My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

8 – This is Prince Maximilian.

Yes, I’ve changed so much that I’ve heard that.

Looking back on my life over the past six years, it was the same question I would ask even if my position changed.

At that, I patted the back of my head and laughed.

“The shock of falling off the horse opened my eyes a little.”

Avoiding his eyes, he gave an answer from his days when he was an idiot.

As I turned my gaze to the surroundings like that, things that were hidden from view came into view under the intimidation of the existence of the emperor.

As if to symbolize the authority of the empire, there were no other people except me and my father in the splendid and magnificent audience room.

This is impossible.

Originally, it was a place where knights had to wait for escort.

Then, it was a story that only the royal family had to talk about this situation, which could not be told to anyone else.

Are you saying this isn’t a question to find out my intentions when I suddenly changed my mind?

“Have you ever wondered? Why are you maintaining the title of crown prince?”

It was always a question.

There was even an unfunny story that my father, who was famous as the Hyeonwang, had only one stain on him when he installed me as the crown prince.

“… I heard that these pupils are the cause.”

It is said that the royal family, who were born with these sun-filled eyes, have accomplished achievements worthy of leaving their names in history for generations.

Unlike the founding myth, which also includes fictional content, it is an unadorned history recorded in the annals.

So you must have had high expectations.

“Yes, all members of the royal family who were born with those eyes left their names in history. But have you ever thought of it like this?”

In a situation worthy of leaving a name in history, a member of the royal family with “Eyes that contain the sun” Will be born.

That was unexpected.

So I decided to recall anecdotes of emperors who appeared in imperial history for a while.

“… No way.”

A thousand years have passed since the founding of the empire.

While the dynasties of large and small countries changed in less than 500 years, or the names and territories changed, the empire stood firm for a thousand years.

But wouldn’t the empire have been in crisis for such a long time?

Famine, pestilence, war.

Aside from that, incidents big and small have always threatened the empire’s existence.

However, it is too unnatural to dismiss it as a coincidence, and in the year when such a great incident occurred, the royal family, who was born with ‘eyes that contain the sun’, was reigning as the emperor.

“Even the previous emperor, your great-great-grandfather, had the sun in his eyes.”

It is said that a serious plague broke out during the reign of my great-great-grandfather.

It is said that the predecessors worked extensively on hygiene management and saved countless people of the empire.

You don’t have to look far for his achievements.

It is said that the system’s water and sewage systems were completed during the time of my great-great-grandfather.

“I heard that you have met in person.”

“Yes, it was.”

“What was your impression?”

“I was impressed with his intelligent and strong eyes. Everyone said that.”

Everyone?

“But to me, his eyes looked very lonely. It seemed as if he was looking for something lost, with eyes full of regret for something irretrievable.”

… So did you ask who I am?

Yeah, that was it.

Those who have eyes that contain the sun can be said to be a kind of ‘hero’ if they borrow their memories from their previous lives.

As an existence chosen to eliminate the danger of the empire, it means that sometimes beings from other worlds possess it.

I think you literally asked if I was ‘Maximilian’.

It is a story that the father was a parent who loved his children before he was an emperor called the Hyeonwang.

Thinking of that made me feel closer to my father than before.

“Don’t worry… hmm.”

“Why do you keep your mouth shut?”

“I was thinking about whether it would be appropriate to say that you don’t have to worry when the next emperor is an idiot.”

“Ku-k-k-k…. Hmm!”

We didn’t talk much.

It’s not necessary in the first place.

That’s family.

‘It’s too late to realize.’

Many things have changed due to memories from previous lives.

Perhaps it was because I was able to afford it, and I was able to see things I hadn’t been able to understand before.

No, until now, you have to pretend you didn’t know but ignore it.

“You should have been more than happy. Wouldn’t that be better than being screwed, no matter who’s in there?”

“Stupid. Are you saying that right now in front of your father?”

“If you loved your son that much, wouldn’t it be fine if you came to see him in the hospital?”

“If it had been Dior, not you, I would have visited him.”

… A person who can’t be careless until the end.

You mention here Dior, who was my nemesis.

“It’s more likely that a person who is lacking in the first place has more hands.”

“Strangely, it wasn’t like that.”

