I Didn’t Want To Be the Prince’s Fiancée, so I Followed the Heavenly Voice - Chapter 1.1

Nobles must attend the Royal School at the age of ten. When they reach 13, they have to choose between knighthood and magic departments. Furthermore, the fiancée of the royal son will be chosen from the best girls in the magic department. So they say.

“What, you want to enter the Knighthood Department?”

Duke Sirac’s voice echoed throughout the mansion. It startled a cat that was napping in one of the rooms in the mansion to start meowing, and a dog running around outside to start barking.

“Yes, Father. I, Mylene Sirac, wish to enter the knight school. I want to enter the Knighthood Department and become a fine knight like Father and Brother.”

“Mylene.”

Father called.

“Yes.”

“I’m happy that… you want to follow in my and your brother’s footsteps.”

Father, you are the Knight Commander. Please don’t cry over something like this.

“But, Mylene, are you sure?”

Brother interjected.

“What do you mean?”
“You would barely be a potential royal fiancée, you know? The Royal Fiancée is supposed to be from the Department of Magic.”

“Yes, I’m well aware of that. I don’t want to be that fiancee candidate, so I’m going to the Knight Department. I want to marry a knight like Father and Brother.”

“Mylene…”

Brother, aren’t you also the Deputy Captain of the 5th Division? Please don’t cry over something like this.

Besides, it’s a lie that I want to marry a knight. Strictly speaking, I don’t want to marry that First Prince.

The reason? I don’t like him, or his face. That’s paramount.

****

Mylene has heard the Voice of Heaven since she was a child. She just called it the Voice of Heaven, but it wasn’t exactly something she hears from the Heavens. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that it was another voice in Mylene’s mind.

When she was six years old, this voice told her, “Stop your father. Stop him from going out in this heavy rain. Anyway, just stall him for five minutes.”

It was raining cats and dogs that day.  Her father, who was the Deputy Knight Commander at the time, was summoned even though he was on vacation, as there was suffering all over the country. Mylene then cried to her father as he hurried to leave the mansion.

“Father, don’t go. Don’t leave me behind. I’m scared.”

The father tried his best to soothe his sobbing cute daughter and go out. At that moment, Mylene planned on crying for five minutes. Just then, a squire came running in from outside.

“Master, it’s terrible. This heavy rain has caused a landslide and blocked the road to the royal castle. We almost got caught in it.”

――Did the Voice of Heaven save Father?

Although she was young, Mylene believed so, and from then on, she would obey the Voice of Heaven, her father’s savior.

 It was when she was about to turn 13 years old that the Voice of Heaven again advised her. Normally, the Voice of Heaven spoke casually to her. It didn’t often dictate her what to do or how to do something. But that time was different.

Mylen, you must not enter the Magic Department. You must go to the Knight Department.

Why? Mylen asked. 

Isn’t it a rule that Royal Fiancées are chosen from the Magic Department? If you enter the Magic Department, no matter what you do or how you struggle, you will be chosen as the fiancé of the First Prince. So, choose the path that eliminates you from the list right from the start.

Why don’t I just deliberately pretend to be poor in magic? Only the best will get chosen, right? Mylen thought.

That still doesn’t work. As long as you enter the Magic Department, you’ll become his fiancée regardless of what you do.

Huh? I don’t like that. Because I hate the face of that prince.

I know. But whatever you do, he’ll choose you as his fiancée. You’ll have nothing but misery. And there’s one more bonus for you.

What? What?

In his senior year, a brilliant student from a commoner background will appear, and the Prince will be infatuated with her. Your engagement with him will be canceled. And as punishment for harassing the girl, you’ll be banished. 

What is this? What sort of build up is that?

Exactly. You can’t resist the development of events, so the best way to overturn it is to enter the Knight Department and choose to become a knight.

That’s why Mylene decided to follow the Voice of Heaven and enter the Knight Department. After being chosen as the fiancée of the First Prince she didn’t like, she would be banished. What kind of life was that?

Under this pretext, Mylene decided to enrol in the Knight Department.

It stirred a heated discussion among school authorities, royal officials, and mage personnels at that time.

“Duke Sirac, you must be insane to send Miss Mylene to knighthood.”

“Miss Mylene is the daughter of the White Mage Order. She’ll make an excellent mage.”

“Knighthood will exclude her from being a potential fiancée to the royal family.”

“Let Miss Mylene enter the Department of Magic.”

There was plenty of opposition.

But then there was her father, the Duke of Sirac and the Knight Commander.

“I should not be a father who opposes the path my daughter wants to take. I must not be a Knight Commander who obstructs a child who wants to become a knight. Is it okay to let the selfish opinions of adults dictate the lives of these children, who will carry the future?”

His voice was so loud that it resonated through the windows of the conference room and seemingly rendered everyone speechless.

With the support of her powerful father, Mylene safely enrolled in the Knight Department.

***

Mylene was now 17 years old. A young lady of her age should have at least one fiancé. But Mylene, who trained every day as a knight in the Knight Department, had no fiancé in sight. Moreover, she wanted to deal with her brother’s marriage first.

One day, Mylene and other students were tasked to do a remote mission as apprentice knights.

