When the Main Protagonists Broke Up

When I woke up and opened my eyes, there was Clayton in front of me, not Aiden.

Blinking my eyes, I tried to think of a reason why Clayton was there.

Then, realizing that I had woken up, Clayton’s face lit up and spoke to me.

“Are you awake?”

“…This is it.”

It was a familiar ceiling that I saw every day I woke up while in Agger Castle.

I just wondered why I was in my room and not Aiden’s.

“I brought them.”

Clayton seemed to understand my meaning and gave me a short answer.

But I wanted a more detailed answer.

First, I had to get up to talk to him.

I tried to stand up with one hand as a support to get up.

“Ah…!”

Suddenly, the pain that started in the palm of my hand shot up to the top of my head.

Looking at it, I saw that my hand was wrapped in bandages.

I guessed why.

“Are you okay?”

Clayton, with a surprised look on his face, quickly grabbed me and saved me from falling backwards.

I leaned on him and leaned my back against the head of the bed.

Clayton stood beside me to get me into the correct position.

“Thank you.”

The injured back was slightly uncomfortable, but not to the point where I couldn’t sit.

I could tell by feeling that the wound on his side was not large. But it wasn’t the palm.

The right palm, where the knife had been deeply pierced, was throbbing.

I felt like the wound was open because I was shocked again now.

I frowned slightly and looked at my right hand, which was wrapped in a bandage for a moment.

“Are you okay? If it hurts a lot, I’ll call a doctor.”

Clayton, who had been watching the amount I was doing, asked.

“No. Are you okay.”

I shook my head and answered.

Now, rather than calling a doctor, I had to solve my questions first.

“Rather than that, why am I in my room?”

And I asked him the question I was really curious about.

“As I said before, I am a princess…I brought you here.”

Perhaps he was still unfamiliar with calling me by a title other than a lady, he slightly dragged me in the middle.

“Well, I would have been in Aiden’s room.”

“You’re right. The person who went to the bathroom for a while did not come back, so I went to find it myself.”

“How did you know I was in Aiden’s room?”

“That…You seemed to be there.”

As he said that, his expression hardened slightly.

“Ah, did the Duke notice that Aiden didn’t come to the banquet? That’s why I went looking for Aiden.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes.”

His answer was a little odd, but I didn’t have time to pay attention to it.

Because it reminded me now that Clayton already knew about my scars.

“Uh, well, so what did Aiden say about my injury?”

Couldn’t you have just told the truth?

So I scooped up Clayton to find out what Aiden said instead of me saying it first.

My question must have reminded him of something, and his expression suddenly turned cold and his eyes filled with anger.

“…Don’t you remember?”

“Well, I do remember, but it’s vague.”

I deliberately tilted my head, pretending I didn’t remember.

“I think it’s because you shed too much blood.”

“Yes, I think so. So Aiden….”

I dragged on my horse pretending to lose my memory.

“Is it true that Prince Baien hurt the princess?”

“Yes?”

When I heard that Aiden had hurt me, I was so surprised that I asked him back.

“Prince Baien admitted to hurting the princess.”

“That…!”

I hesitated to defend Aiden.

It was right that he hurt me, so I couldn’t say no.

But Aiden was being manipulated by something, and he couldn’t tell the truth to Clayton either.

“Did you really say that Aiden hurt me?”

“Yes, it is.”

I checked again just in case, but the answer from him was the same.

What the hell were you thinking when you said that?

If it becomes known that you hurt me, things will definitely go bad….

‘I just pretend I was injured in an accident.’

I didn’t know him perfectly, but I knew he wasn’t like that.

Even so, I couldn’t understand why it made things so bad.

I’d rather wait until I wake up.

Why.

Why is that, Aiden?

“What else did you say? What did you two say?”

For some reason, I felt uneasy at the moment, and I brushed Clayton without even realizing it.

Clayton stared at me with an incomprehensible look.

“Duke?”

I called him again, demanding an answer from him.

“…He said he would take the blame for hurting the princess.”

“Are you going to take the blame?”

I had a feeling that was not good. I had to see Aiden right away.

I immediately got up from bed.

“You must not move.”

Then Clayton stopped me.

“Wait a minute, just a moment.”

I said, not hiding my nervousness.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to go see Aiden.”

“It’s not possible.”

Clayton stopped me with a rare determined expression.

“It will only take a moment.”

I pushed him and put my foot on the floor.

