The Useless 8th Prince

Mission Failed

“Excuse me!”

Opening the door wide, Ciel entered the room.

Emperor Julius, Queen Lilith, and Queen Elizabeth instantly stopped talking and looked towards Ciel with puzzled expressions.

“What's up, Luciel? Didn't you take Princess Ariana around?” ask Emperor Julius.

Taking a deep breath, Ciel said without further ado.

“I think, me and Princess Ariana are not suitable, Dad! I want to reject this engagement!”

Instead of calling Julius with ‘Your Majesty Emperor’, this time he called him by the name of father. The young man pushed aside the limitations of honor and wanted to speak as a father and son for now.

Hearing Ciel's words, Emperor Julius' expression grew grim. Queen Lilith was also stunned. Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth looked at her best friend with a curious expression.

“If you don't explain, don't expect to get out of this room whole, Luciel!”

Hearing his father's words, Ciel instead exclaimed loudly.

“I'm not afraid of you! Even if you beat me, I will still argue!

I don't want to have a wife like a doll who can't feel anything!

Although he is almost perfect and difficult to find a replacement. I believe the words of my grandmother. A relationship should be based on love!”

Despite shouting out loud, Ciel's heart actually felt uncomfortable. After all, he dared to carry a figure that should not be discussed. Not to mention, he also added inwardly.

I also don't want to have in-laws torture their own daughters to such an extent!

If Ciel had to choose to say bad things about the Black Star Kingdom or reasoned about her grandmother's teachings, she definitely chose number two. Even so, she couldn't help but be nervous because ..it must have brought her father's anger.

“LANCANG!!”

Sure enough, when the figure of his late mother was mentioned, Emperor Julius immediately stood up and roared furiously. His red eyes emitted a ferocious gleam as a terrifying pressure shook the Northern Palace.

Not just the people in the room, everyone in the Northern Palace was instantly frightened when they felt that pressure.

Ciel who was the focus of the pressure exerted by Emperor Julius instantly looked pale. Despite his monstrous talent, he was still a high-level Devil. For an Emperor who had broken through that boundary, killing him was as easy as an ordinary person slaughtering a chicken.

Ughhhh! So this is level 7 pressure. Damnit damnit! I was too naive …

Condemning himself, Ciel could barely stand up and withstand the pressure with just his own body. Where in the young man's body was circulating. A thin layer of purple light enveloped Ciel's body. It was the application of gravity magic to lighten his own body.

Seeing Ciel holding on and not kneeling, Emperor Julius raised his eyebrows. A heavier pressure instantly fell.

Ciel who felt himself holding back a hill on his shoulders began to tremble. Looking at his father's gaze, he knew that the man was testing his resolve. If he had given up and been caught calling his late grandmother at random, he would have been done.

Damnit damnit! Just look!

Actually Ciel wanted to use this type of magic against Jean and the other six, but it was not so because they gave up.

The air around Ciel's body becomes slightly stagnant as the ambient temperature begins to drop. The floor around Ciel's feet froze. Black ice wrapped both feet up to his knees. The young man was actually still able to stand upright under that pressure.

“Ice magic?” the Emperor Julius muttered with a look of disbelief on his face.

“That's enough, dear. Little Ciel has already proven his determination.”

Queen Lilith's voice resuscitated Emperor Julius from his reverie. The pressure that enveloped the Northern Palace suddenly disappeared as if it had never happened before.

“You need not worry, Emperor Julius. Actually as a mother, I also want to see my daughter happy. It's just that I couldn't resist my husband's wishes and Ariana ended up like this.

Seeing Ariana like this also makes me sad. I keep saying, if he doesn't want to, he can refuse. However, he always said that it was not a problem because it had become his duty.”

The voice of Queen Elizabeth who was sorry for failing to make her daughter happy echoed in the ears of the person in the room.

“So, this engagement is canceled?” muttered Queen Lilith.

“Cannot be! I promised the King of Black Star. Someone from the Dawnbringer Family will not renege on his promise.” Emperor Julius said firmly.

You promised! Don't get me in this shit!

The pale-looking Ciel cursed his father inwardly.

“Temple, I also did not say that this engagement failed.” Queen Elizabeth smiled mysteriously.

“Eh??? Then what do you mean?” ask Queen Lilith.

“In addition to strength and talent, I can see if Prince Luciel has a good heart and broad like an ocean. In my opinion, if Ariana is guided by Prince Luciel, she can definitely laugh or be angry like a girl in general.”

“...” Ciel speechless.

“Do you mind, Prince Luciel? Isn't that just a little effort? Rather than making an ordinary girl can learn a lot of things like Ariana, wouldn't it be better to make Ariana who can almost do everything can restore her emotions?”

“...” Ciel really could not deny this woman's shrewd mouth.

“Hmmm ... That is indeed true.” Emperor Julius nodded lightly before returning to his seat with a relieved and relaxed face.

“You can rest easy, Elizabeth. Little Ciel had a strong heart. From childhood, he was always stubborn and believed in his own stance. Relax, Ariana must be fine.”

Does this have anything to do with being stubborn?

Ciel looked at his mother while asking that in his heart.

“Thank God, I feel relieved. It's a happy ending for all of us.” Queen Elizabeth said with a gentle smile on her face.

Ciel stood in the room while staring blankly. His brain started to slow down again. Looking at the three people who were smiling happily, he felt even more depressed.

Damnit damnit! At first you treated me as a bargaining chip! Now ... You even treated me like a psychiatrist!

Ciel was depressed. The mission to reject the engagement and return to her territory quietly.

...***...

Meanwhile, Ariana who was still sitting waiting in the lounge lowered her head with a blank look.

“Flora ..Fiona .. Why does my heart beat with a strange rhythm? Am I sick?” asked Ariana in a flat tone.

“Why are you quiet? I began to feel strange when I saw Prince Luciel leaving the room to do something useless. Was I poisoned? This tea is poisonous?”

Hearing Ariana's confused back-to-back questions, Flora and Fiona looked at each other with bitter expressions. By the time they looked towards Ariana, both of them were shocked.

Because even though the smile on her lips was still there or her gaze was still empty, streams of tears were completely flowing down the girl's cheeks.

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