Chapter 8. 1st Birthday (3)
“Did you say Arell?”
The queen’s gaze turned to me this time.
Let me look at you with a smile.
“You look a lot like Lipana.”
He smiles as if a flower would bloom brightly.
hmm. Who turned on the air conditioner?
why are you so cool
The cause was obvious.
I… I know that gaze.
I know it very well as I have seen it several times in my past life.
The arrogant ones who believe in their own strength and believe that they are absolutely superior.
They always have such a feeling that they regard the humans below them as worms.
The queen put her hand on my head.
cold.
I’m not talking about temperature.
I can feel the pure malice felt in that hand.
“Cute.”
Hey, unlike what you say, your gaze seems to see that I am gross right now.
“I’m glad you resemble Lipana.”
I’m sure in that woman’s eyes, I’d look less than a caterpillar.
It’s like you don’t even know my subject.
Unknowingly, my fists tightened.
It was to be expected.
Since I already knew how the concubine would treat me for a year after I was born, such as financial problems, I already fully assumed what would happen today.
They come out rude. Isn’t it obvious?
On the contrary, he came out so standardly that I would like to advise him to try to be more original.
However, it seems that even I forgot that there are some things that my heart cannot bear to pass over even if I understand them with my head.
Simply put… I mean.
get a fever
“cadet!”
But I tried to smile.
What if I act on my feelings here?
That queen? Cheeky concubines? An aristocrat who didn’t eat cheaply?
If it was me now, I could handle it somehow.
Do you have the confidence to turn Happy Birthday into a bloody birthday?
But if that happens, everything is over.
For the sake of mothers and nannies…and others who help us in our lives, I must restrain my feelings here.
Until you build up some more strength.
Until the proper stage is equipped.
The day will surely come when you will pay it back.
Let’s wait happily for that time.
And for that day, I have something else to do today.
“It’s my turn.”
Finally, it was the king’s turn.
As a father and at the very top of the royal family, it is a direct recognition of me who has just become a member.
The king walked proudly in front of me and my mother.
Hmm, look at the rice cake.
The back of his shoulder is not visible at all.
In a way, he’s a total god-stealer.
“It’s easy. Did you have any problems? Was there anything uncomfortable? Have you gotten used to life in the palace’?”
“Thanks to Your Majesty.”
I bow my head as if my mother is embarrassed.
What is missing?
Ask them to pay for their living expenses!
….well, it’s hard to actually say that.
Then I’ll step out here.
“cadet! ah!”
I stretched out my arms toward the king and struggled.
“hmm?”
yes look here! look at me!
“Arell? Be still.
My mom panics and tries to calm me down.
“It’s okay.”
The king spoke briefly to his mother and looked at me as if he were looking at a bold guy.
“is it. but. A banquet in honor of your birth. Of course I have to talk to you.”
what is the conversation
The child in front of you now is one year old.
I haven’t been able to speak yet.
“Give me this and see.”
I don’t like it a little because it seems like people are being treated as objects, but it’s as I wish.
The king’s hand in accepting me from my mother was surprisingly skillful.
Of course, that meant being as meticulous as handling any delicate weapon rather than proficient in parenting skills.
“Is this the first time I’ve seen you since I was born?”
Probably so.
I’m aww! While walking away, I pretended to give a rough match.
“You don’t cry.”
That’s my forte.
It seems that the other children cried when they hugged her.
If so, I
“Rrr r r r r r r.”
I will laugh here
A baby’s smile has a fatal charm.
Do not underestimate the power of my laughter, having been reincarnated a hundred times.
When I laughed, the king seemed to be quite pleased as well, his lips loosened.
But if you’re satisfied here, it’s second rate.
A real first-class baby is bound to show service one more time here.
I messed around on purpose.
When I appealed with my whole body that I wanted to go down, the king was puzzled, but after understanding my intentions, he put me down on the floor.
and.
“Aww!”
Whoop whoop.
Let me show you who the true scene stealer of this floor is.
I stumbled and put my hands on the floor and got up from the spot.
Right now, everyone is holding their breath in surprise.
Especially the mother and the nanny are more surprised.
I guess so.
Because this is the first time I’m showing you how to walk.
For today, I secretly practiced and practiced again.
As I toddled towards the king, he flinched incongruously for his large body, then picked me up again and lifted me up.
“I wonder if you were trying to show that.”
I mumble as if it’s so amazing.
There’s never a sign that you’re in a bad mood.
that’s right
It showed the moment the disciple walked for the first time.
If you are indifferent here, you are not even a human being.
“Hmm… Um’?”
Abby, who had been looking at me as if seeing something strange, suddenly frowned.
Then, suddenly, the wrapping covering me was removed.
As if that wasn’t enough, I also took off the clothes I was wearing.
Be too aggressive
“….What is this?”
What is it? It’s clothes.
