. Even holding the sword was difficult.

 

She was able to see in real time how his evaluation of herself went down when she saw that she couldn’t even hold a sword even though she had signed up for a sparring match on her own. She tried to summon a spirit despite her shame and tried to memorize the spell, but nothing happened except one more dark fate. Even a second-in-command who was passing by looked at her with pity, as if he were looking at a lost child. After going through so much shame, she realized in one day that her body really had no power. Even her physical abilities seemed to be slightly below average.

 

If she were to be set up as an enemy of the main character, the Crown Prince, wouldn’t it be fair to give her at least one special ability? She was so hungry and exhausted that she had no strength left in her body. She lay down on the floor of the empty training hall.

 

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