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[Episode 34] – Promise with the Princess (2)

It was late in the morning when the maids were also asleep.

It was too late to wake up the maid and order her to bring snacks, so the princess and I quietly walked down the hallway toward the palace kitchen. Originally, I was going to eat the mountain of snacks piled up outside my room, but…

When I came out of the room, the mountain of snacks that had piled up had long since been put away. It was quite late, and I thought I would wake up and eat, but…

Thanks to the loud growling sound coming from the princess’s stomach, the princess and I decided to try to break into the kitchen. Since it’s the royal palace’s kitchen, wouldn’t there be something to eat even at dawn? A mission that started with the thought-

“Princess, you shouldn’t be caught going to the kitchen at night. “How do I get to the kitchen without being caught?”

“Sneaky…!”

And so, the princess and I’s ‘midnight kitchen invasion operation’ began.

The princess and I tiptoed our way to the palace kitchen without making a sound.

I also met knights standing guard as I passed by, but when I gave them a signal by covering my lips with my finger, the palace knights, who were quite perceptive, looked at me and the princess going to rob the kitchen and looked away as if they had not seen anything. I wound it.

Rather, they put on a play and heightened the princess’s tension. If we hide behind a wall, the knight will stride forward and stop tall in front of us.

In order not to be noticed by the knight, the princess hid her breathing, covered her nose and mouth with both hands, and did not even breathe until her face turned red. It wasn’t until the knight’s footsteps got further away that Puha! The princess exhales.

After enjoying this thrilling game, we arrived at the royal palace kitchen where the lights were off. As we quietly entered the kitchen, we were finally able to find our goal.

The cakes and snacks that had been placed in front of the princess’s room earlier must have been placed here, and when she saw the mountain of cakes and egg tarts, her eyes sparkled and she gulped.

I covered my mouth with my finger and whispered to the princess.

“It’s not good to eat too much at night… Do you want to eat cake or egg tarts?”

The princess also covered her mouth with both hands and answered quietly.

“Can’t I eat both…?”

“no. Just pick one. “If I eat two snacks at night, I’ll get fat like the cat I drew last time.”

The princess, who was debating between the cake and the egg tart while making a noise, eventually picked up both snacks and offered the egg tart to herself and the cake to me.

“Can’t Her Majesty the Queen and I share a bite each? Then you can eat both…!”

“Pfft.”

Should I call him smart or smart? The princess who handed me the cake with bright eyes urged me to take it quickly.

When I looked at the princess as if I was saying no to the cake, she looked at the cake and egg tarts in her hands with a sullen expression. and-

“Well, then, I will eat the cake… Would you like to have egg tarts…? Then Her Royal Highness can eat more egg tarts… And it tastes even better if we share it together…”

The princess offered me the egg tart she wanted to eat and lifted the plate with the cake on it with a sullen expression. Does he think I declined the egg tart because I wanted to have it all to myself?

I burst out laughing at the sight of the princess holding out an egg tart to me with a sullen expression. When I accepted the egg tart that the princess had offered me, she sighed deeply, as if she was truly disappointed.

While stroking the princess’s head, I accepted her offer.

“Hehe, yes. As the princess said, if we share a bite each, we can eat both the cake and the egg tart. Should we go back to the room and share it together?”

When asked to share a snack together, the princess smiled brightly.

“yes!”

So we crept back to the room, sat down on the bed, and started sharing snacks. Normally, if you see him eating a snack in bed like this, people would say he has bad habits or something…

It’s late at night when everyone is asleep.

And, the princess and I were the only two in the room. Isn’t it possible to deviate to this degree at a time like this? I stuck an egg tart with a fork and popped it into the princess’s open mouth.

One bite for the princess sitting between my legs, one bite for me. In this way, we shared our snacks with each other using only a fork. It was the result of forgetting the cutlery because I was only packing snacks.

“Is it that delicious?”

“yes!”

It was hard to believe that she was a crying child just a moment ago, so the princess smiled and ate the snack I gave her in one bite.

When I was about to finish eating the egg tart, the princess snatched the fork I was holding and scooped up a bite-sized piece of cake that was on her lap and offered it to me.

“Your Majesty the Queen, please try it too.”

When the princess pushed her fork into my mouth as if to say “aah” loudly, I had no choice but to open my mouth wide and eat the cake she handed me.

The scene was created as if a baby bird was being fed by its mother bird. Feeling embarrassed for some reason, I told the princess that she could eat it all by herself, but she insisted on one bite for you and one bite for me.

As she quickly ate the cake and egg tarts, the princess put her hand on her swollen belly and closed her sleepy eyes, as if she was falling asleep because she was full.

It’s very late, and I’ve been crying all this time, so I’m sure I’m sleepy.

“If you want to wake up early in the morning, go to sleep early.”

“Uhm… I don’t like it…”

I tried to put the princess, who was squinting from sleepiness, on the bed and put her to sleep, but she held my hand tightly and whined that she didn’t want to go to sleep yet.

I had no choice but to lie down next to her and pat her belly, and she turned her head and looked up at me. As if she was still anxious, the princess muttered in a sleepy voice.

“Don’t go… I’ll sleep here… okay?”

A child holding my hand tightly and begging me not to go. She said she would always be by her side, but the words I said seemed to make her anxious, so she held my hand tightly and begged me to sleep here.

