Chapter 2

The escort knight, Sir Guard, standing behind Tess raised his eyebrows slightly, but didn't say anything in return. There used to be a maid who followed Tess, but she secretly said to Tess that she didn't like me, so Tess sent her away.

"I heard that Euseniel has no intention of marrying the Crown Prince."

Mother answered without a change of expression on my behalf, and Tess dropped the tableware he was holding.

"Why? Why? Why doesn't Euseniel want to marry me all the time? Is the Duchess against me and Euseniel getting married?"

His teary form was not unusual, so I quickly said something.

"Are you going to cry, Your Highness?"

"Hiccup. No. I won't."

With tears in his blue eyes, and while sniffling, he winced when I said 'Your Highness'.

Yes, when there were other people besides the two of us, I should use his proper title. Because I didn't want to be arrested for blasphemy of the imperial family.

Tess hated his title being used.

Even now, he must have wanted to grunt because he hated it, but it was a little sad to see that he was not holding back and crying, so he wiped his tears with the napkin that he had placed on his lap.

Then Tess asked with his nose red.

"Euseniel, why don't you marry me?"

"It's because Your Highness is not my cup of tea."

"Are you talking about that?"

Tess, who had already asked me to marry him hundreds of times and got the same answer, listed my preferences one by one.

"A person who doesn't cry, who is taller than Euseniel, should be able to hug you and be smarter than Euseniel. A person who understands everything Euseniel is saying and can be a conversational partner, must use magic well even if he is not an archmage, and has a good body through regular exercise. The swordsmanship is also top-notch."

Nodding my head delightfully, Tess crunched his eyes and continued speaking.

"A person with dark black hair and dark eyes like the night sky. A person with soft double eyelids, and a pretty smile. Someone who looks very good in black."

"That's right, Your Highness."

As soon as I clapped as if he did a good job, Tess had tears again at the corners of his eyes that he had wiped thoroughly.

"But I don't have black hair...."

It was. The part that made Tess despair was none other than the appearance.

"Yes, so stop thinking about marrying me and have dinner."

In a respectful but rude tone.

Sir Guard didn't care, as always, and neither did my family. My exclusive handmaid, Mei, behind me would probably be restless.

"Euseniel, can you change your taste? To me."

"My taste is naturally good, and it is not something that can be changed."

"Can't you still love me?"

I turned away from his hazy eyes and spoke softly.

"Won't you eat, Your Highness?"

Tess began to focus on his meal as if he understood that it meant to stop talking nonsense and eat. The blue eyes seemed wet, but I couldn't accept everything.

"Because we ate, let's exercise!"

Tess, who had finished eating, ran to the training hall with strength, but that was the end of it. He collapsed on the floor and shouted loudly.

"My stomach hurts!"

Who told you to eat and run?

In the meantime, I changed into my sportswear and went past Tess and headed to the corner of the training hall.

"Welcome, Miss Euseniel."

The knights of the passing family gave some greetings, and I responded in accordance with the etiquette.

Because of that stupid Tess, I couldn't digest everything and came to exercise, so I could only do stretching. I have to run in the evening.

Exercise was as important to me as reading a book. After all, I was chased and killed by some freaking jerks in my previous life. I tried to run away, but I was caught and dragged away.

-My daughter…!

My accident happened in the middle of a big city, so I was quickly taken to the hospital because I was quickly discovered by people. My mom could see me too, but alas, I ended up closing my eyes in front of her.

-My daughter, what about my daughter? Don't leave Mom alone. Open your eyes, huh?

In my fading consciousness, the thing that pierced me until the end was a mournful, wet voice. Mom, whose nerves were weak and sensitive, suffered from all kinds of diseases.

Then she eventually fell ill.

I regretted that I died before Mom. It's my last memory to think that maybe Mom might just collapse as well.

I thought I was dead, I was quite surprised when I was able to open my eyes, but I was grateful that I had been reborn.

The first memory in this world was of a beautiful woman. My mother right now, Ciel. She rejoiced, saying to my father, Millen, 'a cute child has been born'.

Obviously I died, but I was born as a completely different baby.

At first I thought it was a dream and denied reality, but by the time I took a step, I decided to admit it.

A dream wouldn't be so vivid and unpredictable.

After acknowledging my rebirth, the goal I set was to find Mom.

This was possible because they acknowledged that there was another world out there. There must be a way to go to another world. I had to find it.

"Euseniel."

This means that there was no room to take care of the little boy who was whining next to me.

"Yes, Your Highness. I'm going to run."

I was just trying to stretch because I was afraid of a pain in my stomach, but I ended up running away from Tess who was approaching my side.

"Euseniel."

Then, little Tess gasped and started following me. This was a huge growth.

The movement I did to break off from Tess peacefully had now become a routine for Tess. At first, he collapsed before he even went halfway around this large training hall, but now he can run about one lap.

Of course, it was far from me, who started running here as soon as I started taking my steps.

After one lap, Tess was already sitting under the tree, looking at me.

"Euseniel, I have a scratch here. Blow it for me."

"If you're hurt, you should tell Sir Guard or someone else… !"

You damn prince, do you want to see who gets scolded? I was stunned, so I almost spoke rudely. I glanced at Sir Guard, but he didn't seem to mind.

What was important to me right now was to live like invisible dust. First of all, I was rumored to be a strange child, and I was the only daughter of the famous Hardland family, so I didn't know what to expect, but anyway!

It's just annoying to get involved in a troublesome thing for hurting the Crown Prince.

His knee was bruised and bleeding. Tess didn't budge when I told him to go to the main building, and in the end I had someone bring me a box containing items to treat the wounds.

"It will sting."

I wiped the area around the wound familiarly.

When I was applying the disinfectant, Tess clenched his hand and frowned. I put some medicine on the wound and even put gauze on it.

Up to this point, Tess kept his mouth shut as if in pain, so I stroked his head.

"Euseniel is kind."

"So suddenly?"

"You played with me, treated my wounds."

"That would be so with everyone. Well, it's done. Stand up."

I took Tess's hand and lifted him up.

"You were injured today, so go early and rest."

Tess grabbed my hand and limped, ignoring Sir Guard's offer to hold him. He wanted to hold my hand and walk.

Tess stood in front of the carriage and looked up at me. I was on the big side for a six-year-old, while Tess was on the small side for his age.

I opened my mouth to ask if he was going, but he spoke his words first.

"Euseniel is not nice to me just because I am the Crown Prince."

It was so close to a whisper that I couldn't hear it, so before I could ask what he had said, Tess hugged me.

And he kissed my cheek. I became sad that people around me were not surprised at how often he was like this.

"I like you, Euseniel."

Tess, who moved away as quickly as he approached, quickly got into the carriage. No, he was going to get on, but it was so high that Sir Guard put his hand around his armpit and put him inside the carriage.

"See you again, Euseniel."

The boy greeted me like that before the door closed.

Why did Tess like me so blindly? This kind of favor was unfamiliar, so it was difficult to cut it carelessly.

No matter how Tess was the Crown Prince, there was a way to prevent Hardland from coming to play. Our family was a powerful family, and other families did not like our family to monopolize the Crown Prince.

Using this, I was able to shake off Tess.

But he sometimes had a face so lonely that I doubted whether he was a child, so I couldn't bring myself to do it.