The Lady is a Stalker

The crown prince seemed to firmly believe that he was the only person Princess Serabi would kiss. She was Princess Serabi, and wasn’t she very trusted in unexpected ways?

 

She said calmly.

 

“Of course it doesn’t matter. It’s not like Raven was my first kiss.”

 

“Uh?”

 

After hearing what she said, the crown prince blinked his eyes while making a dumb sound. He had a face as if he was wondering if his ears were wrong.

 

She answered clearly once again.

 

“There’s no reason to tell you. My first kiss wasn’t Raven. It’s my privacy.”

 

“…”

 

The crown prince, who had been dazed for a while, came to his senses, covered his mouth, and made a face that seemed to be contemplating.

 

“…The first time you kissed me was when I was six years old. That wasn’t the first time?”

 

So to speak, was that how it happened? The crown prince was looking up at her with a strange face. His tightly closed mouth gave off an expression that seemed somehow unfair. He must have completely misunderstood her. By revealing that her first kiss was not that of the crown prince, Princess Serabi’s first kiss was estimated to be before she was eight years old. If it made sense, she actually kissed for the first time when she was 20, which was a bit late, but there was no way she could tell the truth.

 

“No. It’s not like that… Anyway, I didn’t even mean to say anything, but it was Raven who kept asking.”

 

“So who was your first kiss?”

 

“…”

 

When he realized that the person she kissed for the first time was not him, he asked who the other person was. Was the crown prince always this squishy? Why was he curious about that? When he asked the question, he looked a little embarrassed, but he did not change the question. He stared into her eyes and urged her to answer.

 

She kept her mouth shut out of embarrassment, but the crown prince seemed to have misunderstood her reaction in another way.

 

“You can answer honestly. I’m not a person who gets angry narrow-mindedly over things like that. Do I know that person?”

 

He was asking with a calm expression, pretending that nothing had happened, but the fact that he even asked such a question was proof that he was a narrow-minded person. And why would he be angry if she revealed who she kissed for the first time? Could it be that the crown prince was the type of person who thought, ‘Since it’s my first time, it should be yours too.’ For the crown prince, his first kiss with Princess Serabi would definitely be a memory he would like to erase.

 

“I don’t remember.”

 

“Why?”

 

“It didn’t mean much to me.”

 

She was just saying it as it was, but the crown prince looked at her with a more complicated face.

 

“…That sounds like you’ve kissed quite a few people other than your first kiss.”

 

It wasn’t his intention, but the prince’s words happened to hit the nail on the head. She agreed with what he said without much thought.

 

“Yes, there was some.”

 

“…”

 

She tended to be somewhat conservative, but since she was older, she had kissed a lot. Subconsciously, she counted her past companions on her hands in front of the crown prince. She stopped after seeing the prince’s expression become more astonished as her fingers folded.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

If it had been her age, it would have been an unremarkable number, but Serabi was still sixteen. In an instant, she became a woman with a very colorful past. The crown prince said nothing for a while, as if he was deep in thought. 

 

* * *

 

As soon as she opened her eyes, her eyes met those of a red lizard. The lizard’s pupils met her purple eyes and she saw them dilate, as if they were slightly surprised by discovering something unexpected. She narrowed her eyes and looked into those eyes. She remembered seeing something similar somewhere. Where was it? Ah!

 

It was similar to the crown prince’s dragon eye, but it felt a little brighter.

 

“Hello.”

 

Where has the crown prince gone, and what was this big lizard? Although she was still half asleep and couldn’t figure out anything, she calmly said hello. Then the large lizard’s eyes became filled with bewilderment. As she was looking at the lizard, she heard the crown prince’s voice from behind.

 

“I said she wouldn’t be surprised.”

 

The crown prince, who found her still having a looking contest with the lizard without an expression, sighed and said.

 

“If you open your eyes, get up quickly.”

 

At the prince’s words, the giant lizard obediently got off of her. She felt bad and shook off the area where the lizard had touched. Then the giant lizard narrowed its eyes and started glaring at her.

 

‘How dare you try to surprise me? You’re half a hundred years away for that.’

