CHAPTER 18

TITLE: I was only an EXTRA but the Villain and Male Lead tries to pursue ME?!

WRITTEN BY: B_A_DG_R

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY: B_A_DG_R

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CHAPTER 18

"!"

My feet unconsciously stepped back because of shock.

"Hmm? I know I'm handsome but it'd be weird if you stare too much~"

He claps infront of my face to snap me back to reality.

I came back to my senses after that and shake my head. I peeked at his face and saw that his dirty blonde hair and onyx eyes are back.

What was that? As soon as our hands brushed each other, I saw a different version of him. He has the same features just different hair and eye color.

I've been like this for a few days now! Just what is happening to me?

"...Thank you..."

I responded to him quietly before walking pass him.

"And just you know, I'm not staring at you because you're handsome"

I told him without looking back at him. My back facing his back, he chuckled before replying.

"Yes, sure~"

I can hear his footsteps walking away from me. I looked back at him and saw him heading towards a carriage nearby.

Silver hair and purple eyes...

Is he what I thinks he is?

I know that only direct descendants of the imperial family have those traits.

Could he be the crown prince?

...No, the crown prince shouldn't be carelessly walking outside the public. It is known that the emperor doesn't want the crown prince to recklessly walk around the empire and was known to be confined in the palace.

Is this hallucination? And back when Arthur was visiting me, why is it a memory of an older Delie and not my past life?

I want to remember the real memories of my past life. I want to know what novel I am in and my character to answer all the questions I have for myself.

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~3rd Person POV~

The young boy that Delie had encounter earlier saw a man who looks like he was already waiting for his return.

"Your highne-!"

The man was about to greet him but the young boy just glared at him which made the man cover his mouth instantly.

"I mean...Eros!"

He just smiled and waited for the young boy to get inside the carriage before he went inside himself and told the coachman to start the carriage.

"You need to be more careful Viscount Taylor...you do know that I am pretending to be your son"

The young boy told the man he called Viscount Taylor.

"How can a mere viscount and advisor talk so casually to the crown prince, Your Highness?"

He beamed after telling that to the young boy.

"Viscount Uy Apollo, you are still a trusted friend of my father and one of my great advisors...so you should give more commendation to yourself"

The crown prince complimented the viscount who looks like he was about to shed a tear at the young prince's words.

"Sometimes...I don't know if Your Highness is sincere or being sarcastic"

He remembered the times when the prince was actually criticizing someone and saying harsh words but can still maintain a smile that can fool thousands of people.

"I'll just take that as a compliment~"

The face of the prince darkens at the viscount's so-called compliment. The viscount is still creeped out at the prince's fake smile.

"I guess I can remove my disguise now or my mana will drain..."

The young boy removes a magical ring from his hand. His dirty blonde hair transforms into pure silver and his onyx eyes had turned into purple eyes.

"Are you careful that no one saw you without the ring off, Your Highness?"

"Don't worry, no one saw and if they happened to see through my disguise then they will have to worry since they might not see the sky anymore~"

The prince placed his hand on the side of the carriage's glass window to rest his head and chuckles.

Even the coachman feels a cold shiver in his spine after the prince told that.

"By the way, I went to visit Cain again but he still doesn't want to meet me even after not taking off my ring"

The crown prince sighed remembering how his paternal cousin refuses to see him. The first time they met before, Cain almost attacks him since according to him...the prince looks like his late abusive mother. His mother, Duchess Elainne El Blanc being a former princess also has traits of silver hair and purple eyes.

"Do you really wish to be in good terms with him?"

The viscount who was worried about the crown prince asked him.

"Of course, we are still cousins~"

The prince forms another smile, without knowing if he is just bluffing or not but the viscount knows him more than the emperor. He knows that this prince is plotting something again.

Actually, the fact that the prince is a quiet and discipline child is just a rumor that the emperor wants everyone to think. He is actually very smart and takes part in his father's plan even though he is only ten years old.

He is not really confined to the palace and was actually freely roaming around the public disguised as the viscount's son. The reason why he was exploring the empire is to see what's happening outside.

"Is it really okay for the public to keep your gift a secret? I mean you already unlocked yours at eight! The same as the young master El Blanc"

"We will eventually announce it but of course, we wouldn't tell my original gift"

"I see...then I will respect Your Highness' decision! You will be entering the academy as my son, right? Can you maintain your disguise there?"

