Masked Girl And Her Prince 7 Chapter 7 : I Will Protect You

Aghast, the king along with the queen, Hazel and her guards rushed to follow them. Zelal found the situation curious that he dragged his brother along with him to find out what made the king anxious.

Usui grimaced," Where are you dragging me too? " and shoved his hand away from his sleeve.

" Didn't you find it strange that someone managed to crash into this palace?"

Zelal couldn't hide the s.h.i.+ne in his eyes as he asked his brother. Usui glanced at his brother's curious nature and cursed in his heart.

Zelal couldn't wait any longer so he yanked his brother by his sleeve and proceeded to follow them while Usui just gave in to his brother's whims.

Both of them saw a group gathered around the inner hall, and made their way to the front of the crowd and stood right behind the princess. And, what they saw widened Usui's eyes with surprise.

He saw a little boy on the floor, staring blankly at the broken vase beside him. His cheeks were puffed and was trying to hold his tears back and what about the boy did he get surprised about?

Because the little chubby boy was none other than Rin. He wondered how this little boy managed to get inside the hall but he got his answer soon.

When Julian saw the boy , he immediately went towards the boy and picked him up, "Son , why arent you in bed?"

Everyone on hearing the king addressing the boy as son realized that this was the little prince they heard about ,the prince who was really brilliant and could outs.h.i.+ne the adults.

" So that's the little prince."

" He's so cute. Just look at him .. aww"

"I want to pinch his cheeks."

The little boy sobbed pitifully," Father, I saw a nightmare and terrified I went to search for sister in her room and didnt find her. So I came to you but I accidentally knocked down the vase."

Usui witnessed the scene and couldn't help but smile slightly when he remembered how the kid told him that the two people he met was his mother and father.

He chuckled and shook his head before he looked around. He noticed the two people standing amongst the crowd and figured they were the guards of the prince.

Both the guards smiled slightly and nodded at Usui.

Zelal hearing his brother chuckle and nod at the guards realised that he was missing out on something.

Hazel had a helpless smile on her face as she knew that he intentionally created trouble. She had reminded him , before she came to the hall about the compet.i.tion and asked him to stay put but the little boy objected to it.

" Noooo!! Only I am capable of protecting you. Sister, don't marry anyone, just wait for me . I will marry you. I will protect you."

Remembering his cute statement, Hazel rubbed his head. She knew that he came to take a look at the candidates. He was exaggerating his act so much that she thought father would die from heartache.

Rin on seeing his sister, jumped into her arms and started bawling ," Sister, I was so scared."

She could only helplessly pat him and hug him in front of everyone. 'There.. There....'

Slowly, she bent and whispered in his ears, "Stop acting now or I will never allow you into my room." and gave the kid a warning look.

The kid gulped when he realised that she was warning him to not overdue it. He realised the only way to escape the situation was to act more. So, he buried his face against her neck and said," I'm sleepy ."

Everyone was amused seeing the chubby kid being scared once to acting cute with his sister.

Julian was shaking his head on seeing his son's actions and wondered whose genes he got it from that he ignored his parents and went straight away to his sister.

He remembered that kids love their parents more than their siblings. But, why was it the opposite here?!

Hazel had a soft smile seeing him act so cute. She repeatedly kissed his cheek while Rin blushed and hugged her neck tightly. Everyone could see the love in the princess's eyes and her actions towards her brother unknowingly made some jealous.

When the maid came forward to carry the chubby prince away, Rin suddenly raised his head and looked at his sister with his puppy eyes.

Hazel on seeing this sighed," There's no need, he will be with me for the night" and dismissed the maid while Rin smiled happily and looked at his parents.

And that's when he noticed Usui, who was smiling at him. On seeing his big brother, Rin smiled widely and struggled to get down from his sister's arms.

Hazel noticing his struggle, let him down, confused and saw him run to Usui," Big bro, you are here too." And raised his arms for a hug to which Usui obliged.

Julian was astounded by his son, who asked a hug from a stranger. Even he was never granted that opportunity.

The king gritted his teeth and thought,' That punk... I was right when I wanted him dead before. He's stealing my son and humiliating my daughter. '

It wasn't just the king who was annoyed, even Hazel had a frown while looking at Usui questioningly.

Usui noticing her frown explained how he had met Rin. That's when she remembered her guards mention about her little brother meeting this prince.

Rin, on hearing his explanation to his family remembered about the money he borrowed and immediately told his father.

Julian gritted his teeth but had a doting smile on his face as he promised his son that he would return it early tomorrow.

It was way past midnight so Hazel excused herself as she wanted to put Rin to sleep and took Rin from Usui's arms.

But, he wanted to talk some more with Usui that he refused to let go of his neck. She promised him that they could talk tomorrow but glared at Usui,' How dare you steal my cute adorable brother from me."

It was the first time he saw a different expression on her face . Her green eyes narrowed while her lips pursed at him. She looked like she wanted to beat the c.r.a.p out of him for stealing her brother's love.

Usui grinned at her, annoying her more. She turned to walk away with Rin on her arms , grumbling all the way.

As they were the guest to the empire, every royals were allocated rooms inside the palace. As the brother's reached their room, Zelal folded his arms and looked at his brother. ' Spill out !'

He looked at him calmly," What's there to spill out? Didn't you already listen to what I explained earlier." and he proceeded to remove his inner s.h.i.+rt and lay down the bed all the while thinking about Freya.

Zelal sat down on the bed ," I didn't know you had a connection with the little prince. I heard that he was hard to get close to." and looked at his brother strangely.

Usui nodded absentmindedly while his brother continued, " You should know that the princess loves her brother dearly."

He glanced at his brother who wasn't making any sense but Zelal ignored that and said," If you were interested in marrying her, this would have been a great advantage. Don't you think so?."

Finally Usui got what his brother was referring to and smacked his forehead.

"Don't tell me that all the royals will think that I wanted to marry the princess so I befriended the little prince."

Zelal nodded while Usui groaned and buried his head into the pillow.

Zelal was amused as he got to see different expressions of his brother since they came here.

He suddenly heard his brother chuckling and looked at him confusedly.

Usui remembered the look Hazel gave before she left. He must admit he had fun teasing her a little today. It was a long day as he had two beautiful encounters. So, he was kind of grateful to his mother for forcing him to come here.