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princess eliza

Empress Yuria personally guided us through the empress palace and explained its structure. Yuno, who had been following along and explaining things, returned to her palace as it got late, but Isabella and Marie accompanied Yuria and kindly guided her.

“Lastly, this is the room that Eliza will use from now on. And I’ve told the maids, so except for Madeleine, the head maid here, if you have anything to do, just give instructions to the maids you see”

“…Yes, I understand. Empress Mama. Thank you for your deep consideration.”

“There are a lot of things I want to talk about with Eliza, but today was very difficult, right? So, let’s sleep well today and talk tomorrow. Got it?”

“Sleep well, unnie~ See you tomorrow~”

Empress Yuria said that and left Eliza’s room with Marie.

Eliza looked around the room she would use from now on. The room, which was not flashy but had a warm vibe, appealed to her, and as she lay in bed, she remembered the day she came to the Empire.

———–

Kwaang!!

“What do you mean? majesty! It won’t work!!”

“… I have no choice. This would be better for that child to be safe”

“Even so, how can we send the princess, who is now 11 years old, to the empire alone?”

“Maybe that child could catch the emperor’s eye? In that case, I won’t mess with my country anymore… Don’t you think the emperor likes young girls very much? If it were Eliza…”

“Your Majesty… How could you say such a thing…”

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Leon was opposed to sending Princess Eliza as a hostage, but bowed to the will of Charles IV.

The chancellor tried to ensure the princess’s safety by at least attaching her with a strict guard, but Charles IV seemed to think that it was not a bad idea to become the emperor’s concubine.

In the position where she had been chosen as a hostage, Eliza was looking at her father with an indifferent expression.

‘That person is no longer the father I knew… Dad…’

The Charles IV that Eliza remembers was a man like a lion, full of confidence and courage in everything he did. However, after losing an arm in the war against the Empire last year, my father returned and became a completely different person.

He always felt like he was being chased by something and was scared. In addition, she became petty in everything and became a person who was violent towards her mother and sisters whenever things did not work out.

Their father, who was not originally a warm and kind father to them, but did not go to the extent of violence, ended up killing their mother while drunk and having a nightmare.

Naturally, the queen’s death was secretly forgotten, but Eliza clearly remembered the sight of her mother being carried in the coffin.

And now the father was trying to sell himself to the emperor.

‘I said it was inevitable that I would go to the empire… but I really don’t want to be married to an 80-year-old emperor… but what should I do…’

Meee profit

The time when Eliza came into the room and was thinking alone with tears streaming down her face. Her door opened quietly and someone came in.

“Eliza~ Are you sleeping?”

The voice was her eldest sister, Fiona, and although her mother was a different sister, Eliza, who usually followed her older sister, ran towards Fiona and burst into tears.

“Sigh… Sister… I don’t want to go… I think my father is trying to sell me to the old emperor…”

Born as a princess, it could be said that an arranged marriage was an inevitable fate, but Eliza’s older sister Fiona was able to avoid an arranged marriage because she taught herself martial arts and military science from a young age and soon became one of only three sword masters in the kingdom.

It was only natural that sending the Sword Master, which could be said to be a strategic weapon, to another country would immediately result in a tremendous decline in the country’s military power.

That’s why Fiona felt so sorry for her half-brother, who was in a completely different situation from herself, and came into her brother’s room in the middle of the night to comfort her as she was taken hostage. Fiona was comforting Eliza by patting her back, and when Eliza stopped crying a little, she said what she had been thinking.

“Eliza, would you like to hear what you think? Didn’t you see the emperor a few times during the last war, even from afar? I’m thinking of you, but if you do well, you might be able to avoid being taken as a concubine”

“Huh? sister? Is that possible? I will definitely do it! What should I do?”

Fiona requested that Eliza wear a military uniform and take a dignified stance without giving up on a single word from the emperor.

“If you do that, you will probably like the Emperor… but the Emperor will probably not see you as a woman. And don’t you have big breasts that don’t suit your age? Hohoho, if you just follow what she told you, that lolicon bastard will definitely lose interest in you”

Eliza prepared her military uniform as instructed by her older sister Fiona, and practiced answering the emperor’s expected questions every day.

———–

And today, when Eliza arrived in the empire and did just as she had practiced, as her sister advised, the emperor really stopped paying attention to her and left, saying that he was coveting a mistress.

Instead, the Empress showed interest in her and formed relationships with her descendants, the Second Empress, the Third Empress, and the Third Prince.

Eliza was a little taken aback by the sight of Yuria’s family being warm, treating each other openly and caring for each other rather than the cocky, cool-headed, and affectionate royal family she had been expecting, but Eliza fell asleep quietly with a premonition that life in the empire would not be as difficult as she thought. I heard this.

In fact, at breakfast the next day after gathering all the prince and princess, Empress Yuria told her children that they should think of Eliza as her own daughter while she was in the empire, so they should speak to each other comfortably in private.

Eliza was extremely embarrassed by Yuria’s instructions, but seeing Isabella, Yuno, and Marie speak to her at ease immediately made her feel more at ease.

Eliza was able to become closer to Yuria’s family as they talked a lot about each other during breakfast.

