8. Let’s Protect Oscar!
As Oscar’s uncle, Sir Donovan must be the brother of the Duchess of Donovan.
The atmosphere was rather cold.
Sir Donovan stared at Oscar with cool eyes, questioning whether it was okay to smile at me.
“Oscar. Why are you here? I think it’s time to study Caesarism.”
Even though his voice changed. It was so cold that even I was scared.
Oscar, the conversation partner, bowed his head with a face full of dejection.
“I’ve finished all the assignments Uncle told me to.”
“Look at you going to play right away because you finished the assignments I assigned. Who would see you as the successor to the Empire? You’re disappointing, Oscar Alle Ermano. Isn’t Ermano ashamed of you?”
“…”
Sir Donovan is probably Oscar’s teacher.
‘Then is that man the one who read ‘About the ills of Bordeauxism claimed by Algor Chekhov’ to Oscar?’
Oscar was still young. Even if he is the next Emperor, it’s too early to read such a difficult book.
Six years old is still the age to play. If it’s a book, he should read a fairy tale book.
Even if he’s his Uncle, he’s being too harsh.
When I looked up, the nanny didn’t look too happy as she thought the same thing as me.
‘What to do.’
There’s not much I can do, but I can help Oscar.
“Don’t disgrace the Imperial family and the Donovan family, Oscar. If you have nothing to do, you’d better go back and practice.”
Sir Donovan shot at Oscar coldly.
When the Emperor isn’t strict with his son, why is his Uncle so harsh?
The exhausted Oscar turned and trudged out the door.
I felt uncomfortable for no reason.
‘Huh, can’t help it.’
I took a deep breath and clenched my fist.
And.
“Uaaang!”
I cried. Very loudly.
Then everyone’s eyes in the room were on me.
I cried more sadly.
“Uaaaaaaaaang!!”
“Oh my, She never cries so why suddenly…”
The nanny began to examine me. But I didn’t wet my diaper, nor was I hungry.
Even if she is a nanny, she couldn’t figure out why I was crying.
Because I am fake crying!
I cried my hands out for Oscar.
Oscar, who approached me, held my hand tight. There was no longer a fear of his Uncle on his smiling face.
“Mabel, it’s okay.”
“Uaang.”
“It’s okay, stop crying.”
Oscar soothed me calmly. The nanny, who hesitated for a moment as I stretched my arms towards Oscar, brought me to Oscar.
“Your good, Mabel, right?”
Now Oscar comforted me with a pretty familiar pose. I stopped crying and sniffed at Oscar.
I was surprised because I didn’t know I could cry so well.
‘Am I actually the God of acting?’
Ot was when I was swallowing the lingering tears, a big hand suddenly came before my eyes.
As I raised my hand, Sir Donovan was reaching out his hand towards me.
“Oscar. Before you hurt the little Princess, give her to me.”
“Yes? But Uncle……”
“Hurry. You might drop the Princess.”
Sir Donovan stretched his hand further, reprimanding him.
I glared at Sir Donovan and clung to Oscar.
And I shouted sharply.
“Kitty!”
“…kitty?”
“Kitty-!”
“…??”
Sir Donovan looked puzzled over my ‘kitty’ attack. I glared harder at Sir Donovan.
Go away. You vicious child abuser!
“Your Highness the Princess must be shy. I think I’ll have to escort her from outside the bedroom.”
“…I guess so.”
“His Highness the Prince loves her highness a lot, so his Highness visits every day. If he doesn’t come, she looks for him.”
I’ve never looked for him, but such lies are welcome.
‘As expected, nanny is the best!’
Sir Donovan’s gaze arched Oscar. He breathed a sigh and stroked Oscar’s hair.
“Have fun with the little Princess.”
“……yes, Uncle.”
Sir Donovan, who gave me a lingering look, left.
‘Success!’
Oscar, who checked the closed door, smiled brightly and looked down at me.
“It’s okay, Mabel. Uncle left.”
Yeah, yeah. Because I chased him out.
“But Mabel. Did you really look for me everyday?”
I laughed helplessly at Oscar’s brightening face.
