Chapter 14 – 12th Birthday Prom (3)
12th birthday ball (3)
While the three were enjoying the harmonious atmosphere, Eliza sat quietly alone in the corner of the banquet hall, fiddling with the necklace that Yuno had given her as a gift.
‘Whew… I participated because it was Yuno’s birthday ball… But it was still hard…’
She came with Isabella to the ballroom, but since she had a separate reserved seat, Eliza could not be with Isabella inside the ballroom.
The ladies who were sitting at the same table exchanged greetings and then got up and left to find their mates, and she could only sit alone and look at the brightly shining Yuno.
‘Whew~ I hope it ends quickly… I feel sorry for Yuno as it’s her birthday… But I want the prom to end quickly, so I can go back to my normal life’
As she closed her eyes and imagined, her usual life of exercising, studying, and playing with Yuno came to mind, and a faint expression appeared on her face.
“Eliza, what are you thinking like that?”
“Ah~ I was thinking about studying and playing with you… Huh? Huh? Your Highness Prince Yuno?”
Eliza naturally responded to Juno’s voice in her ear, but she soon opened her eyes in shock and looked ahead.
Then, in front of her, there was Yuno’s handsome face smiling brightly, so she dyed her face red and looked at her Yuno blankly.
“What are you doing here alone? Come on, let’s get out.”
“Where am I going?”
When Eliza sat there blankly despite her own suggestion, Yuno took her hand and forced her to lead her onto the stage. Then all the nobles’ attention focused on them, and Eliza was embarrassed and tried to shake off Juno’s hand.
However, Eliza was unable to break the strong hold of Juno with her own strength, so Eliza begged as she was dragged by Juno.
“I… I can’t go out! If the princess of an enemy country who came as a hostage gets attention like this…”
“Hmph! I don’t care about being a pawn or anything like that! It’s you that I want to dance with right now. I want to dance with you, not anyone else, so I’m taking you out.”
As the strange combination of the princess of an enemy country and the prince of the empire appeared on stage, the nobles began to whisper.
Therefore, as a last resort, Eliza looked at Empress Yuria and Isabella, but they also waved their hands and gave her a look telling her to have fun.
Eventually, the Imperial Palace Orchestra started playing, and a lively waltz song played.
As Yuno took steps slowly, being considerate of Eliza, who found her dancing a bit awkward, Eliza also moved her feet slowly, following Yuno’s lead.
‘Ugh~ Yuno, what can this bastard really not do with physical exertion? He’s this big, and can dance this well… Is today really the first prom? Aren’t you a pure playboy?’
Eliza was thinking about her useless thoughts, but her Yuno skillfully led her and turned her waist, so she twirled her body around as Yuno returned her arms, and her Yuno’s
Focused on movement.
Then, all the random thoughts disappeared from Eliza’s head, and she could no longer hear the gossip from the empire’s nobles just moments ago.
In her eyes, only Yuno’s face seemed big, and Yuno also focused her eyes only on her.
The music got faster and the dancing got faster and faster, but dancing was no longer important to the two people who were immersed in each other, and they fell into their own world, hugging each other’s waist and holding one hand.
‘Ah… That’s right. I can’t deny it anymore… I love Yuno…’
The 12-year-old girl’s guard was so high that it felt like she was about to explode.
The Three Princesses of the Kingdom of Leon, who were taken as hostages to an unfamiliar enemy country at a young age, and spoke confidently even in front of the emperor, were in fact nothing more than a young girl shaking with fear, and they treated her warmly, treating her like one of their own, and sometimes, The prince, who had treated her as if she were his own sister, stole her heart.
Eliza had known and denied her own heart, but now she could no longer deceive her own heart.
Before she knew it, her dance was over and Eliza’s mouth slowly opened as she looked at Yuno, who was smiling at her.
“Yuno~ I buy you…”
Clap clap
“Wow, that was a great dance. Your Highness! When did you become so good at dancing?”
Eliza’s confession was cut off by the praise of Marquis García, who came up on stage to sudden applause.
“No, Marquis García? Weren’t you accompanying His Majesty?”
Haha, Your Majesty has entered the palace of Concubine Roger and is now in bed. That’s why she came back here so quickly. I, the host today, can’t keep my seat empty.”
Juno looked at Marquis García with her bitter smile. It was the Marquis Garcia who made a sad expression, but since there was nothing they could do, Yuno smiled awkwardly and took Eliza down the stage.
“Eliza. Were you going to say something earlier?”
“Huh? No, no, you’re good at dancing. Hehe”
Haha, what can I not do?”
“Hmm~ History, economics, diplomacy, philosophy, law… Um again~”
“… Do it without studying. It’s shameful.”
Eliza didn’t feel comfortable as she giggled as she looked at Yuno, who pouted her mouth, but she decided to just celebrate Yuno’s birthday today, hoping for another opportunity someday.
‘Thank you, Yuno. For being so kind to me. For treating me like family. But I don’t think I can treat you purely as family from now on. ‘I love you now’
Eliza’s love, which did not lead to her confession, continued to grow, but even after that, she began to hate Yuno little by little as she danced and played with many of her noble daughters.
Yuria left a message to Isabella and Eliza to have fun and returned to the palace with the excuse of being tired, so the two sat at the royal table and glared at Yuno and talked behind her back.
