I closed my eyes, and the Nanny kissed my cheek, covered me with a blanket, and went outside.
Thump, thump.
Only the sound of my heartbeat could be heard. I spent my time looking at the dim ceiling quietly.
‘Hm. How should I do this?’
I had not yet decided what to do with the note Aiden had sent. I thought about showing it to Lissandro for about 0.1 seconds, but I quickly threw that thought away.
‘I can’t let them know that I can read. Even if I pretend that I only received the note, I won’t be able to tell him how I got it.’
There were many hardships for a person who had many secrets.
“Sigh.”
It was a night of many deep sighs.
As I stayed up all night with my eyes open, dawn quickly came. After much consideration, I decided to go out for a while.
‘If you were going to kill me, you would’ve already done so.’
I slipped the blanket off and arranged it as if someone was lying in it just in case Lissandro or the nanny came in.
“Gwood.” (Good.)
After working up a sweat for no reason, I walked slowly toward the balcony.
Creak-.
After opening the door, I poked my head out, but no one was there.
“He’th not hewe?” (He’s not here?)
I walked outside barefoot. I heard the cries of the owls hunting their prey.
It seemed to have been a note that didn’t mean anything.
“Ah, cwold…ung?” (Ah, cold… ung?)
Something came into my sight as I was stamping my feet.
“A powch?” (A pouch?)
There was a pouch in the corner. When I picked it up, it was heavy and a jingle sounded.
‘…jingle?’
My heart began to thump like crazy. Is it really what I think it is?
As soon as I opened the pouch, all I could see…were gold coins and jewels!
“Hub!”
I closed the pouch in surprise. I felt like I saw something I shouldn’t have.
‘Is it fake?’
I plucked up my courage and carefully opened the pouch again. The brilliant gold coins and jewels greeted me.
‘What the hell. It’s my type.’
If this is actually a gift, there couldn’t be a gift more perfect.
Money. Gold. Jewelry. If it’s not stolen property, it’s always usable!
I took a look around again just in case, but there wasn’t anyone there. I slipped the pouch into my room and looked around.
But all I could see was the dark night and dark floor.
‘Let’s just go in and sleep now.’
It was at that moment when I was yawning and taking my hands off the railing.
Slip-.
“Huh?”
At that moment, I lost my balance and fell down the railing. It just had to mimic the last scene from my previous life.
If there is a difference between then and now, it’s that right now I want to live.
‘I don’t want to die!’
It was when I was falling and closed my eyes tightly.
I was immediately cuddled in a warm embrace.
“Just what… What are you doing at dawn, Your Majesty?”
When I opened my eyes carefully, I saw Lissandro in a cold sweat.
If he was very surprised or not, I could hear Lissandro’s heart pounding.
“If I wasn’t here, you could’ve gotten severely hurt.”
The twenty-year-old me screamed inside. I stayed as calm as I could to finish this embarrassing bath quickly.
“You’re so gentle, we’re so proud of you!”
“The gentle Majesty is so cute…!”
“Stwop, stwop…” (Stop, stop…)
In the end, I could only finish the bath after I urged them to stop.
I changed into new clothes, dried my wet hair, and lay down on the bed clean.
“Ahh. How nwice.”
I was really happy with this languor, even more so that I didn’t need to worry about getting up early tomorrow.
“Your Majesty. I’ll be out for a while, you can play with this.”
“Ung. Okway.” (Ung. Okay.)
It was at that time when I was tossing around on the bed, fiddling with the doll that my nanny handed me.
“Ah!”
Suddenly, something hard stabbed me in the back. Surprised, I jumped to my feet.
“Wat’s thith.” (What’s this.)
There was a stone about the size of my fist lying on the bed. I hugged the doll tightly and carefully examined the stone.
There was nothing special about it except that it was a white stone without a dent.
“Who ith it. De one who bwought a stone hewe.” (Who is it. The one who brought a stone here.)
There’s no one like that among the women. I reached for the stone with disapproval.
And when my fingertips touched the stone-.
[Give…me.]
“…huh?”
Suddenly, someone’s voice flashed through my head. What is this? Before I could grasp what happened, more incredible things happened.
Shine-!
A white light exploded blindingly from the stone and quickly permeated through my fingertips.
“…!”
Surprised, I looked where the stone was, but there was nothing there.
“W-wat?” (W-what?)
I thought maybe the stone rolled around so I felt around the blanket, but as expected, there was nothing.
‘I absorbed the stone.’
Maybe it wasn’t just a stone? I looked at my physical condition out of anxiety, but there was nothing that changed.
I didn’t feel dizzy or sick, nor did I feel strange.
There was one thing that didn’t let me dismiss it as nothing.
The voice I heard as soon as I touched the stone.
[Give…me.]
‘Who was it?’
***
As soon as it saw me, the kitty stopped walking.
[Mabel…what?]
“U-ung?”
[Your divine power has increased. Quite a lot.]
‘Is it because of that?’
I sat down next to the kitty with a frown. Then, as if waiting, animal friends came and surrounded me.
[Mabel. Smells good.]
[Feels good. What, what is it?]
The animal friends usually liked to be around me, but today was a bit too much.
Patting toto, I looked at the kitty.
‘I’m here for this anyway.’
[Did you get a sign from God? How did you improve so much?]
‘There was a stone on the bed. So I touched it and absorbed it.’
[Stone?…a relic?]
The kitty’s tail thumped against the floor. It was a serious atmosphere.
‘I don’t know why it was there. But isn’t it good to have more divine power?’
[There’s nothing bad about it. It’s just opening up the potential sanctity in Mabel anyway.]
That means it’s not dangerous. I was relieved.
‘I have another question. I heard a voice.’
[A voice?]
‘Yeah. The moment I touched the stone.’
[What did it say.]
‘Well, I think it was asking me for something…’
I couldn’t hear properly because the voice was so blurry. Like a static radio.
[I don’t know either.]
The kitty shook its head. Suddenly, I was at a loss.
‘He was the only one I could ask.’
So the identity of the voice fell into question.
***
It was dinner time with Oscar and the stand-in-Emperor. I sat down with a throbbing heart. Of course, I was wearing a baby’s bib.
‘We’re eating something delicious.’
I was waiting for the food to come out, and Oscar, sitting across from me, titled his head in question.
“Mabel. Why are you so happy?”
“Yummy food.”
“Because we’re eating something delicious?”
“Ung.”
The usual meal is delicious, of course, but it was a little boring. On the other hand, the meal served at dinner was more flavorful.
It was time to enjoy the time waiting for dinner to come out.
“Why is the preparation so slow.”
The stand-in-Emperor, who was looking at me with his chin up, suddenly began to blow cold air. My eyes grew round.
‘What’s wrong with him?’
The reason soon came to light.
“How dare you keep my Mabel waiting like this, I can’t stand by.”
‘Please stand by…’
I couldn’t bear to raise my head because I was the reason for the chilly atmosphere. Naturally, the kitchen went wild from the stand-in-Emperor’s unexpected anger.
They’re not guilty. It’s all my sins.
‘Sigh.’
I hit the table hard.
Kwang!
“Bu-hang! Don’t dwo that!” (Bu-hwang! Don’t do that!)
“…Mabel?”
“Waithing ith altho part of de meal. You thould know how to wait!” (Waiting is also part of the meal. You should know how to wait!)