As soon as I opened my eyes, I was in my bed. I got up and sat down. I tried to digest the dizzying incident just now after I used my magic. It feels like I just had a dream in a state of high fever. I would have believed it was all a dream if only I hadn't seen the chocolate candy on my bedside table. It was a cute dog-shaped chocolate candy that the crown prince gave me.
So that was not a dream?.
Then, where is the crown prince?. Why am I on my bed?. Vio wasn't in the room either and for some reason I felt that Vincent wasn't on guard outside my room either.
Why does the mansion feel so lonely?.
So. I decided to get out of bed. My body feels very light. The headache in my head is also gone. I don't feel anything strange about my body which now feels very healthy.
I walked out of the room and I didn't find Vincent who usually stood at my door. Is it because it's still noon, so Vincent won't be on guard outside my room even if I sleep inside?.
I continued down the aisle and saw several maids bustling around with various expressions on their faces. To be sure it was a very depressed expression. I wonder what happened?. Why do they all look so busy?, but at the same time they are also very calm and don't cause any fuss.
Because my curiosity was great, so I followed where the maids went. And it all ended up in the medical room in my residence.
Now. My face must have looked the same as some of the maids I saw earlier. Only one thing makes me so depressed, restless, and anxious.
Daddy!.
I ran to the medical room. Mixed feelings. My mind couldn't think of anything other than my Dad's condition. Various bad things haunted my head which started to feel heavy. I remembered the doctor's conversation with Vio in dad's room last night about dad's bad condition after working on Earl Lucca's out-of-control totem. My chest hurts when a simulation that is formed from a collection of bad thoughts spins so real--as if all of that will happen in my life.
No!. I don't want to lose daddy!.
Daddy. Don't leave Cellia!
Dad!.
Dad!.
Dad!.
While at the door. I could only silently stare into the medical room which was packed with all the medical staff from my residence. I even saw that there was a royal doctor there as well.
After being frozen for a long time, I finally got the truth.
Huft.
I heaved a sigh of relief.
All the bad plots that I had imagined since earlier just evaporated when I saw the figure lying unconscious on the bed was not my daddy but Lady Helia.
What's wrong with Lady Helia?. Why is she unconscious here?.
I started thinking. Could it be that he fainted because Daddy actually annulled his marriage to Lady Helia?. She must be really shocked?.
But this is weird. If it was only for that reason, why did the atmosphere here still feel so heavy as if something even more terrifying had happened?. Dad are you okay?. I haven't seen dad, so I'm still worried about him.
I was just about to go to find my daddy, but my steps stopped when I heard an interesting and surprising conversation between the chief medical officer of my residence and the royal doctor who seemed to have been brought in quickly to treat Lady Helia's wounds.
"How is Lady Helia doing?" Ask the royal doctor to our medical chief.
"The slash wound wasn't that deep."
"How did this happen?. Do you know the chronology to what happened to His Highness Yvone slashing Lady Helia?. I can only be grateful that the crown prince restrained himself, otherwise I don't know Lady Helia's life anymore."
"Unfortunately I also don't know. Only Duke Leonhart, head maid Vio, knight Vincent, and His Highness Yvone know what happened between them and Lady Helia…"
"Then where is His Highness Yvone now? alright?. What about the others?. Has anyone else been hurt by His Highness Yvone?"
"Looks like we have nothing to worry about other than Lady Helia's condition. And if you want to know about Your Highness Yvone's condition, he is currently having a one-on-one talk with our master in he working room but no one is allowed there..."
I can't believe what i just heard.
The crown prince slashed Lady Helia?, and now dad is talking to the crown prince in his working room?. Because of this incident, the mansion became very quiet?.
Everything is shrouded in tension and fear that is difficult to explain. None of the maids spoke. Usually I find a few of them working small talk, but this time the entire hall was very quiet. It felt like I was in another world that was void of sound.
Because very, very curious. I immediately ran back to my dad's office.
I saw Vincent standing guard outside dad's study and he had an expression that was hard to explain too. He seemed worried about something. His face almost matched the expression of the maids who were very depressed.
Really!. What happened?. What have I missed because I fell asleep earlier?.
What is the crown prince doing?!.
Why did he slash Lady Helia?!.
Ting!.
I wanted to hear dad's conversation with the crown prince, so subconsciously I used my magic again and made Vincent not move. Fortunately no one will pass in front of father's study because dad's conversation with the crown prince is something that must be kept secret, so there is only Vincent standing guard outside to make sure no one passes in this hallway, even if it's a fly. though. Well, except me. I'm sorry Vincent, but I have to know what daddy was talking to the crown prince in there.
