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Chapter 10

“Euvil…”

It was entertaining to see the castle getting cleaner day-by-day. To be honest, I never knew this castle was so beautiful.

All I knew about this castle was the mold and ivy covering the pillars, but there were roses too. Feeling satisfied, I started to search all over the castle to find Euphil.

However, I still couldn’t see him. He must be really busy. But I could still pay a visit to the castle as Orjet was with me. I was planning to tell him ‘if he doesn’t come over to my palace, I would invade his palace’.

“Huh, you think you can get away from me?”

After all the things you’ve done, there’s no way you can take it back anymore. Euphil and I have a deep relationship now.

One thing that was concerning me was how the King will decide to punish him.

‘He couldn’t be mad about him coming over to my palace. He just fired the bad maids.’

But you never know. That king could come up with any reason, no matter how absurd.

So I was exploring my garden to find Euphil. The garden looked much better than before, it could even be considered a tourist attraction now. I wanted to show this garden to him as soon as possible.

I might have more affection for Euphil than I thought. It made sense. He was the first person to save me.

Although he would kill me when I turned 19, I could run away before then, so it was fine. All I need to do is seduce him before I turn 19. Just when I was lost in the maze inside the garden surrounded by seven pillars…

“Euvil!”

I called his name again. Finally, I noticed a bush rustling.

“It’s Euvil!”

I joyfully hugged whatever was inside the bush.

“Who is it?”

Soon, I regretted that decision. It was an unfamiliar voice. His voice was rather young, a boy who looked a little younger than Euphil was staring at me.

“What? Why are you hugging me?”

I blinked my eyes several times. Even though I wiped and rubbed my eyes, it was the same face. I never saw him before.

“Who are you?”

That’s what I wanted to ask!

Who are you and why are you in my castle?

The boy had black hair and blue eyes, he was quite handsome. It’s strange to call a small boy handsome, but he was an exception.

Anyone would agree with me on this case. Maybe it is because his eyebrows were rather dark. His clean-cut features and expression made him look sharp, but his eyes gleamed at me like a dog.

“Mirthy.”

“Mirthy? I am Allenan.”

“Ah, Alle?”

“Just call me Lenan.”

“Lenan…”

I was curious. He seemed to be blushing as I was still hugging him but I didn’t care. I had to know who he was.

“Where are you from? This is Mirthy’s palace!”

“Is this your palace? I am from Arkaden.”

Arkaden. I was astonished. Now I knew who this was, this bastard is the male main character! He’s from the neighboring country, but later on in the story, Euphil attacks them. This leads to Allenan retreating to another country where he plots his revenge.

But he had no relation with Mirthy as she died before then, the day when Euphil becomes king.

The country where I live is called Crothasone. According to the book, Crothasone was considered a weak country. After Euphil took the throne, things changed dramatically. Euphil started to take-over other nearby nations with powerful force.

Arkaden, located just next to Crothasone, was forced to fight against Euphil. And Allenan is the person who resisted against him. The prince of the defeated country was Allenan. He was intelligent, resilient, but also pure.

He gained power in the countryside where he ran off to and later attacked Euphil; a tyrant who could never gain support from his servants. The book was clearly explaining how Euphil’s rein collapsed.

And Allenan’s next words made me confused.

“You look like an angel.”

Are you kidding?

I was glaring at you with the intended message ‘you are the person who attacks my older brother!’. But it seems my face has tons of attraction, every time he made eye contact with me, he was lured.

“I am not dead.”

I said with my cheeks puffed out. Allenan retracted his hands which were placed on my shoulders and flailed them side-to-side in immediate denial. He shook his head too.

“No, no. Not because you’re dead. You, look like that angel statue.”

Angel statue? I was confused.

I hopped a step back and got away from Allenan. As I dusted my clothes with my small hands, Allenan looked sad.

“If you go straight, you could see a fountain with an angel statue.”

Even though I was still curious about what he was doing in my garden, I was also curious about the angel statue. What kind of angel statue is it? Is it a statue imitating me?

That won’t be possible. I am a the hated princess. But how on earth does this bastard know all this?

As I was curious, Allenan extended out his hand.

“I’ll show you. Let’s go.”

“Okay….”

I’m curious, so I walked slowly along-side him, holding his hand. On the way to the statue, every time I was tired, Allenan would wait for me. When it was the third time I rested we were in the middle of the garden and I could hear the sound of water flowing in a remote place.

