Chapter 11: The Melancholy Crown Prince (Bernhardt’s Point of View)

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Are women such talkative creatures?

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Mireia, the Marquise von Aschenbach, sits across from me in the garden pavilion and keeps talking about things I don’t want to hear.

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Miss Mireia looks like a golden-throated canary in her fluttering yellow gown. The phrase “like a golden-throated canary” refers to her peeping and perching sound, similar to a canary.

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Mariel always dresses modestly and is quiet…

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I drink a cup of tea with honeyed lemon while listening to Miss Mireia’s story.

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“Does his Highness like honey?”

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“Not in particular, but I heard it’s good to eat when you’re tired.”

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That’s what Mariel said. She stated that it has antioxidant properties that help with fatigue.

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“Is that so? If so, you are welcome to visit our Marquess Aschenbach estate, where we produce high-quality honey.”

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“I’ll give it some thought.”

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This is absurd; why would I go to Marquess Aschenbach for honey?

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I’ve recently been compelled to attend tea parties with the noble ladies to select a candidate for Crown Princess.

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This is a waste of time because Mariel will be the Crown Princess.

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I’m completely bored; shouldn’t the tea party be over by now?

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I’d like to see Mariel.

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Laseid, an ancient elemental dragon, kidnapped me one day while walking in the garden.

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That was the first time I met Mariel.

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I was initially drawn to her because she was Laseid’s student.

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I went to Laseid to test myself, but the legendary dragon was still formidable.

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I have the demons in me, and yet I failed.

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The Empress, the wife of the Crotalion Empire’s founding Emperor, was half-human, half-demon, but she was far from evil.

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She was hailed as a saint after guiding the empire’s corrupt people alongside the emperor.

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The founding Emperor himself was a Demon God disciple and a great magician.

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The Crotalion Empire flourished and grew to become one of the greatest powers on the continent, thanks to the efforts of the founding Emperor and Empress.

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There are those in the Crotalion bloodline who are born with a strong Founder’s blood in their veins, and I’m exactly like them.

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The second emperor named himself [demon] because he descended from a demon and a human. So he was the first demon.

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However, only the person who knows he was born as a demon. You don’t have to go out of your way to say you were a demon, just like all the demons in the past.

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All that matters is that you are a human with strong magical abilities.

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I’m skilled in most magic, but I can also perform holy magic only saints can perform because I have the Saint’s blood.

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Mariel is only five years old but strong; she refers to herself as a [clunker], but I think she is just humble.

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She employs magic in an unusual language that appears to mesh well with her magic constitution.

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I’d like to fight Mariel again, but most importantly, I’ll never get tired of being with her.

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I will make her my queen!

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“…Your Highness. Your Highness, Are you paying attention? “

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I was so preoccupied with my thoughts that I didn’t hear what Miss Mireia had to say.

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“I’m sorry. I was just thinking.”

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“Will you invite me to your next tea party?”

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“If the opportunity presents itself.”

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Honestly, I’ve had enough tea parties with my country’s noble ladies.

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I rush to my room after the dull tea party with miss Mireia to see Mariel.

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In my room, I set up a magic transfer spell leading to the doorstep of the Grand Duchess of Rozenstone.

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Walking through the courtyard, I heard a “meowing” somewhere.

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When I look in the direction of the sound, I see a white kitten in the tree shivering and meowing.

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He climbed the tree but was unable to get down?

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“How come cats climb trees when they can’t even get down?”

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I think about leaving it just as it is, but then I remember Mariel’s comment about she likes “a man helping a kitten stuck in a tree.”

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I use wind magic to bring the kitten down from the tree and hold it in my arms.

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Is the kitten relieved because he suddenly fell asleep in my arms?”

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“What should I do?”

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Mariel mentioned she liked fluffy animals, so I’ll give it to her as a present.

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You were supposed to listen to the winner, but it turned out to be a tie.

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What was Mariel’s wish?

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I’ll ask her the next time.

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