That poor thing, yes, I sympathize with him . Fighting! Life wasnât so grim! Look at me, my daddy had fallen for my charm, and now he couldnât live without me! Of course, I knew thatâs my dream, but⌠. well, someday I would!
After a moment of staring, Ferdel left the room . At the same time, the office was opened, and a servant entered the lounge .
âYour Majesty, the Count of Sesskullo asked to have a meeting with you . â
My dad was always busy . I waved .
Caitel chuckled when he heard it . Still, he placed me down in the cradle and patted me on the head for a while . It was a very different touch compared to a few months ago .
âIâll be back soon, so donât come out . â
Now that the assassination attempt had been made, even a handmaiden could not enter the lounge without Caitelâs permission . In addition, it also opened the door connected to the lounge . The angle had been adjusted, so I could be seen playing just by turning my head . I heard that people rearranged office just for that .
Anyway, my dad was crazy .
I crawled in the cradle, turned around, and knelt as soon as I fell on my stomach . I couldnât do this well last month, but it suddenly turned out well now . Thatâs the mystery of the human body .
I couldnât wait to walk . I had to work out a lot .
As I was crawling in the cradle, the closed door to the lounge opened .
I glared at the door with a nervous look, but it wasnât the assassin who came in .
Ferdel walked carefully and clung to the cradle railings . He peeped at the office across the door and hid in a blind spot, suddenly smiled .
Wait . I thought he was returning to his work?
I pulled myself back a little, he snapped at my hand and stared at me with shining eyes .
Then he laughed again . I couldnât help but panic .
The weather was very nice . I was feeling up to my ears in the sight of a rare temple after a long time .
Outside! Itâs a walk! Itâs a picnic!
I was in a good mood, so there was a lot of crap going on . I didnât know, but it was just a meaningless sound for my tongue movement .
However, who liked this nonsense more were these two people who were looking at me . When I tried to say something they thought it was b*llshit and now when I said something meaningless, they liked it?
âI donât like you two! Do you know?!â
âYes, yes . Peek a Boo!â
it was annoying, and I wanted to stop now, but this was the happiest time of Eleneâs day, so I couldnât . Serira looked at us both with a warm face .
âCome on, Princess, Gonzi Gonzi . â (Korean style of playing with baby)
When I repeated the simple act of stabbing the palm of my hand with an index finger, Elene smiled and screamed . Serira made a small beside him .
My little palms pinched and unfolded . It was a small act, but it was a little difficult to repeat it . I hadnât moved much, but my arms felt tired already .
âOh, I donât know . Iâm still young, so itâs great to do this . â
âWow, thatâs good . Oh, thatâsâŚ!â
Smiling brightly at the sound of praise, Serira patted my head . It was a cat-like act, but the compliment was so good I hit Serira in the arms without realizing it .
âUgh, Mom, a little more! A little more! Give me a little more praise . â
Praises were great . Iâm pretty and lovely, huh? Didnât they think Iâm worth praising?
âYouâve got even more charming, my princess . â
My nanny smiled as soon as I landed my gaze on her . That smile made me feel better .
My pronunciation was unclear because my teeth hadnât fully grown yet, but Serira recognized I called her name . Her eyes were wide open and she was really pretty today .
Oh, itâs not that she was pretty because she was my nanny! With a big smile, I crawled up and knocked on Seriraâs legs, sitting on her knees . Serira hugged me with a face wet with emotion . The moist tears settled in her eyes .
Elene, who was sitting next to me feeling happy, when I called her name, her eyes also opened wide .
I grinned at the two of them . Maybe I would have more maids when Iâm older . However, no matter how many maids I would have, these two would still remain special to me . As much as these two people treated me well .
The little Elene turned her head . I tilted my head . Then Elene began to cry, wiping away her tears with her apron . I was frightened .
âElene, why are you crying all of a sudden?â
âI think our princess is all grown up now . What if she says she is going to get married?â
âYes, she is . Time flies . â
âExcuse me, you two . Iâm still 10 months old . Itâs a long way from getting married . â
I was already tired to think of growing, and they were already drinking Kimchi soup (Korean way to say âDonât count your chickens before they are hatchedâ) . Ha, we were doing the same thing but had a different purpose .
I couldnât wait to grow up . Until I was about 4 years old .
