Contrary to the nervousness, a dull voice came out. I looked at him as if nothing was wrong.
"I want to break up with you."
"… What?"
He couldn't hide his shaking gaze at my words, and he barely opened his mouth to say these words.
The expression on my face as if I didn't expect those words to come out of my mouth was revealed.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and then sighed.
"Isn't that what you say after we haven't seen each other in a long time?"
"Because I also needed time to think about it."
He frowned as there was no emotion in my voice. Then he walked over and knelt down on one of his knees and looked up at me.
I looked down at him as expressionless as possible.
"Veli, what have I done to you? If you have a reason, tell me."
His blue eyes fluttered anxiously, waiting for my answer. I made eye contact with him and shook my head cautiously.
"No. Your Majesty did nothing wrong."
he did nothing wrong Rather, he has been my strength since I possessed him.
However, if you are next to this ideal, those around you will suffer damage. So it is right to stop here and fall from his side.
It should have been like this from the beginning. While I was hesitating, how many people did I cause trouble?
I opened my mouth, hoping that I wouldn't be noticed that I was nervous.
"I knew from the beginning that I did not deserve to be by your side. So please leave me alone."
I felt his hand trembling as he was holding my hand. When I tried to pull his hand out, he grabbed me by the clasp to keep me from escaping.
"You don't deserve it?"
"yes. I am not fit for the position of the Crown Prince."
Until a while ago, I seemed to have been shaken by my words. Now it has become like a wild beast and has caught my eye.
"… Who said such bullshit to you?"
He said with a smirk in his eyes. For a moment, I flinched and looked away from him.
"I haven't heard from anyone. This is the conclusion I came to after thinking on my own."
"Velly, is there anyone who made you think like that? Tell me. Who said that?"
"I didn't say this after listening to other people's stories. I mean, I want to break up my marriage with your majesty of my own will."
As I pushed hard, the man who had been pushing me visibly faltered and retreated.
Then, like a puppy in the rain, he slowly grabbed my hand and placed it on his cheek.
"don't go."
He desperately grabbed me and hung on me. He knew vaguely that he wasn't going to break it up easily.
But I didn't know he would catch me in this way.
"Don't go, Veli."
"I have nothing more to say, so please leave me alone."
I pulled my hand out of his grasp and turned my head away. It seemed that he had to speak so strongly that he would break his heart.
But it was only later that I realized that my thinking was a huge mistake.
He slowly got up with his knees bent and approached me to prevent me from escaping. Then he tucked my hair down behind his ear and opened his mouth.
"You wanted to run away from the beginning. It's like someone who doesn't want to be bound by anything anymore."
He stopped at his cautious hand and turned his head. He raised the corners of his lips smoothly as our eyes met.
"Veli. I have no intention of giving up on you."
… what?
I doubted if I had heard correctly. As I tried to push his torso away with both hands, he grabbed my hand and kissed the palm of my hand.
His eyes widened as he flinched at the tickling sensation.
No, because I want to break up... ?
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I opened my eyes abruptly and instinctively looked out the window. It was early morning with no sunlight coming through the window.
With a sigh, I closed my eyes again and pulled up the blanket to cover it. A month had already passed. He started waking up every morning for no reason.
"Let's get some sleep… ."
It was nice to be able to sleep again after waking up for a while. After waking up, I was strangely unable to sleep and my heart was pounding.
… Like someone who has forgotten something important.
Eventually, I gave up sleeping again and opened my eyes.
What is the first thing people do when they wake up from sleep? Turn on your cell phone at your bedside to check the time.
He reached out and turned on his cell phone, accustomed to being in the dark. Then she turned on the liquid crystal light to let her know it was 4 in the morning.
My hand turned to the blue bird after unlocking the familiar lock.
It was time for everyone to sleep, so the timeline was quiet. I skimmed through the quiet timeline and wrote a simple article.
[I woke up too early... . I am the child of a new country.]
I posted a post and clicked refresh on the timeline, but nothing came up. As I was about to close the bluebird without any regrets, someone knocked on my notification window.
It was a comment on a post I posted a while ago.
└? Didn't you wake up too early? Go back to sleep soon, Shem.
└└… … ? Rocini, why don't you sleep?
Roccini-sama is a person whom I met by chance a year ago. He appears here and there and disappears quickly, so I only counted the few times I've talked about it for a long time.
└I'm reading that ropan. My life has been robbed.
└└-nim's life has already been robbed for a long time. Just looking at your purchase list... … .
└└└Seum. I think one of those bones was broken? excuse me?
This person is a reader who enjoys genre novel romance fantasy.
I also watch little by little when I have time, but compared to this person, I was a baby reader.
There was a time when I asked for a novel recommendation and saw a list of purchases.
I remember being shocked by the bookshelf that seemed to have all the ropan novels in this world.
└ It's okay. Even if a single bone is broken, it will stick together quickly.
└└No, this person. Am I human too?
A smile leaked from his lips. She felt as if she had been sitting down for a while, like a lie.
└ Take care of your health.
└└I will. Shen, go to sleep soon too! I'll go read it again.
I clicked a heart on Rocini's comment and then clicked refresh again. There was nothing new on the timeline other than the conversation between me and Rocini.
