Since then, I have not visited Michael-sama on my own.
I didn’t want to be seen as a brazen and annoying guy anymore, so I avoided making contact with him.
Still, it was not impossible to run into him in school.
“Hello, Michael-sama. How are you today?”
“Ah, ah…Le, Fermar-kun. I’m sorry, I’m in a hurry with something.”
After Michael-sama replied briefly, he left without even making eye contact with me.
Only the students that surrounded Michael-sama looked at me.
I let out a silent sigh so that no one would hear.
Overall, no matter where we met, Michael-sama was always like this.
If our eyes met, he would turn his face away awkwardly, and even if I talked to him, he would just ignore me for the most part except for nodding his head. Especially when there are people around him, he would leave the place immediately after meeting me, and I rarely encounter him when he is alone, so I have almost never had a real conversation with him.
I had tried not to approach him as much as possible for the last 2 years, assuming that he must have really disliked me if he was so reluctant to communicate with me.
I didn’t think this would be the way I would act toward my fiance, but it can’t be helped. If you don’t know why you’re being hated by someone and how to make it better, you would have no choice but to avoid them so as not to offend them as much as possible.
Did I do something that made you hate me so much?
I have no idea, but to be hated so much by him, who is like a saint, I must have been an extremely bad person.
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We weren’t this distant before we got engaged.
No, perhaps that was the cause of the problem in the first place. He must have really resented the fact that he was engaged to an ordinary, good-for-nothing guy like me.
No matter how kind Michael-sama is, there’s no way he would want to get engaged to a man he doesn’t like.
I heard that our engagement was a royal order. It is not something that even Michael-sama could easily defy.
Even so, it was decided that we would get married after graduating from the academy. Even if we don’t like it, we’re going to be husband and wife, so I decided to live my academy life quietly and discreetly in order to fulfill Michael-sama’s wishes during the engagement period so that he wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.
Perhaps because of that, before I knew it, there were rumors in the academy saying, “His Highness, the Crown Prince, and his fiancee are on bad terms”, “The Crown Prince’s fiancee has received the gentle Prince’s disapproval,” and that “His fiancee was the only one the Crown Prince hated.” and so on.
Since all of them were mostly true, I couldn’t say anything, and just accepted the rumors quietly, they were inevitable. However, I couldn’t help but frown on the rumors that began to circulate recently.
“His Highness, the Crown Prince seems to be obsessed with a Baron’s daughter who has recently transferred”, “The Baron’s daughter called the Crown Prince by his name”, or “The Crown Prince has found a new fiancee candidate”.
It was too late to clear it up as a groundless rumor because most students knew it as a fact.
After all, it seems that the lady in question herself was walking around spreading the rumor herself.
My chest hurts, but I just squeezed it tightly as if to scrape it, and did nothing. I pursed my lips together and kept my words to myself.
I didn’t want to believe the rumors, and I didn’t really believe in them. Even if he hated me, I didn’t think that Michael-sama would do such an unfaithful thing.
However, such feelings were in vain, and just then, a chance encounter with the young lady happened the other day.
I wonder what Michael-sama thinks about this.
About his engagement to me. About the rumors with Miss Lenalee.
“No, I heard it directly, so I guess it’s not a rumor anymore, but a fact…”
“You don’t have to believe that kind of story! Leon, you are His Highness’ fiancee no matter what anyone says. You don’t have to take everything that young lady said seriously!”
Yuri, one of my few friends who heard my story, was very angry on my behalf.
When I first told him about my encounter with the young lady, he said, “I will go and protest against His Highness!” It was as if he was about to run out of the classroom at any moment.
“Generally, it’s disrespectful to make a move against Leon, a Marquis’ son, even though she’s a Baron’s daughter! I think she lost her senses because of the pampering she received from the men of high nobility. I don’t know what’s so great about her!”
Yuri was so angry, but in fact, for some reason, Miss Lenalee was very popular with the male students. It seems because she has a cheerfulness that is unlikely of an aristocrat, and she captivates them by talking openly to everyone, offering advice, and flashing a carefree smile.
However, strangely enough, she does not seem to be able to show this personality among female students and was labeled as an insane woman who tries to flirt with every man. The female students, who at first were gently reprimanding her for her manners and language, have given up hope that she will ever improve, and have basically ignored her since the middle of the school year.
And now Miss Lenalee, who claims that, “I’m being bullied by the young ladies”, was being defended by a group of men like knights protecting a princess, creating chaos in the academy.
