My eyes got blinded by the sunlight when I opened them. I look around and saw that I am still in the house in the western region.

The door opened, and Prince Fraser walks inside the room. Prince Fraser? I was dumbstruck to see him in our house. What happened? Shouldn't he was supposed to be at the market? Selling the fishes, he caught?

He walks towards me and sits on the bed beside me. He holds my hands. "Are you okay? Do you feel okay now?"

I just look at him stupefied. Prince Fraser, what are you doing here? This is out of the script. You should accompany Princess Paislee and not me. Speaking of Princess Paislee, where is she? Is she okay?

Prince Fraser snaps his fingers in front of me. "Csille?" I look at him. "You're probably wondering what I am doing here. My father, the King, already end my second training. We will be going back to the capital in one week."

Oh. Yeah, I remember now. After the shooting, the King ordered Prince Fraser to go back to the Capital. He's worried that if Prince Fraser continues his training here, the Crown Prince's life will be endangered. Good thing Princess Paislee took the shot for Prince Fraser, or else Prince Fraser would be the one who's in critical condition right now.

I only remember now. My mind is quite clouded when I wake up that I forget what I've written after the shooting. I look at Prince Fraser, and he looks back at me. "How about you? Are you okay? You didn't get shot, right?"

Prince Fraser just shakes his head. "Don't worry about me. I'm good. Farren took the bullet for me. However, he is still in unstable condition right now. We're just waiting for the ship to arrive so we could go back to the Capital now."

"He's unstable?" How? As far as I remember, Princess Paislee didn't get shot in a fatal position, so why is she in a critical situation right now?

Prince Fraser just sigh. "Yes, his appendix got shot, and he lost a lot of blood. There's no doctor who could do the operation right now. We're still waiting for the doctor from the capital. So, his condition is considered unstable for now."

"When will the doctor arrived here?" This isn't right. Princess Paislee shouldn't be in unstable condition. In the novel, Princess Paislee was also shot in her appendix, and she also lost a lot of blood. However, her condition is still stable. Why is she in critical condition right now? Is there something I'm missing?

"Tonight, I just hope he could hold on longer."

Prince Fraser holds my hands and looks straight into my eyes. "Csille, why didn't you listen to me? Look, what happened to you. I was scared when I heard from the Count that you lost consciousness. Don't do that to me, Csille." He then touches his forehead on mine.

Holy sheez! Prince Fraser, what do you think you are doing? The female lead risks her life just to save you, and here you are flirting with the villainess? This doesn't make sense.

I could feel my heart beating so fast now. Oh god! No! Ysavel, don't tell me you have feelings for the Crown Prince? No! You know best what will happen to Csille. Don't you dare. And for fudge's sake, he's still a minor. No! Please, no!

"Csille?" I was awakened from my reverie with Prince Fraser's voice. "Are you okay?"

I shake my head. How can I be okay? You just do something like that, and you expect me to be okay? You got to be kidding me? "I'm probably still in shock with what happened. But I'm glad you're okay. Did they catch the culprit?"

Prince Fraser sigh. "Yes, we did. However, he was just a henchman. The real culprit is still at large."

It's the same in my novel. The only one who was caught was the henchman, and no matter how much, they forced the henchman to talk. He still won't rat the culprit out.

"Don't worry. We'll find who it is."

He smiled at me and gently touched my hair. "I hope so. Anyways, is your head okay now?"

Head? What's with my head? I touched it and felt a bandage. Did I bump my head on something?

"You forgot?" He grabs my hand that is touching my head. "Don't touch it. You bump your head on the flag pole when the Countess is pulling you to safety. It's the reason why you lost consciousness. The doctor already examined you and said you just had a minor concussion. You just need to rest for a while."

I bump my head? Did I write something like this in the novel? I don't think I've written what happened to Csille after the gunshot. Then why does it happen?

"Csille?" I look at Prince Fraser. He looks awful today like he didn't get sleep for the whole night. Is he okay?

"I understand. You should probably take some rest first. Look at yourself. You probably look worst than me."

He just takes my hand that is pushing him out of bed. "Okay, okay. I will be going. I also need to check on Farren too."

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"Almost one day. Why?"

Almost a day? I look at him. It's just a day, but why does he look like this? Don't tell me he really didn't sleep the whole night?

"Did you sleep?"

"I didn't. How could I sleep if my fiancée is lying on the bed unconscious and a trusted friend of mine is still unstable?"

My heart beats faster with the word fiancée. Calm down, little heart! I know your real owner has feelings for Prince Fraser, but please, don't do that if I'm the one who's in control. You're making me confused.

"So you really didn't sleep the whole night?" I slap his arms. Although it wasn't that hard. "Someone took the risk to save your life, and here you are risking your health. Go, get some sleep first." I push him out of bed.

He took the hand I'm using to push him and holds it tightly. "I didn't sleep the whole night because I was worried sick about you. I was worried you would wake up at midnight. Terrified of what just happened. So, I decided to wait for you to wake up."

Is what I'm hearing is true? He didn't sleep for the whole night just to make sure I wouldn't be terrified when I wake up? Prince Fraser, why are you so nice to Csille? To the villainess? Shouldn't you hate me? You're supposed not to care for me. But why?

"Take care, Csille. I'll be visiting you later after I take some rest. Don't run around the place and just stay in the residence first, okay?"

