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ʀᴏʏᴀʟᴛʏ ᴀᴜ (ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴋᴇʟ, ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ʜᴇʀᴏ, ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴍᴀʀɪ, ᴍᴀɪᴅ ᴀᴜʙʀᴇʏ, ᴄᴀꜱᴛʟᴇ ɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴᴇʀ ʙᴀꜱɪʟ)
ʜᴇʀᴏ x ᴍᴀʀɪ ʙʀɪᴇꜰʟʏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ

𝓂𝑒? 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇? 𝓎𝑒𝓈, 𝒾 𝒹𝑜

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ᴋᴇʟ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ʜᴇ wasn't allowed to be peeking into the ballroom through one of the windows, but could you blame him? Hero was having a ball to help him find a future wife since he was getting closer to the age of marriage, and he was curious about it. If he wasn't allowed inside the ball, he would have to watch from outside. No one noticed him anyway.

Yet.

"What are you doing here?"

Kel turned around to find a maid standing there. She must have been new since he didn't remember seeing a maid with pink hair before, but she recognized him, quickly curtsying and muttering an apology. It wasn't like no one shouldn't recognize the younger prince, but he still felt a little bad when she kept her head lowered.

"It's fine," he said. "I know I shouldn't be here anyway."

The maid lifted her head, and he realized she had pretty blue eyes. "Then why are you here, Your Highness?"

"I'm spying on Hero! You know he's having a ball to find his future wife, right?"

"What about it?"

"Aren't you curious to see what's happening inside?" He frowned when she shook her friend. "Huh. Must be a sibling thing or something."

Kel turned back to the window when he heard music start to play. The ballroom was lit brightly, and many people were in there. It took him a while to spot Hero, who was currently dancing with a woman with long black hair in a purple dress. He couldn't see much due to the people blocking his view, but he had to stifle his laughter as he saw Hero.

"What are you looking at?" the maid asked, taking a quick look into the ballroom.

Kel turned his head away from the window. "Hero. Did you see how mysterious he was acting?"

"Mysterious?" The maid looked back into the window, and from her faint smile, he knew she was seeing how closed off and silent Hero was acting. From what he saw, Hero hadn't smiled the entire time, and he kept to himself a lot and observed more than he spoke. "Isn't he scared of spiders or something?"

"He is! He's terrified of them. I have to keep killing them for him, but look at how tough and mysterious he's acting now."

She laughed, and it made him stop to listen to her better. "It's probably to look good in front of the other ladies. I bet he told them some dangerous story about how he got his nickname."

"Do you know the story?"

He guessed she was new, so he wasn't surprised when she shook her head. He did smile, though, when she said, "But I'm guessing it's not a dangerous story at all, but he's making up some story to make himself look good in front of the ladies."

Kel laughed. "Probably! I never thought he'd act like this, though. He's always been able to make girls or people as a whole like him."

Unlike him. But he didn't care. Definitely.

"Like I said, he's trying to look good in front of the ladies. Or, maybe it's a lady," the maid corrected. "Is this the first dance of the night?"