6. It’s So Hard Growing Up
For a moment I doubted my ears, but it wasn’t an illusion.
“-Algor Chekhov’s argument was established as mainstream theory by contemporary scholars, but problems began to emerge in later generations.”
I stopped sucking on the bottle and looked up at Oscar blankly.
Oscar must have been absorbed in the content of the book, but he didn’t even notice my eyes and focused on reading.
I’m confused…isn’t he 6 years old?
‘What 6 year old reads this kind of book?’
“The first refutation of his claim was…”
I spat out the bottle. And then I muttered dissatisfiedly.
“Kitty.”
“Huh? What’s wrong, Mabel?”
Stop reading. It’s not good for a baby’s sentiment!
“It’s not fun?”
That’s what you call it. I glared at Oscar quietly.
Oscar scratched his cheek and covered the book.
“That’s strange. I thought you’d like it……”
There are no three-month-old babies in the world who will love Algor Chekhov’s book on the ills of Bordeauxism .
When I didn’t get a look of indignation, Oscar left the book out of sight.
‘It’d be better if he just threw it away.’
“Mabel, I’ll bring you a more interesting book next time.”
“Abuuu…”
At the moment, I became extremely anxious. I wonder how many more extraordinary books he’ll bring next time.
That is clearly the evils of early education.
‘Even if he’s a prince, it’s harsh for the imperial family to read something like that to a six-year-old.’
When I was trembling for fear for my future, the outside became noisy.
“Kitty…?”
Repeating ‘kitty’ became a faithful habit to the concept.
This kind of clamor was a noise that happened just before the Emperor appeared, but something was different from the usual.
It was louder and buzzing.
Before ling, the door was opened. As I turned to the side, I could see the Emperor.
“Your Majesty the Emperor.”
‘Huh?’
I blinked my eyes. After the Emperor’s greeting, there were those who I saw for the first time.
They were all wearing white robes, and they were all looking at me.
The several pairs of eyes looked at me and I felt a great deal of pressure. At the same time, I felt strange.
Something makes me feel nauseous…
‘What’s wrong all of a sudden?’
“Oh. So this is the Princess.”
A middle-aged man behind the Emperor stepped slowly with a strange voice.
The more he did, the more nauseous I felt. The person I met placed his hand, but since it was my first, I was flustered.
The gray-haired man looked at me with eyes full of favor.
“She looks very healthy… and she is overflowing with divine power.”
As he tried to take one more step, the Emperor raised his arm to block the front.
“Have you forgotten the conditions I had?”
‘Conditions?’
The stranger smiled at the Emperor’s somewhat overbearing attitude.
“Of course I haven’t, Your Majesty. But I can’t help but admire when the protagonist of the oracle is in front of you like this.”
“How can you be sure that Mabel is the protagonist of the oracle?”
“The Princess hasn’t awakened yet, but I feel an infinite amount of divinity within her. I can feel it.”
I didn’t know what they were talking about. I think the topic is me, but I don’t understand.
What’s this oracle, and what’s the awakening?
Is the roaring energy felt by that white robe man divine power?
The strange man didn’t;t take his eyes off me while talking to the Emperor.
“Heung…”
I groaned and reached out to Oscar.
Then Oscar patted me on the shoulder and reassured me
“It’s okay, Mabel. Those people are priests from Abelardo. So you don’t need to be scared.”
Abelardo. I’ve heard of it several times.
It was the name of a country, but why did the priests there come to see me?
“Since Mabel is unfamiliar, I think we’d better stop with the audience.”
The Emperor, who had been in a bad mood all along, blocked the priests. The man with gray hair smiled haphazardly at his determined manner.
“Let’s do that. I’ve done the check I wanted. A few days ago, I heard you took Devlin’s Devil hostage.”
‘Devlin’s Devil?’
I remember hearing from Lalima and Xavier when they were passing by one day. I thought the Devlin’s devil was such a childish and funny title.
Hostage, a hostage.
‘No way?’
Is it just a coincidence that the boy with red eyes that I met on my first walk came to mind?
“I did. About a month ago.”
“I heard he’s capable enough to handle an aura without a medium, but was there any damage?”
“There were quite a few injured. We’re having a hard time detaining him because he’s destroying even the mana controls.”
Devlin’s devil seemed to be extremely strong. Seeing the Emperor have such. firm look on his face.
“Pay attention to Devlin’s unusual trends lately, Your Majesty.”
“Devlin?”
“Yes. Maybe it’s to get the hostages back. Or another dream. I’m afraid it’s going to affect the Ermano Empire, because it’s reaching out to the Holy Land.”
