The neighboring kingdom’s Prince, Tobias, brought the schedule forward and has arrived;Alberto heard such report when he was doing his duty about the flood control project, a project he did together with the Prime Minister.
He looked alternately between the flustered attendant who reported Tobias’ arrival in the Central Tower, and the maid who was standing by to help him change his clothes, in which Alberto refused the help. He felt that it was better to go and meet the guest first. Looking at the restless attendant, he felt that something was weird.
Wearing the jacket that the maid panickedly prepared, Alberto fastened the latch by himself while heading towards the Central Tower, and met the visitor in a place he would have never expected.
The guests who should have been waiting in the main hall of the Central Tower, for some reason had walked until the outer corridor that connected Phoenix Palace and Central Tower.
Even as guests of honor, Alberto still hadn’t given them the permission to move around within the Royal Palace.
The duty of entertaining the guests this time would be left to Alberto, as said by the King. Because of this, from the guests’ meeting with the King until seeing them off, everything was entrusted to Alberto.
As Alberto suspiciously looked at the group of the visitors, the servant who was standing beside them looked at Alberto and paled.
Unable to hide his trembling, he turned his gaze towards the garden. Alberto glanced at the garden, and clicked his tongue in his mind.
In the garden, there was Christina and Anna. And then, the red haired man who was leading the group, was saying something to them. Christina smiled.
Alberto’s eyes turned cold as he saw the guest’s impolite behavior.
──On top of wandering around within the Royal Palace without permission, he also dares to speak with the Princess and the Crown Prince’s fiancée without giving any word──
The attendant who came along with Alberto erased his presence and whispered to him.
“The one in front is His Highness Tobias. We deeply apologize…… We have asked him to wait until he get a permission, but……”
Alberto had actually knew the face of the neighboring kingdom’s Prince. Although he had understood even without being told, he still nodded.
Last night, Christina told her plan of coming to the Royal Palace. Anna even went out of her way to come to his room and started showing off.
[Tomorrow, Anna will have tea together with Chris onee-sama! Onii-sama is busy with work, so you won’t be able to meet onee-sama, such a pity!] looking at his own sister who talked such things happily from the bottom of her heart, Alberto’s feeling became a mixture of half animosity and half sister love.
Due to Tobias forcibly pushed the schedule forward, the works Alberto secretly adjusted in order to be able to meet his fiancée were crammed, and currently there was no room for any break at all.
The guests coming to the Royal Palace, upon their arrival, could only moved around within the palace after they receive the permission from the Royalty through an official or from the trusted official in charge of those guests. In the case of guests of honor, if they sent a notification beforehand, the necessary procedures would be simplified so they wouldn’t need to wait, which should have been informed to the other party, but there was no contact coming Tobias. Consequently, it ended up in the situation where they had to wait, however the concept of waiting seemed to not exist within that man’s mind.
──This is why ‘pure blood royalty’ is such a pain.
Despite himself being that ‘pure blood royalty’, Alberto glared at Tobias with a feeling full of disgust.
When Alberto went to the neighboring kingdom previously, he was surprised by the difference it had with his kingdom.
In Sechs Kingdom, the royalties were all being worshipped as the descendants of God. Perhaps for that reason, Tobias’ attitude towards his people and retainers was that of an absolute Monarch. Although saying an absolute Monarch would usually only pointed the King, but Tobias, who was only a Prince in that kingdom, behaved like the Monarch himself.
Since Alberto was in the middle of travelling incognito, there was no direct exchange between the two. Nevertheless, he had seen Tobias during the Thanksgiving Festival, and Tobias seemed like someone who was thinking that people would always nod to his every word like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Sitting on top of the special seat prepared for the royalties, Tobias looked down upon the festival, and would unconcernedly made performer who was still in the middle of a play to come to him and pour him wine. Then, if he didn’t take a liking to a play, he would swing his hand and end the play right then and there. His behavior showed that he did not even have a speck of consideration towards the people who came to see the festival like him. He sat there seemingly thinking as if the whole festival was held for his sake; although near him another prince was present as well, that Prince was also, without changing his expression even a bit, consented to that kind of attitude.
According to Marx, although the King was the type that would lent his ear to the retainers’ words, as he was someone who couldn’t even discipline his own son, Marx didn’t think much of him.
