Villain Princess.

Aurora looked outside from the window. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The palace looked beautiful, but Aurora knew best how dirty the inside were. It was just that she had no intention to do anything.

"Prepare for the negotiation. I have some things that I need to make sure."

"Yes."

...

The days passed by quietly.

Aurora let William taught Prince Lester swordsmanship at the backyard, away from the eyes of many others. And Prince Lester’s performance was really good. He already had the basic and also learned secretly through watching Prince Brian and Prince Charles’ practice from time to time.

Besides that, his own talent was also very good.

William looked at Prince Lester and sighed. "I don’t know what Miss saw in you, but you’re lucky."

Lucky?

Prince Lester looked at the sword in his hand and then at William who was helping him to train. He nodded. "Yes."

If he didn’t agree to Aurora’s offer, then it was unlikely for him to be able to learn swordsmanship like this. He would have to learn secretly as he had always done and practiced on his own in the middle of the night.

Even if they couldn’t really practice in the open now, but there was someone who taught him and also spar with him.

It was good.

For now, it’s enough.

Prince Lester had no hope for the Ice Kingdom to retrieve him. From the very moment he was sent here, he knew very well that he was abandoned.

And now that the two kingdoms were going to war again, his existence here was meaningless. The Ice Kingdom proved with their actions that they didn’t care about the so called ’hostage’ prince in the Red Kingdom.

Before the negotiation started, Aurora spent her time reviewing and also paying a visit to her cousins from time to time. Of course, the scene she watched was that Prince Charles was being chased by his teacher again.

Until now, the Red Kingdom still hadn’t selected their crown prince yet.

The Red Kingdom Emperor might have some expectation for Prince Charles, hoping for him to change or something. Or it might be because the two women of the king who managed to hold this matter off.

Besides, the Red Kingdom King was not that old yet.

He could still hold onto the throne.

Today, Aurora went to see her cousin and saw Prince Charles talked with a middle aged man. Seeing his appearance, Aurora’s eyes narrowed.

She recognized him.

The prime minister from the Sand Kingdom, Prime Minister Jake. He was the representative from the Sand Kingdom and had been suppressed by Aurora from time to time during the negotiation.

After all, in order to profit Duke Sun, it was inevitable for them to clash with the Sand Kingdom.

Aurora walked forward calmly.

Prime Minister Jake saw Aurora coming and stopped talking with Prince Charles. He nodded in her direction and then walked away.

Seeing his confident look, he should have thought about some other ways to profit his kingdom this time. However, Aurora would not let him have his way so easily since there was a chain of interest behind.

"Cousin Aurora," Prince Charles called out.

"Your Highness," Aurora replied. "Are you going to watch the negotiation later?"

"No, I don’t understand what’s being said most of the time." Prince Charles shook his head. He felt that he would be bored to death if he were to participate in the negotiation and so on.

It would have been better for him to stay here and play around.

"Alright." Aurora nodded.

"I found a new place to hide and this time, I’m sure my teacher will never be able to find me." Prince Charles grinned.

As a teenager, he was still very playful and seemed to be full of energy. The problem was this energy was not used in the right place.

If he was not running away from class, he would be in the process of running away.

Aurora looked at Prince Charles speechlessly but finally refrained from saying anything inappropriate.

"That trash prince is still alive?" Prince Charles asked.

"Yes, Your Highness," Aurora replied.

"Tsk." Prince Charles clicked his tongue. "And here I thought that he’ll be too weak to do anything and will drop dead at any time. It’s just too cheap for him."

Listening to Prince Charles’ blunt words, Aurora felt rather helpless.

She had the faint feeling that this Prince Charles often escaped from the palace and played with the other commoners out there.

Because his way of speaking simply didn’t represent his status as part of the Royal Family.

Compared to Prince Brian, who was maintaining his words and demeanor, Prince Charles looked very childish.

It was no wonder that the Red Kingdom’s King didn’t make him the crown prince.

"Your Highness, it’s time for study."

Prince Charles’ face turned black and he quickly run away without saying anything.

Seeing this, Aurora only shook her head and made her way back. She could sense that there were many people who were watching her secretly. After all, she was still an ’outsider’ here and no one would let her do everything for free.

Of course, this observation was only when she was outside or in contact with the other princes.

As Aurora walked inside, she saw William and Prince Lester coming in.

"Miss." William bowed slightly and Prince Lester followed his movements. However, his movements were somewhat different and from the way it looked like, it should have been the etiquette from the Ice Kingdom.

Aurora was still quite familiar with the differences of the etiquette from various kingdoms.

There were some differences even if some of them were similar.

"William step back," Aurora said and looked at Prince Lester. "How’s your training so far, Lester?"

"It’s going well, Miss," Prince Lester replied and bowed his head.

Aurora watched Prince Lester’s demeanor and nodded. "It’s time for your first mission. Retrieve this."

Aurora handed a piece of paper where a map and text was written.

Prince Lester looked at it and accepted it. "Yes, Miss."