The man’s gaze on the emperor returned to me.
Our eyes met for a moment. His deep eyes filled with time stared at me quietly.
“Then I’ll see you next time. Her highness, Princess Mabel Winter Gardenia Ermano.”
The man politely gave me an example. It was nothing unusual, but it felt very meaningful.
It was a tone that knew something.
Is it because of his eyes or attitude?
The priests of Abelardo immediately left my bedroom. The nauseous feeling completely disappeared.
“Huaaa…”
I stretched out my arms with a sigh of relief.
I didn’t feel hostility towards the priests, but something just felt off.
Oscar, who was fiddling with my hand, said in a serious tone.
“I think the priests of Abelardo have stepped down more smoothly than I thought”
“I think the same. I don’t think it’s going to end like this. Perhaps King Shin will take another action.”
“Why did he bring up the story of the Devlin Empire all of a sudden?”
“I’ll have to look into it carefully.”
I sensibly predicted what conversation the rich man was having.n
It had something to do with me and Abelardo, and it seemed to me that the Emperor was desperately against it.
‘Phew’
It’s only been three months since I was born, so I wouldn’t have to worry about it.
By the way, wasn’t my name Mable Gardenia Ermano? What’s the last name ‘Winter?’
I stared at Oscar as he smiled brightly.
“Huh? Ahh. You don’t need to know, Mabel.”
Really. This bullying is too much.
***
“Her Highness is sleeping soundly.”
“Shhh. Break it up. Keep quiet and go out, Xavier.”
“Yes, Madame. Lalima went back first…”
I heard Xavier and the nanny whispering and soon, they left my room.
I slowly opened my eyes when I heard the sound of footsteps heading to the next room.
‘They really left, right?’
“Huuuuuu.”
After taking a deep breath, I stretched my arms toward the ceiling.
The dark night was the only time I could be alone.
A month ago, while I was asleep, the nanny was in this room with me and took care of me.
But I haven’t been with her since she found out I don’t cry all of a sudden like a real baby.
“Oom…”
‘That’s a good thing for me.’
I have become quite good at moving my arms and legs, perhaps thanks to my constant exercise every night.
If there was a problem, it would be this heavy head. No matter how hard I tried to flip, my head was so heavy that I repeatedly failed.
Growing up is so hard.
Now, shall I do the moonlit night exercise secretly?
“Heub!”
I clenched my fists and struggled with arms and legs to turn to the side. But as expected, I’m adamant.
“Heub!”
I tried again, but failed as well.
“Euuu…”
I was frustrated.
Will the flip-flop fail today too?
I wanted to walk as soon as possible, but my body didn’t follow my heart.
I thought I should be more relaxed because I was only three-months old.
But I wanted to get out of this situation quickly because I felt like I was stuck.
Above all, the existence of my father and brother, who come every day, was the most uncomfortable.
The guilt grew bigger and bigger when they poured out unconditional affection without knowing what I thought.
The Emperor would not have wanted a daughter like me… the same with Oscar.
It seemed I was deceiving them unintentionally for not being able to speak.
So I should grow up as fast as I can and get out of this situation.
Whether it’s independence or whatever.
“Puuu.”
Ah, enough! Let’s work out more when I have to think about something useless!
My head was so heavy that I struggled to overcome my arms and legs.
Thud.
“…?”
Sounded like something heavy
‘Did the Nanny wake up?’
However, the direction of the sound was the opposite of the nanny’s bedroom.
I was very nervous with my eyes wide open.
But over time, nothing happened.
‘Am I hearing wrong?’
Phew. After a short sigh of relief, I began to exercise again.
Whiiing
A cold wind blew from somewhere.
“!”
What I heard earlier wasn’t wrong…!
Since the nanny couldn’t have left the window open, this meant someone else but me was in my bedroom.
‘Who the hell is it?’
I wanted to make sure, but I couldn’t even turn to my side.
There was no way I could have looked aside myself.
*step… step…*
I heard footsteps.
I realized instinctively.
It was neither the Emperor nor Oscar. It was not the nanny.
At this time when everyone is asleep, it is ridiculous to think that the person who sneaked into the baby’s room has no malice.
‘What should I do? Should I burst into tears?’
But what if the freak hurts me before that?
In that brief moment of agonizing, the sound of footsteps grew closer and closer.
And at the same time, there was a familiar quiver.
Are you the priest from Abelardo?
I closed my eyes to pretend to be asleep, but it was too late.
“You were awake.”
The sound of the voice convinced my guesswork.
It was one of the priests from Abelardo who I met a few days ago.