Think as you please.
‘Phew. It’s hard to take care of a child.’
***
“Lis.”
At someone’s call, Lissandro stopped walking and looked back.
It was his sister, Duchess of Donovan, who was the owner of Donovan.
“What’s the matter, Sister?”
“I heard you volunteered to escort the princess.”
“Because there was no one out there. And doesn’t Sister know how much I love babies?”
Even in the words of Lissandro, which he gave as a joke, the Duchess did not even smile.
“Don’t be silly, Lis.”
“Sister is so stern the country won’t have any problems.”
The Duchess clicked her tongue at his smiling face and asked.
“So you met the Princess in person, how is she?”
The question loosened Lissandro’s eyes slightly,
“Ahh…I’ve never seen such a lovely and cute baby in my whole life. Cherry blossom hair, light blue eyes… Really cute! She must be an angel!”
The mere thought of her raised the corners of his mouth.
She was so cute that he wanted to hold the small hand that she kept twisting.
But more lovely than anything, was the chubby cheeks that didn’t lose any baby fat!
“…I see.”
In spite of Lissandro’s fuss, the Duchess nodded her head in a quiver.
When her expression wasn’t too bright, Lissandro nodded as if he knew everything.
“Don’t worry, sister. I already know that sister doesn’t like babies very much. That’s why you’re so hard on Oscar, isn’t it? I’m being hard on Oscar just like you but…”
Before, Lissandro used to play with Oscar as his uncle.
Oscar looked lonely, living alone in the Imperial City, apart from his biological mother.
The next Empress, Empress Siana, took care of him because she felt obligated to because he is the younger brother of his mother.
But his sister was always cold to Oscar. Even though he is a nice and lovely kid, she told me to throw away my childishness.
Not long ago, she asked Lissandro to play the role of an academic and swordsmanship teacher, including Oscar’s imperial studies, and not to be soft on him.
“Sister. Isn’t this too much for Oscar? He’s still only six years-.”
“Enough.”
The Duchess cut off Lissandro’s words.
After watching him with sharp eyes, she turned around without hesitation.
“It was a long chat. Now get back to work, Lis.”
As if she didn’t intend to hear an answer, the Duchess walked away.
Lissandro, who was called up but unilaterally abandoned, scratched the back of his head.
‘You didn’t have something you wanted…to say?’
She’s not one to call someone when you don’t need anything. Rather, the expression of his sister’s face lingered when she heard the princess’ story.
“I’m worried about the little Princess Sister hates…”
There will be many occasions for Mabel to encounter his sister, the Duchess, as she grows up, what will happen then?
‘If Sister treats the little princess like Oscar, you’ll hurt her.’
Worried about the future, Lissandro breathed a deep sigh, covering his face.
“…Phew. I should worry about myself.”
I’ll think about how to avoid being hate by the little princess.
***
Time passed very slowly.
It would have been sooner or later if I hadn’t remembered my past life, but unfortunately, I remembered everything.
But even during this tedious peace, I did what I could.
‘First of all, let’s master the crawl!’
Now I could lift my neck with my face down.
‘And then the flip!’
Flipping and flipping took some time and was still hard, but it was possible.
I secretly practiced when no one was around, so everyone didn’t know I knew how to flip.
Ever since I was able to do it, I haven’t done it during the day when people are around.
Because of that, the nanny worries weren’t the only ones.
“You haven’t been trying to move lately…are you ill?”
flinch
My conscience was stabbed, but I ate the baby food the nanny gave me as if I didn’t know anything.
I still take turns with the powdered milk, but eating baby food made me realize that I’m becoming a human being.
‘I can’t wait to chew.’
Since I’m royalty, I’d eat a lot of delicious food, right?
‘In my previous life, I couldn’t eat whatever I wanted.’
Ordering one chicken was a huge burden, so I don’t have any memories of ordering it often.
At best, it was a convenient store chicken that I bought and ate when I worked part-time at a convenient store.
‘…Let’s stop thinking about it. Because I get depressed.’
I pushed back memories of my hard lived past life.
“You’ve had it all well today too. Oh, how pretty.”
