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Chapter 101: My Prince (Bonus Chapter)

My beloved Edel:

Please let me kiss the corner of your lips with all my heart, and let me tell you how much I love you.

I am Song Zhishu.

The person you hated your whole life, right?

Heh heh, why do you hate me so much? I wasn't the one who destroyed your country. I naively thought I saved you, and maybe you'd be grateful to me? Just like you said, I was too naive, disgustingly stupid.

I told you, all that respect and deference—those servants weren't respecting me, they were respecting the princess. The first time I saw you, you seemed to have lost everything; you looked at me like a wolf, which frightened me, but also delighted me. Edel's gaze lingered on the "delight," his eyes slightly blurred, and he slowly looked down.

Because you were the first person to show your disgust for me on your face, thank you for making me feel that I am not living in a false, aimless world, which is too frightening.

I'm actually quite pathetic; the only time I'm happy is because you hate me.

I don't know how you feel when you're around me. I thought you would like me, even if it wasn't to spend your life together, even just a brother-sister relationship would make me ecstatic. I approached you cautiously, scheming every day to get you to look at me more, to say a few more words to me.

The most you ever spoke to me in one day was ten sentences.

Hehe, didn't expect that, did you? I remember it all.

I'm watching you. You're looking at Avery every day. I'm feigning anger, Edel, you haven't fulfilled your responsibilities. This applies to both business and personal interactions. Can't you just look at me?

I did nothing wrong.

I was just born into this royal family.

Edel, isn't this a helpless situation? But I can't refuse. My father, the father I can never let go of in my life, he loves me so much that I feel like he's bewitched.

No, he doesn't love me.

He doesn't love me.

It's as if he's looking through me at someone else.

Oh, right, it's my mother.

My mother was a perfect woman who could make anyone fall in love. Her smile could make anyone give their all, you know? But it seems that God was jealous of her. When she gave birth to me, she flew up to heaven!

I heard that my father went mad at that time, and didn't eat or drink for three days and three nights. Finally, on the fourth day, he took me in. I cried a lot at that time, but he seemed not to see it. His eyes were full of tenderness, and he had already regarded me as her.

You understand, right?

Edel

In his eyes, I was just a substitute for his mother.

Even knowing this, I still didn't want to let go of his hand.

Because he loved me until the very last moment, and at the end of my life, perhaps only he loved me sincerely.

You understand, right?

Edel

In your eyes, I'm just a spoiled and unreasonable princess.

I'm as stupid as a dog. Don't tell me you never thought of that; I don't believe you. You've been thinking about killing me every single moment, and you've been by my side for nine whole years, Edel.

I don't quite understand why you all like Avril.

Mudya is, and so are you; even the maids like her. What did I do wrong?

I don't think I have

Really

I have not done anything to any of you, Avril said.

Yes, she likes me. She likes me... Why can't you two?

You understand, right?

Edel

I seem to live a glamorous life on the surface, but it feels like nobody loves me.

You were the first ray of light to enter my life.

Countless nights I've imagined myself wearing a wedding dress for you, you exclaiming in amazement, saying how beautiful I am. You say you love me. You say you'll love me for the rest of your life. You say you could never hurt me. You say you'll only ever care about me. Just an imagination.

Don't be angry.

After all, by the time you read this letter, I'll probably already be with my mom.

Edel

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

Why can you only see Avril?

I beg you, look into my eyes. Everyone says my eyes are beautiful; they might be my only redeeming quality. But why can't you see them? In those eyes, as green as yours, lies a tender love.

Edel

I love you.

I love you, I love you.

How many times do you want me to repeat myself?

I don't want to be a substitute for my mother, I don't want to be a sinner in the eyes of those maids, I want to be myself like you. I like seeing your undisguised disgust for me; it's the only emotion you have for me, and I can feel it.

But I'm also very sad.

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I've done so much, but I can't keep up, I can't keep up with the pace that makes you hate me.

So

Let me see you again.

Let me kiss your lips one more time, so you know how much I love you.

Song Zhishu

...Edel stared for a long, long time.

So long that he seemed to hear Song Zhishu's voice. He wiped the moisture from his face and ran his fingers over the areas blurred by tears.

He didn't make a move.

This is still the Celestial Empire.

Avril married Mudeya

The king continued to rule the country with his usual nonchalant attitude, but late at night, alone, he would stroke that dress and murmur, "You know, why did she leave too..."

Busy

This seems to be the most perfect ending.

Edel held the kite as he lay on the bed, his face etched with deep lines—proof of his love for her.

There was once a girl who climbed into his bed early one morning.

A pure smile curved his lips. "Then, do it one more time."

He gently closed his eyes, and in that instant, something seemed to flash through his mind. His eyes flickered slightly: "The next world... wait for me, okay?"

"My name is Nan Gu Shu."

He stared at Song Zhishu's dazed soul, not knowing who she was talking to, and then breathed her last in peace.

The outside is still bustling and noisy.

Yes, the world is missing him if he's gone, but if someone loses him, they lose a lifetime.

What a perfect ending! This tragedy is the fatal flaw in this so-called perfection.

On the path of hating you, I carved out a paradise of loving you.

—Edel, "Angels"