Masked Girl And Her Prince 6 Chapter 6 : Rejection

Hazel was looking around gauging everyone's reactions on hearing the rules and discerned the surprise in some while the rest looked like they knew about it beforehand.

She noticed Usui's slight excitement opposing to his brother's distress. She was curious to know why the duo had distinct reaction.

' Maybe he wants to compete and the information I got was wrong.'

Hazel pondered on her thoughts while Zelal accused his brother through his eyes. Usui looked at him and shrugged,' I didn't do anything.'

Zelal retorted with his gaze,' Just stop acting. I could feel the excitement off you from a broad distance.'

Usui grinned at him which made his brother bury his head on his hands and sigh deeply.

The brother's antics were noticed by the king, so he curiously asked Usui, " A penny for your thoughts, Prince Usui?"

The sudden question of the king hushed everyone inside the hall. Zelal could feel all their probing stares and silently hoped his brother wouldn't reveal something absurd.

He silently warned his brother but to his horror, Usui ignored his warning.

" Its actually nothing, I was just surprised that the thunder squad members would take part in this."

JuIian smiled," They wanted to test their master's fiance." and shifted his gaze to the crowd ," As you all have heard, thunder squad members prioritize my daughter above everything. That's the reason why they are part of this compet.i.tion, to check suitable candidates."

The crowd nodded their head in understanding .

Julian looked at Usui again and inquired," You don't seem surprised. You look more excited, Prince Usui?"

" Oh yeah, I'm excited to fight against them and test them." Usui casually voiced.

Everyone was taken aback with his answer, even the thunder squad members glanced at him curiously. This was the first time someone was audacious to say that he wanted to test their strength.

Jinha smiled on hearing this, and whispered, "I like him already". Hak hearing this, slightly smacked his head.

Jinha rubbed his head and pouted, "Wwhaaat!"

Everyone just shook their heads and smiled helplessly at his actions.

Hazel couldn't help but smile slightly hearing their discussion. She looked at Usui curiously.

Julian was startled for a minute before he roared in laughter ," Are you that confident in winning my daughter's hand?"

On hearing this, Zelal looked at his brother suddenly. He was so close to tugging his sleeves and begging him to not say anything.

He cried inside,' Oh brother! For the love of G.o.d, please don't say anything. Let's survive this night peacefully.'

Usui frowned ," Who said anything about marrying her? I don't want your daughter."

Zelal cried,' It's over... Everything's over.'

He could see everything happening in slow motion. The laughter on his majesty's face slowly turning to outrage, the royals glaring at his brother and Liz grabbing onto Jinha's arm to stop him from attacking his brother.

The last one made him want to smack his brother so hard. He flared at the hand around that punk and wished to burn him alive.

He knew his brother would reject the princess but he wanted him to reject her privately and not publicly. He felt that his brother left no face for the princess.

Julian stormed in rage that no words came to his mouth. The only person who was not shocked by his comment was the princess herself.

Hazel chuckled softly which was echoed inside the silent hall.

She inquired coolly," Then, may I ask why you want to join the compet.i.tion?"

"At first, I only wanted to reject the entire thing and go back to my empire but now, I want to fight against them and test my strength." He said while pointing towards the thunder squad.

"Luckily, the king has given me a chance to test my strength by partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion, so I have to make use of it."

Jinha who was being held by Liz had an ugly expression on his face. He murmured in contempt," I take back what I said. I hate him, I want to burn him alive."

Even though Liz was holding onto Jinha, she was debating whether she should let him kill now or later.

No one understood what the princess was feeling as she looked calm and amused.

She asked, " So if in case you win the compet.i.tion, what do you plan to do? Marry me?"

Usui stumped ," I thought I could just reject it after the compet.i.tion."

Usui didn't make a big deal out of this and when Julian heard that he would still reject his daughter after winning the compet.i.tion, he was so furious that he wanted to snap his neck.

Seeing her father in rage, Hazel sighed and whispered few things.

Everyone could see the anger fading in him and when Hazel stepped back, the king had already regained his calm composure but still couldn't help bu glare at him.

" Well , Since you are here, you may as well join the compet.i.tion ". Even if the words were said calmly, Julian's eyes were glaring at Usui.

Zelal laughed softly," Well .. Now that's everything cleared. Let's move on." while he grabbed his brother tightly and pulled him away from the crowd.

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Soon the banquet ended, and everyone started bidding farewell tothe king and queen. When it was Usui's turn, he saw the king glaring at him.

Zelal tried making his brother apologize for his rudeness but Usui did nothing, so the task was given to Zelal. He was cursing his brother furiously in his heart as he started talking with Julian.

While they were conversing, Usui glanced at Hazel to see whether he offended her. Even though he was a honest and straightforward person, he knew that he went way overboard today with his words.

When Usui glanced at Hazel, not only was she looking at him but also had the thundersquad troop behind her. Hazel smiled at him while the troop glared murderously at him.

He sighed helplessly as he knew that he had unintentionally made a strong enemy.