The Next day, She finds her ways in leaving that Palace but she's too clueless on how to get out of this world.
It was like, she's living inside a Theory that doesn't even exist. But something came in her mind and that makes sense for her.
She secretly left the Palace and run and run to where the Lake is stationed. She's really wanting to go home now.
Finally, She reached the Lake. It's peaceful out here. Only foggy and birds chirping can be heard.
Yumeko leaned towards the Lake and looks at it. She can't see anything, It's just pure water, She even dipped her hands but still, No portal.
Not Until someone lift her up, making her panicked. " You're not allowed to be here. What do you think you're doing?"
It's Prince Ethan. She's now sitting behind him on his horse. "Wow I didn't know you're this strong to put me here hehe." completely avoiding the question.
The Prince sighed before making the horse run, She immediately holds on him, afraid she might fall. He stopped.
"Hands Off." He said to him, she let go and grips her clothes, putting her fear there.
She's afraid of fast transportation, Like Cars, motorcycle, include the Horse since it's a fast runner.
He noticed it. "Haven't you ride a horse? Why are you this coward. damn."
She didn't answer, so he only grabs her hands and atleast made her grip on his royale clothes. Her eyes lit up.
"Hold on, I can't let you die yet, You haven't solve that problem yet." He mentioned that Problem again and now her brain is messing again.
She Hates Math yet She always do great job towards it. It's just that this math problem he showed to her was somewhat not for a Highschool problem anymore.
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They're back in the Palace, She's just following where the Prince will go. Inside the small looking library yet it smells majestic.
As soon as The Prince closed the door, she ran towards the shelves and finds a book related to the Lake. She might find some answers here.
"What are you doing? Get yourself in here." Prince Ethan called while sitting on a chair with the problem of him facing him, Making him mess with his unarmed brain.
She grabs a book and finally, she found it. Now that the prince needs her, she quickly hid the book somewhere secure before walking towards the Prince who is going back to his seat also.
He pointed on the Problem. "Explain what this circle is for."
Her eyes travels to the question. The circle on the middle had her stop processing. " I've never felt this dumb before.." she mumbled to herself.
"Small circle on its location.. 0 to 1 so X is.." She stopped, trying to figure out what is the next calculation.
The Prince only watched her doing those. The Place where they are are surely hot, He is wearing a Mask to cover his identity but he's sweating and he can't bare to remove his mask, now that he's with someone he is punishing.
Yumeko did noticed it. His discomfort. So she stands up and grabs the paper clothe, Walking at the other table and sits there alone. The Prince trailed his eyes to her.
" It's fine, Prince Ethan. Take off your Mask, I won't look." She said, The Prince grips his mask and took it off, breathing freely. "Hey, Prince."
He waited for her to finish her sentence. "I was wondering, What if someone or I look at your face? What will happen?"
"You will be sentence with death. Who knows, That person may leak any information of me." He said while looking at his mask, It was a plain white wooden mask with two circles for him to see.
She have this feeling that she wants to see his face. She simply slowly turn her head to where she thinks he was but a hand stops her from doing it so..
Hands that forbids her to.
"No, Only the Princess is allowed to see me. Only the person whom I'm sure to spend my life with." his words suddenly staked an arrow towards her chest.
She ain't NO Princess, She ain't the one he will spend his entire life with. She's forbidden because.. She wasn't the one for him. Yes.
She will just be an Intruder who took her punishment by solving a Problem for the Prince to succeed on becoming the Next King..
Sad to say, Yumeko is just an Instrument.