The nanny parring my cheek wiped my mouth with the bib and went out with the bowl.
I was so full that I fell asleep. While blinking my sleepy eyes, I could feel a strong gaze from somewhere.
Huk! When I turned my head our eyes met.
The man standing by the door, Lissandro Donovan.
Oscar’s maternal uncle, swordsman teacher, and godfather who teaches other studies.
To put it mildly, a teacher.
‘You’re actually a child abuser.’
“Hng”
As I snorted and glared, Lissandro looked at me with pitiful eyes, pretending to wipe away his tears.
Even though he acts like a fool, his attitude suddenly changes when Oscar comes, so I had no choice but to keep him away from me.
After learning that Oscar was only breathing when he was there, I decided to keep Lissandro by the side as much as possible.
“Little Princess…”
Lissandro, who would normally disappear by now, was more persistent today.
I can cradle with my palm! I screamed with dignity.
“Kitty!”
…it’s because of the concept. Really.
“I’ll go. I’m going.”
Lissandro hid himself, leaving behind a voice of lingering regret.
Xavier, who watched the whole scene, smiled awkwardly.
“I can’t get used to it every time I see it. Your Highness hating someone so much.”
“I know. She should hate you more than Sir Donovan.”
When Lalima answered in a nonchalant way, Xavier got angry with a smiling face.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“Exactly what I said.”
“Hey! Lalima!”
There was another chase.
Those guys seem to have a disease that they must fight once an hour.
I can’t wait for the night to come.
‘I’d like to practice.’
As I stared at the window, the nanny came, who had brought some embroideries.
“You seem very bored. Your Highness, it’s warm. Shall we go on a picnic by the lake?”
“Uang?”
So suddenly?
“If you go to the northern forest, you may see another kitty you like.”
“Kitty?”
“Yes. You like it, don’t you?”
How should I correct this misunderstanding.
Everyone seemed to think that I really like cats because I’ve said ‘kitty’ so many times.
It’s not that. I’m just sticking to the concept.
If I can speak, I’ll tell you.
‘I’m not that obsessed with cats!’
Of course, I like cats, but…!
“Your eyes are sparkling. Are you that happy?”
…Until then, we’ll never get out of this misunderstanding.
The nanny, who distorted my opinion, quickly finished preparing to go out.
It wasn’t amazing as before because I often went out on a picnic after my first outing.
The stroller was comfortable, and I was content, at least in my eyes, although I don’t know if Lissandro was sneaking along.
However, there was one big problem.
‘It’s too hot…’
I didn’t know when the temperature-keeping magic was inside the building, but it was a clear summer outside.
“Hiing.”
The nanny draped the stroller with shade as much as possible. But still, it was hot.
“This is what we call summer, Your Highness. It’s hotter than before, right?”
Are you saying that you didn’t just come out to play, but to feel the summer?
‘That’s cheating, nanny.’
But I can’t say anything about educational purposes.
“Hooo…”
I decided to just put up with it to relieve the nanny’s stress.
Passing through the garden, I smelled the real flowers. The primary colors of flowers were in full bloom all over.
When I stared at the flowers, the nanny shook off the healthy flower that had fallen on the floor and put it on my lap.
“This is a flower. It’s pretty, right?”
“Oong.”
I lifted the flowers carefully.
The end was a bit dull, but it was still fresh and pretty.
The act of receiving flowers from me was a luxury. Because bouquets were very expensing, and only on special days.
‘For example, an entrance ceremony, graduation ceremony… Or if someone received an award.’
No one had ever come to my entrance and graduation ceremony, so I had never received flowers.
So when I see other kids taking pictures with their parents holding bouquets…
“…Wooo.”
I shook my head.
‘What are you thinking about? It’s already over.’
But I still liked the red petals, so I carefully put them back on my lap.
“You must like flowers. How cute! Shall we pick some flowers?”
Lalima made a fuss around her cheek. For some reason the nanny smiled kindly and nodded her head.
“Then let’s take some to decorate the vase.”
In the meantime, we arrived at the lake at the entrance of the northern forest.
