Chapter 5

How should I say it, for me who is not ‘Melissa’, Ian was the male lead that I disliked the most, and witnessing his worst first introduction since transmigration, I didn’t hold any passionate feelings towards him.

What feelings I had disappeared.

Of course, the novel didn’t include such information. It was entirely useless and would have been meaningless.

‘You said it was wandering. Just escaping from work. I had thought he was merely playful and prodigal Crown Prince.’

I was definitely disappointed and surprised: first with that dude’s offensive remark.

To say something or other about a beast in front of a lady was a pickup line that would show up in some 80s’ porn novel.

“H, hair……? Ha, no matter how violent your temperament is, I didn’t think you would make such humiliating remarks towards the Royal Family right in front of my eyes!”

However, Ian agitatedly watched me with eyes filled with more surprises than mine.

Ah, this leaves me a bit speechless. Was your temperament so gentle that you’d cheat in front of my eyes?

“Your Highness, why don’t you be quiet. Should I show you what a truly humiliating remark is? Or, since you seemed to be quite skilled at kissing, should I give you a chance to kiss passionately with the ground?”

“……!”

I couldn’t help but sigh. That face was etched with a look as stunned as a baby fawn.

I suppose, up till now, in such situations, he had watched the fight between Melissa and his lover with crossed arms like a bystander. He’d never heard such blatantly violent criticism.

This time, I proudly crossed my arms with the corners of my mouth raised.

“Alright, since it has come to this point, I will also quit. Since your Highness hates me this much, even if we marry, the two of us wouldn’t be able to play patty cake on the bed.”

To be honest, according to the novel’s plotline, Melissa would be forced to break her engagement with Ian, who had fallen deeply in love with Yuri. That was an incident that should have happened sometime later than this, but at the time Melissa had wept and whined childishly while refusing to break their engagement. In the end, she accepted the request after being humiliated in front of the entire population.

However, I didn’t want to do that.

‘For what reason had Melissa clung to this guy for so long?’

There was no reason to stay together with a guy, who cheated on you, no matter how much he loved you.

I thought Ian’s performance had been put on because he wanted me to break the engagement first.

My engagement with him had been political, and Ian hated Melissa. And soon he would meet the female protagonist and whispers promises of true love to her. There was no doubt that he was indirectly requesting that we break-up because Melissa wouldn’t start the conversation on the subject no matter what he did.

Since I’d come all the way here, I might as well do as he wished and break the engagement before going home to sleep. Our engagement would be broken earlier than the original novel had intended, but nothing bad would come about it, right?

No, it might actually be better. If I break-up with Ian, I wouldn’t meet the female protagonist in bad circumstances, and naturally, I wouldn’t be humiliated either.

Hmm, to break-up now was a shortcut to a peaceful life.

Not to mention, I was the lady of a duchy. The household wouldn’t collapse with me breaking an engagement once. Even if the significant other was the Crown Prince. There were absolutely no problems.

I resolved to do so and stared straight at the Crown Prince’s idiotic eyes.

“Let’s break our engagement.”

However, an unanticipated voice stabbed at my ears.

“No!”

Wait, what?

“Kyah!”

The woman that Ian was embracing let out a high-pitched shriek and fell onto the ground. It was all because Ian hurriedly pushed her away and yelled his dissent at me. The woman glared up at Ian with a speechless face from the ground.

In other words, the Crown Prince, who was famous for his gentle mannerisms towards ladies, had entirely ignored her presence and was staring at me idiotically. Those gold eyes were shaking as if there was an earthquake.