I Shall Break Off Our Engagement For You
[Chapter 30]
Translated by: ME
Rosemary's comment about Felicia's lack of [aesthetic sense] momentarily stunned Barney, Kevin, and Felicia.
However, Barney quickly agreed with a laugh.
[Indeed, Maisie lacks something called aesthetic sense. I was quite surprised when I heard she went along on Felicia and Silas's date.]
[Barney, it wasn't just once. Maisie would ask, 'Can I come too?' every time and follow my sister. It's because she has no other friends. But if she has no friends, she should just read a book alone. Maisie says she hates that because it's miserable. I don't really understand what's so miserable about it.]
Kevin, who had been listening nearby, asked, [Why did Felicia allow it?]
Rosemary answered before Felicia could.
[Silas said it was okay, and Maisie always acts like a victim, so it was hard for my sister to say no. I know because I was listening. If you refuse her when she begs so pathetically, you feel like you're the bad guy.]
[But it was a date, right?]
Kevin asked, sounding exasperated.
This time, Barney interjected.
[In short, Felicia didn't like Silas that much, did she?]
[Th-that's not true. Back then, I was reasonably, properly...]
[You were just reasonably satisfied with him as your fiancé because everyone congratulated you and envied you, right? If you liked him, you'd want to be alone with him. You didn't particularly feel like you absolutely had to be alone with him, did you?]
[Well... that's true... But isn't that what noble marriages are like?]
At this point, Barney suddenly slapped Kevin on the back with a bang!
[Did you hear that, Kevin? Felicia has no lingering feelings for Silas at all. Right, Felicia?]
[Y-yes. I have no lingering feelings. I can say that with confidence.]
She doesn't even have clear feelings like dislike or hatred for Silas now.
If anything, there's only a sense of aversion like an [extra] attached to her aversion to Maisie.
In other words, as a whole, she doesn't care.
That's all there is to it.
As she was silently convincing herself, Barney cut in with a cheerful smile, [I have something to discuss with Felicia.]
[About our marriage, can we call it off?]
[Huh...? That's sudden. I don't mind, but why?]
Felicia answered lightly, and Barney looked a little dejected, saying, [You don't mind...]
Felicia laughed.
[Because, Barney... there must be a reason why you're saying that, right? If you have someone else you like, I really don't mind. We've been good friends for a long time, and I'd be happy enough if we could continue to be friends.]
Barney nodded emphatically.
[Of course, we'll always be friends.]
After smiling brightly, he straightened up as if to say he was about to say something important.
[The reason I don't want to be engaged to you is that I don't want to lose my best friend here.]
[Kevin?]
[Yeah. He said if I marry you, he'll cut ties with me...]
[Huh?]
Surprised, she looked at Kevin, who blushed and corrected, [I didn't say it like that.]
[I just said, give me a chance too.]
Rosemary wrapped her arm around Barney's arm with an excited expression.
Kevin stood up from the couch and knelt in front of Felicia.
[Felicia, would you be my wife?]
[Huh...]
[I love you.]
[Eeh!?]
He had read Felicia's poetry and wondered what kind of person she was.
He fell in love at first sight when he met her at Barney's party but Felicia was already engaged at that time.
He tried to give up once but his heart didn't move even when other people were recommended to him and every time he remembered Felicia, he felt frustrated that she had said she was his fan.
He said all this with a slightly embarrassed, blushing face and finally said this.
[I heard from Barney that you broke off your engagement with Silas. Along with the news that you might become Barney's wife. So, I asked Barney to give me a chance, just once.]
[Felicia,] Kevin said, looking at her with sincere eyes.
Felicia looked back into his deep brown, gentle eyes.
[Please marry me.]
[Kevin...]
[Before I make a formal proposal, I want to hear your feelings. If you want to marry Barney, or if you don't want to marry me, please tell me now. In that case, I will gracefully withdraw.]
Because Kevin is the Second Prince, the Erhardt family would have no choice if there was a formal proposal.
They cannot refuse a marriage proposal from the royal family.
That's why Kevin says he wants to hear Felicia's feelings first.
(He's a fair person...)
She remembers the match against Adrian Weiss at the Royal Tournament.
Because he is a prince, Kevin is sometimes given power in ways he himself does not want. Felicia learned in a short conversation at Barney's party that Kevin himself knows this best.
(I can trust this person.)
She felt trust and affection welling up in her heart, something she never felt for Silas.
[Kevin, if you are okay with someone like me, I'd be happy to.]
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