chapter 23

I felt so guilty as Lilly and Felix would think that I am an actually 5 year old kid and am actually heartbroken. Euuuu...

"Piggy back ride."

And~~ I am a kid! Felix seem to freeze for a second when I acted like nothing had happened yesterday. And a bit after, with a low pitch sigh 2 familiar hands picked me up.

"Have a nice trip." (One of Korean way of saying bye)

"Lilly, bye bye!"

"Will be back." (One of Korean way of replying to what Lilly said.)

But doesn't this look like a daughter and the 2 engaged people? Lilly was smiling after witnessing me who was acting like I did every day. The same went for Felix. Wait, they aren't going to fall in love like this, right? No! Lilly is mine!

"I'll take princess to his majesty's work room today."

I stared at his back of the head while sucking my lollipop on Felix's arms.

"Looks like we have to wait a while."

It was already twice since I saw this door. Lilly and I have crossed this door to the room when I was littler than the current today.

Kuckk. How long has it been from then 'till now? No, should I say how short it was? Because I think a lot happened all these time of me trying to live.

Anyways, if you are going to make a people wait at least tell us to wait in the other room. Claude's manners are poop as usual, poop! Now just any poop, a dog poop!

Open.

But the door opened when I was judging Claude's manners. Oh, is it finally my turn to get in? But it was first for the person who was inside a while ago to exit.

I thought that someone very short would come out as that is how the room door made the shadow to look like. But now that I see this person, this person was not small.

He was a man more aged than Felix who came out the Claude's work room door. But is he white or is the aura around him white? It was some weird aura around him and I didn't like it.

This man has different kind of charisma than Claude has. He looks young but his white hair makes him look older.

(He is an old man with white colour hair, not that it has turned white because of age.)

I examined him for a long while sucking on my lollipop. But Felix and this man seemed to know each other. The unknown white man was the first one to talk.

"Sir Robain."

Heeeeh? What the. Seeing him meeting up with Claude in his work room, I realized he was from a noble but is Felix a person you would greet so happily with? Is he that close to you, Felix?

"Duke Mr. Alfius, it's been a while."

But I was shocked by the next word Felix had said.

W-what? Did you just say duke Alfius? This man? For real? By Alfius, his family is the one who took care of Jennet 'till she's 14!

"I was curious where you were since you weren't in the room but you were here."

I widened my eyes and peeked out to see the man more clearly.

Eek. So his hair was not white but silver. Ha, I see now. <Lovely Princess>'s male lead Isekiel Alfius was the one with shiny silver hair and golden eyes and was the kingdom's number 1 husband any girl wanted to have as. Now I see that he got colours from his dad.

"My, I couldn't see you."

That man seemed to realize my presence after I peeked out. Soon, he bowed in manners.

"I am Roger Alfius. Obelia's luck to be with you."

He was bowing in manners but if this person was Roger Alfius, it was obvious what's in his mind.

Jennet who was approved as the second princess and who became the only one to take the thrown after the first princess, Atanasia has died. And the duke Alfius family who took Jennet in since a new born baby.

Doesn't an image form in your mind just hearing this much? Why would Alfius family accept Jennet from Jennet's aunt's request when he isn't connected with Jennet's mom in any ways? Well, there hid duke Alfius's darkness.

Well it wasn't that she wasn't loved though. But that duke Alfius was more interested on what he'd get in the future.

Honestly, Roger Alfius was one of the characters most greedy. He had a good life using Jennet well.

Especially because he got a great amount of power after Isekiel and Jennet married.

Now, too, he was just examining me with a innocent face. Heh? What. Are you comparing Jennet and me?

Wow, mister stupid. I am 5?

I just smiled like a stupid girl who knows nothing.

"Hehe. Hi, Whitey white mister!"

Yes, so, is Jennet doing fine?

"Whitey wh...."

Felix jaw dropped after repeating what I said half way with nothing in his mind. Seemed like he realized seeing that I was pointing at that duke Alfius. Think it went the same with duke Alfius as he soon questioned.

"You... You are not stating me, are you???"

"Mister looks exactly like white doggy!"

"..."

