Chapter 14 (2/2)

“Aren’t you showing manners to me?” asked Bipaan.

“Oops, Long live the Crown Prince…”

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Putting her right hand on her heart, she was about to kneel and bow when he stopped her by raising his hand.

“Why did you call him like that? Do you know what it means that you’re not calling someone’s last name in the Mok Kingdom?”

His was the coldest and most terrifying voice that she had heard up to then. She felt she was shivering at his voice. As early as in the morning she was heartbroken because she couldn’t see his face. But she couldn’t make eye contact with him as he was so scary.

Why am I so afraid of him?

She opened her trembling lips, “I don’t know.”

Suddenly, Bipaan made a sarcastic smile. Though she replied to his question, she couldn’t figure out the point of his question.

Didn’t I call his last name? She thought she had never called his given name only. She always called him ‘Uljin Yu.’

Her curiosity was solved when Bipaan said, “Then, why didn’t you add the last name Danmok when you called him?”

“What?”

She raised her head, surprised at that. Her round eyes met his cold eyes. She felt as if she came to her senses all of a sudden at his icy look.

Come to think of it, Uljin Yu told her he was a member of the royal family, so his last name was not Yu, but Danmok.

When his eyes met hers, Bipaan turned his head away. Avoiding her eyes, he then approached Ruhae and sharply slapped him in the face with the back of his hand.

Though Ruhae drooped his head down at that moment, he didn’t raise it. Bipaan was hurling sharp abuses on Ruhae who lowered his head down.

He rebuked Ruhae in a low and dignified voice.

“How dare you can entice the Crown Princess when you’re a prince? Did you feel a great pleasure when she, who doesn’t know the customs in this country, called you by your given name alone? I guess you were indulged in a sense of superiority as if you were her paramour or you were the Crown Prince, and didn’t go to the trouble of correcting her, right?”

Bipaan’s voice turned into a sharp dagger that stabbed Ruhae mercilessly. In fact, he was venting his furious anger over Kyosul to Ruhae.

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How could the Crown Princess call another guy so kindly in my presence?

Bipaan could not forgive her under any circumstances. He tried not to see her. If he turned his eyes on her, he would certainly use pretty bad language to accuse her.

That little girl…

Bipaan knew she was hurt and shed tears when he said something bluntly. He heard from the eunuch that she went back, full of agony, when he refused to see her every morning. Despite that, she had the nerve to keep coming stupidly every morning. He could size up her temperament in that process.

Obviously, she didn’t call him like that on purpose. Given her embarrassment when he pointed it out, Bipaan was sure she was sincere. But he couldn’t give her a pass without rebuking. At the same time, he didn’t want to blame her directly, which would make her burst into tears.

How come she is so stupid enough to make me bother again?

He clenched his jaw. His lower jaw bulged. The vein in his temple was clearly visible now. He couldn’t figure out why he was concerned about her in spite of himself.

There was a breathless and cold silence between them. Sandwiched between Bipaan and Ruhae, who were pitted against each other in a tense war of nerves, Kyosul was at a loss what to do, with her face white, stricken with fear.

Prince? Did he really call Uljin Yu Prince?

If that was true, Ruhae was the third in line to succeed the throne. Kyosul thought he was one of the royal family members, but it was now revealed that he was the Prince. Besides, she was really embarrassed to realize that she knew him by the wrong name.