The Traitorous Prince

A noble prisoner

"Princess Luna?"

Frustrated, Yuri asked Sylphide again and again.

"That... woman who looks a little short? Are you sure she's the Princess?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

Sylphide opened a collection of portraits of major figures from the Kingdom of Eindel.

"Luna 'Golden Heart' is the second of the three children in the Eindel royal family." Yuri hastily picked up the collection of portraits.

"Well, that's true."

Her name and identity were written underneath the portrait,

Luna, smiling subtly in the portrait, was noble and dignified. At a glance, it was easy to recognize that she was a princess.

“…”

Yuri swallowed his dry saliva and turned his head to the side.

Sitting at a table right next to him, Luna was holding a mug with her hands and drinking a third cup of water,

"Gulp, gulp, gulp..."

“…”

Yuri continued to alternate between the portrait and Luna.

Her appearance was definitely the same as in the portrait... but...

"The atmosphere is different...?"

“…”

Sylphide also looked at Luna in a cold sweat.

"Ah ~!"

Luna, who gulped down the water in the cup, smiled happily and put down the cup.

"It's good!"

Because of Yuri's operation to cut off the water supply in the fortress, she did not seem to have been able to drink water properly for several days. She picked up the bucket and tried to pour water back into the cup.

"Huh?"

But the bucket was empty after drinking it aII.

Luna, who tilted her head, lifted the bucket and shook it in front of her eyes. But no water came out of an empty bucket.

"Huh ~?"

Luna tilted her head continuously with her tongue sticking out when she tried to eat the drops of water but they did not come out well.

Then Luna and Yuri's eyes met.

"Hehe?"

Luna immediately smiled broadly.

“…”

She looked like a real fool.

They were inside the Commander's office of the Ice Fortress.

The fortress was now completely occupied by the Brunhilt army, and all of these facilities now belonged to its commander, Yuri,

But Yuri and Sylphide were whispering in the corner of the commander's office as if they were guests. They did not want Luna, who was sitting at the table in the middle, to hear the conversation.

"No, but she looks at least 20 years old! Why is she acting like a child? Is that how the Eindel royals behave?"

"...Please refrain from speaking, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Sylphide explained the information she knew in a cold sweat.

"Princess Luna is a little... She's suffering from a disease,"

"A disease? Like what?"

"A mental illness..."

Sylphide raised her index finger and twirled it around her head.

"So to say it in one word, she's a little simple-minded! I think that's it."

Surprised, Yuri asked.

"Really?"

"Hey, look, she has flowers on her head,"

When he looked at Luna after Sylphide pointed at her, it was true. There were flowers on both sides of Luna's head.

"Oh, it's true."

"You can't do this in your right mind. You do it to look pretty, or... because your head is not right..."

Both cases were possible for Luna, but the latter seemed to be the bigger reason.

"Hehehe?"

Whether she knew she was crazy, Luna looked toward them and laughed slowly.

She had a childlike smile, like a spotless blank piece of paper.

“…”

Yuri, who had been staring at Luna for a while, was embarrassed and asked Sylphide.

"Well, anyway, if she's the Princess, she's an important prisoner... right?"

"Right? She's one of the three children of King Eindel,"

"Then how should we treat her? Should we put her in jail? Or should we take care of her carefully?"

"Well, isn't that up to the Crown Prince's heart?"

Sylphide skillfully handed the responsibility over to Yuri.

"Uh, well."

Yuri groaned. Of course, he had to decide himself, but...

"Huh?"

Luna looked toward him and tilted her head.

"Sigh..."

Yuri put his hand on his sore forehead,

He could either treat her as a guest because she was an important person of the enemy country, or keep her as a prisoner of war, but her foolish innocence caught his heart.

"What's wrong, Yuri?"

Luna, who jumped up to Yuri, who was worried, asked. Sylphide's shoulders trembled as she watched her.

"Yu, Yuri...?"

Did she just call the Crown Prince by his name? As Sylphide doubted her ears, Luna called him once more.

"What's the matter, Yuri? Just say it! Let me help you!"

"No... there's nothing you can do..."

Yuri had a cold sweat.

He could not bring himself to say that he was troubled because of her, Yuri shook his hand faintly, but Luna came closer with a smile.

"You don't have to keep it inside! Yuri is my friend!"

Sylphide's shoulders trembled again.

"Fr, friend...?"

Having been active under Yuri for many years, she was still a long way from becoming his friend. Why was that girl doing whatever she wanted...

"Hehe!"

Luna now clung to Yuri and put her arms around his shoulders.

"I'll help you! Luna is a good doctor? Now, what can Luna do for you?"

"No, uh, that's..."

Yuri was embarrassed, but he did not push Luna away.

"Ugh..."

At the sight, Sylphide gritted her teeth secretly. Yuri was a kind person to everyone.

He treated everyone with a warm smile and a caring attitude, and cared for and loved his subordinates. He was the most kind and thoughtful, ideal lord,

However, Yuri distanced himself from everyone as thoroughly as he was kind,

Drawing a clear line in his mind, he refused to let others in. Anyone could approach him, but not everyone could get along with him.

Very few people had a deep inner relationship with Yuri. And Sylphide was not among these few.

But it was good.

Sylphide fell in love with Yuri's outstanding personality, intelligence, and overwhelming power after he was crowned Crown Prince three years ago.

She did not even wish to become his friend. Just by following his orders faithfully and thoroughly, she had built trust and friendship little by little.