 

It’s not something to be proud of, but because she had lived an eventful life, she was immune to most things, so she was not easily surprised. When she raised the corner of her mouth and made a mocking expression so that only the lizard could see it, the lizard dilated its pupils and spread its wings as if excited. When it spread its wings, it looked two or three times bigger.

 

‘Eh? But why do lizards have wings? Oh, no way.’

 

“Uh… Mr. Adriana?”

 

When she called the lizard’s name, the lizard seemed excited and tried to jump at her. The look in his eyes was as if he was asking how someone so lowly as her would dare say its name. She guessed it really wasn’t a lizard, but a dragon. When he spewed murderous energy at her, she lost consciousness and stumbled around for a moment. Then the crown prince came up in surprise and grabbed her body before she fell.

 

Then he spoke to the dragon in a low voice full of death intent.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

The dragon looked aggrieved, but he obediently stopped its killing intent. When she saw that scene, she noticed something puzzling.

 

‘Why is Dragon being so obedient to the crown prince?’

 

While she was thinking that, the crown prince looked at her complexion and asked.

 

“Are you okay? It’s broken in another place… Damn it.”

 

She just fainted from surprise for a moment and didn’t feel any pain, but the prince looked like he was in more pain than her. Plus, it’s broken somewhere else. People weren’t like glass dolls and there’s no way they could break that easily. The crown prince, knowing that she was okay, sighed in relief and spoke in a low voice as if muttering to himself.

 

“…I should have killed him earlier, but I felt sympathy for him for no reason…”

 

“Huh? What do you mean? Are you saying you fought a dragon while I was sleeping?”

 

The full story of the incident explained by the crown prince was as follows. Adriana, the original owner of this dragon lair, found an unexpected intruder in the lair when she returned after a long time. He was the crown prince whose race seemed a bit ambiguous to it, and her, who seemed certain to be human. The crown prince tried to explain the situation, but Adriana was angry because her territory had been invaded by a human she thought was inferior, and she tried to kill her, but she was scolded by the crown prince.

 

First of all, she felt grateful for my carefree spirit, which was sleeping without knowing anything even though the battle of the century, humans vs. dragons, was taking place in front of her. Come to think of it, it seemed like Ired Dragon was in love with Prince. But was it possible to interbreed between different races? Well, putting that fact aside.

 

The prince looked awkward about the dragon’s favor, but she knew exactly why the red dragon was attracted to the prince. Dragons didn’t really have a gender. If they wanted, they could change any part of their body and transform into any gender. There must have been a gender from the beginning, but it didn’t matter. The only condition for the object of their love was ‘something stronger than themselves’. For convenience, it was called love, but it was a little different from the feeling of love that humans feel. It was a feeling close to longing. Should we say that it is due to the instincts of the strongest race on earth? Even in this respect, they were a race instinctively ruled by the logic of power. Since they did not even acknowledge anyone who was stronger than them, it was natural that they had to be stronger than themselves in order to feel affection. However, since the crown prince defeated this red dragon, the red dragon fell in love with the crown prince.

 

She figured out the full story of what happened while she was gone, but she didn’t really want to tell it. The crown prince folded his wings and looked at the red dragon with a troubled expression, leaning towards him as if asking him to take out his anger.

 

“…Why are you doing this?”

 

“Well, congratulations.”

 

The elf queen also seduced him, and now she’s even seduced by dragons.

 

He called her name as if he was puzzled.

 

“Serabi?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“…No, is it my mistake? I feel a little more than usual…”

 

“…?”

 

“…”

 

“…?”

 

“Something…”

 

“What?”

 

The crown prince, who narrowed his eyes and examined her expression, tilted his head. It felt like he was seeing something that she couldn’t figure out.

 

Out of frustration, she gave a blunt answer. Even when he heard it, it was colder than usual, so he was surprised when she spit it out. The crown prince made a strange face when he heard her voice.

 

“No, it seems like it’s just business as usual…”

 

He still muttered with an unreadable expression on his face. No matter what happened to the prince who was saying things that made no sense, she wanted to resolve the matter as quickly as possible and return home.

 

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