Even then, I could walk around, speak human language, and above all, I didnât have to study! Yeah, I wanted to be 4 years old for the rest of my life .
Elene, who was cleaning up her eyes, called me . I was in Seriraâs arms and looked back at Elene . Eleneâs eyes were still reddening . It made me cringe again .
âYeah, you used to like me when I hated you, but I must have gotten caught up in it too . â
I donât like it when I see Elene crying .
I reached out to her and hugged her . Elene was looking at me and didnât know what to do . Her face was full of anxiety .
âWhat should I do? She is so cute I canât hand her to anyone . I want to keep her in my arms for the rest of my life . â
âI will watch over the princess, so go wash your face . Your face is terrible . â
âYes . Itâs a bit harsh . â
Elene smiled as I nodded . When one cried and smiled, they get horns on their butt . Oh, I hated myself for worrying about it . Oh, but Iâm seriously worried .
âThen, Princess, Iâll be back then . â
I nodded and crawled out of Eleneâs arms . Both of them looked at me with many emotions .
âHehe, Iâm good at it by myself now!â
Watching Elene running to get back soon, I crawled to the place where my toy was . Serira ensured not to let my knee slip for a moment .
When I went to the end of the mat on the lawn of the temple and sat down, my nanny smiled at me . Seven months ago, she was a woman with a lot of shade on her face, but now she looked like a totally different person . It was a little strange .
She turned her eyes to my voice . Her eyes curved as she smiled . I smiled back at her .
Serira confirmed I was playing well and sat close to me and gave a look at the book she had brought .
A cool breeze was blowing . Not cold, but cool, serene as if submerged in water . Serira laughed when our eyes met again for a while . Of course, I laughed, too .
I liked her doing her job while taking care of me like a normal mother . From one point, perhaps after I managed to play by myself, Serira began knitting, cross-stitching and reading . It was just a small work after she started taking care of me, but it was nice to say she was not living her life entirely for me now . Of course, if I were a real baby, Iâd yell for attention .
âWait, toy, where are you going?â
The round-looking toy I accidentally dropped rolled around . I was so embarrassed I put my mouth together . What should I do? I think I could catch it if I crawl a little . HmmâŚ
I looked back at Serira for a moment, but I didnât want to disturb her when I saw her so absorbed in the book . Yeah, well, I was not an ordinary baby, and I was just crawling for a while, right? I fell on my stomach right away and began to crawl .
âPretty yellow ball, where are you going! Play with me!â
The ball rolled quickly and soon the acceleration of its rolling slowed and stopped eventually . I crawled to where the ball was . The feeling of touching the grass with my hands was itchy .
I sat down and smoothed the ball into my arms, and I looked around . I didnât know because I only cared about the ball, but the scenery had changed .
Was it too far? Where was I?
âSo what Iâm saying is, heâs performing a really strong wave . â
âIs that so? I didnât feel that . â
Uh, itâs a human voice .
Thatâs two men . Huh? One voice sounded familiar .
As I stretched out my head, I noticed two people walking along the walking path of the Temple .
He sounded familiar, and it was actually someone I knew . I didnât know if it was Ferdel .
âYouâve never forgotten who the Northern nobles pledged their allegiance to out there . No matter how much you proclaim to me that you are the head of the Southern aristocracy, there is a limit to the amount of public backlash we can contain . Like this, somedayâŚâ
âOne day the regime falls . Is that what youâre trying to say?â
His answer was as sly as his smile . This made me confused again after remembering what I saw of him last week . I wondered if he was really the same person who sneaked behind my fatherâs back to hold my hand and smiled like a fool .
âIt was the imperial sphere who drew the first blood anyway . â
The person heâs talking with was a man I had never seen before . The man with pale blond hair was talking with dark clouds over his head as he continued on with the conversation .
On the other hand, Ferdelâs face was full of laughter . Of course, his smiles were the same when he looked at me, but now, his laughter was something different .
I meant, yeah, he had something sharp .
âIt was a bloodstained throne, to begin with . There was not a single honor in it . â
What was on Ferdelâs face was contempt . It was the same feeling I had once seen in my fatherâs .
Maybe itâs called disgust, thatâs it .
The other side could not add anything . I was suffocated by his cold expression, and how stifled the opponent who faced it himself must have been . I was sorry to peek, but I guessed it was unnecessary .
I came out looking for a ball . Whatâs with this situation?
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