Fiancee Be Chosen By The Ring - Chapter 1

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“…I’m so sorry!”

The young man in front of Aurora suddenly lowered his head on the floor. His head which rubbed against the floor has a shiny silver hair which was wrapped safely behind his neck in a thin black ribbon, and was swaying in the middle of his back. He was wearing the indigo uniform of a knight.

Aurora’s eyes narrowed at the uniform he was wearing which has an excellent embroidery especially in the cuffs and collar. She remembered that the meaning of the leaf design represents those who protects people and then it made her wonder what would be the meaning of the star design in the middle of these leaves? Was this uniform tailored for the knights, customized by the Marquis or was it the work of those in the royal capital but then, it made Aurora think that if one would use the man’s silver hair as a thread, it would make something beautiful.

Last night, before fleeing, Aurora looked at the man’s back and since, she still hasn’t caught up with the reality but the golden ring on her left finger shone gracefully as if telling her to give up.

The young man who showed a quick bow before Aurora is Felix el le Clavis.

Felix is a 21 years son of Marquis Clavis and the younger step-brother of Duchess Laetus. He is one of the crown prince’s Imperial Guard and also a knight of the royal guard of the palace, a promising young man. Not only that, he has the features of a beautiful man and a reputation as one of the top five royal guards of the palace.

It was only last night that Aurora learned about the “great noble” that every unmarried young ladies knew.

——I wonder what he would think of a woman who hasn’t known him for all her life? To Aurora, the young man’s beauty was something she hasn’t seen and it’s only yesterday that she has heard of his name.

Aurora want to keep on escaping the reality. It’s only been 12 hours since the engagement’s declaration since morning came.

The engagement’s declaration froze the evening party and Aurora who has no idea what to do was suddenly dragged before the coachman by Felix as if giving her the chance to escape. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the series that took place in the evening party escalated quickly.

Oh, what if what happened last night was just a dream? Aurora tried to hit her cheek and of course her fingers caused her pain. In other words, the beautiful young man before her is real.

“I am very sorry!”

Aurora has heard him apologize for the 20th times.

“Please… Take a seat.”

Felix raised his face but he kept his stature and didn’t stand up. His violet eyes met Aurora’s.

His appearance of a cold man, with silver hair and slightly violet eyes were so cold that anyone who meets it freezes, and a stolid expression. His body was thin and tall, because he was a man of few words, people had difficulty in talking to him.

The young man known as the “Noble of Ice” or the “Moon Knight” smiled at the lady before him as his gaze moved to the ring on Aurora’s left finger.

However—

“… Clavis-sama, have you ever been told that your appearance and your personality doesn’t match?”

“10% of the people whom I get to know in 3 days says the same thing.”

The man who was said to be cold man wasn’t cold at all.

“About that, Clavis-sama… ”

“What is it?”

“I accept your apologies so I would like you explain as to why this happened.”

A nobleman who lowers himself, was he really that cold man? A young man in a high ranked noble house with a reputation as the knight but lowers his head with all his might and forgets to explain the situation. Is he really the” Noble of Ice”? A cold man of few words, what a joke!

One cannot rely on the what other people say. After a moment of silence, Aurora gazed back at him and Felix said—

“In a word, I was desperate.”

—Wow. He answered straightforwardly.

Aurora, who was almost ready to applaud without thinking, said to herself—wait he’s desperate? What is the life of a 21 year old young man who is desperate for marriage?

The low and dignified voice is appropriate for his appearance, but his personality seems to be pitiful.

“Do you dislike women?”

“No. ”

To Aurora who leaned her head so hard, Felix said not short after—

“Last year, I had 86 marriage proposals and I was tired of it.”

“86—?!”

Felix nodded at the surprised Aurora.

“It was a close call this year.”

“I don’t think all the unmarried daughters of the noble houses in our kingdom could count to 80 in numbers.”

“It’s not only in our kingdom, I am certain that the number doubles outside our kingdom.”

“I see… ”

“The number of marriage proposals have increased since last year.”

“This might be rude but——isn’t it because you’re like a rare and unsold good in a market?”

“That’s a good analogy,” Felix sighed deeply.

This obviously cause Aurora’s eyebrows to crease.

“I understand now but why was I chosen? I’m not a prominent figure within the nobles and I don’t think we have met either.”

“It’s because the ring chose you.”

“You said that last night, too but what do you mean by ‘the ring chose you’?”

The spot which where the ring hit Aurora was still red from last night. When she asked him what the ring was, he answered her with a straight face—

“Last night, because all the people around me were so persistent, I took out a ring and with all my might declared that whoever this ring hits shall be my wife.”

“……Oh, Clavis-sama, were you perhaps intoxicated?”

“…………I’m so sorry!”

Should this man’s simple excuse be seen as a sign of his purity or plain stupidity? Once again, Aurora gave up thinking as she smiled half-heartedly towards the beautiful young man who has yet taken a seat.

However, learning the fact that she isn’t that desired earnestly by a man whom she is stranger with relieves her. It creeps her thinking that there are those who would unilaterally ask for such a relationship with strangers.

Anyone else would have been happy but for this young lady in her 18 years of life neither had a lover nor a fiancé, in addition with the ring that hit Aurora, it totally sums up to triple threat to the young lady. So one must say it was bad luck for him.

“First, I understand the situation. Thank you for your sincere response so please, get up from the floor.”

As he sat still on the floor, Aurora tells him with a bitter smile.

“And you can break it up. It’s a mistake because of the drink, you can put it off as a joke.”

“I can’t do that. ”

“Don’t worry about my reputation, of course, because I had no intention of marrying you.”

“No, I can’t let you cancel this situation which was caused by my foolishness and in a way would cause you pain.”

He was so serious that he almost looked like a fool, Aurora thought.

“I think we have to solve it properly, but I think it is too insincere to break off the engagement right away.”

Aurora gasped as he rose from the floor, raised one of his knee, turned into the gallant knight he was and kneeled in front of her.

Felix el le Clavis. A cold beautiful man, an elite knight, and a son of the Marquis family. However, it seems he’s having a hard time living his life as a member of a noble house within the highest rank of aristocracy.

“Will you stay engaged with me for a while?”

For her, it isn’t such a great deterrent but her ulterior motive is to have the marriage proposals hold off on her giving her more free time.

Seeing Felix’s cold eyes earnestly pleading to her, Aurora decided to accept it.