Imperial Affairs (Levi X Reader) AU

64. Tell Me Why

Levi's POV

"Quit bothering me!" I yelled at the gloomy brat who was blatantly following me around.

"Not until you tell me what you did," She demanded.

"What did I do?!"

"That's what I wanna know," The gloomy brat refused to leave me alone, "What did you do to catch the prince's attention?"

"Excuse me?"

"He has taken a liking to you," Mikasa crossed her arms, looking at me with jealousy and pure hatred in her eyes, "Tell me how you did it."

"Are you blind?!" I was shocked, "Can't you see how much he hates me?!"

"Hates you? If he hated you then he would kill you and your friend on the spot because your friend tried to kill him."

"He let him go because I saved him-"

"From the problem created by your friend. He had to suffer the effects of the poison. I'll repeat myself, if he hated you then he would have killed you by now. The fact you're still alive proves that he doesn't hate you."

"There's something more important than this," I changed the topic, "Is the prince looking for Isabel?"

"He is," Mikasa answered as I sighed in relief, "But his main informant that has full access to the Underground is difficult to contact. It will take time."

"My sister could die at any second and you're worried about the prince's attention?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Does reminding the prince again and again help get your sister out of there any quicker? Because I don't think so. The informant can only be talked to at a fixed date."

"Guess I don't have to 'live up to his expectations' after all," I murmured.

"No, you do," Mikasa pointed out, "You can't leave the palace for the capital until you do. And you're not getting paid."

"Why the fuck not?"

"The Empress pays your salary and the prince keeps it because he's not about to pay someone trying to kill him. That only makes your job easier by giving you access to more murder weapons," The gloomy brat explained.

"But he knows that I'm not trying to kill him."

"If he pays you then why would you even try to live up to his expectations? Your friends are up here and you have a good job. If you didn't want to carry out this heavy task then you should have accepted his offer when he first offered it to you."

Yeah, I should have.

If I did then Furlan wouldn't be behind bars and Isabel wouldn't be down there. They would be in the capital.

And I would have found Mom all the same.

But there is no point regretting my decision because it does not change anything.

"But where is His Highness right now?" I questioned, "And more importantly, where is my mother?"

"I'm surprised you trusted us enough to take her away from your sight."

That's because of...the sacrifice the prince made.

These bastards love their reputation more than their life. His sacrifice was equivalent to someone in the Underground agreeing to be the slave of the big gang in the area or the human traffickers that come down there.

Those people agree for their family. The family either gets protection, money or just simply doesn't get killed.

Though he is in a much better position than what I'm comparing him to, for someone like him, someone who hasn't seen that pain and misery, this is the biggest thing he could ever do.