I actually didn't hear what he said because I was too preoccupied thinking. So, I just nod my head as a response.

Satisfied with my response. He helps me lay on the bed first before he leaves the room. It took me a minute to digest what he just said, and when I snapped out of it, he already left the room.

Prince Fraser, what am I supposed to do with you?

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"Miss!" A maid was shocked when she saw me walking the hallway of the house. She looks behind me, probably looking for a nurse or a maid.

I gestured her to keep quiet and to assist me. My head still hurts, and I feel like my whole world is spinning right now. It's probably because of the concussion.

The maid immediately walks towards me and assists me. "Miss, where are you going? The Crown Prince strictly ordered not to let you run around the place. Let's go back now, Miss." The maid keeps looking around. She's probably scared of Prince Fraser.

I can't blame her, though. Who wouldn't be afraid of the Crown Prince? He's a royalty and the future King of the Vrawyth Kingdom. And disobeying his orders is also equivalent to disobedience to the King.

"Don't worry. Prince Fraser is now resting. He would probably sleep for an hour or two. So, come on. Help me find where did Farren is staying."

The maid stops on walking and looks at me. "Sir Farren? The one who protected the Crown Prince?"

I nod my head. "Yes! He is. Do you know where he is? I need to find him."

The maid looks around first before assisting me to the room at the end of the hallway. It's only one room away from mine. "Miss, this is where he is staying. The room beside this is occupied by the Crown Prince."

Crown Prince Fraser? He's staying in the place of Lauretré? Even Princess Paislee? I tried recalling if I ever write about this. I think I did. Although I didn't explain it that much in the novel.

The maid opened the door and helped me to get inside the room. I ask her to stand outside so she could warn me if someone is coming to this room. I'll be dead if Prince Fraser knows I sneak out of my room.

When the maid leaves the room, I slowly walk towards the bed where Princess Paislee is lying. She looks so pale right now. I could also see a bandage on her abdomen.

Wait, if she was shot in the abdomen, then the doctor probably knows Princess Paislee's identity? I need to find that doctor for sure. Also, I need to talk to the doctor that will come to do surgery on her. If her secrets got exposed early, then how could the relationship between her and Prince Fraser will progress.

Also, the worst case scenario. An inevitable war will emerge. This is not a good thing for the war to start. I need to do something about Princess Paislee's identity.

"Ysavel, don't try to go against what you have written. It will happen no matter how much you try to change it. It will happen. You can never change their destiny. You can never change your destiny."

I suddenly remember the things the writer said in my dreams. I couldn't change their destiny? However, in my novel, Princess Paislee's identity didn't get exposed. Come to think of it. It didn't even occur to me the possibility that Princess Paislee's identity could be exposed because of her gunshot wound. It's a loophole in the novel.

No one exposed the identity of the Princess in the novel. So, will it come true? Will the doctor wouldn't get suspicious about why Princess Paislee decided to cross dress as a man? I don't think so, since it's involved with the Crown Prince's life.

I heard someone knock on the door, and after a few seconds, the maid's voice was heard from the outside. "Miss the doctor is coming this way. Hurry up. I'll try to distract him."

I was about to stand up when an idea suddenly pops into my mind. It wouldn't hurt me if I test on the waters, right?

I could hear someone knocks on the door again, but unlike before, it sounds urgent. "Miss, you need to come out there. I don't think I could hold him that much."

"Just let him in."

A minute after, I could hear conversation outside the room, and then the door opens. A guy in his late fifty's walked inside the room. When the doctor is already in, the maid immediately closes the door and watches outside.

"Greetings, Lady Lauretré." He took his hat and put it on his chest, and bows his head. "I didn't know you're visiting Mister Farren. Are you close with him?"

My eyebrows quirk with his response. Mister eh? He still calling Princess Paislee mister even though he knows that he is a female. "Mister?"

He walks towards the bed and touches the wrist of the Crown Princess. He's taking pulse rate. "Yes, Mister Farren. Is there something wrong with I said Lady Lauretré?"

I could feel goosebumps in my arms. Why do I feel like those words meant something else? He knows, right? He knows, but why is he acting like he doesn't know anything? This is suspicious.

"No, of course, there isn't wrong. I was wondering why do you use honorifics on him?" Mister/sir are honorifics used to address people who have a special identity or have a position in the society.

"Mister Farren saved the Crown Prince. He is now considered Prince Fraser benefactor. How could I just addressed him with his name only?"

That makes sense. However, I still feel like something is wrong.

"Doctor, did you find something wrong with him?"

The doctor looks at me for a minute. "Of course, he got shot and has lost a lot of blood because of it."

I shake my head. "No, that's not what I mean. Do you see something that wrong aside from his gunshot wound?"

The doctor shakes his and looks at Princess Paislee. The doctor knows something for sure. I saw his lips quirks up. There's one thing I just don't understand. Why did he act like he didn't see something wrong? Why didn't he revealed Princess Paislee disguised?

"Is there something I should know? I could see his totally fine aside from the fact he's still unstable because of his gunshot."

I shake my head. I don't know what's happening, but I'm pretty sure this is not a good thing. I don't know if I should force him to talk or not. If I do, what if he doesn't really know something and I revealed Princess Paislee's secret because of it? If I don't force him, then would he be a threat to Princess Paislee in the future?

I was busy thinking what to do when someone open the door. "CSILLE!" I froze immediately when I heard the voice.

Oh no! I'm doom.