Chapter 5 - Ms. Heroine, Please Leave Me Alone!; Love Rival #1

Amethyst looked down begrudgingly as she reached out her hand to the person below, "I apologize, Sir?"The confused young girl looked hesitant about whether the person below her was a man or woman, though it didn't matter much, she'd prefer it if the person was a woman."Mother seemed to have made it so that I wouldn't fall...That's sweet." "Gosh damn it...watch where you're going." The young man looked up as his black hood embordered with gold accents fell off and landed on his back, resting on his shoulders. The child seemed to be around Amethyst's age of 8 or 9, his blood-born eyes glared back at Amethyst's purple eyes.Short hair styled in a wolf cut as dark as moonlight contrasted his snow-white skin, the only colors noticeable on his face were the redness of his lips and dark black hair. All-in-all, he seemed like the casual main male lead for Manhwas.Still, Amethyst couldn't deny that the young boy staring straight at her was quite handsome."Oh, this is Prince Aster! The main route of this dimensional/game -Mother"Stare"...Yeah, I can see it," Amethyst said, nodding along with her words."See what?" The young prince looked up, glaring daggers into her.As if looks could kill."I didn't even do anything. Could you, like, not?""Not what? Also, you did push me. Don't you know who I am?""--Not stare at me like that, and I apologized for that already. Plus, we walked into each other. It isn't entirely my fault, Jerk.""Jerk?" The young boy's eyes widened in disbelief"Did I stutter?"Scoff"Who...No, do you know who I am?""Prince Aster, right?"The boy nodded in response, still utterly confused as he hadn't been treated like this before, not even in the original game.Great. Amethyst couldn't help but sigh to herself, glaring at the pink screen avoiding her eyes before returning to having her attention all over the Prince."If you have a problem with how I'm treating you, do something about it.""Tch...Who are you? Don't you know you could get thrown in jail and rot for doing this? Maybe I'll even coarse my father to have you put to death, aren't you scared?" Aster said, probably teasing the helpless girl."Ah...Right, I forgot to introduce myself. I greet Your Royal Highness, my name is Amethyst Rosethorne, the only daughter of Duke Rosethorne. If you have a problem, take it there."The man widened his eyes in surprise, it was almost as if his eyes were to pop out of his head. "Rosethorne? I--what?" A sweet honey-like smile grew on Amethyst's face, knowing that although the emperor ruled over all, the Ducal houses still had quite the influence over him, the Ducal house of Rosethorne having the most influence as the house and the emperor had been friends for generations on end."Hup! And...Up you go!" Amethyst said as she quickly grabbed onto the Prince's hand, pulling him up and straight on his feet."Your...Strong too.""Huh? What...No I'm not, you're just light."Lying through her teeth already, huh?"And humble..." The prince looked at the young girl with such love-struck eyes that Amethyst couldn't help but notice.Shit.The infatuated prince simply stared at Amethyst for a few seconds that seemed more like elongated minutes. "I...If you're done, I'll take my leave now?" Amethyst simply stepped away and ran across the star-struck child before her."Creepy...What the fuck was that?" She mumbled as she walked away quickly.As she left, a knight hurried to the young prince. "Where were you, your highness? I know you weren't trying to wander away again, right? You know that it is dangerous, especially with you're current condition! Hey, back in my day..."The knight rambled on and scolded the young prince as other knights rushed to his side. The talk only seemed to go in one ear and out the other, though.The prince wasn't paying attention at all, he was more conflicted with his own feelings at that time. "What...What is this throbbing, longing feeling in my heart? So uncomfortable...Still, if that Rosethorne girl had caused this, she should take responsibility, right?" "I can't let her go now that she'd done something to me...What an interesting girl, messing with an important noble figure then just running away. Really interesting indeed." The prince mumbled to himself, his face partially pink as he ignored the lecturing knights dragging him gently back to his carriage.