In that kind of kingdom, the sole reason that Marx was able to protect Irene, was because he had the support of Noin Kingdom at his back.
When Marx’s father moved to the neighboring kingdom, in order for Sechs Kingdom to be able to use Noin Kingdom’s law as reference, there was a pact made between the two kingdoms’ Kings. Even after moving to Sechs Kingdom, Marquis Klüger House, which would assist in the law revision, would still regard King Noin as their king, and would conduct themselves as the people of Noin Kingdom ── thus they would not revere to King Sechs; such was the agreement that had set beforehand.
Become my concubine; since Irene who was told such thing had an engagement plan with Marx, consequently the other party could only abandon their plan of interfering. Even within Sechs Kingdom, Marquis Klüger House held a considerably special position. That was the reason why Irene was able to refuse the Prince.
Alberto looked at Anna who was glaring at Tobias, and secretly let out astonished words in his mind.
──To even come all the way out here, he is such a persistent man.
After hearing the story during the tea party, he and Marx had a private talk again just before he went home, and according to Marx, the reason Tobias coming to Noin Kingdom was much likely in order to confirm Irene’s engagement talk with Marx. And that if that was found to be a lie, he’d surely take her away.
To be desired by a man to that extent, in a sense, isn’t it a blessing for a woman? Alberto muttered, as Marx then said with an unpleasant face.
[That guy, he considers every woman as a thing, so for me, I’d hate it]
Ever since he was born, the only one around him had always been people who would listen to what he said. For that kind of man, the first woman who didn’t act according to what he wished for, was Irene.
It was not love. It seemed to be only an act fueled by his persistence.
At any rate, before his little sister, as the Noin Kingdom’s princess, called and summed the neighboring kingdom’s prince up as an insolent man, I should go in between them──
Alberto changed his cold eyes back and flashed a refreshing smile.
“── I apologize for not being able to greet you earlier”
Tobias turned around to Alberto. The one who seemed to be his attendant whispered something to him, he then turned towards Anna and Christina as his sarcastic smile had a complete change and turned into a friendly smile.
“My, Your Highness Alberto. I apologize for coming earlier than the scheduled date. It’s an honor to meet you”
“I feel the same, it’s an honor to meet you, Your Highness Tobias. If only you had told us beforehand, we could have prepared welcome drinks for you though”
When Alberto indirectly pointed out Tobias’ impoliteness, on the contrary he was thrust with a complaint about the kingdom’s climate.
──What a selfish young master[1]
To be unable to endure this level of heat, it made one wondered how comfortable the environment he had been living his whole life in.
If it becomes a war, it’s definitely easy to kill him──
While smoothly asking for a cold drink to be prepared, Alberto had such horrible imagination.
Sechs Kingdom and Noin Kingdom had an equal size of territory. Although if talking about the legal system as well as the people’s living environment, one could brag that Noin Kingdom was the more civilized one, but they both had a friendly diplomatic relationship with each other. As Alberto wanted to avoid any trouble for the sake of the future, he decided to shut his eyes to some degree of impoliteness.
To welcome him courteously, and hoping that he would go home immediately. At any rate, for Alberto, the important things to think about were the kingdom, the people, as well as Christina, and it surely was not the insignificant exchange with the neighboring kingdom’s prince at all.
After looking at the slightly clouded sky, Alberto looked towards Anna and Christina.
Even while knowing that the other party was the neighboring kingdom’s prince, Anna’s expression did not change.
Within the Royal Palace of Noin Kingdom, it was unbecoming for guests without any permission to just walk around grandly. In case of a royalty was present at the place the visitors were going to go through, it was common for a servant to give a notification to the royalty beforehand, and as Tobias’ visit had not being informed at all, for Anna, he was nothing more than a ruffian.
As the princess of Noin Kingdom, Anna had the authority to throw out anyone who disturbed the order.
Tobias who didn’t realize his ill manner, impudently asked for the introduction of Alberto’s little sister and fiancée.
Hearing his manner of talking, Alberto’s eyebrow twitched.
For a man to ask for the introduction of a woman, although there was an aspect of it being only for a greeting, but it may also indicated his thought of using that chance in order to get to know the woman and make a move on her. Especially if the other party is an unmarried woman.