8. Let’s Protect Oscar!
As Oscar’s uncle, Sir Donovan must be the brother of the Duchess of Donovan.
The atmosphere was rather cold.
Sir Donovan stared at Oscar with cool eyes, questioning whether it was okay to smile at me.
“Oscar. Why are you here? I think it’s time to study Caesarism.”
Even though his voice changed. It was so cold that even I was scared.
Oscar, the conversation partner, bowed his head with a face full of dejection.
“I’ve finished all the assignments Uncle told me to.”
“Look at you going to play right away because you finished the assignments I assigned. Who would see you as the successor to the Empire? You’re disappointing, Oscar Alle Ermano. Isn’t Ermano ashamed of you?”
“…”
Sir Donovan is probably Oscar’s teacher.
‘Then is that man the one who read ‘About the ills of Bordeauxism claimed by Algor Chekhov’ to Oscar?’
Oscar was still young. Even if he is the next Emperor, it’s too early to read such a difficult book.
Six years old is still the age to play. If it’s a book, he should read a fairy tale book.
Even if he’s his Uncle, he’s being too harsh.
When I looked up, the nanny didn’t look too happy as she thought the same thing as me.
‘What to do.’
There’s not much I can do, but I can help Oscar.
“Don’t disgrace the Imperial family and the Donovan family, Oscar. If you have nothing to do, you’d better go back and practice.”
Sir Donovan shot at Oscar coldly.
When the Emperor isn’t strict with his son, why is his Uncle so harsh?
The exhausted Oscar turned and trudged out the door.
I felt uncomfortable for no reason.
‘Huh, can’t help it.’
I took a deep breath and clenched my fist.
And.
“Uaaang!”
I cried. Very loudly.
Then everyone’s eyes in the room were on me.
I cried more sadly.
“Uaaaaaaaaang!!”
“Oh my, She never cries so why suddenly…”
The nanny began to examine me. But I didn’t wet my diaper, nor was I hungry.
Even if she is a nanny, she couldn’t figure out why I was crying.
Because I am fake crying!
I cried my hands out for Oscar.
Oscar, who approached me, held my hand tight. There was no longer a fear of his Uncle on his smiling face.
“Mabel, it’s okay.”
“Uaang.”
“It’s okay, stop crying.”
Oscar soothed me calmly. The nanny, who hesitated for a moment as I stretched my arms towards Oscar, brought me to Oscar.
“Your good, Mabel, right?”
Now Oscar comforted me with a pretty familiar pose. I stopped crying and sniffed at Oscar.
I was surprised because I didn’t know I could cry so well.
‘Am I actually the God of acting?’
Ot was when I was swallowing the lingering tears, a big hand suddenly came before my eyes.
As I raised my hand, Sir Donovan was reaching out his hand towards me.
“Oscar. Before you hurt the little Princess, give her to me.”
“Yes? But Uncle……”
“Hurry. You might drop the Princess.”
Sir Donovan stretched his hand further, reprimanding him.
I glared at Sir Donovan and clung to Oscar.
And I shouted sharply.
“Kitty!”
“…kitty?”
“Kitty-!”
“…??”
Sir Donovan looked puzzled over my ‘kitty’ attack. I glared harder at Sir Donovan.
Go away. You vicious child abuser!
“Your Highness the Princess must be shy. I think I’ll have to escort her from outside the bedroom.”
“…I guess so.”
“His Highness the Prince loves her highness a lot, so his Highness visits every day. If he doesn’t come, she looks for him.”
I’ve never looked for him, but such lies are welcome.
‘As expected, nanny is the best!’
Sir Donovan’s gaze arched Oscar. He breathed a sigh and stroked Oscar’s hair.
“Have fun with the little Princess.”
“……yes, Uncle.”
Sir Donovan, who gave me a lingering look, left.
‘Success!’
Oscar, who checked the closed door, smiled brightly and looked down at me.
“It’s okay, Mabel. Uncle left.”
Yeah, yeah. Because I chased him out.
“But Mabel. Did you really look for me everyday?”
I laughed helplessly at Oscar’s brightening face.
