The Fiancee Who Betrayed Me Is Obsessed With Me

8 – Betrothed to a princess from an enemy country (8)

“Good evening Duke Ceramide. Thank you for hosting this banquet.”

“It was just something that had to be done. “It’s such a meaningful day.”

The banquet was held on a grand scale.

A party prepared by the Ceramide Duke family to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the peace between the two kingdoms.

From our royal family’s point of view, this peacemaking ceremony was even more important, so I was very grateful to Duke Ceramide for creating this event.

“I will remember the hard work the duke has done for the kingdom for the rest of my life and reward my family. “Thank you so much.”

“… “That’s too much praise.”

My father also felt infinite gratitude to Duke Ceramide.

The Kingdom of Regius would have been in more danger without him, so it was natural to be grateful for his presence.

“But Syria… ?”

As I was about to leave because the conversation between adults was going to be long, I was about to go see Syria and realized that she was nowhere in the banquet hall.

“Oh, Syria is currently in another country. “As a family, we had a diplomatic meeting to attend, but I couldn’t attend, so I sent Syria instead.”

“… okay.”

“It’s not that far away, so I’ll be back in a few days.”

It was a little disappointing that Syria wasn’t there, but it was okay.

Anyway, it was clear that I would be spending a lot of time with Syria until then and even afterward, and it meant that I could focus more on Yuna today.

I left my seat and went to find Yuna.

“… “Ben.”

“Yuuna.”

I walked up to her, who was standing blankly in the corner of the banquet hall, and waved happily.

She also waved slightly at me as she approached me, but for some reason, her expression didn’t look good.

Am I feeling unwell?

“… What’s wrong? “You don’t look good.”

“Yes. “I’m just a little frustrated.”

“okay? “Then, should we go out for a walk and take a walk?”

“… huh. OK.”

I left the banquet hall with Yuuna and walked around the garden.

In the garden, we often saw noblemen and women who had come out of the banquet hall like us.

Everyone looked like a couple and seemed to be having a sweet time with each other.

“What are you worried about?”

“… no.”

Yuna’s expression continued to not improve.

Even if you ask what’s going on, they just keep saying no. Yuna was unable to continue the conversation and continued to look at the floor with an uncomfortable expression on her face.

Without much success, I returned to the banquet hall with Yuuna.

-Distinguished guests who graced the occasion… …

In the banquet hall, Duke Ceramide, the host of today’s party, stood on the podium and announced the start of the party in earnest.

From the looks of it, all the nobles who were expected to attend were present.

Although only nobles from the two kingdoms attended, most of them, except those from noble families who had urgent circumstances, attended the party.

It was that big and there were so many people that the banquet hall was full.

“Three years ago, we ended a long dispute and signed a peace agreement. Thanks to this, the development of the two kingdoms, which had been blocked for a long time, progressed quickly as if breathing had been opened.”

As exchanges were blocked for a long time, there were many areas that were blocking each other’s development.

Certainly, thanks to this peace, the two kingdoms were able to develop rapidly over the past three years.

The Duke slowly recited the footsteps of our two kingdoms.

“… Today will be the day that marks the end of that long-standing conflict. The two kingdoms will no longer fight, and after today there will be no reason left to fight.”

Most of the nobles slowly nodded to the Duke’s words.

The knights who were decorating the surrounding area like a painting, as if preparing for something, began to move in a formal manner.

“As of today. The two kingdoms will become one. No more of Regius… no. “There will be no word of conflict in the history of the Kingdom of Helia.”

“… uh?”

What he continued to say was momentarily difficult to understand.

But before I could think to understand him, the knights who approached me grabbed my arms.

Their hands were rough, and I no longer had the energy to think about the meaning of the Duke’s words.

“W-what… “What is this?”

And it wasn’t just me who got caught.

Father and mother. And brothers. In addition, several loyalists of the Regius royal family were also forcibly captured by the knights and brought to the center of the banquet hall.

“Peacock! “I asked what was happening!!”