The prince smirked and raised his right hand's thumb. He swiftly moves it from left to right infront of his neck.

"Like I said, that person will be dead meat"

His smirk becomes curvier. The viscount was relieved that he was allied to the crown prince or he'll be a hard opponent some day.

"Yes...that magic contains a lot of power so no one can easily see through it"

A sudden scene was replayed from the prince's mind. The little girl he met earlier drops a book about 'The Legend of the Saintess' which was a property of the imperial family before donating it to the library.

The contents inside there are just the basics since the imperial famiy rips the remaining pages there and the information is top secret.

He was wondering why a mere young girl like her is already curious at those stuffs since girls her age only focus on how to doll themselves.

"Actually...I think someone already saw through it"

He remembered the young girl being surprised for a moment as soon as their hands touched. He also felt a strange sensation coming from her even it is just for a moment.

"What?! Really? Who is it? Is it a very powerful magician? A high-ranking noble or-"

"A little girl"

The viscount paused after the crown prince told him that it was a little girl.

"What...?"

"A little girl~ and a cute one too~"

The prince remembers the girl's funny reaction. He perceived it as cute whenever he remembers her funny expression.

"Your Highness! This is not a time for jokes! Besides, how can you say that when you already have a fiance?"

The viscount mildly scolds the young prince which made him chortle at his seat.

"Father was the one who agreed to accept that proposal! He only wants more power but as soon as I graduate the academy...I'll break it off with that spoiled duke's daughter"

The young lady Daphne and the crown prince met about two years ago. The young lady was a spoiled child and was loved by his father so much even though their parents are not really that close.

The crown prince feels jealous for the girl's freedom unlike him who looks like his father's puppet. He find it ridiculous that the lady fell inlove with him at first sight.

That girl is very clingy and was a bully to others. He purposely tried to flirt with other girls to make her think that not all the things she wants will be get.

The imperial family, imperial knights, his advisors, the high-ranking nobles and the young lady Il Viva are the only ones who can meet him so casually without a disguise.

Besides, he wants to meet the little girl she met earlier again. He also knows that the girl saw through his disguise which made him interested with her.

The young prince forms a sadistic smirk.

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~Delie's POV~

"Achoo!"

These past few days, I've been sneezing a lot.

"Young miss? You've been sneezing a lot!"

Sara who was cleaning my room went to me to touch my forehead.

"I'm alright, Sara!"

"They say that when a person sneeze means that someone is thinking of them!"

Sara said hugging her own body and fantasizing about a handsome man with me.

"Why? Have you been sneezing too? Is Ron been thinking of you~?"

I teased her which made her blush like mad with a few smokes coming out from her ears.

"Y-young miss!"

"How's your date?"

"Oh! Um...he asked me out again! We ate a meal together, watch a theater play and he bought me a necklace"

Sara took his heart-shaped silver necklace out to show it to me.

"Wow! That's nice, Sara!"

I gave her a grin and thumbs up.

"Invite me to your wedding, alright?"

"Wedding? Young miss! What are you talking about? I can't get married! No one will look after you!"

She pouted.

"Oh Sara..."

I sighed before giggling at Sara.

The next day, I actually caught a fever which explains why I'm sneezing a lot.

And I thought someone was REALLY thinking of me! Hmph!

"Sara, can I read a book?"

Even though I'm sick, I'm easily bored so I asked Sara to get me a book I borrowed. I told her to get the 'Legend of the Saintess' since the other books are useless, it is mostly about quizzes about gifts and the other basic knowledge about it.

The 'Legend of the Saintess' is the only one I have left.

I started to read the book from the first page:

(A long long time ago, about a thousand years before the founders discovered the three great lands...there was a saintess who is the one looking after the great land and was a great friend of the three dragons who can communicate with them well. She possess many powers and has a beautiful golden hair...people from her clan also possess beautiful gold hair)

(One day, the saintess met three men who became the new founders of the three lands. The Great Three Dragons gave them gifts like the saintess and was asked to protect their assigned lands. The three founders and the saintess live in harmony, many people are already living in the three Great Empire. The saintess fell inlove with one of the citizen and was willing to give a portion of her power for him but she was betrayed by that man after he acquired the power since he ran away with another woman. The saintess died alone with so much grief and sadness, her clan also died from a tragedy with an unknown cause. That's the last time the people ever saw her or people with golden blonde hair. As for the three founders...they grieved at her and her clan's death and told everyone to forget her in order to honor her and to finally give her peace. No one knows what happened to the man that betrayed the saintess...)

