9. Crown Prince Came to Me!?

He actually came carrying a box full of chocolate candies with a happy face!. Meanwhile, dad was already looking at him with murderous eyes. Wait!. Dad!. Are you seriously looking at the crown prince with that look?!.

Luckily or otherwise, Lady Helia was taken care of by my aunt so that my dad wouldn't be bothered any more because he inevitably had to meet the crown prince who was visiting our residence.

"Good morning and welcome, Your Highness Yvone" said my daddy. The tone of his voice clearly indicated that daddy did not receive this one guest. If I, this handsome man with a bright expression, did not have the title of crown prince, daddy would have chased him away with the sword stored in his chest. behind the crimson wand he was holding--the wand daddy had used to deal with Earl Lucca's out-of-control totem yesterday.

"Good morning, Duke Leonhart. Sorry to disturb your breakfast time..." said the crown prince as he walked forward. He still smiled even though daddy had already shouted to the crown prince in his heart, "you are disturbing my breakfast time with my daughter!"

"It's okay, we happened to just finish breakfast. Please come in Your Highness Yvone" My dad said. He was really reluctant to let the crown prince in, but he had no other choice.

"Oh, thank God then..."

"So, what is Your Highness Yvone needing to come here for?"

"Hmm. I just want to give chocolate candy to Young Lady Cellia..." replied the crown prince.

Alright dad. Calm!. You can't kill the crown prince just because he came to give me a big box of chocolates!.

"I see. But I'm sorry, my daughter can't eat this much chocolate candy. She could get sick..." said dad. He was emphasizing the word 'sick' so clearly as to satirize the crown prince a bit. But unfortunately, the insinuation was ignored by the crown prince. He doesn't care about dad. The crown prince really came for me!.

"It's fine if it's just one. You can throw away the rest..." said the crown prince. He then signaled the waiter to open the box filled with chocolate candy in front of me on purpose because what child wouldn't be tempted by this sweet treasure?!.

"Young Lady, your dad said you can only take one, so take the one you like okay?" Crown prince said to me.

Ugh!. Dad, why do you only let me choose one among the many tempting flavors of this chocolate candy?. This is not fair!. Ah! But, I didn't want to make daddy sad, so I still took one cute little dog chocolate candy. It reminds me of the dog I wanted to raise in my previous life, but unfortunately I didn't have time to take care of it.

"Oh. Young Lady likes this cute dog shape?" Said the crown prince. I nodded and replied

"um!. Cute dog!"

"I see. I should have brought a small dog for you Young Lady. Sometime I will bring one for you, okay?"

Small dog?. Right!. I can maintain it now?!. My goodness, of course you really want!. I want to raise a cute little dog!.

I was too happy with the conversation with the crown prince that I forgot about daddy who is now seen drawing his sword!. Wait dad!. You can't do it!.

"Cellia is-"

"Of course Cellia can keep a small dog, right?. They can accompany Cellia to play if Cellia is lonely..." the crown prince cut in. He didn't let me say anything. He even glanced at my dad with a look of revenge as if to say,

"you certainly won't let your daughter be sad because she's lonely, right?. So raise a few dogs. no problem right?"

When he heard the word lonely, dad's face softened. He suddenly had a sad expression. Daddy must remember mommy. He also must have felt that I was lonely without my mommy, so my dad's was forced to give permission to the crown prince if he wanted to gift me several small dogs for me to care for.

"Of course. Cellia can have a dog..." said daddy. He smiled at me.

"Oh, that's great. Then I'll bring a small dog present for Cellia's birthday."

Birthday?. That is true!. If I'm not mistaken, I'm only a week away from my birthday and then I'll be four years old. Hurry too. I hope time doesn't pass quickly. I don't want to grow up too fast. I don't even know what will happen to me when I grow up in this world?. Will I have the same fate as in my previous life?. In that case, it's better if I don't need to get married and forever just be daddy's little princess!.

"Oh yes, Young Lady. I also brought toys for you. Choose what you like. You may take all of them too."

Dad had put on a super cold face like he really wanted to make this country frozen by ice, but his cold face immediately melted when Vincent came to whisper something to him so dad had to be 'very forced' to leave us. I wonder where dad is going?. Should he meet Lady Helia who came together with the Crown Prince?. If so, I hope dad won't fall for the wolves!.

