Silence lingered.

I could feel the whispers of the onlookers and the princess’ gaze behind my back.

“You are crazy!”

Breaking that silence, the second prince glared at me.

With a very angry face, he gave off a momentum that seemed like he would pull out his sword at any moment.

“There is a certain degree to ignoring me, Lucius Serion. You guys have gone beyond that!”

The two princes pushed the nobles in front of them and stepped forward.

“I don’t know if it’s Princess Daria, but is Daria different? Did you think I would fall for that pun?”

I step on the sudden acceleration

To be honest, there was no reason for him to react like this.

What I said, depending on what you hear, was also that I ultimately acknowledged the invitation given to him.

It would be nice to think so and go back to the room we were assigned to.

“How dare you despise the royal family! Are you ready to pay the penalty!”

I don’t know what word stung him, but I could tell he was looking right.

‘Actually, the person concerned doesn’t mind, but he’s a funny guy.’

The second prince took off the white glove he was wearing.

He frowned at the action.

I guessed what he was trying to do.

There was one case where he shouted that he would ask for the punishment and then took off his gloves.

Huung.

The glove flew into my chest and hit the ground helplessly.

“I challenge you to a duel!”

A different meaning of silence came. People looked at the second prince like a madman.

It was impossible in many ways to challenge me, the heir, to a duel in the Millennium’s territory.

Like he said, if I touched him, he wouldn’t know.

In the eyes of others, I didn’t do much wrong.

Although his attitude was arrogant, it was rather a word that helped him.

If I had refused to acknowledge the invitation there, he would have been kicked out in disgrace.

But it’s like asking for a duel without knowing that.

“You won’t regret it, will you?”

“regret? Regret is not in my dictionary! I, I will rip your little mouth off!”

I have endured enough.

I don’t know if you’ve heard rumors about me or not, but I’ve endured this enough.

“That duel… .”

“What kind of fuss is this?”

Before I could finish my words, a man intervened between me and the second prince.

“Meet the Crown Prince!”

The people around them hurriedly bowed their heads.

“I was going to meet you in a pleasant way… .”

The voice of the crown prince came from behind.

In front of me was the black bodyguard I saw before, holding the second prince’s glove.

“Lucius. What kind of ugliness is this?”

“Tongue, brother! This… !”

“brother? Did you just call me brother? He must have seemed complacent because I was quiet.”

“I’m sorry. Degrade the crown prince!”

The second prince hurriedly lowered his head.

The Crown Prince looked down at him coldly and then turned to me.

“I heard what was going on. I apologize for my brother’s rudeness.”

As the crown prince bowed his head, the people around him were shocked.

It was not easy to see royalty bowing their heads to someone.

“If the Crown Prince says so… .”

It was ambiguous to say that I couldn’t do that here.

As the Crown Prince, he bowed his head himself, but if I get angry with him, I’ll end up ignoring him.

The problem is the 2nd prince.

Given the way he looked, I should be more concerned about him than I am.

Even if I say it’s okay, if he says no, I can’t help it.

‘I wish they would run amok more.’

I think it would be annoying in many ways to end here.

It would be nice if you pounced on me like you normally do.

“… .”

Contrary to what he thought, the second prince was hesitant.

Looking at him from a place out of the crown prince’s gaze, he even gnashed his teeth.

The Crown Prince saw it all and sighed.

“You too, apologize to Raymond.”

“How can the royal family apologize!”

“royalty? Does that mean that I, who bowed my head, am not of the royal family?”

“It’s not… .”

The second prince bit his lip as if his pride was hurt.

The Crown Prince looked at him pathetically and clicked his tongue.

“The way you take care of your ego even when you don’t need it. Tsk.”

“… .”

The 2nd prince’s face turned red.

“And Raymond is my best friend. If you ignore him, it’s the same as ignoring me… I must be funny.”

“Oh no!”

The second prince vigorously shook his head.

Looking at it, I felt a strange feeling.

The guy who was behind the scenes to take over the kingdom, had some power and ignored even the same royal family, now he couldn’t budge from the crown prince.

In addition to that, I couldn’t even speak properly, and I was busy paying attention.

‘Is the Crown Prince really that good?’

It was a reaction that was difficult to come out unless you were in control of the royal family.

“Mi, I’m sorry.”

Akmu looked at him.

His face was flushed as if it were about to explode at any moment, and his pride was very hurt.

I was angry at myself for apologizing to me.

“I just need to know. I hope this never happens again.”

“… .”

The second prince did not answer.

He glanced at the crown prince and left the place as if he were running away with the nobles he had brought with him.

“Then I will go too. It looks like you have a lot of work to do.”

“Yes. You see. see you tommorow.”

The Crown Prince patted me on the shoulder and left.

“There’s a spectacle, they’re gathering!”

