Chapter 25-27 (1/2)

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Jealousy Jealousy

Father crossed

to the chairs and took a seat next to mother Marie served him tea Just then

the door, burst open and a tall man with black hair entered

Father and

Mother rose from their seats Father bowed low and mother curtsied low Marie, who stood at attention in the corner, curtsied as well

Just behind

the man was the servant who pushed us into the room

‘Prince

Stephan, you can’t just do this If you’re going to have an audience you have

to call…’

The Prince did

not respond to his words but caly,

‘You!’ he

said

I a

scolded Didn't so similar happen recently?

I’m not happy

about this Was this really the Prince?

Did someone

fill the Prince’s head with those vicious rumours about me?

But, I was

called because of General Brennan

So, the

Prince’s hostility to me…No, it can’t be? General Brennan must be very popular

Wow! (Zuben: Oh Fredericka…)

‘Respectfully,

your highness, had hter been rude in some way?’

‘This is the

bad lady who tempted Brennan!’

Bad lady?!

I suppose if

the Prince is in love with Brennan, he would see any lady as dating his

beloved general as bad

‘Look at me’

He grasped my

shoulder and tilted my head up to look at him

‘Gyip!’ I’m

sorry mother; why didn’t you raise me to make cute sounds?

Here I was;

eye to eye with the Prince

The Prince,

though he trained daily, was not a heavily muscled man, but rather, he looked

lithe He had a beautiful figure His eyes were slanting and lashes were long

They had a very direct blue gaze

Could he be

the sauarded by the General? Did they have a

teacher-student like relationshi+p that had developed during his training? Hmm,

close but different I feel like our distance is shortened a bit (Zuben: thoughts go here, there and back again)

‘I don’t know

what kind of methods you used,’ he said, ‘but you had better stop the plot

against Brennan’ He said as he drew closer to me

Although

you’re the Crown Prince, could you not come so close? He’s very close, isn’t

he?

‘As, that…um’

Just then the

door was burst open nearly off its hinges The Prince jumped

In the open

doorere General Brennan and Oliver behind hiet the

General

‘Stefan!

Fre-Fredericka!’

To my surprise

and the Prince’s, it looked like; General Brennan ran towards us and caught me

in his arged me

tightly I was relieved by the scent of dense forest and sweat for a brief

period, and then I realised he was holding htly and I could barely

breathe

Ge-general,

please loosen your arms! (Zuben: Volker, don’t kill your wife before you marry

her)

‘Stefan, what

is this about?’ his voice reverberated through his body to h I

could not see hiry But could he talk that way to

the Crown Prince? This wasn’t good!

On no, please

the strength of your arufu~

‘You know

Fredericka is my dear person…’

Oh General

said so But…

‘Oh no! Miss

Fredericka…!’

I heard Marie’s

voice call out in alarm from a distance I’ve been saved, but Marie, you should

have helped a little earlier

When I came

to, I was lying in a sofa with Marie sitting on a chair fanning me General Brennan

was pacing behind a flustered Marie,his eyebrows look like a character

I caught his

eye, and sht, but

general’s expression turned into one that looked like he wanted to cry

‘Brennan,’ the

Prince called He was still not convinced As the general ascertained I was alright,

he returned htly How is the General so pretty?

‘I don’t know

how Stefan heard of those baseless rumours But is not a speck of sordidness to

my love for Fredericka I have not been forced, nor is it pity I simply love

her’ (Zuben: Swoon)

『Bu u fu! 』(Zuben:

Honestly, japanese and the sound effects)

Ge-General

Brennan! The Prince, as well as father andwhy?! My

cheeks were dyed red Marie also blushed and gave a small excited squeal

(Zuben: we’re with you Marie: squee!)

This is going

to be fun for a while

‘Brennan, you

have never talked aboutanyone recently

Now, you’re suddenly getting married!'

It seemed like

Prince Stefan thought that this was a plot by Frederick Castley to trap General

Brennan to capture the military

Hmm, I don’t

think father has the tirasp the military It’s

ood relationshi+p with a business partner (Zuben: A, all

of daddy’s innocent manoeuvres) It’s more like that

But I couldn’t

really tell everyone that what connected us was my lost underwear I really

don’t want the story ofin the middle of the ball while I

was getting et out there Mother, Marie, don’t you

be laughing secretly I can see your shoulders shaking!

‘Brennan! You

said you will be with me until I became independent’

This Prince

really has a strong devotion to General Brennan He looked up at the general

with a gentle extremely devoted expressionFuwa?!

‘Stefan, you

are already a splendidyou have excelled You

do not needman’s

head

Did he just

call the Prince by name just now?

The Crown

Prince got all choked up and clung to the General

‘But Uncle!’

What?!!

Did I hear

that right? Did anyone hear this news?

(Zuben:

Upgrade! From Duke to Prince!)

26 Jealousy

Jealousy

An explanation

was given

In his youth,

Volker Brennan abdicated So he usually forgets that he is a member of the

royal fareed with his rueful expression that it was a

bit off

The Prince was

hugging him all the while

Most people in

Father’s generation knew about it but it was not spoken about It wouldn’t do

any good And if it was spoken of, it is regarded as treason because it was

seen asthe royal family

He was the

illegiti

Volker’s

mother worked the Palace at the tiave

birth to Brennan, but because she was of lowly status was not allowed to take

position of Queen by the House of Lords (Zuben: Stuffy old goats)