𝘌𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 - 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴

The reader is a runaway princess who is cold and indifferent but slowly starts liking Sir Ethan with him reciprocating her feelings. She's also Canaria's guard and Canaria's Y/n's fangirl.

Requested by vincentbertrum

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There's something about running away from home.

That's right. It makes you feel hot.

Or... you grow bored of everything, so you look for a change of pace.

Yeah, it's the second option right now.

"Your majesty-"

"We can finally go home," Caesar sighs. "I can finally go see Canaria-"

You blink. "That's exactly what I was about to ask."

"We head back next week."

"LET'S GOOOO!" You hear another one of the prince's aids cheer.

"Sir Jax."

"Sorry, princess."

-♘-

The parade back to the kingdom is quite... lively.

You were not expecting anyone to recognize you as the neighboring kingdom's princess.

"PRINCESS Y/N!!!"

"PRINCE CAESAR!!!"

"WE LOVE YOU!!!!!"

"They're lively," Ethan remarks.

You laugh slightly.

Ethan looks away, ears pink.

"Princess-"

"ARE YOU Y/N??? THE KNIGHT THAT HAD THE HIGHEST BODY COUNT?" The princess runs up to you, ignoring her fiancé.

"Princess, I don't think that's something to be-"

"I'm such a fan! You left your family to join the war and helped us win!"

"Canaria-"

"A-ah, right?"

"Could you be my personal knight?"

You blink in confusion.

HUH??????

"A-as long as the emperor agrees?"

Canaria gets it done.

You're guarding the princess now.

Scratch that; you're guarding her son.

Prince Lanis.

You hadn't been allowed to guard anyone since you were from a foreign royal family, and there had been quite a dispute among the nobility over who the next successor was.

When Caesar finally sat on the throne, it wasn't any less turbulent than expected.

"Prince!"

"W-What happened?" Canaria turns away from her husband.

"Please have a look!"

"Cecil scribbled in my diary and then disappeared!"

"What?!"

"Did you say Cecil disappeared?"

"Ah, no, your highness," You sigh. "The princess went out with her escort."

The two sigh in relief.

"What exactly happened?"

"The princess told the prince she wanted to get engaged to Sir Ethan, to which the prince responded by telling her to wake up."

"But isn't Ethan..." The princess trails off.

You nod.

The princess comes back later in the day.

"I'd like to get engaged to Sir Ethan!"

"My princess... Sir Ethan's already engaged to Dame Y/n..." Canaria laughs awkwardly.

"What?!"

You look to the side, hiding your face behind your hand.

"Why didn't you tell me?" The princess whines.

"Because we didn't know if the princess knew what an engagement was," Ethan kneels next to the princess. "You'll forgive us for not telling you, right?"

The princess pouts, but she nods gently.

"Thank you, princess." He smiles.

"He's already better than you at dealing with kids," You mumble to Caesar.

The emperor sheds a single tear. "I know."

"I was kidding," You laugh.

"Speaking of which, when is the wedding?"

You sweat.

You still have no idea.