Excuse me, your highness

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The room was dark. The curtain has been drawn shut, not letting any light penetrated from outside. One blond lady has her head buried into the soft pillow, muffle cry echoed slowly across the room.

Devastated. Betrayed. Hatred.

All combined and deeply grown in her heart.

"If you continue to act like a child, I shall present you a marriage partner so you'd become more matured."

Remembering the words from her grandmother make her devastated again. She already said no, but her grandmother, Grand Empress Dowager, forced her to.

Can't she just live the life she want? Why is her grandmother obsessing over her life now?

Camellia raised her head from the wet pillow, raising her hand to wipe her tears. She could feel that her eyes had turned swollen due to excessive crying.

'Everyone must be worried.'

She sniffed, thinking of her older siblings and parents.

'And I shout at my sister and brothers.'

She felt guilty over her action. She blamed them despite knowing they also has their hands tight.

Moreover her oldest brother, Zavier who not even a year being an emperor but the Grand Empress Dowager has been showing how little to no control he has over royal family.

How cruel.

Camellia continues lamenting over her fate that she'd get married to a Duke's son in her country in just a month from now. No, it would be 20 days left.

Too short of time to think of something.

Should she run?

But, it'd trouble her parents and siblings if she did that.

What should she do to avoid this marriage?

Should she just follow along? Hoping that one day she'd eventually fall for her husband in the future?

However, thinking about a loveless marriage makes her sad.

If she wants to get married, at least.. she wants it to be with...

"Alberu."

Suddenly, a magic circle appeared in her room. Camellia startled and hands ready to cast Zero Magic to the intruder.

But the person who appeared made her heart hammered and eyes widened.

The blond hair of his looks neat as usual and his azure eyes calmly look at her. His expression shows flustered, as if showing how he wishes to disappear and undo the time.

"Alberu?" Her voice whispered his name.

Is this a dream?

Why is he here?

Alberu brushed the back of his neck, silently cursing Cale for asking Eruhaben to teleport him here.

"Go meet and ask her about what she thinks, hyung-nim. Confess your feelings at the same time. Eruhaben-nim, please teleport him there."

He didn't manage to protest because after Eruhaben heard what happened and with a tired sigh of an old dragon, he agreed with Cale's method and flick his hand to teleport Alberu with the coordinate provided.

And now, he is here.

Across the continent.

In her room.

In the middle of the night.

He should be ashamed for invading a lady's chamber like this.

"Good.. evening, Princess Camellia. I apologise for intruding."