Mars' words took Emmelyn by surprise. She looked at the man in front of her with round eyes and a fuzzy mind.

What did he say?

Emmelyn finally decided that it must be her brain wasn't working properly because she had been outside for too long, and the cold froze her brain a little.

Hahahaha .. this bastard said he was deliberately avoiding Emmelyn because he didn't want to fall in love with her?

[Seriously.]

Emmelyn then pursed her lips and burst out laughing, confusing Mars.

The prince did not understand why this girl could laugh out loud like that, even though Mars felt upset and hurt.

"I don't see anything funny here," Mars said curtly.

"You're ... joking, right?" asked Emmelyn, shaking her head. "You are the crown prince of the biggest kingdom on the continent of Terra. Are you worried that you would fall in love with me?"

Mars didn't answer.

Seeing the handsome man in front of her went silent, Emmelyn's laughter grew awkward, and finally stopped completely. She just realized that the man was serious after all.

"Jeez ..." Emmelyn could only press her lips. She looked at Mars with a pair of confused eyes. Her voice was full of doubts as she continued her words. "You ... are?"

"I think that's best for both of us, don't you agree?" asked Mars. "You and I will never have any relationship after my children are born. You're free to go and you can have Wintermere."

"..."

"I've ordered Roshan to prepare a nice chamber for you. You can move there after breakfast," said Mars continued his words. "After that, we will only see each other to reproduce .. After you become pregnant, you will be served by several maids who will meet all your needs, until you give birth to my child. Then, when you are ready, we will start the work of making the next child."

"Hmm ..." Emmelyn could only nod. She hardly listened to the prince's words. Her brain was busy processing what all this meant.

"Is there anything else you want to ask me?" asked Mars patiently.

He looked at the girl with a tired look. He purposely kept busy this early in the morning so that his mind would be distracted.

Even though the sun had not yet risen, the temperature was very cold, and his body had not received sufficient rest, yet he forced himself to go out and train his soldiers. 

Now, the girl actually came to him and asked for an explanation. Finally, Mars was forced to make a confession.

No ... actually this was not the honest confession. Mars didn't lie when he said that he decided to distance himself from her because he didn't want to fall in love with her.

However, he did not say that he had already fallen in love with Emmelyn, and was now trying to get rid of his feelings for her. He hoped that if he and Emmelyn reduced contact, they would be civil to each other, but nothing more. 

Emmelyn shook her head. She was still dazed by Mars' statement earlier and tried to think how she should respond to that fact.

"Nothing," Emmelyn replied in a low voice. "I have got no more questions..."

"Okay." Mars walked over to the door and opened it. Before he stepped outside, the man turned and looked at Emmelyn. "From now on, if you need anything, you can pass it on to Roshan."

Emmelyn nodded silently. She just stared at Mars, who turned around and went back to the courtyard and closed the door behind him.

Emmelyn didn't realize that she was still standing there, staring at the man's back, until he disappeared behind the door.

What do I do? What if this scummy prince really fell in love with me? Emmelyn thought nervously.

She was now worried that Mars would fall in love with her and act possessive and do everything he could to tie her down in Draec. Ahh .. it would be really bad for her.

The girl massaged her forehead and rolled her eyes. "Ah .. that's right. Then it's better if we avoid each other."

With that in mind, Emmelyn finally gave up on going up to the third floor and walked towards the dining room. There Roshan greeted her with delicious dishes from the castle's cooks.

"Roshan, the prince said earlier that he told you to prepare a chamber for me?" asked the girl, stirring the tea. "Is that true?"

"That's right, Your Highness," said Roshan. "After you have finished with breakfast, I will take you there."

"Hmm .. alright."

Emmelyn enjoyed her breakfast with her mind busy thinking about what Mars said earlier. Somehow she couldn't forget the sad tone in the man's voice.

During this time, she always considered Mars Strongmoor the same as his reputation out there, the devil incarnate himself.

His political opponents and the rulers of the colonies he defeated on the battlefield described him as a cruel monster. Before she came to Draec, Emmelyn also pictured Mars as the devil.

Even after she disguised herself as a servant in this castle to roam freely around the prince to kill him, Emmelyn still thought Mars was a cruel and terrifying man.

That impression had only recently changed after the failed assassination attempt.

From their interactions so far, Emmelyn could judge that Mars was very intelligent and imposing. He was a dedicated prince to his country.

This man was also very close to his mother because he cared about her opinion of his life. That's why, to protect his mother's feelings, Mars asked Emmelyn to lie with him.

Ugh ... actually, come to think of it, this prince wasn't all that bad.  What made Emmelyn totally unwilling to consider the idea of marrying him was the fact that Mars and the Draecs were the colonists, the oppressors.

She could not possibly betray her family and homeland by joining the enemy.

Because she ate with a lot of thoughts in her mind, Emmelyn only finished breakfast two hours later. She also ate very little.

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Author's note: 

If you come here from another platform and didn't understand how to navigate Webnovel, you can go back to Chapter 43, and read my detailed explanation about chapter pricing, etc etc.

You can also see my comment in chapter 43, explaining by picture, how you can get fast-passes to read for free.

Okay, now that we have got it covered, let's talk about  PRIVILEGE + RELEASE RATE + MASS RELEASE

Thank you so much for your patience. The book is finally ready. Sorry for the delay, I fell asleep suddenly while I was getting the chapters ready.

I told you I have a really bad sleep, either I was sleeping 16 hours per day, or I wasn't able to get a wink of sleep for 2 days. Sleep meds didn't really work for me. #sobs

Now, you see the privilege is ready. I have worked extra hard for the past three days so I can have more stockpile in the privilege. As you can see:

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Once you buy privilege, you will get early access to 2, 5, or 10 advanced chapters AHEAD OF REGULAR READERS. So, if they are in chapter 100, you will be in chapter 102, 105, or 110 depending on the privilege tiers you have.

This privilege must be renewed each month if you wish to stay ahead. If not, you can just wait until all the privilege chapters become regular chapters. I want you to know everything about privilege before you decide to purchase, so you won't feel scammed etc., when you realize you have to renew it next month.

My privilege cost 1 coin, 200 coins ($4), and 400 coins ($8), of which I get to keep 30% or around $1.3 and $2.6 per month from the higher tier (all revenue made by this book will be split 3 way between Google/Apple, Webnovel and yours truly.. including gifts and privilege).

RELEASE RATE

This book is currently MY PRIORITY so you can expect to get 1 long chapter or 2 short chapters per day. Can have more chapters in the form of mass releases if we achieved the ranking target.

MASS RELEASE:

For this week, if we get to the Top 50, I will give a FOUR chapter mass release on January 10.

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