When the Main Protagonists Broke Up

“I haven’t been well.”

“You’re not doing well, why?”

“I have missed someone, someone for a very long time.”

“….”

My heart thumped and fell.

I had to answer, but the words just didn’t come out.

When I was silent, he opened his mouth again.

“I wanted to see you, but now I met you. So I think it will be fine.”

“…thank god.”

“Yes, I am glad.”

A look of relief appeared on his handsome face.

We smiled contentedly at each other.

* * *

After the eve of the festival, the carriage returning to the mansion was completely sunk due to her father’s displeasure.

My father was looking at me with fierce eyes, but I did not avoid his eyes.

“Okay, tell me once.”

After reorganizing what I would say to my parents in my head, I opened my mouth.

“On the day I went to the banquet that Her Highness the Crown Prince invited, Duke Maxius said he wanted to do well with me again.”

“What?!”

“Belita, what do you mean!”

“The duke!”

At my words, my father couldn’t overcome his anger and hit the carriage chair with a thump.

“I am that shameless bastard!”

“Honey, listen to Belita’s story to the end first.”

“Of course I said no. I told my mother and father, but I have no feelings or lingering feelings for them.”

“Yeah, well done.”

My answer gave my father a satisfied expression.

“But even though the duke said he didn’t like me, he didn’t give up. I told him several times that I would never accept him and give up, but I couldn’t get through.”

“I’m so dumbfounded! come now! What are you going to do now!”

My mother grabbed my father’s arm and gave me a look in his eyes telling me to continue.

“It was almost tongue-in-cheek at how persistent it was. The day I went to see Her Highness the Crown Prince on an orphanage business, he was waiting for me at His Highness the Crown Prince’s palace like someone who knew I was coming.”

“Under!”

“On that day, you were using force to change my mind, but Prince Bai’an just came to see Your Highness. And he helped me get away from the duke.”

“You mean Prince Baian?”

“Yes, after that, when I went to visit Princess Bayen in the hospital, I saw Confucius again, thanked him, and asked if he could dance with me at the eve. I expect that Duke Maxius will harass me again with a push.”

I couldn’t see Aiden when I went to visit him after meeting Kane at the Crown Prince’s palace, but I couldn’t help it because it made sense.

Moreover, it was obvious that my father would be more angry if I told him that I had met him separately rather than visiting him in the hospital.

“Kuhm.”

I could guess how he was feeling just by hearing his clearing cough.

The current clearing of the cough did not imply that he was extremely angry or in a bad mood.

It just meant that he was upset about something uncomfortable.

“Then there must be other spirits, so why is it that you are the Prince of Baian?”

“Because he is Aiden Bayern.”

“What do you mean?”

“Right now, there are only three ducal families in the Empire.”

“Yes.”

“Excluding our family, the only family that can stand against the Duke of Maxius is the Bayern family. And coincidentally, there is Aiden Byarn, who is still unmarried, in the Bayern family.”

My words sounded very reasonable.

If the person I used as a shield to defeat Kane had been a nobleman of a lower rank than Kane, Kane would have snorted.

In addition, Kane unilaterally broke up with Adela.

It meant that there could be some degree of emotional debt to the Bayern family.

Given the man’s personality and what he did to me, I don’t think that’s the case, but a normal human being would have to do that.

So I ended my talk by making it look good that I would not be able to treat the Bayern family carelessly.

“My daughter is smart too.”

When my mother heard my answer, she nodded and praised me.

On the other hand, my father did not readily agree.

It was a sharp point like a person at the top of power.

‘What should I wedge?’

While I was pondering what to say to completely convince my father, my father spoke first.

“For that reason, the atmosphere between the two of them seemed unusual.”

“Yes?”

“When the two of you danced.”

“It was just a casual conversation.”

“Okay?”

“Yes, and wouldn’t it be more rude to be cold towards the person who helped me?”

“Hmm, it’s not like that.”

