Chapter 49. Your full-fledged little majesty2020.07.21.
‘I’m five years old. He is still the emperor.’
I’m five years old, so in Korean age, I’m six years old. At this age, I have died trying to dethrone. As part of that, I tried all kinds of accidents. I spilled an ink bottle on a document I had used once before and took off a servant’s wig once. It is common for people to cry and yell at each other for not going to the meeting. I wandered around Hwangseong with my animal friends, messed up the garden a few times, and even complained about side dishes with my eyes closed. In addition, I did countless things that I couldn’t bear to see with my eyes open. result?
‘failure. That’s a catastrophic failure!’
No matter what I did or what I did, everyone clapped and said that I did well.
‘What are you good at? Spoil the child!’
It’s a shame because I’m in my second life. If I was a really ignorant baby, I would have grown up as a reckless troublemaker, thinking I was really good.
‘This is why I can’t raise a child.’
Actually, I thought about that once. My back is warm and full, should I just make you emperor? In fact, he didn’t do anything great just because he was an emperor. Because Dad and Gustaf took care of everything on behalf of me who was still young. All I did was stamp the seal on the papers that had been reviewed for an hour a day.
‘Taking a seal is the most fun.’
But, like Gustav, who suffers from overwork every day, seeing my dad who can’t leave the office, I gave up my dream.
‘The Emperor will never be. My dream is to be unemployed.’
The life of an emperor who couldn’t sleep well and suffered from work did not match my wonderful second life.
“Ehh.”
When I let out a small sigh, Larimar, who was brushing my hair, tilted her head.
“What are you sighing about?”
“no. anything.”
Although he failed to be dethroned for three years, he had some achievements in his own way.
‘Finally freed from short tongue sounds!’
It can’t be said that the pronunciation is perfect, but it was not at a level that required interpretation. I’d say it’s a bit leaky. My time spent practicing pronunciation while doing aeoh has finally paid off.
“Okay went for a walk.”
“Come and have fun!”
As soon as he left the bedroom with the grown-up sheep next to him and Larimar seeing him off, Aidan followed as if he had been waiting. As time passed, Aidan seemed to have grown more than before. He said he didn’t know the exact age, so he was guessing that he was roughly the same age as Oscar. I could feel Lisandro’s gaze watching us from not far away.
‘When will this surveillance end?’
The condition that Lisandro watch over me instead of appointing Aidan as my escort knight was still in effect.
“Aidan. Do you have any rice?”
“yes.”
“Are you going to have dessert too?”
“…”
“You fool. Our chef is the best at making desserts. Next time, be sure to stop by for dessert.”
Saying that, I handed the candy in my pocket to Aidan. I didn’t eat it on purpose and saved it.
“ruler. That’s it, stay.”
“…yes.”
Somehow, Aidan’s reaction is not good, but it must be my mistake? I hummed and walked through the garden. Spring has arrived, and the garden is green and full of life. The only flaw is that there are no flowers.
“Why are the flowers bad?”
I will have a consultation with the gardener soon. Flowers were in full bloom in the gardens of other palaces, but it is a bit problematic that the garden in front of the Imperial Palace is so empty. Wanting to watch Oscar train for the first time in a while, I walked towards the training ground and found my dad walking from the other side.
“Dad.”
I was about to run away with a happy smile, but as soon as I took my steps, I was caught on a rock.
“Oops!”
‘Fall down…!’
Of course, I thought I was going to hit my butt.
“-careful.”
Thanks to Aidan who held my shoulders, I was able to avoid falling.
“Thank you.”
It was when I stumbled for a moment and squeezed the hem of Aidan’s clothes. A thick shadow fell over us.
“…?”
When I raised my head, I saw my father’s face blocking the sun. The expression on his face was so hideous that I flinched.
‘Why are you so angry?’
He took a step back and grabbed Aidan’s arm. Then, Dad’s brow furrowed.
“Mabel.”
“yes…?”
