"I will take responsibility for this crime! What did I steal…?!"

"My heart."

*GASPS*

*facepalm*

"Ehhh?!" Yuri stepped backwards, cheek red as a tomato and her heart pounding so heavy that Tanya could hear it.

"Lady Yuri, you intend to take responsibility for this, no? I'm afraid that stealing my heart is worse than breaking it… the only way to take responsibility is to replace my heart with yours… so may I have it~?" Tanya stepped forward, completely ignoring Evan and making her own independent move. As far as she was concerned, Evan had just annulled their engagement… so he doesn't matter one bit!

"Lady Vermillion… I can't~ I cannot give you my heart…" Yuri shook her head with a regretfully sad gaze. Putting her hands together, almost as if she was begging Tanya to forgive her.

"But you said you would take responsibility for me…" Tanya quivered her lips and gave a saddened expression. With her beauty and cuteness, Tanya could easily wiggle her way into someone's heart. It just depended on how long it would take and whether Tanya found them likeable. As far as she is concerned, Yuri is an extraordinarily cute and innocent girl, very hard to find.

"Lady Vermillion… IM SORRY!!!" Yuri ran away as fast as she could, afraid of showing her crimson red face. Out of all the confession she had received in her life, this one would be the one she would remember.

"How dare you! You scared Yuri into running away-"

POW

Tanya jabbed Evan straight in the chest.

Evan responded instantly, grabbing hold of the area that had been hit, falling to his knees and screaming in pain.

'A weak heir to the throne. With just one jab, I can show these heirs and heiresses that you are weak. A weak king is as good as a dead king, and a dead king's followers will never prosper. You can only blame yourself for being a pain.' Tanya looked down on Evan with a ruthless stare.

"Tanya Vermillion just hit prince Evan!" The crowd murmured amongst themselves. If anyone else hit the prince, they may face consequences depending on the reasons. But for Tanya, she did not have to care one bit. The queen and king are friends with her mother and father, this much is just 'child's play'.

POW

Tanya turned to face the crowd and immediately span back with her leg coming at Evan like a helicopter blade. Another sound of a young man being utterly beaten could be heard.

"Evan is a [Warrior 2], why is he not fighting back?!"

"Hey, Tanya, stop that!" The green haired boy placed his hand on her shoulder.

Tanya slowly turned around with a menacing aura surrounding her. Every single second became longer and longer for the green haired boy. It was as if time was slowing down and his fear had only sped up. The feeling in his hand had long since vanished, only replaced with pain.

Now he laid on the floor too, unsure of how it happened. His hand was broken and his stomach felt like it had been hit by a mace.

"Who said you can touch me?" Tanya glared menacingly.

*cough*

"Tanya… You are nothing without that engagement, come here and beg for forgiveness and I might just change my mind…" Evan crawled forward and grabbed Tanya's ankle.

"Lick my foot." Tanya kicked Evan on the face, knocking him back two metres in a single hit.

"I didn't know that Evan is so weak… even the fiancé he just broke off his engagement with has beaten him so hard that he is no different from a pig. We should support the 2nd Princess instead, perhaps she won't disappoint us as much as Evan." A high ranking n.o.ble's son spoke to his clique.

"Agreed, a useless king would only drive us down the deep end when the going goes tough."

The crowd's chatter became louder and louder. Every single voice sounded clear and frightening, sending Evan into a fit. Rolling on the ground like a pig, looking like a pig, and sounding like one too.

"Piggy Prince."

"Piggy Prince! Great name for such a weak fool."

Tanya knelt down and whispered into Evan's ears, "you see, you are incredibly useless. No one respects a weak man that can't even make it up with his brain. I didn't even have to scheme hard to achieve such an effect. It was as simple as telling the crowd that you are useless, more useless than trash. At least trash can be recycled."

"You…!"

"Shhh…" Tanya placed her index just over Evan's mouth.

"Don't worry, I will tell your parents everything. Will they believe their friends' daughter or a man who put his hands on a lady? Face it, Evan. You are done." Tanya could only chuckle, this was too easy indeed. An emperor facing off against a p.u.b.escent child. Not only has Tanya been playing this game at a higher level, but she had also been playing it for longer than Evan has been alive.

The game was rigged from the start.