âWell, if the boy is officially a prince, youâre really in trouble.â
âWhat?â
Whatâs all this nonsense all of a sudden?
Upon seeing my face, Dranste shook his head as if I didnât understand him.
âHeâs also a member of the Imperial family, and he is a male. He might be the first in line to succeed the throne right now, beating you.â
Oh, was that so? I just thought Iâd have a younger brother, but I see. Although it was not highlighted because I was the only daughter, there was definitely a line of succession for the royal family.
âBut you wonât have to worry now. I donât think the princess brought him here to do something right now. She brought it up before he finds out about it first and gets killed before anyone knows about it.â
âHow do you know so much about other people?â
âItâs obvious.â
âScrew you.â
Dranste smiled. His fingers touched my head.
âYou are also obvious, my lady.â
âHa, no, Iâm not.â
He was so annoying. How dare this man treat me as an obvious person?
That smile at my glare⦠Maybe thatâs why I was even angrier. Oh, this bastard was so sneaky.
I took off Dransteâs hands that were stroking my head. This bastard should stop touching me!
âAre you worried that itâs gonna be taken away?â
âWhatâs taken away?â
âCatelâs favor.â
âNo.â
What was he saying?
âIf I was nervous about that, then I would have died.â
No, if I had lived for it in the first place, Iâd be dead. My light sigh changed Dransteâs expression slightly. Somewhat serious. Well, he was still so sly that Iâd like to hit him.
âThen why do you look so down?â
âJustâ¦â
âJust?â
âIt just feels a little weird.â
Yeah, thatâs weird. I sighed lightly.
Elyne and Serira were worried that I read books in my room instead of going to the garden that I used to visit often these days. However, I didnât feel like going out at all. What should I say? It was not a sense of crisis that I was likely to lose my position, nor of nervousness that I was inclined to lose my fatherâs affection, just a feeling of unknown cause.
âWhat? Is it springtime now?â
âIn fact, just in a simple way, I now have a brother, but I donât feel that way.â
âThatâs because heâs going to kill you.â
Dranste answered lightly. I frowned at once. What a load of crap this was.
âWhy would he kill me?â
âBecause you might take it away.â
âWhat?â
âThis country.â
What did I just hear?