Moreover, there were rumors that the one leading the group was Michael-sama, giving me a headache.
Of course, there is no reason why the gentle Michael-sama would not stand up if he knew that such a woman, whom he says he loves so much, is the target of abuse.
While suppressing a sigh, I envied Miss Lenalee who was so close to Michael-sama.
No, maybe being envious was a bit foolish of me.
I looked down at my pocket watch, which I always carry around, and looked at the old pressed flowers hidden inside. Even though it was old, it had been specially processed and still retains its original beauty.
Since when did my heart start to hurt whenever I saw this?
In the past, every time I saw it, my heart would skip a beat and would be filled with joy and love.
This time I couldn’t hold back a sigh and let it out. And when I turned to the clock’s hands, I found that more time had passed than I thought.
“Ah, I’m sorry. Today is the day I’m going to the royal castle. The Queen told me that she would serve me baked sweets, so I have to get there as soon as possible.”
Not only has there been no progress in my relationship with Michael-sama, but was rather tilted in a negative direction. However, my Queen Education has been progressing smoothly. I have become quite close to the Queen, and she treated me so well that I can truly call her my second mother.
“That’s right. Take care.”
“Yeah. Yuri, thank you for always listening to me.”
“It’s fine. I’m Leon’s best friend, so don’t worry about it. If you want to thank me, you can bring me back some of the Queen’s baked sweets.”
“Haha, yeah, I will do so.”
If I get so lazy, I would really be late. I waved to Yuri and left the classroom.
So after that, I had no way of knowing that Yuri would say, “His Highness is ‘His Highness’ too, why don’t he just get his hands on that rumor and make it go away? He’s the lazy one.”
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Nourrrr I can already fathom Michael‘s reasoning for shunning Leon, I bet it’s gonna be something along the lines of ‚if I showed I cared for you, you could have been assassinated😩✨‘
Anyways, I’m here for the ride, thanks for the update!<3
i was thinking more of the lines that the guy is having the biggest gay panic™️ everytime he is in the same room as our MC.The description did say that he is unaware of his beauty.
And everything that happend until now points in the direction of the ML not even being capable of directly looking at MC without loosing his god damn mind.
cliché, but kinda funny ngl
Actually you might be on to something…! Lmaoo that would be hilarious
I agree.
My theory: Michael-sama already likes Leon. He probably was the one who asked for the Royal order for him to marry Leon! But he’s a shy, never been in a love, Prince so he doesn’t know how to act. I think the pressed flowers Leon looks might be from Michael (when they were young before the engagement?).
+1
I understand that part bur the part I don’t understand is as a Crown Prince how do you not know the rumors going around and why not stop them.
It can be explained that he is likely just helping her because he honestly beleives her white lotus nonsense. Though why not stop the rumors? You know they will cause a misunderstanding with the person you actually like but you don’t stop them.
If you as the future king isn’t even aware of such widespread rumors then I fear for the country’s future
I don’t usually read misunderstanding troupe and yet here I am getting frustrated about Leon’s situation and still sticking around for more misunderstanding. 😂
Thanks for this chapter.
Same 😭
yeahh, maybe bcs the plot is light and not too dramatic like other misunderstanding trope novels lol
My chest hurts from the misunderstanding, but I can’t stop reading the trainwreck that is their communication. ಥ_ಥ
Price: dont come to my class room come to my office = he is too hot can’t let people see and I might not be able to control myself)
MC: Ah he must be bothered by my presence
Me: oh he’s bothered alright but not the kind you think
The train wreck that is two people that are too into their internal struggles to communicate properly.
Price: dont come to my class room come to my office = he is too hot can’t let people see and I might not be able to control myself)
MC: Ah he must be bothered by my presence
Me: oh he’s bothered alright but not the kind you think
The train wreck that is two people that are too into their internal struggles to communicate properly.
Need to shake that Miss Lenalee or whatever by the shoulders and give her a wake up call smh 🙄
Thanks for the chapter!
May not have cried but I still wanna give Leon a big hug cause Michael sure as hell isn’t helping (tbf we all know he’s most likely trapped in an endless cycle of gay panic and doesn’t know what to do but still)
thanks for the chapter!! <3
This is why they say ✨communication is key ✨ rooting for my two awkwardly in love bois
omg michael is clearly just flustered af around him and now probably thinks he hates him bc hes avoiding him too aaaahhhhh MOM BE YOUR SONS WINGMAN 💚 thanks for translating
Loving this so much. Thank you!