Villain Princess.

It would be too troublesome.

If Prince Charles had to say, he didn’t want to bother with it at all.

But he also knew that his mother would never stop from making him the king.

This was the main reason he would never say what he actually wanted from the bottom of his heart.

What was the point?

Even if he said it, Prince Charles knew very well that it was impossible for him to fulfill it. He might as well bury it deep in his heart.

"I don’t want to, Adela," Prince Charles admitted honestly. In front of the person he loved and trusted from the bottom of his heart, he didn’t want to lie. Even if this might not be the answer that Adela wanted to hear from him.

Adela pursed her lips.

If it was just becoming a prince, wouldn’t Prince Edward be much better than Prince Charles?

She’s not happy now.

Among these five characters, her favorite was definitely Crown Prince Edward. If not because of this reason, she would not have disturb her sister’s first meeting with Crown Prince Edward.

But after Crown Prince Edward was removed from his position as the crown prince, Adela felt that something was wrong.

The game ending would definitely be different without Prince Edward being a crown prince.

When her parents finally made the decision to dissolve that engagement, Adela didn’t resist. Because she herself also wanted the ending from the game. Moreover, she knew very well that Prince Edward would no longer be the same as he should be from the game because his position was different.

Because of this, Adela chose to pick the second person whom she knew, which is Prince Charles.

The two people with the highest position in the game who could be captured were Crown Prince Edward and Prince Charles. If she followed Prince Charles to the Red Kingdom, she would have a chance to become the queen.

At least, that was how the epilogue of the game was written.

The problem was, there was no one who could tell Adela how Prince Charles was selected as the crown prince in the end.

"Um, are you angry?" Prince Charles looked at Adela like this and feel flustered for some reasons. He didn’t want to make her angry, but he also didn’t want to lie. Prince Charles felt really conflicted.

"Why don’t you want to become the crown prince?" Adela suppressed her annoyance and asked in a stiff tone.

"Well..." Prince Charles looked at Adela carefully and finally answered, "It’s too troublesome and I like free live like now more."

If Prince Charles could pick, he would not want to become the crown prince. There was already his older brother who was more capable than him there. It would be better to let Prince Brian be the crown prince while he paddled at the side.

But Prince Charles knew very well that he could not voice this out.

Because his mother wanted him to become the crown prince and his father also listened to his mother. If he were to say this out loud, the two of them would never approve and would even punish him.

Prince Charles might be a bit dumb in some matters, but he was not a stupid person. He could sense the expectation that his mother and father placed on him. Moreover, he also knew that there were not many people who treated him sincerely.

Adela was one of the few.

Because of this, he was very happy when Adela decided to come to the Red Kingdom with him.

It was just, he didn’t expect that Adela would expect him to become the crown prince like his mother.

"... I see."

Adela was trying to control her expression, but she couldn’t help show some disappointment.

At this moment, Adela didn’t understand how did Prince Charles become the crown prince in the game with his attitude. The Adela in the game never talked about this and in the epilogue, it just showed some sweet time together.

But Prince Charles did mention that he was thankful for Adela’s family for helping him and his mother.

...Family?

Adela thought about it and only remembered one important thing...

If Adela picked Prince Charles, the broken engagement between Crown Prince Edward and Aurora would never happen. That incident happened mainly because Adela wanted to be with Crown Prince Edward in his path.

Should she pick others, this scene was unlikely to happen.

For example, if she picked Leon, the broken engagement would be a different scene between Leon and Annelie. While it would be similar, but the scale would be much smaller since their status was a bit lower than Crown Prince Edward.

If she picked Louis, there was no broken engagement at all...

In that situation, Aurora would still be the crown princess of the Yellow Kingdom and this meant Adela’s backing when she came to the Red Kingdom was even stronger.

While there were some variations where Aurora still have her engagement dissolved if Adela followed Crown Prince Edward’s path but finally changed path to Prince Charles, it would not cause such a big splash.

Uhm...

Right?

Adela felt that something was wrong, but she couldn’t pinpoint what it was.

"Adela?"

"I’m going back first."

"Wait, Adela, let me explain...."

Not that far away from them, Prince Brian looked at the two of them chasing after each other with strange expression. He could sense that Prince Charles was telling the truth about him not wanting the throne.

After all, Prince Charles has never been a competitive person.

Aside from the swordsmanship class where he wanted to see Prince Brian got beaten up, Prince Charles usually didn’t care too much about Prince Brian’s study.

He also didn’t care too much about their father’s questions and inquiry when asking about the matter related to being the crown prince.

"Even if you don’t want it, there are many times when things would not go in accordance to your wish," Prince Brian murmured in a low voice.

After that, he silently turned around and left.

Just because they were in this position, there would be many people who would watch over them. They were destined to fight against each other because of their difference in position.

And there was nothing that could be done to change that.

Prince Brian believed Prince Charles’ words even if it was not directed towards him.

But would other people believe it?

Those nobles who had made the bet to trust Queen Rachel would never want to believe it. They hoped that Prince Charles could become the crown prince and eventually become the king because it would be the most profitable situation for them.

That was all there is.

In the end, he would only be forced to fight unprepared.

Wouldn’t it be better for him to prepare a way out for himself first if he truly didn’t want to be in this position?

Becoming a prince has always been a blessing and burden.

Because they have to be prepared to die at any moment, be prepared to be used by others, and be prepared to fight for power until the very end. Their every action would decide their ending, whether it was good or bad.

...

The Yellow Kingdom, Duke White’s side

After a fierce quarrel with Duchess Isabella, she left the Yellow Kingdom to the Red Kingdom. Duke White was too lazy to take care of his wife and was busy with other things.

At this moment, Duke White was looking at the report in his hand with trembling hands.

"H...How could this happen?" Duke White asked, his tone was full of disbelief.

Everything was fine not long ago, why now?

The Head Butler looked at Duke White’s performance and closed his eyes in despair. He had already seen the sign from a long time ago and warned Duke White several times, but Duke White didn’t listen.

He kept on going with what he wanted to do and now, there was no way to turn back.

"There are still enough money, right?" Duke White raised his head and asked the Head Butler.

The Head Butler shook his head. "Master, there’s no more money."

After selling those stores, there were indeed some gold in their reserve. But Duke White somehow become a prodigal son again and spent those money so quickly.

He felt that even throwing these money on the ground would not make it disappear this quickly.

"How about the knights? Where are the knights?"

"Master, more than half of the knights have died," the Head Butler said expressionlessly.

Because Aurora kept on being attacked, the knights that were deployed had to be replenished again and again. Back then, Aurora had asked her father to increase the knight’s recruitment, but he didn’t listen.

He didn’t think it was necessary to increase the knights and expend more expenditure.

A lot of money were also thrown at that time to pay the knight’s family compensation.