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“Please ​board, ​Your ​Highness.”

“Wait……. ​Euro!”

It ​was ​the bluish dawn, ​before ​the ​first ​crow ​of the rooster had ​even ​broken. Just as ​Euro was about ​to ​hurry ​into ​the ​carriage, ​someone ran up ​and ​grabbed ​his sleeve.

It was ​Clope Leches, his half-sister ​and the ​original owner ​of this ​carriage.

“Sister.”

Looking up ​at ​Euro ​with eyes brimming ​with tears, ​Clope appeared with disheveled ​hair, dressed in thin ​pajamas.

Over her shoulder, Euro ​could see ​a ​maid rushing out of the detached ​palace, urgently clutching a ​shawl.

Staring ​silently ​at ​Clope, ​Euro reached out ​to the ​maid ​who had approached ​him, ​panting for breath, and took ​the shawl. ​With ​a sigh, he ​draped ​it ​over ​Clope’s ​shoulders and ​spoke.

“You’ll ​catch a ​cold.”

“You didn’t say you were leaving this ​early.”

“Even if the ​Dukedom is [visit our site]rushed ​to by carriage, Read on Read BL Novelsit ​takes at ​least a stolen contentmonth. ​It’s ​only natural to ​leave early.”

“Still, how ​can you ​leave ​like this? ​Without ​even time ​for ​the family ​to ​say ​goodbye….”

Eventually, the sobbing ​Clope ​burst into ​tears. ​Instead ​of ​offering a warm embrace to his weeping sister, Euro lightly patted her shoulder and stepped back slightly.

Contrary to Clope’s wishes, there was not a single family member in this castle—aside from her—who felt regret over Euro’s departure.

An illegitimate child who appeared suddenly one day; that was Euro Leches. He found out around the age of seven that Madam Helen, once the King’s mistress, was his biological mother, and that his biological father was the King of the Kingdom of Norden.

Having been cast out from her position as a mistress to spend her life in a shabby shack in the slums, Helen was not a very good mother to Euro.

She suffered from alcohol and opium addiction and often forced Euro to take unidentified medicines.

Then one day, it happened. Helen, who usually woke up only at sunset, drenched in alcohol and opium, strangely woke up in the early dawn and moved busily.

Due to her dire circumstances, she had sold off every piece of jewelry she owned. However, even in such poverty, there was one hairpin she had not sold.

A luxurious hairpin adorned with a red ruby. It didn’t suit the shabby dress she wore at all, but as Helen pinned it into her neatly combed hair, she looked somehow determined.

Burning through the last of her firewood to boil hot water, Helen immediately washed Euro clean, dressed him in the cleanest clothes she had, and hailed a carriage in the city.

The destination, absurdly, was the Royal Palace. The guards at the entrance dragged Helen away like a piece of luggage as she stubbornly demanded an audience, but she held Euro’s hand tightly and screamed at the top of her lungs until the sun set.

‘Your Highness, your son is here! I have given birth to a prince of Norden!’

Despite her careful grooming, Helen’s appearance was a mess from the scuffle. Like the hairpin hanging precariously beneath her tangled hair, she looked extremely unstable.

However, Helen did not give up, and in a single night, Euro went from a slum beggar to a prince of Norden. In exchange, Euro never saw Helen again after that day.

“Sister.”

“…….”

“I won’t ask you to forgive the things I’ve done. But I didn’t have any other intentions. The reason I was obsessed with you… was because in this cold palace, you were the only one who treated me as family.”

“Euro.”

“This marriage is my repayment for your kindness. So, if you feel you owe me a debt, you must marry the person you love.”

Euro smiled and wiped away Clope’s tears. At that, she grabbed Euro’s hand and sobbed, burying her face in it.

Knowing this would happen, he had decided to depart secretly in the early dawn. Clope’s tears stemmed merely from her affectionate heart toward a younger brother who had volunteered for an arranged marriage in her stead.

However, to anyone else watching, it would never look that way. Because it had never been proven whether Euro was truly the King’s biological child.

Euro, who became a prince of Norden led by Helen, was indeed Helen’s biological child. As evidence, he had bright orange hair that resembled hers.

However, every single member of the Norden royalty was born with silver hair, without [Read on Read BL Novels]exception. Consequently, not only the Queen [unauthorized copy]Consort but even the nobles stepped forward to doubt Euro’s lineage.

Yet, the King ignored all of it, bypassing any verification process. That didn’t mean all suspicions vanished.

Furthermore, Euro’s usual behavior fueled the suspicion. It was because he showed an excessive obsession with Clope, his half-sister, who was the only one to warmly embrace him as a real brother.

Thus, the tearful parting between Euro and Clope was the perfect situation to be gossiped about by onlookers.

“Promise me, sister. That you will definitely marry the Crown Prince.”

“…….”

“You must.”