However, at the insistence of the Duke of Sirac, the Knight Commander, Mylene was assigned to accompany her brother Martin and the 5th Division, of which he was the captain. Within four years, Martin had also been promoted from Deputy Captain.

Perhaps in fear of Commander Sirac and Captain Sirac, the members of the 5th Division endeared themselves to her by calling her Miss Mylene, Miss Mylene. Nevertheless, once Mylene wielded her sword, she was as good as any male knight around. She was naturally gifted, but also because her father and brother trained her whenever they had time. In other words, Mylene was a hard worker.

The 5th Division was dispatched to a remote region where many demons were said to exist. The 3rd Division had been dispatched beforehand, but the weather made battling the demons a challenge. The 5th Division was mobilized to support them. There were five apprentice knights, one of which was Mylene.

When the 5th Division arrived at the site, the members of the 3rd Division were asleep in their tents. Martin checked to see what was going on, and found that the mages who were supposed to be with the knights were nowhere to be seen.

“What happened?”

Martin rushed into the tent where the 3rd Division Captain was and smelled a bloody scent.

It was the Deputy Captain, who greeted him, “Captain Martin, thank you for traveling so far.”

“I’m sorry, I don’t understand the situation. Can you tell me what happened.”

“Sure.”

The Deputy Captain paused then continued. 

In any case, to give a rough summary, a demon attacked them.

And to elaborate a bit more, those who could move evacuated to a nearby town, and those who were immobilized or couldn’t be moved were left behind. Those who could move were nursing them. The reason there were no mages was because the demon also attacked them, and they fled to town.

After listening to the whole event, Martin spoke. 

“Just to be sure, is that Captain Edgar sleeping there?”

“Yes.”

Seriously? That was how Edgar ended up? The Deputy Captain was safe probably due to his protection. That’s the kind of man Edgar was.

Edgar was the 3rd Division Captain and joined the army at the same time as Martin. Rumors had it that Edgar’s ruthlessness could turn people, young and old, to stone when they looked into his eyes. A super cool, venomous spewer. Martin suffered from his abusive hurls countless times. He was also known as the Ice Age Knight. However, he has a strong sense of responsibility towards his knights and was trusted immensely by his subordinates.

In short, his excessive sense of responsibility rendered him this way.

“Unfortunately, we haven’t brought any mages with the 5th Division. We can only rely on medicines to recover from the injuries.”
Martin regretted not bringing a mage with him. He hasn’t foreseen plunging into this situation.

“Yeah… We’ll do that.”

The Deputy Captain helplessly agreed.

“First, let’s assign a member of the 5th Division to treat the injured.”

Martin left the tent and gathered the members of the 5th Division. He briefly explained the situation. Their first priority was to treat the injured. After that, they would subdue the demons.

He noticed Mylene at the very back, shaking her head while listening to him. After assigning the other members to their tents, he called his sister.

“Mylene?”

“Yes, what is it, Captain Martin?”

“─ Why don’t you call me like you always do? Your brother is lonely.”

“We’re on duty, after all. Brother, please don’t mix private and public matters.”

This is what’s wrong with as a captain, Mylene thought.

“My sister, Mylene, you can use Healing Magic, right?”

The brother asked.

“No, I’ve never used it. I’m a knight.”

The sister answered.

“No, aren’t you our mother’s daughter? Of course you can use it.”

“By that logic, Brother should be able to use Healing Magic as well.”

Martin couldn’t argue with Mylene’s retort.

Right that moment, Mylene heard the usual Voice of Heaven.

(Mylene, you can use Healing Magic. Some people are waiting for your healing magic.)

What? I can use Healing Magic? She asked deep inside.

(Yes, your brother also said it. You’re the daughter of the White Mage Commander. Your potential magic power is high. I’ll teach you, and you can help everyone in the Third Division.)

“Brother.”

Mylene raised her voice all of a sudden.

“I’ll save everyone with my Healing Magic.”

“Didn’t you just say you can’t use it?”

“Strictly speaking, it’s not that I can’t use it, but that I’ve never used it before. So this is my first time using it, if you don’t mind it being my first time.”

“Okay. Mylene’s first is fine. It’s better than nothing.”

Martin guided Mylene to the Third Division captain’s tent.

“Deputy Captain, this is my sister, Mylene.”

Martin introduced her in a disciplined manner. So Mylene followed suit.

“I’m Mylene, an apprentice knight,” she bowed.

The Deputy Captain also introduced himself in her wake.

But he couldn’t understand why he had brought the apprentice knight there. He even thought he was just showing his sister off. 

Well, she was pretty enough to be proud of, though, so she was a feast for the eyes. No, wait, did he just say “sister”? Was she the rumored daughter of the commander? The Deputy Captain was surprised.

“Give it a try, Mylene. This is Edgar, Captain of the Third Division.”

Mylen looked  at the man lying in front of her. His body and face were wrapped in bandages, making him look like a mummy.

“Brother. You want me to dedicate my first time to this man?”

“Yeah.”

(Mylene, place your right palm on the spot where you want to cast the healing spell.)

The Heavenly Voice said. She did as told and first placed her hand on Edgar’s face.

(See, your palms are getting warmer and warmer.)