I could feel the deep gaze looking down at me in the dark. I opened my eyes and looked at the gaze.
“I’m here to pick you up, Your Highness.”
(T/N: Someone call 911)
Of course, even though I don’t understand, what’s the reason?
You don’t possibly know that I remember my previous life, do you?
I thought It’d be better check it out before I burst into tears and bring people in.
I rolled out my fists and held it to my eye.
“Hiiiing……”
Then I whined as if I would burst into tears at any moment.
‘Now, how was it? Taste the baby’s cries!’
I looked at the priest’s reaction while crying. There was a sense of embarrassment of the face of the man looking down at me.
“Oh, oh…..”
‘As expected, you don’t know that I remember my past life.’
At the same time, I felt fortunate. I was worried about how to deal with this situation.
The only thing I know is it’s a confrontation between a 3-month-old baby who only knows how to cry and an adult who has come to kidnap.
As expected, the answer is to cry, right?
“Good girl, Your highness. Pat. Pat!”
To stop me from crying, he tried to soothe me. The relaxed look had long been gone.
‘There are no pats.’
“Euaaaang!!”
I burst into tears without mercy.
I thought it wouldn’t work because it’s been a while since I cried, but I worried for nothing. A loud cry filled the bedroom/
There was a noise outside my bedroom. Someone who heard my cry was heading here.
“…This!”
The man with a nervous few came a step closer and reached out to me.
N-no.
“Euaaaaang!”
I resisted, crying harder and floundering my arms and legs. The man’s hand trying to hold me was dizzy.
“Your Highness. You’re good, right? Stop crying.”
There are no pats!
“Euaaaang! Euaaaaaaang!”
I’ve cried enough. Now leave!
*rattle*
Someone tried to open the bedroom door
*rattle, rattle*
But the door didn’t open.
“We don’t have time, so we have to leave quickly. Now, come here…”
Perhaps relieved but the fact that the door was not opening, the man regained his composure.
The big hand stretched out to me.
*Rattle. Rattle*
In the meantime, someone tried to open the door like crazy.
“Euu…”
The heightened sense of crisis made me cry.
There was nothing more I could do but to cry. The only means I could do was of no use.
‘What should I do?’
Just before the man’s hand reached me.
I raised my left arm and left leg with a flash. Then I strained my neck.
Flip
“!”
…I succeeded in flipping?
6. It’s So Hard Growing Up
For a moment I doubted my ears, but it wasn’t an illusion.
“-Algor Chekhov’s argument was established as mainstream theory by contemporary scholars, but problems began to emerge in later generations.”
I stopped sucking on the bottle and looked up at Oscar blankly.
Oscar must have been absorbed in the content of the book, but he didn’t even notice my eyes and focused on reading.
I’m confused…isn’t he 6 years old?
‘What 6 year old reads this kind of book?’
“The first refutation of his claim was…”
I spat out the bottle. And then I muttered dissatisfiedly.
“Kitty.”
“Huh? What’s wrong, Mabel?”
Stop reading. It’s not good for a baby’s sentiment!
“It’s not fun?”
That’s what you call it. I glared at Oscar quietly.
Oscar scratched his cheek and covered the book.
“That’s strange. I thought you’d like it……”
There are no three-month-old babies in the world who will love Algor Chekhov’s book on the ills of Bordeauxism .
When I didn’t get a look of indignation, Oscar left the book out of sight.
‘It’d be better if he just threw it away.’
“Mabel, I’ll bring you a more interesting book next time.”
“Abuuu…”
At the moment, I became extremely anxious. I wonder how many more extraordinary books he’ll bring next time.
That is clearly the evils of early education.
‘Even if he’s a prince, it’s harsh for the imperial family to read something like that to a six-year-old.’
When I was trembling for fear for my future, the outside became noisy.
“Kitty…?”
Repeating ‘kitty’ became a faithful habit to the concept.
This kind of clamor was a noise that happened just before the Emperor appeared, but something was different from the usual.
It was louder and buzzing.
Before ling, the door was opened. As I turned to the side, I could see the Emperor.
“Your Majesty the Emperor.”
‘Huh?’
I blinked my eyes. After the Emperor’s greeting, there were those who I saw for the first time.
They were all wearing white robes, and they were all looking at me.
The several pairs of eyes looked at me and I felt a great deal of pressure. At the same time, I felt strange.
Something makes me feel nauseous…
‘What’s wrong all of a sudden?’
“Oh. So this is the Princess.”
A middle-aged man behind the Emperor stepped slowly with a strange voice.
The more he did, the more nauseous I felt. The person I met placed his hand, but since it was my first, I was flustered.
