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629 – The Princess’s Speech

629 – The Princess’s Speech

Gaeul and Haneul briefly chatted with those who had participated in the play and returned to us.

The play had ended, but the festival was still ongoing, so we decided to enjoy it together.

“Hey guys, let’s go over there.”

“Okay!”

The place we headed to with the kids was The Little Mermaid’s water play area.

A woman dressed as The Little Mermaid was using water magic in a small aquarium, and the floating water formed a heart that flew towards me.

Pong-!

As the water heart touched my cheek and burst, a refreshing sensation made me giggle.

The magic that cooled my face, The Little Mermaid, everything was beautiful.

“The Little Mermaid, your water is so pretty.”

“Thank you. You are pretty too.”

“Hehe…”

She really looked like a princess.

It would be fun to have The Little Mermaid meet our Marin.

Marin must have come along too, but where did she go?

Looking around, I spotted Marin smiling happily in a flower garden decorated like a fairy tale.

‘…I shouldn’t disturb them.’

There was no need to interrupt their happy time with my curiosity.

I waved goodbye to The Little Mermaid, who had shown us a fun water show.

“Your water magic was so beautiful. Please show it to us again next time.”

“Yes, anytime.”

After parting with The Little Mermaid, I looked around for my family and realized something.

The adults were enjoying themselves even more than the kids.

“Ensia, look at this.”

“This is… a dress?”

“Yeah. I think it would look really cute on Gyeoul.”

“Definitely…”

Ensia and Hanyeoreum were discussing scary stories while holding up the princess dress.

Could it be that they wanted to dress me up in that fluttery princess outfit?

When Sophia joined in and nodded, my tail bristled.

I decided to clearly express my opinion to my family.

“I don’t like princess dresses.”

“Huh? Why? You’d look really pretty in a princess dress.”

“I prefer active clothes.”

“Well… that’s true, but how about this instead?”

Hanyeoreum handed me a candy.

It was candy sold at the souvenir shop, but for some reason, I felt Mana coming from it.

“What is that?”

“This is Magical princess candy.”

“Magical princess candy…?”

I tilted my head at the unfamiliar candy.

Seeing my confusion, Hanyeoreum began to explain.

“If you eat this, you’ll start talking like a princess.”

“Talking like a princess?”

“Yeah. Doesn’t that sound fun?”

“Um… yeah, let’s buy a few.”

It did sound like it could be fun, as Hanyeoreum suggested.

The price was cheaper than I expected, so I decided to buy a few for fun.

‘But what does talking like a princess even mean?’

Nothing specific came to mind when I thought of talking like a princess.

That only made me more excited.

‘I should try it out when I play with the kids later.’

I didn’t know what kind of speech it was, but just thinking about it was amusing.

I tucked the candy that Hanyeoreum bought into my pocket and continued to enjoy the festival.

From the seven dwarfs made of magic to the characters from the fairy tale “Kongjwi and Patjwi.”

The festival made of fairy tales was astonishingly beautiful.

**

After enjoying the festival, we returned to the park to play some more.

The unique atmosphere of the festival had faded, but it didn’t matter to our kids.

“Wanga, come here and sit down.”

Levinas patted a chair enthusiastically.

It was a plastic chair that looked like it belonged in a convenience store.

“Why here?”

As I sat down, Levinas raised both hands above his belly button.

It was a posture that was both polite and elegant.

“Excuse me, what would you like for in-flight meals?”

“In-flight meals?”

“Yes! Wanga is currently on a plane! Levinas is the flight attendant!”

“Flight… attendant?”

“Yes! Flight attendant!”

Levinas as a flight attendant. What a wonderful airline.

I decided to play along with Levinas’s idea of an airline.

“I’d like fish dishes and wine for the in-flight meal, please.”

“Understood! …Yes!”

Levinas entered the Ggaemmi Guild container and came out with snacks.

Dried anchovies and grape juice matched somewhat with the in-flight meal I requested.

“Fish steak and million-year-old wine.”

“Million?”

“Yes! No, yes! It’s very flavorful!”

Million-year-old wine, huh?

Can wine really be aged that long?

I wasn’t sure, but I decided to try it anyway.

“Gah…! This taste…!”

“Is the special wine from Levinas Airlines delicious?!”

The grape juice was quite tasty, but I was drinking million-year-old wine right now.

I needed to react like someone who was drinking wine that old.

“…Kekudak.”

I slumped down in my chair, pretending to be dead like Gaeul.

Gah! Startled, Levinas, with eyes wide open like a Horned Rabbit, shook my body.

“What happened?! Why did you collapse?!”

“The wine…”

“The wine?!”

“…went bad.”

Kekudak.

As I closed my eyes again, I could hear Levinas gasping.

