Crown Prince’s Ex-Boyfriend

Episode 1

“Have you heard the rumour? Lady Heather is engaged.”

“I’ve heard. She’s been begging so desperately, and it seems like he’s finally accepted her heart.”

“That’s not it. I heard she even threatened to jump off if they did not get engaged.”

I don’t know who it is, but if she’s willing to give up her life to win love.

It’s great tenacity.

I couldn’t stop myself from exclaiming it out loud.

“Wow, that’s a lot of tenacity.”

“…Aah!”

The two young ladies, who had been chattering, looked at me and were astonished as if their eyes were about to pop out.

It was then that I realized that my reaction was not appropriate.

Come to think of it, I’m the ‘Irelyn Heather’ that these two just made fun of.

I was only called “Irelyn” at home, and no one called me “Lady Heather,” so I didn’t realize it was my story.

By the way, dear Irelyn, you’ve done something I didn’t even know you did.

A little girl who is only 13 years old is causing events that only appear in a major drama.

“Lady He, Heather. How have you been on holiday?”

“You seem to be getting more beautiful in that short time.”

The two young girls are flattering me this much even though they are sweating profusely like they are going to be harmed by me.

It’s been two months since I possessed this body, but I still can’t get used to it.

These children who wouldn’t be over 13 years old, speak words like adults who are tired of social life.

If I’m going to possess this body, I would choose to be when Irelyn was 20 years old and \ story begins, so I’ll be my original age just like in the book.

Why do I have to be 13 years old?

This part has been abbreviated in the book that it only took a page, so I know not much information.

“I’ve decided to spend the rest of my life with the one I loved. I’m happy every day, of course, doesn’t my beauty increase with each passing day?”

This was enough to answer both the first and second questions, but it must have been a response like a thirteen-year-old noble girl, right?

Before the first day of school at the academy, I thought it was a good idea to prepare for conversations with students my age… but I guess I was wrong.

The same expression appeared on the faces of the two young ladies when I asked Irelyn’s parents ‘Who are you?’

“You’re asking such a silly thing. The level of the young ladies is very understandable. That’s why you’ve been talking about other people since the day school started.”

Now, is this the reaction you were expecting? Again, the faces of the young ladies, who had been hardened, were released.

One of them even breathed a sigh of relief.

……Obviously, this clenched fist and slander were thrown, but why are you so relieved!

I wonder how cruel Irelyn would normally be.

“Unlike the other young ladies who have spare time, I’m very busy because I have to go see my beloved fiancé.”

It was very conscience-stricken to have to do this to these children, but I passed by the two souls casually as they stepped aside, not wanting to be trampled on.

Walking as it is, I suddenly saw a large wooden mirror at the end of the hallway.

There was an image of a strange child in the mirror where I was supposed to reflect my face.

She was a child with blue hair and blue eyes like a cold lake.

As I got closer to the mirror, the child gently ruffled her hair and gradually narrowed the distance.

As she rolled her eyes, the blue-eyed pupil moved along.

I deliberately turned away from the terribly unfamiliar sight, opened the door, and entered the classroom according to the information I had grasped beforehand.

Are we finally going to meet?

The main characters of \, the Crown Prince, and Vin Ortega.

“……it’s Lady Heather.”

“Why is she here? Isn’t Lady Heather supposed to be in the next classroom?”

“……”

I’ll put the meeting behind me for now.

I’ll find my classroom first.

* * *

“What are you going to do after the academy?”

“I’m going to practice swordsmanship. What about you?”

“I’ll watch you practising swordsmanship.”

“…why?”

“Just. ‘Cause I miss you.”

This is the scene I saw as soon as I entered the classroom, which I had found with difficulty.

I was wondering why young children were so salty in broad daylight, but suddenly I realized it.

The two voices I had just heard were soft because they had not yet reached the stage of adolescence, but they were clearly boys.

In addition…

“Oh.”

“Oh.”

Both of them frowned at me at once.

I knew it when I saw it.

The identity of these two is probably…

No, I’m sure it’s the Crown Prince, the main character of a “BL (Boy's Love)” novel \, and his lover, Vin Ortega.

At this point, they are the only two people who have such a conversation and hate this Irelyn so much.

Why?

The answer is rather simple.

Because Irelyn has a crush on Vin.

Unrequited love isn’t just unrequited love, but because she’s done it as horribly as her personality, Vin is also fed up with Irelyn, and the Crown Prince’s jealousy is at its peak.