“Princess, he is the one who tried to harm you. I cannot send the Princess alone to such a person.”

“Aiden…!”

It wasn’t his will, he wanted to tell me that he would never hurt me, but I kept my mouth shut.

I didn’t have time to argue with him like this.

I really don’t know where this insecurity comes from, but I had to go to Aiden.

So I hardened my face and spoke in a calm voice.

“The Duke has no authority to stop me. I will go if I want to go. So get out of the way.”

And this kind of look was never shown to him who was Lian.

Clayton’s pupils shook violently, as if he was embarrassed by my unfamiliar attitude.

Seeing that, I felt like I was treating him so coldly that my heart felt a bit heavy.

It was more because I knew he was like this because he was worried about me.

But right now I can’t afford it at all.

So I quickly left the room to avoid him who was frozen and ran to Aiden’s room.

But I heard footsteps running faster than me from behind.

Even without looking back, I could guess who he was.

After a while, I arrived in front of Aiden’s room and cautiously called Aiden’s name.

“Aiden?”

But there was no answer from inside.

“Aiden, that’s me.”

Still, there was no answer from within.

“I’ll go in.”

Frustrated, I opened the door and went inside.

“…Aiden?”

There was a reason why there was no answer when I called him.

There was no one in the room.

“Aiden?”

I searched every nook and cranny of the room, calling for him who could not be found even after washing my eyes.

There was no way he was hiding, so he had to do that.

‘Where did you go for a while?’

It could have been.

I went somewhere because I had something to do for a while, but I could have thought of it in a bad way.

At that time, I felt someone’s presence behind me.

“Princess.”

It was Clayton, who had been following me.

I immediately turned around and opened my mouth to him.

“How long have I been asleep?”

Looking out the window, it was still dark.

‘Couldn’t it have been another full day?’

“About two hours.”

“Two hours….”

Two hours wasn’t too long.

I went to the bed in his room and checked the warmth of the bed.

It was cold.

“But Prince Baian is nowhere to be seen.”

Clayton’s expression turned serious when he confirmed that Aiden was gone.

“Oh, I guess I went somewhere for a while. Soon-.”

But as I was looking over the bed, I noticed something too foreign to be there.

It was a carefully folded letter.

 

quickly picked up the letter and checked what was inside.

It was a letter from Aiden to me.

[bell,

I don’t know if you will read this letter.

But if you read it, I’d like to say I’m sorry.

Believe it or not, it wasn’t my will that hurt you.

But maybe if I stay by your side, I’ll hurt you again, maybe….

So I can’t stay there any longer.

I want to be with you, but I can’t stay with you until you become a threat.

And I will gladly accept the sin that hurt you.

I’m going back first because I have something to do that I promised you before. We again…

Bell.

Bell.

Bye then.]

What were you going to say after ‘We again’?

Why did he write the name Bell instead of Belita?

My hands were shaking the whole time I was reading the letter, so it was hard to hold the paper properly.

This letter was like, yes, like a letter from someone who was about to end it.

’m glad if I’m wrong, but if I’m not….

Tears were about to come out.

But I wasn’t alone here now.

“Princess, what is that?”

Just in time, Clayton came close to me.

I hurriedly hid the letter behind my back.

“Oh, nothing.”

But there was no way Clayton would not be able to see the action so obvious.

But I didn’t have the peace of mind at all to the extent that I couldn’t think of such a thing.

“I need to go out for a while.”

“Where are you talking?”

“Uh, I’ll look outside for a while and then come back.”

“I will go with you.”

He said he was going with him, as if it was suspicious that he was out at this hour.

“No. I will go alone.”

“Princess.”

He called out to me in a serious voice, probably noticing something strange in my behavior.

“What’s behind that?”

At his question, I quickly racked my brain about how to get out of this situation.

t was then that I remembered a flashing answer.

“This is a letter I gave to Aiden. But I guess Aiden hasn’t read it yet. So I will take it back and give it to you next time.”

“Letter…You mean?”

“Yes, and now that I think about it, I think it is too late. I just want to go back to my room and rest.”

Clayton gave me a penetrating look, as if it was strange that the person who said he was leaving suddenly changed his words.

“Get out.”

I slipped out of his eyes and went outside.

Clayton also came out of the room and followed me from behind.

I walked as fast as I could.

I had to drop Clayton and go find Aiden quickly.

“I can go alone. Duke, go back to your room.”

“No. I will take you there.”

“Ah yes.”

