Yuya shakes his head emphatically. "No! I still live in Japan, I'm just with the carnival because--"

Because she could protect people important to him, but The Gentleman's next assertion catching him off guard and he looks at him, confused. "Caught between... you mean the Prince and Ringmaster?" He glances around the dance floor, as if he'll catch them there. "What do you mean, a prize? I just work for the carnival. I'm an acrobat."

And the Prince didn't have any attention on him as far as he knew. Yuya had done exactly what he was told, keeping his head down while they were in the castle.