No matter how one looked at it, both Anna and Christina seemed too young to be married and were likely to be unwedded.
──If he tries to make a move on Christina, let’s kill him.
Even if by any chance, Tobias’ aim is Anna, I absolutely will not approve it──
Being in dire distress, an obstinacy like that of his fiancée’s father started to sprout inside Alberto.
Nevertheless, Alberto smiled.
A royalty was someone who should not display their true emotion no matter what, a teaching by the King which had been imprinted on Alberto’s mind deeply.
“ The one at the back is my little sister, Anna”
“Aah, the Princess. Just like the rumor, she is a lovely lady”
Tobias walked up to Anna, kneeled and greeted her. His way of greeting was in accordance with the etiquette and seemed like a normal greeting. However as Tobias stood up, Anna’s expression turned angry. Though Alberto pretended to not aware of it, he must be saying some unnecessary things to her ── which was easy to imagine. The prideful Anna and the natural born young master, they were just like water and oil.
“Then is this lady here Her Highness Princess Anna’s friend?”
In the little while Alberto observed his sister, Tobias called out to Christina who had yet to be introduced.
Alberto immediately walked up to Christina.
From Tobias expression, her seemed to think that if she was Anna’s friend, that it was fine for him to make a move on her.
To make apparent that she belonged to him, Alberto circled his hand around Christina’s slender waist and showed a friendly smile.
“──She is my fiancée. Her name is Christina. I hope you’re pleased to make her your acquaintance”
If you plan on making a move on her, prepare yourself──
Seemingly to catch the implicit warning Alberto gave while smiling, Tobias laughed.
“I see. As one would expect from the Crown Prince. The loveliness of his fiancée seems to be at the top of the Kingdom, is that not so?”
Within Alberto’s mind, Marx’s unpleasant face floated across.
[Although your face is not beautiful enough to be my legal wife, but I’m pleased with your hair──was what he said]
[That guy, he considers every woman as a thing, so for me, I’d hate it]
Christina’s beauty was certainly something that everyone would not dare to question, however it didn’t mean that Alberto only loved her for her beauty.
But explaining it to that man was surely just a futile effort.
If he were to tell him how wise, tender-hearted, and hard working Christina was, and how she was such a perfect woman to be the next queen ── he’ll have an interest in her.
When it concerned Christina, how narrow-minded Alberto would be was something that even he himself clearly understood. Even if it was a friend, he would not tolerate a man who touched Christina.
Therefore, if Tobias were to do something to Christina, Alberto was confidence that he himself would most likely start a trouble.
── If a trouble starts, my marriage with Christina might be delayed
Alberto who thought of wanting to marry Christina as quickly as possible, showed a friendly laugh and urged Tobias.
“Since you’re surely tired, let us guide you to your room first”
Without returning even a word to Tobias’ remark, Alberto parted away from Christina and went towards the outer corridor. Continuing after Alberto, Tobias who crossed in front of Christina softly said.
“……for it to be a ‘foul’, such a pity”
“──“
Alberto realized Christina’s gasp, nevertheless he did not look back.
──Don’t show your feelings.
No matter what, since you are the Crown Prince of Noin Kingdom──
Alberto concealed his bubbling anger, and showed a smile to that impudent Prince.
“It must have been a long journey. What do you think about our kingdom’s capital?”
“Aah, it was very interesting. In this country, it seems even the people are living luxuriously. The clothes are also different, it was interesting”
Because the economic strength is different, of course the clothes are also different.
Alberto thought so, but then he recalled the law in the neighboring kingdom.
In Sechs Kingdom, there was even a law regarding the people’s clothes. Though Marx’s father might have revised it, previously even the variety of fabric was determined by the law. There had been quite a disparity between the nobles and common people.
Alberto looked at Tobias.
The man concealed his grin as he slightly looked downward , and again, muttered softly.
“……an unexpected difficulty, really……such a pleasant thing……”
──Please just hurry up and go home
From the bottom of his heart, Alberto could not help but wish for this man to return to his kingdom.