Unbeknownst to me, respectful words came out.
“Come here.”
I don’t know why he asked me to come, but when I told him to come, he hesitated and approached me. Dad put his hand under my arm and lifted me up and hugged me. Suddenly, his eyes widened. The air at high places is clear after all. I was about to admire it, but I heard my father’s cool voice.
“Aidan. Do not test my patience.”
‘Suddenly, what kind of patience…?’
I looked back and forth between Aidan and Dad, bewildered. Aidan stared at his father with an expressionless face.
“Nope.”
Pajijik-! An invisible electric current bounced. I opened my mouth in an atmosphere that seemed to explode at any moment.
‘Could this be it? jealousy?’
I hoped it wasn’t, but my father’s reaction was unmistakably jealous. Have you been jealous of a young boy for a long time because you have nothing to do? I let out a sigh, but the urgent priority was to dry the two burns rather than be pitiful.
“Ouch.”
Dad was startled when I suddenly frowned and screamed in pain.
“Why is that, Mabel? I hope that guy is-”
“The legs. A sprained leg!”
He tried to blame everything on Aidan, so he couldn’t be vigilant. Dad’s face became contemplative at my mother’s death.
“Hello! Call the senator! Hurry-!”
I felt like I was going to call a lawmaker at this point, so I hurriedly grabbed the hem of my dad’s clothes.
“No, to that extent. It just hurts a little bit.”
“There will still be aftereffects, so go to the doctor-.”
“I’m glad Aidan caught me!”
“what?”
Dad’s expression darkened again. I hit the ball before my dad said anything to Aidan again.
“If Aidan hadn’t caught me, I’d probably be given a… concussion by now?”
“what? If you die, why die?”
“no. If you didn’t have Aidan, I’d give it to you. Aidan Thank you for saving my life! Now, Dad, thank you for saving me.”
“…”
“Sirer?”
I looked up at my father. There was no sign of his expression loosening up, as if he hated Aidan for quite some time.
“Thanks to Aidan, I didn’t give it to you? Daddy, is it okay for me to live in?”
Even if you think about it yourself, you can’t force yourself like this, but being a child doesn’t have any logic. At the attack of my sad eyes, Dad made a sound of pain. And then
“…thanks.”
“…”
Aidan just nodded his head without answering. The atmosphere was awkward. I was perfectly content with this superficially peaceful situation.
“your majesty. Now is the time to attend the meeting.”
Just in time, Gustav intervened with notice. As I changed my destination to a conference hall, I realized one thing.
‘what. You didn’t meet Oscar.’
***
“Even though it rains, the ground is drying up.”
At the words of one minister, the air sank heavily. Even I, who was sitting in the highest seat and watching the meeting, became serious. The drought that started three years ago in the west gradually began to spread throughout the empire. It hadn’t progressed to the capital yet, but it wasn’t far off at this rate. Due to the drought, they even held a rain ritual, but in the end it was of no use. Whether it rained or not, the land could not accept water and only dried up. Agriculture, of course, could not be built, and vegetation soon withered. Desertification was in progress. At least the rivers and valleys were drying up, and the famine was serious.
“Open the treasury to aid refugees.”
“I understand, Your Majesty.”
The servants nodded at their father’s command. Since there was no clear solution, it was replaced by opening the national treasury every time.
‘Because I said it’s useless to rain, my skills won’t be much help either.’
I could do anything for the starving people, but I couldn’t do anything because it didn’t help. I wanted to try growing the crops, but my dad wouldn’t allow me to go myself, so it was impossible. Even if the method of growing crops directly worked, it would not be possible to go around the entire land mass.
‘It’s difficult.’
I was thinking hard about it, and I suddenly felt the eyes on me and raised my head.
“yes?”
As I looked around, a document appeared in front of me.
“Come on, Mabel. Take the seal.”
Looking at the contents, it was a drought-related document that we had just discussed. I nodded and lifted the heavy seal with both hands. thud! As soon as I took the seal. Clap clap clap clap! Applause poured in.
