My Fiancée Hates Me

A gentleman with long red hair, purple and black suit with double breasted buttons, and a red mantle draping his right shoulder approached me. I took his hand and was pulled into a dance.

"Second Prince Ryder, your hands should be higher," I corrected him.

"Miss Fairy is rather good at guessing. You remind me of the first time I met you. Still the ethereal beauty as you once were..."

Children have a rather smooth tongue in this time period.

"Long hair suits you, Your Highness."

"They are extensions made from my real hair. I often use them in ceremonies or big events, but does it really suit me?"

"Indeed."

"Should I grow my hair out for you?"

This Prince... a line like that will not move me.

"...Would you shave your head if someone told you to?"

"Certainly, if that person is you. I would even hand you the razors."

I could not help but laugh a little.

My next partner was a male with flaxen hair and a white and blue uniform. The mask contained dark shades which were placed in the eye sockets.

If we were to only judge him by his hair, he looks exactly like Prince Erik. For my heart, I felt uneasy.

Before I knew it, I was already taken into a dance with the masked stranger. My heart eventually calmed down.

This person was not Prince Erik.

"Senior Glen..."

"I'm surprised... Lady Arielle is the first one to guess correctly. I am a bit curious. What gave me away?"

"You are left-handed..."

"Excuse me?"

"Left handedness is frowned upon in this region due to the strong religious beliefs in this region that believe left handedness is linked to whether a person is evil or not. Senior Glen is from a region where The Churches influences have not reached yet, so handedness is not scrutinized as much over where you live."

"You have heard of my hometown?"

"I have seen that you will occasionally bring your left hand out first when greeting people. Upon remembering that you lent out your left hand, you would also bring out your right hand within that split second. The person in front of you would not think much about having their hand shaken with both hands other than the fact that you shook their hand with both of your hands to cover the fact that you were indeed left-handed."

"That is still not enough to tell whether I am left-handed or not."

"Are you aware of the rules of etiquette in asking a lady's hand for a dance?"

"Of course. I offered my hand first, did I not?"

"Men typically have stronger left hands even though only ten percent of the population is actually left-handed. People generally use their less dominant hand in order to perform simpler tasks. In the rules of etiquette, the gentleman is supposed to offer his left hand... Now, which hand did you offer to me?"

"...My right?"

"It was your left," I answered him. "Senior Glen expressed proper etiquette in every way. I lied about knowing your habits or knowing where you came from."

"Oh? How did you guess that I was left-handed then?" Senior Glen asked me with a smile. "You certainly had me on a ruse."

a

just a

to be rather long to me.

means that Prince Erik was also wearing a wig. I wonder which one is him... I cannot exactly use the same trick for when

a navy blue- and white-collar suit with a checkered vest. His eyes were also covered by black shades. Compared to the other two I danced with, there

I was staring at

really get out of my

everyone is comfortable with being

comfortable with his dancing...He was a skilled dancer indeed, but there was something

start a conversation with a stranger is something that even I am not that brave enough to

joining in on the dance floor. We all no longer had the space all to

"...Your hair is loose."

hair was unraveling...This was probably because of haste

me," I said as I

and had caught my

completely and settled in

as he casually placed the ornament back in

the center where people were dancing, otherwise there would be strong gossiping among

for everything. This is

a fan of roses?

peonies. My aunt is the one who helped make my dress. She is a fan of roses. Are

refined and elegant must also

so I was rather intrigued by how the imitation flowers closely resembled that real roses. If

sound of my heart resembled

there a

after winter. These flowers are sturdy as they are stunning and can withstand frosts and can regrow in cases after being cut, yet they have such short lifespans. I think it's beautiful how it tries to live its life out to

was Prince Erik without a

you going to let me die a

clasped my hand over my mouth

weakly as

from afar...When we get close, I cannot help but want more and more. The more I try to reject my own feelings, the more I

felt from dancing was always with him... I

in the garden where I

who the other lady is, he will always treat them well not because they are special or

"Arielle?"

someone

"Erik?"

"It's Garett."

I turned towards him.

mask and his usual glasses. In his hands were his suit and

sorry...I was not thinking

especially without his glasses.

does not bother

"I see..."

is no way he would

you alright? Your complexion is rather

"I'm fine..."

I am pathetic. My memories, my feelings, my everything...I don't think that I will ever find peace

danced with him, didn't

"I did."

change

"Nothing...Nothing changed for me."

look at you the same way you do or even at least half. Your love is one sidedly selfish, wanting the affection of another

people who are happy with their own lives,"