It's Not Like I Want to Play the Role of a Misunderstood, Good-for-Nothing Prince in a Villainess Story! - Chapter 96: Conditions for Engagement Annulment

“W-Why?”

“Why or whatever, if she doesn’t wake up as it is, what will you do?”

“However…”

I looked at Marquis Red Claudia standing behind me.

“I have already spoken to Marquis Claudia.”

That…

“Isn’t it possible Misty will wake up immediately?!”

“That is so, but it can also be said she won’t wake up.”

“That is…”

When I was at a loss for words and looked down, I heard Father’s sigh.

“You are first in line for the throne succession rights. So to speak, the man closest to being King. That means after your accession, you must think about the next King. Do not let the bloodline die out… that is what it means. Furthermore…”

While listening to Father’s words, I was thinking while looking at Misty’s sleeping face.

That was, about why Misty was stabbed…

Furthermore, I was remembering.

The Saint in Vespia. The words Marina Refrain said to me floated in my mind.

『The correction force of the game setting』

That too, to an artificial extent.

I remembered my childhood.

At that time, Misty became my fiancée.

Even though at that stage, Tigos was undoubtedly superior to me…

I didn’t know what kind of psychological change Misty had.

Isn’t that also the power of the game setting’s correction force?

–If so.

I could understand this situation.

The reason Misty was stabbed. But the reason she is alive.

It was certainly different from the game.

However, to think the talk of engagement annulment came out at this point.

If I refused the engagement annulment, what would happen?

Misty wouldn’t die?

Or would I be physically forced into engagement annulment with Misty?

That is…

Misty’s face floated up and I shook my head.

If it came to that…

“Are you listening?”

Father looked as if peering into my face.

“Yes, I was listening.”

When I gave a half-hearted reply, Father shook his shoulders as if amazed.

“Well fine, so about that. About the new fiancée candidate…”

“Father, I refuse.”

“What do you mean?”

“I agree to the engagement annulment. Also…”

I bowed my head.

“I am sorry. I, Zeke, renounce my right to the throne succession.”

“…I couldn’t hear you. Once more, what did you say?”

“Yes, I, Zeke, renounce my right to the throne… ‘Zeke!’“

Father raised his voice in the middle of my words.

“Do you understand what you just said!? The meaning of declining the throne succession right.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Foolish! Are you saying you don’t need the King’s seat? For something like a mere engagement annulment, the King’s seat? To you, is the King only worth that much!?”

“……”

I saw Father enraged in the office for the first time.

It was a scene I wouldn’t want to see if possible.

“Why are you…! Fool! You…!”

“Your Majesty!”

Turning his face too bright red, Father pressed his chest and coughed.

Immediately Sebas rushed over.

However, no matter how much I was told, I had no intention of changing my mind.

My fiancée is only Misty. If it is not Misty, there is no meaning in being King.

After a while, Father, perhaps having finally calmed down, took a deep breath.

He put his elbows on the desk, placed his hands on his forehead, and his eyes couldn’t be seen.

“Your thoughts will not change, correct?”

“…Yes.”

“I see, I understood your thoughts well. …Leave, you do not need to return to the Royal Palace either.”

“Your Majesty!?”

“That is…”

Sebas and Count Tufal moved, but it was something that could not be helped.

“I understood.”

Bowing once, I left the office.

When I was walking in the hallway, Marquis Red Claudia next to me spoke to me.

“Zeke-sama…”

“I am sorry, I ended up losing the right to throne succession.”

“No, I am grateful that you thought of my daughter. If you are not returning to the Royal Palace, please stay at my house; use the empty guest room.”

“Is it alright?”

When I turned around, Marquis Red Claudia nodded.

“I appreciate it.”

Then I returned to the Claudia house.

Misty was sleeping without change.

Even after returning, my heart’s palpitations were still fast; I must have been considerably excited.

Anyhow, I ended up annulling the engagement.

–If so, thinking of the “Game Setting Correction,” surely I will end up dying.

But instead, Misty should live.

…That is fine.

Besides, there is surely time until the execution.

I don’t know if Misty will wake up or not.

However, until I die, let’s be with Misty.

Let’s wish for Misty’s happiness.

That is the only thing I, who lost power, can do.