The fake princess hides her scheme

Episode 6

-Thud, charrrrrrrr!

The domino blocks I had just set up fell over again, causing the other blocks placed closely together to crumble.

“Ahh… … !”

I bit my lip in nervousness.

I didn’t know what to do, repeatedly opening and closing my fingers that were unable to emit magic power.

This is already the third time.

It was the moment when I was the third person to knock down dominoes without anyone else making a mistake.

“Hey, look at this. I told you it was wrong… … .”

Calrissian had been laughing until just now, but after hearing what I said, he quickly pretended to have a headache.

“Oh, that’s right. I can’t change my words after becoming the crown prince, and today, thanks to the princess, I lost all my allowance.”

“yes?”

Samuel Huebner leaned in, his shiny black hair spilling from his forehead.

“So, you didn’t even reply to me and went sightseeing with His Highness the Crown Prince?”

Oh, I was wasting time pretending to need time to reply to So-gong earlier… … .

However, Calrissian responded naturally without showing any sign of embarrassment.

“The early bird catches the worm. So, take this opportunity to be a little more diligent.”

It was almost as if he was saying that I couldn’t reply because of his early invitation.

Then, while everyone worked together to tidy up the scattered blocks, he came closer to me and whispered in my ear.

“Actually, I brought you here half-heartedly because you seemed to have no interest in me, but I still seem to be better than Duke Huibner.”

When I opened my eyes wide in surprise at those words, Calrissian snickered.

“Just joking… … .”

I have a lot of interests in the Crown Prince, but I don’t know how to express them in my poor Imperial dialect…

“I am interested in your highness?”

As I whispered secretly, Calrissian paused.

“… …Is that so?”

“Yes, absolutely.”

His cheeks, which had been pale all along, suddenly turned a pinkish color.

He’s the world’s biggest womanizer, and he acts like it’s the first time he’s been confessed to.

I guess in aristocratic society, you don’t express interest so directly, but I (the person in the setting) am not proficient in the imperial language, so I didn’t need to show metaphorical affection. I don’t have the ability to do that.

So I added even more shamelessly.

“Black hair isn’t really my style.”

Then, Calrissian, who had been dazed for a moment, burst into laughter.

He had been smiling from the moment I first saw him, but this was definitely the first time I had seen him truly smiling.

***

After the game, Samuel asked,

“Would you like to go to the banquet hall together?”

The charity banquet was said to continue every evening for a month.

However, according to Rat’s explanation, the banquet was only an excuse to enter the palace, and attending the banquet every day was not the request.

So, I made excuses for myself and declined to attend the banquet, and planned to focus only on my relationship with the crown prince.

“I want to go back to my room and rest today.”

As he answered, Calrissian intervened.

“Then I will take you there. You go to the banquet hall and do your best for me.”

Samuel whistled and stepped back.

“If that’s true, I shouldn’t interrupt.”

Did my aggressive affection offensive work?

I was secretly delighted by the crown prince’s offer to take me, but I pretended to decline out of courtesy.

“I just need to go up one more floor to get to my room… … .”

Then Calrissian smirked and asked.

“You didn’t even bring a maid with you. Which staircase do you plan on taking on your way back? Left? Right?”

“uh…….”

I had the entire plan of the palace memorized, but I pretended to look out the window at the garden and gauge my bearings.

It was true that it was a great imperial castle with 700 rooms in the main castle alone, so it was very likely that someone would go missing.

“I think I should go to the right since I see that fountain on the left. Right?”

Let me be wrong, Calrissian bowed exaggeratedly and held out his hand, just as he had when he escorted me to the carriage.

“You’re wrong, April. I can’t let you go missing, so I guess it’s better if I take you there.”

“Huh? That can’t be!”

I shamelessly tilted my head and grabbed his hand.

As Calrissian led me to the left, a knight followed us like a shadow behind us. He was the one who had followed us without a trace since our walk through the gardens.

Are you an escort knight?

The handsome man, who rivaled the crown prince, was dressed in a uniform, was taller than him, and had sharp, sky-blue eyes.

If you go to the Crown Prince’s Palace to hide something, you’ll have to avoid the author’s eyes, right?

As I glanced at the article out of the corner of my eye, Calrissian answered slowly.

“All the fountains in front of the castle are the same shape. Our castle is not kind enough to provide easy landmarks for strangers.”

However, the floor plan that the client provided me had even the location of each flower pot drawn in detail.

Unfortunately for him, there seems to be a spy in this royal family.

“Still, Your Majesty is kind to me.”

Suddenly, I felt sorry for him and spoke softly. Calrissian’s lips curved prettily.

“You will always be my friend.”

My conscience prickled as I was given clues about the performance.

Do nobles often say such meaningful things?

I hid my confused feelings and smiled at him.

“If you permit me, I would like to be your majesty’s close friend forever.”

Since the other person was the crown prince, anyone other than me would have had to answer like this.

But Calrissian stopped and asked seriously.

“Really, April? Can you promise?”

What the heck? Did I make a mistake?

Or are you just saying that?

It had only been two days since I had entered the Imperial Palace, and I had to endure the next 28 days until the hunting party, and during that time I had to be invited to the Crown Prince’s Palace.

Only then could my life and Milligent’s life be saved, and our lives were in the Crown Prince’s hands.

So I answered with as bright a smile as possible.

“Of course, Your Majesty. I can promise you anything you want.”

***

After passing through dozens of rooms and reaching a fork in the path, Calrissian suddenly moved in an unexpected direction.

“Uh uh… … !”

I tried to step back to avoid bumping into him, but ended up tripping over him instead.

I habitually twitched my fingers, but no magical power flowed out of my fingertips. If Calrissian hadn’t supported me the next moment, I would have fallen down badly.

“Thank you, Your Majesty… … .”

I greeted him awkwardly, half-hugging him, and he let me go in embarrassment.

“I’m sorry for suddenly changing directions. The room I was going to offer you changed once, and I almost went to the room I originally intended to give you.”

My heart pounded in surprise at the unexpected contact. The wonderful scent from Saetbyeol still lingered in my nose.

What kind of perfume do you use to smell like this?

“I’m fine. I’m sorry for causing… trouble.”

I quickly answered so as not to be caught in the middle of a rhyme, and he lowered his head slightly and whispered softly.

“It wasn’t that bad, to call it a nuisance. When I looked closely, I thought its eyes were even prettier.”

Oh my, is it true that Jwibangul’s guess that Geum-an would like it was correct?

Even though I’m a millennial single, I know this is a green light.

Of course, our star’s green light must have come on much more often than others, but it was obvious that my face, as a single person since birth, would be burning.

I’m not saying I don’t like it, but could you go easy on me?

I’m not immune to this kind of thing!