The 100th Time's the Charm by Yuji Yuji

Author:Yuji Yuji [YUJI, YUJI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Heart
Published: 2025-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Alphina’s life as a middle schooler had started. In her previous timeline, she’d attended the same middle school as Lionett as well, but he didn’t make an impression on her. She’d been so preoccupied with herself and her own problems that she didn’t have time to focus on her fellow schoolmates. During middle school, the two of them hadn’t been engaged yet. So since she’d regarded Lionett as “a prince who practically lives in another world,” she’d never paid him any mind.

In this life, though, she would get to know him better. To do so, she took every opportunity she could find to speak with him.

“Good morning, Your Highness!” she greeted him. “It may be cloudy, but what a nice and refreshing morning we have today!”

Even when Alphina chatted and smiled at him in the classroom, he remained distant. He never once gave her a reply, and would always look away from her instead. Seeing them, the classmates would always gossip among themselves:

“Why’s Lady Alphina speaking to His Highness?”

“She’s a transfer student, so maybe she doesn’t know much about him?”

“Really? So she doesn’t know about the rumors of how Lord Girne plans on executing all the nobles close to Prince Lionett after he wins the civil war?”

“Ignorance really is bliss.”

And so on and so forth. No one could understand Alphina’s motives. But Alphina wasn’t the type to care about how others thought of her. She ignored them and continued to demand Lionett’s attention. Lionett kept others at bay and was always alone. It didn’t matter if he was in the classroom, the hallway, or the cafeteria. Even when they had to sort into groups for class projects, Lionett never had a partner. But every time, without fail, Alphina would approach him with, “Oh, Your Highness, what a coincidence! I’m alone as well, so let’s spend some time together, oh ho ho!” This behavior would then lead to more rumors from their classmates.

Lionett never reacted to her, outside of a slight furrowing of his handsome brow. A normal noble lady would have realized she wasn’t welcome and backed away. But such a thought never occurred to Alphina. Instead, she interpreted his lack of a reaction with, “If he really didn’t want me to spend time with him, he’d react with a lot more disgust! So since he isn’t saying or doing anything, that must mean he doesn’t mind!” It was like she was jumping back and forth on the subtle line between “optimism” and “impudence.”

A week passed, then a month, then a year. Every day, she tried to approach the disgraced prince. The idea of giving up never occurred to her.

One cold winter day, cold enough that snowflakes were fluttering through the air, Lionett was eating lunch alone. Though the cafeteria was rowdy and full of kids, no one ever wanted to sit around him. The space around Lionett was akin to a hole in the crowd of people.

“Good afternoon, Your Highness! What are you eating today?” Alphina—the only person who would ever approach Lionett—asked.

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