[1]bocchan (坊ちゃん) Although it simply means young master, sometimes it may also have a negative implication of being spoiled young master or rich kid
The neighboring kingdom’s Prince, Tobias, brought the schedule forward and has arrived;Alberto heard such report when he was doing his duty about the flood control project, a project he did together with the Prime Minister.
He looked alternately between the flustered attendant who reported Tobias’ arrival in the Central Tower, and the maid who was standing by to help him change his clothes, in which Alberto refused the help. He felt that it was better to go and meet the guest first. Looking at the restless attendant, he felt that something was weird.
Wearing the jacket that the maid panickedly prepared, Alberto fastened the latch by himself while heading towards the Central Tower, and met the visitor in a place he would have never expected.
The guests who should have been waiting in the main hall of the Central Tower, for some reason had walked until the outer corridor that connected Phoenix Palace and Central Tower.
Even as guests of honor, Alberto still hadn’t given them the permission to move around within the Royal Palace.
The duty of entertaining the guests this time would be left to Alberto, as said by the King. Because of this, from the guests’ meeting with the King until seeing them off, everything was entrusted to Alberto.
As Alberto suspiciously looked at the group of the visitors, the servant who was standing beside them looked at Alberto and paled.
Unable to hide his trembling, he turned his gaze towards the garden. Alberto glanced at the garden, and clicked his tongue in his mind.
In the garden, there was Christina and Anna. And then, the red haired man who was leading the group, was saying something to them. Christina smiled.
Alberto’s eyes turned cold as he saw the guest’s impolite behavior.
──On top of wandering around within the Royal Palace without permission, he also dares to speak with the Princess and the Crown Prince’s fiancée without giving any word──
The attendant who came along with Alberto erased his presence and whispered to him.
“The one in front is His Highness Tobias. We deeply apologize…… We have asked him to wait until he get a permission, but……”
Alberto had actually knew the face of the neighboring kingdom’s Prince. Although he had understood even without being told, he still nodded.
Last night, Christina told her plan of coming to the Royal Palace. Anna even went out of her way to come to his room and started showing off.
[Tomorrow, Anna will have tea together with Chris onee-sama! Onii-sama is busy with work, so you won’t be able to meet onee-sama, such a pity!] looking at his own sister who talked such things happily from the bottom of her heart, Alberto’s feeling became a mixture of half animosity and half sister love.
Due to Tobias forcibly pushed the schedule forward, the works Alberto secretly adjusted in order to be able to meet his fiancée were crammed, and currently there was no room for any break at all.
The guests coming to the Royal Palace, upon their arrival, could only moved around within the palace after they receive the permission from the Royalty through an official or from the trusted official in charge of those guests. In the case of guests of honor, if they sent a notification beforehand, the necessary procedures would be simplified so they wouldn’t need to wait, which should have been informed to the other party, but there was no contact coming Tobias. Consequently, it ended up in the situation where they had to wait, however the concept of waiting seemed to not exist within that man’s mind.
──This is why ‘pure blood royalty’ is such a pain.
Despite himself being that ‘pure blood royalty’, Alberto glared at Tobias with a feeling full of disgust.
When Alberto went to the neighboring kingdom previously, he was surprised by the difference it had with his kingdom.
In Sechs Kingdom, the royalties were all being worshipped as the descendants of God. Perhaps for that reason, Tobias’ attitude towards his people and retainers was that of an absolute Monarch. Although saying an absolute Monarch would usually only pointed the King, but Tobias, who was only a Prince in that kingdom, behaved like the Monarch himself.
Since Alberto was in the middle of travelling incognito, there was no direct exchange between the two. Nevertheless, he had seen Tobias during the Thanksgiving Festival, and Tobias seemed like someone who was thinking that people would always nod to his every word like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Sitting on top of the special seat prepared for the royalties, Tobias looked down upon the festival, and would unconcernedly made performer who was still in the middle of a play to come to him and pour him wine. Then, if he didn’t take a liking to a play, he would swing his hand and end the play right then and there. His behavior showed that he did not even have a speck of consideration towards the people who came to see the festival like him. He sat there seemingly thinking as if the whole festival was held for his sake; although near him another prince was present as well, that Prince was also, without changing his expression even a bit, consented to that kind of attitude.
According to Marx, although the King was the type that would lent his ear to the retainers’ words, as he was someone who couldn’t even discipline his own son, Marx didn’t think much of him.