I tried to tell you just in case, but it didn’t even work.

I quickly gave up on convincing him, knowing that he would never give up on my own safety and security.

And as I went back to my room, I kept thinking about where Aiden might have gone.

‘He said he was going to solve something he promised me.’

What I promised him.

Promise to him.

Then it was only one.

Carriage incident.

He said he would help me clear my name.

Are you saying that?

Then where he was headed….

But what are you going to do first?

I felt like I was solving a problem that couldn’t be solved, so I couldn’t find an answer.

This was a problem that could only be solved by meeting Aiden.

“What do you think?”

Clayton spoke to me as they walked alongside.

“Well, I’m just thinking about things.”

“What do you mean?”

“Now we are going back to the capital. So I was thinking about the unfinished business.”

“If you are talking about unfinished business, you mean the carriage case.”

“Yes that’s right.”

“I will help too.”

“Yes?”

“I will also help the princess to clear her name.”

It was like that.

No, it was like Rihanna who was my knight.

I smiled at him in gratitude.

“Thank you. But the duke will be busy when he returns to the capital. So take care of yourself first.”

“…There is nothing more important to me than the Princess.”

“Ah….”

I appreciated him for saying that, but now he shouldn’t be talking to me like that.

So, after organizing my thoughts, I opened my mouth in a calm voice.

“It may have been until now. At that time, when the duke was a knight of our family, it might have been natural. But not anymore. Now, the Duke has to prioritize the Luden family. Even if I don’t say this anymore…You know.”

At my words, Clayton’s expression wrinkled slightly.

However, it soon returned to a polite expressionless expression.

“Oh, everything is here.”

While talking to him, he arrived in front of my room.

“Thank you for taking me there.”

“Is it really okay not to call a doctor?”

“Yes, if you feel uncomfortable, I will call you in the morning.”

“All right. Rest then.”

“Yes, please be careful.”

I was going to watch him go, but he too was watching to see if I went into the room.

I hid my nervousness and quickly entered the room.

He leaned against the door and heard his footsteps recede.

‘I guess he went?’

I thought I was gone by this point, so I opened the door and came out.

I wondered if I was suspicious of my actions and was waiting outside, but fortunately no one was there.

With a sigh of relief, I hurriedly ran to the stable where the horse was.

Then he rode his horse and approached the gate.

“Aren’t you Princess Heitz?”

The knight guarding the castle gate recognized me.

I was about to tell him to open the door, but he turned around and asked another question.

“Have you not seen Prince Aiden Bayen?”

“Are you Prince Aiden Bayen?”

“Okay. It looks like you went out, but it doesn’t look like you’re in the castle.”

“If it’s Prince Baian…ah! I remember. You went out through the city gate about an hour ago.”

“You said you left? Are you sure?”

“Yes, that’s right. I remember wondering because he told me to open the gate at this time.” “Open the door.”

“Yes?”

“Open the gates.”

“Is the princess going out at this time too?”

“Okay. Hurry up and open it.”

“Yes? Ah yes. All right.”

As soon as the knight opened the castle gate, I rode out.

It was still midnight, and only the moonlight was shining everywhere.

Still, it wasn’t so dark that I couldn’t see the road because there was a big full moon with no clouds.

I figured out which direction to go to the capital and headed there.

‘But what if I didn’t go to the capital?’

It was a time when I was worried that I might have misunderstood.

I was just turning the road near the forest. A sound was coming from this quiet and still place where I could only hear the hooves of the horse I was riding on.

“Wow.”

I hurriedly pulled the horse’s reins.

The horse stopped, and now the sound could be heard more clearly.

‘What are you talking about?’

I slowly approached the source of the sound.

Uh?

‘This sound….’

And as I got closer, I realized that it was an all-too-familiar sound I had heard in Yullita.

I hurriedly tapped the horse’s side with my heel, and the horse moved again.

It became clear what the sound in his ears was.

The sound….

“Ugh…ha.”

It was Aiden’s moan, engulfed in pain.

* * *

Clayton passed him, holding the unconscious Belita in his arms.

Aiden barely held back his hand from letting go.

Then I couldn’t see the two of them, so I closed my eyes.

Clayton Louden.

Unlike him, a man with true noble blood.

Although his status as a nobleman has not yet been restored due to his treason, he was nonetheless a nobleman by birth.

When he saw him with Belita, he was overcome with deep frustration.

The two of them got along so well that they couldn’t even compare to themselves.