‘Sinner Irelyn Heather will be put to death!’

As soon as the crown prince ascended to the throne, he gave such an order.

“Am I seeing a ghost? Why is there a person in front of me who said she would kill herself?”

The silver-haired boy threw a sharp gaze at me with dark blue eyes that looked like they were going to hit an ice spear in my heart.

Perhaps it was Vin Ortega, the novel’s ‘Su’ (the one with the passive role) in this novel.

“Just don’t deal with it.”

Then this black-haired, red-eyed boy must be the Crown Prince, the ‘Gong’ (who plays a leading role).

The words that left his mouth doesn’t seem to care about me, but his eyes seem to burn me to death at any moment.

This little brat, who’s still like a chestnut, might end up killing me one day?.

I can’t believe it, but I think it’s plausible that the feeling of intimidation already flowing through my body is not a joke even though I’m young.

“If you’re interested, run more.”

Am I some kind of dog?

I wanted to respond like that, but I’ll put up with it.

Whatever I say, I’ll still be treated like a dog if I deal with it more.

“………”

So I would rather choose silence.

Then Vin looked puzzled when he saw me just passing by.

Later, I could feel their gaze on me not falling even when the Crown Prince called for Vin in a low voice as if to make Vin focus on him.

But I pretended I didn’t even notice such a sign and looked ahead.

If I don’t want to be executed by the Crown Prince, I have to push Vin away.

The evil woman in the BL novel is set to be devastating.

In order to not be executed, I must prove that I am not going to sabotage their love.

How on earth can I survive and return to my original world?

Crown Prince’s Ex-Boyfriend

Episode 2

How can I survive safely and go back to the original world?

“Young lady Heather! Young lady Heather!”

Someone tapped my shoulder, which had been lost in thought for about an hour.

My partner, what was it? Anyway, it was a baby. Oh, it’s written on the name tag. Callie Hant.

I think she was a “friend” of Irelyn and a “handmaid”.

“It’s time to move classes. Let’s move now too.”

While I was deep in thought, the first class seemed to have ended. I woke up from my seat.

“Hurry up, Young lady! You have to hurry up and go so that you can sit next to the young duke Ortega!”

Young Duke is the title of ‘Su’ Vin Ortega.

Well, you are very active in the love of a friend.

“Young lady, other kids will take the seat!”

Callie urged me as I was procrastinating.

I don’t really want to sit next to an empty seat, but it bothers me…

Phew, I’m going. I raised my heavy body and took the lead over Callie. Then, I opened the door to leave the classroom.

“Oh my god! What did I just see?”

I heard a shocking sound behind me.

“Young lady…, Jus, just now, what did you-”.

Even Callie couldn’t hide her astonishment, her voice trembling.

What is it? What’s wrong with you? Let me know too!

“Why, why? No matter what mistake I made-”

“Ah, no, no, no, no. Look at your hand, Young lady.”

“Hand?”

What’s wrong with my hand? I’m just holding a doorknob normally.

No way.

“Young lady opened the door herself!”

“……”

“You asked me to do such trivial things, saying that a precious noble like Heathers shouldn’t do it.”

Is it that everyone is so surprised by the ordinary thing of just opening a door with one’s own hands?

Why they are surprised that I breathe on my own.

“Young lady, is it true that you were hospitalized at Dr. Saint’s hospital during the vacation?”

Dr. Saint’s hospital is a mental hospital.

And the rumours that Callie says are also true.

When I did things that are as natural as they are now—eating food myself, not cursing people,  Irelyn’s family put me in a mental hospital.

‘I’m actually from a different world, so I’m bound to be different from the original Irene!’

‘Actually, it’s a lie. I just wanted to play a joke on you!’

When I said that, no one believed me. I was released after my condition was so miserable that I did something evil by overturning my meal.

At that time, Irene’s parents hugged each other and were very happy.

‘God, thank you so much!’

‘ I can’t believe you gave our Irene back!’

‘I guess our Irene finally came to her senses!’

…Aren’t they abnormal parents?

I can’t believe they’re happy even though I’ve done this kind of evil thing.

Anyway, after that, I tried not to do “normal” behaviour in my own way.

I’m in danger of being put inside the mental hospital by doing something ‘insignificant’.

In the end, is this inevitable?……

“…Why did I have to work so hard to open the door myself with this noble hand?”

“I don’t know… Oh, were you joking around?”

“As expected, young lady Hant knows me well. But, I would like you to develop a little more sense. If everyone listens to it, the jokes I play are meaningless.”

