3 3. Towards cuteness

It's already been a week since Acelina came to this world. Getting used to this world was difficult, but she had no choice so she tried her best. Her body was stiff, but whenever she had the time she would try to stretch so she would grow up strong and not like one of those princesses in towers, like from the fairytales of her old world. Acelina's father( xalvador), the emperor hasn't visited her since last time, when she started crying.

For the past week she was trying to fish out information from the maids who came to clean her room.

She didn't really understand why the maids came to clean since the only place she could be in was her cradle, but she quickly brushed it off as a noble thing.

As luck would give, the maids where extremely chatty and didn't hold back on anything. Apparently she was in "Kadar" - the capital of a kingdom named "Luberg" which of course is ruled by her father- the emperor- Xalvador von Luther de Acares. The moment she heard that she decided to call him " Xal" for short.' I didn't even know my parents names in my old world, he better not be expecting me to say that every time I see him' Acelina snorted as she directed her attention back into the heated conversation.

" I pity that child. She doesn't even know she's gonna get killed." Said a maid in a voice that had a hint of disgust.

'BOOM'

" I know right, a bastard of an unmarried woman, who does she think she is"

'BOOM'

"But why hasn't he killed her yet? Is he not going to?"

"Of course not, he killed all of his new born babes up till now. Once they started crying he just grabbed the sword and they're gone in a flash. What makes you think he would spare this dirt." The maid spat out the words not caring about how twisted her face was.

'BOOM BOOM BOOM '

Acelina's mind went blank. One word echoing in her mind. "Killed".

'Im such an idiot! How could I forget that he killed my mother right in front if me? Oh I'm so dead!! What to do... what to do?'

Acelina was lost and confused as she didn't know what to do next. Of course she's not willing to abandon her newly acquired life as a princess, but how can she think about a leisurely life when you have to worry about not being killed al the time?

The maids saw the baby getting restless in the cradle and didn't ponder much about it while quickly leaving the room not sparing a single glance.

'Maybe she'll die sooner so we don't have to work as much'. The maids in the castle truly hated the imperial family which consists of the emperor and now the newly born princess.

At this moment Acelina was lost in her thoughts so she didn't even notice how all the maid left and started panicking even more.

'Ok....you can do this, maybe he won't kill you, right?.....aah who am I kidding of course he'll kill me.... oh what if I run away?? Yeah runaway where to the other side of the cradle? '

' I really need to calm down now, think of solutions....hmm what do people like.. dogs, dogs are ...cute right. That's exactly what I need - cuteness, overwhelming cuteness, oh and smarts.. although not sure how that will work out'

After having a heated discussion with herself, Acelina came to a conclusion- be cute. I mean no one would kill someone who is cute, right?

In a dire situation like this she just had to use her charm to survive. Acelina believed that she could train her father the way she wanted to so from now on she would put more effort towards a bright and leisurely future.