Chapter 2

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1. Vincent's whisper

"No, no matter how you look at it, aren't you too stupid?"
“Your Highness Vincent, please never say your true feelings in public.”
"You shouldn't say that."
"... that would be fine, but since it was so serious, I was worried that it would slip out of my mouth in other scenes."
 
 I bowed my head saying, "I've done an intrusive imitation." This guy doesn't waste his time.
 I would like to say that this is not the case, but it is possible.
 Because I've been scratching my head on this matter almost all the time. She even dreams every night, whether she's concentrating in class or chatting with her friends.
 Haaaaaah, I sighed and ruffled my hair.
 
"If it were true, I should have been using this time to get to know Elizabeth."
"Keep your delusions in moderation."
"It's not an illusion!"
 
 I glared at the gentle man behind me while clenching my back teeth. Dark gray eyes peek out from downcast eyelids in her silver hair that was loosely pulled back. Damn it, even though you're my attendant, you look uselessly neat.
 The current situation where Harold and Harold had to spend their free time after school away from the royal palace in an empty classroom like this was completely unacceptable.
 
“Aren’t the aristocrats who are so excited that they even let them do plays, think about the author being arrested for lese majeste or going to prison together?”
"I guess you're giving money because you don't think about it."
"If you think about it a little, you'll understand. You'll understand, right? Harold."
 
 Harold shrugged and shook his head. That's why I'm not thinking, I hear a silent answer.
 
 I took out a pocket watch from my trouser pocket to heal my broken heart.
 A portrait of Elizabeth is inlaid on the underside of the silver watch cover. It was updated to the latest version at the entrance party the other day. The successive portraits are arranged in a custom-made small box and stored carefully so that they can be viewed at any time.
 Haa……Elizabeth at that time, with her gold curly hair and a grown-up emerald green ribbon, was already adorable. Elizabeth....
 Even though the words he spoke in his heart shouldn't have come out in his voice, Harold was looking at him with a slightly withdrawn face.
 
“If Elizabeth-sama finds out about the portrait on the clock, she’ll probably be disappointed.”
"No, I definitely don't think so."
"Your Highness..."
 
 When I asserted it once and for all, it was seen with the eyes of a pitiful thing. Don't get annoyed with this.
 But to my own sadness, Elizabeth really wouldn't mind. Just the fact that her fiancé has his likeness hidden in her pocket watch. She's the fiancé, so it's only natural for her, she said, and finished. I bet you wouldn't even think that I like Liza, that she loves me, that she wants to be with me all the time.
 Elizabeth believes that her relationship with me is nothing more than a fiancé due to a political marriage.
 She was so loyal to her position.
 
 
 Our encounter with Elizabeth dates back to when we were eight years old.
 Marriage partner decided by parents. The eighth birthday party where I first met someone whose name I only knew.
 To be honest, I didn't want to meet him. I didn't feel comfortable with the position of the crown prince, and I often missed his study time and was scolded by his mother, lamenting my birth. He imagined that his fiancé would be a fussy woman with slanted eyes who looked a lot like his mother.
 But I was wrong.
 Elizabeth, who appeared, was so delicate and cute that I thought she had been crafted by the country's best craftsman, and she had purple eyes that made me feel the strength of her will despite her few words.
 
“I am pleased to meet you for the first time, Your Highness Vincent. The Duke of La Montrivre has a daughter, Elizabeth.
 
 Saying that, she stared straight at me with an unclouded gaze, lifted the hem of her skirt, took a step back with her left leg, and lowered her hips while tucking her chin so that her decorated hair wouldn't fall apart―Elizabeth was only eight years old. , made a perfect bow in front of the king and his son.
 
“…………”
 
 I couldn't say anything. He didn't know what to say.
 My father greeted me instead of me, who was red and stiff. Elizabeth supported the weight of the dress with her dainty frame and maintained her gracious posture. Meanwhile, the tiara and fresh flowers adorned in her hair do not twitch while maintaining her most beautiful angles.
 It was completely beaten down.
 
 That night, I cried alone in my room.
 I couldn't stop crying because I thought there was no way that such a pretty girl, such a perfect fiancé, would like a man like me.
 Then I realized. This is love at first sight.
 
 From that day on, I changed my mind and studied hard to become a man worthy of her.
 My parents were happy with it. I knew that things had changed since I met Elizabeth, so my love for her was obvious.
 After being defiant, I begged my father for a portrait of Elizabeth by the country's top painter, and in exchange for that, I was able to make a sudden comeback in the royal education that had been delayed until now.
 Manner practice until it soaks into the body. Imperial studies including not only academics but also administration and economics.
 And it's all for Elizabeth.
 
 Although they were fiancés, the royal family and the high-ranking nobles were busy with each other, so it would have been better if we could meet once every few months.
 Every time we meet, Elizabeth grows more beautiful and noble. Her affection grows.
 
 I lived impatiently waiting for the entrance party of the Royal Academy. When she turns fifteen, he will be able to live in the same school as Elizabeth.
 I wanted to devote all of my free time to Elizabeth, so I worked harder on my studies. If there are flaws in her grades and lifestyle, she will spend less time with Elizabeth. Do everything quickly, perfectly, and without hassle.
 After finishing the three years of preparation with a wave of rage, driving himself into the necessary manners, now, this is a beautiful school life――I thought.
 
 That mysterious romance novel was released.

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