"Andrew, please..." Beatrix begged even more.

Prince Andrew wants to say 'No' but looking at her desperate expression, he was forced to agree and say 'Yes'.

"Okay. You owe me another one." He seriously replied.

"Thank you!" She happily told him then she excitedly left with Prince Anders...

He silently stared at her departing figure... Feeling lonely for every step that she makes... Feeling insecure and jealous that his imperial brother seems to know more about her and the things that interest her...

When he could no longer see her, he sighed helplessly as he looked at her favorite snacks that he prepared in the corner.

"It seems that these snacks will be wasted again..." He softly said to himself.

Additional three years passed, the fourteen-year-old Beatrix was still not able to return the favor to the fifteen-year-old Prince Andrew because he still did not know what he wants her to do for him. This time, Prince Anders gifted Beatrix with a very beautiful yet extremely naughty white cat. She named the cat Aura.

One day, the naughty cat climbed so high in a tree and could not go down! Her maids are nowhere to be found, probably looking for her cat in another place. Beatrix wants to climb and rescue the cat but she is wearing a luxurious dress which is very uncomfortable and inappropriate for climbing. She worriedly stared above the tree, very worried for her cat.

"What happened?" Prince Andrew asked when he saw her worried expression.

"Aura could not go down on her own. I want to climb the tree to save her." She explained as she looked at her cat.

"Let me do it for you." He volunteered.

"It seems that I will owe you another favor." She smiled excitedly.

"Just forget about it. It seems that you are not planning to pay it anyway." He playfully told her.

"It is you who does not know what you want that is why I cannot pay! Why are you slinging mud at me?!" She huffed and then seriously told him. "Count this one as my third debt of gratitude that I will surely pay in the future!"

"Okay." He agreed then he began to climb on the tree to where her cat is located.

While Prince Andrew is already in the middle of climbing, Prince Anders saw her and approached her.

"What happened?" Prince Anders asked her.

"Aura could not go down on her own. Andrew is helping me get her back safely." She told him directly as she worriedly stared at Prince Andrew above the tree trying to rescue her beloved cat.

Prince Andrew successfully rescued the cat but when he is about to go down, his pants were caught and then ripped by a tree branch filled with tiny yet strong thorns! They heard the ripping sound then both Prince Anders and Beatrix saw an embarrassing sight!

"Ow!" Beatrix yelped and covered her whole face after she saw it.

Prince Anders laughed so hard that his tears are already forming from his eyes while Beatrix flushed red from extreme discomfort and embarrassment! She closed her eyes then looked on the ground. She stood like that while battling what she should do next. She saw something that she should not!

Prince Andrew successfully descended from the tree and he was extremely embarrassed that Beatrix saw something that she should not... or at least, not this time! He knew that she saw it judging from her reaction but he chose to remain calm and maintained his indifferent stance as he gave her the cat. She received the cat but she did not dare look at his face, she thanked him, and then ran away as fast as she could! He worriedly looked at her running figure...

"Imperial Brother, do not take it to your heart... Beatrix saw an ugly sight so she ran away because of pure disgust!" Prince Anders smoothly told his imperial brother, who angrily glared back at him.

Prince Anders burst into another fit of laughter before leaving his brother alone. When he is alone, Prince Andrew suddenly realized...

How can I leave this place without embarrassing myself even more?

But soon, he became more concerned about another thing...

Is it really ugly and disgusting that is why she ran away?

When the two princes reached sixteen years old, the Emperor and Empress held a princely competition to showcase the princes' intellect, talent, and ability! This practice has been the Sky Imperial Family's tradition if there are more than one candidate for the throne. This is done to determine if the candidates are very capable, just average, or a thoroughly waste! This is also to encourage or force (depending on someone's way of thinking) the princes to do their best in different types of learnings to make the Emperor and Empress proud, to possibly catch the Emperor's favor to name a crown prince, to impress the officials consequently gaining more supporters, and the last but not the least, to avoid being the laughing stock of the whole empire once the result spread to the public!

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