“It’s hot, although it is already night…”
I muttered as I sat down on the bench in the garden of the royal palace.
I was not good at hot places. I couldn’t bear the heat in my room, so I decided to cool down in the small garden located at the back of the royal palace.
The full moon illuminated the night sky and the stars shone brightly.
If I was found out going out by myself, the maids would definitely be mad at me. However, I couldn’t help it because it was very suffocating.
“Brother is… going to be married soon…”
Brother Albert who had reached adulthood two years ago was announcing his engagement with the princess from the neighboring country in the celebration of his coming age.
I had the chance to see Princess Lily when she came. Her soft pink hair was very lovely and she looked like a fairy.
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“… R’x flyzswp.”
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Eyp kv clnywpl nsxryale vs Vakdnlpp Nkzu’p, xu talld lulp eked’v zssj yp yesayczl?
Xa oyp kv clnywpl R oyp flyzswp sq Ykpp Akszlv obs yzoyup pxkzle caktbvzu?
Xa xyucl kv oyp xu kaakvyvksd qsa xu olyj cseu vbyv nywple xl vs dsv cl yczl vs qallzu ts swv.
Ls, R pbswze dsv vbkdj zkjl vbyv. Jwv, R oyp easodle cu vbl obkazrssz sq vbswtbvp.
“Princess Arinaria would not be able to be married off to another country. Her weak body is the fatal point. If she couldn’t bear a child, she can’t be a queen.”
“When she appears in public, she hardly speaks. What is the king going to do to her?”
“Maybe he would give her to one of the aristocratic families. She is inferior to Prince Albert, but her appearance is quite appealing. There will be someone who wants to take her.”
“Although she is not able to bear a child, she could be used for enjoyment, after all. Wahaha.”
The day when my physical condition was better, I heard the adults coming from the noble family talking about it while taking a walk, and I felt sick after that.
I remembered the maid was calling out my name, but I didn’t remember what happened after that.
But at that time, I understood.
As a princess, I was defective, and I would someday leave the castle.
This year, I was going to be 15 years old and have my coming-of-age ceremony, but my fiance was still not decided.
Brother was kind, so he would not kick me out.
But how about Princess Lily? I was a princess who never leaves the castle. Would it made her feel unpleasant?
Because of my weak body, I couldn’t go to the academy and I did my study in the castle.
I couldn’t appear in the social gathering, and I couldn’t even have a dance three times in a row.
I really couldn’t be helped.
Father and Mother, even Sonia-sama, are always kind towards me. That’s why I shouldn’t say that I didn’t like my life which was filled with only reading books in my rooms.
“… I wish a prince would come and pick me up.”
In fairy tales, a prince always picks up his princess.
Maybe because I was still a child and ignorant, I always thought of such dreams.
“… Is someone there?”
“!”
I turned my head towards the rattling noise.
There I found a knight-like person whose gaze was directed towards me straightly.
No, he must be a knight. He had a sword after all. I tried to convince myself but the decision was not made.
The reason is that he didn’t wear the same navy blue uniform that knights usually wore. His white shirt was worn out and I couldn’t really see his pants in the dark.
Normally, there would be no such person who held a sword walking around the palace.
(… Don’t tell me, he’s a thief?)
My heart bounced and my pulse felt hurt.
That person who brought the moonlight on his back approached me swaying.
I was afraid, so I closed my eyes.
“… Princess Arinaria, why are you here? Where is your escort? Don’t tell me, you go out by yourself. Your body is not strong and it is late at night. Why are you in this place?”
The voice that was directed towards me was calm but angry.
“… A… are you… Yulian-sama?”
When I opened my eyes terrified, I noticed that the person who came close to me was the knight who was always escorting my brother.
Somewhat his cheek was red.
“Please answer my question. It is not good behavior of a lady who is going to reach adulthood. Don’t you know the meaning of wandering in the garden at night in the aristocratic society? I’m glad that I was the one who found you–”
“Wa, wait, Yulian-sama. I’m sorry. I am coming here to cool down. This place is near my room.”
I hurriedly cut his statement when I noticed that Yulian didn’t stop talking.
It was strange. He was usually silent and did his work well, but his situation at that time was unusual.
(… I am scolded by him.)
Yulian-sama stood up in front of me as he was folding his arms and he looked at me with a stern face while scolding me.
Compared to it, I was shrinking as I couldn’t return any words.
… Maybe, he was drinking alcohol?
“Yuri has a bad drinking habit. Ah, no-no. It’s not that he was rampaging, but… he is going to scold you a lot.”
I suddenly remembered what Brother had told me before.
Maybe that was the reason why his cheeks were red.
“… Or maybe you hope that something happens here?”
“Eh…?”
“You know what will happen if you went out to the garden at night with such light nightwear. —-Is it not convincing since I only have the Count title?”
His tone sounded like self-mockery, and I unconsciously looked straight into Yulian-sama’s eyes.
“Ano, Yulian-sama. Is there anything to do between your Count status and my appearance? I’m not familiar with the manners in high society, so I don’t understand what meaning a garden has.”
Sadly, I let Yulian know how ignorant I was.
Maybe I had done something that made people mad, more than I had thought.
As I said it while looking straight at him, he seemed to be stuck in words. After he looked down once, and then straightly looked at me.
“… I will send you back to your room. About the garden, let’s ask the maid to teach you about it. Please be scolded a lot later. Then, Princess, you hand please.”
But I had been scolded enough, I thought. After he escorted me back to my room as he pulled my hand, I felt dreamy as I fell on my bed.
It was like a fairy tale to meet my first love in the garden as the night sky was filled with shining stars. As I thought about it, I fluttered my legs for a while.
And then, I fell asleep soundly.
The next day.
The maid who got the words from Yulian-sama scolded me harder than he did yesterday.
And it seems that going to the garden at the evening party is like inviting men or women to do improper things. That’s why, with a sour mouth, I was told to not go to the garden at night.
And it seems that the nightclothes is not good as well. Although the garden was only allowed to be entered by several people, it was still dangerous. The maid said so as she put both of her hands on the hips, and I could only apologize to her.
Still, there was one thing that I still didn’t understand.
What did he mean by his Count status?
Yulian-sama’s house was indeed a Count family, but was there anything related to my evening cool?
The answer came not until sometimes had passed.
At the party celebrating my coming-of-age, the engagement between Yulian-sama and I was announced.
On that day when I went out to the garden, Yulian-sama was asked about what reward he wanted so far, and he answered that he wanted the engagement with me, and the King accepted.
And then, he had a celebratory drink by himself… before he went to the garden to make himself sober.
And that place was near my room.
He was confused when he found me there unexpectedly, and in the end, he scolded me. That was what he told me.
Finally, It seems that my prince is coming to pick me up.
When I heard about his story, although I am not a good princess, I want to do my best for him.
awww they’re cute. i was hoping we’d get a little more extras about them