No swaddling baby clothes I am wearing.
And the old underwear worn under it.
The clothes I am wearing are specially prepared for the banquet, but the undergarments under them are a little worn.
“It can’t be…
The nanny is freaking out.
Of course.
Surely she would have dressed me in expensive clothes to match her coat.
No matter how poor our house is. Parents do not want to wear old clothes even at a place like this.
But this isn’t the nanny’s fault.
This is because I wore this without her knowledge.
While I took my eyes off for a while, I had to use mana to manipulate and take off and put on clothes.
At that moment, small whispers were heard here and there.
You might think he said it in a low voice so that others could not hear it, but it was clear to my ears.
‘As expected, it’s low…
‘ ‘You don’t know dignity. How can I wear clothes like that…
‘No, in a way, it suits me.’
It was never a good sound to hear.
The mother’s complexion turns pale.
This is also a little… My heart hurts.
But I can’t help it.
This is a necessary process.
If everything that happens from now turns out just as I expected.
“It’s noisy.”
The King’s low voice resounded as if it were filling up from the depths of the floor.
“It’s noisy.”
say it again
The voice of a high-end, high-ranking strongman always has a strong power that cannot be ignored.
The sound of his breath filled with energy could be heard.
Some also cause shortness of breath.
Seeing this, I can see how this nobleman usually conducts politics.
A muscular politician.
After making the surroundings shut up at once, he asks his mother.
“Do you usually wear something like this?”
He points to my clothes and asks calmly, but there is a lot of displeasure in his voice.
“I will ask. How did this happen?”
”that?????? that??????
“Do you think it’s hard to see what this child is wearing right now as something worthy of a royal family?”
My mother can’t speak properly.
….I’m sorry, but please bear with me.
The king, who asked frighteningly coldly, soon shook his head.
“No. It’s not my business to question you. Jenefel.”
The king calmly calls someone by name.
I also noticed then.
That someone’s sign had now appeared behind him.
It was an old man in a butler’s uniform.
“yes. your majesty.”
“What is the current budget distributed to each concubine?”
Ohh.
Is this faster than expected?
Did you get to the answer so quickly?
Unlike the rice cake stand, it seems that the speed of rotation in the head is fast.
Would you like to compliment me on this?
“What did you tell me to do with this body?”
“He said that it should be distributed fairly. The amount is as known to Your Majesty.”
At those words, the king wrinkled his forehead.
The wrinkles, which were not small, went deeper.
“process? Does this look fair to you?”
The old man in the butler’s uniform did not move even in the anger that any other aristocrat would have given up on the spot.
“Find out again.”
At his command, the man called Jennefel gave a short yes and then his presence disappeared.
The king is also a strong person, but did you just say Jenefel?
The man is also a strong man who is not pushed by him.
Looking at the signs of movement, isn’t it normal?
My strength right now isn’t perfect, but it’s to the point where I completely miss that man’s presence.
I’m not sure who it is, but judging from the previous king’s attitude, is he his closest aide?
If you look at the atmosphere, it looks like a perfect butler, right?
Whatever!
ruler. This became what I was hoping for.
In fact, there isn’t much I can do.
At best, all she could do was pretend to be cute in order to charm the king.
It was best to induce the King to notice the financial status of our household by the look of my old clothes.
Even if you don’t care, wouldn’t it be natural to wonder if your child is wearing old clothes?
There was a possibility that he was dull or pretended not to know, but if that happened, I was thinking of rolling my head separately.
I also wanted to test who Abby was.
What if you think there is no hope? At that time, I will have to change my route.
Fortunately, it started to go the way I had hoped.
So how are you going to get out now?
? ? ?
Suddenly, my birthday party turned into a hearing.
The aristocrats are still unable to breathe because they are watching the king’s furious eyes.
all? My father looks scared.
The problem is that the trembling now includes my mother and nanny.
“your majesty…. This is my mistake to the last..
somehow mom is trying to talk to abby urgently to try to get rid of this atmosphere.
silent answer.
Well, you must have noticed that what mom says now that it’s okay is never true.
After a while, Jenefel, who had disappeared to investigate, returned.
Did you already find out everything in that short time?
My father received what he thought was probably a report on the budget distributed to each concubine and quietly read it.
I hear the sound of flipping paper.
“Hmm…
After waiting for a while, I finally got a reaction, as if I had read it all.
“That’s what happened.”
grip support.
The sound of crumpling reports echoed through the hall.
Wow…. It seems that his mood has finally started to draw an extreme downward curve.
When Abby opened her hand, the crumpled report burst into flames.
Ash dust flew from his hands.
“Impossible…
Abby twisted her lips as if she were dumbfounded.
What was written in the previous report?
As I expected, it would be such a pleasant content that my blood pressure would rise and a twisted laugh would naturally come out.
“Queen.”
The one who was summoned was none other than Queen Elia.
