Translator: Blushy
Editor: Sam
âBoth Luke and Lei told me to be wary of the Third Prince, now then.â
âDonât say that, Dean.â
Stan shook his head beside me, but honestly, I couldnât make up my mind. If the Third Prince was the one who kidnapped Lei in Wester, then I canât judge him fairly if I see him as that person from the beginning.
That said, if he really was the person who had kidnapped Lei, then I want to expose his intentions and bring him to judgement. However, I canât speculate why heâs the only person who wants to harm the Albans while the diplomacy between Easter and Kingdom has remained the same as it has since the past. I have no other evidence except for Leiâs testimony and Lukeâs intuition. It was decided that I would have an audience with the Third Prince while I was still hazy on things.
âWell, to tell you the truth, youâre not good at judging people. Even if you say youâll look at him with unclouded eyes, it canât be helped if you miss what you canât see,â Stan said as if he was looking down on me. I can feel that he was saying Iâm a troublesome guy.
âIsnât that a bit of an exaggeration? Iâm rarely troubled socially or commercially.â I donât think Iâm a good judge of character, but Iâve never been troubled because of it either. I counterargued.
âIf you were a good judge of character, then you wouldnât have gotten divorced in the first place.â
It was slightly painful to be told that.
âAnd whether someone is good or bad, you arenât interested in them at all and donât even glance at them if they donât affect you or only affect you a little. You reap what you sow.â
Stan is very stern today. But itâs true that Iâm not interested in others, so I obediently kept my mouth shut.
âListen, Dean. You donât have to have any preconceived notions about the Third Prince. But be interested in him. I donât think weâll have many opportunities to talk to him, but itâs important to take advantage of the few opportunities we have and try to read them as much as possible.â
Being interested is a little difficult for me, but if the Third Prince is really the person who harmed Lei, then I will have to get to the bottom of it. I prepared myself and headed to the Remington Houseâs party.
âOh my, Dean, Stan and Julia, Iâm glad youâre here.â
âThank you for the invite, Broad, itâs been a while.â
Ange was as beautiful as ever and she greeted us happily. Even if a royal person came here, Kingdom hadnât personally invited them, so they didnât need to be officially welcomed at the castle. Therefore, the Remingtons hosted a party to welcome the Prince.
âIâve been busy with work, you know. Iâm glad you both look well, Dean and Stan, but I also wanted to see Luke and Gill.â
Broad loves his daughters, but he didnât have any sons, so he cared about Luke and Gill. Just like how Julia, Stanâs wife, cares about Lei. But he was devoted to his job, so heâs not in the royal capital often, therefore itâs been a long time since theyâve met.
âSo, howâd it go?â Stan asked straightforwardly. Ange raised her eyebrows, but he wasnât asking her so Broad smiled wryly.
âI knew that it would be difficult to find her a fiancé because sheâs a tomboy, but while I was busy, she had grown up to be a considerate person. She had probably learnt a lot with His Highness Nicholas. Well, it seems like theyâre a great match, but itâs still too early to tell. Itâs enough if we can get one of the candidates to be her fiancé.â
Did they come all the way to Kingdom just to find out if they had chemistry? I wasnât really interested since I was focused on keeping Lei away, but this abrupt matchmaking has always made me slightly uncomfortable.
âAnyway, I would like to be introduced.â
âThatâs rare, Dean. I thought you wouldnât be interested in him even if heâs part of Easterâs royal family. I even thought you wouldnât come like Molesey.â
How uninterested in people does he think I am? And, Molesey didnât come after all?
âRoyalty aside, Chrisâs potential partners are probably the same age as Luke, right? It wouldnât hurt to meet them once,â I lied so that they wouldnât think that I wanted to meet the Third Prince.
I looked around the wide hall and saw that Remingtonâs daughter, Felicia, was with a man with golden hair. Chris was bouncing at their feet. Her light milk tea coloured hair stood out more to me than gold. She was probably entertaining him instead of her parents who were greeting people as they came. Sheâs a diligent child.
âYou see, youâve only just become interested in Felicia, and have no clue about what sheâs like,â Stan whispered, and I couldnât argue back since it was true. Lei and Chris were friends, and because of that, I finally took interest in Felicia.
However, the person who I should be looking at is the Third Prince. Golden hair and a sturdy body which made him look more like a guard than a noble. And...
He must have sensed our arrival, since he turned towards us, and his golden eyes were the same as Kingdomâs royalsâ.
âOh, theyâre the same golden eyes as the royal familyâs just like the rumours say they are,â Stan muttered reflexively. But the look in his eyes bothered me more. You can find golden eyes everywhere if you go to the castle.
He had turned those eyes towards us because he was curious, but I couldnât see any value in them before he turned. Thatâs certainly because Iâve seen them somewhere before.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Theyâre eyes that arenât interested in others. Theyâre eyes that donât even care about themselves. Theyâre eyes that always stare back at me in the mirror.
Me?
I looked down spontaneously and smiled wryly. Iâm sure Iâve seen them somewhere before.
âDean?â
âHuh, nothing. Itâs nothing.â
Now, itâs time to meet the Third Prince who Lei told me to be careful around even though she doesnât hate people.