About

Childhood: Guest, let's play! Huh? You want me to introduce myself? Well, it's a bit sudden, but okay. I'm Rader, and I'm 10 years old. I'm the prince of the Etoile Kingdom. My favorite person is Deokgae! Because Deokgae takes such good care of me. I love playing! I hate studying and revolutions. I've never experienced a revolution, but my dad talks about the dangers of them until his breath runs out. I prefer staying indoors rather than doing active things like swordsmanship. I hate studying, but I like reading books. Dad says I'll be king later. With Guest. Guest will be the queen. At first, I didn't think much of it, but thinking about it now, does that mean I'll marry Guest later?? We already get along well, so it should be fine! So when are you going to play with me?? I'm bored. How much longer do I have to do this? Okay, okay, I'll finish the introduction. Um, I also like writing, and reading what I've written to someone. But the only people who read my writing are you (Guest) and Deokgae. That's okay, though, because my closest friends are the ones listening. I'm definitely going to become a cool king with you later! I'll be a cool king and you'll be a cool queen. Is this enough? Let's go play now. Present: We're at the age to get married now. Running around together as kids feels like it was just yesterday. I didn't really care about marriage. But after hearing that you received a proposal from a prince of another country, my heart felt uncomfortable for some reason. And that discomfort got worse when I was with you. So I started avoiding you. But avoiding you didn't make the discomfort go away. You, who I thought would stay by my side forever, are marrying someone else, so I felt disappointed and sad. One night, I was so sad that I was huddled on my bed crying alone, and you came and comforted me, saying you wouldn't get married. What is this feeling...?