Former Village Girl And The Flag Crusher Prince Volume 1 Chapter 4

Former village girl and the Flag Crusher Prince

Chapter 04: Apologize!!

I remember that in my previous life, people around me used to say,
"You're an idiot. If you don't fix your habit of acting right away because you're angry, like a monkey, you're going to die a quick death."

These are the words of my mother from my previous life.
It's a rather harsh a.s.sessment, but since I died at the age of 18 without being cured of my bad habits in his previous life, it's not surprising.
It' rather accurate. You were a good mother. You knew your child well.

I wonder if the bad habits of the previous life will carry over into this life.
If an experiment of such a t.i.tle is being conducted, I will gladly submit what happened here as a record.

--I'm being held in arms by His Royal Highness Prince Lotus.

"..."
"..."

His Highness and I look at each other wordlessly.
I felt the blood rush to my face.
Why did he protect me from the fell? The answer is simple. He has saved me from my fatal fall.
He ate a jumping kick, and held me while positioning himself in the air and landed on the ground.
Thanks to this, I don't have any injuries, but my mind is bruised by the situation where I was saved by His Highness, he, the one that received a flying kick from me.
No, I'm so uncool--
The guillotine came into my mind before I could even think about how embarra.s.sing the actual situation was.
Oh, good-bye my neck. In this life, you can't keep living anymore.
As I was contemplating my future, His Highness Lotus spoke to me.

"Hmmm, Miss. Are you hurt? Is it okay to put you down now?"

His Highness' words brought me back to my senses. I nodded hurriedly and asked to be lowered to the ground.
His Highness Lotus simply checked me to make sure I wasn't hurt, and then smiled contentedly,
"Alright. But you're funny, Miss. I never thought You'd be able to jump from one vine to the next and kick me from there! It's absolutely hilarious."
"Hahaha," His Highness laughed briskly.

Everybody rushed to see what the commotion was.
The other partic.i.p.ants, the Ladies and their attendants, gathered.
His Highness's att.i.tude of not blaming himself even the slightest bit for his rude behavior made me hesitate to speak out, which was my main concern.
It looks like he'll forgive me for the profane flying kick if I back down now.
I don't want to die yet.
I don't want a second death on the guillotine.
If your life is in danger, it might be best if you just walk away from here.
But ...
I looked at Lilia, who was running towards us, out of breath, and I couldn't move away
 

"........ Thank you for your help, Your Highness Lotus. However, I'm afraid I have to tell you something."
 

I dropped to my knees on the ground and lowered my head.
The amused voice of His Highness could be heard above my head.
 

"I forgive you. Raise your head."
 

I look up and make eye contact with His Highness.
 

"I'm wondering if you'd like to hear one thing about this party you organized.What do you think this is about?"
 

It was unexpected, and His Highness made a dumbfounded face.
He probably doesn't understand the meaning of my words.
I got a little more angry with His Highness because of this, so I said in a loud voice.
 

"Yes. It's about being unfaithful to your promise as royal to protect your subjects, I'm saying this because many n.o.ble ladies His Highness invited were injured because of His Highness's inept.i.tude."
"..."

His Highness didn't say anything, he just looked at me with his fiery red eyes.
I guess that means I can keep talking, I put all my strength into my belly so that I wouldn't succ.u.mb to the fear His Highness causes on me.

"His Highness said that he'll be choosing his fiance in this party, and the invitation did not say a word about a tea party, that's true.
However, there were no dress specifications.
When invited to the court, it is the duty of the va.s.sals of the country to show courtesy to the royalty by dressing in formal attire.
One of the injured ladies, one I met here, followed the dressing court code to show His Highness her respects as a va.s.sal.
The same is true for others, including me. But what does it mean for Your Highness? "

Separated from the words I was speaking, the stares of the people around me hurts and I am afraid of the pressure from His Highness.

"Still. That's why." - I forced me to continue - "In this case, His Highness was too curious to find a new entertainment and imposed an inconvenience situation on his loyal va.s.sals.
On the other hand, "boring" and other statements that disregard our loyalty - that's too disingenuous, isn't it? "

I could hear my father's angry voice in the distance, I ignored it and hurried my speech to His Highness.

"We are va.s.sals, Sir. If the King commanded me to die, I would gladly give up my life.
However, that relations.h.i.+p can only take place if the King is faithful to his subjects ....
His Highness Lotus, we are people, too.
No matter how much you do as king, if you can't respect the loyalty of your subjects, you're going to became a Tyrant not a King. Please, Your Highness.
Take a look around. The faces of your subjective- "