“You took a picture of the seal very well today!”
“nice. I mean. I’m going to the meeting to hear this.”
“I want to be that document.”
“Your Majesty is so cute…”
I let out a small sigh as I listened to the courtesy of my servants today as well. Seeing him do that almost every day for the past three years, it was nothing new. I just looked around at the servants. Three years was still a long time, but I could see old men with gray hair. Of course, her grandfather, the Marquis of Gardenia, was among them.
‘Ehh. take care of yourself. Everyone.’
what’s the point of that guy? Because of the servants who acted like the neighborhood grandfather, I felt sorry for myself. I hope only a few are missing.
‘Representatively, the Duke of Javier or the Duke of Javier.’
I glanced at Duke Javier, who was sitting with a smile on his face as if he was in a good mood today, and turned his head. In my heart, I wanted to strip him of his title and take away his territory and leave him, but there was no justification. I tried to keep an eye on the Javier family with the help of all kinds of animals to see if I could catch the tail, but I couldn’t let them in because there was a barrier in case of an outside invasion. Soon the meeting came to an end. After finishing the last agenda, I took a picture of the seal. After a while, Duke Javier, who had been silent, opened his mouth.
“I know that there are many who want to see the face of His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Yes?”
At the sudden remark, I raised my head. Duke Javier’s smiling face caught my eye.
‘What’s the plan?’
My father asked in a cold voice if he had the same thoughts as me.
“So what do you mean?”
“haha. Now that His Majesty is five years old, I wonder if it would be all right for him to appear in front of everyone. Until now, only those invited have seen His Majesty’s face.”
As Duke Javier had said, the only official event I had attended was my birthday banquet. Even that was a banquet attended by only a very small number of people carefully selected by Dad and Gustav.
“So, how about having His Majesty attend the founding banquet?”
The Founding Banquet was a banquet held to commemorate the founding of the Ermano Empire. It was a very large annual event attended by nobles from all over the country.
“I don’t like it…”
“I only want to see it…”
“Don’t let anyone see it…”
The servants timidly objected.
“Mabel. What do you think?”
Dad asked for my opinion. Hmmm. I’m lost in thought
‘Actually, I’m curious.’
So far I haven’t met many people. The daily routine was simple, and the people I met were always fixed.
‘Will Enrique come to the founding banquet too?’
Enrique and I have been exchanging letters through Oscar. I was looking forward to seeing how things would change in three years. And the most important thing was that I didn’t want to stay wrapped up in my dad’s skirt (?) forever. I made a decision.
“Shall we go!”
***
“So this is kind of a debutante!”
Somehow excited, Larimar’s eyes twinkled.
“If Your Majesty was an ordinary young lady, that would be the case.”
Xavier, who clenched his chin, replied nonchalantly.
“Now, our majesty is also a full-fledged little majesty.”
“Well… that’s right.”
Sitting between the two of them, I scratched my cheek for no reason. She rubbed her head against my arm and continued to tease me.
[Take me too!] ‘
You’ll be a spectacle
if you go there…
‘
[I’m not a cat!]
The sheep displeasedly patted its tail and roughly stroked the head.
“Since Your Majesty is the Emperor, um… you don’t need a chaperone.”
The nanny also interrupted our conversation. A chaperone meant a person who looked after you when you first stepped into the social world. It was usually occupied by wives who had influence in society. Even though I’m a young girl, my position was special, so it didn’t seem necessary to follow such conventions. Who would say that the emperor was not accompanied by a chaperone?
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I’ll go with you anyway.”
The nanny also had no estate, but had the status of a count, so it was reassuring.
“huh. Thank you nanny!”
I couldn’t imagine kissing the nanny’s cheek like that.
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“Yes…”
“Pasifica Donovan. I am the head of the Donovan family.”
The fact that in a few days I will be sitting down with my father’s ex-wife and my brother’s biological mother…
