[BL] I don't need a female lead
56. The Past - Distorted Emotions
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under..........
As he walked along that path, memories he'd tried to forget began to creep back. Emotions he'd ignored began to blossom again, and dormant sadness quickly surged up, and soon, tears filled Seong-un's eyes.
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I'm sorry I couldn't hear your last words... but if I were you, I wouldn't have heard them either.
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Seong-un hesitated for a moment, then burst out in a loud voice. As if calling out the name he had been unable to call for a long time, for fear of tears falling.
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Jaehwan....
Seong-un began to cry in that alley, which was not as pretty as the day he met Jae-hwan. He covered his mouth to keep the sound from escaping.
*From now on, the story unfolds from Nebula's perspective!
18 years ago
It was a season somewhere between winter and spring, unsure whether to call it winter or spring. It was in that season, as if I were thinking of myself, a person who didn't belong anywhere, that I met you.
On that day, too hot to be winter and too cold to be spring, you gave me an eternal spring that will never come again, so I will call that season spring. My own spring that will never come again.
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[You're all making me do it because it's annoying?]
My uncle, the king of the Jestil kingdom, has ordered me to escort the child who is coming from Newsti as a hostage, as he has no intention of treating me well and needs to look good.
When I refused to be escorted, they told me to go as a delegation, so I couldn't resist and came here to Newsti. This was a matter between two nations, and while I wasn't qualified to hold the throne, they sent me, perhaps thinking it was a pretty good scenario for me, a member of the royal family in name only.
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[Well? I don't know if it's a hassle or not.]
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[Huh? Hey kid, just go in and play with your toys]
I didn't even want to come, and it was annoying having to worry about him. I wish I could just go... No, I just wanted to run away.
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[Toy? Oh, my cute hamster?]
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[Yeah, I'm so annoyed that I'm playing with that guy called Hamchi or something]
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[I brought that]
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[Your Majesty, Princess. Can't you hear me telling you to just go?]
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[Yeah! I can't hear you]
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[under........]
As I sighed, my cousin, Seol-im, the one and only princess of the Jestil kingdom, snapped her fingers, and the knights brought in a little boy. The boy was so cute that I thought it was no exaggeration to name him Hamjji.
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[Are you sure he's a slave?]
I asked back, thinking that the fact that she was raised preciously clearly did not mean that she was a slave, but all I got back was a screaming reply from Seol-im.
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[If you don't have a social status in our country, you're a slave]
Seol-im, angry, grabbed the child's wrist and pulled it tightly.
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[Ugh..let go of this!! I'm not a slave!! I'm... I'm a noble!!!]
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[My name is Jeon Woong!! I am the second son of the Luyan family of the Newsti Kingdom!!]
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[Ruyan? Jeon Jungkook?]
The child, who had been crying the whole time because he knew the name, smiled brightly and spoke to me.
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[Do you know my brother????]
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[Because we went to the same academy]
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[Seol-im, I don't think this person is a slave.]
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[no!!!!]
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[This guy!!!!]
Seol-im, who was excited, accidentally pushed Woong-i, and Woong-i stumbled and fell into the river behind him with a splash.
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[!]
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[!!]
It happened so suddenly that everyone was shocked and froze in place. Then, the sound of someone falling into the water was heard again.
I came to my senses only then and ran there to save them, but someone had already saved Woong.
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[after.......]
The boy, who looked about my age or slightly younger than me, was supporting Woongi and glaring at us while dripping water.
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[The child almost died!!!]
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[Why is everyone quiet?]
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[Were you really trying to kill this child?]
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[The people of the Newsti Kingdom]
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[On Newsti?]
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[I can't tolerate that]
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[If you can't tolerate it?]
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[Do you know who we are?]
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[yes]
The boy glanced at us. I couldn't help but gulp, as if a true monarch were like this.
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[Look at me]
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[They seem to be an envoy from the Kingdom of Jestal]
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[Isn't it?]
While the confident way he spoke wasn't all that bad, it gave me a strange competitive spirit. I wanted to beat that sullen, cat-like kid.
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[Yes, that's correct]
That twisted emotion, born from a twisted mind. From that strange feeling, you and I began. I knelt before the child, looked up at him, and said,
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[Then, Prince, will you come with us?]