episode_0007

The way Amelia was looking at me from earlier was unusual.

The novel I was reading was a free novel, and because it was a free novel, the author could not include paid illustrations. Of course, there was no such thing as an author icon.

So the only thing I knew about her appearance was the one on the cover drawn with that AI illustration, and I only knew Amelia’s actions from the descriptions in the novel.

Oh, by the way, if you look at me with your arms crossed and your eyes narrowed, even if you haven’t read Amelia’s behavior in the original, I can tell that she is looking at me with something unpleasant.

And the Amelia in front of me now is not yet the Amelia from the original, because she is seven years old. She is seven years old, but the reason her eyes are much lower than me is not because Amelia is small, but because I am taller.

“… … Is there something I did wrong?”

The reason I asked that question was because I couldn’t think of anything I had done wrong with Amelia.

I don’t know if Amelia inherited her father’s personality, or if it was because she was a woman in her mid-to-late twenties, but she wasn’t particularly surprised to see a pack of wolves crawling out from behind me.

Rather, I should say that it was an expression that said he knew that would happen.

What was the reason why Amelia could react so casually?

If we assume that Amelia is a modern Korean adult woman reborn like the novel I read, several inferences are possible.

First, in the ‘original novel’ that Amelia read, a character named Elsie del Kissi appeared.

I’m not talking about the novels I’ve read. I’m talking about the ‘original romantic fantasy’ that exists as a setting in the ‘villainous heroines’ I’ve read.

If the character Elsie del Kissi appeared there, but there was no need to appear in a villainous film, it would not be strange even if Amelia Gana was aware of her existence.

However, although it is a bit hard to say this myself, the character Elsie del Kissi was quite a unique character.

No, in fantasy novels, there is a female character who inherits the blood of a giant who leads a pack of wolves? But they set that up and don’t use it in the novel?

Then why bother setting such specific settings?

So, I thought the chances of that inference being correct seemed pretty low.

Rather, it would be a more plausible inference to say that he was properly educated by his father, the Grand Duke of Grattenmount, from an early age.

“… … .”

I don’t know if there was something she didn’t like about me, but Amelia didn’t answer my question.

The place where the two of us were was my room.

No matter how amazing my abilities are, there is no way someone as big as a grand duke would come all the way here and just watch the wolves. Rather, there would be political stories to discuss between adults. Now that this year is coming to an end, let’s talk about the food support we will receive next year. There might be.

And my father entrusted this grand princess to me.

Because they were similar in age and gender.

It was amazing to finally meet the main character from the original, but honestly, I don’t know what to do at this point.

You can’t just say something like ‘Hello? Are you Korean? I’m Korean too’. Moreover, the novel I read and the novel he read are different novels. In the world I lived in, the ‘original work’ he read is a novel that does not exist. , In the world she lived in, the ‘villainous heroine’ I read is also a novel that does not exist.

So, there is no way that the country called Korea that I knew is the Korea that he knows. There is no guarantee that the only difference between them is one novel.

“Lady Delki City?”

Amelia, who was lost in thought, finally opened her mouth and called me.

“Yes, Grand Duchess.”

I answered as politely as possible.

I’m wearing a proper dress now. It’s inevitable that I suddenly encountered it while scouting, but I can’t stay in the castle all the way inside the castle, even if it’s much warmer.

The other person probably understands that too—no.

Wouldn’t a modern Korean think it’s a little strange to even think about such things? It might be true if the ‘Korea’ that Amelia remembers is a place like the ‘Korean Empire’ in alternative history, but if there was such a unique setting, it would have appeared in the novel.

“Druid abilities were awakened this year.”

“Yes.”

I still answered as politely as possible.

After hearing my answer, Amelia looked up at me while snapping her fingers on her arm. If an adult woman had shown that look, the atmosphere would have been a little different, but there was something very unbalanced about a seven-year-old kid snapping his big fingers. It seemed like it was done.

Wouldn’t it be better if I did it myself? I have no intention of doing that.

“That bangs.”

“Yes?”

“Since when did those bangs look like that?”

“… … .”

