Chapter 3. Mabel is sick? 2020.02.11.
“what. … Is Mabel sick?”
“I called the doctor because I was suddenly sweating profusely.”
“Mabel!!”
Oscar flung the towel over the chair next to him and hurriedly stood beside the cradle.
“Don’t be sick, Mabel.”
“Abab.” (It doesn’t hurt.)
“Seeing that her voice is weak, she must be in a lot of pain, Nanny…”
These people really listen to what they want to hear. Oscar looked down at me in pity and stroked my hair.
‘Ahh yes. Think freely.’
When I just gave up and turned my head away, the reaction intensified.
“Mabel. No Mabel! Don’t lose your mind!”
“majesty. Be patient! The councilor will come soon…!”
“Huh…”
I feel like I’m going to die of embarrassment… Why the hell is this ordeal for me? Fortunately or unfortunately, the outside became noisy as if a member of the council had arrived.
‘okay. I’d rather get a treatment soon and let me know that I’m fine. That would be better.’
…But, as usual, God didn’t listen to my wishes.
“Mabel!!”
bang! The door opened with a loud noise. The emperor charged towards the cradle with fearsome momentum.
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“Is Mabel okay?”
Passing by the nanny who bowed low, the emperor reached out to me right away.
“!”
I turned my head and closed my eyes tightly. After a while, my hand touched me. It was a very careful touch. As if afraid of breaking. I slowly opened my eyes and saw the emperor looking at me with a blurred expression. I felt strange.
“lawmaker!”
“yes.”
A fairly old-looking doctor carefully examined me, then turned to the emperor.
“When God looked-.”
“what?”
“Her Highness the Princess-.”
“Could there be a problem?”
“…”
The emperor kept cutting off before he could say anything, so the senator seemed at a loss for words. Even I, who watched, was dumbfounded.
‘Let’s talk.’
In the suffocating atmosphere, it was Oscar, standing without a presence, who interceded.
“Emperor. Why don’t you calm down and listen to what the councilor has to say?”
“Why are you here?”
“…ah?”
As if he hadn’t thought of that, Oscar let out an embarrassing exclamation.
‘Ugh. fool.’
After subduing Oscar with his eyes, the emperor looked back at the senator.
“…Tell me.”
“In the eyes of God, Her Highness is in very good health. You said you broke out in a cold sweat, but I think you must have suddenly felt the heat or something.”
It was hot from exercising. The doctor’s examination was very accurate. However, the emperor did not raise his suspicions.
“What’s wrong with suddenly feeling the heat? As you know, the temperature inside the imperial castle is kept constant by magic.”
“I don’t know that far. But now that you’re not sweating, you’ll be fine.”
At that word, the emperor’s bloody expression softened for an instant.
“…Then I’m glad.”
The emperor put his hand in my armpit and lifted it up. And now, quite skillfully, he hugged me and patted me.
‘…what.’
Again, I felt strange. I had no idea that the emperor’s arms, which should have been uncomfortable, would feel comfortable, even for a very brief moment. . . . Just 10 minutes before Esteban headed to Mabel’s bedroom. He was in the middle of a regular meeting. The atmosphere was calm and subdued. Not only the servants, but even Esteban, who was sitting in the seat of honor, had serious expressions.
“Only those wounded during transportation are already over 10, Your Majesty.”
“How would you know? That the ‘Devil of Devlin’ was a very young boy.”
It was an agenda about the so-called Devil of Devlin.
‘The Devil of Devlin.’
He has been a rotten presence in the recent Ermano Empire. The man, dressed all in black, was famous for appearing without proper armor and weapons, committing a one-sided massacre and then disappearing. The nickname given to him by the soldiers of Ermano after seeing his ally being cut down mercilessly by his hands with no mercy was ‘Devlin’s Devil’. Nothing was known about him other than that he belonged to Devlin and that his gender was male. The servants were shocked at once.
‘I can’t believe he was caught!’
In the border battle just over a month ago, the soldiers of Ermano succeeded in capturing Devlin’s demon. Esteban recalled the report describing the situation at the time.
