Chapter 201
I stopped breathing at his sudden confession.The Crown Prince looked down at me and spoke silently."I don’t care if you’re Penelope Eckart or not."My heart shook madly to the point of making me nauseous. "Why..."I squeezed the word out of my dry throat. "Why do you... why are you saying it now?"I couldn’t understand what he said. I reflexively lifted my gaze and looked over his head. Red favorability’s gauge bar was still emitting its own intense light.I could still clearly remembered what he said to me.The idea of being his suitable partner, ’76%’ engraved in my mind, circled over his head."You said it was a naive word that doesn’t suit us. You said it’s just a stupid play with emotions..." It was very easy to put out the faint embers which was like a slight fever.If I lose to him anyway, I wonder if the ending would be all I can say.Visit lightnove/lp/ub[.]c//om for the best novel reading experienceUnlike other male leads, the Crown Prince did not put on a mask and did not change his attitude towards me.So I was disappointed and at the same time relieved at 76 percent if his favorability. It wasn’t hard to give up even if it wasn’t his words. I was sure he would do it..."You said it was just an illusion. So, I quickly turned it down because I didn’t want to be mistaken..." "...""But why are you doing this now?" I murmured with a small voice.Callisto twisted his face, looking at me, thinking of that time. "... I’m sorry. I couldn’t tell you then."The Crown Prince spoke calmly, still looking at me. "I was afraid.""...What.""The emperor also said he loved my mother." "...""My mother was deceived by the words and left it all to the prince, who had been deprived of his inheritance, family, and power."The most up-to-date novels are published on lightnovelpub[.]com"...""How could I have known that he would bring in a concubine as soon as she died in the Holy Spirit because she had gone through all kinds of hardships and made him an emperor?"I held my breath hearing about his past that wasn’t even mentioned in the game.Callisto laughed bitterly."I have always been brainwashed to distrust others and to be on guard against temporary feelings. So...""...""I decided that a contractual relationship would be better than one with shallow feelings. And when I let out all the feelings I’ve been feeling...""...""Then I thought I’d have an end with you."The most up-to-date novels are published on lightnovelpub[.]comI frowned his eyes as if I had been stabbed in the heart. I could feel a crack in my expressionless face.It hurt so much to hear that he was afraid that confessing his feelings would lead to an end to his relationship with me."Why do you make such an ugly face?"When Callisto saw me like that, he smiled faintly and stroked my cheek. "What have you felt until now?"I asked in a suppressed voice. He narrowed his forehead."It’s all a little embarrassing. Do you really want to hear it? It’s kind of out of line now." "You can’t get any worse.""That’s true."At the blunt remark he nodded his head coolly. "I can’t get any worse in front of you..."He slowly opened his mouth and blurted out the words as if he were lost in thought. "It was from the moment I first saw you in the maze garden, maybe."It was a bad beginning."When I think of you, I keep smiling. I used to laugh a lot during meetings and Cedric Porter stares at me as if I was crazy."But at his following words, my eyes widened.At first, I thought he didn’t even wanted to remember each other.When Callisto saw me frowning when I thought of our terrible first meeting, he laughed as if he was having fun."Whenever you refused my invitations with all sorts of excuses, I got nervous. I’ve never even felt that before going on the battlefield...""...""I wanted to see you face-to-face one more time, and speak with you, so I made a fuss like a child." He gently pinched my cheek and said slyly."Its really... amazing."Visit lightnovelpub[.]com for the best novel reading experienceI had an unfamiliar feeling in my chest. I didn’t expect him to feel like that since the beginning, so I was just puzzled.’He certainly had only two percent of favorability until the hunting competition.’ So I tried my best to avoid him because I didn’t want to die in his hands.But he had no intention of killing me at the time when I heard through the mouth of the Crown Prince for the first time."...When you were dying after drinking the poison." The Crown Prince added, looking at me blankly.The mischievous grin on his face suddenly faded away."If I could, I’d take the poison dozens even hundreds of times instead of seeing you lying down unconscious.""...""I knew you wouldn’t like it, but I always wore a sword when I entered your bedroom." "...The sword?"Did the Duke allow it?The most up-to-date novels are published on l/ightnovelp//ub[.]comBy the time the frivolous thought came to my mind, Callisto answered in a feeble voice."If you stopped breathing, I would die right after you."I froze. "What’s that..."I thought I heard him wrong, so I looked at him.He had a blank look on his face. I guess he didn’t exaggerate at all. I grabbed his wrist and asked back."Why...why would you think that? Why is that..." "Just, because I wanted to."At his simple answer, I twisted my face.If I had succeeded in escaping with the poison then, would Callisto have cut his own throat? My heart sank at the mad thought."You said you wanted to be emperor! But why the hell would you do such a stupid thing?!"With my eyes shut like a fool, my body flinched as I just bumped at his lips. But it was brief. His arm wrapped around my waist rushed up.A big hand grabbed the back of my head, and I was dragged closer to him like I was eaten up.The Crown Prince, like a man who was starved for days, was frantically busy sucking and licking the flesh around my lips.His thick, moist tongue roughly penetrated between my lips, entangled and sucking mine.Chu,chu-.The kissing continued for a long time.The taste of the first kiss was as sweet as everyone said.It was so sweet that I kept crying.//CALLISTO, WHO FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO LIVE, WAS WILLING TO FOLLOW PENELOPEINTO DEATH. Also, they’re each other’s first kiss and NO ONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE! This is my favorite chapter ever. I’m happy I had the privilege to translate this, even though I felt like I did a crappy job. my babies (/ /•/m/•/ /)/ Much love, akireatom.//MY EYES HAS BEEN BLESSED, thank god!Translator: akireatom Raw provider: Rose439
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