Maybe it was time to stop and slowly open my eyes.

Just then, I heard a siren sound.

Gaeul’s siren was ringing in my ears.

Looking to the side, I saw the kids coming with a blanket.

“Patient alert. Patient alert.”

At Haneul’s urgent words, Saebyeok picked me up and laid me on the blanket.

Then Haneul, Saebyeok, and Bom started to carry me on the blanket, while Gaeul ran around, sounding the siren.

It seemed Gaeul was playing the role of the ambulance.

“The patient’s condition is critical. We need to perform a stomach wash quickly.”

At the doctor’s words from Haneul, the kids carried me to the guild container.

They laid me down on the sofa set up in the guild’s rest area and soon brought over two cans of tuna.

“Clear!”

Bong-bong—

Bom used the defibrillator on my body.

She pounded on my stomach, ribs, chest, and shoulders.

She just hit wherever her hands could reach.

‘But didn’t they say it was a stomach wash?’

Why suddenly a defibrillator?

My bewildered mind pulled me away from the kekudak.

“Gah! Wanga, the guest has awakened…!”

“…Doctor, where am I?”

“This is the hospital…! The guest has awakened after a hundred years…!”

“A hundred… years?”

No way.

Am I a hundred years old?

As I gasped in shock, Bom, who had been watching, spoke in a serious tone.

“Please don’t be alarmed, patient. While you were asleep, there were a hundred Christmas gifts that piled up for you.”

“I can receive a hundred gifts?”

“No. We have a hundred gifts that we need to give you.”

“What?!”

I just came back to life, and now I have to give away five hundred gifts in total?

I had no choice but to choose to collapse again.

“Kekudak.”

**

After the hospital play that started with the flight attendant game, I returned home with the kids.

As soon as we got home, Levinas made everyone sit on the sofa.

Then he proudly puffed out his chest and smiled.

“Umhumhu.”

Umhumhu, huh.

It was the first time I heard that laugh.

Could something good have happened?

Seeing Levinas happy made me feel good too, and my tail started to sway.

“Everyone, look at this!”

Levinas pulled out something he had hidden behind his back.

It was a light blue princess dress.

“Wow, what a pretty dress!”

“Yes! Levinas saved up pocket money to buy this!”

Ahem.

Levinas, proudly showing off the princess dress, looked so delightful.

I wanted to see Levinas in the dress as soon as possible.

“Levinas, hurry and put on the dress. I want to see.”

“Okay…!”

Levinas dashed to the bedroom and came out wearing the princess dress.

The usually innocent and lively Levinas looked like a delicate rabbit princess in the dress.

“Wow, Levinas is totally a princess.”

“So pretty!”

“Right? It’s super beautiful!”

All the kids praised Levinas for looking pretty.

Perhaps happy with the compliments, Levinas giggled and twisted her body.

“Can I show this to Mom and Dad?”

“Yes. Hurry and show them; they’ll be so happy.”

“Okay!”

Levinas ran off to the room where Ravi and Ian were.

Even in the princess outfit, Levinas was still Levinas.

“Hehe.”

I wondered if Ravi and Ian would be really happy.

Just then, I heard a crunching sound right next to me.

Crunch— Crunch—

Turning to the side, I saw Gaeul munching on candy.

She seemed to be enjoying the candy, wagging her tail happily.

“Gaeul, are you eating candy?”

“Yup!”

“What kind of candy?”

“Ikgu…!”

Gaeul pointed to the wrapped candy on the living room table.

It was the candy that turned you into a princess when you ate it, bought at the festival.

“Oh?”

They said that eating that would change your speech.

But Gaeul didn’t seem to have changed at all. What was going on?

I cautiously spoke to Gaeul, who had swallowed the crushed candy.

“Gaeul, that’s the princess candy, right?”

“Conju?”

“Yeah. They say if you eat it, you’ll talk like a princess. Do you feel any different?”

“……”

At my words, Gaeul looked down at her palm.

Blinking in confusion, Gaeul soon shook her head at me.

“No, I don’t.”

“Woyong?”

“Huh? Iyaeong.”

“Iyaeong?”

What was this?

It seemed like her speech had changed a bit.

Is that what talking like a princess is?

In my bewilderment, I froze in my seat.

“Wow! Gaeul’s speech has changed!”

“It must be the candy’s effect…!”

The kids’ eyes widened as they looked at Gaeul.

They seemed to find the princess speech amusing and wore small smiles.

Unlike the kids, Gaeul was in a state of panic.

Could she be surprised by her suddenly changed speech?

Gaeul lay flat on the floor.

“Kekudakiwayong.”

The way she collapsed sounded somewhat vintage.

A word from the author (Author’s note)

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

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