Chapter 7

## The Princes' Secret!?

**The Princes' Secret!?** is the seventh chapter of the Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine manga.

## Plot

In the morning, a maid comes to Heine's room to wake him up for the day, but Heine is not in his bed. But then the maid found him squished on the gap between the bed and the wall, shocking the maid. Heine then recounts what happened yesterday. The guards eventually found him and Leonhard after being stranded for losing their horses. After that, Heine is introduced to his room in the palace. This is his first time sleeping in a big bed and he feels uncomfortable that he can't sleep. He keeps rolling on his bed and then he fell to the gap, he got stuck there until the maid found him in the morning.

For today's schedule, he will start out with Leonhard. He thinks about what Leonhard said yesterday, and Heine think he really should focus on his studies. Heine expected Leonhard to not be in his room and probably already run away. But surprisingly he is in his room, waiting for his lesson with Heine. Leonhard reminds him that he's still not accepting Heine but he is willing to try. Heine starts out with basic math. But 3 minutes later, Leonhard already fall asleep. Heine tried to wake him up but he's so sleepy that he thinks Heine is a deer. Leonhard's excuse is that he have an illness that makes his eyelids heavy when seeing math problems, but Heine doesn't buy it and thinks he may got lack of sleep after being stranded yesterday, then ask if something else happened. Leonhard got in panic by swearing that he is not hiding anything and accidentally say that Bruno told him to be quiet. Heine deduces that he is clearly hiding something but decided to keep silent so that he won't disturb his lessons.

Heine is finished with Leonhard and proceed to the other princes room. He plans to ask the rest of the princes on what's happening with Leonhard. Bruno denies telling Leonhard anything, while accidentally reading his book upside down. Licht would tell Heine Leonhard's secret if he make today's lesson about how to flirt girls, which Heine quickly reject. Kai rubs Heine's hand the whole time and is not saying anything. Heine is finished with everyone's lesson and writing reports for the king. Heine is certain that the princes are hiding something from him and he is worried that they are setting up a prank for him. Someone then knocked on his room and he expected it to be his dinner, while happily open the door. But he finds Leonhard instead. Heine then close his door because it's "only" Leonhard, angering Leonhard and call Heine heartless.

Leonhard takes Heine for a stroll. Heine still feeling suspicious that Leonhard is leading him to a trap but suddenly Leonhard is already carrying him. Leonhard then tells him to wait while he is squabbling in front of a door, talking to his brothers that are inside. Heine then tells him that whatever his pranks will be, it will not surprise him. The door is opened from the inside and Heine is amazed. Turns out the brothers and the Queen Mother are preparing a lavish welcoming party for Heine. It is Bruno's idea but everyone had their part on planning it: Kai went to pick the flowers in the garden and Leonhard went hunting to provide the meat. The reason Leonhard fell asleep during his lesson is because he is too tired from hunting in the mountains. The Queen Mother introduces Heine to Adele, the youngest princess and the princes little sister. Heine greets him and Licht joked that Heine and Adele would make a great couple. Shocking Heine and reminds him that he is a fully grown adult, Bruno scolds Licht too for making such an inappropriate joke since Adele is just 3 years old.

Everyone is then seated according to Bruno's plan. The food's arrived and the kitchen staff are also welcoming Heine as the new royal tutor. Everyone toasted for Heine and then everyone proceed to eat their dinner. Leonhard is seemingly worried, and turns out he just wanted his hunted meat to be praised. The main dish come and Leonhard's cooked meat is charred, to his disappointment. Bruno and Licht reveals it's their fault because they wanted to present a dish that they created together. But they got distracted while cooking. Leonhard is crying and Kai pats his head, seeing Kai's gesture Licht and Bruno quickly apologized to Leonhard for ruining his meat. But luckily there's a small portion of the meat that is not ruined, Bruno gives it to Heine and he loves the taste. Heine then decide to split the rest of the small meat evenly to everyone so they can taste it too. Heine comforted Leonhard that everyone eventually got to taste his amazing meat. Still in denial, Leonhard tells Heine that he still doesn't accept him with everyone not taking him seriously.

At night in Heine's room, as Heine lies in his bed, he thinks the uncomfortable feel from the last night has reduced and that he can sleep more comfortably tonight. He's sure it's because the princes has give him a sign that he is welcome here and they are happy with his presence. Heine is grateful for the welcoming party but he thinks to himself that the truth is **he doesn't belong in the palace**.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Heine Wittgenstein
* Ludwig (flashback)
* Maximilian (flashback)
* Leonhard von Glanzreich
* Bruno von Glanzreich
* Licht von Glanzreich
* Kai von Glanzreich
* Queen Mother
* Adele von Glanzreich (first appearance)