I touched my hair without realizing it. It was like a hairstyle where the bangs were swept to the side, exposing the forehead.

In fact, it was a hairstyle I wouldn’t have had to wear when I was a man. It’s a bit… odd for a man to have a hairstyle like this. … Wouldn’t it look like I’m not good enough? Well, I don’t know what it would be like if it were an incredibly handsome person, but my face has never been that handsome.

In this world, it’s common for women to grow their hair long. Because it’s a medieval fantasy. I don’t know what it would be like if they were knights, but even in Delki City, most women had long hair.

However, as I grew out my hair like that, my bangs kept piercing my eyes. However, I thought it would look awkward if I cut off just the bangs from my long hair, and I felt like it was a waste to have grown it out, so I just swept it to the side.

“… … I don’t remember exactly. It’s been like this ever since I started growing it long.”

“From the beginning?All the way?”

“Yes.”

When I answered while looking at Amelia questioningly as if to confirm, Amelia tilted her head.

It’s a bit cute for a child to do that. Still, because the content is for adults, it was okay because he didn’t suddenly whine or throw a tantrum.

“Do you plan to keep your hairstyle in the future?”

“You probably would do that if there was nothing special, right?”

“Hmm… … .”

When I asked again, Amelia looked up at me again, frowning as if she was lost in thought.

“Well, I like it. It’s not like it doesn’t suit me.”

Did you plan on asking me to change it if it didn’t suit me?

As I was tilting my head to myself, Amelia got up from her seat and stood in front of me and said.

“Okay, then. Can you tell me your last name?”

“Last name?”

“I heard a lot about the Barony of Delkisi. It is said to be a place where strong and brave people reside. Also, this castle is a place to ward off northern barbarians. Since I visited here as a member of the Archduke’s family, I got to see what the front line was like. I will try to put as much as I can into it. Because it is such an important place.”

Hoo.

Well, if you know the future of the character you originally possessed, you do some research to avoid that destruction.

There are still almost 10 years left until the main story begins, so I don’t know if I’ve accumulated various knowledge in that time. Reading only a novel and seeing it in person are completely different things.

Now that I think about it, even in the original work, it seemed like I was familiar with Havidel Kish.

In the novel, the older brother was a silent and frustrating character, but I’m not sure what happened in the past 10 years, but that wasn’t the case now.

Of all the older brothers, Harvey was the one who played with me the best. Of course, I didn’t play because I wanted to. My actual age was older than Harvey’s, so there were times when I didn’t like showing children childish games to play with.

But even so, it was a bit hard to ignore it. Anyway, I was a kid.

“We will be happy to guide you.”

Amelia and her brother will never end up together, but if we get familiar with their faces from now on, won’t it be as frustrating as the main story?

When I read it as a novel, I thought it was just a character who didn’t go anywhere, but after living as a family for a few years, my thoughts seem to have changed.

*

“… … .”

“… … .”

And the older brother who met Amelia kept his mouth shut. He was the older brother who ran to me and said, ‘Little brother!’ every time he saw me.

“My name is Amelia Grattonmount. I am the daughter of the Grand Duke of Grattonmount.”

“… … It is called Habidelkisi.”

And then silence again.

My brother had a solemn expression.

But I clearly saw my brother’s eyes tremble as they passed by.

… … .

What, you just can’t speak in front of women?

On the other hand, Amelia’s eyes were sparkling even though she did not get a proper answer.

The expression on his face said, ‘Wow, what a cool person!’

I looked at Amelia and then looked up at my brother again.

… … Is he handsome? Is he objectively an incredibly handsome person? I just didn’t know because he was a family member?

Well, if you’re one of the male protagonists in a romantic fantasy, it’s true that he’s good-looking. But second of all, isn’t he too tall? Even by adult female standards, he’s tall, but by seven-year-old Amelia’s standards, his head was really high up there.

No, if you think about it, Amelia literally met the male protagonist of the novel she liked. She was thrilled.

“… … .”

Does Amelia know that the reason the male protagonist was ‘quiet’ was simply because he couldn’t speak properly in front of women?