If only that beautiful and noble Crown Prince could walk the great path that was given to him, and keep her by his side even for a moment.

Yes, that was enough.

That was why she had been willing to endure the 'distance' maintained by the Crown Prince. Because she felt that distance gradually decreasing over the years.

'But that woman...!'

Looking at Luna holding Yuri's hands and starting to spin around in her seat, Sylphide gritted her teeth.

That woman was breaking down so easily the gap that she had narrowed down after a whole year.

She was frankly very annoying...!

"Huh?"

As Sylphide was gritted her teeth, she glanced at Luna, who looked at her as well.

"Do you have any concerns? Sylphi?"

"Sy, Sylphi..."

She had introduced herself earlier, but did not allow Luna to abbreviate her name.

"Oh, I don't have any concerns...?"

She turned her head to the side, and replied coldly. Even though she was an enemy, she was still a royal, so she had to be polite.

Grab!

Luna grabbed Sylphide's hand.

"What?!"

Surprised, Sylphide let out a grotesque scream without realizing it.

"Come here! Let’s play together!"

Luna, who attracted the freaked out Sylphide, began to run around the room again,

Holding Sylphide on the left and Yuri on the right, she started singing childish songs.

"Let’s have fun together~ Don't worry~ Roll around~ Roll around! It's fun~"

“…”

“…”

They could not shake her off, nor force her to stop, and Yuri and Sylphide were dragged around by Luna without a hitch.

Both were possessors of unparalleled force. If someone stood in their way, they would destroy them with force without hesitation,

But neither of them knew what to do with a butterfly fluttering in front of their eyes.

'What the hell is this?'

Sylphide, who was panicked and dragged around, suddenly turned to Yuri,

"Ah..."

Yuri, too, was very embarrassed, and was only sweating cold with a helpless face.

It was the first time she saw his face like this.

Then Yuri noticed Sylphide's gaze and mouthed to her.

'Sylphide! Save me!'

At that moment, Sylphide felt her mouth tickling. Sylphide hurriedly covered her mouth with her free hand.

She was smiling Involuntarily.

The Crown Prince was confused and did not know what to do. The Crown Prince was asking her for help.

As his always-tight composure collapsed, Yuri's face only looked like a boy of his age.

'Cute, so cute.'

Sylphide looked again at Yuri.

Yuri was now being dragged around by Luna with a look that had given up on his face.

It was cute,

She wanted to keep looking at him like this,

'Oh, maybe this isn't so bad...'

As she thought like this, Sylphide's face hardened in an instant.

"...?!"

One of her guards had come to the entrance to the commander's office and was standing there. He had a stiff, blushed face.

“…”

“…”

Sylphide's face, which made eye contact with the guard, also turned red. If two of the greatest warriors in the Empire were holding hands with a girl with flowers on her head, laughing, and circling around the room, one would have no choice but to look at her with that kind of face,

Speechless, the guard, finally spoke with difficulty.

"The, the meal, the meal preparations are complete, Commander..."

“…”

Tap!

Sylphide, who let go of Luna's hand like lightning, ran to the guard, grabbed him by the collar and dragged him out of the room.

"Ack?!"

Sylphide led the guard to the corner and growled low.

"Forget this."

"What?"

"You got it. Forget this, Everything you just saw."

Sylphide raised her right hand threateningly.

Swish!

The black gauntlet, that she was only wearing on her right hand, started to glow with a silver halo. The atmosphere in the area was shaking so much that the magical energy fluctuated. Enormous magical energy fluctuated so much that the atmosphere in the area was shaking.

"What's your answer?"

"Y-yes, yes... I'll forget everything!"

The guard nodded his head in a cold sweat.

"Sigh..."

Sylphide lowered her hand and turned back with a deep sigh.

She did not know what was going on, so she opened her eyes wide and peeked out of the door, and she saw Luna and Yuri still holding hands.

"Haa..."

Yuri was covering his face and sighing.

He seemed to have no idea what to do with this reckless prisoner,

“…”

The same was true of Sylphide, who could not see the answer.

Sylphide sighed again and beckoned to the other side of the hallway.

"...Well, then, Your Highness the Crown Prince. Do you want to go eat?"

As soon as she heard it, Luna jumped out of place.

"Yes! Luna is hungry! Very hungry!"

Then she ran down the halIway first.

As the two stood still, speechless, Luna stuck her face out at the end of the hallway.

"What are you doing? Let's hurry up and go eat!"

“…”

“…”

"Hehe, it looks delicious! Hurry, hurry!"

Yuri and Sylphide faced each other.

"...Did you prepare a meal for her too?"

"...I'll ask for it to be prepared right away."

"Yes... please."

Sylphide talked to Yuri, who was touching his aching forehead.

"Well, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"What?"

"Wouldn't it be better just lock her up?"

“…”

Yuri looked at Luna on the other side of the hallway with a complex face.

"Hehe?"

Luna smiled immaturely with a face that was not worried at all.

"Ugh..."

Yuri wiped his frown on his forehead with his hand.

"Wait for now, I'll think about it a little bit more."

"All right..."

"Yuri! Sylphi! What are you doing? Hurry, hurry!"

After Luna abbreviated the names of the two, her stomach echoed with a rumbling sound.

"Come on~ Hurry up~"

Luna, who was calling while holding her stomach, ran away first.

“…”

“…”

Yuri and Sylphide looked at each other.

And once again, they sighed.