It’s the story after Albert went back to the castle (46. On The Hill)
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“Yo, Albert.”
“… The only one who is brave enough to enter my office room without knocking is you, Sieg.”
I shook off the knight who stood still near the door. I rushed into the room and the beautiful golden-haired boy who sat on the office desk let out a sigh.
Next to me, Yulian bowed deeply towards Albert. It must be an apology for not stopping me from entering the room.
“Ah, no problem, Yuri. That prince over there must have said something impossible. You can go back to your position.”
“… Excuse me.”
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“Lso vbld, es usw dlle yduvbkdt qasx xl?”
Mblal oyp ds wpwyz pxkzl sd bkp qynl. Wasx bkp vsdl, vbl nsze lhld alynble xu prkdl.
Rv oyp lypu vs cl qsszle cu bkp jkde qynl yde tldvzl pxkzl, bsolhla, Gzclav’p vawl lppldnl oyp vbkp sdl.
Mbl sdzu sdl obs jdlo ycswv kv oswze cl bkp nzspl yppsnkyvl yde Tkp Yyflpvu, yde xyucl vbl rakxl xkdkpvla.
“Ebyv byapb osaep vsoyaep xl.”
“R esd’v dlle vs tkhl usw pxssvb vyzj yqvla yzz.”
Ysalshla, vbkp vawl lppldnl sq bkp rascyczu oyp yzps dsv jdsod cu Mblsrbuz yde Akszlv yzvbswtb vblu bye clld prldekdt y zsv sq vkxl vstlvbla.
“I want to show this to Theo and the princess as well, that cold side of yours.”
“… That day will never come. Both of them are my precious friends. I don’t need to act like this.”
“Eh, how about me?”
“Sieg is going to be my brother-in-law, right?”
“Ha… Albert, you…”
Involuntarily, I closed the distance between Albert and me who just said that. I was surprised when he treated Violet as his close friend, but I was more surprised when he said something about brother-in-law.
—Because, those words means that he will marry my sister.
Certainly, the talk about the engagement between my sister and Al had been around for a long time.
However, it had never been established until now because both His Majesty and Albert had other intentions.
Albert looked a little bit surprised and then gave a smile to me who couldn’t say anything.
“Fufu, why do you make such a face?”
“After all… you…”
I thought he had feelings for the princess. I wanted to say that, but I hesitated to put it into words. That was because I felt that I didn’t have the right to say it since I was just an outsider.
“—I was flatly refused by Lettie. After I said how I felt to her, she was ready to cry. Of course, I gave up when I saw that expression of her.”
“Albert…”
“I don’t want to make her suffer. I also know that she dislikes the idea of being the queen. But still, I want her to know my feelings. That’s my selfishness.”
Marriage for the royal family was not only about being loved and falling in love. The best candidate would be selected from the candidates that fulfilled the consideration of the social status balancing.
Especially if she was the Crown Princess.
And the girl he had been falling in love with was a rare existence that fulfilled both the social status and knowledge. I had been suspicious about it. After I gave a thought about it, it was disgraceful.
“—You can do something about it, right? If you wish for it, you can get it. You can remove the obstacles in your way.”
He didn’t need to make an effort to take her from the tea party and went to a place with no people around to tell her his feelings since if he did it in front of the public eyes, she must not be able to decline him. The surroundings would be Albert’s allies.
After listening to what I said, Albert smiled softly again.
“I said it before, Sieg. Both of them are my precious friends. Theo is a special existence for me as well. I don’t want to build a strategist relationship with those two.”
“… Well, that’s right.”
“Moreover… I had always looked at those two. I had known those two had feelings for each other.”
“…”
This time I really lost my words towards Albert who said those words without any hint of cloudiness inside those emerald eyes.
The time when I had a tea party with Lily and Violet. When she knew that the phrase “I like Theophyl” from Lily was a lie, certainly Lily looked like she was relieved.
If you had been with the three of them, you would know where each vector was pointing to.
(It is indeed difficult to read who the princess’ feelings are headed to. But, there is no mistake that she made a reaction at that time.)
Now I felt ashamed for thinking that it was interesting at that time. He, who had known his position as a crown prince since an early age, was a noble person and the one who cared for his friends the most.
Compared to him, I was really immature.
“It would be troublesome if they didn’t stick together, so I was acting a little bit mean towards them. So, that’s it. I’m sure the talk about your sister will go on in the future. Due to the previous large-scale purge, choosing from the internal will make the balance worsen.”
“… Our Lily is not a leftover, okay.”
“Fufu, I know that. She is your dear sister, after all.”
I didn’t need to worry if I entrusted her to him. Moreover, marriage with Albert was also what my sister wanted.
(Well, the rest depends on Lily’s effort.)
It seemed it would be difficult to make this prince who thought about the country more than himself fall in love with her. However, it was not impossible. My sister was persistent, after all.
“By the way, how is your side?”
While he was looking at the documents on his hands, Albert carelessly asked that. He must be referring to the things between me and Anna after I took her.
“I was rejected.”
“Eh?”
“I said, I was rejected! She said, “Although you are a prince and have some other circumstances, your attitude towards Violet-sama until the other day is terrible. I can’t believe such a person”!”
Recalling what happened today, I ruminated on what the girl with those sky blue eyes said to me. I told Anna my feelings and asked her for a date, but she bluntly rejected me. Albert who made a dumbfounded expression for a moment gave a broad smile with his beautiful face.
“Fu… Hahaha…! That’s why Theo and I had told you, don’t be mean toward Lettie, fuhaha.”
“Ugh, you take it too much.”
“Don’t blame me, hahaha! Haa, we are both princes, but we were rejected easily like this. It’s beyond our control.”
“… You’re right.”
“Thank you, Sieg. Thanks to you, I felt better now.”
“I felt conflicted if you said that.”
It made me feel unbearable if he laughed at me like this.
… However, it was not bad.
It was true that his attitude towards Violet until the other day was bad, and I was not able to judge his surrounding objectively.
Although I was called a prodigy, and a little bit more knowledgeable than the others, my view was small and my consideration was selfish. I acknowledge that.
“Do you drink today?”
“Sieg is already an adult, but I won’t be one until Fall, so I can’t drink.”
“You don’t need to speak nonsense, just join me.”
“… You’re really hopeless. Let’s invite Yuri as well.”
Tonight was going to be a long night.
And then, I talked about various things with Albert who mostly were going to be my brother-in-law.
And we were scolded by the drunk Yulian.
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