My Reborn Villainess Fiancée Is Obsessed with Me—Too Bad I’m Not Interested - Chapter 1.10

As if I were being dragged by the Prince, we moved through the hallway. Eventually, I was taken to a private room in the back where no one else was around. It looked like a personal study with a high ceiling and a thick door. When the door closed, the noise from outside was cut off, and silence followed.

Alexis was breathing heavily. His face showed a mix of frustration, confusion, and an emotion I didn’t quite understand. Even in the game, I had never seen the Prince so upset.

While I struggled to find the right words, he took a small breath and spoke in a low voice.

“…I didn’t want to punish you.”

I widened my eyes at his confession. What was that? This is a huge deviation from the game. We are supposed to be the “punisher” and the “one being punished.”

“But since you are hurting Lily, I cannot ignore it as a Prince. …Even though I know that, why does my heart ache so much…?”

Alexis’s voice shook slightly. When I remained silent, he looked down painfully.

“You are my fiancée. Even if it was a political arrangement, you have been by my side since we were children. That is why when you committed a crime, I should have punished you with a firm attitude…”

It seems he isn’t punishing me because he truly hates me. Instead, it looks like his duty as a Prince and his personal feelings are fighting each other.

I listened to him while feeling stunned, but a new question rose in my heart. If this was really just a political marriage without any romantic feelings, would he need to suffer this much?

However, I cannot find the answer using only the information from the game. I had an image of Alexis being much calmer and handling things coldly, but this reality is different.

“To me, someone like you—” I started to say, but then I swallowed my words. I almost said that I originally had no interest in him, but I didn’t know if I should throw such words at him in this situation.

Besides, I felt a slight tightening in my chest. I thought I simply didn’t care, but knowing the Prince in front of me is suffering this much makes my heart hurt for some reason.

“…I didn’t know with what kind of feelings you were trying to punish me.”

That was the best I could say. The Prince looked at me as if he were startled. Then, he bit his lip regretfully.

“Do you feel nothing…? Earlier, you said it didn’t matter. Was our engagement so light that you could dismiss it with those words?”

It was a sharp question. It is true that I felt that way, but being asked directly made it hard to answer. It is true that I wasn’t interested, and I thought I could accept the punishment as just the “flow of the game.”

But seeing the Prince’s pained expression, I am starting to feel that “maybe I don’t truly feel nothing.” Still, I don’t really know. I didn’t love him, nor was I obsessed with him.

“…I’m sorry. But, I don’t really understand.”

Those were my honest words. As I stood there confused, Alexis looked down and said, “As I thought, you are…” He moved his lips as if he were about to say something else, but in the end, he just sighed without saying a word.

A deep silence fell between us. A new gap, different from the game, lies between us perhaps the story starting from here is different from the original “punishment.”