An extremely uncomfortable situation was unfolding in front of me, apparently an acquaintance of the princess arrived to greet her but clearly, she doesn't like him, moreover, I don't know why.

(This guy... he seems to look at the princess as if he is looking at an object on display)

While I was thinking about this, I noticed that the prince looked at me, but then immediately turned to the princess again, I felt that to him it seemed like I wasn't even here.

"Well, have you decided on the matter we talked about between our families earlier?"

As soon as he said this, I noticed that the princess's face contracted into an almost imperceptible scowl.

"I thought I had told you before Prince Edward, at the moment I do not intend to marry"

Hearing the princess's response, the prince flashed a smile that was clearly fake before continuing speaking.

"Well, everything is possible in the future, you know... we are royal family, I am sure your majesty knows that a marriage between the two of us will be extremely beneficial for your kingdom"

he said with a smile, i felt a little uncomfortable with his comment, he was clearly saying that it would be beneficial if both of us were to marry since our country would have help from a stronger country, i looked at the princess and also noticed that she didn't like the comment that much, with a smile on his face the prince began to approach the princess, to be honest his attitude was getting on my nerves.

(He totally treats her like an object and thinks he has possession of her)

I thought as I looked at him, he was totally ignoring me, I’m sure she could do something to push him away but I can't just stand by and watch, without a second thought I start walking towards the princess and the prince, the princess seemed to notice that I was approaching as I felt her eyes on me, but just as I thought the prince was not at all interested in me.

Just before he puts his hand on the princess, I step in front of her stopping the prince's advance.

"Would you please refrain from doing that prince, from what I can see the princess clearly doesn't want to go with you”

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Hearing my reply he stopped, although he still had a smile on his face, I was sure he was not smiling.

"A commoner thinks he has the right to talk to me the crown prince of the kingdom of Storne?"

Saying this he moved closer to my ear and whispered so that only I could hear.

"Know your place commoner, before I force you to"

He said in a clear tone of threat, unfortunately for him this would not affect me, in these 6 years many things happened, including the fact that the kingdom of Storne tried in every way to lure me into their kingdom, but I denied all possibilities and said I would stay in the kingdom of Solaris, basically I was confident that if I revealed my identity, they would have one foot back from messing with me.

My name has become extremely well known these past 6 years, although most people still don't know my face, the few who do are the royal family of Solaris and the high-ranking people who work in my company, the princess also knew this so she was not so alarmed about it.

"I apologize for bothering you prince, but I'm sure you don't want to be known as someone who forces girls to do something they don't want to do you?"

I said threatening him back, he clearly understood my message, being the target of rumors being someone in royalty is extremely bad for one's reputation, even more so if the person in question is the crown prince, with a smile on his face the prince took a step back, apparently, he understood what I meant.

"Oops, sorry about that, it seems I was too emotional seeing Princess Emi after so long that I ended up letting my emotions control me"

He said turning around immediately afterwards.

"Well, I hope we meet again princess Emi, preferably when you have no nuisances around"

He said as he looked sideways at me, after that he started walking towards the exit of the auditorium, with a sigh I turned to the princess, our eyes met as she was looking at me, her beautiful golden eyes seemed to be mesmerizing me.

"Something wrong?"

She said, apparently, I was looking too hard.

"It's nothing, sorry for my intrusion princess, I just couldn't stand by watching how disrespectful he was being towards you"

I said as I shook my hand, and true I was quite famous but that doesn't mean I could do anything to change the situation, he was still a prince from a stronger country than Solaris, I only got away with it this time because I could use a card against him, while I was thinking about this Emi did something I really didn't expect to see, she smiled softly at me.

"You don't have to worry about it, I really appreciate your help, that was very gentlemanly of you but it could have been dangerous so I urge you to be more careful in the future"

She said scolding me.

"Also...you can call me Emi, we are in school so we both have the same student status"

She said, i was really surprised by her request, although it's not really weird to call someone by name this doesn't apply to royalty, her letting me use her name and the same as saying we are close friends.

"Are you sure?"

She just nodded.

"Then... Emi, may I escort you to your dormitory?"

Although my request was a bit cheeky for some reason something told me she wouldn't reject it, thinking for a moment she nodded her head accepting my proposal.

"I would love to"

She said, with that, Emi and I walked out of the auditorium heading towards the girls dorm.