My Fiance Is The 2nd Male Lead
Plan

Kyrie was too immersed in the pile of files before her to realize that Suiren was already standing before her. Had it not been for the perfumed fragrance of Suiren's body, he would probably not have been aware of his presence.

"Sit down." Kyrie said, allowing Suiren to sit on the chair across from her desk.

"So, what's the plan?" ask Suiren. "The plan to defeat Empress Eleanor."

Kyrie looked at Suiren with a strange look. "You speak as if Empress Eleanor was the demon king."

"It's like that."

Kyrie sighed. "I plan to introduce you to the public as the princess of this Empire. By descent, you have the right to the throne."

Suiren had almost forgotten that fact. The fact that she was not his father's biological child and the possibility that she was an imperial princess.

"Why are you so sure that I am the Emperor's daughter? I mean, there's not enough evidence to say that. Besides, my father wasn't sure if my Lady and the Emperor were cheating on me either."

"Have you met the Emperor in person?" ask Kyrie. "When you look around, you look more like him than General Themisree. If you're blonde, maybe people won't believe you're General Themisree's daughter."

Suiren shook his head. He had never met the Emperor, nor had he thought of meeting him. But, after knowing the real facts Suiren felt a little wanted to meet the figure who was his biological father.

"After all, if they don't believe there's one way to prove that you're a descendant of an imperial family."

Suiren knew what way Kyrie meant. He recalled that he had read a book about the history of the Helianthus Empire. Long before the Empire bloomed and was as powerful as it is today, the reigning Emperor was allowed to have more than one wife. That means besides the Empress beside the emperor, there are also loyal concubines waiting. But even for an Emperor, dividing hearts for his concubines was not easy, so it was not uncommon for the concubines to be abandoned.

When the concubines are left without certainty, waiting, waiting, and waiting, there are times when they are devoured by the devil within themselves. They will have an affair and if they are less fortunate, will conceive a child as a result of the affair. Since long ago, the concubines were indeed not in a favorable position, they were simply someone who provided a womb for the next emperor. So that their apabile contains a child that is not from the seed of the emperor himself, then they and the child conceived will be meaningless.

Once, a concubine conceived along with the Empress. When the babies conceived by each of these mothers were born into the world, they both officially became the heirs to the imperial throne. Both of them were princes, and they grew into equally capable figures in leading the Empire. But in the end, it was the prince born from the womb of the concubine who was chosen to be the Crown Prince.

On the day of the Crown Prince's coronation, when the Emperor performed a ceremony to transfer the fire magic power he had to the Crown Prince, an event occurred that made everyone surprised. The Crown Prince who was supposed to receive and then get a sign in the form of sunflower carvings on his body was actually burned. His body was burned and shortly after he died. It was a time when everyone understood that the Crown Prince was not a descendant of the Emperor. Because only the Emperor's descendants can receive the power of fire magic and get a sunflower engraving mark on his body. In other words, the throne of the Empire could only be occupied by people who were truly imperial descendants.

"So, you're proposing that I burn to death?" ask Suiren.

"You won't burn." Reply Kyrie. "Even if you burn, I can manipulate the flow of time in your body until before you burn. Just so you don't die when it happens, because I can't manipulate the flow of time in the bodies of the dead."

Suiren laughed in disbelief at this man before him. "As far as you know, I'm not a masochist who enjoys pain."

"Look, to achieve something takes sacrifice." Kyrie sighed and gave a tired look explaining to Suiren. "I'm ninety-nine percent sure you're the Emperor's daughter, anyway."

Kyrie looked at Suiren with a gloomy look. "I'm not sure if you can do that again."

"What do you mean?"

"Lately, using time magic on a small scale alone makes me nosebleed and my body feel heavy. I think using forbidden magic would be fatal to me."

Suiren's mouth opened wide when he heard Kyrie's words. "Then what makes you think you can save me if I catch fire later?!" his screeches.

Kyrie looked at Suiren with an annoyed look. "You don't understand my words at all, do you? I said if I used magic normally, I could. But I don't guarantee I can use forbidden magic anymore." He scrunched his forehead with his finger. This girl in front of him was really upsetting with everything paranoid she had.

Suiren took a deep breath then held it for a few seconds and exhaled it out. "alright. I will entrust my life to you. After all, I, literally, do owe you my life."

Then Suiren stood up from his seat and then rushed towards the exit.

"Where are you going?" kyrie asked.His eyes looked at Suiren with an annoying look.

"Isn't our conversation over?"

Kyrie laughed loudly and sarcastically. "No. Not finished. Thanks to you for complicating our conversation, maybe we should continue this conversation until dinner time."

Suiren scrunched his forehead.

"Now, sit."

Suiren groaned, but he complied with Kyrie's request.

"The Crown Prince has many supporters, not exaggerating if I say everyone in the Empire supports him to be the next Emperor. Because he was indeed born as a single Crown Prince. Even if we introduce you as the Imperial Princess, you won't necessarily have any supporters."

"Of course, you have my full support. Perhaps, the nobles from the eastern region will also support you given your father's immense merit. But that alone will not be enough. Therefore, you must obtain that support with your own abilities."

Suiren nodded.

"This is a time when you can make yourself useful." Kyrie said with a smile on her face. "Use your days in this dwelling to make yourself useful."

"alright. I'll think about it." Suiren said with lightning in his eyes. Maybe for the first time, he could do something to make himself stronger and it made him feel excited.