It’s a sudden excuse but they won’t care because they are young. I tried to appease myself and left the classroom.

But at that moment, there was a gaze I felt behind my back.

At that moment, I looked back without realizing it because of the goosebumps that flowed down the spine.

A gaze that shows a clear presence even among many children.

The calmest and most powerful eyes in the world, the blue eyes of the person created by the artist were looking at me.

“Oh.”

The sound came out automatically.

A boy with silver hair that has sunk neatly and blue eyes that are unbelievably deep for a 13-year-old.

This wood-like structure, where elegance and sharpness coexist, was as if it did not belong to this world.

“Of course.”

Vin Ortega, a child with blue eyes, moved out of the classroom through the back door, not the front door where I was standing.

“……..”

Strangely cheap silence surrounded the classroom. In it, I thought to myself.

What do you mean “Of course”?!

Are you disappointed because you thought, “She can’t be doing such a good deed!” just because she’s barely opening the door herself?

I’m so surprised at barely opening the door myself, but if I do a really good deed, I’ll surely be in a mental hospital.

That’s really a no.

* * *

I was the first one to arrive at the next class. This is because everyone was surprised by the incident that I opened the door myself and had been frozen for a while.

“Hmm… Why didn’t you wait for Young duke Ortega to start working today?”

“…Vin won’t sit next to me. Looking at him today, he seems to be hanging out with his Highness a lot these days.”

“Oh, right. I think those two got closer.”

Homosexuality is an extremely rare worldview, so no one would have seen the relationship between Vin and the Crown Prince more than friends yet.

“Even if it’s not his highness, Vin doesn’t like me sitting next to him.”

Vin feels a little burdened with Irene. It’s a matter of course.

Who would be happy to see a person who would even commit suicide just to be engaged with him?

Even though she didn’t know he was burdened, Irelyn chased Vin to death.

She didn’t even know that it would lead to death in the distant future.

As long as I knew the set future, I had no intention of just going through it.

“So, I’m not going to bother Vin anymore.”

“…What?”

An answer that seems unbelievable. This is not from Callie’s mouth.

It just came out of Vin’s mouth when he opened the door and entered the classroom.

I opened my mouth heavily.

“Vin. I have something to say. …Uh.”

“What is it?”

Even in a single syllable, I could feel the uncomfortable feeling toward me. Well, I don’t feel so good.

I can’t believe I’m destined to be hated by my favorite character.

\ was my taste among all BL novels, and among them, Vin was my favorite character.

Because the character ‘Vin Ortega’ was originally created to reflect my taste.

What is the relationship between me and the artist that has influenced the work to such an extent…?

The writer is my sister.

The taste I used to cry out next to my sister without thinking has been reflected in the novel.

Anyone would have imagined meeting their favorite at least once. I was like that, too.

Whether my favorite hates me or not, it’s natural that I’m nervous whether I met her in my childhood or not.

“That… that’s… that… there…”

When I first saw him, I was just curious, but it was the first time I had a ‘conversation’ like this.

There is no way I can speak properly when my heart is about to jump out of my mouth.

“Jo, jo……”*(1)

“…Are you going to say you like me again?”

“No! That, th, there.”

I can’t believe you said that as soon as you heard the word ‘jo’.*(2)

I can curse similar to the letter “jo”.

Well, how many confessions has he received from Irene?

“If I don’t have anything to say, I’ll just sit there. Far away.”

Vin pointed to the farthest seat where I sat and said that. His eyes wet with boredom seemed to say this.

‘Same repertoire, I’m tired of it. Please stop.’

In a hurry that Vin would leave like this, I hurriedly shouted with my eyes closed.

“I, I don’t like you. So!”

“……”

“…I won’t bother you anymore.”

“What are you talking about?”

As expected, Vin thought it was absurd. The frowned eyes were saying that.

If I think that even his frown is pretty, it’s not normal, right?

“You seem to be trying to get some attention from me by changing your attitude all of a sudden, but think about what you did before vacation. Don’t you think you’re shameless?”

Huh? What do you mean before vacation? What’s that? There’s no way I would know!

I wasn’t Irelyn at the time.

Let’s trace Irelyn’s past, which was mentioned in the passing.

Crown Prince’s Ex-Boyfriend

Episode 3

Let’s trace Irelyn’s past, which was mentioned in passing.

She chased Vin around who was not interested in her so she asked the Marquis to make him her fiance or she’d kill herself…

Wait.

Maybe it was just before vacation?

