Ihad long forgotten the shame of being lifted up by a hand that slipped through my armpits.
Anyway, this body was only a 4-year-old child that’s smaller than its peers.
It’s obvious that even if I rebel, I’ll just fall on the floor and get sick.
“Thhath’sh meath? Righth?” (That’s meat? Right?)
“Yeah.”
“I wanna eat, I wanna eat it!” (I want to eat, I want to eat it!)
Kion reached out my hands from afar and waved them left and right a few times to soil my whole body and moved them to the sofa.
If you’re going to move it, just move it. Why are you shaking it?
“Haa… I wiww eath ith weww!” (Haa… I will eat it well)
I poked the finely sliced meat with a fork and hurriedly pushed it into my mouth.
When I pushed too much and choked, Kion quickly held out a cup of water.
Having lost my reason in front of food, I filled my stomach in such a hurry until the plate was empty.
I felt full for the first time after eating it all.
It’s such a greasy satiety that I didn’t feel with white porridge.
“Haa… I’m happwy.” (Haa… I’m happy)
“… Indeed.”
Seeing me like that, Kion nodded his head lightly, looking back and forth between the empty plate and me, perhaps he attained some kind of enlightenment.
Only then did I feel a little embarrassed, but somehow I felt like he was going to give me meat in the future, so I gave him the ‘happiest in the world’ smile.
“I athe weww” (I ate well)
Looking at my smile, Kion stared at me without saying a word for a moment.
I was used to it because he often stared at me without saying a word like this, but just because I was used to it didn’t mean it was nothing.
Whenever this happened, my face became clear for no reason.
Because the handsome face is not spiritually adaptable.
“Do you feel any pain?”
Naturally touching my forehead, he asked.
I felt good about the cold touch on my forehead, so I closed my eyes slightly without realizing it.
“I’m fwine.” (I’m fine)
“…”
“Why…. Why wash i wiwe thhath?” (Why… Why was I like that?)
I wanted to know the reason why it was so painful.
You said I drank a lot of poison, is it because of that? Is it not properly detoxed? I expected a defect in my body, but this was too severe.
Kion replied after a long time with an expressionless expression.
“…It’s a side effect. “
Alicia, you ferocious bastard.
Just how great is the poison you drank?
As expected, it seems that it has not been completely detoxified.
“The body cannot withstand the healing process.”
“Ah…”
“If you build up your stamina, it’ll be… less painful.”
Then he pointed to the clean plate.
“I heard nutrition is important for children.”
“Ah, of courshe.” (Ah, of course)
“Make sure you eat well.””
“A, Umm… Yeesh.” (Ah, Umm… Yes)
After wiping off my oily mouth with his long sleeves, he stared at me silently and left the room with the plate.
When wiping off my nosebleed before, it was when I had a fever, and the way he acted a little while ago, this man gave me a surprisingly warm hand with an expressionless expression.
On top of that, I can’t believe you’re telling me to eat well with a ‘If you don’t eat, I will kill you’ expression.
I stared blankly at the place where Kion was.
‘But why are you so kind to me?’
There’s no better reason for him to be nice to me than an ant’s eye booger.
I shook my head at my formally husband’s strange kindness, but soon after being forcibly fed by Kion, who brought medicine that smelled like my nose was about to rot, I put that thought aside.
To think he would give a disease then give a medicine.*
TL/N : It’s a korean proverb ‘병주고약준다’ that is used to describe the attitude of a cunning deceiver who pretends to be kind and helpful after bullying or putting another person in trouble.
He was a very wicked man, giving delicious meat and rotten medicine.
If you’re going to give it to me, give it to me the other way around.
TL/N : I’m literally laughing rn bwahahaha, I can imagine her having a teary face
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A few days later, Kion allowed me to go out of the bedroom, telling me to grow my stamina.
Even so, just walking through the hallway was all I had to do, but that was good. After being confined to the bedroom for over a month, I was overjoyed to finally be able to escape from the narrow world.
Why do I have to get permission to leave my room?