"Wanna eat this? It's a delicious thing."

Talking again with a brightly smiling face, I grabbed my lollipop with my spits all over it and reached it out to him. Roger Alfius made a face like he's seeing something so weird. Why, looks like Isekiel and Jennet has never done things like this to you.

"Pfft."

But a laughing sound escaped Felix's mouth. Then his shoulders starts to shake....

This oppa has exploded. I see that you are holding that laugh in but do something with your shoulders shaking badly.

"The princess seem to like duke Mr. Alfius."

"...."

Of course that was not going to make Roger Alfius feel better. If it was Isekiel or Jennet who said it, he would be able to get both in trouble but since he couldn't to me, all he could do was trying to keep his face and twitching his eyebrows like that. 

And I shook the lollipop as if I was saying 'what are you waiting for? Take it'. Now his mister's eyebrows were riding a rollercoaster.

But he couldn't not accept a princess's gift and reached his hand at it.

But before it made contact, I hurried brought it closer to me again. Of course, Roger Alfius now was in a situation of raising his hand at nothing.

I again started to suck on the lollipop staring at his gold eyes which was starting to express absurdness. 

Slurp slurp slurp slurp. (Sound of jjock jjock jjock jjock.)

"...."

Slurp slurp slurp. (Again, sound of: jjock jjock jjock.)

"...."

It's great, right? It's probably so absurd. But you could do nothing as you can't teach a 5 year old me a lesson. Kehehe. This is fun.

I, who gave and stole again from Roger Alfius spoke with a scary face a while after seeing his face express annoy.

"Slurp...! Bad Mr! I heard that white doggy was not supposed to eat this kinda stuff."

"Pfffft."

Felix was too busy to stop me as he was busy laughing inside with his shaking shoulders. It must be funny to see Roger Alfius who leads the other nobles with his cold charisma get this kind of treatment from a kid.

"What a... What a cute princess."

Roger Alfius stayed silent for a moment and then muttered in a low tone. Eek. I should probably stop now.

"Atti wanna see papa!"

"Hmm hmm. Then let's go in."

I said and Felix cleared his throat, trying to hold in the laugh. He then spoke, smiling, with a completely different tone of when he greeted Roger Alfius earlier.

"I'll be excusing myself. Duke Mr. Alfius, too, have a safe trip."

"Bye bye, Whitey white Mister!"

"It was an honour to be able to meet you.... Obelia's luck to be with you."

Of course he is a duke to not be too thrown off with my words but what are you going to explain of the 'dot dot dot' silence part with. Tsk tsk. Still like a kid even when you are an adult.

I just waved smiling so brightly as there's a saying that you can't spit on a smiling face. Through the closing door, he tried to smile and waved too but this couldn't be any funnier.

"You've come."

Right after entering, I saw Claude on his thrown with his one hand hanging on the thrown and the other supporting his head with his elbow on the side of the thrown. 

You did not greet Roger Alfius in that position, did you?

"Yes, your majesty. We met duke Mr. Alfius at the door."

"Whitey white mister!"

From my statement, Claude questioned me.

"Whitey white mister?"

"He looks like whitey white doggy!"

Claude who now realized what I was talking about, seemed to lift the edges of his mouth very faintly. It was just as short as flinching but I clearly saw it and that was not a flinch.

Did you just smile?! I saw that!

"A great nickname for that noisy barking-all-the-time Alfius."

He's a duke, isn't barking-all-the-time too much? If the story flows the way it flows, he's going to be on your side!

"Did something happen?"

"It's always the same whenever and whatever they talk about."

Claude ended the conversation with a few waves of hand. But he was now staring at Felix.

His lips curved upwards into a smirk that could now be seen clearly.

"You've professionally become a delivery man."

Wow, how could he make fun of someone so hatefully? Felix seemed to be embarrassed from Claude's words and set me down on the floor right away.

I started to run with my 2 short legs to Claude right when my foot touched the floor. Ah! I forgot something. When I stopped in track and run to Felix again, Claude made an absurd face. I walked back to Claude after handing my lollipop to Felix.

"Now I think about it, I heard that duke Mr. Alfius also has a kid of the princess's age."