“Yes, yes.”

“Is that why you separated Duke Maxius properly?”

“No, it looks the same today. So frustrating and crazy.”

“You should have told us unconditionally.”

“I didn’t want to worry about my mother and father any more about things from two years ago or about things related to him. I wanted to solve it myself. So it was. Really sorry.”

I knew better than anyone how much my parents were worried about me when they broke up their engagement two years ago.

So I didn’t want my parents to worry about that again.

“I will take care of Duke Maxius. So don’t worry anymore and don’t get too close to Prince Baian.”

“Your father?”

“Yes, I am your father, just as you said. What kind of father would stay quiet when his daughter said he was having a hard time? And he is, in any case, unforgivable.”

“Father….”

Now that my parents found out, I thought it would be better to get help from my father.

And I don’t know what kind of method my father will get rid of Kane, but I trusted him so much.

“Thank you. And I’m sorry for worrying you again.”

“You didn’t do anything wrong, but don’t hang your head.”

“Yes, Belita. You did nothing wrong. So be proud.”

“Yes, mother and father.”

After talking with my parents that day, I returned to my room and was able to sleep soundly with my feet stretched out for the first time in a very long time.

* * *

I was in the best condition when I woke up in the morning, probably because of the anticipation that the worries that had been bothering me for so long would disappear soon.

The equestrian competition started today.

The equestrian competition was split between men and women, and today was the day of the preliminary round in which noble ladies participated.

To participate in the preliminary round, he changed into riding clothes and went out of the mansion.

As I went out, a slender brown horse, who would be with me this time, was looking at me with moist eyes.

“Hello, Porta.”

Porta was the name given to the horse that was going to compete with me this time.

It is derived from the first word of ‘Porta devia’, a word learned in Peorat.

‘Porta Devia.’

Oddly enough, the words lingered in my mind.

Perhaps it was because the meaning touched my heart.

The meaning of ‘Today is the happiest day of my life’ made my heart flutter as well as very excited.

The horse was specially named ‘Porta’ in order to enjoy happiness together by winning the equestrian competition.

I stroked Porta’s neck and shared sympathy.

“Let’s do our best. Understand?”

At my words, Porta purred and let out a cheerful snort.

I stroked Porta a few more times and got into a nearby carriage. “Let’s go.”

At my command we set out for the arena.

* * *

A short distance from the imperial palace was a large amphitheater that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Equestrian competitions were held there, and it was located about 40 minutes from the mansion.

As soon as we entered the stadium, we realized the popularity of the tournament, and even though it was a preliminaries, the audience was almost full.

When I went to the practice field in the corner, not the stadium, Porta came first and was waiting for me.

I climbed onto the stepping board.

Then, putting his right foot in the stirrup, he swiftly climbed onto Porta and grabbed the reins.

Riding comfort was good due to the top-notch saddle.

“My lady, be careful!”

“Mary, did you see me fall off my horse?”

He had fallen from Hemoa, but only Aiden and I knew about it.

“Nevertheless. You always have to be careful and be careful.”

“Okay.”

“Then I’ll be over there, so call me if you need anything.”

I nodded my head slightly, then simultaneously tightened my legs on the horse and the hand holding the reins.

“Let’s go.”

When I gave the signal, Porta started running faster and faster.

After some practice, my turn finally came.

I went out to the stadium with Porta.

“Wow!!”

A thunderous roar from the audience was heard, deafeningly loud.

The game in front of me had just ended.

I looked around all the way on the horse.

I felt a sense of liveliness when I saw people’s excited faces.

‘I feel good.’

“Is that Princess Belita Heights?”

“Yes.”

“You can come this way.”

After following the race staff, I saw the starting line.

Standing in front of it, the tension started to rise.

The rules of the equestrian event qualifying round were simple.

The winner was the first person to enter after 20 laps around this huge arena.

Today was a preliminary match for women, and tomorrow was a preliminary match for men.

