Quick, I don't want to be in love anymore

Chapter 409 Adaptation of the Little Mermaid from a Fairy Tale (16)

"Wasn't it you who saved me that day?"

Just when she thought the prince wouldn't speak, he suddenly broke the silence and uttered these words.

Her heart sank to the bottom with those words.

"What do you mean?"

To prevent the prince from tricking her, the princess did not answer the question directly, but instead asked him a question in return.

“I already know what happened that day. You only came after I was washed ashore. Before that, you were playing with other people. You didn’t have time to save me at all, so why are you claiming to have saved my life?”

His next words shattered her faint hope; the prince had no intention of playing word games with her anymore.

“I never said I was your savior.”

The princess quickly regained her composure, and as she spoke these words, her voice grew louder and louder.

That's true; he never acknowledged it or said he was his savior.

"Ha, that's sophistry."

His face darkened, and then he gave her a cruel smile.

"No one has ever dared to mock this prince."

Before the princess could even react to what he meant, she felt weightless and plummeted straight down the cliff.

"Help! Help! Save her! Someone, please!"

Once he was sure he could no longer hear the princess's screams, the prince lay halfway down the cliff edge, feigning shock and exhaustion, and shouted loudly towards the outside. But they were too far away; the guards and maids were all on the outskirts of the forest. It was quite a while before someone faintly heard his cries and led everyone over.

When they arrived, they found the prince with most of his body hanging over the edge of the cliff, while the princess who had come with him had disappeared.

The men who had followed turned pale. Although it was the prince's order not to follow, protecting them was their duty, and now that such an accident had occurred, they were probably to blame.

Helpless, seeing the distraught prince, they could only calm themselves down, take him to the carriage, and then hurriedly return to the palace to report.

After learning the general outline of the matter, the king and queen were shocked and then began to think of a solution.

No matter what, it was a princess from another country who fell and was never found. Yes, they all believed that falling from such a height, the princess had no chance of survival.

People must be given an explanation when something happens in their own country, otherwise other smaller countries will not be convinced.

Helpless, they could only send people with piles of gifts to the princess's country to explain the situation, adopting an extremely humble attitude.

Even if the king and queen of that country were furious and unwilling to see them, the deed was done, and their daughter could not be brought back to life.

The other party had already lowered their stance, sent so many gifts, and promised to exchange trade. If they didn't know better, they might anger them and end up losing everything. They had no choice but to accept this outcome.

Sunlight filtered through the sparse leaves, scattering across a tangled forest. The princess slowly opened her eyes, feeling a splitting headache and her vision blurred.

She struggled to sit up, feeling as if all the bones in her body had been broken, and the pain was unbearable.

Looking around, she found herself lying on a pile of withered branches and leaves. It was these soft plants that cushioned her fall and kept her alive.

However, when she reached out to touch her cheek, a sharp pain shot through her...