I could no longer think about the meaning of his words.

No, there was no need for that.

The king of the Kingdom of Helia stood on the stage next to the Duke. The disgusting smile he was making explained everything.

It happened in an instant.

I was clear about what this situation meant, but I couldn’t easily accept it.

“I am sorry. “King.”

“What… !! “Duke, you betrayed me!!”

“… “I just made a choice for my kingdom and territory.”

“Take it easy. Most of the nobles of Regius have already agreed. “Maybe this is for Regius’ sake?”

“this person… Heinous… ! Duke, are you really going to ignore the long history of Regius and Ceramide!”

Father shouted at Duke Ceramide, who had blood in his eyes and his usual cold expression.

But he quietly closed his eyes and turned around.

He no longer answered his father’s words and disappeared beyond the podium.

The meaning of that action was clear.

“What… count! Why are you just watching? “Why are you just watching this tyranny?”

Even after Duke Ceramide left, my father continued to shout and call the nobles.

They were all feudal lords who swore loyalty to the royal family, and were the pillars that supported the kingdom.

But their reactions were all the same.

We turned our backs on our father’s cries and left the banquet hall, but no one came to save us.

It meant that all those nobles had betrayed us.

The nobles who did not betray us, the nobles who they thought would never betray us, were captured just like us.

I could tell how meticulously they had prepared because the expressions on the captured loyalists’ faces were just as vain as my father’s.

“why… why… ”

I couldn’t escape the shock. The fact that he was betrayed by those he trusted was more terrible than the immediate ruin of the kingdom and the uncertain future of the royal family.

The royal family, including my father, seemed to feel the same way as I did.

The psychological shock of the betrayal that occurred overnight was even greater.

“Yu, Yuna… ”

Before we knew it, Yuna had disappeared from the banquet hall.

Maybe she already knew about this plan? No, he must have known.

‘… ‘I can’t get married.’

She said no matter how hard I tried and no matter how close it seemed we were getting, we couldn’t get married.

Only now do I understand everything she said. We had in mind that he would betray us anyway.

So was the same thing true in Syria?

Syria always teased me by saying that I would never be able to marry Yuuna.

She did not attend this banquet and left for the Kingdom of Haeman.

There was no need to worry. As the Ceramide Duke who led this betrayal, she couldn’t have been unaware of this.

That’s probably why he left the kingdom at the right time.

Still, did any of the affection that we had together remain?

“ha ha ha… under… ”

The biggest shock to me was them.

Rather than fearing that I might die at any moment, it was so painful to know that I had been toyed with by the women I trusted and loved.

Yuuna, I worked hard for three years for her who got engaged to me against her will.

I visited her day and night to build the muscles she liked and to get her to open up to me.

Even though he was young, his feelings for her were sincere.

I was confident that if I really got married and became a couple, I would love her.

Syria, she was my oldest friend.

She was in all my memories and memories.

And I thought that in the future, we would continue to fight together for the kingdom for the rest of our lives, just like the relationship between my father and Duke Ceramide.

How funny they must have been to see me working so hard for them.

How much did they make me laugh in front of me and laugh at me behind my back?

Thinking that the girls who had laughed and chatted with me so much were plotting this behind my back made me feel scared and even disgusted with them.

“The Leonor family. It was a very good family, but it’s a pity. Blame the late king for making a stupid choice. Maybe this will be good for the people.”

Soon, only the nobles of the Kingdom of Helia remained in the banquet hall.

The drivers were bringing oil from somewhere and pouring it around us.

It meant burning him to death. Without leaving any trace of us.

“Do you think you can get away with this?… ”

“I’m sure you’re safe. Because of this, Helia will become a more powerful nation. “There will be only a few countries that can surpass us after absorbing the Kingdom of Regius.”

He was truly an abominable man. The king of the Kingdom of Helia.

If there was a mistake, it was that I easily believed him even though I knew he was such a bastard.

No, would it have been the same even if I didn’t believe him?