If you won the preliminary round, it was the main round and the final.

In the preliminaries, ten people competed at once.

And only those who placed first there could advance to the finals.

As I stood on the starting line, I saw nine ladies on either side of me.

They pretended to know me first.

As soon as I exchanged greetings with some young ladies, a horn sounded to announce preparations.

“Porta, we can do it. Know?”

It was a word of encouragement to Porta, and it was also a word to me.

The horn sounded twice.

Now, the last long beep was the start.

The son-in-law became quiet.

The spectators also kept their mouths shut for those who stood on the starting line of the stadium.

A thumping sound hit my heart.

It had been a long time since I had such a pleasant tension in my body.

I could feel the blood rushing through my whole body.

Boo-!

And the horn rang for a long time.

“Wow!!”

“Good!!”

The quiet space was instantly filled with the sound of people cheering.

I forcefully touched Porta’s torso with my foot in the stirrup.

Porta ran forward at full speed.

* * *

The preliminaries were overwhelmingly first place.

It was an expected result.

I had no doubts that if it was Belita’s skills, she would win without difficulty.

I returned to the mansion and took a bath to relieve my fatigue.

Mary attended the bath by her side.

“My lady, you were really cool!”

“Okay?”

“Yes, because I wanted to shout, ‘That’s my lady!’“

Said Mary, looking proudly at me.

“As soon as the game starts, you hit and run fast, but no one really caught up. If it’s a lady’s skill, it’s an unconditional victory, victory!”

It was the same idea.

“As expected, there is nothing my lady can’t do.”

Mary gave me a thumbs up in front of me with a look of rapture.

I smiled at her cute face.

“By the way, tomorrow is the men’s preliminaries, and the ladies’ finals in three days, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Then you should recover properly. I will give you a massage.”

“No, that’s fine.”

“No. Our lady must win. Hurry up.”

“Oh dear. Okay. Thank you.”

Mary massaged me very hard, as if my body could never tolerate muscle pain.

Maybe that’s why, except for a little fatigue from practice, I really felt good all day long.

And thanks to that Mary, I won the final with a huge gap that no one could catch up with, just like the preliminary round.

* * *

Today, the day after the women’s final where I won, was the final of the men’s equestrian competition.

I heard from Mary that Aiden had advanced to the finals.

So, as promised with him, I had to go to the finals.

After getting ready, we got into the wagon and set off for the stadium.

I’ve been here a few times, but this was the first time I sat in the crowd.

I took a seat in the front row with the best view of the stadium.

I sat down and looked around and saw that the finalists were warming up.

Among them, there was one that stood out to me.

It was Aiden.

He was also very good at riding clothes.

The tight navy blue riding jacket made his broad shoulders and back stand out even more.

In addition, the white pants and black boots that were tight to the legs also showed off his long, strong lower body without any filtering.

‘Something doesn’t suit me.’

There was nothing that wouldn’t suit that face, that height, that body.

I was staring at his perfect form and watching how much he was doing, when suddenly he looked up and looked around the stands.

It looked like he was looking for someone, but after a while, our eyes met.

Then he smiled brightly as if he had found something great. ‘Do well.’

I spoke to him without making a sound.

I was seated in the front row, but there was a sense of distance, so I thought you wouldn’t recognize me.

However, when he nodded as if he understood everything, a smile formed on his lips without my knowledge.

‘By the way, hasn’t Adela arrived yet?’

I thought she would come because she said she was coming, but I looked around the stands and couldn’t see her.

Seats for high-ranking nobles were fixed, so there was no way they could sit anywhere else.

‘Could it be that I’m not feeling well again?’

The thought struck me, and I was worried about Adela’s condition.

It was when I was thinking that I should visit the hospital one more time.

Suddenly, among those in the arena, a familiar man other than Aiden caught my eye.

‘Kane also made it to the finals.’

Well, Kane’s appearance wasn’t too bad either.

