Chapter 2: Some people just need a discipline

Full and satisfied, even basking in the sunlight for a while, Night Rain prepared to do something after the meal, like taking a walk on the ruins and pretending to be a silent lurker.

Then he met a little girl in the corridor.

“Umm, good morning, big brother.”

She was in pink pyjamas, her bare feet standing on the cold floor, holding a teddy bear in her left hand.

Alice seemed to have just woken up, rubbing her sleepy eyes with one hand, adorably.

“Good morning, Alice.”

Night Rain greeted her with a smile and crouched down to ask.

“Have you had breakfast yet?”

“Mmhm.”

Alice nodded heavily, her blue, bright eyes widening as she hugged her teddy bear tighter.

“Where are you going, big brother?”

“...I'm going to find my lost future.”

After a moment’s silence, the young man coolly replied, cradling his chin.

“Eh? I don't really understand, but it sounds quite remarkable.”

Though Alice didn't comprehend what Night Rain was saying, she somehow felt that his back was imposing, like a lone giant.

“Big brother, can I come with you?”

“Hm, where to?”

The little girl tugged at Night Rain's robe, and he subconsciously asked.

“To find the lost future. Can it be found?”

“Probably… it can't, because I've accidentally stepped into the terrifying grave known as arranged marriage.”

What else could it be but arranged marriage? Night Rain can only describe his current state as bitter.

His own parents didn't even agree to it, nither did they meet the girl's family. Even for a royal family, this is too forceful.

Maybe…it's time to run away.

But that means missing the royal feast, a genuinely heavenly delicacy.

Ah, what a dilemma.

Alice tilted her head, puzzled as to why this interesting big brother suddenly crouched down, clutching his head in distress.

“Big brother, are you troubled?”

Alice felt as a responsible little sister-in-law, she should show concern for her brother-in-law and so she asked.

“Well, I’m actually interested in how to obtain a silver-haired maid.”

“Eh? Why would big brother want such a maid?”

As if she envisioned something terrifying, the panicked little girl entered Night Rain’s gaze.

“Why? Um, yeah, why silver hair?...”

Why is he so fixated on silver hair?

Alice looked curiously at Night Rain, who tilted his head in thought. After Night Rain was silent for a minute, stroking his smooth chin, he guessed.

“Maybe… because my hair is black, and silver-haired people are normally cold types…”

“Yes, that seems right."

When Night Rain gave his analysis, the little girl strongly agreed. Her sister, Bella, was that weird silver-hair, always cold to outsiders. It was simply cool!

"That is just a pure lack of discipline."

"Eh?!

Alice was tempted to toss her beloved teddy bear at Night Rain who was casually talking nonsense. She had a feeling that he was talking about her sister, Bella.....

"It must be my imagination."

"Like a certain silver-haired princess."

"Eh, eh, eh, so it wasn’t my imagination. You were really talking about my sister, Bella?!"

She originally thought maybe Night Rain had met a silver-haired woman before and due to various reasons developed a prejudice against them. Never did she imagine that he was really talking about her sister.

The little girl was confused. She thought her sister, Bella, and Night Rain didn’t interact with each other much.

"Bella, did you do something to upset big brother?"

"Of course, she did. That's why I said she needs discipline."

It was fine before, but when Alice asked this question, the gloomy look on Night Rain's face was darker than the clouds above, full of resentment.

"I am not her lover or her husband, I have nothing to do with her, yet she was acting so self-righteously!"

Thinking about it, it would of course cause him to be upset. Although the cause of all this started with Lelia that night, about 99.999% of the blame for the current situation was due to the Third princess, Bella.Please translate the following Chinese text into English:

None of this would have happened had there been no infidelity.

How idle are you? Weren't you supposed to be the head of a certain academy? Instead of doing your job, you're out here busting unfaithful couples. What's up with that?

Therefore, YeYu felt that the Silver-Haired Queen was a type in need of discipline. Pure troublemaking material.

"Um, big brother, Alice thinks Bella was actually after Lelia. It probably has nothing to do with you."

Looking at the presumptuous and infuriated individual, Alice's innocent mind was tainted with psychological trauma.

Hmm, Alice has never seen such a shameless ruffian before.

"Regardless, the silver-haired princess definitely needs discipline."

"…"

"Also, Alice, don't you think it's thrilling to completely subdue a cold-hearted person who acts high and mighty on the surface, and unwillingly has her, dressing up as a maid, say to you, 'Welcome back, master'?"

YeYu crossed his arms, the waves of his heart as tumultuous as the sea within a heroic man, an absolute confidence on his formidable face. Seeing this, Alice widened her clear, beautiful eyes.

"Well, I don't really understand, but it sounds interesting."

And so, the little girl began to imagine her silver-haired sister in a maid's dress, reluctantly speaking to her …

Uh-oh, Alice was about to become weird.

YeYu looked at Alice, who was also looking at the sky, clutching her teddy bear so tightly that drool was about to seep from her little mouth, and nodded approvingly.

He definitively had an 'this child is teachable' expression and looking back at the sky, said in a whimsical manner, "This is the charm of a silver-haired maid."

"NanGong YeYu...!"

Feeling a gust of wind from behind, YeYu, who dubbed himself 'the Sonic Prince', was instantly aware of the danger and easily dodged.

As he moved aside, he saw a white soft fabric flying past in his vision.

Could it be underwear?!

In the next moment, YeYu's eyes narrowed. This was an intriguing hidden weapon with great research value. He decided to examine it closely and quickly grabbed hold of the white soft fabric.

"Such a soft texture, could it be..."

"Those are gloves, big brother."

YeYu looked surprised at Alice by his side. He'd completely caught the hidden weapon, its warm touch was as smooth as silk.

On opening his hand, it turned out to be gloves indeed, white ones extending up to the elbow intended for women.

He had managed to grab it completely. The only chance to clearly recognize that it was a glove was before YeYu was going to grab it, which shows Alice really had good eyesight.

"So..."

YeYu, seeming somewhat disappointed that it wasn't underwear, held the gloves in his hand, asking unhappily, "What's this for?"

"Of course, it's for a duel."

Alice made a 'big brother is an idiot' face.

"A duel, with who?"

"Do you keep ignoring me, NanGong YeYu?"

The indifferent voice coming from behind suddenly matched the silver image etched in his mind.

Needless to say, the figure appearing from behind was the only silver-haired princess, the Third Princess.

"Since you've accepted the glove, you've also accepted the duel invitation. Now come to the battlefield, I'll help my sister correct your terrible mentality and lifestyle."

"…"

It was not until Bella left, that YeYu was finally able to move. Alice tugged at YeYu's sleeve.

"Big brother, let's hurry to the battlefield. If not, Bella will think even less of you. You can't think about giving up the duel because you took the white glove, which means you absolutely can't break your promise."

YeYu looked at the white gloves in his hand, scratching his head confusedly.

"What's going on?"

In the next chapter, the goofy prince and the Third Princess's duel.