“Who was the one who threatened to jump off the roof if I don’t get engaged with her?”

“Th, that…”

“You want to show off that even if you can’t get my heart, we’ll still get married anyway, right?”

“N, no!”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Because I know it well even if you don’t admit it. Unless I disobey the adults, I’ll eventually marry you.”

Vin said so and sneered coldly.

There was no emotion other than contempt reflected in the blue eyes that were fluttering with cold air.

Wow, that’s a face that a 13-year-old kid can’t do.

I knew that there were many elements that were lacking because I was not loved by my parents, but when I actually met them, the depth was more clearly felt.

I know that face full of wounds.

I’ve seen it countless times.

My older sister, who has been by my side since I was born.

My sister’s face was just like that.

‘You were stuck in your room every day and I wondered what you were doing! Did you write this kind of thing?’

On the day the Crown Prince’s Lovers was completed, my dad, who discovered my sister’s novel, said this.

My older sister, who had the same face as Vin, disappeared from the world that day.

Even now, three years later, no one knew where my sister was.

This was all I could know.

When she’s having a hard time, she likes running away and hides.

In our mother’s closet, only a notebook containing the manuscript of \ was placed.

“Just keep this in mind. Just because you got me, you won’t have my heart. Ever.”

Would it be like this if you could feel the coldness in your voice?

Vin rolled his silver eyelashes arrogantly and nobly, turning his gaze away from me.

Then, as if even giving his gaze was a great favor, he casually passed me by and sat in the farthest seat from me.

“Are you okay, Young lady?”

Callie asked worriedly.

I smiled softly at her.

“I’m okay.”

Actually, it wasn’t okay at all.

I thought of my sister, and I also thought that this work would not be as easy as I thought.

‘Vin. I don’t like you! So don’t worry and live happily ever after with the Crown Prince!’

I thought this word would solve the problem.

I didn’t know he wouldn’t believe me this much.

Why is it so hard? If I act normal even a little, I’ll be locked up in a mental hospital and Vin won’t believe me even if I say I don’t like him!

“Really, I have a long way to go.”

I muttered to myself and sighed.

At the sound, Vin’s gaze, which was sitting far away, stayed and fell for a very short time.

* * *

The Marquisate Heather, the family of the villainous Irelyn, has tradition, power, and wealth.

It is a family that lacks nothing.

Isn’t it just a good background to shake off the status of a villain?

However, there is one more background that can be called the “Devil Maker.”

Marquis Heather and the Marquis’ wife, Irelyn’s parents.

They raised their daughter as the strongest villain by spoiling Irelyn too much and encouraging her heart for Vin.

Conventionally, they didn’t even know how it will result in her death.

“What’s wrong, Irelyn? You don’t look good.”

The marquis’ wife anxiously asked when her expression darkened without realizing it.

I smiled brightly and asked a question that I was originally going to ask as soon as I met my family.

“Mother. Was it right before the vacation that I got engaged to Vin?”

“It was. When Vin declared that he wouldn’t see you, you said you wanted to keep Vin by your side somehow and begged him to get engaged. Remember?”

The marquis’ wife looked at my face and asked.

She seems to doubt whether I have another mental illness.

‘I’m perfectly fine! Please don’t put me in a mental hospital!’

With the will to do so, I shook my head hard. The smile of pretending to be infinitely calm was a bonus.

“I remember… it’s fine! I was just asking because I couldn’t remember the exact time.”

“Really? That’s a relief.”

Fortunately, the Marquis’s wife smiled softly as if in doubt, and resumed the meal, which had been interrupted by our conversation.

Naturally, the whole family, including myself, put their hands on the spoon again.

For a moment, while the sound of spoons and dishes clashing filled the dining room— “I ate well.”

Cith, who put down the spoon, stood up from his seat.

Even though he had been eating together since earlier, he had not mentioned a single word so far.

It’s not surprising.

Cith has always been quiet.

Cith Heather.

Currently 14, he is Irelyn’s only brother.

Even though he has the same bright blue hair and eyes as Irelyn, this boy has a gloomy impression for some reason…

He’s gay.

He is the second male lead (Gong)*(1) in .

It is said that the standard of “second male lead” is to fight fiercely with the “male lead” to take over the number, but \ does not follow the standard.

It is not the second male lead, but the evil woman who is fiercely fighting the male lead.

Of course, while fiercely fighting the second male lead.

Because our villain, Lady Irelyn Heather, has done a lot to everyone except Vin.