Of course, it wouldn’t make sense if the male lead was ugly.

Kane was wearing a red jacket, but the color was so intense it was hard not to go unnoticed.

‘Ah, I was staring at you for no reason.’

But I soon regretted it.

I shouldn’t have looked at him, but I met Kane’s eyes needlessly.

I turned my head and looked away from him.

Boo-!

The sound of a single horn resonated throughout the arena.

It meant getting ready.

Those participating in the finals lined up at the starting line.

Boo- Boo-!

The horn sounded twice.

And finally.

Boo-!

The moment the sound of the horn filled the stadium, those on the starting line jumped out with their horses at the same time.

I quickly moved my eyes to find Aiden’s location.

He was running at the forefront with Kane.

‘Don’t give up.’

Even if Aiden was matched with someone else, I would have cheered for Aiden, but since Kane was matched, I hoped that Aiden would not lose and that he would win.

The two of them seemed to have similar skills, and throughout the match, the two continued to move ahead and behind.

The rest were already far behind the two.

So, only the two of them were fighting fiercely for position.

‘Please.’

After running for a long time without yielding to anyone, the match finally entered the final lap.

This last lap will determine the winner of this year’s equestrian competition.

It was a close and tense match that made the hands sweat.

Maybe that’s why the heat in the crowd was greater than yesterday’s game.

Yesterday, even though it was the finals, there were some aspects that ended too blandly.

It’s because I went out too early and already had a gap of more than one lap with the other participants in the middle.

“Wow!!”

“Run! run!”

Even with half a lap before the finish line, the two ran the same way with no one ahead.

It was then.

With the finish line just around the corner, Aiden’s condition was strange.

I couldn’t control my body like someone who was uncomfortable somewhere.

I saw Aiden’s hand on his neck.

‘Neck?’

Thud-!

And in an instant, Aiden fell off his horse.

“What?”

“What’s the matter?”

The horse he was riding abandoned him and crossed the finish line.

It was after Kane.

“Wow!!”

“What happened all of a sudden?”

“Why are you doing that?”

Loud cheers and people’s panicked voices were heard.

But I didn’t hear anything anymore.

All I could see was Aiden, who collapsed on the floor and was in pain.

I got up and climbed over the wall between the stands and the arena.

And ran to Aiden at high speed.

However, while he was running, his men were already carrying him and leaving the arena.

‘Aiden!’

I was nervous because I thought my condition was very serious.

What the hell is it?

Why did you suddenly fall off the horse?

Why did I break my neck while riding a horse…?

Wait, neck?

The events at Yullita came to mind in an instant.

Even when I rescued him from Yullita, he was holding on to his neck.

‘Is it because of the necklace?’

Is there something wrong with the necklace again?

I can’t be sure because I haven’t seen it, but it was a pretty convincing reasoning.

In the end, I couldn’t catch up with Aiden.

I chased after him, but he was already taken to the carriage.

I just stared at the back of the wagon with a worried heart.

* * *

“Miss!”

After returning to the mansion, I asked Mary to find out what was going on in the Bayern family.

I was anxiously waiting, thinking about this and that, when Mary came into the room just in time.

“Yeah, did you find out? How about Baian Confucius? Are you okay?”

“Princess….”

Mary’s expression darkened.

When she hesitated unresponsively, I got frustrated and brushed her off quickly.

“Why, what’s going on?”

“That is…Prince Baian says he’s fine. They say he is resting now.”

I’m glad Aiden is okay.

After missing him at the stadium, I couldn’t do anything when I returned home because I was worried about him.

I finally felt relieved and sat down on the sofa as if my legs were giving up.

He let out a sigh of relief and looked up at Mary, but his expression was serious.

Come to think of it, I just said ‘Confucius’.

“Is something wrong?”

I raised my body buried in the sofa.

I was unknowingly nervous at the unusual reaction.

“You know what?”

What’s really going on?

“Why? What is it?”

“Just before the finals, there was an accident on the way to the stadium.”

