Chapter 10 (1/2)

“Euvil…”

It was entertaining to see the castle getting cleaner day-by-day. To be honest, I never knew this castle was so beautiful.

All I knew about this castle was the mold and ivy covering the pillars, but there were roses too. Feeling satisfied, I started to search all over the castle to find Euphil.

However, I still couldn’t see him. He must be really busy. But I could still pay a visit to the castle as Orjet was with me. I was planning to tell him ‘if he doesn’t come over to my palace, I would invade his palace’.

“Huh, you think you can get away from me?”

After all the things you’ve done, there’s no way you can take it back anymore. Euphil and I have a deep relationship now.

One thing that was concerning me was how the King will decide to punish him.

‘He couldn’t be mad about him coming over to my palace. He just fired the bad maids.’

But you never know. That king could come up with any reason, no matter how absurd.

So I was exploring my garden to find Euphil. The garden looked much better than before, it could even be considered a tourist attraction now. I wanted to show this garden to him as soon as possible.

I might have more affection for Euphil than I thought. It made sense. He was the first person to save me.

Although he would kill me when I turned 19, I could run away before then, so it was fine. All I need to do is seduce him before I turn 19. Just when I was lost in the maze inside the garden surrounded by seven pillars…

“Euvil!”

I called his name again. Finally, I noticed a bush rustling.

“It’s Euvil!”

I joyfully hugged whatever was inside the bush.

“Who is it?”

Soon, I regretted that decision. It was an unfamiliar voice. His voice was rather young, a boy who looked a little younger than Euphil was staring at me.

“What? Why are you hugging me?”

I blinked my eyes several times. Even though I wiped and rubbed my eyes, it was the same face. I never saw him before.

“Who are you?”

That’s what I wanted to ask!

Who are you and why are you in my castle?

The boy had black hair and blue eyes, he was quite handsome. It’s strange to call a small boy handsome, but he was an exception.

Anyone would agree with me on this case. Maybe it is because his eyebrows were rather dark. His clean-cut features and expression made him look sharp, but his eyes gleamed at me like a dog.

“Mirthy.”

“Mirthy? I am Allenan.”

“Ah, Alle?”

“Just call me Lenan.”

“Lenan…”

I was curious. He seemed to be blushing as I was still hugging him but I didn’t care. I had to know who he was.

“Where are you from? This is Mirthy’s palace!”

“Is this your palace? I am from Arkaden.”

Arkaden. I was astonished. Now I knew who this was, this bastard is the male main character! He’s from the neighboring country, but later on in the story, Euphil attacks them. This leads to Allenan retreating to another country where he plots his revenge.

But he had no relation with Mirthy as she died before then, the day when Euphil becomes king.

The country where I live is called Crothasone. According to the book, Crothasone was considered a weak country. After Euphil took the throne, things changed dramatically. Euphil started to take-over other nearby nations with powerful force.

Arkaden, located just next to Crothasone, was forced to fight against Euphil. And Allenan is the person who resisted against him. The prince of the defeated country was Allenan. He was intelligent, resilient, but also pure.

He gained power in the countryside where he ran off to and later attacked Euphil; a tyrant who could never gain support from his servants. The book was clearly explaining how Euphil’s rein collapsed.

And Allenan’s next words made me confused.

“You look like an angel.”

Are you kidding?

I was glaring at you with the intended message ‘you are the person who attacks my older brother!’. But it seems my face has tons of attraction, every time he made eye contact with me, he was lured.

“I am not dead.”

I said with my cheeks puffed out. Allenan retracted his hands which were placed on my shoulders and flailed them side-to-side in immediate denial. He shook his head too.

“No, no. Not because you’re dead. You, look like that angel statue.”

Angel statue? I was confused.

I hopped a step back and got away from Allenan. As I dusted my clothes with my small hands, Allenan looked sad.

“If you go straight, you could see a fountain with an angel statue.”

Even though I was still curious about what he was doing in my garden, I was also curious about the angel statue. What kind of angel statue is it? Is it a statue imitating me?

That won’t be possible. I am a the hated princess. But how on earth does this bastard know all this?

As I was curious, Allenan extended out his hand.

“I’ll show you. Let’s go.”

“Okay….”

I’m curious, so I walked slowly along-side him, holding his hand. On the way to the statue, every time I was tired, Allenan would wait for me. When it was the third time I rested we were in the middle of the garden and I could hear the sound of water flowing in a remote place.

If you looked around while here while resting, it was a truly beautiful place.

Green trees adorned with flowers surrounded us, decorating the maze beautifully. But this maze was the problem.

“Are we there yet?”

As I whined, Allenan made a difficult expression. Then he turned around to face me and said.

“Should I carry you?”

“Carry me?”

“Yeah. On my back.”

Of course I knew what a piggyback was. I never had the chance to do it as Mirthy, but he looked too small to carry me. I shook my head.

“Lenan could fall down.”

“No, I’m strong.”

“…”

“Really strong.”

After saying that one more time he looked for a branch and found one, and soon began swinging it around as if it’s a sword. He looked skilled but.