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“What did you say now? Bring back to your country? That? “\n
“Can you stop saying calling him like that, Princess?”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nThe Princess and the Prince are facing each other and talking with a smile. At least on the surface.\n
A young Princess with fluffy strawberry blonde hair and lively eyes like green in midsummer, and a young man with blue eyes and a long, straight blonde hair to the shoulders. Both are exceptionally beautiful and confident.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nI was the odd one, sandwiched between them. A very ordinary man with dull brown hair and small eyes and nose. If not for standing there, I would’ve quickly gotten lost among people.\n
If it’s possible I want to disappear now, fall behind and get lost in the crowd. Because that’s where I belong.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nBut the Prince grabbed my shoulder tightly and didn’t let me go. Because of that, I’m sandwiched between a beautiful Prince and a Princess.\n
Competing with a Princess and a Prince, I don’t need such an event !\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nWhy did it become so complicated? \n
Since I fell asleep that day, my destiny has changed a lot.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“Did you hear it prince? About that man?”\n
“Yeah. I heard about it, he’s been sleeping for a long time right?”\n
“That’s right, but I don’t think it’s something the prince should care about.”\n
“I know. If it only was a princess … but I do feel a little sorry.”\n
“The kind heart of the prince, I’m sure it must have reached this person.”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nYup. I have to grin from beginning to end.\n
I was enshrined in a corner of the hall. Fitted in a pretty box and sleeping like a dead man. It’s not really unusual for people to be put to sleep by a curse. Unless you’re a very ordinary man like me.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nA description stands beside the box. It says, “A brave man who saved the Princess from the witch sleeps here.”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nOnly the face is carefully covered with glass, so anyone can see my ordinary face.\n
So. A spectacle.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nBesides, I haven’t saved the Princess. She avoided it.The Princess flipped the skirt and turned around.\n
I just happened to be there. I don’t usually get close to the Princess’s office, but I had a errand on that day. I was brilliantly involved. Even the witch was stunned.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“Oh! I made a mistake!”\n
She was muttering, I heard it clearly.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nFor the time being I understand the current situation. And you ask me, why are you still sleeping?\n
Every time someone passes by, my soul slips out of my body.\n
Then I can see and hear the surroundings. I wonder if this is also a effect of the curse?\n
When everyone’s gone, my soul returns to my body again.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nIt seems that only a prince can break my curse. However, the spectators are not limited to the prince. I’ve never been noticed by so many people, so I actually enjoyed it a little after I got into this state.\n
I felt like I had become the main character in the story.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nBut I knew. They would get bored quickly anyway.\n
It is unusual for a mediocre bastard to be cursed. That’s why they would come to see the story once. There’s never a second time. And it’s usually either for mockery or disapproval.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nYou see, if it’s a princess or a daughter, you can take their gratitude and take them home to marry you.\n
But not me. Would you make me a servant? I understand. I really understand.\n
So, well, as you can see, 17 princes just passed by and I stayed asleep for three years.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nAh, it seem like someone with different hair color has come.\n
I glanced at the black-haired servant, but I was draw in looking at the Prince.\n
Fortunately he can’t see me, as I stared seriously at the Prince.\n
Because if it was normally, it is an act of disrespect and he would probably be angry.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nWhat? Did the Prince just knelt in front of my sleeping box?\n
A bunch of lustrous blond hair fell smoothly on his shoulders.\n
Isn’t it amazing to form a painting just like that?\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nThe melancholy blue eyes are somewhat sensual, and the lightly laid eyelashes are so long! Is this a work of art?\n
Oh, but this person, I have seen him before.\n
Is it the second time coming here to see me? You’re a eccentric one.\n
Their conversation continued while I was turning my neck.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“Prince! The Prince can only break the curse for one person in his lifetime! That… it’s good to use that for someone with doubtful origins like this?\n
“It’s Thomas Moborough. It was you who looked it up for me.”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nWow! ?? This person knows my name?\n
Bu why did you look it up? What the hell is it for?\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“I have already decided”\n
