Chapter 179 - : Pinning Ceremony

It's the Pinning Ceremony for the winners of this year's Grand Exemplary Competition this morning, and the real Csille is still on her way to the venue. 

The lodging house she rented is in the opposite direction of the venue for the Pinning ceremony. 

Csille groan. "Can you make this faster? I will be late for the pinning ceremony now." She grumbles at the poor coachman, who is doing the best he can to make his horse run as fast as it can.

If I could only roll my eyes at the reall Csille, I would probably do it. She got the guts to be mad at the coachman because she is late where in fact, if not because she overslept, she won't be late today. 

I didn't go home yesterday. Instead, I write a well up plan to help Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee fall in love with each other. I need to put things on my hands now. If I cannot do anything to change what will happen, then I will make use of my knowledge about the future to help the two leads fall in love with each other..

And when I woke up this morning, I couldn't control my body again. This whole taking control over one body is making me exhausted and irritated. I know there's a reason why it is happening, but why did all those female leads in isekai novels can control their body but not mine. 

Is it because I am the Villainess?

I'll just need to deal with the real Csille for a couple of days, and I'll have the full control of my body again. Just a couple of days, Ysavel.

After a few minutes, the carriage stops in front of the venue for the pinning ceremony. Csille immediately pays the coachman and rushes inside the venue. 

"And for our overall Gold Exemplar for this year's Grand Exemplary Competition, let's all welcome the Vrawyth Kingdom." 

Csille immediately rushed towards Prince Fraser and the others who were now walking in front. Csille even bumps her head on Rufus because of her rushing.

Rufus cursed when someone suddenly bumped his back. He looked back and found Csille holding her forehead.

Csille winced and gently massaged her forehead. She then glared at Rufus. The rest who heard Rufus curse immediately looks back at Rufus and their eyes widen for a second when they see Csille standing beside Rufus. However, they didn't do anything and just stood there. Waiting for the host to officially start the pinning ceremony.

Rufus walks beside her and asks, "Purplany, where did you go? Do you know how worried we were when we couldn't find you in the residence the other day? We didn't get much sleep because we were all waiting for you to return." Worry and relief were visible in his voice.

Csille shakes her head. "Let's talk about this after, okay?"

Rufus is about to refute, but the host starts to call all of us one by one and put the Grand Exemplar pin. That pin is different than the pins given for the winners in each subcategory. The subcategories pin has the logo for the subcategory they won. Take for example, Archery; there is a drawing of an arrow on it. For flower arrangement, there are flowers on the pin. But the pin for the overall Gold Grand Exemplar has the logo of the Grand Exemplary Competition on it. 

The Queen of the Saiven Kingdom is the one who puts the pin for all of us. It is a tradition that the Queen of the Host Kingdom will be the one who will pin the Exemplar pins.

Csille does a curtsy in front of the Queen of the Saiven Kingdom before the Queen pin the Gold Examplar pin on her dress. 

"Lady Csille, congratulations for being a Gold Exemplar. I know with your skills. You'll get the Gold." 

Csille's face immediately reddened when she heard the Queen compliments her. She bows her head and thank her before she walks towards the others. 

"Let's all welcome our official Gold Grand Exemplars for this year's Grand Exemplary Competition. The Crown Prince of the Vrawyth Kingdom, Prince Fraser Astalieu. The Prince and the son of the Duke, Prince Rufus Astalieu. The daughter of the Count, Lady Csille Lauretré. The son of the Royal Physician and holds the title of the 'future Godly Doctor', Mister Leander Smythe. And the Royal Knight of the Prince Fraser, Sir Farren Brichagnac!"

The crowd cheered for us. Some even throw flowers. There are ladies who are courageous enough to throw letters to Rufus and Leander. 

After the pinning ceremony, most of the representatives stay inside the venue and interact with the people from other Kingdoms.

However, the Gold Exemplars immediately left the venue after the Pinning Ceremony. They are now inside the carriage, returning back to the Vrawyth residence.

The atmosphere inside the carriage is really awkward. No one dares to talk, although I can see that except for Prince Fraser, everyone is eager to know what happened to Csille.

The five minutes journey from the venue to the Vrawyth residence feels like forever. The moment the carriage stop, the real Csille, and the others, except Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee, hurriedly get off the carriage. 

Csille rushes to get inside her room while the others run towards their own rooms too. However, their steps were halted when Prince Fraser suddenly spoke.

"Everyone in the library." He said before walking straight to the library.

Csille looks at Rufus and Leander and sighs. Rufus stands beside her and shakes his head. "This is bad. The more my cousin acts calm, the scarier he becomes. Purplany, where did you really go?"

Csille bites her lips while nervously looking in the direction of the library. 

He's mad at me again. But I only did that to calm myself. I was so mad and disappointed with what happened to us. I know I did something wrong, but I only did that because of him. I should be the one who is supposed to be mad. He neglected me and chose to be with other people than with his own fiancée.

Csille squints her eyes and glares in the direction of the library.

Why would I be afraid of him? I'm not the only one guilty of doing something wrong here. 

Csille then starts to march towards the library with confidence. Gone the anxiety on her face earlier.