To the point where he despises Irelyn much more than the main male lead when Cith occupied the void in Vin.*(2)

‘The sinner, Irelyn Heather, is sentenced to death!’

When the Crown Prince gave such an order, it was almost canceled because there was no just reason.

There’s no way I’ll stay still in the Heather territory.

At that time, it was Cith that made the reason.

Poisoning of the Crown Prince.

The culprit in this case, which was thoroughly consulted with the victim, was manipulated to appear as Irelyn.

Enemies everywhere! The Crown Prince who is going to put me to death someday, Cith who will contribute to that, and the fabricated cause itself.

Everyone around me is a dangerous person.

Among them, the most dangerous one is probably Cith.

If I make them believe that I have no intention to interfere with them anymore, the prince will not want to kill me, but Cith may be different.

Cith ‘just’ despises Irelyn.

This is because the trauma he accumulated since childhood has formed him.

No matter how good Irelyn now is, the trauma will never go away.

Above all, if I suddenly treat him well, he will think that it is a new type of harassment or a mental illness.

“Yo, you’re done already? Why don’t you eat more to make the matchstick-like body more human-like?”

“……”

So I expressed my concerns in a very Irelyn-like tone of voice, but Cith left the place without even throwing a glance at me.

Arghh.

That’s understandable.

Because what I just said was nothing more than an argument disguised as tsundere*(3).

There is no way to apologize even if I feel sorry for the innocent Cith.

As soon as I apologize, I’ll be taken back to the mental hospital.

However, I can’t talk “normal” in the first place, and if I don’t talk to him at all, I may be killed someday.

What should I do to survive?

While contemplating, Cith had already completely disappeared from the dining room.

Only then did I come back to my senses and get up from my seat after putting down my spoon.

“I’m sorry. I’ll get up first.”

“What? What do you mean sorry?”

Argh! Without realizing it, another “normal” word came out.

How can I say “sorry” in the mouth of Irelyn Heather?

“Hey, I’m about to go smack the head of Cith, who got up first just now…! I apologize in advance. I don’t have a conscience either! Hahaha.”

“Oh my, what am I saying? Hurry up and go. Don’t hit him too hard.”

This crazy family! They won’t even stop their daughter from hitting her older brother’s head.

This discrimination must also be one of the reasons Cith despises Irelyn.

Even if I succeed in gaining favor with Cith, his resentment is likely not to be completely resolved if the discrimination by their parents remain.

It will soon lead to my death.

It can’t be like that! I have a lot to do. I will definitely survive and return to the original world.

As I walked with such determination, I had already arrived in front of Cith’s room.

The reaction against me was so severe that it seemed like I had to go to a place I had never been to, even today, I’m possibly at risk.

It was because I stopped arguing with him, but after actually meeting Vin and the Crown Prince, my will to not want to die arose again.

“Cith.”

I knocked on the door and called his name, but there was no answer.

Hasn’t he come in yet? Nope.

He’s a guy who just likes to be locked up in his room.

You can never be out at this time. Then, the answer is one.

He’s going to pretend that he’s not here!

“Cith. I know you’re inside. If you don’t answer, I’ll go in. 10- 9-”

Finally, after counting to 0 seconds, he opened the door.

I thought he locked the door because he didn’t answer until the end, but he didn’t.

But when I went inside, surprisingly, Cith wasn’t really in the room.

“What? You’re really not in here.”

Why did you go out? He’s a homebody who never leaves his room unless it’s

“It was stuck outside the room, so I thought it was covered with honey.”

Sis’s room was extremely normal.

Less colorful furniture for a nobleman’s room, windows that are thoroughly covered with blackout curtains to prevent light from entering, and books in a bookcase that seem somewhat difficult for a 14-year-old to read.

Everything was as expected.

One thing that deviated from the only expectation is that the desk he used to sit on is chaotic.

“Cith was definitely set up to risk his life to clean up because he had mysophobia.”

What on earth am I looking at right now?

Is this desk, where various writing utensils and papers are spread out randomly, really Cith Heather’s?

In addition, why the hell…

“Why is Vin’s painting here?”

The papers spread out on the desk were all failed drawings of Vin.

Was Cith Heather’s hobby painting? No, in the first place.

Cith feels love for Vin Ortega after he becomes an adult.

Why is the boy, who’s still 14, is drawing Bin’s picture?

“What? You.”

“Hyuk!”

Cith was standing behind me when I came in.

His blue eyes were exactly in my hand holding the painting.

“You saw it.”