The Kingdom of Norden in the north had become a vassal kingdom after losing a war against the Paltryon Empire long ago. Legally it was an independent state, but in practice, it was under the Empire’s control.

Crown Prince Gail of Paltryon and Princess Clope of the vassal state Norden had been in love for a long time, but they were in a situation where marriage talks could not proceed due to the Emperor’s opposition.

Then, the Emperor of Paltryon suddenly and unilaterally ordered marriage talks between the Norden royal family and the Spioren Duchy of the Empire.

Since Clope was the only princess of Norden, the Emperor’s order was directed solely at her. Naturally, the person heading to the Dukedom in the carriage should have been Clope.

However, the Emperor had merely ordered the marriage talks, absorbed in that “naturalness,” without clearly specifying the gender or the target. Euro, spotting this loophole, volunteered for the marriage instead of Clope.

“Euro, no matter how difficult it has become for Duke Spioren to produce [visit our site]an heir… I don’t know what kind of [visit our site]humiliation you’ll face if you go instead of me.”

“I have a way to handle that, so you don’t have to worry. Same-sex marriage and adoption are common in the Empire.”

“But the Spioren family is….”

“You just worry about yourself, sister. Since the Emperor has forced an arranged marriage with someone else, marrying the Crown Prince won’t be easy.”

“…….”

“But you must make it happen. You’ll grant my request, right?”

At Euro’s earnest plea, Clope nodded vigorously. Only then did Euro seem relieved, carefully letting go of her hand and boarding the carriage.

However, as the coachman was about to close the door, Clope squeezed through and took off the shawl she was wearing to hand it to Euro.

“Euro, aren’t you dressed too lightly? At least take this shawl.”

But Euro stared blankly at the shawl Clope offered, then wrapped it back around her shoulders and fastened it tightly.

“Sister, did you forget? The Dukedom is in the south.”

“…….”

“It’s a very hot place there. Unlike Norden.”

Euro’s expression was completely distorted as he looked out the window inside the rattling, shaking carriage.

“The ride quality is fucking terrible.”

Having spent his whole life driving on well-paved roads in cars, he could not stand the shaking of a carriage galloping down a dirt path.

“Anyway… Clope really has to marry the Crown Prince. If that marriage doesn’t happen, I’m dead.”

Due to severe motion sickness, he felt like he might die at any moment, but that was just a feeling; it was on a different level from actually dying.

Euro Leches… no, ‘Kim Euro,’ who had possessed him, knew that fact better than anyone.

Kim Euro. A former main vocalist of a failed idol group, a man of misfortune who had appeared on three idol survival programs and been eliminated from all of them—that was him.

Having been cast as ‘Euro Leches’ in a musical based on the popular novel Leches simply because they shared the same name, his role was one who is murdered by the villain early in the play.

His team had disbanded long ago, and he had failed to re-debut time and again, never making the final debut lineup in the survival shows. Because of this, Euro had intended to quit the entertainment industry and return to being a civilian.

It was then that he was luckily cast in the musical. While the shared name played a part, it was also thanks to Euro’s fans, who mentioned him in every virtual casting post for the musical Leches across all SNS and communities, desperate to prevent his retirement.

The role of Euro Leches was merely a supporting part, but it had a solo song and the difficulty was quite high. Although he hadn’t re-debuted, Euro’s singing ability was outstanding, allowing him to seize the opportunity after a single meeting.

To repay the hard work and support of his fans, Euro not only read the original novel but [visit our site]also mastered visit our siteall the behind-the-scenes settings posted on the visit our siteauthor’s SNS before stepping onto the first stage.

It was because he couldn’t miss the chance to keep singing. He had successfully finished his solo, and all that was left was to die by the villain’s sword, but….

The problem was that he actually died.

The actor playing the villain had stabbed him with a real sword. Whether the real sword was obtained by chance or whether the stabbing was an accident or intentional was unknown, since he was already dead.

While it seemed far too suspicious to be dismissed as mere bad luck, struggling in resentment changed nothing.

Anyway, the real problem was separate. He had possessed ‘Euro Leches,’ who was destined to be stabbed to death once again.

If there was any silver lining, it was that he had possessed him at a point one year prior, when the marriage talks between Clope Leches and Duke Spioren, Melione—which had been briefly described in a flashback as the root of all the incidents—were taking place.

Clope Leches is found murdered one year after an unwanted arranged marriage with the Dukedom, and her husband, Melione, is framed as the sole culprit.

Naturally, Crown Prince Gail, who was her lover, could not help but be enraged, and Euro Leches, who also adored her, burned with a desire for revenge.

The end for Euro Leches, who recklessly attacked the Duke, was death. So, right now, Euro was on his way to be married off to the villain Melione, who had killed him, in place of Clope.

“Seriously… I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

Euro muttered and lowered his head. Please, let me not die again. He murmured this, fighting back the surging nausea, and squeezed his eyes shut.