Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival-Chapter 223.1
Darkness in the Kingdom Part I
“Your Highness, we are here. The two of you have not yet arrived, but would you like something to drink?”
“…Thank you. It seems you are a little early. Can I have something warm?”
“Understood.”
Even if he did not specify a particular brand, the maids at the castle knew his preferences. The maid did not hesitate to bow gently and began to prepare.
Ervan sat at the table prepared for him on the terrace of the princess’s palace, took a sip of the tea prepared by the maid, and exhaled slowly.
He had come earlier than the time he had been called by his sister to talk to him because he wanted time to calm down. More than that, he wanted an opportunity to talk to the two girls who had been close to him since childhood but were now separated.
As the crown prince, Ervan never moves alone. Like Princess Elena, several Royal Guards and chamberlains are always by his side, but Ervan came here with only the chamberlains in response to Princess Elena’s invitation this time.
Only those who are trusted by His Majesty the King are allowed to enter the Princess’ Palace. The Viscount’s daughter without an invitation cannot even approach, and even Amol, the younger brother of the royal family, is not allowed to enter the Princess’ Palace without the Princess’s permission.
Ervan wanted to come here alone anyway. His mental state was so strained.
His childhood friend left him because Ervan had changed.
His half-sister, who he trusted, left him because he had not changed.
His new friend, the son of a baron, is getting weaker and weaker every day and is on the verge of death.
And his uncle, who had protected him, has become ambitious, as if he had changed, and is spending his time with the Nobles’ faction and the Second Knights, which have become his faction.
And–
“Lady Clara, daughter of the Margrave of Dandol, has arrived.”
Ervan looked up at the maid’s voice and saw Clara entering the terrace with several maids.
“Clara…”
Even though she is his fiancée, it has been a while since he last saw her. When Ervan stood up, Clara’s guards looked at him with a wary look. Clara stopped them with one hand, dismissed the maids, and walked to the table by herself.
“It’s been a while… Your Highness”
“…It’s been a while”
Ervan was shocked that Clara called him by his name, which was different from before, but he managed to greet her out loud.
The maid at the table placed a drink for Clara and stepped back to the wall where the other chamberlains were, and Ervan spoke up when they were the only ones who could hear each other.
“…I missed you”
“…Why? I thought you had forgotten about me”
“That’s not true….It’s not that”
Clara looked at him in surprise at Ervan’s sudden increase in voice, and Ervan suppressed his voice and shook his head.
There was a moment of silence. Although there are things they want to talk about and ask each other, they are afraid that if they put it into words, they won’t get the answer they want, so they keep quiet.
The silence is broken by-
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“Her Highness, the First Princess, Elena, has arrived.”
Elena comes onto the terrace, accompanied by her former friends Mikhail and Rockwell. Unable to bear the cold stares her friend gives her, she turns her gaze to her sister, who has even colder eyes than her and a fake smile on her face.
“Oh, brother, how are you? Clara, too.”
“Ah, uh…”
“How are you? Lady Elena.”