‘The guy who was slaughtering the soldiers suddenly stopped all actions…’
When the robe that covered the whole body was removed, a wave of shock arose at the child’s appearance. I didn’t notice at all because I usually moved so fast that I couldn’t feel my physique.
“How far have you come?”
“It is expected to arrive within a few days. However, if there is more congestion than now, the schedule will be delayed.”
“Runaway.”
“It is considered irrational.”
“Anyway, you’ll find out when you bring it. Keep an eye on the hostages so that they are not taken.”
I was in the midst of such a serious conversation. When the attendant who entered cautiously approached the emperor and whispered something…
“What? Mabel is sick?”
Knock on the conference table! Esteban slammed him down and left the conference room.
“…?”
The eyes of the servants who lost the emperor suddenly wandered around dizzy. buzz buzz. The regular meeting hall of Ermano became noisy.
“If it’s Mabel…”
“Isn’t it the princess who was born not too long ago?”
“They say they’re aiming for Abelardo.”
The fact that they were talking about an important matter about the melee on the border with the Devlin Empire has long been forgotten by everyone. The servants began to share the information they heard about Mabel.
“I hear you have cherry blossom-colored hair like Her Majesty the Empress.”
“I hear you inherited His Majesty’s blue eyes.”
“I hear you are lovely.”
“It’s cute to bite…”
came the conclusion. Her Highness Princess is cute. Mabel was surrounded by rumors as the newly born royal family could not appear at public events. The topic quickly moved to another subject.
“But didn’t His Majesty just do that? That Her Highness is ill.”
“It’s a big deal.”
“It’s a big deal…”
All the servants began to worry about Mabel’s health. When the atmosphere in the imperial castle was bloody due to the death of the empress, Mabel’s presence prevented a major scandal, so the feelings of the servants toward the princess were special.
‘The Empire’s only hope.’
. . . And that night, a procession of all sorts of presents continued to Mabel’s palace. They were all kinds of precious medicinal herbs that came from all over the country.
‘Please grow up in good health and suppress His Majesty’s fiery personality!’
Unfortunately, their wishes did not reach Mabel, who quietly fell asleep without knowing the world.
***
This commotion has taught me a great lesson.
‘From now on, exercise should be done while everyone is asleep.’
There was no such thing as Yunan, even though he had sweated a little. Since then, the emperor has come to see me at all times. Don’t you think that you might get sick from stress because you come over there too often?
“Ababa…”
But all I can do is onomatopoeia that doesn’t even become such a word. Oscar came to visit whether or not the emperor was now in mode. leisurely afternoon. Today, as always, Oscar came to visit us. He hung from the cradle and watched me.
“nurse. When can Mabel speak?”
“hmm. Shouldn’t we wait at least 2 years? It’s fast, too.”
“2 years? Two years?”
Oscar widened his eyes in surprise. But even that, he smiled for a moment and stabbed me in the cheek.
“Well, that’s about it in the blink of an eye.”
“…?”
There you are, six years old. I was taken aback and the nanny laughed cutely. 2 years. That’s how fast you speak. Actually, I could talk if I was ready, but I didn’t have to show off. I didn’t really want to stand out. I wanted to grow up no different from a normal baby and get away from the burdensome attention.
‘I guess it doesn’t matter because when I grow up, my interest will disappear on its own anyway.’
“Your Highness the Prince. Stop touching Her Highness’ face.”
“huh.”
At the nanny’s words, Oscar removed his hand from my face. My cheeks felt hot from how much I touched them.
‘When is he going to go?’
I slowly turned my head and looked out the window. But let alone evening, it was still daytime.
“Mabel. I’m bored?”
“Aw.” (No.)
“Nanny. Mabel must be bored.”
‘No.’
Then the nanny expressed disapproval.
“But Her Highness didn’t show much interest in toys.”
I’m not a real baby, so there’s no way I’d be happy if I just rocked a toy. I was wondering if I should pretend to like her from now on, but Oscar suddenly jumped up.
“Let’s go!” “
Hey
!”
“what? Mabel, do you like it too? nurse. Mabel is good too.”
‘I hate it…!’