“Don’t worry.”

I straightened the princess’s disheveled bangs and smiled bitterly. Although I promised in words, I’m still very anxious. When I woke up and opened my eyes, it was clear that I was wondering what would happen if I wasn’t there.

It may be difficult to heal the wounds suffered from not receiving love from parents, but I wanted to help this child heal at least until he becomes an adult, no, until he graduates from the academy.

“I will always be by your side.”

I looked at the princess and said ‘lie’ again.

So that the princess can feel at ease and sleep at least a little more comfortably.

The princess seemed to be in a better mood because of my ‘lie’, and she smiled and snuggled into my arms. I also gently stroked the head of the princess in my arms, slowly closed my eyes, and went to sleep.

…And that day, I had a dream.

A dream in which an adult princess looks at me with disgust.

In the dream, for some reason I couldn’t move. It’s as if my hands and feet are tied by guilt and I can’t escape. In the dream, the princess shouted and said something to me, but I couldn’t hear her.

Just, the princess looked at me and made various expressions.

Laugh, get angry, or yell.

And, he looked like he was really going to cry.

It was just a dream, but for some reason my heart was pounding loudly. Feeling the beating of my heart, which seemed scary and sad, I suddenly woke up as if I had had a nightmare.

“dream…?”

When I woke up, I saw the princess sleeping in my arms. Unlike the adult princess I had seen in my dream, she was in a sweet sleep, smiling as if she was truly happy.

He said it was just a nightmare that I saw out of guilt, and that it would definitely happen-

With that in mind, I slowly shook the princess’ shoulder to wake her up.

“Princess, wake up. “It’s already morning.”

*

That day, afternoon.

After the princess’s dance practice, I was heading to my room with the princess. Last night, after making a promise to me, the princess refused to leave my side like a shadow.

It felt like I spent more than half of the day holding hands with the princess because she held out her hand to hold her hand every chance she got. Naturally, this inevitably attracted attention from those around me.

The maids passing by, the nobles who worked in the palace, and even Vinchot who came to see the class looked surprised at the princess and me and smiled happily.

Bangchot, who was really worried about the princess’s seclusion incident, was so happy that he even shed tears. To be honest, I thought my heart sank as soon as I heard that the princess was going into seclusion.

‘Where did you learn only bad things…’

I turned my head and glanced down at the princess who was holding my hand. She must have sensed my gaze and glanced up to make eye contact with me. Then the princess smiled brightly. It looked quite different from yesterday.

I don’t think I’ll do anything like that anymore, but…

I wondered what would happen if I came to puberty later and said, ‘I’m going to stay away!’ Shouldn’t the king at least make a law to prevent seclusion? I wanted to, but… what good is it when the royal family is above the law?

As I was thinking about such trivial things, the princess and I were able to arrive at my room. When I unconsciously turned the doorknob and entered the room –

-Baby!

“Sylphy?!”

Sylphy, flying like the wind, hit my chest and buried me. Sylphy, who had been missing for almost a month, flew to me and shed tears, saying she was happy to see me.

“Why are you so late…? “Did something happen?”

Sylphy shook her head in response to my worried question. Then it flew up softly, flying in front of a window that was clearly closed but for some reason was wide open.

It was hard to see because it was obscured by the curtains and backlight, but there was someone standing where Sylphy flew. Although it was not the royal maid’s uniform, it was a small girl wearing a similar maid’s uniform.

The girl’s first impression was that she was a ‘doll’.

It was a girl with silver hair that looked as if it had been finely crafted from silver, and blue eyes as clear and transparent as the clear autumn sky.

Her skin looked as white as snow, and because she had silver hair, even her eyebrows were pure white, and only her lips were slightly red, making me think she looked like a really well-made ‘doll’.

Sylphy, who was gently sitting on the shoulder of a small girl, began to introduce the girl who looked like a ‘doll’ by tapping her cheek.

-I’m late because I had some work to do. Still, this ‘witch’ who read your baby’s letter came to help you, right? This ‘witch’ is-

When Sylphy tried to introduce the ‘witch’ instead, the girl raised her hand and covered Sylphy’s mouth. The girl who took a step forward bowed her head as if she wanted to introduce herself.

“nice to see you. Vivian.”

As I bowed my head, my straight bangs swayed gently. The girl raised her head again, just looked at me with an expressionless expression, and then slowly opened her mouth.

“I read your letter carefully. As written in the letter, I have come to help your friend Ainsel. Also, I would like to hear more details about the ‘incident’ you experienced.”

“Then, you…”

“Yes, it is.”

The doll-like girl proudly stretched out her chest and placed her hands on both waists. Then, he raised his voice and began to introduce himself as if he was proud, but his expression remained expressionless.

“My name is Frankenstein. One of the ‘Witches of Kirven’,

She is the biological daughter of the rare genius scientist ‘Victor Frankenstein’.

“He is the only ‘doctor who treats fairies’ in the world.”

Is that… that ‘witch’ Frankenstein?

As I was quite surprised by Frankenstein’s appearance, which was so different from what I thought, Frankenstein suddenly became sullen and continued speaking in a sullen voice.

“But, as humans, we are third-rate ‘Androids’…”