Seven years have passed and graduation time has come. By that time, through friends, he managed to find an old book that described red eyes. An ancient book that says that in the now-destroyed Kingdom of Denik, red eyes were considered a sign of the favorite of the goddess, and their owners were called ‘Blessed’.

And as an adult, he also noticed his feelings for Yurina at the same time. This is the feeling of love, about which the nobles talked so much.

After graduating from Crohn Royal Academy after 7 years of hard work, Karion was encouraged by the fact that he could now be with Yurina.

But there was already someone else by her side whom he wanted so much.

“But Lady Carthia has already fallen in love with the Crown Prince.”

This time, Yurina was taken aback.

‘How did you know that Yurina was in a relationship with Curtis?’

In the original novel, the fact that Curtis was in a relationship with Yurina before he fell in love with Lydia overlapped with what Karion had just said. It could have been a coincidence, but there was an uncomfortable corner left to dismiss it simply as a coincidence.

“So, what did you do next? You love ‘Yurina’ and yearn to be around again. But aren’t you mad at her? Haven’t you thought about how to win ‘Yurina’s’ heart?”

Yurina intentionally used the name ‘Yurina’ instead of ‘I’ to separate herself from the person from Karion’s dreams.

“No. I just wished that if Lady Carthia truly loved the Crown Prince, then she could live happily ever after with him.”

Knowing Karion from the novel, who gave up his love for Lydia for the sake of her happiness, such a reaction was not at all strange.

“You really didn’t have any greed?”

“How could someone like me covet Lady Carthia? Even though they called me a knight there, and a knight who was skilled in magic, but the lady is the daughter of the Marquis and enjoys the favor of the Crown Prince himself. I knew my place well.”

Karion’s gaze left Yurina and turned to Raynard. Although he expressed his thoughts in a simple tone, it sounded as if he was criticizing Reynard for the coincidence between dream and reality.

Raynard gave vent to his feelings and slammed his fist on the table. His hands were trembling on the table. Yurina looked at Reynard’s reddened neck and spoke firmly to Karion.

“That was for me to judge, not for you. And the choice is not yours, but mine.”

It wasn’t even that Reynard was greedy for Yurina’s attention, but that scene was an indirect statement that Reynard was jealous of Karion. His trembling subsided, and Karion meekly nodded to apologize.

“However, contrary to their agreement, Yurina never succeeded in becoming a princess.”

“Yes.”

He, who had always been a good talker, shut his mouth and looked down at the teacup. Yurina seemed to understand why he was silent and hesitant.

“Lydia De Flon.”

Karion’s eyes widened.

“Right?”

His shaky gaze turned to Yurina. His expression was now too natural to be considered acting. Just like Lydia, when she obsessively tried to get close.

Yurina looked at his face as if making a guess. But even if she did, there was no way she could find out his true feelings.

‘It would be great if there was such magic that could read thoughts.’

But, unfortunately, such magic didn’t exist. After that meeting with Lydia, Yurina had already asked Dave and Reynard about it.

Probably, Karion is in love with Lydia, who has been courting him for the last 7 years. Contrary to the original story, he didn’t go to the academy and stayed with her the whole time. So their current feelings would be incomparable with the emotions from the original plot.

And now that his story had reached Lydia, Karion hesitated. Yurina insisted on continuing.

“Lydia will be back soon. And if you’re not ready to continue, you should have stopped right here. Otherwise, if you decide to risk everything and spread it, it would be better to speak without hesitation.”

It was a urge, nothing like a threat. Karion took a deep breath and spoke again.

“Yes. Just like Lady Carthia said… So, in my dream, Lydia De Flon was also in love with His Highness the Crown Prince.”

It was a fairly predictable moment. However, what followed was completely different from what Yurina read in the novel.

Once Lydia De Flon met Crown Prince Curtis, and it was love at first sight. However, he was already Yurina Carthia’s lover. Although no official engagement was announced, the whole Empire was talking about Yurina becoming the Crown Princess.

As described in the original film, which is kind and affectionate to everyone, Lydia was neither harsh nor vicious enough to steal Curtis, who had already become another woman’s man. She just stared at Curtis from a distance, but she didn’t approach him.

But her father, Marquis De Flon, was different. He, who had been pretending that all because of the Cartia family, that if Yurina wasn’t there, Lydia would have a chance.

“So Marquis De Flon tried to harm the young lady.”