The Chronicles of Ostrunov 3 Until We Meet Again

Chapter 2

It had been months since they met. They were getting closer by now, thanks to Lucas's kindness. Axel was warming up to him. Even so, the two did not get into each other's personal matters that could have had made one another feel uncomfortable.

Then came the night of the school's annual dance party, where the princesses and princes would officially meet in a full uniform from their respective kingdom.

Even though Axel didn't like such parties, he agreed to attend. This event brought together kings and queens. This was a few chances to meet his family.

Axel was in a black and white royal crown uniform. With his quiet and cold demeanor, he unknowingly became the center of many princesses' attention. Yet he wasn't particularly interested in anyone.

"Urg! ... How boring... When will it end?"

"Well, why are you so bored, brother? This is your chance to meet a suitable girl. Why don't you try invite any of them for a dance? I heard you're quite popular."
The princess Eva, Axle's sister said.

"Eva, you should know very well that I don't like this sort of social event. Father and mother would have chosen a partner for me anyway, even if I wish for anyone or not."

"Don't be so pessimistic. Our family is not that strict about marriage. If you choose your spouse appropriately, our parents wouldn't say no."

"But you seem particularly interested in this event. You even asked father and mother to come to this event by yourself."

"Well, they are not coming. Mother also send her condolences to you. And this time, father also asked me to see how you are doing."

"Haha, that's weird. Someone like Father would be interested in anything other than war."

"Brother, please forgive him. I really believe that Father feels very guilty about it. Otherwise Father wouldn't have asked King Ferdinand about you so often."

"Eh!? That happens? Ha ha, forget about it...oh! Eva. I'm seeing Prince Gustav looking at you since just now. Maybe you'd like to go and talk to him for a bit?"

"Oh, him? I can see. At first glance, he doesn't seem very dependable. But I can try it. Brother, don't keep to yourself, go out and have fun with other people."

Eva walked out and asked to dance with Gustav, while Axel stood quietly in the corner, before walking out to take a breath of fresh air on the balcony.

Suddenly, the silence was interrupted by a greeting from a prince.

"Hey!! Buddy!! Is your name Axel? Why are you hiding here?"

"Ah... yes... it's me... and you are...?"

"Nice to meet you! My name is Immanuel, from Terreno. You're Aunt Emma's son, right? Oh~ Even though you and I are cousins, we just had a chance to meet face to face."
Immanuel introduced himself with excitement.

"Ah, that's right, what year are you in? I feel like we've never met before."

"Who told you! I was sitting right behind you. Well, you're sitting at the very front like that. Plus, after class is finished, you just disappear. When I want to go in and introduce myself, your very difficult to find, haha."

"Ah, is that so, ha ha... By the way, you can go back to the event. I'm just going to be out here. I'm not very good with this event."

"What is it~ Let's have fun together. The girls in the event are so cute. Come on, let's go in!"

Finally, Axel was dragged back into the party. But the fun has only just begun. The opening dance time happened to come, the first couple to dance was usually the one that stood out the most and more often than not, ended up as spouses in the future.