This nobleman….

“Everyone who is born with that eye is born with abilities that do not belong to the 4 elements called ‘sun’.”

“… Are you sure I inherited the legacy of the invitation?”

“Because I saw it with my own eyes. The fact that you are standing right in front of me like this must be proof of that.”

So, because of the nature of the sun, you don’t have to worry about going after it, so you didn’t even come to see me in the hospital. Are you saying that?

I don’t know if you’re mean or bold, father.

No, maybe he cared about Dior.

Since it was decided that he would hand over the throne to me, he must have cared about the guy who was desperate to be crowned crown prince somehow.

‘Wait.’

This is the moment when it was confirmed that I inherited the legacy of the first generation.

Isn’t it a situation where you can tell the whole story and ask for help?

About the shadow of the end and its shaman, the witch Priscilla.

Yes, if you tell your father about Priscilla right now—

─ Yes, so next time… Let me suggest a wholesome play.

I don’t know why.

If you tell everything now, things will be easier than you think.

“Do you have anything else to say?”

There are still quite a few people waiting for an audience.

So this is your last chance, so if you have something to say, say it.

But—

“Why did my father allow my engagement?”

Something keeps getting stuck.

An ominous feeling that seems irreversible if I pass by here keeps grabbing my ankle.

To that end, I asked the most fundamental question.

Why did I get engaged to Priscilla, and why did the royal family accept the engagement so easily?

It may be a commoner, but the marriage of aristocrats, royalty, and furthermore, the imperial family does not take place only with feelings between the parties.

It means the connection between family and family.

But why did he allow the daughter of Countess Arvest, who was only prosperous in the rural outskirts of Istria, to be her fiancé?

It is a family that cannot become the crown prince’s reliable backing no matter how much he rises.

“You wished for something because that was the first time.”

“… Yes?”

“It was a year after Aricia’s death. The itinerary for the meeting with the vassals has been set.”

No way?

“Your body and mind seemed exhausted, so I ordered you to accompany me. It was a good opportunity. Because Aricia wanted to take you there someday.”

Your mother?

No, in the first place, if it was a year after my mother’s death, it would have been six years ago.

Why can’t I remember such an important event?

“While the talks with the vassals were in progress, you recuperated in Istria. Then one day, you came and told me. There is a woman who wants to be her wife.”

‘… I?’

“It was the first time. What you wished for so much So I allowed it.”

… It’s the prince’s marriage, isn’t it a hot choice, father?

“I wasn’t too worried.”

“Is that so?”

“You were smart then, unlike now.”

Huh.

“It is an existence that inherits the legacy of the first generation. If you can’t even identify your spouse, how can you prepare for a situation that threatens the existence of the empire? So I decided to believe it.”

Is that so?

“Istria will solve the problem of sunspots.”

It’s a sunspot….

It is one of the few riches of the imperial family, and it refers to a hereditary disease passed only to the imperial family.

The precedent already dates back a thousand years, and it happened during the chaos of the empire after the death of the first emperor, His Majesty.

At the time, there was no posterity comparable to that of the first emperor, so the empire was literally in chaos.

In the meantime, the emperor who inherited the legacy of the first emperor came to reign, and from that moment, madness broke out in the imperial family.

Simply put, incestuous marriages were committed in order to inherit the legacy of the first emperor.

As a result, the imperial family acquired a genetic disease that caused their eyesight to deteriorate as they grew up, eventually leading to blindness.

After pursuing the sun, he went blind.

With that meaning in mind, this genetic disease acquired through madness was called ‘sunspot’.

Now that genetic diseases have been revealed, there is no royal family that has incestuous marriages.

However, remnants of that remnant still remain, and the criteria for selecting the betrothal of the royal family include the color of the eyes.

“It’s about time. Please step back.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Thank you for your time.”

It has been done. It must have a meaning.’

If it was only going to be resolved in this way, there’s no reason the legacy of the invitation would dwell in me.

And it doesn’t have to be right now.

There should still be room.

‘Priscilla…. Do you guys know something?’

Is that why you’re showing such a friendly attitude to me who’s been cheating on you for six years?

Are you playing with me because you’re a witch or not?

‘I don’t know.’

I think I need to keep a closer look at him.