Yotogi No Kuni No Gekkouhime Volume 1 Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Backstabbing Friend

Selene was quite angry.
She had made up her(his) mind to get rid of that evil prince.
She had made up her mind to do so, but as she couldn't do anything, she remained on the bed.

“I don't get it.”

Selene grumbled while she laid spread-eagled on the bed.

The place that Selene is currently in at the moment isn't the dark prison of a room, but in the warm sunlight, inside one of the finest rooms the Arue Kingdom.

How did it end up like this?
Selene, who had been forced to move to this room for a whole week, said this line hundreds of times.

One day, Selene had gotten up in the afternoon, earlier than she had expected, and went to back to sleep a bit more until evening.
Soon after that, the palace's servants came rus.h.i.+ng in, pulled her out of the room, cleaned her, and put on a pure white dress she had never seen before.
After getting ready, she was going to have to meet with a bear and the prince, who had chased her in the forest.

The prince, who was called Milan, said with a bitter smile on his face “I'm negotiating to help you.”
When Selene asked why he said, “Don't worry about it.”

When she asked what he was talking about, the prince looked at Selene funny.
This is going to be hard to deny him.
When k.u.mahachi was on alert, Selene liked the serious-looking guy and approached him with goodwill.
Then she felt something similar to killing intent from Milan.

‘If you wear neat-looking clothes like that, why is your aide wearing such shabby-looking clothes?' Selene thought.
‘Maybe he had to bring the filthy-looking man called k.u.mahachi to make himself look better.'
as Selene was thinking to herself(himself), Selene felt a nostalgic feeling and felt sympathetic to k.u.mahachi.

As negotiations were going on, Selene was to be left in this room until it was over.
She wasn't allowed to go out as per usual, but she got to have fancy food and snacks.
However, Selene was discontent about not being able to escape from this room.

Selene didn't exactly know how this happened, But all that she knew that negotiations were completely pointless to her.
And so, Selene offered prayers to the devil, praying that “negotiations would break down and ruin it all so everything can go back to the way it used to be.”

“Hime-sama! I have come to report!”

Diving through the gap in the door, Butler gasped for breath as he rushed to Selene.
Selene had Butler sneak in every day to report the situation.

“How.. was it?”

“Hime-sama's Prayers have been answered! It's great news! It has been officially decided to move Selene to the Herifalte Kingdom!”

“Is that so?”

The desperate Selene sank into the bed.
That devil is a fool.
Useless. A good-for-nothing.

On the other hand, Butler seemed so excited that he was going to start tap dancing.

“I heard from the forest mice that Hime-sama had met a boy that looked like Prince Miran in the forest.
and that he was struck by the Hime-sama's charm.
Well, he is a man before he is a prince.
it would be natural of course.

Butler nodded while clapping his paws(?) together.

“G.o.d seems to understand very well that Hime-sama of this country is too good to be locked away in such a dirty prison.
I am proud to be Hime-sama's Butler….”

having said that, Butler suddenly pulled himself together.
He seems to have realized that Selene was tearing up.

“I'm sorry, Hime-sama.
I got ahead of myself.
It must be hard, having goodbye to Princess Arue and … Mother, when Hime-sama leaves this country. ”

The reincarnation of the kingdom of Helifalte itself is welcome, the face still remains that Selene's mother has abandoned her daughter.
Butler wanted it hit himself for his thoughtlessness.

“Hime-sama, while the queen may have abandoned the princess, But that's just the princess right ‘now'. I believe you will become a wonderful lady. It allows you to recognize with an ability that your daughter was so wonderful. I think that Hime-sama having a most wonderful life and the best form of revenge, is it not? You need not feel nervous, Hime-sama, as this Butler will always be by your side. ”

Butler said in a kind voice. then he leaped off the bed and returned to the corridor.
Since Selene's departure was decided, Butler; who also works as the animal manager, went to notify all the animals to not cause a ruckus.
‘I am really worried about Selene-sama, but there isn't any time to lose.'
thought Butler as he rushed out, pulling his hair out about his choice.

As Butler pa.s.sed by, he heard a knock on a wooden door.

“Selene, are you sure about this?”

Before Selene could reply, the owner of the voice, Arue, had already entered her room.
She seemed to be in a good mood, walking to Selene with a cheerful smile.

“Be happy, Selene! Prince Milan is going to see you! So, how did Prince Milan know that Selene was over here? is he your special person?”

“Well…”

Arue leaned over a little, and her eyes had hearts and sparkles all over it, wanting every little detail about Selene's meeting with the Prince.
On the other hand, Selene's expression looked down.
‘Ah- it's so hopelessly dark that I can't see this angelic sister of mine anymore…' Selene thought.

“Selene, Why do you look so sad? Sure, I won't be able to see you for a while, but you won't have to go back to that dark room anymore, and you get to wear beautiful things, eat tasty food, and live with such an amazing prince, you know?”

The words that were meant to encourage only had the opposite effect on Selene.
Selene's eyes turned red and she started crying.
The last few words were the reason why.

‘Why do I have to live away from the nice and beautiful onee-san and live with a s.h.i.+tty disgusting lolicon of a prince?', she thought.

“I don't want to go.”

“Eh?”

“I like that room, so I don't wanna go.”

Arue is confused by the words that Selene spoke while crying.
She understood that even she would not want to go to another country alone, but didn't understand why Selene wanted to go back to that dark room.
If you want to stay in this country, isn't the room you are in now more comfortable?(?)

“Selene, why do you want to go back to that jail cell? can't you tell your onee-san why?

“Be-Because I won't be able to meet you all…”

“You all?”