“Eliza. Isn’t she such a loser? When did she ask us to be her partner like that? And now she’s just going to start a harem? Ugh~”
“That’s right. Sister Isabella. You treated me as if you only had eyes for me earlier, but when it comes to Hellele…”
“Giggle… Eliza, you like Yuno?”
Eliza’s face turned bright red again as Isabella’s words suddenly struck her in the head.
“Huh? What… What are you talking about? I like Yuno? Why am I such an annoying girl…”
“There’s no need to make excuses like that, right? It’s so crazy. You’ve been showing off that you like me so much for a long time, but today you just seemed to be upset because you just wanted to be hugged by Yuno?”
Eliza couldn’t even answer because of her shame and just lowered her head.
Then Isabella began to whisper in Eliza’s ear.
“Yes~? What… Is that…?”
“Why are you so surprised? We’re trying to help each other. Huh? Understand?”
“You… Are you pushing me to be Yuno’s wife?”
“That’s right? Instead, we’ll share Yuno later… I’m Yuno’s older sister, so I can’t marry Yuno, right? But I love Yuno as much as you, no, even more than you do? As a younger brother and as a man.”
“Uh… Since when have you been like that, sister?”
“From the moment I first saw Yuno. Yuno was a complete child. From the moment I first saw her, I fell in love with Yuno. So there was a time when I cursed Yuno and I for being born as biological siblings, but… What can I do? I fell in love with her. So, it’s blood. I don’t care if it’s incest! I have to have what I want! Yuno is mine!!”
Eliza looked at her in surprise at Isabella’s words, which were so strong, and Eliza could not help but be startled by Isabella’s eyes, which were so strong that her fire seemed to burst out. Eliza’s eyes were burning brightly with her greed, and her love and obsession for Juno could be felt within them.
“Of course, it won’t be a bad story for you, right? I will do a good job of persuading your mother to allow you to proceed with the civil marriage, so all you have to do is turn a blind eye to me going into your bedroom later. Of course, Eliza, you will join us as well. Even though you helped us so much, “I’m not that reckless of a bitch to monopolize Yuno without even knowing it, huh?”
It certainly didn’t sound like a bad story to Eliza herself. It was unfortunate that she could not monopolize Yuno, and it was surprising that Isabella had forbidden feelings for Yuno, but if Isabella pushed her, her chances of being able to marry Juno would definitely increase, so she shook Eliza’s hand and said, A secret alliance was formed.
Unaware that the two women were attacking him, Juno left the fun dance time with her daughters, said goodbye, and headed to the empress’ palace with Isabella and Eliza.
Juno, who escorted them and dropped them off at the empress’ palace, received kisses from Isabella and Eliza on both cheeks and returned to his palace in awe.
Returning to her own palace, Yuno felt that someone was waiting for her in her room.
And Juno, who noticed that it was Count Richtenauer who was in charge of her training from today, swallowed her saliva nervously and opened his door wide.
When he entered the room, Count Liechtenauer, who was waiting for him, bowed to Juno and took out a box.
“Happy birthday, Your Royal Highness. And finally, today, Your Highness has entered the Mana Exercises with Dragon Heart.”
Count Liechtenauer opened the lid of the luxurious box, took out a bright red piece from inside, and handed it to Juno.
However, Juno did not accept it and immediately asked the Count a question.
“Well… When it comes to mana practice, is there a unique mana practice unique to the imperial family or a special method unique to the Royal Guard?”
When Juno asked with anticipation, wondering if anything, Count Liechtenauer smiled broadly and answered Juno’s question.
Haha, Your Majesty! Where could such a thing be? The mana practice practiced in all countries is the same. The mana practice only serves to awaken mana when first dealing with mana and to control it when the mana hole is injured due to excessive use of mana. Mana hole. Raising the amount of mana contained in it and how to use it depends solely on training.”
“Then wouldn’t it be okay to have all soldiers practice mana training? Then we could create an extremely strong army.”
“Your Highness… You may not know it yet, but it has been found that practicing after the age of 20 is completely ineffective. Also, who will help you when you start practicing, and you have to take elixirs or mana stones together to achieve a certain level of effect, so it is expensive. This costs too much”
“Ah, so that’s why the knights are run by a few elites.”
“That’s right. So the empire is concentrating its support on the Royal Guard Knights, and other noble families are also investing separately in young people who show a certain level of talent to run the knights.”
Yuno nodded, saying that he finally understood. After finishing the explanation, Count Richtenauer held out the Dragon Heart again and handed it to Juno. When Juno accepted it, he sat behind Juno and began preparing to support the exercises.
“Your Majesty. The preparations are complete, so take the Dragon Heart now. Since it is a fragment, it will not have a very great effect, but it will still be a great help in your highness’s introduction to Mana.”
Juno sat down as Count Liechtenauer told him to, swallowed the dragon heart, and closed his eyes. Then, her incredibly hot energy spread throughout her body, and Yuno’s whole body instantly became wet with sweat.
“Now let’s begin. Your Majesty, you must concentrate all your attention within your body.”
Count Richtenauer placed his hand on Juno’s back and began to use her mana, and Juno also began to focus all of her mind as she felt something inside her body.