Think as you please.
‘Phew. It’s hard to take care of a child.’
***
“Lis.”
At someone’s call, Lissandro stopped walking and looked back.
It was his sister, Duchess of Donovan, who was the owner of Donovan.
“What’s the matter, Sister?”
“I heard you volunteered to escort the princess.”
“Because there was no one out there. And doesn’t Sister know how much I love babies?”
Even in the words of Lissandro, which he gave as a joke, the Duchess did not even smile.
“Don’t be silly, Lis.”
“Sister is so stern the country won’t have any problems.”
The Duchess clicked her tongue at his smiling face and asked.
“So you met the Princess in person, how is she?”
The question loosened Lissandro’s eyes slightly,
“Ahh…I’ve never seen such a lovely and cute baby in my whole life. Cherry blossom hair, light blue eyes… Really cute! She must be an angel!”
The mere thought of her raised the corners of his mouth.
She was so cute that he wanted to hold the small hand that she kept twisting.
But more lovely than anything, was the chubby cheeks that didn’t lose any baby fat!
“…I see.”
In spite of Lissandro’s fuss, the Duchess nodded her head in a quiver.
When her expression wasn’t too bright, Lissandro nodded as if he knew everything.
“Don’t worry, sister. I already know that sister doesn’t like babies very much. That’s why you’re so hard on Oscar, isn’t it? I’m being hard on Oscar just like you but…”
Before, Lissandro used to play with Oscar as his uncle.
Oscar looked lonely, living alone in the Imperial City, apart from his biological mother.
The next Empress, Empress Siana, took care of him because she felt obligated to because he is the younger brother of his mother.
But his sister was always cold to Oscar. Even though he is a nice and lovely kid, she told me to throw away my childishness.
Not long ago, she asked Lissandro to play the role of an academic and swordsmanship teacher, including Oscar’s imperial studies, and not to be soft on him.
“Sister. Isn’t this too much for Oscar? He’s still only six years-.”
“Enough.”
The Duchess cut off Lissandro’s words.
After watching him with sharp eyes, she turned around without hesitation.
“It was a long chat. Now get back to work, Lis.”
As if she didn’t intend to hear an answer, the Duchess walked away.
Lissandro, who was called up but unilaterally abandoned, scratched the back of his head.
‘You didn’t have something you wanted…to say?’
She’s not one to call someone when you don’t need anything. Rather, the expression of his sister’s face lingered when she heard the princess’ story.
“I’m worried about the little Princess Sister hates…”
There will be many occasions for Mabel to encounter his sister, the Duchess, as she grows up, what will happen then?
‘If Sister treats the little princess like Oscar, you’ll hurt her.’
Worried about the future, Lissandro breathed a deep sigh, covering his face.
“…Phew. I should worry about myself.”
I’ll think about how to avoid being hate by the little princess.
***
Time passed very slowly.
It would have been sooner or later if I hadn’t remembered my past life, but unfortunately, I remembered everything.
But even during this tedious peace, I did what I could.
‘First of all, let’s master the crawl!’
Now I could lift my neck with my face down.
‘And then the flip!’
Flipping and flipping took some time and was still hard, but it was possible.
I secretly practiced when no one was around, so everyone didn’t know I knew how to flip.
Ever since I was able to do it, I haven’t done it during the day when people are around.
Because of that, the nanny worries weren’t the only ones.
“You haven’t been trying to move lately…are you ill?”
flinch
My conscience was stabbed, but I ate the baby food the nanny gave me as if I didn’t know anything.
I still take turns with the powdered milk, but eating baby food made me realize that I’m becoming a human being.
‘I can’t wait to chew.’
Since I’m royalty, I’d eat a lot of delicious food, right?
‘In my previous life, I couldn’t eat whatever I wanted.’
Ordering one chicken was a huge burden, so I don’t have any memories of ordering it often.
At best, it was a convenient store chicken that I bought and ate when I worked part-time at a convenient store.
‘…Let’s stop thinking about it. Because I get depressed.’
I pushed back memories of my hard lived past life.
“You’ve had it all well today too. Oh, how pretty.”
