Kim Jiyoung 29 years of living was suffocated by poverty and only a glance at people.
She is now Alicia Edharth, but the essence was the same.
That’s not my essence! My instinct, my sixth sense said.
TL/N : What it means is although she is in Alicia’s body she herself aka her ‘essence’ is still Jiyoung
It was a little rude that this man was never harmful, but at least he didn’t seem to be Kion’s enemy.
“Who are you, owd man?” (Who are you, old man?)
Now, in fairly short conversations, I could speak again and again without sacrificing my pronunciation, but my tongue did not grow longer in a short period of time.
That doesn’t mean it’s shorter, but it’s all thanks to the bleeding effort. She was somewhere that If you bite a pen practice pronunciation, you’ll get a little better.
I opened my eyes round, tilted my head slightly, and asked again.
“Who are you, owd man~?” (Who are you, old man~?)
I used to look in the mirror every day to check my angelic appearance with admiration. Alicia, who has a beautiful appearance that no one can match, was so cute and lovely that she wanted to bite her off.
Of course, she was cuter when she spoke with her eyes wide open and her head tilted slightly, it was a fact that she confirmed several times.
It didn’t go too far away from what I expected. The man’s eyes twinkled and turned his body completely to me and said.
“I’m not an old man.”
That’s not what’s important right now.
“….Kuh-hum! What I’m saying is, this elder brother is from the Imperial Palace”.
You look older than Kion at first glance, what do you mean elder brother?
He looked neat and warm, but he didn’t look so good because she was so close to Kion.
It is not wrong to say that humans are animals of adaptation.
When I thought of Kim Jiyoung’s life in my previous life, it sounded like a burst of laughter because I was full, but I really felt that way.
“Ah! That’s right! I saw the announcement. The mansion’s gate was open but the front door is locked, so I came in like this, but elder brother is not a bad person.”
“…They shaid thhat if shomeone goesh thhrough a window, thheye a thhief.” (…They said that if someone goes through a window, they’re a thief)
“What do you mean a thief? Making such a big deal about it! This elder brother isn’t one.”
TL/N : Sir you literally trespassed someone’s mansion…..
“A bad pershon doeshn’th shay thhat yhey are bad.” (A bad person doesn’t say that they are bad)
“That’s true, but elder brother is not it.”
“Why ish owd man noth ith?” (Why is old man not it?)
“I said I’m not an old man.”
“…Old man?”
“Elder Brother.”
“Owd man, the door is thwre.” (Old man, there is a door there.)
“Of course, elder brother also knows that there’s a door over there, but no matter how much I knocked, no one came out so I had no choice but to come in like this.”
I squinted at the man who emphasized being an elder brother.
He also has no conscience.
I thought that he should at least be considered as my uncle, so I kept calling him old man.
The man squatted down to completely meet my eye level, opened his eyes wide and looked closely at me.
“By the way, who are you?”
The man, who had been making excuses for his rude behavior, asked again as he realized that it was not time for a meaningless conversation with the child.
‘What should I say? I can’t say that I’m the new hostess of this mansion.’
I only thought about the cause of my younger body, but I didn’t think deeply about what to do in the future.
First of all, I had to live, overcome the pain, and adapt.
Kion fed me, put me to sleep, and took care of me, but he didn’t give me any detailed explanation.
In fact, when asked what I should call him, he didn’t answer anything.
I used to call him ‘Prince’, but it’s probably not the correct answer.
He probably tried to think about it and let me know, or he forgot while thinking about it?
Anyway, Kion wouldn’t have expected someone to come out of the blue like this and in the imperial palace at that.
After all, in what world would a guest come through the window?
Why can’t I see Kion today? Usually, wherever I am, he just pops out.
“Child? How did you get in here?”
“…”
“This is where His Highness, the 8th Prince of the Empire, lives though.”
“…”
“Who are you?”
“…Umm”
“Perhaps…”
My heart flinched for a moment.
The man’s gaze at me continued from head to toe. It was quite different from what he had been looking at out of curious about before.
The gaze of the search was not unpleasant, but somehow it shouldn’t have been revealed that I, who became younger, came to this place as ‘Alicia Edhard’. I don’t know if it’s anyone else, but at least he’s from the Imperial Palace.
Considering Kion’s position and mine, at least anyone from the imperial palace had better be careful.
Since ancient times, it has been said that a power struggle is the result of life. Even if it is abandoned, the prince is the prince.