When Arue asked, Selene replied.
Selene's circle of people are extremely small.
There is the servant who only does the absolute minimum to care for Selene.
In other words, there is only one other person besides me who falls under the term ‘us'.

-The queen of the country, Arue and Selene's mother.

Arue remembered with a surprise.
Arue read books on the relations.h.i.+p between parents and children, as well as to learn more on whether or not her mother's mind would have been relieved while Serene was confined.

One of them was, “Even if the child is abused by their parents, there are some who won't leave them no matter what.”
“Because I am a bad child, I will endure this punishment and my mother will love me.”
“I want to be praised.” is some of what the book said.
That is probably why Selene is like that, as Arue thought of why she would want to go back to that room.

However, though Arue had attended the negotiations, she never asked what Selene had wanted.
That's because my mother at that time was not just thrown away, but was just delighted with the fact that some useless junk left in the warehouse was sold at a higher price than she had hoped, [and I saw a scene where I didn't even think about something as small Serene's desires.](?)

But telling that to her little sister would be too cruel.
Arue gently kneeled to her sister and wiped Selene's tears.

“Selene, with sadness comes happiness,
So even if it is hard and sad right now, there will be an equal amount of happiness on the other side.
Selene has been through a lot, yes? So then you will be the happiest princess in the world.
You will be able to see much more beautiful things by going forward than if you stay in the dark.”

Arue urged Selene to go away from her mother.
She understood Selene's wish for Mother's praise.

However, Reality isn't that nice.
Selene's perception of people was simply an unreachable paradise.
Even though she had spent many years doing her best hanging on.

‘it must have been really lonely', Arue thought.

Serene only planted the seeds properly, worked the forests' land hard, Selene had good intentions on holding on all by herself.

With her mother in mind- when Serene was born, she had a silvery-blond when Serene was born, and treated as an outcast, unlike Arue, who had grown into a fine blond girl, and even though she has not seen her for several years, she seemed to be a nice person. (?) if Selene was to be categorized to her mother priority-wise, it would be in either in ‘other' or the ‘none' category.

So in other words, vegetables were more important than Selene to her mother.
Arue made a gentle smile to the unsuspecting Selene.

“Selene, I won't be able to meet you for a little while, but I'll be fine, because I will be going to Herifalte kingdom, all right?
I'll get there a little later than you, but it won't take too long.”

“Eh? nee-sama's coming too!?”

“Mother added the condition of letting me study in Herifalte to letting you go there.
It would be a bit of a problem for Prince Milano, but he said it would be better if I came.
Isn't he rather generous?”

As soon as Selene heard that person's name, a current ran through her mind.
She realized what that wicked prince's ulterior motives actually were.

Thinking calmly, isn't it odd that someone would drag out a loner of a kid like Selene?
‘There is only one reason someone would go through the trouble of doing something like that,' Selene thought.

-To use as a hostage.

It's saying something, that even the black-hearted prince fell in love with the angel Arue.
It isn't something that could be taken lightly, given Arue's charm.
However, due to this place being the Aquila kingdom, No matter how much power Milan has, in other countries the power itself would drag him down.

The best way to get the most out of your prey by luring it into your playing field.
if you are in your own country, using the position of the prince, one would be able to do as they liked.

In the game Serene liked back in her old world, there were many stories in which the prince of the great country fell in love with the princess of the small country, and the prince and the king was actually an absurd villain who pushed the heroine to the bottom of despair, etc.
And as a means to add insult to injury, it was often done to protect her younger sister and family.

“I have to thank the prince.
Selene, don't bother the prince, you hear?”

(s)He sighed in a melancholy manner, wondering to be thankful to the prince for, but unlike the twisted him, Serene decided to see Arue as a pure elder sister who couldn't doubt others.

Selene jumped into Arue's embrace, hugging her tightly.
Arue was a little surprised, but hugged her back and brushed Selene's hair.

“I will do my best to protect you.”

“Yes, yes, that's a good girl.”

(after this is a POV change.)

Indeed, I must protect my dear sister's chast.i.ty.
If you ask, not only the t.i.tle of the prince, the prince of the prince, but also the father who is nicknamed King of Lions, and Milan itself also has a nickname such as “the young girl of the Herifalte”.(???)

What kind of amazing nickname is that?
Isn't it way better than me, being nicknamed the “garlic stalker”, because I chased a pretty girl with a glance, and liked to put garlic in my ramen back in the old days,?

I don't know if it's the awful past, aside from being a lion or a young lion, but then I'm going to be an insect in a lion, eating from the inside, and breaking up a great country. (???)
Since I want to protect my beloved sister, let's destroy that arrogant prince's country.

‘You will regret taking me in, you s.h.i.+tty prince.'
Selene thought so strongly.

–The scholars speak of what happened as follows.
The Helifarte kingdom boasted flouris.h.i.+ng prosperity for a long time up to the present day.
There is no doubt that during the age of the great Milan-Helifarte, who was also called “The King of the Sun,” which made the cornerstone of the present age and illuminates the country, speaking of the brightest period of the kingdom.
However, you should never forget Serene-Aquila, the moonlight princess who supported him from the shadows and had great influence.
According to the royal records that remain, the moonlight princess Serene deeply cared about the young man Milan who saved her from h.e.l.l, and bet her life and defended him up until he died. It is said that she made a promise to a certain Aquilian princess.
At that time, Serene was only eight years old.
Do not think that a Selene Arue was simply a little girl.
The following achievements of Princess Serene are as per historical fact.
Without her, the royal family of Helifarte would have declined without having any developments.