All the princes swallowed at once after hearing the princess's declaration.
The king was no exception, his face turning somber; he hadn't expected Cythian to say something like that.
The murmurs among the other princes came immediately:
"Is she in love with someone? Who do you think it is?"
"It must be the prince of Astralord, I think they were childhood friends."
"No, it has to be the prince of Catliz, it's said that Cythian and he danced together at Princess Dina's party."
They all began forming their own theories and ideas about the person Cythian liked; suddenly, the princes grew euphoric.
There is a saying about fish that, even when chased by a predator like a shark, if they see even the slightest chance of escape, they will believe they can make it.
In this case it was no different, except the fish were the princes, the shark was Cythian, and the escape was the chance that one of them might be the chosen one.
