The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 48
The First Prince, unlike the Second, didn’t speak carelessly. He wasn’t as bothersome or tormenting as the Second Prince.
‘It’s frustrating in a different way.’
Anyway, if you put it differently, her ideal type could be said to be the Second Prince.
Arma was a bit shocked by this realization.
“…….”
Arma didn’t want to become the emperor.
It was troublesome, troublesome, and again troublesome as hell, and frankly, he didn’t want to do as his father, the emperor, wished.
‘…Why?’
Arma wondered.
He thought he had always been kind and attentive to Roxelyn, so why did she choose the Second Prince over him?
Resuming his halted steps, Arma slowly lifted his head.
Roxelyn had already disappeared from his sight.
And like before, she hadn’t looked back, not even once.
“Ah…”
And then Arma realized. He realized the stark truth.
She had never once looked back before he called.
Never looked at him first.
Never answered before being asked.
And thus, they…
In truth, had never been close.
The moment he realized this, Arma’s eyes widened involuntarily.
The meaning was simple.
Roxelyn had never opened her heart to Arma.
It was just his own misunderstanding.
Or perhaps, it was Roxelyn’s pity.
Or maybe she noticed he approached her out of curiosity.
Every time Arma saw Roxelyn, she always had dead eyes and hunched shoulders, avoiding people’s gazes.
‘…I thought she was interested in me, but was I wrong? Or, did she completely close off her heart?’
A person who had the courage to die, might not have had the courage for something else.
The moment she decided to die, Roxelyn must have decided to erase, forget, and leave everything behind.
‘…So, that’s why she broke off our engagement to switch to someone else.’
Maybe to find someone more to her liking, someone closer to her ideal in looks or personality.
‘If I let the Second Elder Brother and her go to Kaluta…’
Kaluta, the nation of barbarians.
Where women wear revealing clothes with pride, and shameless public displays of affection are the norm.
“No.”
Arma shook his head, feeling sick to his stomach.
So, he abandoned all decorum and ran down the corridor with all his might, chasing after Roxelyn.
Soon after finding Roxelyn, he reached out to her, hastening his steps.
“…I’ll.”
“…Your Highness?”
Arma gently caught Roxelyn’s wrist and jerked his head up.
Roxelyn frowned, looking confused.
“I’ll do it!”
“…Excuse me?”
Roxelyn looked at him with a baffled expression, as if he was spouting nonsense.
“I will become someone with a strong sense of self and masculine charm… someone wild! So, I will be the one to go to the Kaluta delegation!”
Arma’s voice echoed loudly in the corridor, silencing everyone around.
Servants and soldiers walking by, including stewards, all stopped in their tracks and held their breath.
Roxelyn, not fully grasping the meaning, let out a delayed, low exclamation.
“Ah.”
The sudden statement from Arma stirred a strange feeling.
‘…So, instead of the Second Prince, he wants to be engaged to the Kaluta princess?’
Her reason for taking the Second Prince on this delegation was to use him for an engagement with the Kaluta princess.
And if the Third Prince took his place, it wouldn’t pose a big problem for the plan.
‘The more cards, the better.’
But somehow feeling unsettled, she hesitated, holding her chest, then slowly nodded.
“If that’s what you want.”
Yes, there was no problem at all.
“Yes, it is.”
Arma smiled brightly at Roxelyn’s consent.
Ba-thump—
…There shouldn’t have been any problem, but somehow, his heart was beating loudly.
