May I Kill You, Your Majesty?
Chapter 1
-Prologue-
It was the end of summer.
The great house of Duke Bellerophon.
The night sky that I looked up from the roof was very beautiful.
Erendel was looking at the stars as if they were pouring out, and looked aside with a smile.
“Kin.”
A man named Kinira nodded and faced her.
Soon, Erendel’s face was smiling brightly over the man’s golden eyes.
“I guess autumn is really near now! It’s already cool, isn’t it?
“It’s autumn every time, so why are you excited?”
The man snickered briefly, but Erendel’s thought was different.
……of course I’ll like it!
I’ve already died four times. It’s back.
Four deaths. Four more returns.
Throughout the successive regression, Erendel died without facing autumn. The reason was always the same.
It was because of Emperor Castian, who rebelled and became Emperor.
Because she didn’t know his face, Erendel was executed because she was found running away at the border.
It means that she didn’t die beautifully every time.
So I knew I would die like that again this time.
But there’s an old saying.
There’s a hole in the sky that will rise.
For Earendel, Kin was the opening.
……The escort of Prince Castian who killed me several times.
In other words, my closest friend!
“It’s a letter from the prince.”
Erendel reached out her hand at Kin’s good news.
Then she received his letter.
It has already been several days since we exchanged letters with each other.
At first, I begged Kin to meet Prince Castian, but Kine told me to exchange letters for a while because the Prince was busy.
He said he’d let me meet him when the time came.
The reason Erendel was building up an exchange with him was simple.
He could save me if I build friendship with him.
It is a tearful effort to survive.
It was just a reason at first but I’m too attached to it now.
Because Prince Castian in the letter was always kind and friendly to me.
“Is it something that you’re so happy about?”
Kin sighs while looking at the smiling Erendel.
It’s not that special.
What makes me so excited is every time I get a letter.
“Of course.”
Erendel replied with a shrug.
“Change your personality, too. Like Prince Castian, affectionately.”
I always wanted to say this, but I already said.
Erendel quickly said.
“To be honest, you were kind when we first met. It’s the same as now. What should I say, a little bit of a nut……no, sorry.”
At the end of the word, Kin looked a little quiver and asked in a low voice.
“You said you like Prince Castian.”
“What? Oh……yes, I did.”
Erendel told a lie when he asked Kin to meet the prince.
I couldn’t tell him the truth that ‘I’m going to try to keep my life alive this time by giving that damn prince a flattering blow.’
“You said you liked everything about the prince. Is it still like that?”
“Th, that’s right.”
I’m sorry, but it was a lie.
She could not answer that…..so Erendel just nodded.
“Well…..if.”
“What?”
“What if Prince Castian’s personality was not what you really think about him?”
What are you talking about?
Erendel’s eyes opened wide.
“It means that whoever the prince is, will you accept him as he is?”
“Am I in a position to accept the Prince or not? He’s literally the prince while I’m just an illegitimate child.”
My life has been treated like a parasite.
How can I dare say anything about the royal family?
Erendel said with a smile.
“Oh, but I still have a question.”
“What is it?”
“I know you have a big mouth, but what I’m asking is a secret between us. Don’t ever tell the prince, okay?
What else is he trying to say?
Kin opened his eyes slightly.
“Prince Castian…..”
Are you really such a cruel human being like the rumor?
Do you feel so inferior to the Crown Prince like the rumors say, that you are so jealous of him, or….
“Is he really that handsome?”
“…..”
“People say that. He’s as handsome as he can be!”
He asked Erendel with a serious look.
He was really curious about this.
However, her answer was ambiguous.
“It wasn’t ugly.”
“Hmm?”
“But what if he’s handsome?”
“……”
“What are you trying to do?”
The golden eyes looking down at me shine weakly.
Erendel unknowingly struck him on the back and smiled unnaturally.
“Oh, come on, Kin! What do you want me to do? Let me do it! How dare you, Prince!”
Pak, pak, pak.
Unfortunately, Erendel did not know at all that the owner of the back that she was smashing was the one who was hidden.’
“I was just asking because I was really curious. I’m curious!”
“I’ll break your back if you asked twice.”
Kin…..
No, Castian burst into laughter and muttered.
Then he grinned and said.
“I don’t know if Prince Castian is handsome, but he’ll surprise you. That’s a lot too. Maybe.”
How can I be surprised when he’s not even handsome?
Erendel looked around for a moment, she soon replied with a sad look.
“The prince must have a darker side than I thought.”
“……”
“Well, it’s okay! I’ll still love him.”
……If he saves my life!
Erendel swallowed her real thought and replied with a bright smile.
***
There was a smell of blood everywhere.
Erendel was sitting on the floor and looking up at the man with blank eyes.
His face that was covered in blood was unfamiliar.
No, maybe she really doesn’t know.
Maybe I’m dreaming right now.
But as if to inform me that it was a hopeless hope. A low voice called my name.
“……Erendel.”
“…..”
“Tell me again. What we talked back then.”
On the light purple eyes of Erendel was the blood-soaked Kin.
……Prince Castian’s face was reflected.
“I like you.”
[I really like Prince Castian. That’s a lot, too.]
“I mean it.”
[I’m serious]
“…..you said that, didn’t you?”
Or were you lying to me?
Castian’s smile was empty.
“I’m being fooled.”
Then he said again.
“So just tell me that I need to save your life. Then tell me that you’ll be by my side.”
“……”
“You came to me because you wanted to live anyway, didn’t you?”
He’s arguing.
……I mean, I really didn’t know.
That my friend Kin that I thought was a nut, was Prince Castian who had killed me so many times.
I also know what will happen because of the words I choose.
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