‘I don’t know about the Emperor, Crown Prince, or Prince Lee… but I think I can trust these people… This is the first time I’ve felt this way since my mother passed away… If it’s here, I too…’

Although Eliza had only been in the Empire for less than a day, she already felt like they were family. In fact, I thought that it might be more comfortable than in the royal palace in my home country, where I had no one to trust except Fiona, but that thought was shattered in the morning.

“Gasp… Yuno, how are you doing this?”

“Hahaha, you’ll get used to it quickly if you do it right? Because it’s the first day, Eliza, don’t push yourself too hard”

Eliza was to participate in Yuno’s training schedule according to the emperor’s instructions, and had been with Yuno since training this morning.

As soon as we finished breakfast at 7 o’clock, Yuno suggested that we warm up with a quick run before the liberal arts class that started at 9 o’clock. Eliza, who always liked exercise, thought it wouldn’t be a big deal, changed into the exercise clothes prepared by the ladies and started training with Yuno, but immediately regretted that decision.

Eliza was somewhat confident in her physical strength, but there was no way that Eliza, an ordinary princess, could keep up with Yuno’s training, which even trainees in the Royal Guard Knights could barely keep up with. So she barely crawled along the parade ground, barely able to keep up, and eventually spread out with her back on the ground. I threw it away.

“Ehehe~ You can’t lie down and rest like this during training. Eliza. When I rest, I rest by running in place. Instead, take slow, deep breaths to calm your breathing, and when you feel like you can control it, run again. ruler! Wake up!!”

Based on his experience as a trainer in his previous life, Yuno started harassing Eliza in the morning. Of course, Yuno was considerate of the fact that she was a beginner and adjusted it slowly, but Eliza could not have felt that as consideration, so Yuno began to look like the devil in her eyes.

‘Ugh, maybe my eyes were wrong… Then that’s right… There’s no way that the lolicon emperor’s son is normal!!’

Eliza cursed Yuno in her mind, but regardless of her thoughts, Yuno continued to push Eliza, and eventually, until the end of the exercise session, Eliza was unable to rest her feet for even a second.

“Okay~ That’s it for today~ Eliza, you worked hard! You can sit now”

As soon as Yuno finished speaking, Eliza lay down on the floor and stretched out. Seeing Eliza like that, Yuno brought water and handed it to her, then grabbed her legs and started massaging them.

“Puuup!! What…what are you doing!! On my leg!”

Eliza, who had never held hands with an outsider before, was embarrassed by Yuno’s touch and squirted the water she was drinking, but Yuno continued to massage her legs calmly.

“If you leave this alone, you won’t be able to walk tomorrow morning? Since I’m releasing it in advance, you should be thankful”

“I don’t need it? Ugh, I wonder if he’s really the son of the lolicon emperor… I’m already looking at the woman’s legs… ”

Eliza immediately realized that she had made a mistake and covered her mouth, but her words had long since reached Yuno’s ears.

“Yu…His Highness Yuno… I mean… that is”

“It’s okay. Is there anyone who doesn’t know that my dad exposes young women? Giggling. It doesn’t matter to my sister, me, or Marie, but we still have to be careful because we don’t know who might hear it. Got it?”

Yuno generously forgave Eliza and patted her head.

‘What… are you really the emperor’s son? He’s kind and handsome… he seems to be training hard… he’s the perfect groom… Huh!! No, no, he is the prince of an empire that is the enemy of our kingdom! You can’t be interested!! Wake! Eliza!!’

However, Eliza’s cheeks were red and she was only looking at Yuno, and Yuno, perhaps aware of Eliza’s feelings, massaged her legs diligently and stood up.

“Now, go to the empress’ palace and wash up, and then come to the 3rd villa where I live. You know the way because I showed you the way yesterday, right? If you don’t know, just ask the maids”

“You know that much, right? It’s right next door!”

“Yes! I remember it well. Class starts at 9 o’clock, so you have to come on time?”

“9 o’clock…hey! It’s 8:20 now, how can you wash so quickly!”

“Huh? Isn’t 10 minutes enough to wash? I finished 10 minutes earlier than usual because I had to think about your arrival time”

“Do you know that women and men are the same? Ugh!! really!! Be ignorant!!”

Eliza rushed to the empress’ palace, cursing Yuno for not caring at all. Yuno, not knowing why he was being criticized, headed to his palace to wash off his sweat.

And at 9 o’clock, Eliza came to Juno’s study room in Juno’s palace with moisture dripping from her head. Behind her, the maids were holding towels and wiping her hair, but the water was dripping down so her dress was half wet.

“Can you see my tail? I have to finish it a little early starting tomorrow! I just have to finish 10 minutes early, so it’s okay, right? You can’t go around like this all the time, right?”

“Hmm… Okay~ I’ll finish at 8:10 starting tomorrow. Instead, let’s start by setting aside 10 minutes. So that’s okay, right? All you have to do is wake up a little early”

Eliza was so shocked by Yuno’s obsession with training that she couldn’t bear to say anything.

‘Why are you saying that reducing the training time by 10 minutes is such a big deal? Is this person crazy about training, like the emperor is crazy about children?’

In her mind, her evaluation of Yuno continued to go up and down.

However, Yuno paid attention to Eliza and was thinking about how he could sleep during today’s lecture without being noticed. As Baron Kimberly’s history class began, I quietly closed my eyes.