The Lady is a Stalker

When she tried to force him to open his mouth, it seemed like he was paying attention to what she said about being scared. Afterwards, the crown prince asked her, saying he had something to talk about with the second-in-command. As she boarded the carriage heading back to the Duke’s house, she was lost in thought.

 

Istal Forest was the territory of demons.

 

A place where humans were not allowed to set foot. In the original novel, it was also the place where the crown prince experienced his greatest ordeal when he was 18 years old. It was also the place where the dragon’s power first ran rampant. If it weren’t for the red dragon that happened to be nesting there, the prince probably wouldn’t have been able to stop his rampage until the entire forest was destroyed.

 

To ask a prince who was only 14 years old to go to such a dangerous place. Was she wishing for the death of the crown prince? If not, was that really what she was hoping for? It had been a long time since a bad memory came to mind, so she drank too much alone until late at night and went to bed feeling faint. When she opened her eyes again, she saw the crown prince looking down at her with pitiful eyes. Prince? Why was the crown prince here… The background was definitely her room. Why was the crown prince coming into her room in the morning?

 

She just blinked at the unrealistic situation… Right. It’s a dream. After grasping the whole situation, she closed her eyes again and tried to sleep. Even though the crown prince didn’t hold her hand and make a fuss about it, he continued to scold her in an angry voice, as he always did.

 

“That’s not a very good thing. Drinking alcohol starts at 18.”

 

When she woke up in the morning to the crown prince nagging her, she felt sick to her stomach. If possible, wouldn’t it be better if a friendly guy came and woke her up? The real her was a person who had turned 18 a long time ago, but there was no way the crown prince would have known it.

 

He said, frowning at the strong smell of alcohol that filled the room.

 

“How much did you drink? Who gave you alcohol?”

 

He started blaming the employees instead of her, who was still not coming to her senses.

 

* * *

 

The sudden visit of the Crown Prince to the Duke’s house was also embarrassing, and since an order of disobedience was issued, the employees were left shaking and unable to make any excuses. Of course, everyone in this family knew how much their master, Princess Serabi, had always been tormenting the crown prince. Although her personality has become a bit calmer recently, the attendants thought that her obsession with the crown prince had become more intense as she was going in and out of the palace every day. But in reality, they had no way of knowing that it was the crown prince who always invited Serabi to the imperial palace and that it was Serabi who was being harassed with the same nagging every day. So, everyone expected that the reason the Crown Prince visited the Duke’s house today was because the Crown Prince, who could not stand Serabi’s bullying, had finally come to settle the matter with her.

 

Today, either Princess Seravi would be kicked hard by the prince, or she would be taken to prison for one crime or another, and they were expecting that the prince would take revenge on her in some way. However, the actions taken by the crown prince were unexpected. He continued to speak to Princess Serabi with an annoyed face.

 

“This is such a pathetic thing. Did they all pour the wine all over your face?”

 

“Ugh. Ugh.”

 

For some reason, she didn’t feel well. Princess Serabi ended up spitting out all the alcohol she had drunk, her face turning white. She drank a lot of wine the day before and looked like she was vomiting blood. The attendants were embarrassed and unconsciously took a step back. The attendants simultaneously thought, as if telepathically, that this time the crown prince would punish Princess Serabi severely. But what the crown prince said was unexpected.

 

“You’re so diverse.” The crown prince’s words, uttered by clicking his tongue, sounded as if he was scolding Princess Serabi, but his actions were anything like that.

 

Although it seemed like it took a bit of effort, the crown prince wiped the princess’s face as she woke up, not caring that his sleeves got dirty.

 

“Ungu geueook.”

 

Princess Serabi, whose face was suddenly touched, let out a cry of pain, but the crown prince did not seem to care. In the eyes of the attendants, the crown prince seemed friendly at first glance, but it also seemed like he was bullying the princess. How could two such contradictory actions be performed at the same time? Due to this contradictory behavior, the duke’s servants were troubled as to whether or not to stop the crown prince. The Crown Prince, who had been rubbing the princess’s face for a while, suddenly turned her head and gave an order to the employees.

 

“Hey, hurry up and get the wash water ready. It’s not like being a landlord. I can’t believe the servants are just watching in fascination while the master is showing such a dishonest appearance.”

 

‘I’m telling you that you are monopolizing the work that the servants should be doing…’

 

Those words welled up in the servants’ throats, but they had no choice but to swallow them. Unfortunately, Princess Serabi, the owner of the servants, who was the only one who could offer a counterargument to the crown prince’s words, was still drunk and in a drunken state.