I sent a look of salvation to the nanny. ardently. very eagerly. My eyes met with the nanny.
‘nurse. You know my heart, right?’
The nanny looked at me and smiled brightly.
“Then shall we go out?”
…No one understands my feelings.
***
Despite my objections, the ‘first walk’ plan was implemented with a bang.
“walk? go.”
Oscar silently rejoiced at the permission of the emperor, who did not worry even for a second.
“The weather is still chilly, so let’s go out when the weather warms up a bit.”
Nanny checked the temperature every morning and worked hard on knitting. It seemed like they were making a hat for me to wear when I left. after a few days like that. Exactly the 54th day since I was born. The nurse who was bottle feeding me looked out the window and said,
“Shall we go out today?”
The long-awaited day had arrived. I was so disgusted that I froze and people began to attach meaning to my actions.
“Your Highness must be very nice.”
“I know. It’s your first time out, so of course!”
Today, Larimar and Xavier got along well.
‘phew. Let it be.’
No matter what I did, these humans would inevitably take me outside, so I decided not to lose my temper. The nanny pulled out thick clothes for me and put on a hat she knit herself. Even standing still, I was sweating.
“Oh my goodness. You are also calm. Would you like to bring a baby carriage from the next room to Xavier? Larimar, you take those.”
“Your madam.”
They started getting ready to go out in one order. Upon hearing the news, Oscar ran in, breathing heavily.
“I’m here, Mabel.”
“Oh, Your Highness. Isn’t it time to train yet?”
“I finished it as quickly as possible because Mabel said he was going for a walk today.”
The nanny smiled cutely and wiped Oscar’s sweat with a handkerchief.
“If you go around sweating in winter, you will catch a cold. You can go out for a walk again, so don’t overdo it, Your Highness the Prince.”
“Still, it’s Mabel’s first walk, so I can’t miss it.”
Oscar smiled brightly and took my hand. I felt a cool chill.
“It’s the moment Mabel goes out for the first time, and I want to be with her. I am your brother.”
I was momentarily dazed at the words of Oscar, who, of course, called himself ‘brother’. I never for a second thought of the Emperor and Oscar as family. was just a man Because I was born here by chance and didn’t want anything. So I didn’t know how to deal with these people. For some reason, I was reluctant to act so mercilessly. It’s true that I was born into a family, whether I wanted it or not…. It wasn’t these people’s fault. After a while, Xavier, who had gone to get the baby carriage, returned. The baby car was also very dazzling as it was made by smashing some national treasure. Why are jewels and decorations piled up on a baby carriage that only rides one iron? From what I’ve heard, it must have been something magical. I opened my mouth and my nanny casually put me in the baby carriage. After carefully draping an awning to block the wind and covering the blanket up to her neck, the nanny seemed satisfied.
‘It’s hotter…’
“Then, shall we go out?”
Armed with clothes and a blanket, I was loaded into a baby carriage and out into the hallway. The hallway I saw for the first time was much wider than I had imagined. Is it because I’m still a baby or is this castle very wide?
“Mabel. Do you like the hallway?”
“Aw…”
I just rolled my eyes and looked around, but I was speechless at Oscar’s question.
‘Yeah, I was actually a little curious.’
They say I don’t remember a month after I was born, but for the rest of the month I couldn’t even step out of my bedroom…
“Isn’t that fun?”
“Father.” (No.)
“I knew you would like it.”
‘okay. Think whatever you want…’
I got out of the building and came out. It was said that the temperature was maintained by magic, and as soon as it passed a certain point, it felt extremely cold.
“Aww!” (It’s cold!)
Cancel what you said was hot!
“Your Highness must be very cold.”
Xavier was worried about me. Then Oscar took off his coat and covered it over me.
“?”
As I was staring at Oscar, suddenly Xavier took off his coat and put it on top. Larimar was also covered. Even the trusted nanny took off her coat.
‘The front… can’t be seen.’
“Father…” (I can’t see…)
“Warm? I’m glad.”