The nanny parring my cheek wiped my mouth with the bib and went out with the bowl.
I was so full that I fell asleep. While blinking my sleepy eyes, I could feel a strong gaze from somewhere.
Huk! When I turned my head our eyes met.
The man standing by the door, Lissandro Donovan.
Oscar’s maternal uncle, swordsman teacher, and godfather who teaches other studies.
To put it mildly, a teacher.
‘You’re actually a child abuser.’
“Hng”
As I snorted and glared, Lissandro looked at me with pitiful eyes, pretending to wipe away his tears.
Even though he acts like a fool, his attitude suddenly changes when Oscar comes, so I had no choice but to keep him away from me.
After learning that Oscar was only breathing when he was there, I decided to keep Lissandro by the side as much as possible.
“Little Princess…”
Lissandro, who would normally disappear by now, was more persistent today.
I can cradle with my palm! I screamed with dignity.
“Kitty!”
…it’s because of the concept. Really.
“I’ll go. I’m going.”
Lissandro hid himself, leaving behind a voice of lingering regret.
Xavier, who watched the whole scene, smiled awkwardly.
“I can’t get used to it every time I see it. Your Highness hating someone so much.”
“I know. She should hate you more than Sir Donovan.”
When Lalima answered in a nonchalant way, Xavier got angry with a smiling face.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“Exactly what I said.”
“Hey! Lalima!”
There was another chase.
Those guys seem to have a disease that they must fight once an hour.
I can’t wait for the night to come.
‘I’d like to practice.’
As I stared at the window, the nanny came, who had brought some embroideries.
“You seem very bored. Your Highness, it’s warm. Shall we go on a picnic by the lake?”
“Uang?”
So suddenly?
“If you go to the northern forest, you may see another kitty you like.”
“Kitty?”
“Yes. You like it, don’t you?”
How should I correct this misunderstanding.
Everyone seemed to think that I really like cats because I’ve said ‘kitty’ so many times.
It’s not that. I’m just sticking to the concept.
If I can speak, I’ll tell you.
‘I’m not that obsessed with cats!’
Of course, I like cats, but…!
“Your eyes are sparkling. Are you that happy?”
…Until then, we’ll never get out of this misunderstanding.
The nanny, who distorted my opinion, quickly finished preparing to go out.
It wasn’t amazing as before because I often went out on a picnic after my first outing.
The stroller was comfortable, and I was content, at least in my eyes, although I don’t know if Lissandro was sneaking along.
However, there was one big problem.
‘It’s too hot…’
I didn’t know when the temperature-keeping magic was inside the building, but it was a clear summer outside.
“Hiing.”
The nanny draped the stroller with shade as much as possible. But still, it was hot.
“This is what we call summer, Your Highness. It’s hotter than before, right?”
Are you saying that you didn’t just come out to play, but to feel the summer?
‘That’s cheating, nanny.’
But I can’t say anything about educational purposes.
“Hooo…”
I decided to just put up with it to relieve the nanny’s stress.
Passing through the garden, I smelled the real flowers. The primary colors of flowers were in full bloom all over.
When I stared at the flowers, the nanny shook off the healthy flower that had fallen on the floor and put it on my lap.
“This is a flower. It’s pretty, right?”
“Oong.”
I lifted the flowers carefully.
The end was a bit dull, but it was still fresh and pretty.
The act of receiving flowers from me was a luxury. Because bouquets were very expensing, and only on special days.
‘For example, an entrance ceremony, graduation ceremony… Or if someone received an award.’
No one had ever come to my entrance and graduation ceremony, so I had never received flowers.
So when I see other kids taking pictures with their parents holding bouquets…
“…Wooo.”
I shook my head.
‘What are you thinking about? It’s already over.’
But I still liked the red petals, so I carefully put them back on my lap.
“You must like flowers. How cute! Shall we pick some flowers?”
Lalima made a fuss around her cheek. For some reason the nanny smiled kindly and nodded her head.
“Then let’s take some to decorate the vase.”
In the meantime, we arrived at the lake at the entrance of the northern forest.