 

The chamberlain brought up what happened last night.

 

Princess Serabi was drunk last night and sang a strange song she had never heard before. It was a noise closer to a roar than a song. They still didn’t know what happened so unfairly, but after finishing her crazy performance, it wasn’t until dawn that Princess Serabi fell asleep. It was natural that she couldn’t come to her senses easily. The fact that her neck was gone…

 

“I’m thirsty…”

 

“Tsk. Who is really younger?”

 

They definitely thought the Crown Prince would end his relationship with Princess Serabi today. Not only did he wipe her face with his own hands, but when Princess Serabi said she was thirsty, he even brought water to her mouth with his own hands.

 

“Come to your senses quickly.”

 

The words that came out of her mouth were harsh, but the crown prince was acting as if he were Princess Seravi’s parent. It was an action that was completely incomprehensible to other people. Was it possible for his behavior to suddenly change like this when he hated her so much that he wanted to kill her just a month ago? If the reason why Princess Serabi suddenly became calm was understandable based on her common sense, then the fact that the crown prince’s behavior changed 180 degrees like this was something that was completely incomprehensible. The Duke’s chamberlain, who was blankly watching what the crown prince was doing, asked the crown prince with a look on his face as if he had seen a ghost.

 

“Your Majesty, why are you doing this?”

 

“What?”

 

“…”

 

The crown prince slightly widened his eyes and asked the chamberlain as if he truly did not know. She didn’t know what the intention was, but coming to the duke’s house without any contact in the morning and raiding the princess’s bedroom was to serve her in the morning. There were more than one or two places to point out, but it seemed like he didn’t even know what was wrong.

 

* * *

 

She managed to wash her face with the help of the attendants, but her mind was still in a half-asleep state. As she went outside wearing only a brush over her pajamas, she saw the crown prince drinking tea in a comfortable position, being served as if it had been his domain from the beginning. Perhaps because she had vomited earlier, the crown prince had changed into different clothes than before. It appeared that he had probably borrowed it from an attendant. It may have been the most luxurious item of clothing the servant had, but he didn’t seem to mind as it was still a commoner’s outfit. No, he changed into his home clothes, so he felt like he was completely at home now.

 

She was mesmerized for a moment by his flowing, natural behavior and looked at him. Well, if you think about it, the dukedom’s territory could be said to be owned by the imperial family, so it wasn’t a place the crown prince couldn’t come to. Still, acting like a homeowner in someone else’s house? It was truly an incredible feat.

 

“If you come to your senses, get ready quickly. There is a place I need you to go with.”

 

When he found her, he gently lifted his lips from the teacup and said so. What on earth were they supposed to do when the morning breeze hit them so suddenly? She still couldn’t get used to the Crown Prince’s speaking style of suddenly saying important things and coolly omitting the subject. Besides, this was a place she should go with.

 

…There must still be time until magic class.

 

No matter how much of a superior he was, there was no law that allowed him to just break into someone else’s house and drag them away.

 

“Whoa, I’m officially on vacation now…” she said with a deep sigh.

 

The crown prince interrupted her and added:

 

“No additional allowance will be paid.”

 

She said, holding her head as it throbbed with a hangover.

 

“Because I don’t have any material desires. Please just let me sleep.”

 

The crown prince furrowed his eyebrows as if he was dissatisfied with her answer. But he did not bend his will. She had an ominous feeling that the story would be long. Still, out of courtesy, she thought about changing her clothes, but the crown prince didn’t seem to care much either. She didn’t think clothing would matter while talking, so she sat down across from the Crown Prince in her pajamas, and he opened up about why he came here.

 

“I thought about the advice you gave me yesterday. I agree with you. There’s no way I could find anything if I just looked through the books here. It’s not that I haven’t thought about going to look for it myself, but I’m at a loss, so whether it’s right or wrong, I’m going to find the Red you mentioned yesterday. I’m thinking of going to the dragon’s lair. It would be nice if you could help me out, but if that’s not possible, I can do it by force…”

 

The further back he went, the lower and darker the prince’s voice became. He wasn’t sure, but he was clenching his fists as if he had decided to do something. She thought the Crown Prince was saying something, but she couldn’t hear him clearly because his head hurts from a hangover.

 

“…Teleportation cannot move to a place you are completely unfamiliar with. I think you know the location… are you listening?”

 

“Sure.”

 

“…”

 

She answered while pressing her forehead, which was aching from a hangover. At her immediate answer, the crown prince looked at her with eyes full of suspicion. The look in his eyes seemed as if he had listened to what she said properly.

 

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