I Became Crown Prince's Wife
Handsome Men and Ugly Women(6)

Blake took a shower and changed clothes. It was all because Rose was troubled by the blood on her arm.

He didn't want her to worry about him so he would button up his shirt and walk into Rose's room when he heard Edon's voice.

"Your Majesty, it's me."

"Lake in."

"Butler came to pick you up but there's no answer."

“I'm taking a shower.”

"I understand. Viscount Dix has something important to tell you.”

"I don't want to deal with them."

Viscount Dix was one of the people who protested loudly for Blake to be moved to the southern island.

As soon as his curse was lifted, the surrounding people changed their stance, sending him messages and congratulatory gifts.

Blake had been invited to the Viscount house every time he came to the Valley of Chaos, but he had never responded.

“Your Majesty, when the Door of Darkness disappears, evil creatures lurk throughout the Valley of Chaos. The damage this time was quite severe. I know you are reluctant to talk to him, but why don't you give him a chance for the sake of the people of that country.”.

"…All right."

Blake always acted alone. He was indifferent to others and hated them when they invaded his territory.

Only those who were good to Blake in his childhood were exceptions.

Edon was well aware of this.

Her personality had changed a lot after Ancia disappeared, but her kindness remained the same.

***

“Your Majesty, welcome.I've been waiting."

As Blake entered the dining room, Viscount Dix and Joanna greeted him with wide smiles.

Why would he bring his daughter when he has something important to say?

Well, after all, there was no way he would reveal the difficulties of the people as the ruler of the country.

“I hear people here are suffering a lot lately.”

Blake said as he looked at the food on the large table.

It was a sumptuous meal enough to feed 10 people.

“Haha, but when you live in the Valley of Chaos, nothing happens. I'm sure the demons recognize the Emperor chosen by the goddess.”

Blake had seen the appeal that Dix himself had written before.

He said the damage to his land was severe because the Crown Prince, heir to the curse, was well cared for at the palace so he asked for immediate compensation.

This year, however, he praised Blake even though the damage was much worse than before.

"It's…"

As he was about to leave the place, he saw the dark green vegetables on the salad.

These vegetables are very difficult to get this season.

When Blake recognized the material, Joanna smiled.

"I heard Your Majesty liked it, so I bought it for you."

"How did you know I was coming today?"

“Every time you visit the Valley of Chaos, we will prepare this for dinner. We have been waiting for the day we can serve you.”

He has set foot in the Vallin region in seven years.

However, they prepared this meal every day in remote areas.

Their flattery disgusted him, but he did not reveal it. He thought every human being was disgusting.

“Blake, you will meet many people in the future. Many of them are good and I'm sure some of them will support you regardless of the curse. So I hope you don't hate everyone because some of them are good.”

Blake recalled Ancia's words whenever she met a stranger.

But he was always skeptical. Does such a person really exist?

Everyone he met just wanted to take advantage of him.

"Your Majesty, does the food suit your taste?"

Joanna asked while Blake was deep in thought.

"I'm tired so I don't have much appetite."

He wanted this to end but Dix had no intention of letting him go this fast.

"Haha, Joanna are you so worried about Your Majesty?"

"Maybe…"

"Your Majesty, Joanna has always admired you since she was a child."

"What's that?"

"Yes. She says she wants to be your bride and also feels sorry for your curse.”

Blake was dumbfounded by his blatant lies.

He had heard countless such confessions after his curse was lifted.

But when she was a child, Ancia was the only one who stayed by her side.

"Don't you want me exiled to the southern island then?"

Hearing Blake say that coldly, Viscount Dix's face hardened.

Blake was referring to the appeals he had sent in the past.

In his appeal, he insisted that the heir to the curse should be locked up on the southern island.

“Well, by then the ground damage was so severe that I lost my temper. After finding out that I sent the request, Joanna was very angry with me..”.

"Absolutely. I blamed my father so much back then!”

Their blatant lies made him sick.

He immediately got up and left the place, but Joanna rushed after him.

"Your majesty!"

When she stopped walking, Joanna quickly ran in front of her.

“Your Majesty, I'm sorry. My father made you very angry.”

He looked at Blake while crying.

Blake had been charming from the beginning, and now he had the power of a goddess as well.

Besides, he's quite charming.

He had silver hair and red eyes, and exuded a dignified noble aura. She looked elegant even when she was just walking. Not only was he handsome, he was also mysterious and beautiful, like the ideal prince of fairy tales.

“Your Highness, you are so amazing. It is true that I have long admired Your Majesty. ”

Joanna is beautiful. His facial features were in harmony and his eyes were plain, luring the hearts of many men.

Thanks to her beauty, some influential people in the capital wanted to marry her, but she rejected all of them. She had attended several events in the capital, but she had not been invited to the imperial party so she could not see Ancia, who was famous for her beauty. After all, Ancia rarely met nobles her age.

Although Ancia's existence bothered her, she had already been crushed to death by the Door of Darkness.

'I'm the most beautiful girl in the empire. So it's natural for me to be next to him.'

Joanna was very sure of this. Blake's frequent visits to the Valley of Chaos are also a good thing.

However, Blake did not visit Vallin's estate. He ignored her even if he invited her himself. It was because his father had criticized him in the past.

Of course, he thought his father was doing the right thing back then. Attacking Blake would make their family look good in the eyes of the Cassil family.

But things have changed. Cassil's family is destroyed and the Crown Prince's curse lifted.

His father was always useless to him. Even if they had a manor, it was located in a rural area. Moreover, since it was located right next to the Valley of Chaos, it felt more like seclusion, but he did not give up.

Just once, he only wanted to meet her once, and then he could snatch her heart.

Moreover, she thought that she was the most beautiful, so it would be easy for her to catch her heart.

Joanna was a year older than Blake, so she's 19 now. The number of letters asking her to marry fell sharply.

Only the poor ruined nobleman who did not have the land proposed to him now.

Her father stated that when she was 20 years old, she would definitely marry him off to someone who was a match, but she was impatient. She was beautiful, so she should at least be the wife of a marquis. It was even better if he was a duke. He limited his options only to long-standing and wealthy families. There was no point in considering someone with an empty title.

Although his father once contacted a decent family in the capital who had proposed to him in the past, the man insulted him and said that he was married.

There was no one else left now, and Blake was his best choice.

“I heard the nobles in the capital treat you badly. I'm so heartbroken. If it were me, I would accept your curse.”

There was ridicule and humiliation in Blake's eyes as he looked at her.

If it's just an insult, there's hope.

But there was no curiosity or interest in Joanna either.

It used to be like that too.

She went to her bedroom and tried to seduce him, but he chased her away violently.

Joanna had been waiting for this day to come because she thought meeting her would solve everything.

'When the Crown Prince meets me, he will fall in love at first sight. She would see that my hair and eyes were similar to those of Ancia, but I was much prettier than her. No, when he sees me, he'll forget about Ancia. She would ask me to marry her and go to the Imperial Palace, and then I would become the Crown Princess. After that happens, I will step on everyone who mocks me. Even if they kneel down and humble themselves, it would be too late for them.'

She imagined the scene where she became the Crown Princess and the object of everyone's jealousy.