Chapter 4. Devlin’s Devil2020.02.15.
What was so surprising was that Xavier dropped a number of stones he was holding.
“…couldn’t it be that His Highness just said meow?”
Larimar also looked at me in surprise and burst out laughing.
“I’ve heard that too… but it’s probably not.”
“Sheep. Yaang!”
done Take me too! Don’t just watch the cat god!
“I think you really said meow…?”
“right? I hear that too.”
Larimar agreed with Xavier. It was a historical moment when the opinions of the antagonists somehow came together.
‘… uh huh? This isn’t it.’
Something is going wrong, what is the problem? I realized that when the nanny holding me opened her mouth.
“To hear you follow me in two months…”
Only then did I feel sorry for him.
‘Why am I doing this? Did your head become a baby just because your body became a baby…?’
I was unfamiliar with this change myself. Obviously, I am an adult in this small body, but my body is still immature.
‘Perhaps the impulsive change is because the body hasn’t grown.’
I’m only vaguely guessing that it might be related to the developmental process.
‘By the way…’
That wasn’t the problem that confronted me right now. Of course, I don’t know how to talk, but compared to the growth of average babies, it was too fast to babble correctly now.
‘Ugh. What do we do?’
I was thinking about how to deal with it, but Larima hugged me with a thrilled face.
“As expected, Her Highness the Princess! You must be a genius! Already follow the words! Be smart!”
“Fuck it!” (Suffocating!)
“Fuck it? What did you say now? Say it again, Your Highness!”
Larimar made a fuss and her eyes lit up. With the momentum to interpret even my babble.
‘Oh no. That’s not it.’
I inadvertently looked away, and I was more perplexed. Because Oscar had a wounded face.
‘Why is he like that again?’
After a while, Oscar murmured weakly.
“The first thing I said was sheep. A cat, not an older brother…”
“…”
Was that because of that? The shock must have been quite large, so Oscar muttered repeatedly, ‘I lost to a cat’ over and over again.
‘What should I do with him? It’s embarrassing.’
None of those things are important, so take me in your arms and go to the forest! My capacity was infinitely insufficient to say that.
“Whew…”
What is the stuffy life of a baby…? I sighed and struggled, stretching out my arms.
“…Mabel?”
in the direction of Oscar. Since I was born again, not once have I expressed that I want to be hugged first.
‘Because I didn’t really want to be hugged.’
But seeing Oscar heartbroken over trivial matters didn’t make me feel so good.
“Your Highness the Prince. Hurry up and hug Her Highness.”
The nanny smiled and Oscar pointed at himself with a blank face.
“…me?”
“sure. Come on.”
Oscar, who had approached stiffly as if he were walking for the first time, stretched out his arms. As if he wasn’t practicing swordsmanship for nothing, Oscar lightly lifted me up and hugged me.
“…Mabel hugged me first.”
Oscar muttered as if he was really thrilled, but I couldn’t afford it. I stretched out my arm in the direction of the forest entrance where Xavier said he had seen the divine beast.
“Sheep!”
Let’s take a look at the one who was caught anyway. How amazing is it to be a Shinsoo that hatched on the day I was born?
“Mabel. Do you want to see Shinsoo like that?”
Asked Oscar, who had corrected me. I want to nod my head, but that’s still too much for me. Instead, I opened my mouth once again.
“Sheep.”
“okay okay.”
Now that this has happened, let’s go with a concept that only ‘Yang-i’ can do without knowing how to say anything else.
‘Then I wouldn’t call him a genius.’
Even thinking of it myself, it was a staggeringly brilliant idea. Oscar hugged me and slowly walked towards the forest.
“Your Highness the Prince. Be careful not to drop it, Princess.”
“It’s okay, nanny. You don’t have to worry. Don’t you believe me?”
“yes.”
Oscar fell silent at the knife-like nanny’s answer. Looking at his expression, he seemed to have nothing to say.
‘I guess so. Because he said he had a history of breaking the emperor’s treasured possessions.’
I turned my attention to Oscar and looked towards the forest entrance. Before I knew it, my nanny and Larimar Xavier were standing around Oscar, staring into the forest together. But all you can see are dense trees and lush bushes. Not even the cat was visible.
“On mercy. Are you lying?”
When Larimar fired, Xavier shook his hand and denied it.
“no. No! It must have been!”
“No! come to your work I need to get hit by a few.”
Larimar rolled up his sleeves as if he was about to fight.
“Larimar Xavier. Did you forget you were in front of His Highness? Keep your chin up.”
The nanny scolded them, but they either didn’t hear or pretended not to, so they ran noisily around the lake.
‘You’re young. It’s youth.’
I looked at the lake again. Did Xavier really see something wrong? No matter how much I looked at it, Shinsoo couldn’t even see his nose.
“The attendant must have been joking. Let’s go sit down, Mabel.”
‘I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.’
The moment he let out a small sigh and leaned comfortably against Oscar.
“…!”
Something sparkled in the woods! I blinked, thinking I might have misunderstood the reflection of the sunlight, but I didn’t.
“Sheep!”