Rufus and Leander immediately follow her behind. "Purplany, you didn't answer my question. Where did you really go? We looked for you, but we couldn't find you anywhere. We almost inform Ruler Laird about it too."

Csille shrugs her shoulders. "Somewhere. I just took a day off. I was exhausted because of the competition, so I decided to unwind and rest alone."

I heard Rufus made a tsk sound. "But you should have informed us in advance. Do you know how anxious we were when we knew that you never went home the other day?"

Csille chuckled. "Oh, really? Your Crown Prince doesn't look like it." She then pushed the door of the library and walked inside with confidence.

Csille immediately found Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee sitting on one of the chairs. She then walks straight to the two and sits in front of them. 

Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee are sitting beside each other. While Rufus and Leander sit on each side of Csille. 

Everyone got silent, waiting for Prince Fraser to talk. However, it looks like he doesn't have any plan on talking. He just stares at Csille intently. 

Csille just raised her eyebrow at him and crossed her arms. 

Why is he looking at me like that? Will he be mad at me again just because of what I did? But if that is so, why isn't he talking? 

Prince Fraser continues to stare at Csille for a couple of minutes before he sighs and shakes his head. He then stares at the rest. "We will leave the Saiven Kingdom three days from now. So, if you have unfinished business in the Saiven Kingdom, I suggest you do it within three days. Her majesty, the Queen won't be able to join us. She still needs to talk to the Queens from other Kingdoms."

Csille sighed in relief. She thought Prince Fraser would interrogate her today. But he didn't even mention anything about Csille's disappearance.

"I already sent a message to Ruler Laird, and he sent me a response that he will meet us halfway through the Illorian City. We will have a two day break in the Illorian City before we continue our journey to the Vrawyth Kingdom."

Everyone nodded their head. It's what everyone expected. The Saiven Kingdom and the Vrawyth Kingdom are miles away from each other, and we need to have a two days break, or else the horse won't bear the journey.

Wait, what did Prince Fraser said again? We will take a break in the Illorian City?

The Illorian City! I can visit the mysterious alley again. Maybe with that, I can talk to the Virtouse again. I can now ask them questions. I already have a long list of questions that need to be answered. It's a good thing that we will rest in the Illorian City for two days. I can use that time to go to the mysterious alley again.

"Finally! We can finally return home. I already miss the Vrawyth Kingdom." Rufus exclaimed.

It's already been almost two months now after we start our journey for the competition. Within the two months, half of it was spent on traveling. So, I cannot blame Rufus if he misses the Vrawyth Kingdom now.

Leander shakes his head. "Don't be too happy, Prince Rufus. Have you forgotten the threat of the Strzalka? The Competition has already ended, but it doesn't mean that the threat of Strzalka ends here too. Also, don't you know that we have a final exam to take the moment we return?"

Oh, yeah. The journey back to the Vrawyth Kingdom will also take another one month or less. By the time we return to the Vrawyth Kingdom, it will be the time for the final exam. 

"Great! We just finished wrecking our brains for the competition. Can they give us some rewards here? Can they exempt us from finals? We will be bringing the Gold Grand Exemplar pins for the Vrawyth Kingdom. Isn't that enough for them to reconsider?"

Leander chuckled. "Just say it. You just don't want to study anymore."

Rufus is about to refute, but he probably realized that what Leander said is true. So he just shut his mouth up.

"Based on the previous representatives, they were given incentives for representing our Kingdom. But those incentives depend on his majesty, the King. We'll see what will happen. Also, we won't immediately return to classes since the Kingdom will definitely throw in a banquet for our Gold Grand Exemplar pins."

Incentives? As far as I remember, the incentives that will be given for this year's competition are the exemption from finals and the months that all the representatives have spent outside the Kingdom will be counted. Even if we only spent a month for the semester, they consider it and will make us pass.

Prince Fraser continues to talk about the preparation we will need to do for our journey and all the things necessary. But throughout the conversation, he never mentioned anything about Csille's disappearance.

Csille bites her lips and tries to control her tears. She was happy at first because she thought Prince Fraser was letting him off. But now she realized that maybe the reason why Prince Fraser didn't ask about it was because he didn't care for her anymore.

Which is the truth. I have written this scene, and I have written what Prince Fraser is thinking about now, and it was far from being worried about her.

He's infuriated at her because of what she did. He finds her too selfish because all she thinks about is herself and disregards the fact that there is a threat everywhere. She even made everyone worry about her. So, he decided not to talk to her about why and what she did because he'd just be disappointed with her answer for sure.

But because of Prince Fraser's behavior, the real Csille got angry with Sir Farren again. She cannot bear to blame Prince Fraser, so she puts the blame on Princess Paislee again. Just like how she always does.

Prince Fraser stands up. "That's it for today. You should rest for today. I know all of you are tired." He then walks out of the library after. Princess Paislee follows him behind.

The three of them, Rufus, Leander, and the real Csille was left with questions. 

"Eh? He didn't get mad? He didn't even mention anything about Csille's disappearance?"

The real Csille looks at Rufus, and she abruptly stands up and walks out of the library too. Tears are already falling from her eyes.

Prince Fraser, don't you even care about me? I disappeared for more than a day, and you didn't even bother to ask me what happened? Do you hate me this much?