The Hero Proposed to Me - Chapter 10

When the prince formally thanked me, Louis, standing next to him, wore an arrogant face.

“What are you doing?”

What is he doing? Currently thanking me. I’ve decided not to miss this opportunity, although it’s a little unreasonable.

The crown prince is perfect like a male lead, so he doesn’t face a crisis but I guess this is fine.

Therefore, the opportunity to erase this new debt would rarely come.

Moreover, the name Marquis Romford is familiar to me. Suddenly, like as if a lught bulb lit up on top of my head, I remembered.

The Marquis of Romford, one of the Empress’s pillars, used to interrupt Alex’s work on every occasion since he was to be sworn as State Secretary.

It is not easy to withdraw once you are appointed to be Prime Minister, but if corruption is discovered in the candidate’s status, it can be easily withdrawn.

If that’s the case, the Crown Prince’s future will be solid. In other words, the hindrance itself has been uprooted and thrown away.

“Ciel, Louis, where are you?”

“brother Isaac!”

Big brother Isaac, who just came after doing something inside the Palace, came to pick us up. My brother found the Prince standing next to us and immediately said hello.

“Greetings Your Highness, Prince Alex.”

“Get up.”

I guess it’s time for us to part ways. See you next time.

Before the formal banquet begins, the  crown prince should be already in the party. Brother Isaac reached out to take us both.

But Alex took the lead first.

“Your Highness?”

“I’d be honored to escort my benefactor.”

As expected, the treatment of benefactors changed greatly when they come and light up the path.

“I’ll take Siel.”

“No. I’ll take her.”

I am grateful that Alex suddenly supported me like this. I gladly responded to the Prince’s escort.

So we climbed onto the railing and hid on the terrace. As the curtains were not drawn, the four of us were able to watch my sister’s debut ball over the window.

“Big been ther Isaac, I think my older sister will soon make her entrance.”

“Oh, yes. All right. Your Majesty, please take care of my brother and sister.”

For Clara’s brilliant debut, I asked Isaac to also escort her.

Once relieved that the Crown Prince was watching over me and Louis, Isak rushed to escort Clara.

Everything is going well. As brother Isaac disappeared far away, I sneaked a glance and brought it up.

“Your Majesty, you can also go now.”

“Are you asking me to leave you two alone?”

Alex seemed unwilling to attend the ball, and wanted to stay outside instead.

Of course he’ll be like that, because I’ve crushed all the flags. It was a little twisted, but if it was the original story, my sister would have been crying alone in the garden because her partner was stolen by Siel.

Alex, who was wandering around the garden like before, takes pity on my crying sister and offered to be her escort. But now Clara has Theo and Izak side by side as her escort.

So there is no reason for the Crown Prince to go to the party. Perhaps the fact that he wandered around the garden itself was to play hooky.

However, if this continues, the male lead Alex will be absent from Clara’s debut ball. I threw the bait on Alex, it’s already difficult as it is.

“Isn’t it the right time to announce it?”

“Announce what?”

My idiot brother, please step aside. I pushed Louis aside and looked straight up at Alex.

Alex also looked inside to see if the Emperor, Empress Lautte, and other nobles are there in case he accepts.

The ripple effect would have been considerable as all the leading nobles in the capital gathered except for Duke of Valentine himself.

“That makes sense.”

“You should also dance with my sister.”

“I’ll do that.”

After he agreed with me, Alex nodded once and left the terrace.

“What the hell were you talking about?”

Brother Louis is still lost about what’s happening. I explained it with a twitch on my left eye.

“That paper was suspicious earlier. So I told his Majesty the Prince to tell his father.”

“You told him to tell the Emperor?”

“Yes!”

Children need simplified answers. Louis looked surprised to hear that I had just ordered the Prince.

Louis didn’t really like someone who snitchs, it’s like a thief doing his usual sin. Of course, what I did was not snitching, but more like justice.

Louis and I hid from a distance and peeked inside to see the Prince. I couldn’t hear what he was saying but I could see the Emperor calling in his aide with a firm face.

He succeeded in putting light on the matter just like that. Breaking the flag of death once more, Big sister’s debut ball then began without any hitch.

Numerous different dishes, well-dressed people under the lights, and delicious food. Adults’ banquets, which are not allowed to children, looked much more colorful and enjoyable than my birthday party.

“It’s so pretty. I can’t wait to debut.”

“Yeah. Adults are unfair.”

Me and Louis almost pressed our faces against the glass and found Clara.

“Hey, here they come!”

“Wow, that’s great.”

Clara appeared, twinkling in gold.

