The Useless 8th Prince

Friend's Arrival

Looking at the smiling figure in front of the door, the corner of Ciel's lips twitched. His hands clenched tightly. He refrained from beating the grinning person in front of him.

Ciel held back because .. there was a figure he did not know in front of him.

That figure was a girl who was the same age as herself or Zack. It has wavy blonde hair, snow-white skin, and blue irises with a cross-shaped pattern.

Although her face was slightly lacking compared to Ariana, the girl was indeed beautiful. Unlike Ariana who although a bit short, the front and back are so prominent. The girl in front of him was a little shorter. While the front and back .. flat like a wooden board.

“This?” ask Ciel.

“Include, Prince Luciel, my name is Vexia Goldfield. I am the fiancee of Young Master Zack.”, Vexia said as she leaned over while lifting her dress slightly. Conducting noble etiquette.

Okay ... from the name I know that this little girl is ‘kaya’.

Hearing the girl's last name, Ciel was confused about having to cry or laugh. His name is too flashy. Really easy to remember.

“Happy to meet you, Vexia.” Ciel replied to the etiquette while smiling kindly.

“Come, Vexia. You completely forgot the deal. You have to call me ‘Sayang’ with spoiled, okay?” Zack said to Vexia with a dissatisfied expression.

“T-But Young Master .. it was very embarrassing,” said Vexia with a red face.

Ciel looked at Zack in silence.

Beautiful girl, blonde, has irises with unique patterns, a little short, and submissive.

Thinking about that criterion, the corner of Ciel's lips twitched. His best friend was a little crazy. Ciel knows that Zack thinks of him as a rival. It's just, imitating it, even about the future? That's too much.

“You entered first.”

“Good.” Zack replied with a friendly smile.

“Thank you for your hospitality, Prince Luciel.” Vexia is polite.

After entering the castle, Ciel immediately told the waiter to prepare the guest room on the first floor. Of course, anything on the second floor and beyond still cannot be visited.

In the main building of the castle, in addition to the first floor that is included with the guest room, bathroom, kitchen, dining room, lounge, and so on.

That is to say, other than Ciel or his subordinates whom he truly considered loyal, no one should set foot there. Like when Zack came first. That person did not go up to the second floor at all or knew the path to the basement.

“Because you guys are engaged, do I need to prepare the same room?” ask Ciel.

“T-Please prepare a different room for me, Prince Luciel. I dare not violate etiquette.” Vexia said with a red face.

Indeed, according to the rules, despite being engaged, usually male nobles are not allowed to do with their partners before the official engagement party at the age of 18 years.

When they are 15 years old or considered adults, because they should not do it with their fiancee, usually they (the male royals) do it with concubines or buy slaves to vent.

Even so, many did it earlier and it was no secret. However, if it had already done so, there was no way to retreat. The engagement cannot be cancelled.

After all, the initial engagement for 3 years is arguably the ‘ courtship’ period if it was in Ciel's previous world. It was just that, in this world, especially the noble surroundings, such a thing was stricter.

If a young engaged couple does so before the age of 18, but eventually one tries to break off the engagement, he or she will be punished. Revoked his noble title, it could even be put to death if his partner was a high-ranking noble.

It looks like the Goldfield Family still has a good reputation. Really don't want to use his daughter for personal gain.

Ciel nodded in satisfaction. Unlike most families who wanted to take advantage of high-level nobles like the Duke or even the Royal Family, it seemed like the girl's family was still quite good.

After arranging for the waiter to prepare two rooms, Ciel took the two to the dining room. As for the knights who escorted Zack, they all lived in other buildings and not in the main building of the castle. Yes ... as with previous settings.

“Because of the rush to get here, I'm sure that you guys haven't eaten yet. Eat first, we will discuss the others after that.”

“Thank you, Ciel.” Zack laughed casually.

Accompanying the two couples who were having dinner, Ciel enjoyed the wine in silence. Finished eating, Ciel took the two of them to the lounge on the first floor. A few moments later, the figure of Ariana appeared to approach the three.

When Ariana came, her clothes looked neat. He really did not change the expression on his face. The girl bowed politely, “Welcome, Young Master Flamehart, Miss Goldfield. My name is Ariana, fiancee of Prince Luciel”

Because Isabella told Ariana about Zack's fiance before coming, she greeted him immediately. In response, Zack and Vexia replied politely.

“Sit.” Ciel immediately said.

Ariana sat next to Ciel. At that moment, Ariana felt an intense gaze directed at him. He saw the girl who was Zack's fiancee looking at him with a strange expression.

“Now you can talk. Why did you come here? No need to lie to me, my parents have no need to look for me.”

Zack who wanted to say something suddenly fell silent. It seemed that he had prepared various excuses on the way, but all of them had been denied by Ciel in a single breath.

“Ya ... actually, I just want to visit.” In the end, that sentence was spoken from Zack's mouth.

Visiting? Don't you just want to show off your fiancee? Do you have to be so childish?

Ciel silently complained in his heart. Looking at Zack who was scratching the back of his head with an awkward expression, he let out a long sigh.

“Then you rest. We can talk tomorrow.”

“Wait, Ciel! We haven't seen each other in a long time. How about we drink wine together until morning?”

Seeing the irritating face of his best friend, Ciel finally agreed to his request. With a wave of hands, one ten bottles of Green Pearl wine appeared. He then said, “Ariana, please.”

Hearing Ciel's remark, Ariana politely took out a bottle and opened it. He poured the wine into the cup that Ciel was holding. Both look very harmonious. It really is like a real husband.

Not to be outdone, Zack also asked Vexia to pour some wine. Ciel and Zack ended up drinking while talking about some random things that happened in the Black Sun Empire lately. When the clock on the wall showed at half-three in the morning, Zack who spent nearly four bottles of wine was already at his limit.

“Go to bed.” Ciel said briefly.

Due to his innate talent of absorbing energy and nutrient content, Ciel was not drunk at all. When he drinks wine, all he feels is the taste. So, he's kind of picky about wine. No matter how strong the alcohol contained, the most important thing to him was the taste and aroma.

After escorting the half-conscious Zack to the guest room, Ciel was about to return to the room. However, there was something blocking his path. Seeing that figure, Ciel smiled lightly.

“There can I help you with, Miss Vexia?”

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