And he didn’t forget to let the onlookers go.

“… I should have a sparring with the mercenary king.”

I think I can get rid of this uncomfortable feeling by shedding a sweat.

***

A third of the nobles gathered for the banquet were driven out.

Most of them were people who had joined their friends or had imitated invitations.

“To the guards who inspected… .”

The knights who were in charge of checking the invitation and letting them in were punished.

It wasn’t a huge punishment, but it was enough to alert them.

In addition, he received compensation from the nobles who cheated on the knights.

Afraid of being photographed by Millennium, they obediently offered compensation and resented the second prince who made this happen.

If he hadn’t caused trouble, they wouldn’t have.

“That way… !”

“Everybody move fast!”

Contrary to the big incident, the banquet was conducted steadily.

I couldn’t quit the banquet over such a problem.

“long time no see! While I couldn’t see it, the shinsoo became clear!”

“Then you have heard the story. I found an iron mine this time.”

A banquet was held, and the nobles who had gathered in an instant gathered and chatted.

“Is that him?”

“uh. I saw it yesterday, it was pretty cool. You stood proud even in front of the prince.”

“Is that all there is to it? The Crown Prince even said that he was his close friend.”

I heard people whispering.

It was not difficult to see that the topic of their conversation was me.

I was the only person related to the 2nd prince and the crown prince.

“My friend has become a celebrity.”

“It’s all because of who.”

The crown prince chattered next to me.

Everyone glanced this way, wanting to talk to the Crown Prince.

Having the Crown Prince by your side is helpful at times like this.

Others come along and don’t bother.

“But Daria is nowhere to be seen. It seems like we were together yesterday.”

“Oh, he said he was not feeling well and would stay in his room.”

“yes? After all, my body has been weak since before.”

He nodded as if he understood and dipped a glass of champagne into his mouth.

“But I expected it because it was a millennium banquet… It’s more than I thought.”

“What makes a banquet different? It’s all the same.”

Unlike in the royal castle, the crown prince had a very bored face.

In the royal castle, he was wearing a smile made to deal with nobles, but now he didn’t seem to have any intention of doing that.

Rather, when the nobles tried to approach, he blocked them in advance by making an impression.

It showed openly that he was not interested in anyone but me.

As I was having a meaningless conversation with him, the banquet hall door opened and two women entered.

“Wow… .”

“Look over there. I’m serious.”

It was Selina and Beatrice.

Somehow, the two of them got along well.

They looked around and whispered among themselves.

“… !”

“… .”

Selina’s eyes met. Her eyes widened and she tapped Beatrice on the shoulder and pointed at me.

they came this way The crown prince, who had been watching them quietly until then, patted my shoulder with a surprised face.

“You’re coming this way right now, right?”

“I guess so.”

“I don’t think it comes to me… Recently, I heard that there is a man with two flowers. Was that you?”

The Crown Prince looked at me with curious eyes.

“It’s been a while, Raymond.”

“Raymond. You are here.”

I pointed at the crown prince next to them with a nod of the head at the women who were scrambling to talk to me.

“Ah, meet the Crown Prince.”

“Oh, yes. Isn’t Beatrice the first time I met you?”

“Yes. That’s right. It is an honor to meet you.”

“It’s been a while, Selina.”

“Yes. Lowering.”

He looked back at me and them, and smiled strangely.

“A famous family of magic and a famous family of swordsman belonging to a neutral group… .”

He smiled with interest and stood up from the table he was leaning on.

“See, you seem to have a lot to say, but I seem to be in the way. I will leave your seat.”

He set down his empty glass and took a glass of wine and left.

Then he drew ink towards me.

‘What a trick.’

I looked at him and frowned, and he nodded in understanding.

“Hey, what are you talking about?”

“Wow, poor crown prince!”

While I was still watching him peering through the gaps of the nobles nearby, Beatrice spoke to me from behind.

“You seem to be very close with the Crown Prince.”

“uh… Somehow we became friends.”

“It’s great that they seem very friendly.”

“What do you do with this… .”

I nodded and turned around to see Selina drinking champagne.

“Welcome to Selina-san. At that time, I was sorry.”

“No. thanked. Thanks to you, I learned a lot.”

“Thank you for thinking that way.”

As I was talking to Selina, Beatrice intervened between me and her, saying that the two seemed friendly.

“Thank you for that time. I was able to live thanks to you.”

“If not… .”

“Ah, the two of you said you went from the North. I heard the story of that time. I was worried about Raymond-sama after hearing that story. Are you okay?”

“I am fine… .”

“It was really great back then. Seeing her throwing herself to protect me… .”

“Miss Beatrice then… .”

“I… .”

With me behind, sparks began to fly between them.

‘Why are they fighting among themselves all of a sudden?’

Just when I thought I should be watching this, I saw a commotion in the distance.