Chapter 123 - The Change Of Plans (1/2)

Still, Lyn looked at her boyfriend up and down. Where was he? Lyn could tell from the eye bags in his eyes that he hadn't slept at all. Lyn reached over and gently caressed his cheeks, sure enough, his skin felt rough, ”Kazuya, are you okay?”

”I'm fine.”

Lyn sighed, and pretended to sulk, ”I see, you don't want to share things with me anymore. I'll go search for Rhys; maybe he will give me an honest response if I ask him.”

Even if it is a disadvantage to him, Lyn found Rhys to be sincere. Maybe he knows what's wrong with Kazuya. Rhys wouldn't hide things from her; there is no need to. That's what she didn't like about Kazuya. While he is one of the most honest people she knew, while he different from those people who tried to get close to her for their own gains. Kazuya hid a lot of things from her.

As Lyn turned to walk away, Kazuya grabbed hold of her wrist.

”Wait, wait. Gee,” Kazuya sighed and took a deep breath, ”It's simply due to lack of sleep and fatigue. I haven't been resting well due to making different arrangements for the plan.”

Well, she more or less guessed that. But ah, since they are on the topic now.

”Kazuya, I want to ask you. What's different in the plan now?”

It was brief, but she saw it. A shadow clouded over his eyes. Kazuya looked troubled, but she looked at him with a firm gaze, ”Please tell me?”

”You won't like it,” Kazuya took a deep breath before he said, ”I have to be used as bait.”

Her eyes widened, and Lyn frantically shook her head, a single word passed her lips, and yet it held so much authority, ”No.”

”Lyn...”

”No, you aren't going alone. I'm staying with you.”

Right now Lyn knew she was acting awfully stubborn, without hearing any details, she's deciding things like this. But the moment she heard the words, 'bait,' Lyn recalled something from the past. When her Eldest brother was training her, she would occasionally go with him to the battle field. She saw it with her own two eyes, what happens to those who end up as bait. They end up becoming a sacrifice.

Prince Ereland is a foolish Prince. But Lyn witnessed how brutal his methods are with her own two eyes. She simply cannot allow Kazuya to become bait. After what happened in the tournament, it wouldn't surprise Lyn if Prince Ereland harbored a strong grudge against Kazuya. He was publicly humiliated by a commoner after all.

'Prince Ereland is no simple man,' even if there's a reason why his parents removed him from the candidate list of head of his household. Lyn felt that the man acted foolishly so his parents would do that. Now she had evidence for that logic, ”Prince Ereland wants to marry me; he isn't after the Snow Kingdom Princess.”

Kazuya sighed, ”That's exactly why I have to be used as bait. I can't let you do it, Lyn.”

”The topic was brought up?”

”It was tough to avoid. I got angry, of course, and your fiance wasn't happy with it either. But it's true; we have to be careful with our limited forces,” Kazuya said, ”Word has it that Prince Ereland's personal army arrived a few days after that match we had.”