I could hear Oscar’s voice far away through the four layers of outerwear that covered me. Certainly, the cold is less now, but does going out blindly have any meaning to me? Wasn’t he going out to take a look outside?… I was so confused that I was frozen without moving when the baby carriage suddenly stopped.
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“What about Mabel?”
“He is riding in a baby carriage.”
As soon as the nanny finished her words, a large hand squeezed through her coat. The emperor put his hand under his armpit and lifted me up. The robes covering me fell to the bottom of the storm water, but the emperor didn’t care at all.
“Have fun, Mabel.”
The blue eyes that met directly bent gently. I stared blankly at the emperor. The Emperor put me back in the baby carriage and suddenly took off my outer garment.
“…your majesty?!”
The aide who was following the emperor exclaimed in a somewhat startled voice. The emperor didn’t care at all and covered me with a black robe.
“let’s go.”
The emperor stroked his hair and walked to the other side. As the emperor disappeared completely, Larimar, who had been watching with bated breath, opened his mouth calmly.
“Madam Madame. Didn’t I tell you that all of His Majesty’s clothes are made of magic fabric?”
“That’s right… It’s a very precious fabric, but I didn’t know you would gift it to Her Highness.”
‘staff sergeant…? Didn’t he just throw it away?’
I stared blankly at the clothes covering me. The black robe was decorated with gold threads. It’s not that thick, but I didn’t feel the cold at all. It was warmer than the outerwear the four of us put together. I thought as I looked at the four people who lifted up their outerwear and brushed it off. Couldn’t it be that he was jealous of the childish covering of his coat, so he covered his own and left…?
‘what. It’s warm…’
***
The sunlit surface of the lake shimmered like a scattering of jewels. The flowers hadn’t bloomed yet, but the buds, frozen by the frost, blew in the wind. The nanny picked me up and sat me down on a clean, wrinkle-free mat. As I continued to lie down with my head tilted, Oscar sat me on his lap.
“Mabel. Is it good to go outside?”
I blinked my eyes at Oscar’s question.
‘hmm. It’s neither good nor bad.’
Larima was assigned the role of sitting next to Oscar and watching over us while Nanny tidied things up. The nanny glanced at Larimar with a nervous expression on her face.
“Larima. You can’t take a second look.”
“Don’t worry, Madam. Because I’m watching you! Anyway, I guess you have a heavy head. Aaaaaaa Aren’t you so cute?”
As Larimar made a fuss while covering my cheek, Xavier, who was cleaning the baby carriage, said a word.
“You crash after that.”
“Do you know I am you?”
Today these guys are good friends. I yawned and leaned on Oscar’s arms, looking up at the sky.
‘It’s blue.’
The last sky I saw was a pitch-black night sky with few stars. The sky I saw while falling from the rooftop. Even though it was not long ago, it felt as if it had been years. But I could never forget. Oscar whispered as he closed his eyes in a somewhat sentimental mood.
“Looks like Mabel is sleepy.”
“Eww…”
It’s not that I’m sleepy, it’s that I’m depressed! Whew. I let out a small sigh. You don’t even give me a chance to be depressed. There was nothing else to do, so I followed Xavier, who was busily tidying up the surroundings, observing with only his eyes moving, when he suddenly shouted near the entrance to the forest.
“…uh!”
what?
“It’s divine!”
Shinsoo? It reminded me of Larimar and Xavier arguing that a golden divine beast had hatched from an egg in the forest north of the Hwangseong in the past. What is a god? I heard it looks like a cat.
‘I miss you too!’
I stretched out my arms and expressed my opinion that I would like to see them too. But Oscar didn’t care about me, and Larimar got into a war of nerves with Xavier.
“really? Don’t lie to mercy Aren’t you fooled?”
“Really. It’s over there! Come and see for yourself!”
“If you don’t, will you die?”
Larimar, who had let go of the threats, stood up hesitantly.
“Your Highness the Prince. Let’s go and check it out together!”
“Yeah what.”
At Larima’s words, the nanny reached out to me in Oscar’s arms.
‘what. Are you sure you want to see without me?’
I waved my arms and refused to be held by the nanny.
“majesty. Will you be with me for a moment? His Highness said that he is coming to see Meow.”