While thinking about the craziness of the crown prince who had slashed Lady Helia, I eavesdropped on my dad's conversation with the crown prince even though not all of what they were talking about sounded clear to my ears.
Except for a piece of conversation.
There was only one part of the conversation that was very clear to my ears because daddy seemed to have started to get angry so he raised his voice with every word when talking to the crown prince.
"What paper is this, Your Highness Yvone?" asked dad. His face looked very displeased. He suppressed his voice again in an intimidating tone.
"Why don't you just read it?" replied the crown prince. He didn't look stressed at all.
Duke Leonhart frowned and he knit his brows together slowly until the links became so tight as he began to read the contents of the piece of paper that the crown prince had given him.
One word.
Two sentences.
Three paragraphs.
And he also read a point even to the end.
"Marriage proposal?!"
Duke Leonhart drew the sword in his scepter and plunged it into the crown prince's neck. He also stared at the crown prince with a sharpness beyond the sharpness of his sword blade. It was a cold murderous stare for the sake of protecting something he no longer wanted to lose. Luckily Duke Laeonhart was still conscious, so he didn't make the crown prince's head separate from his body--it was also impossible for Duke Leonhart to just kill the crown prince.
"What do you mean?!. Cellia is even three years old!"
Meanwhile. The crown prince was still sitting quietly. His face was still decorated with a thin smile that was well set.
"Next week will be four years, right?. Then in a few years she will become a Lady..." said the crown prince very casually. He didn't even consider the tip of the sword stuck to his neck to be a threat.
"Another ten years…"
"Ah, no. Thirteen years. I will wait for thirteen years. And when that day comes, I will make Cellia the empress and queen of the Yevonia empire..." continued the crown prince.
The crown prince is really crazy today!.
What did I just hear?!.
A marriage proposal?!.
Is the crown prince really a pedophile?!. How can he propose to me when I'm only four next week?!.
Oh. Wait. I don't think so...
If he's a pedophile, he can't possibly wait for me to become a lady of mature age to marry, right?.
But still this is not true!.
There must be an error!.
What is the reason the crown prince wants to propose to me?!.
He must be crazy!.
Wait!. Didn't he already have an forbidden relationship with a woman to the extent that he already had a child?.
Could it be that his reason for wanting to marry me was to make me a mother to a child he had an forbidden relationship with?!.
But this is nonsense!. How can I have children who are older than me?!.
All this is crazy!. Does not make sense!.
Dad, you must refuse the proposal! I don't want to marry this crazy man!. Won't!.
Brak!.
Duke Leonhart pounded the table. The veins in his hands tensed and bulged against his skin.
"With all due respect, Your Highness Teon Yvone. I refuse this marriage proposal to Cellia"
"Are you sure?. Are you trying to rebel against me, Duke Leonhart?"
When he heard that, Duke Leonhart gritted his teeth. His jaw tightened. The veins on his temples kept popping up as if they wanted to be released.
Since then, my views towards the crown prince changed. His Highness Yvone was not a stupid handsome man. He is a very mysterious, cunning, and unpredictable character.
And he's a little scary now.
How will my future be?. You can't help agreeing to the crown prince's marriage proposal to me, right?
Should I kill him so he doesn't complicate my life and dad?!.
Oh no, that's too much. I just need to find a way to cancel the marriage proposal ....
***
Elsewhere, Vio seemed to be looking for Cellia but he only met the royal doctor who was about to meet the crown prince in Duke Leonhart's study.
"Butler Vio, is that you?"
"Yes. Is there anything I can help you with, sir?"
"I heard from the chief medical officer, you know the reason why His Highness Yvone slashed Lady Helia. Can you tell me? Anyway, I will have to help His Highness Yvone later explain it to Lady Helia's family..."
Vio told him what he saw and she hear in the most crucial moments of the scene in the middle he was about to go to Cellia's room but happened to see Lady Helia's little fight with Duke Leonhart.
"I feel that the reason His Highness slashed Lady Helia was actually just a trivial reason. His Highness heard what Lady Helia said to Duke Leonhart that seemed to irritate him a lot…"
"A trivial reason?. What did Lady Helia say to Duke Leonhart?"
"Lady Helia told Duke Leonhart that if Cellia's existence caused their marriage to be annulled, then he only needed to remove Cellia from Duke Leonhart's life, and that was when His Highness Yvone came to my master and Lady Helia. then simply slashing Lady Helia…"
"Ah, I see… poor Lady Helia. He accidentally touched His Highness Yvone's old wound," the royal doctor thought.