And that ends the book. The author of the book was nowhere to be found, there a lot of pages that are ripped too. Is the legend real? Or is it just a made-up story?

"As I thought...nothing..."

I sighed in disappointment before closing the book. No one even knows if the legend is true or just another myth.

I need to get this back to the library and ask the man in the counter about it. Maybe he knows something about this.

"Goodnight, young miss!"

Sara told me before tucking my bed. Even though I'm originally an adult, being spoiled like a child occassionally is nice too.

I closed my eyes and another image flashed in my dream. My past dreams are very harmonious and calm but this time I was in a dark place with a lot of fire surrounding me.

I can only see smokes and hear shouts of people in agony.

What's going on here?!

I narrowed my eyes and saw a woman not far away from me. I can't see her appearance too well but I can see that she has long golden blonde hair and was laughing hysterically in the midst of this all.

"Curse you...curse you all!"

She turns to look at me but I can't still see her well.

"Curse you! Curse your blood!"

"!"

I immediately jolted up from my bed. I can feel my sweat running down my face and I was gasping for breath.

That dream is terrifying! I know she's looking at me! I know she is angry even though I cannot see her face.

She is telling me my blood is curse! What the heck was that?!

I had a hard time sleeping that night because of that horrible dream...no! Nightmare!

I waited for a few days before my fever goes down so that I can finally go to the library to bring back the book I borrowed.

"Good day, young lady! How were the books you borrowed?"

The man sheepishly grin at me after he took back the books.

"Useless"

I frankly replied.

"I-is that so...?"

He looks a bit flustered. Maybe I was a bit harsh...

"But...I enjoyed the 'Legend of the Saintess'..."

I whispered to his ear after he leans down to me.

"Really? Everyone thought that book was useless since there are a lot of ripped pages..."

But it was true though...it is useless.

"Why were those page ripped anyway?"

"It originally belongs to the imperial family but they donated it after they took the pages they need...no one even knows if the legend was true and if there was really a saintess..."

He shrugs his shoulder to tell me that he doesn't know anything beyond that.

"I see...thank you"

"It was my pleasure, young lady! Come again!"

He happily waved at me before scolding at a commoner that was next to me for bringing back the books he borrowed late.

I'm glad that I was fortunate enough to be transmigrated here as a noble.

I do wonder why the imperial family took the pages that was written there and said that the legend of the saintess was only a myth?

If the three founders are true then why are they claiming that the existence of the saintess was only a mere story?

"Hey! That's illegal! Commoners shouldn't have their gifts unlocked!"

I saw two imperial knights shouting at a man with tattered clothes with flames in his hand.

"Shut up! Give me all yer money or somebody will get hurt!"

The man told the knights with a different accent and tries to point his flames at different people.

"Calm down, you don't need to do-"

The imperial knight was cut off by the man with flames.

"I said shut up! What will ye do? You'll arrest me anyway and seal my gift! That's what ye selfish nobles do! Ye only want yer gifts to be used!!"

The man shouted at the nobles who are looking at him.

"Enough!"

One of the imperial knights used his gift by cloning himself to take the man's arm and stop him.

"That's it! You are under arrest!"

"Heh. You thought you could stop me? Don't tell me I didn't warn ya!"

The man smirks and throws his flames to the kid beside me. She only looks five years old!

The flame is too fast! No one can reach to her that quickly on time aside from me who was the nearest to her.

"The poor child!"

"I'm sorry Sara..."

I muttered to Sara who was also watching the commotion beside me.

"Young miss?! Where are you going?"

I'm sorry Delie but I can't ignore an innocent child!

I run as fast as I can to shield the young girl from the upcoming flame.

"Young miss!"

Sara tries going to me but the flame already hit me and a large white glow came from me to stop the flame.

"What...? But that was my largest flame!"

The tattered man was bewildered on how such a small girl like me block his largest flame so easily.

"...Sara..."

Argh! Not again! I'm going to faint again!

I can feel my heart throbbing painfully and I can't breather normally. It is like I'm having a heart and asthma attack at the same time.

The last thing I saw was Sara heading to me and calling for help before finally letting my eyes close.

Darn it...