บท 209: Reasons ???: Break up & Farewell (10)

"WE HAVEN'T BROKEN UP YET!!" The Prince shouts back like a loudspeaker on maximum volume.

The Prince's shout confirmed Gregory's hunch.

[But why?] he wanted to ask but seeing the prince clenching his fist and shivering in distress made him hold back his question.

"Sorry." The Prince apologise in a calm tone after realising he has overreacted. "Ivy wanted to break up, but I refuse her, so we're... we're working things out right now."

"...Did she say why?"

The Prince shook his head, "No. But I can tell that it's not her will to do so. Something is forcing her to do this, and it's also making her not being able to tell us her reason."

"Huh? Something?" Gregory finds it strange that the Prince use the word -Something- instead of -Someone-.

"I don't know if we can call it a person, but she tried to give me a clue, and I found that it's Zyu-"