If I Were Reborn, I Wouldn’t Marry You - Chapter 27

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Chapter 28

At that moment, Leonhardt in the Separate Palace was reading the book Miela had brought him.

It was a book covering subjects that wouldn’t hurt to know but weren’t necessary to learn, things he hadn’t studied in his first life.

Leonhardt didn’t like wasting time.

So he was pleased by Miela’s thoughtful choice that reflected his preference for practical things.

The time they had spent together could be felt in each of these small details.

Every time, he felt as if his whole body was warming up like drinking hot tea.

Leonhardt smiled gently.

Then Leonhardt heard footsteps approaching the bedroom.

Leonhardt skillfully hid the book and pretended to nap.

After hearing a knock and a formal announcement, the door opened before his permission was even granted.

“Your Highness.”

The voice he had heard from outside the door belonged to a maid from the Separate Palace, but the voice calling him now was unfamiliar.

Leonhardt pretended to just wake up, slowly rising and looking toward whoever had called him.

‘Looks like an Imperial Palace attendant.’

The badge indicating his affiliation was obscured from view.

“There is somewhere you need to go with me for a moment.”

Perhaps taking his observing gaze as wariness, the attendant made the suggestion gently.

At the mention of having somewhere to go, the first thing that came to mind was Miela.

‘That can’t be it.’

They already had other means of communication.

There was no reason to summon him through an attendant he’d never seen before.

Leonhardt’s gaze turned to the maid standing like scenery behind the attendant.

The reason for deliberately bringing along a maid from the Separate Palace who was acquainted with Leonhardt was partly to reassure him, but it was also proof that what they were doing now was permitted.

‘I suppose I have to go.’

In any case, he had no other choice.

More precisely, something like this wasn’t reason enough to choose a different option.

‘There aren’t many people who would summon me this way.’

Leonhardt obediently nodded and got down from the bed.

“This way.”

The attendant walked so fast it was difficult for him to follow.

After walking until his young body was on the verge of exhaustion, they arrived at the Prince’s Palace Garden.

The voices of young children could be heard, as if a party was being held.

“I hear His Highness the Crown Prince is already studying the ancient history of Aleron Bastel?”

“Wow, isn’t that something only academy majors learn? How amazing!”

“With His Highness the Crown Prince being so brilliant, the Empire’s future is bright.”

As they got close enough to distinguish voices, he could see the Crown Prince’s followers competing to flatter him.

‘So it was Prince after all.’

Though the timing was early, this had happened in his first life too.

Summoning him to a gathering of his followers to humiliate the ‘cursed prince.’

It wasn’t particularly pleasant, but unlike his first life when he truly believed he was cursed, it wouldn’t be such a big blow now.

Since awakening his divine blood at age nine and gaining the imperial family’s ability of ‘intimidation,’ it even felt refreshing.

From some point on, there were people who feared him, but no one who despised him.

‘How long has it been?’

Leonhardt continued walking, pretending not to notice anything.

“Lester, when can we go home?”

“Let’s stay about 30 more minutes then sneak away.”

If it weren’t for Miela’s voice faintly reaching his ears, Leonhardt would have been willing to be manipulated according to the Crown Prince’s intentions.

That would have been more rational.

‘Of all times.’

Leonhardt stopped dead in his tracks.

Even if being manipulated by the Crown Prince’s schemes was a strategic choice considering the backlash of using his ability in a young body, he didn’t want to show that side of himself to Miela.

It was enough that he had shown such a side in his first life, when he was powerless.

Even aside from that, he always wanted to show only his good side to the person he loved.

‘Should I just use it?’

Leonhardt began considering the other option he had set aside.

‘I’ll suffer for a few days, but…’

The scales clearly tipped to one side.

Before he knew it, the direction of his thoughts had changed to how he could use his ability well while putting less strain on his young body.

‘I should be able to handle lightly frightening some children.’

Though he hadn’t awakened his divine blood yet, Leonhardt could use his ability.

It was the same principle as those with particularly strong spirit affinity sometimes being able to see spirits before awakening.

Leonhardt was born with divine blood strong enough to be called the reincarnation of the first Emperor.

His ability had manifested on its own from birth, even before awakening.

People who made eye contact with him as a mere infant felt a heart-constricting fear.

That power was the main contributor to the rumors that his red eyes were cursed.

While he couldn’t use his ability as freely as after awakening, he could easily manage an imitation.

Having finished his deliberation, Leonhardt began walking toward the garden again.

The attendant, who had been walking ahead alone without noticing that he had stopped, only looked back and attended to Leonhardt when he reached the entrance to the garden.

“This is a party celebrating the birthday of His Highness the Crown Prince, your elder brother. His Highness the Crown Prince has graciously invited you, so please be grateful.”

The attendant put on a kind face and spouted lies, even though he knew full well what the Crown Prince’s intentions were in summoning Leonhardt.

As if he wanted to give hope to a child longing for family affection, then crush it.

‘Truly befitting Prince’s attendant.’

Leonhardt suppressed his sneer and obediently nodded.

Then he entered the garden as the attendant gestured.

As expected, the attendant didn’t follow.

He stood guarding the entrance as if worried that Leonhardt might try to escape.

‘What a truly loyal attendant you have.’

Leonhardt briefly sneered inwardly, then erased the attendant’s face from his memory.

Since it was a face he hadn’t seen in his first life, he would either be expelled from the Prince’s Palace or die within a few years.

The first to spot him was Andrew Lombran.

“Huh, what child is that?”

At his rather loud voice, people’s gazes moved from Andrew Lombran to Leonhardt.

Leonhardt slightly raised his head so everyone could clearly see, revealing his eyes.

The rumors about the ‘cursed prince’ seemed to have spread even to children in their early teens, as they gradually began murmuring.

“The monster from the Separate Palace…”

“His eyes are really red. Ugh!”

“How did he get here? Should we call the guards?”

The Crown Prince smiled brightly, apparently enjoying his followers acting as he had hoped.

Then he arranged his expression to look flustered and fell silent.

It was a choice befitting Prince, who couldn’t let go of his benevolent Crown Prince image.

‘It’s been four years since I’ve seen your head still attached, brother.’

Leonhardt deliberately avoided looking toward Prince while enduring the unpleasant gazes directed at him.

For him, with his slight misanthropy, it felt quite long, but it became bearable when Miela’s gaze, who had been playing with napkins with her brothers, belatedly reached him.

The surroundings had grown quiet, having murmured as much as they could.

To reduce the backlash of his ability, he needed to make good use of these people’s emotional flow.

Just like now, when the startled feelings that had been close to instinctive fear of the unfamiliar had subsided and reason had taken their place.

In other words, when they were calculating how to treat him while watching the Crown Prince’s reactions – that was the right time.

If he used his ability now, they would mistake the intimidation his ability produced as something natural.

While creating their own reasons for the sudden emotional change.

Though it was nothing compared to his abilities before his regression, it could at least subconsciously instill the point that one shouldn’t treat Leonhardt carelessly.

“What did you just say!”

However, Miela stomping her foot and jumping up came before he could use his ability.

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