In this room lived me, the crown prince, and Vio who was obviously tasked with looking after me. Vio watched us from a distance not too far from where the crown prince and I sat opposite each other on the sofa.

I have many questions for the crown prince, but I can't ask all of them at the same time. Questions piled up in my head so I didn't know where to start. After all, I'm just a three year old child. So what can a child talk about with a grown man these days?. By the way how old is the crown prince?. It seems that he is much younger than Vio and Vincent.

"Young Lady, why are you looking at me with that look?. Is there something strange about my face?"

If you talk about weird stuff. That's your attitude you know!. How could you come here just to give a kid like me a box full of chocolates?. You must have some ulterior motive?. What do you want from a child like me?.

"Young Lady, am I so handsome that you keep staring at my face?"

Geez!. This prince is not only weird, but also has self-confidence beyond limits!. Should I answer you too by saying "why are you willing to come here just to give me chocolate? Do you really like children?!"

Ah. That's terrible. I'm starting to have bad thoughts. What if the crown prince is a pedophile?!. No!. This is very dangerous!. Uhh!. Vio, dad?. Take me away!.

"Very well, Young Lady. Actually I also have business with your daddy, but it seems that an uninvited guest other than me has come and my business is delayed because of that. So, do I have to get rid of the annoying bugs so that your father and I can settle this matter?" Said the crown prince. He seemed to ask but it seemed like he had no intention of getting an answer from me. Actually he was just muttering to himself. Of course!?. After all, if you ask a child for their opinion, you won't get anything!.

But. What did he say earlier?. Business with dad?. Does that mean he's not here just for me? But I'm still curious about one thing. Is that mysterious voice really the voice of the crown prince?.

How do I ask him this?.

If that really was her voice, why didn't she speak in the manner like before? ---talk to me telepathically!.

What if I try it first? But wait... I don't even know how to use any magic myself!. I'm even still curious about the magic ability that can stop the time of the night. How did I do it at that time?.

I tried to remember and reflexively tried to imagine the hands of a clock that had stopped moving.

Ting!.

oh!. What happened?!.

Time really stopped?!.

I saw the birds on the balcony stopped flying. The falling leaves also stopped in the wind. Vio. No need to ask. Vio looks more like a robot....

Meanwhile, the crown prince. He paused in a state of staring at me, then quickly the change in his face was visible. The crown prince smiled at me!.

Her smile is so sweet, but I got goosebumps made her. Forget that demonic smile….

Why is only the crown prince not stopping?.

"Young Lady, why did you activate the magic?. Are you too shy for me to say you want to go to the toilet so you have to stop time so I don't know you went to the toilet?" Said the crown prince in a relaxed tone and I think he is the type who is good at using his tongue to tease and say things.

Plop!.

Sounds like bubble burst is heard then I see all the things that were stopped are now moving again.

Deg!.

Deg!.

Nging!

Really?. Is it true that everything is moving again? Why does something feel weird? I like seeing an illusion that makes everything return to normal. Ah, my head is getting dizzy. I'm feeling nauseous too!. It would be a shame if I had to vomit up all the delicious food I had eaten this morning. My body became very limp. What happened?. My eyes look weird too. I feel like I'm on a merry-go-round horse that moves with apparent motion. The sight I saw was a beautiful and dizzying kaleidoscope. Various sparkling colors kept moving to and fro irregularly.

"You can't Young Lady. You shouldn't be able to use your magic now... see? Your body can't take it right?"

Someone said something to me. Is that the crown prince's voice? Seems right. The sound was very close. Apparently now I'm in the lap of the crown prince?.

"It's okay. You can sleep for a while. No one will know if you're unconscious now..."

"Don't worry, I've cast my time distortion magic. The real time is stopping now. And what everyone else besides us is seeing is an illusion of time…"

"In other words, we are in a different time space now…"

What? What was the crown prince saying earlier?. Time distortion magic?. that's his magic ability?. Oh right. Back in Earl Lucca's residence, people were also talking about the crown prince's time magic. What did Duke Carrion say?. Oh. I think Duke Carrion said that the crown prince was the only person in this kingdom who can use time magic.Is that time magic so special?.

Wait. Can't I stop time too?. Does that mean I also have special magic like the crown prince?.

"Hm. Maybe you won't understand if I explain now, but please remember if you have to keep your skills a secret, OK?, Young Lady Cellia Leonhart..."