A loyalist of the kingdom named Ceramide betrayed us.

“Ah, father… ”

“Your Majesty… This… ”

“Ugh… !”

There was nothing that could be done.

If it were a simple war against an enemy country, we would have fought, but everyone on our side had already betrayed us.

Since there were no people to fight for us, there was nothing we could do but die like this without even being able to resist.

It was truly a meaningless, meaningless death.

Death came before I had time to feel that moment of betrayal.

“Please bless our future as a brilliant flame, King.”

The King of the Kingdom of Helia raised his hand with an eerie smile.

I wanted to run right away and rip his head off, but my body wouldn’t move.

The brothers were sobbing, and my father and mother were shedding tears and gritting their teeth.

We could not bear to see the faces of our loyalists who had sworn loyalty to us until the end.

We felt sorry for them, but the fact that they believed in us until the end was no consolation.

And there is no way they would be happy about dying helplessly like this.

“Ugh… ”

Kwaang-

“… !”

At that time when everyone was trembling and trying to accept death.

The door to the banquet hall burst open, and the heads of the knights who were blocking him were cut off.

“Lord Gerg… !”

Knight Commander. It was Sir Gerg.

I thought the entire knights had already betrayed him, but it seemed like he and some of the knights under him had not.

Looking at Gerg and some of the knights who followed him, it seemed like they too were imprisoned somewhere.

They were not wearing the armor that showed off their majesty, and their clothes were torn, as if they had been tortured, and blood was flowing here and there.

It meant that they did not betray us and fought until the end, but were captured by the enemies.

Nevertheless, it meant that they fought and fought and came all the way here to save us.

“your majesty! “I’m here to pick you up!”

“Gerg… !”

The majesty of him and his knights was great.

Even though he had already shed a lot of blood, he cut down the enemies and traitors in front of him without any hesitation.

Without even thinking about what kind of future unfolded before him, he was moving forward step by step for his lord, to whom he had given his allegiance.

Just watching him like that brought tears to my eyes and my vision became blurry.

“Run! hurry!”

“What are you talking about! “Hurry up and don’t stop them!”

Eventually, Gerg and the knights arrived in front of us and cut down the traps in an instant.

“Thank you everyone… !”

We ran along the road they had laid out.

I didn’t know where to go, but I ran towards the outside of the banquet hall.

-Even if you try to run away, it’s only in the palm of your hand! Chase!

The shout of the King of Helia Kingdom was heard from behind.

Maybe the entire kingdom was under siege, but for now he had to live.

Because I had to live, only by living could I take revenge or anything else.

-There it is! Catch it!

Gerg and the knights escorted us until the end, but the enemies quickly caught up with us.

As I ran to avoid the enemies chasing me from behind, another knight appeared in front of me.

“Get out of the way!”

However, Gerg’s momentum did not break.

He rushed forward without hesitation and cut off the heads of his enemies, and it seemed as if the road was about to open again.

“Kyaaak, kyaak-”

However, as he went forward, his back became weaker.

The back of my sister, who was a slow runner, was caught in the hands of a knight.

“Senia-!”

And her father, who was next to her, urgently grabbed her hand.

A father before he was a king, he fought desperately against his enemies to protect his daughter.

“No, Your Majesty!”

But the enemies were numerous. And they were all knights

Their goal was to annihilate us anyway, so they had no reason to look after us as long as they caught us, so there was no need to hesitate to swing their swords.

“Father-”

Suddenly-

“-sir… … ?”

“Your Majesty!!!”

One knight swung his sword without hesitation.

And what he did was cleanly cut off his father’s head.

Tuk-

“Oh, no!!”

It was terrible. It was a terrible and futile moment.

His younger sister, who was caught first, also had her head cut off, and his brothers followed him and were captured one after another.

“Ahhh… Ahhh… !!”

I couldn’t forget the driver’s face as he picked up my father’s severed head and smiled.

The reality of having to run to survive even when my parents and siblings were dying was painful.