Chapter 5; Mysterious Prince

...[Chapter 5]...

...Who the actual heck is this??!??! This wasn't in the novel... right…? The Crown Prince in the novel was supposed to die around this time, yet he looks perfectly healthy here...?...

...Is the story straying from the original or something? No way right?...

...As Cloudia and her father Caleb walks on a soft red colored carpet towards the Emperor and the Crown Prince, and bowed down in front of the two, greeting them....

..."Come Forward..." the Emperor said with a powerful and majestic tone, leaning on his elbow as he looked down on us. The Crown Prince was eyeing me with a weird yet... familiar smug smirk....

...As Caleb walked towards the Emperor, he raised his hand, and then-...

...He hung his arm around Caleb's neck like an old friend as he chuckled, "Caleb~ Was my performance good? It was right?~" The Emperor continued to laugh. ...

...It had been stated in the novel that the two were close friends in the past when they attended the Magic Academy together, which led to Caleb helping the Emperor rise up to the throne without any blood on his hands....

..."What'd you call me here for anyway?" Cloudia's father said as he chuckled softly, happy to see an old friend in such a long while. "Oh, I honestly just wanted to introduce my eldest to yours, maybe they can be good friends?~" Caleb was taken aback by this request....

...Usually in society, when two people of the opposite genders become friends, that's basically an early engagement....

...The Crown Prince walked over to Cloudia with a confident stride, bowing before her as he smirks. "You finally get to see what my plan is, Soon Yeoksuk..."...

...Huh?...

...^^^H-huh…?^^^...

...How does the Crown Prince of a fictional world know Cloudia's name from her previous life…? That's impossible... Wait he said something about a plan…...

..."God-guy?!" Cloudia blurted out in utter shock as she stared at the Crown Prince with disbelief. "Ugh... for the last time, I am not called 'God-Guy', but whatever... I said I'm interested in you, it wasn't a joke~" He said with a teasing tone while our father's chat to their hearts content....

..."S-so... this was your plan all along that you've you've blabbering about all these years...? Possessing a 5-year-old?" Cloudia softly whispered, still struck with disbelief at his words. ...

"Mm, yea, I resigned and had nothing better to do and this vessel was already dying, so you know. Maybe you should be thanking me instead of using that accusing tone?" He said as he smirked.

...In the novel, the male lead who is the second Prince of the Empire, became Crown Prince when he was 4 years of age, all because his 5-year-old brother, the current Crown Prince, died of an incurable illness, but it was never explicitly said in the novel, and cast away as a sad backstory for the male lead....

The Emperor was quite delighted when the Duke had agreed to his request. "So... what do I call you now, God-Guy?" Cloudia asked as she sighed, not interested in this whole ordeal. "Well, you can just call me by my new name, Alexander~"

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