If you looked around while here while resting, it was a truly beautiful place.

Green trees adorned with flowers surrounded us, decorating the maze beautifully. But this maze was the problem.

“Are we there yet?”

As I whined, Allenan made a difficult expression. Then he turned around to face me and said.

“Should I carry you?”

“Carry me?”

“Yeah. On my back.”

Of course I knew what a piggyback was. I never had the chance to do it as Mirthy, but he looked too small to carry me. I shook my head.

“Lenan could fall down.”

“No, I’m strong.”

“…”

“Really strong.”

After saying that one more time he looked for a branch and found one, and soon began swinging it around as if it’s a sword. He looked skilled but.

‘Euphil is much more…’

After I saw Euphil’s skillful movement, Lenan looked like an amateur.

He said it was fine and requested me to get on his back, so I eventually got on his back.

“Wow!”

“Is it fun? Am I good?”

Allenan’s small and beak-like mouth was babbling. His face looked to be blushing a bit too.

Anyway, I brightly smiled and nodded my head.

“It’s the first time Mirthy received a piggyback!”

“Is it? Actually, It’s also my first time…to give someone a piggyback.”

Allenan looked quite embarrassed. I decided not to talk.

‘Still, there was someone else who hugged me first. My brother.’

I didn’t say that out loud since Allenan seemed quite pleased right now.

As I was on his back, I could soon see the fountain. I opened my mouth as we walked around the fountain.

“There weren’t any fountains before.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. There were only leaves here.”

That was true. The fountain covered in leaves was now clean enough to pump out clear water. And the angel statue was too tall for me to see. I could only see the angel statue now as I was on Allenan’s back.

The smiling face of the angel somewhat looked like my face, and it was pumping out water with its two arms. Even though its clothes were made of stone, the statue’s tunic looked realistic. It’s curly hair and smile really resembled me too.

“It is really alike, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. It must be because this is Mirty’s garden.”

But the angel looked like an adult rather than a child. Then, I thought.

Maybe… Did this statue resemble Mirthy’s mother?

Then, Allenan said.

“So are you a princess here?”

“Yeah!”

“Huh… I am a prince.”

“Prince? My brother is also a prince!”

“All the king’s sons are called a prince.”

“All right!”

I said out loud even though I knew this already.

Allenan scratched his head as he was embarrassed for teaching me something new. He was a boy, but his mannerisms resemble a dog. His big eyes and his attitude was just like a dog swinging his tail.

Also, whenever we made eye contact he’d turn and look away from me.

‘Does the neighboring country raise their princes like dogs?’

It was a really rude idea. I looked back at the angel statue again.

“Mom…..”

“Is this angel your mother?”

“I don’t know, I never seen my mother.”

“Why?”

“She gave birth to Mirthy and died.”

“Died?”

“Yeah. After death there’s nothing. Mirthy never had the chance to see mom.”

I’ve never seen my mom’s face after becoming Mirthy. There were no pictures of the queen, nor was there any portrait left for me.

There should’ve been a pendant with mother’s portrait given to me since I lost her at a young age, but there was nothing. I must have looked upset.

Desperate like a dog, he suddenly grasped my hand.

“I..! Should I become your family?”

“Family?”

I opened my eyes widely.

What on earth is he saying?

As my purple eyes looked at him, Allenan blushed again. Hmm… He coughed quietly and opened and closed his lips trying to find the right words.

Then he blushed a deeper red and spoke up.

“You said you never saw your mom. Algrecim said you hardly see your dad too.”

“Algrecim? That’s right. I don’t see dad too often.”

“Algrecim is our knight… So, because you don’t get to see your family often, I’ll be your family!”

“How?”

How could he become my family? By adopting me? Is this child thinking of taking me in as a step-daughter?

I was excited for a minute.

‘If I get adopted and leave, I wouldn’t get killed by Euphil once I turn 19!’

Wait, but if Euphil attacks Arkaden then I would die eventually!

I was excited for a moment, but soon pissed off.

Allenan seemed desperate.

“A Prince and Princess can get married… If we marry we can become family.”

“Marry?”

“Yeah. We can live together forever.”

I blinked my eyes. Then I brightly smiled. I could see Allenan was blushing as he smiled back at me.

“No.”

But I was strict.