And I’m not the evil woman of the enemy country who doesn’t care when they kill her!
My whole body trembled.
My head was spinning round and round, my lips curled inward and he gripped the hem of the shirt I was wearing. It felt like I was going to sweat from the tension.
‘What should I say? What should I do? What should I do….’
So I would’nt die?
Fear came crashing down like a wave as if some switch in my head was pressed down. Just like I became Kim Jiyoung in my previous life, I felt like it was a time when I would get kicked if I said a word wrong.
The instinct of not wanting to die was making my head abnormally tangled, which would normally have worked properly.
“…What’s going on?”
A heavy, low-pitched voice echoed quietly in the hallway.
It was a moment when my head, which had been tangled in a mess, was completely emptied at once.
When I looked up and turned, I saw Kion standing next to a large white tiger.
He looked drowsy in a robe with long sleeves as usual, but he looked particularly reliable today.
I realized that Kion was the only one in the world who could protect and take care of me. I must not miss this.
My life saver.
If that person abandons me, it’s over.
So, looking at Kion looking at the man with a slightly cold gaze, I raised the corner of my mouth and shouted brightly with a smile.
And shouted vigorously.
“Dad!!”
The desire close to the instinct to live lost reason, and to that sudden cry, the two showed different reactions.
The man’s expression changed to astonishment, Kion still standing with an unknown expression and next to him, with a mouth open revealing its sharp teeth was the white tiger’s reaction.
Why is it, Why does it feel like that beast is laughing again?
“…D-d-da-dad? “
I felt something was wrong with the reaction of a man stuttering while chewing his tongue, but I couldn’t undo what I had already said.
I don’t think I can explain it anyway. It is obvious that this small body, Alicia herself, will be troublesome in many ways.
Since I’ve spoken nonsense, I’ve decided to be shameless.
“Dad! thwat owd man ashked there, cwame in!” (Dad! That old man asked there, came in!)
My short legs was moving vigorously.
I’ve only walked so far, and never ran, so my legs got tangled and I almost fell, but fortunately, thanks to Kion’s rush to catch me, I didn’t fall and break my nose.
Kion, who was squatting while holding my shoulder with both hands, came to face close to my face.
After making eye contact with Kion, my conscience was pricked with guilt for making this handsome bachelor into a child’s father in an instant.
Cold sweat drizzled down, and I swallowed my dry saliva. I rolled my eyes slightly and tried to look elsewhere, but Kion’s gaze was very hot, as if he was going to pierce my face.
‘Argh…Damn it.’
Anyway, I had to deal with it. Once I became shameless, I’ve been shameless once, I didn’t want to do it twice.
I calmly bent my maple-like fingers and pointed to a man with his mouth open with my index finger.
“Twere! Thwat owd man ashked!” (There! That old man asked!)
“….”
“Tchu me oh… ashked hu I am!” (To me oh…. Asked who I am!)
The white tiger’s breathing sound was quite rough next to them.
It looked like he was really smiling, but I tried to ignore it.
Because that wasn’t important now.
I licked my lips, furrowed my eyebrows, and lowered my eyebrows to the corners of my eyes, glancing at Kion’s eyes.
I tried to convey my current situation to him.
Please, please understand my heart. First of all, to get out of this situation, I wish you would match my words!
However, Kion looked at me and kept his mouth shut, perhaps because he was an ice statue.
His hand, which was attached to my shoulder, seemed to have put a little force on it, unlike usual.
“Yo- Your Highness the Prince? What is this…“
The man, who had only opened his mouth in shock, looked at me and Kion alternately and asked, fumbling.
Then I became impatient. I thought Kion would be completely denied if I stayed still, so I lowered my hand that pointed to the man and carefully pulled Kion’s long sleeve.
My lips were sticking out and my eyes were burning for no reason.
I could feel that the feelings that I really didn’t want to die was dominating my body.
‘I mean, are you going to say that I’m your wife? are you going to say that I became like this because of the aftermath of drinking poison? Are you going to make your wife, who doesn’t have a place, fall further into the abyss?’
I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. Kion frowned slightly. It was a small change, but only then did his golden eyes slowly shifted and headed to the man.
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Notes :
Although it was “mister” in the synopsis, I decided to use “old man” here so the conversation will make more sense, in korean they have similar meaning so… (The word is used to label a man who is old enough to be your uncle but not blood related)
Literally the White tiger’s and Beldum’s reaction when Alicia said “Dad!” :