Obviously, I was in a position to be indebted to him, so I had no choice but to do what he told me to do. I moved my short legs vigorously, repeatingly questioning and answering myself.
It was a shabby, cobweb-filled, unmanaged mansion, but it was so spacious that I was walking around in the spirit of exploration.
At the same time, I thought endlessly about Kion, who takes care of me.
‘Come to think of it, this body has nothing to do with him even if it dies.’
To Keon, ‘Alicia’ was just a marriage partner who he was not interested in. Also, if a war breaks out, you have to throw it away so that it doesn’t bother him.
Nevertheless, he was surprisingly giving a lot of attention and help.
To be very honest, it’s like a lifesaver. What is prolonging my life now was Kion’s steaming of care.
The original Alicia is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world that no one can match her….. Did he fall for it?
‘Umm… I don’t see him as a man to be tempted by an appearance, because no matter how pretty adult Alicia is, she’s not as good as Kion. Just looking in the mirror would raise my eyes.’
I hummed with that thought.
It was nice to explore the inside of the mansion bravely, but I was curious about the outside. I thought it would be ugly outside, but I’m still curious.
I wanted to look out the window and see what the prince’s mansion garden looked like, but it was impossible with my small height.
All I could see was the sky, which was not distinguished whether the weather was clear or cloudy because the window was full of dust.
What’s the point of having a big window when you can’t see through it?
Knock knock-
Then a shadow cast over the window and someone knocked on the door.
My heart fluttered at the sound of a knock because the only people I had seen in the mansion so far were Kion and myself through the mirror.
‘Ywu- ywu shuprished me!’ (You- you surprised me!)
I sweeped my chest and glanced up, but the sun was setting in the west, so all I could see was a black shadow over the dusty window.
“Is there anyone inside?”
It was a pretty good voice to hear. The man’s soft voice asked again as if looking inside.
“Your Highness, are you inside?”
I didn’t think anyone would come to this messy and unmanaged mansion.
He must be the one who came after knowing the destination properly.
‘I heard that there is no one in the Empire who is looking for the 8th Prince.’
He was said to be an abandoned prince who was sickly and far from the throne.
Literally, he said he had never gone back since he left the imperial palace and no one had looked for him.
Occasionally, people who were wondering if the sickly prince might have died only checked the fact that he was alive and returned.
Therefore, even in the land owned by Keon, his mansion is known as a ‘Haunted House’.
At least that’s what it said in the newspaper I saw.
“Your Highness?”
Perhaps because of me, the man who was standing by the window knocked again.
I seriously thought about it.
Do I have to run right away and tell Kion, or should I answer this man first.
Anyway, I think he’s a guest who came to Kion.
Rattle-
“Excuse me.”
As I was contemplating such a trivial matter, the owner of the gentle voice lifted the dry window.
The window, which cannot be seen as a lock, opened with an ear-catching sound at the man’s touch.
‘Umm… How should I react? I don’t think he’s a thief.’
What would a thief steal from this mansion in the first place?
It didn’t seem like a good guest though. No matter how it was, a man who opened the window of the Prince’s mansion without permission seemed rude.
Is trespassing not a crime in this world? In fact, did you have a friend who could come and go through the window?
With a mind spinning in confusion, I stood idly under the window and watched the man jump in.
“Hm?”
“Ah.”
“…Huh?”
“Umm?”
The man, who jumped down from the window frame and landed, opened his mouth looking toward me when he felt my presence.
The man in neat clothes couldn’t even straighten his waist properly and stole a glance at me with his eyes wide open.
“Who…”
“Who are you?”
When he was about to ask after looking at me for a long time, I asked first.
Because I haven’t decided what to answer his question about who I am. Kion also had not yet told me any answers.
“Then you… Wait, was it not here? No… “
The man looked around with a very confused expression.
He checked again to see if he had come to the wrong place, and he nodded to see if it was right, and looked inside the messy and dirty house, and his complexion darkened.
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“What the… Is this really the mansion His Highness the Prince lives in…?”
The man’s devastated murmur was heard clearly.
Notes :
I think mr butler is here~