The gray-haired man looked at me with eyes full of favor.
“She looks very healthy… and she is overflowing with divine power.”
As he tried to take one more step, the Emperor raised his arm to block the front.
“Have you forgotten the conditions I had?”
‘Conditions?’
The stranger smiled at the Emperor’s somewhat overbearing attitude.
“Of course I haven’t, Your Majesty. But I can’t help but admire when the protagonist of the oracle is in front of you like this.”
“How can you be sure that Mabel is the protagonist of the oracle?”
“The Princess hasn’t awakened yet, but I feel an infinite amount of divinity within her. I can feel it.”
I didn’t know what they were talking about. I think the topic is me, but I don’t understand.
What’s this oracle, and what’s the awakening?
Is the roaring energy felt by that white robe man divine power?
The strange man didn’t;t take his eyes off me while talking to the Emperor.
“Heung…”
I groaned and reached out to Oscar.
Then Oscar patted me on the shoulder and reassured me
“It’s okay, Mabel. Those people are priests from Abelardo. So you don’t need to be scared.”
Abelardo. I’ve heard of it several times.
It was the name of a country, but why did the priests there come to see me?
“Since Mabel is unfamiliar, I think we’d better stop with the audience.”
The Emperor, who had been in a bad mood all along, blocked the priests. The man with gray hair smiled haphazardly at his determined manner.
“Let’s do that. I’ve done the check I wanted. A few days ago, I heard you took Devlin’s Devil hostage.”
‘Devlin’s Devil?’
I remember hearing from Lalima and Xavier when they were passing by one day. I thought the Devlin’s devil was such a childish and funny title.
Hostage, a hostage.
‘No way?’
Is it just a coincidence that the boy with red eyes that I met on my first walk came to mind?
“I did. About a month ago.”
“I heard he’s capable enough to handle an aura without a medium, but was there any damage?”
“There were quite a few injured. We’re having a hard time detaining him because he’s destroying even the mana controls.”
Devlin’s devil seemed to be extremely strong. Seeing the Emperor have such. firm look on his face.
“Pay attention to Devlin’s unusual trends lately, Your Majesty.”
“Devlin?”
“Yes. Maybe it’s to get the hostages back. Or another dream. I’m afraid it’s going to affect the Ermano Empire, because it’s reaching out to the Holy Land.”
The man’s gaze on the emperor returned to me.
Our eyes met for a moment. His deep eyes filled with time stared at me quietly.
“Then I’ll see you next time. Her highness, Princess Mabel Winter Gardenia Ermano.”
The man politely gave me an example. It was nothing unusual, but it felt very meaningful.
It was a tone that knew something.
Is it because of his eyes or attitude?
The priests of Abelardo immediately left my bedroom. The nauseous feeling completely disappeared.
“Huaaa…”
I stretched out my arms with a sigh of relief.
I didn’t feel hostility towards the priests, but something just felt off.
Oscar, who was fiddling with my hand, said in a serious tone.
“I think the priests of Abelardo have stepped down more smoothly than I thought”
“I think the same. I don’t think it’s going to end like this. Perhaps King Shin will take another action.”
“Why did he bring up the story of the Devlin Empire all of a sudden?”
“I’ll have to look into it carefully.”
I sensibly predicted what conversation the rich man was having.n
It had something to do with me and Abelardo, and it seemed to me that the Emperor was desperately against it.
‘Phew’
It’s only been three months since I was born, so I wouldn’t have to worry about it.
By the way, wasn’t my name Mable Gardenia Ermano? What’s the last name ‘Winter?’
I stared at Oscar as he smiled brightly.
“Huh? Ahh. You don’t need to know, Mabel.”
Really. This bullying is too much.
***
“Her Highness is sleeping soundly.”
“Shhh. Break it up. Keep quiet and go out, Xavier.”
“Yes, Madame. Lalima went back first…”
I heard Xavier and the nanny whispering and soon, they left my room.
I slowly opened my eyes when I heard the sound of footsteps heading to the next room.
‘They really left, right?’
“Huuuuuu.”
After taking a deep breath, I stretched my arms toward the ceiling.
The dark night was the only time I could be alone.
A month ago, while I was asleep, the nanny was in this room with me and took care of me.
But I haven’t been with her since she found out I don’t cry all of a sudden like a real baby.
“Oom…”
‘That’s a good thing for me.’
I have become quite good at moving my arms and legs, perhaps thanks to my constant exercise every night.
If there was a problem, it would be this heavy head. No matter how hard I tried to flip, my head was so heavy that I repeatedly failed.
Growing up is so hard.
Now, shall I do the moonlit night exercise secretly?