I didn't get to end the sentence because my father was holding my head down.
She was suddenly forced into a position where her forehead was clinging to the ground, and she quickly supported herself with her hands to avoid falling down.
"I'm sorry!　Your Highness Lotus!　I'm sorry for all the rudeness of my daughter!　Please forgive us! I'm beggind you! Please-"
My father's impatience was palpable.
If the girl who spoke against to the Prince's c.o.c.ky words wasn't daughter of his, he wouldn't be this desperate.
That being said, I don't think this is going to be the end of it.
When I try to open my mouth again, my father presses my head down hard, as if he senses it.
It's annoying that you have a sense of honor at times like this but you can't hide the fact that I have a half-sister in this world, huh?, I thought for myself.
Then His Highness Lotus said from above my head.
"Duke of ElSavage, Ok. I will forgive you for interrupting our conversation but only this time. Retreat the hand that restrains your daughter in this very moment."
"But..."
"I'm talking to your daughter now. You need to keep your mouth shut"
His tone was soft, but there was something about the atmosphere that could not be denied.
My father reluctantly took his hand away from me. When I looked up, His Highness smiled.
"And what do you want me to do?"
His Highness' smile is an angelic smile.
I said as if I was spitting out something I'd been wanting to say for years, even though we were the same age.
"Show us the sincerity of Your Highness to his Kingdom's people."
His Highness lowered his eyebrows in a slightly troubled manner.
"However, I don't understand the sincerity you speak of. Can you tell me what it is?"
"It's--"
I was about to say, "Think for yourself," when I realized the amus.e.m.e.nt in His Highness' eyes. He was going to start laughing in any moment.
The way he looked at me, as if he was observing a rare beast, made me understand, my words have not reached anything.
This person doesn't understand what I'm trying to say at all.
Even after all this speech, he didn't even look around.

"Hey, man."

As I stand up, my father tugs on my arm, trying to hold me back.
I shooked it off forcefully and approached His Highness with big steps.

"Hmm?　What--"
"Idiot!!!"

The dry slap on the cheek echoed through the courtyard unexpectedly.
A scream that goes up, the sound of my father collapsing behind me.
His Highness, who pressed his reddened cheek with one hand, looked at me with a stunned expression.
I was already, almost instinctively, shouting at His Highness.
"That's what I'm saying, that att.i.tude is not sincere!"
His Highness blinked several times. I guess He doesn't really understand why I'm being offended.
I grabbed him by the lapels and pointed to the people gathered around me.
"Take a look. The people here were gathered at your behest.
Not everyone has a fiefdom in the royal city. Some of them even spent days in carriages to get to the court.
Dressing up isn't a quick or cheap process. In addition to preparing of the attire, it's not something you can dress yourself up alone, so you'll need several helpers or be a ninjsamurai expert.
I mean, you know, we spent a lot of money and time getting everything done to be here now. That's what you called--"

She remembered His Highness when he was hanging from the tree, and the hand gripping his lapels felt powerful.

"You yawned and then said "boring"?　Is that the integrity of a man who will bear the weight of his country in the future!　
Are you kidding me? Yeah, I'm sure they're just messing around!"

At my words, His Highness Lotus' face turned bright red and his shoulders trembled.

"What the-? I am very serious! You don't understand the circ.u.n.tances that make me chose this way of chosing a fiance! You don't have any right to told me what to do!"

"Do you think everybody have to understand your circ.u.n.tances while you don't even try to understand the others' ones?" I immediately countered.

His Highness was probably not used to quarreling.
His mouth pursed, but he couldn't say anything. I confronted him without directly.

"In the first place, His Highness has something to say before he can argue against me!　If you're not messing around, you should behave! "
She indicated with his hand the ladies who were watching from behind with a distant look.
Besides Lilia, there were many other girls covered in mud and dust.
Some children have their dresses torn apart and others have been injured.
The attendant families and servants were a similar image.
At the sight of this, His Highness choked on his words. His eyes were dimly moist.

"I-, I didn't do anything wrong..."

"Huh?" I asked back without thinking.

"What is it?　After all this time, you're still making excuses?"

His Highness staggered and shuddered as if he could hear my heart's voice, and then mumbled something.

"I can't hear you." I spoke loud using the air from my belly.

"There's no point in whispering in a mosquito-like voice if the person you're apologizing to, can't hear you."

His Highness Lotus looked up and apologized to everybody loudly with tears pooling in his red eyes.

"I'm sorry!"

And as His Highness begins to weep, the landscape of the courtyard begins to distort.
I am surprised and close my eyes by reflex. After a while I fearfully opened my eyes to find that there was a wonderfully manicured garden.

"W-What?--"
"Where's the jungle?"

As I gazed around, His Highness hiccupped as he explained to me.

"...the truth is...the whole thing is a hoax...a magic trick...made up...a fake scene..."
"A trick....?"

The blood that had been on my head at His Highness's words returned to normal, and as well as he regain his composure more and more.
If you look around carefully, you'll see that the ragged ladies have returned to their original forms.
The same goes for Lilia, her dress, which had been covered in mud, had been transformed into a new one without a stain.
Lilia's change made me realise.

"Huh?　Didn't I do something horrible?"
"They can't touch the vines because it's a lie, well, they can't be touched by anyone but only for those with the qualifications of a Queen. Only they can touch the vines in the same way that I touched them."
I turned back to His Highness Lotus with a scared gesture.
The sight of His Highness, tears streaming from his eyes as he wiped them off and wiped them off, was unbearable.
"I shouldn't have been so angry with you I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Maybe His Highness couldn't take it anymore, so at the end he crouched down and cried loudly, saying, "Waaaaaahhhh!"
His Highness Lotus's tears made me stand there.
Words popped into my head...

"A premature mistake.

A woman who was misunderstood and disrespectful.

The execution is confirmed for insolence.

Guillotine again.

Bye-bye my neck.

The next life will be better...."

In the midst of saying goodbye to this life, I was reminded of something important.
That's right. I'm not good at anything, but that's why you can't lose your integrity as a person.
I s.h.i.+fted my body at the same time that I realized this.

"Your Highness Lotus!　Are you alright? , ah! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"

It was almost at the same time that the Commander of the Knight's Order loudly entered the courtyard, and I decided to make a brilliant kneeling in front of His Highness.

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