The Terminally ill 3rd Prince AKA the Cannon Fodder Prince

"Kalin is a young boy, he does not know better." Liam said.

What the heck were they even talking about?

"Your right, however, Kalin is the 3rd prince of this kingdom, he should not be so childish as to start a fight with the youngest son of the count at the royal ball."

...but aren't Liam and Leon the same age as Kalin? They are triplets after all.

Hearing the King's words, I understood.

So, before I reincarnated as the cannon fodder prince who is only mentioned once in the game, the original Kalin must have fought with the count's son and the count must have reported it to the King.

"But father..."

The king cut him off, all traces of adoration and love gone, replaced with a cold expression.

"He needs to be punished Liam."

Liam finally shut up and he began to eat solemnly.

Leon had chosen to stay quite all this time and I am not particularly concerned or offend at that.

Maybe the original Kalin did not get along with Leon, I shrugged. I picked up my knife and cut into the exquisites steak. I used my fork to pick some of the juicy meat up and placed into my mouth.

It was so divine! I wanted to shout in joy, but I dare not reveal my inner feelings, instead I copied what my brothers and father was doing, eating quietly.

As I placed another piece of steak into my mouth, I could not help but cough.

I felt 3 pairs of eyes turn towards me and I almost blushed with embarrassment but I held it in. I could not let them see my true emotions.

The King shook his head in disapproval and resumed eating.

However, after only a few seconds another round of coughs came. I tried to drink water, but that seemed to make it worse.

So I grabbed my napkin to try and make my coughs quieter because they were looking at me like I disturbed the peace.

My throat was sore and tender, but I could stop coughing.

Splat! Blood spurted from my mouth and onto my white napkin, staining it a deep crimson.

What the-

Before I had time to think, I cough up more blood soaking my napkin rendering it useless.

Suddenly, like a bolt of lightening, I felt a burning sensation in my chest. It felt like it was consuming me and I dropped my napkin and gasped for air. Sweat trickled down my forehead and I clutched my chest.

The king, or should I say my father, visibly frowned.

"Stop playing around Kalin, it is not going to make your punishment any easier." My father said sternly.

At this point, I did not care. I was in extreme pain. My body trembled uncontrollably.

I whimpered in pain and fell face first onto the table with a loud thud. My chest gutted and my head was pounding.

"Kalin!" I heard Liam and Leon shout at the same time.

"Quick, call the imperial doctor!" My father commanded to one of his aids.

It seems like he finally realized that I was indeed not playing around.

I was quite confused by their actions. It was as if they did not know that I was terminally ill, but that made no sense.

The game introduced Kalin Luther as the youngest triplet out of the two princes as well as the sickly prince who had unfortunately died two months before the start of the game, which is when the heroine was 14 years old, the same age as Liam and Leon as well as Kalin.

Unless...the game only showed Kalin once, during an event so not much is known about him. Maybe his illness suddenly came later on in his childhood and he was not born sick?

Was it possible that someone was plotting against him and the age in which he would get sick would be right now, at the age of 11?

But how did Kalin get sick so suddenly? It must be the work of some kind of slow acting poison.

In the game, Kalin dies at 14, and it seems to be that my brothers were 11 years old right now so I only had 3 years or possibly even less to find a cure?

Leon and Liam both hopped off of their chairs and rushed towards me.

My vision was turning black and the last sight I saw was Liam crying and Leon staring at me with a solemn expression.

"Big brother, will younger brother be alright?" I heard Liam ask Leon.

Before I could listen to Leon's response, I passed out.