“Heub!”
I clenched my fists and struggled with arms and legs to turn to the side. But as expected, I’m adamant.
“Heub!”
I tried again, but failed as well.
“Euuu…”
I was frustrated.
Will the flip-flop fail today too?
I wanted to walk as soon as possible, but my body didn’t follow my heart.
I thought I should be more relaxed because I was only three-months old.
But I wanted to get out of this situation quickly because I felt like I was stuck.
Above all, the existence of my father and brother, who come every day, was the most uncomfortable.
The guilt grew bigger and bigger when they poured out unconditional affection without knowing what I thought.
The Emperor would not have wanted a daughter like me… the same with Oscar.
It seemed I was deceiving them unintentionally for not being able to speak.
So I should grow up as fast as I can and get out of this situation.
Whether it’s independence or whatever.
“Puuu.”
Ah, enough! Let’s work out more when I have to think about something useless!
My head was so heavy that I struggled to overcome my arms and legs.
Thud.
“…?”
Sounded like something heavy
‘Did the Nanny wake up?’
However, the direction of the sound was the opposite of the nanny’s bedroom.
I was very nervous with my eyes wide open.
But over time, nothing happened.
‘Am I hearing wrong?’
Phew. After a short sigh of relief, I began to exercise again.
Whiiing
A cold wind blew from somewhere.
“!”
What I heard earlier wasn’t wrong…!
Since the nanny couldn’t have left the window open, this meant someone else but me was in my bedroom.
‘Who the hell is it?’
I wanted to make sure, but I couldn’t even turn to my side.
There was no way I could have looked aside myself.
*step… step…*
I heard footsteps.
I realized instinctively.
It was neither the Emperor nor Oscar. It was not the nanny.
At this time when everyone is asleep, it is ridiculous to think that the person who sneaked into the baby’s room has no malice.
‘What should I do? Should I burst into tears?’
But what if the freak hurts me before that?
In that brief moment of agonizing, the sound of footsteps grew closer and closer.
And at the same time, there was a familiar quiver.
Are you the priest from Abelardo?
I closed my eyes to pretend to be asleep, but it was too late.
“You were awake.”
The sound of the voice convinced my guesswork.
It was one of the priests from Abelardo who I met a few days ago.
I could feel the deep gaze looking down at me in the dark. I opened my eyes and looked at the gaze.
“I’m here to pick you up, Your Highness.”
(T/N: Someone call 911)
Of course, even though I don’t understand, what’s the reason?
You don’t possibly know that I remember my previous life, do you?
I thought It’d be better check it out before I burst into tears and bring people in.
I rolled out my fists and held it to my eye.
“Hiiiing……”
Then I whined as if I would burst into tears at any moment.
‘Now, how was it? Taste the baby’s cries!’
I looked at the priest’s reaction while crying. There was a sense of embarrassment of the face of the man looking down at me.
“Oh, oh…..”
‘As expected, you don’t know that I remember my past life.’
At the same time, I felt fortunate. I was worried about how to deal with this situation.
The only thing I know is it’s a confrontation between a 3-month-old baby who only knows how to cry and an adult who has come to kidnap.
As expected, the answer is to cry, right?
“Good girl, Your highness. Pat. Pat!”
To stop me from crying, he tried to soothe me. The relaxed look had long been gone.
‘There are no pats.’
“Euaaaang!!”
I burst into tears without mercy.
I thought it wouldn’t work because it’s been a while since I cried, but I worried for nothing. A loud cry filled the bedroom/
There was a noise outside my bedroom. Someone who heard my cry was heading here.
“…This!”
The man with a nervous few came a step closer and reached out to me.
N-no.
“Euaaaaang!”
I resisted, crying harder and floundering my arms and legs. The man’s hand trying to hold me was dizzy.
“Your Highness. You’re good, right? Stop crying.”
There are no pats!
“Euaaaang! Euaaaaaaang!”
I’ve cried enough. Now leave!
*rattle*
Someone tried to open the bedroom door
*rattle, rattle*
But the door didn’t open.
“We don’t have time, so we have to leave quickly. Now, come here…”
Perhaps relieved but the fact that the door was not opening, the man regained his composure.
The big hand stretched out to me.
*Rattle. Rattle*
In the meantime, someone tried to open the door like crazy.
“Euu…”
The heightened sense of crisis made me cry.
There was nothing more I could do but to cry. The only means I could do was of no use.
‘What should I do?’
Just before the man’s hand reached me.
I raised my left arm and left leg with a flash. Then I strained my neck.
Flip
“!”
…I succeeded in flipping?
