Chapter 9 (2/2)

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Ruhae shook his head bitterly. It was funny. It was funny that he missed her so much even though he bumped into her only a few times, and it was funny that as a prince, he missed and came to think about the Crown Princess. The more he thought about her, the more he felt it was just funny, so he feigned laughter.

He enjoyed the warm sunshine and a cool breeze for a while and approached the big tree in the central hill. But underneath the tree there was a yellow silk robe. He picked it up.

“How come I see this thing in this place?”

It was a thin robe worn on one’s shoulders. It would fit a petite woman. Tilting his head, he was about to raise his head and look up at the tree.

“No! Don’t look up!”

He heard a clear voice in the air. He flinched and stopped moving. He only heard the voice, but his lips tickled. He was anxious to beam brightly.

“You will see my underskirt, so don’t look up. Never see it. Let me come down. ”

“You don’t have to say that explicitly.”

How could she mention ‘underskirt’? He felt his face blushed at that.

He heard somebody hastily rustling from above. Tree branches swayed and leaves fell down ominously. A few twigs were broken. While she tried to get down from the tree hastily, she lost her balance because her leg was wrapped by her long skirt. The branch she was holding was broken.

“Oops! Oh my…”

With a short scream she felt she would fall down from the tree. She felt that twigs and leaves rustled by her body at the speed of the wind.

She closed his eyes tightly.

I’m falling!

But for some reason, she didn’t feel any pain when she fell. She rather felt somebody’s soft hand supporting her back and legs. When she cautiously opened her eyes, she saw someone smiling a familiar smile.

“You should be careful.”

“You’re Uljin Yu!”

He was Ruhae. She still knew him only by his childhood name because he didn’t reveal his identity yet.

He caught her. Thanks to his broad chest, she could safely land in his arms.

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“How come you were up there?”

“Oh, I like to climb a tree, so I did…”

She blushed and continued shyly, “On the first day I saw you, Unjin Yu showed me this place. When I saw this big tree, I really wanted to climb it. When I climb it, I feel the wind is cooler, and I have a better view of the palace, and I feel like all the brilliant edifices of the Imperial Palace are underneath me, which makes me feel hilarious.”

Was it because she was ashamed of the fact that she fell from the tree?

She was making long excuses to him.

Every time he met her, she showed him some funny acts like this.

So, he burst into laughter often, and kept thinking about her.

“Do you want to have this palace under your feet? You’re quite ambitious. ”

“Well, because this place makes me feel so stuffy, so I want to get out of it.”

“Wow, it’s just like you to say that, Your Highness Crown Princess!”