“Sheep? yes yes I want to see meow too…”
Oscar slowly closed his mouth as he moved his gaze to follow where I was looking. A really golden-haired cat was walking leisurely in my direction. It was said that it hadn’t been long since hatching, and it had a cute horn on its forehead.
‘Wow…’
I knew that I was born in a different world, but seeing the evidence in person gave me a new feeling. It wasn’t golden, it was really golden hair. Even the soft light was wrapped around it, revealing that it was an unusual existence.
“It’s really… divine.”
The nanny added a brief comment. Larimar and Xavier looked at the cat Shinsoo on good terms, as if they had never fought. Shinsoo didn’t come close as if he was wary of us, but he wandered around and explored. Xavier, who was looking at Shinsoo with admiration, suddenly opened his mouth.
“Somehow, it seems that Her Highness only hangs around…”
“Ehchu!”
My sneeze cut off Xavier’s words.
‘Ah, they’re gone!’
Perhaps startled by the sound of sneezing, Shin-soo quickly disappeared into the forest. The nanny was startled and started looking at me.
“Looks like you’ve been out there too long. Shall we go in now?”
After putting me back in the baby car, the nurse meticulously covered the blanket and the emperor’s robe, and then drew the awning again.
“Larimar Xavier. You guys should finish cleaning up and come back.”
“yes? But madam…!”
“It’s a military punishment without a siege.”
The nanny, who was ruthless, started pulling the baby carriage. Oscar didn’t take his eyes off me as they walked alongside.
“Let’s come out and play again next time, Mabel.”
Oscar pretended to be more friendly, perhaps because I had reached out to him first.
‘Is it for no reason?’
The twinkling eyes of kindness were too burdensome. Pretending not to know anything, I leaned against the baby car and just looked straight ahead. It was not a landscape I saw every day, so I felt less stuffy than usual.
‘It was also interesting to see Shinsoo.’
I had to pass several buildings to get back to the palace where I was staying. Oscar glanced at me and asked the nanny.
“nurse. Could it be that Mabel has a cold?”
“I think you’re fine now, but I’m afraid you might be.”
“I’ve been there for too long-”
Oscar took a quick breath and took a step back.
‘What’s wrong?’
Oscar’s face was white as if he had seen the invisible. For what? A tall woman was standing where she followed Oscar. The brown-haired woman gave off an atmosphere that was somehow difficult to approach. The woman’s sharp green eyes, as if out for a walk, were sharp.
“oh. Dear Duke Donovan. I should go and say hello.”
“Yoo Nanny.”
Oscar grabbed the nanny’s skirt with trembling hands. The man named Duke Donovan seemed terrifying. for a moment. Duke Donovan? I’ve heard of it a lot…
“But, Your Highness. Duke Donovan is your mother.”
“No, that’s not the problem.”
ah! I remembered the words of my nanny. Pacifica Donovan. She was Oscar’s biological mother. Let’s take a moment here to point out the past history of my biological father, the emperor… The emperor married a total of two times. The first marriage was to Pacifica Donovan of the Donovan family in an arranged marriage by the emperor, and after giving birth to Oscar, they soon divorced by agreement. After the divorce, Pasifika Donovan defeated numerous objections and gained support, and was said to have become Duke Donovan. My next marriage was to my biological mother, Sianna Gardenia, and I was told that we married because we loved each other. But as you know, Sianna died not long after giving birth to me… About a month has passed now.
“Mother, mother is scary…”
Oscar started to back away, holding on to my baby carriage with a teary face. mess. Because of that, I was also dragged back together. Seeing that Oscar, who had always acted impudently despite the cold treatment of the emperor, was so afraid of him, he became frightened at the same time. A child born to the next woman after her husband. Of course it will be an eye thorn. Maybe I should be scared too…? No matter how much I tried to think positively, I didn’t seem to see me well. All the more, to be called an iron-blooded duke with no emotions.
“Your Highness.”
The nanny seemed to be in trouble, but Oscar pretended not to hear and took my stroller and headed the other way. The figure of Pacifica Donovan gradually faded away. Eventually, when it completely disappeared.
“Haa…”
“Phew…”
Oscar and I both let out a sigh of relief at the same time.
***
It was when I was going round and round like that. I felt a bit of a fuss. Nanny and Oscar slowly stopped walking.
‘What else is this time?’
I turned my gaze to Oscar. There was a group of knights in white armor. It was the first time I had seen so many people since I was born again. Let alone knights.
‘Is something going on?’
As I tried to tilt my head, my body tilted to the side. Fortunately, the baby car wall supported it, so I didn’t fall over. The appearance of the knights came into view at a glance through such a slanted field of vision.
“Ugh?”
They seemed busy somehow. They tried to go somewhere, but it didn’t seem like they were going their way.
‘What on earth is tying the feet of that numerous knights?’
It was just then that I was watching the scene in a daze. Something caught my attention. Among the tall knights, a heterogeneous being was mixed.
‘…Young kid?’
It was hard to see because he was wearing a black robe that covered his head, but it was definitely a young boy. What’s even more surprising is that it is the very existence that binds the Knights. It seemed that all the knights were clinging to the young child’s rebellion wrapped in a black and ominous aura. Every time the boy waved his arm, the knights flew out.