To the point that he couldn’t even think of approaching Belita anymore.

Kane Maxius didn’t feel this way.

Belita clearly drew the line for Kane.

She was always cold and unfeeling towards Kane.

Aiden knew that too, so Kane didn’t give him any sense of danger.

But not Clayton.

Belita cared for Clayton, no Rian.

Belita put him inside her enclosure and treated him kindly, to the point of feeling a little jealous of the little boy.

It was cowardly, but I could endure that much.

Even if he had feelings for Belita, since he was still a young boy and a commoner, he thought she would not be a match at all.

But the moment Rihanna became Clayton, the situation completely turned upside down.

Clayton had grown from a boy to an adult, and was the only blood of the House of Wind, one of only four ducal families in the Empire.

It was rather himself that he was no longer an opponent.

To make matters worse, he was possessed by the power of the necklace and tried to kill Belita.

‘Ha….’

I heard the door closing.

Only then did Aiden slowly open his closed eyes.

There was no one else in the room now except him.

Only the warm scent of Belita wafting through the air made her aware that she was here.

And….

The void began to fill his heart again.

‘Belita, Bell.’

Aiden couldn’t bear to spit it out and kept calling Belita’s name inside.

Then it seemed as if she would appear before him again.

The human heart is so deceitful.

Even though I knew the reality that I had no choice but to let her go for her sake, I still wanted to be by her side.

Even though I knew very well that I shouldn’t dare to be greedy, I didn’t give up easily.

Because it was the first light I found….

Because it was the first time I found it….

But I didn’t want to see that light fade.

I wanted to protect that light even at the cost of everything I had.

So he thought of her for a little while, just a little while, before he left.

Her golden hair.

Eyes resembling her blue sky.

Her mischievous smile.

Her kind heart.

Everything about her.

In order not to forget one by one, I re-remembered it over and over again.

That moment lasted almost an hour, but it was so short that he could not feel the passage of time.

Then he wrote her his first letter.

Even though I couldn’t take out his whole heart and show it, he left a letter with sincerity.

Because I knew that Belita would come to his room as soon as she woke up.

Even in the midst of her injuries, she was worried about herself, so she had to leave something behind.

After leaving the letter on the bed, Aiden left the room to keep his promise to Belita.

But even though I knew I couldn’t do it if I tried to leave the castle, I was really greedy just one last time.

At this time when the necklace might control his mind again, his earnestness brought him to the front of Belita’s room.

But Aiden didn’t even think about going into the room.

I just stood still in front of the door.

‘Belita.’

And he repeated her name over and over again.

Now that I can’t be by her side again, I drew her from this close place.

‘I have to go.’

It was time to go.

Any more delay and everything could go wrong.

As soon as he passed through the gates, he mounted his horse and galloped off.

It was a dark night, so the road was very dark, but Aiden didn’t mind.

Even if it’s just one step away from Belita.

I ran as fast as I could to make sure that even if my mind was controlled by the necklace again, I couldn’t go back to Belita because the distance from her was too far.

“Ugh…!”

However, the hopes I had hoped for did not turn out to be wrong.

The moment I rode my horse through the darkness, a feeling of fighting rose up in my throat.

The necklace began to bind him again.

‘Kill, kill!’

The necklace urged him to kill Belita.

‘Kill Belita Heights!’

Couldn’t lose

I had lost helplessly before, but I couldn’t lose this time.

Let’s go a little further.

You have to go farther, to a place you can’t reach.

But the pain in his throat showed no signs of going away.

On the contrary, the pain became more and more intense, and it became difficult to breathe any longer, and the whole body began to lose strength.

Eventually, Aiden fell off the horse as his hand holding the reins gave out.

Thud-!

“Hee-yi-ing.”

The horse, which was galloping along at breakneck speed, stopped as soon as it noticed that its owner had fallen.

However, Aiden rolled around on the floor for quite some time due to the recoil of the speed he had been running with only looking forward.

But the pain from the fall was nothing compared to the pain in his neck.

“Ugh.”

Please stop!

Don’t let your mind wander again.

If he lost his mind again, this time he would have no choice but to make an extreme choice.

I wanted to keep my promise to her.

So he couldn’t let go of his life yet.

“Ugh…. Ha.”

It was then.

The moment I was somehow resisting the power of the necklace, I heard the voice of a person I wanted to see but shouldn’t.

“Aiden!”

It was Belita.

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