I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

The Crown Prince Edickart, visits the female dormitory as he heard that Elise is not attending her classes and the rumors about Evelyn being a b*tch during the tea party was getting out of hand and thus, he decided to learn about what happened himself.

He still wants to make Evelyn to be his fiancée, but as the situation goes, sooner or later, she will be strip off of the title of the leading candidate as the Crown Princess and when that happen the repercussion to her as a maiden will be affected and the chances of her getting married to the other notable noble will get affected as she was eliminated from the candidacy before they announce the winner.

He doesn't want that!

The best thing that he thought was to get the answers from the person who was involved in the incident, so as far as he was concerned, he went and got permission to visit Elise. He didn't really know that things would blow up out of proportion from this small incident, that Evelyn was being called a witch, evil, and coquettish lady.

None of this was true! And he knows that! He knew Evelyn had changed for the better… She didn't stalk him, annoy him, and visits him unannounced. She changed to the point that sometimes he missed the old Evelyn but that didn't matter if she became her bride.

And for that to happen, he needs to clear the misunderstanding! But he knows that is impossible to do if the person herself doesn't want to clear her name. So, he will do it his way!

It was time for him to help her he thought, and so, he was in front of the wooden door of the Lady who was said to have been bullied by Lady Evelyn.

*knock *knock

He taps the door lightly and he hears a stifling cry. He changed his facial expression and got into acting… It was the thing that he excels the most, as all the people in the palace are good at pretending and at a young age, he personally gets betrayed just because he trusted him the most so right now, he knows how to play his cards well.

The door creak and a Lady with her pink hair tangled and messy, as well as her red puffy eyes and the nose that looks like Rudolph the reindeer was seen. He froze when he got attracted and a sense of protecting was rushing him to hug Elise.

He got perplexed as he knew that this isn't his thoughts but every time he saw this lady who did every excuse to glue herself to him, he always got attracted that it seemed like a force was pulling him.

So, his guard was always up when he was with this lady.

"Prince…!" She rushed to hug the Crown Prince who was in front of her room.

He knit his brows and glared at the lady whose face was grazing his neat and clean clothes with her tears and mucus. He pushed her lightly by holding her shoulders.

When he saw that Elise was looking up to her, he immediately changed his disgust face into that of a caring Prince.

"Lady Elise… I was here because I heard that you're not attending your classes and not eating properly." He said with his shameless acting.

Elise who heard that looked down and she was grinning. Edickart, who didn't see that, was trying not to puke himself by his acting.

*sniff*

"I was *sniff* reminded of my grandmother who died *sniff*" she looked up and her ocean eyes were moist.

Edickart who saw this was confused if this lady was acting or not. He really didn't know the personality of the lady who was born in a ruined baron household.

"It's okay Lady Elise, you can tell me what happened." He said as his eyes glistened with mysterious light.

"It was during the tea party that Lady Evelyn …" and the Crown Prince listened with a tight grip to his folded arms.

***

After the Crown Prince heard the explanation and reasons of Elise, he was sure that Elise has a spell that was forbidden to use and he knows that keeping his guard up won't help much with her powers that can affect him even though he has resistance to such charm.

What Elise has is much more powerful than even he, who have practiced such charm is affected by the other user. And he can't get rid of her because he believed that he wasn't the mastermind of such tactics, what she has is the similar charm that only the Royal Family knows.

Surely, he will need to keep an eye with the pink hair lady who acts maliciously in a white sheep's clothing.

But right now, he needs to talk to Evelyn who was the reason for this all.

They're at the back forest of the dormitory, he listened to all what she had to say, and it was his time to explain things for her.

He wants her to be secured and be safe by his side, he wants her to pick him like how he chooses her. Though the reason for the proposal had different intentions at first and was not ideal, it's not important for him now. He was determined to get the attention of this lady who was void with emotion.

Her worries were justified, and he wants her to realize that what he felt was not wrong, but she needs to face it…

"I won't tell you that you won't feel lonely. The responsibility accompanied by having the highest position was not something that was full of roses and confetti. It's not a paved road but a bumpy one. Constantly thinking if you'll wake up the next morning with your life intact, or having helpless nights where even a wink of sleep won't be there for you to help you ease your worries… I know, but I will still tell you this, Evelyn…" he reached for her pale hands and kissed the back of her hand.

After she heard his response she sighed and answered with her calm voice. "You don't understand, your highness…! I've had enough and I'm sick of those emotions. I would rather have my freedom and leave the noble life than be in the highest position with all the shackles that accompanied it."

He was speechless… he knows Evelyn standing in their household and as a Crown Prince who did everything and abandoned things that he seems unworthy and unneeded, felt perplexed about what she wants. He never thought of leaving his position to have freedom that he also yearns for.

It's not like it never appeared to him to run away and have his freedom, but a person who was in a position like him, if he left the castle, they're be unlimited assassination and if he ever give up his chance for succession he will be killed by the current Queen, who is greedy for political power. And the revenge that he wants to achieve will also be discarded.

He can't afford to dream about "freedom". The only "freedom" he could think of is to be crowned as the King and change the corrupt administration that made her mother, the late Empress, killed.

So, he told her about his decision.

"Evelyn… I won't try to hinder what you want to achieve. I'll help you if you need it. But I still want you to become my bride. I don't care about what others might say, I know you and that's all that matters" He said clearly as he cupped Evelyn's small face.

It's now her time to be left speechless…

As she woke up from her dazed, she felt that she needed to rush and explain things to him in a blunt manner.

"Your highness, you don't understand…!" Before she finished, Edickart smiled so brightly. The genuine one.

"It's okay, Evelyn. If you don't want me right now. We have a lot of time… You can get to know me better." He caressed her hair and again, she was left speechless.

"…Eve!"

Evelyn heard her name and she saw Silvester who was running to her. She steps back and Silvester blocks her from the Crown Prince, which makes her confused.

"What are you doing?!" said Edickart who was annoyed with the sudden intrusion.

"I'm here for Eve, I need to talk to her." He said, there was tension in the air that Evelyn felt weird about how it escalated.

"Don't you see that I was talking to her first?!" Edickart said. His emerald eyes darkened and was warning him to step back but Silvester was also doing the same.

'Wait what is happening?' She asked as she alternated glance at the two who were now having a staring contest.

"Child, the people around you seem to be weird!" Gil said.

'What a surprise…! You talk to me again!' she said inside her consciousness as she stared at the two.

'It's because the link between us was weakened…! You need to do something about your leaking mana!" Gil said. As her contracted spirit, Gil relies on her mana when it comes to sustaining his powers because he was her contracted spirit.

'I know, I'm trying…! but right now I need to do something with these two!'