“Hold on!”
“Your defense has been breached!”
The cries of the knights struggling came vividly. Fortunately, there was quite a bit of noise and distance, so we didn’t get caught up in it. Oscar, pale in color, hurriedly grabbed the hem of the nanny’s dress.
“nurse. I will go another way.”
The nanny, who quickly came to her senses at Oscar’s cry, nodded. She grabbed the infant carriage with an urgent hand. The moment the baby carriage turns backwards. Our eyes met.
‘It’s like blood.’
The moment I saw those deep red eyes like fresh blood, it seemed as if my thoughts stopped.
It was a strange feeling. It’s so crowded and noisy, but it seems like only the boy and I are left alone. But the moment their eyes met was fleeting.
“Come on, Your Highness.”
Perhaps worried that I might be caught in a commotion, the nanny quickly walked away. However, after taking just one step, a raucous shout came from behind.
“Go ahead and grab it!”
“Pick up and move!”
‘What’s going on?’
Such cries were heard several times, and soon the knights quickly disappeared. As I couldn’t see anything, there was no way I could know what had happened. As a result, the infant car could not move at all. When I looked up, Oscar was staring behind me with a serious expression.
***
In front of the emperor’s office. Aide Gustaf received an unexpected report.
“Could you tell me again…”
“A small problem occurred in the process of moving Devlin’s demon underground.”
“Well, I don’t think it’s small.”
To sum it up, it was. The process of moving the so-called ‘Devlin’s Devil’ to the dungeon of the imperial palace was not smooth. Naturally, they resisted with all their might, and the knights were unexpectedly stranded in the middle of the imperial palace.
‘It’s okay until there.’
The problem started now. All of a sudden, I ran into Her Highness, the precious princess who went for her first walk today!
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”
Gustaf despaired, covering his face with one hand. As a result, nothing happened, but it was clear to the eyes how the emperor would come out after hearing the news.
“Are you sure nothing happened to Your Highness?”
“yes. Just then, the hostage lost consciousness and was able to be moved safely.”
“Have you lost your mind?”
“I don’t know why. Could it be that you use too much force? It’s because he radiated the maximum amount of mana while moving to the imperial castle.”
“okay.”
Hearing all the reports, Gustav returned to the Emperor’s office with the determination to break. Esteban was watching the office. Gustav, who watched the scene with warm eyes, soon came to his senses.
“why.”
Feeling the gaze, Esteban raised his head. Gustav opened his mouth with a nervous feeling.
“A report about Her Highness has come in.”
The somewhat drowsy expression on the emperor’s face changed in an instant. Gustav swallowed dryly at the intense stare that seemed to pierce him. Gulp-
“What’s up?”
“In the process of transporting Devlin’s hostages captured at the border, Her Highness and the Princess went for a walk and said, ‘From a distance!’ ‘Without any damage!’ They say they met.”
Fearing misunderstandings, Gustaf put all his strength into attaching four legs. Perhaps thanks to that effort, Esteban’s bloody expression softened a little.
‘It ended safely than I thought.’
Relieved, Gustaf smiled and wiped his mouth. It was a story I had heard from an attendant in passing.
“ah. And when His Highness saw Shinsoo, she said ‘Yangi’.”
Gustav, who was about to add that a 2-month-old baby would copy the words, couldn’t move his mouth as intended. Clink! This was the sound of the teacup Esteban was holding just now falling vertically and being shattered. Gustaf covered his face with one hand.
‘Ah, that teacup is very expensive…’
That teacup rolling on the floor was a national treasure boasting a tremendous history because it was not expensive. However, the emperor had no reason to think about such a thing. Gustav glanced at the attendant and ordered them to put away the teacup. Esteban, who was frozen as if in shock, slowly raised his head.
“…Gustav.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“What did you just say?”
“His Highness, on the way back from a walk, encountered knights being transported-.”
“not.”
“I told you that Her Highness the Princess spoke after the cat.”
Wow…! Again, the sound of something breaking was heard. Gustav closed his eyes tightly and could not bear to open them. I was too afraid to check what was broken.
‘I hope it’s not just the pottery next to the teacup.’
The pottery that came in as a tribute was a national treasure with a history of over a thousand years. Gustav opened his eyes and sighed. What was smashed was pottery
.
He couldn’t quite understand. Esteban muttered in shock.
“…I should have gone too.”
“yes?”
“It’s disgraceful.”
It’s even embarrassing not to hear her daughter repeat what she said the first time. But that was an assessment that Gustav could make light of Esteban’s crazy love for his daughter. Esteban, who had been silent for a while in despair, suddenly jumped to his feet.
“Your Majesty?”
Surprised again, Gustav lowered his head, thinking that he should schedule a consultation with the imperial councilor about heart disease as soon as possible.
“I need to see Mabel. Come with me.”
There were countless jobs left, but if I pointed out that, Gustav would probably not be able to step on the ground. Obediently following the emperor, Gustav tilted his head.
‘By the way, can a 2-month-old baby repeat words?’
No matter how genius you are, it seems impossible.
