CH 161

“Marina! Why are you here?”

Rey came running after me, and I smiled at him as I showed him what I found and shouted, “Look! It’s Sieg!”

But it wasn’t Rey who answered me.

“Say that again.”

I stood frozen at the purple eyes that were glaring at me. Rey answered in my place. “My apologies, Your Highness. She had found Siegmain, a rare plant, and was informing me of her finding.”

“Did I ask you?”

Rey didn’t seem to be frustrated by the Crown Prince’s sudden turn to a hostile tone and continued, “I’m her knight, so it’s my duty to protect my master.”

The Crown Prince then glared at Rey and commented coldly, “You’re bold.”

“My apologies,” answered Rey as he lowered his head.

The Crown Prince frowned, and awkwardly pushed up the side of his lips and became stern. I’ve watched him for a long time, so I knew what that face meant. That’s the face he makes when he feels like crap. Very. Even if I’m annoyed by my cousin, I can’t let him be killed by the angry Crown Prince, so I spoke to ask for his forgiveness.

“My Highness. I apologize for my knight’s disrespectful demeanor. It’s all my fault, so please ease your anger.”

“You’ve made another mistake to me,” answered the Crown Prince to me.

I thought about whether he was starting again. Last time, he made me ride in his carriage, so what is he going to ask of me again? It was when I was becoming curious that he looked at me and spoke.

“I’ll give you the punishment later.”

“Pardon?” I asked back dumbfoundedly.

The Crown Prince looked at me for a while and asked, “Do you know my full name?”

Only then, did I think I understood why he became angry with me.

Clyde Sieghard Urd Genorium.

In his entire name, it was the second name Sieghard that those who were close to him used to call him. Was it the word “Sieg” that made him think that I was calling him? I just said “Sieg” because that’s what I call the Siegmain plant that I have at home…

“Nngh!”

Then I suddenly had a strong headache. It hurt so much that I felt like I would faint. My vision began darkening as I swayed to fall when someone helped me to stand. I turned, thinking it was probably Rey, and realized it was the Crown Prince who helped me and jumped off of him to get away.

“My apologies, Your Highness.”

I bowed to make an apology, but he didn’t reply. I looked up to glance at him, but he was looking at me with an unfamiliar expression.

“Your Highness?”

At my call, he turned to me again as if he had come back to his senses. He made a slow sigh, then replied after a bit of silence. “Do you do this often?”

“Pardon?”

“Do you always sway like this?”

I realized that I swayed at his cold words, so I shook my head. “No, Your Highness. I sometimes do it when I get tired.”

Actually, I don’t do this when I’m tired, but only when I try to remember a certain truth that I can’t remember. But there’s no need to tell him all this.

Actually, I felt good. He probably said that because he would be annoyed to see me faint, but his words felt as if he was worried about me… which made me smile.

“I’m fine. I’ll be okay!”

The Crown Prince frowned and sighed as he spoke, “Follow me.”

Then he called to Sir Arhan, “Arhan, follow me. And I need one more…”

The Crown Prince frowned after turning to Adrian, who was at my side. Then he glanced around each of the knights here, shook his head after glancing at Chelleno, then pointed to Rey.

“You.”