Theo, who looked just like Father, had a nervous face, and Isaac, who looked like Mother, glanced at us without anyone noticing.

And I saw Clara in the middle. Wearing a White dress under beautiful lighting, she looked like a pure White Goddess.

So pretty. She’s pretty. Somehow I felt like I was watching my daughter getting married, so I wiped my tears with my sleeve.

“I’m so touched.”

“I’m really proud of her.”

Louis laughed at me. Who cares? Our pretty Clara, please walk on a flowery path from now on.

Looking happy, Clara was escorted by our two wonderful brothers and greeted the Emperor. It doesn’t matter if she is adopted, she also been consolidates as a daughter of the Valentine’s.
And soon the dance time began.

“Is the first dance with Theo?”

“That’s because he escorted her. Are you a fool?”

“I know that.”

Theo and Clara looked pretty good together, too. Watching the two people dancing, I eagerly searched for Alex’s whereabouts.

“Why are you there?”

I ended up muttering to myself without realizing it. The Emperor grabbed Alex and was talking hard about something.

Somehow I had an ominous feeling. Even if I intervened, the two expected the romance flag to bloom, but after this happened, the contact point between the two disappeared.

Is this better for me? On top of that, Theo and Clara, who were dancing, somehow looked pretty good.

“Louis, Ciel! You’re hungry, aren’t you?”

“Wow! Snacks!”

Brother Isaac, who had just escorted sister, came towards us. Come to think of it, I was quite hungry because it was already late.

For us who are cold and hungry outside, my brother gave us warm tea, cookies, and blankets from the kitchen. As expected, Isaac is the only one.

Covering myself with a cozy blanket, I took a sip of the tea handed over by Isaac. The three of us sat side by side on the terrace and looked inside the colorful banquet hall with quality black tea with lemons on top of it.

“Hey, look over there.”

Louis pointed. Finally Alex finished the conversation with his father and approached Clara.

I knew this was gonna happen.

“Is the Prince asking Clara to dance?”

“What, is that real?”

At Louis’s words, Isaac was startled and slammed his head into the glass door.

“What’s wrong?”

“Prince Alex is famous for his dislike of prom. He doesn’t like dancing.”

Even if Alex doesn’t like it, the dance was very beautiful. Like in the novel itself, they both look like a real couple.

Yeah, that’s how it works. I wanted them to dance for a few more songs, but unfortunately, the two danced only one song and stepped back lightly.

Now my mission is over, I relaxed but Clara suddenly started looking around and walked towards us.

“Huh?”

Clara found three of us sitting side by side on the terrace. With no time to escape, the three of us were caught by Clara, who ran at the speed of light.

“Siel! How can you be here?”

“How did you know sister?”

It was very funny how I wrapped my blanket around myself and had snacks in my mouth. I didn’t know what to say, but Clara came up to me.

Clara hugged me squatting on the floor without worrying about getting her dress dirty.

“Sister?”

“I heard something dangerous happened earlier.”

Alex, you traitor. Why did you say that to her? Isaac, who doesn’t know anything, interrogated Louis

“What do you mean by dangerous?”

“Uh…you see Brother…”

I left Clara’s embrace to say the details. It was nerve-wracking, but it was amazing to see that I did it safely without shaking.

“Icame here to see you debut.”

“Siel.”

“Our Clara was the prettiest. She’s best.”

Before I knew it, Clara’s eyes were filled with tears. I wiped away her tears gently and smiled softly. Clara shed tears and smiled back.

“What the hell are you guys doing here?”

Finally, even Big brother Theo, who was looking for Clara, found us. Then Prince Alex approached us. Now that I’m caught by the ever strict Theo, I’ll have scold him later.

It’s all because of Alex. While Isaac was being scolded for bringing his younger siblings, I approached Alex who stood next to him and blamed him. “Your highness, why did you tel sister?”

“Aren’t you asking me to tell her that, is there any problem?”

I was speechless when he proudly asked me what the problem was. Did he misunderstand when I said that he should dance with my sister as a means to let her know that I’m here?

For whatever reason, if it wasn’t for Alex, Clara wouldn’t even have noticed that I was here. Perhaps that’s why, Clara wiped away her tears and thanked Prince Alex.

“Thank you very much for letting me know, Your highness. I almost didn’t know my siblings were here.”

“I owe you one.”

I like the warm atmosphere, but that’s it. If we spend more time here,Mother might catch us.

“It’s time to go back. Let’s go, Clara.”

Theo took Clara away and we, the remaining siblings slowly began to prepare to leave. I tried to get out of my seat after shaking off my dress, but Alex reached out to me.

“Let’s go together.”