The Prince looked down at me in the box and ordered his companion to open the lid.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nNo, it’s a lie. Why is there someone like a Prince from a painting here? He’s kind of sparkling too. Oh, I understand. It’s like that. It’s a prank that says stop, I won’t do this after all on the last minute.\n
— Hey! This guy really did!\n
I was fooling around.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nWhaaaaaaaat? What is this person doing?\n
But he was kind and lifted the curse, so for now I think it’s necessary to thank him.\n
I opened my eyes nervously.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nAs the blurred vision settled down, my eyes met blue eyes. Even after kissing, it’s very close!\n
As I thought about it, his hands went around my back and my shoulders were being held just like in a sick person.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“It’s water. Take a sip.”\n
When I took a sip as I was told, I felt pain in my throat and in my stomach.\n
I wanted to drink in a big gulp, but he would only let me drink it irritatingly slowly.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“How are you feeling?”\n
“Huh…”\n
I muttered vaguely. My head doesn’t work at all, unlike when I was just lightly moving around with only my soul.\n
“Beautiful”\n
“Yup?”\n
I only was aware that I said something strange.\n
But I was so absent minded that I couldn’t even be anxious or shy.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“Ah, no, uh. I’m truly, uh, for breaking the curse… uh, I’m sorry .”\n
“Sorry? Why is that Thomas?”\n
Thomas. Who is that? No wait, it’s me?\n
Wow, when this Prince says it, it sounds like another person’s name.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nI couldn’t even reply because I was surprised that the glittering Prince called my name.\n
“What are you sorry for?”\n
He asked the question with a bitter smile.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“… Oh, the Prince can only break the curse once in his lifetime.”\n
Well, I just learned about it.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“You’re so kind. You got mixed up in a curse, but the first thing you’re worried about is the others? Besides, you’re smart.”\n
“What?”\n
“You seem to know who I am, and understand what happened to you, even though you just woke up. I expected you to ask a question, not to apologize.”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“Oh, it’s a misunderstanding. It’s true that I just woke up, but I could see it.”\n
“You could see? That is… “\n
“Ah, no, as expected, there was no one in this room who had a curious or secret talk, so I don’t have any confidential information. I’m sorry I couldn’t be of more help. Even thought I had bothered you to wake me up.”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nDoes that sound like you’re telling me to sell your secrets if you ask?\n
But it’s hard to refuse if you asked me with this face. I’m glad I didn’t know anything.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“It wasn’t my intention to question you like that, but I wonder if you found it annoying.”\n
Suddenly, the Prince frowned, so I was in a hurry.\n
“No no no!”\n
I couldn’t shake my head. Somehow my head was tremendously heavy.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“On the other hand, I’m very grateful to have you wake me up. Still, I feel very sorry that I’m not a pretty princess.”\n
“… You speak strangely, Thomas.”\n
“My way of speaking?”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nI retorted the Prince and quickly paled.\n
Wow ah! I screamed internally but I couldn’t make a sound.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“I’m sorry! Honorifics… It seems like the honorifics are absent. Hmm! Is this an additional curse !? No, that can’t be the case.”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nEven I don’t know what I’m talking about.\n
I’m so anxious, probably because all this time the Prince’s face stayed too close to mine. His pretty face is bad for the heart.\n
I wonder if you can be a little more distant. No, I’m the one who will have the neck going flying if I say this. It’s dangerous.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“Additional… ? I want to hear more about it. — I’ll carry Thomas to the room.”\n
“Prince, I’ll – “\n
The servant came out and I was relieved, but the Prince shook his head.\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\n“No, you shouldn’t touch anything else yet, because you don’t know how the witch’s curse works.”\n
And so the Prince put my hand around his neck and picked me up.\n
Wow! I know this. The princess carry in the knight’s stories.\n
But Prince, the other party is wrong! ??\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nHowever, even if my consciousness became clearer, my body still didn’t listen to me at all.\n
“I- I’m sorry …”\n
“That word, it’s okay to ban it for a while? I want to hear other words than apologies from Thomas. Right?”\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nRight? No, it’s not alright.\n
What is that smile. You’re a dangerous person. Is it natural? If I were a princess I would’ve fallen in love with it.\n
In the first place don’t call people’s names so often. My colleagues, and even my family rarely call me by my name. It’s hey, or that guy or you, normally!\n
About how it feels good to have the warmth of a person. Or how it feels safe and secure. Because it’s no good to think about the Prince as the other party. \n
<hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-background-background-color has-background-color is-style-default">\nIt’s definitely a bad guy.\n