In that kind of kingdom, the sole reason that Marx was able to protect Irene, was because he had the support of Noin Kingdom at his back.
When Marx’s father moved to the neighboring kingdom, in order for Sechs Kingdom to be able to use Noin Kingdom’s law as reference, there was a pact made between the two kingdoms’ Kings. Even after moving to Sechs Kingdom, Marquis Klüger House, which would assist in the law revision, would still regard King Noin as their king, and would conduct themselves as the people of Noin Kingdom ── thus they would not revere to King Sechs; such was the agreement that had set beforehand.
Become my concubine; since Irene who was told such thing had an engagement plan with Marx, consequently the other party could only abandon their plan of interfering. Even within Sechs Kingdom, Marquis Klüger House held a considerably special position. That was the reason why Irene was able to refuse the Prince.
Alberto looked at Anna who was glaring at Tobias, and secretly let out astonished words in his mind.
──To even come all the way out here, he is such a persistent man.
After hearing the story during the tea party, he and Marx had a private talk again just before he went home, and according to Marx, the reason Tobias coming to Noin Kingdom was much likely in order to confirm Irene’s engagement talk with Marx. And that if that was found to be a lie, he’d surely take her away.
To be desired by a man to that extent, in a sense, isn’t it a blessing for a woman? Alberto muttered, as Marx then said with an unpleasant face.
[That guy, he considers every woman as a thing, so for me, I’d hate it]
Ever since he was born, the only one around him had always been people who would listen to what he said. For that kind of man, the first woman who didn’t act according to what he wished for, was Irene.
It was not love. It seemed to be only an act fueled by his persistence.
At any rate, before his little sister, as the Noin Kingdom’s princess, called and summed the neighboring kingdom’s prince up as an insolent man, I should go in between them──
Alberto changed his cold eyes back and flashed a refreshing smile.
“── I apologize for not being able to greet you earlier”
Tobias turned around to Alberto. The one who seemed to be his attendant whispered something to him, he then turned towards Anna and Christina as his sarcastic smile had a complete change and turned into a friendly smile.
“My, Your Highness Alberto. I apologize for coming earlier than the scheduled date. It’s an honor to meet you”
“I feel the same, it’s an honor to meet you, Your Highness Tobias. If only you had told us beforehand, we could have prepared welcome drinks for you though”
When Alberto indirectly pointed out Tobias’ impoliteness, on the contrary he was thrust with a complaint about the kingdom’s climate.
──What a selfish young master[1]
To be unable to endure this level of heat, it made one wondered how comfortable the environment he had been living his whole life in.
If it becomes a war, it’s definitely easy to kill him──
While smoothly asking for a cold drink to be prepared, Alberto had such horrible imagination.
Sechs Kingdom and Noin Kingdom had an equal size of territory. Although if talking about the legal system as well as the people’s living environment, one could brag that Noin Kingdom was the more civilized one, but they both had a friendly diplomatic relationship with each other. As Alberto wanted to avoid any trouble for the sake of the future, he decided to shut his eyes to some degree of impoliteness.
To welcome him courteously, and hoping that he would go home immediately. At any rate, for Alberto, the important things to think about were the kingdom, the people, as well as Christina, and it surely was not the insignificant exchange with the neighboring kingdom’s prince at all.
After looking at the slightly clouded sky, Alberto looked towards Anna and Christina.
Even while knowing that the other party was the neighboring kingdom’s prince, Anna’s expression did not change.
Within the Royal Palace of Noin Kingdom, it was unbecoming for guests without any permission to just walk around grandly. In case of a royalty was present at the place the visitors were going to go through, it was common for a servant to give a notification to the royalty beforehand, and as Tobias’ visit had not being informed at all, for Anna, he was nothing more than a ruffian.
As the princess of Noin Kingdom, Anna had the authority to throw out anyone who disturbed the order.
Tobias who didn’t realize his ill manner, impudently asked for the introduction of Alberto’s little sister and fiancée.
Hearing his manner of talking, Alberto’s eyebrow twitched.
For a man to ask for the introduction of a woman, although there was an aspect of it being only for a greeting, but it may also indicated his thought of using that chance in order to get to know the woman and make a move on her. Especially if the other party is an unmarried woman.