“Accident?”

“Yes, but the person who suffered the accident was Princess Bayon.”

“What?”

Adela got into an accident, what the hell are you talking about?

“Tell me in detail. How did you get into an accident?”

“That is….”

I was in a hurry, but Mary kept dragging me on and acting frustrated.

“Hurry!”

I brushed her off again, telling her to speak quickly.

“Do not be surprised. They say a fire bomb exploded in the wagon.”

“A fire bomb?”

A fire bomb….

So you’re saying that Adela was terrorized on the street in the middle of the day?

For a moment.

Fire bomb?

In an instant, an unpleasant feeling of deja vu came over me, as if I had seen it many times.

And at the same time, the contents of a novel related to fire bombs flashed through my mind.

‘Ah.’

What is this?

In a situation so unexpected, nothing came to mind as if my brain stopped for a moment.

“…Mr. And Mrs.?”

I couldn’t react as if I was out of my mind, and I was still, but I heard Mary’s voice in my ear.

“Uh?”

“My lady, are you okay?”

“Oh, it’s okay. So, a firebomb exploded in Adela’s carriage? So what about Adela? How is Adela?”

“Among the misfortunes, fortunately, the bomb was so small that only the rear wheel of the wagon was blown off, so it was said that his life was saved.”

It felt like someone had grabbed my collar tightly, but I felt like I was barely able to breathe when I heard that Adela was safe.

“However, as the carriage collapsed, the princess was thrown out of the carriage by the recoil, and the already weak person must have been very surprised and fainted on the spot….”

“Faint? now? Are you awake?”

“No, he’s still not waking up.”

Oh my god.

So you’re in a coma?

Looking at it, it was strangely different from the original, but it was going similarly.

No, but why the hell did someone plant a firebomb on Adela’s carriage?

‘I’ll turn around.’

It was nothing but the fire bomb that endangered Adela.

A tool used by Belita in the original story to get rid of Adela.

Even though the villain Belita has disappeared, something similar to the original story still happens, does that mean that somehow things will happen?

If that’s the case, surely I won’t be singled out as the culprit?

Somehow, I thought that this was someone’s trick to drive the culprit to me.

Fire is the symbol of the Heitz family.

There was nothing but a vague heart attack, but I thought it was useless.

For a moment.

‘No way….’

Me and adela

The Haynes and Byrons.

Me and aiden

Thinking that far, I guessed who would be capable of committing such an outrageous act.

It was just a guess.

That’s why I couldn’t rush out.

‘If it’s really him, I’ll never let him go.’

If he was really the criminal I thought he was, if he was a vicious person who would do anything for his own ends, I wouldn’t really care about him at all anymore.

But first, it was urgent to see what Adela was like.

“I’m going to Bayern Street, so get ready.”

“Yes? Now?”

“Yes, I must see with my own eyes what a princess is like.”

I wanted to check her condition as soon as possible, how much she was injured and whether she was still not waking up.

 

so, after getting ready quickly, I rode the wagon and ran at a tremendous speed to arrive at Bayern Street.

When the wagon stopped moving, he hurriedly jumped off the wagon before anyone could catch him.

“Princess Heitz, are you here?”

The expression on the face of the Byian family butler who greeted me was trembling.

“I want to meet Princess Bayern.”

“My lady is not seeing anyone right now.”

“I already heard about the princess’s accident. I want to see with my own eyes what the condition is.”

“One…There was an order from the duke not to let anyone into the mansion.”

I could see why the duke gave such an order.

But after coming this far, I just didn’t want to go back.

So, I decided to ask the duke directly to see Adela, even for a moment.

“Then tell me you want to see the Duke of Bayon for a while.”

“I’m sorry, but the duke also said he didn’t want to meet anyone.”

It wasn’t easy, probably because I firmly told them not to let anyone in.

“I really want to meet you, so tell me just once.”

“…Please wait a moment.”

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