After I turned off the blue bird, I opened the internet bookcase. Then, he chose a novel he was familiar with and started reading it in succession.
There is a novel I have been reading since last week. It was recommended that it was a novel that could be read lightly, so there was a little bit of it.
To summarize, the novel is about a prince who does not know love and a pure female protagonist who meet each other and get to know love.
In the beginning, there was a character who was called a villain, but he died in the guillotine. And now the romance between the two main characters is the main thing.
Having only now confirmed that I had only read halfway through, I quickly scrolled down.
As the corners of my lips twitched up in the romance of the main characters, someone knocked on my notification window again.
I thought it was Rocini, and it was a completely different person.
└I secretly participate in the all-night party… .
It was you who got off work early. This person, called Geun Hae for short, was an office worker just like me, and seemed to work overtime almost every day.
I was puzzled and commented on the timeline, as he only appears frequently during rush hours or leaving work hours.
└ Geun-hae, why aren't you sleeping at this hour? Didn't you work overtime yesterday?
└└I resigned. Yesterday was the day I left the job. I leave work as soon as 6 o'clock and I've been playing until now.
Did you resign?
In shock, he raised his upper body and quickly responded.
└You should have told me such an important thing sooner! Congratulations on escaping the beggar company!
└└Hey, thank you. Shem!
I could feel how good it felt to see Geun-hae, who uses a lot of emojis in an unresponsive manner.
Even if you are like me, you must have been shouting at the timeline all day and running around the house with joy.
When you press a heart on all of Geun Hae's comments. Those who had been sleeping quietly began to appear one by one.
└Geun-hae, did you leave your job? Hey, congratulations!
└└Crazy. Get all your severance pay and bonuses, and just walk the money path!
The first is Rocini. And the second was Mimi, who appeared most often on my timeline.
Starting with Geun-hae's resignation story, the quiet timeline suddenly started to become noisy. Every few seconds, the notification window kept beeping.
No, these people don't even sleep?
I watched their conversation silently for a few minutes, then quietly commented.
└But are you guys not sleeping?
The reply came immediately after a while.
└I can't sleep because what I'm reading right now is John Jam.
└└Rocini. What are you reading? I'm also reading the ropan right now.
I guess └└└ isn't a fan of Ropan people... . Oh, of course I'm reading.
In that order, they were Rocini-nim, Mimi-nim, and Geunhae-nim.
I knew these people were huge type addicts, but it was funny because everyone had the same reaction.
After clicking a heart on every reply, I added a comment.
└I am also reading the Ropan… .
└└Ah, what! They're all the same. What time are these people now, but they can't sleep!
I quietly pressed my heart to Rocini's reply.
The reason I was able to spend time with the three of them exchanging news was because they had the same interests.
Readers of romance fantasy novels. That was what we had in common.
"Because we gather with like-minded people… ."
The timeline became even more noisy as we talked about the novel. Usually, when it gets loud like this, the notification window sounds continuously for an hour.
I finally turned off my phone screen and got out of bed. It was the moment when I thought that I should prepare it even early in the morning.
My vision was blurry and my head hurt. I hurriedly leaned against the wall and sat down.
This was the orthostatic hypotension that every modern person has. In this case, if you stand still, you will get better soon.
I was used to leaning against the wall. I took a deep breath and waited how long for my vision to clear.
Now, I started to groan inside. It should be normal when the body returns to its original state soon, but the condition gradually worsened.
I felt the wall to turn on the light in the dark room.
As he was about to touch the switch, he got a strong headache and eventually lost consciousness and collapsed.
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The floor of the room touching my bare skin was cold. It was as heavy as a lump of lead on top of her body and she couldn't move. In the meantime, my stomach was churning and my head was dizzy.
It was like riding a spinning ride. When I was panting because I couldn't even breathe properly.
I heard a voice as if someone was calling me.
"… Liana."
… Who is it?
As I quietly listened to her voice, this time she shook my shoulder slightly.
"Veliana-sama!"
Her eyes, which had been tightly closed, opened with a shock. When I opened my eyes, I stiffened at the sight of the stranger reflected in the mirror.
Black hair down to the waist that seems darker than my original hair color. Purple eyes that look like jewels.
Skin that looks transparent and lively as if it has not been exposed to sunlight. And even the way she raised the corners of her lips gracefully.
The person reflected in the mirror was not only unfamiliar, but also strangely familiar.
As I stared blankly through the mirror, a maid next to me opened her mouth.
"Ms Veliana. Are you okay?"
… Veliana?
I am a very ordinary person living in Korea. My ancestors are Koreans, and I am a native Korean handed down from generation to generation.
There was no place for an English name to intervene in my name, which consisted of Chinese characters. Still, it was just as familiar as my name.
"Are you concerned about fighting with the Crown Prince?"
I was thinking about who Veliana was, and then I began to vaguely remember the maid's words.
Asher Rustias. The Crown Prince and the male protagonist of the novel I was reading.
And the lady, who is engaged to him and eventually ends up in the guillotine. Her exact name is Veliana Lumiere.
… Is this the possession of a novel you've only heard of?
I wanted to give up thinking.