No matter how one looked at it, both Anna and Christina seemed too young to be married and were likely to be unwedded.
──If he tries to make a move on Christina, let’s kill him.
Even if by any chance, Tobias’ aim is Anna, I absolutely will not approve it──
Being in dire distress, an obstinacy like that of his fiancée’s father started to sprout inside Alberto.
Nevertheless, Alberto smiled.
A royalty was someone who should not display their true emotion no matter what, a teaching by the King which had been imprinted on Alberto’s mind deeply.
“ The one at the back is my little sister, Anna”
“Aah, the Princess. Just like the rumor, she is a lovely lady”
Tobias walked up to Anna, kneeled and greeted her. His way of greeting was in accordance with the etiquette and seemed like a normal greeting. However as Tobias stood up, Anna’s expression turned angry. Though Alberto pretended to not aware of it, he must be saying some unnecessary things to her ── which was easy to imagine. The prideful Anna and the natural born young master, they were just like water and oil.
“Then is this lady here Her Highness Princess Anna’s friend?”
In the little while Alberto observed his sister, Tobias called out to Christina who had yet to be introduced.
Alberto immediately walked up to Christina.
From Tobias expression, her seemed to think that if she was Anna’s friend, that it was fine for him to make a move on her.
To make apparent that she belonged to him, Alberto circled his hand around Christina’s slender waist and showed a friendly smile.
“──She is my fiancée. Her name is Christina. I hope you’re pleased to make her your acquaintance”
If you plan on making a move on her, prepare yourself──
Seemingly to catch the implicit warning Alberto gave while smiling, Tobias laughed.
“I see. As one would expect from the Crown Prince. The loveliness of his fiancée seems to be at the top of the Kingdom, is that not so?”
Within Alberto’s mind, Marx’s unpleasant face floated across.
[Although your face is not beautiful enough to be my legal wife, but I’m pleased with your hair──was what he said]
[That guy, he considers every woman as a thing, so for me, I’d hate it]
Christina’s beauty was certainly something that everyone would not dare to question, however it didn’t mean that Alberto only loved her for her beauty.
But explaining it to that man was surely just a futile effort.
If he were to tell him how wise, tender-hearted, and hard working Christina was, and how she was such a perfect woman to be the next queen ── he’ll have an interest in her.
When it concerned Christina, how narrow-minded Alberto would be was something that even he himself clearly understood. Even if it was a friend, he would not tolerate a man who touched Christina.
Therefore, if Tobias were to do something to Christina, Alberto was confidence that he himself would most likely start a trouble.
── If a trouble starts, my marriage with Christina might be delayed
Alberto who thought of wanting to marry Christina as quickly as possible, showed a friendly laugh and urged Tobias.
“Since you’re surely tired, let us guide you to your room first”
Without returning even a word to Tobias’ remark, Alberto parted away from Christina and went towards the outer corridor. Continuing after Alberto, Tobias who crossed in front of Christina softly said.
“……for it to be a ‘foul’, such a pity”
“──“
Alberto realized Christina’s gasp, nevertheless he did not look back.
──Don’t show your feelings.
No matter what, since you are the Crown Prince of Noin Kingdom──
Alberto concealed his bubbling anger, and showed a smile to that impudent Prince.
“It must have been a long journey. What do you think about our kingdom’s capital?”
“Aah, it was very interesting. In this country, it seems even the people are living luxuriously. The clothes are also different, it was interesting”
Because the economic strength is different, of course the clothes are also different.
Alberto thought so, but then he recalled the law in the neighboring kingdom.
In Sechs Kingdom, there was even a law regarding the people’s clothes. Though Marx’s father might have revised it, previously even the variety of fabric was determined by the law. There had been quite a disparity between the nobles and common people.
Alberto looked at Tobias.
The man concealed his grin as he slightly looked downward , and again, muttered softly.
“……an unexpected difficulty, really……such a pleasant thing……”
──Please just hurry up and go home
From the bottom of his heart, Alberto could not help but wish for this man to return to his kingdom.
[1]bocchan (坊ちゃん) Although it simply means young master, sometimes it may also have a negative implication of being spoiled young master or rich kid
