If I Happened to Tame my Brother Well Ch. 1

Keep quiet.

“Mirthy.”

Ugh. He’s awake again.

“Where are you going, Mirthy?”

He was looking down at me with his unique red-colored eyes.

Maybe he saw the point of my feet heading out. He used to make me uncomfortable only by his eyes, even though he was just a child.

I just smiled, ran to him obediently, and hung on the end of the bed.

“What? No, no. I am not going anywhere.”

“Mirthy, you are not going anywhere, aren’t you?”

“Sure. I am here beside you.”

Like this, I will survive and leave for another country when I grow up.

For this, I will make more personal connections!

I will never care about the position of the queen!

Because in this novel, this red-eyed boy will become a tyrant who kills every single sibling, regardless of their age or gender!

“You are my favorite brother.”

I smiled like an angel and rubbed my face on his hand.

I blinked my eyes hard to make him think I looked cute.

If I did not have such an adorable face, it might lead to a negative result.

Seeing my action, he gently winked at me. Wow. A little boy acts like an adult man.

I was blinking my eyes because I got nervous, not excited.

He started smoothing over my hair like he was taking care of a little one who is the cutest and most precious.

Even though he was still a kid who needed to be cared for–he could not know he would chop my head when he grows up.

When you are born and hit by someone on your hip, you get to cry. Waa! And when you are just one year old and hit by someone on your head, you get to cry. Waa!

I cried ‘Waa’ the second time after I was born.

It is awkward to anyone the time when they are born.

However, no one remembers the time when they were born.

Nonetheless, I had to remember my second time to be born exceptionally.

Do you want to know the reason? Because I got hit by someone one more time.

“Waa! Waaaaaaaaa!”

“Ugh, it’s so loud. She is so crafty to get attention as if she’s an adult.”

To be honest, I did not realize who she was. My vision got blurred, and I felt my dizziness worsen.

What is worse, I got hit by her hand on my head and was still feeling the pain. From her hitting me like a hammer, I caught by instinct that she was so powerful. I tried to move to get out of harm’s way.

“How could this baby have chubby hands …… She does not look like the queen. I mean she does not look like her mother at all.”

I thought it was weird that I couldn’t really move.

When I tried to move, I would see chubby hands of a baby, waving in the air.

I wanted to hit her back twice because I got hit. But I couldn’t do this. Instead, I just wanted to see her face to know who had hit me. When I tried to see her and move my body, I felt something’s wrong. My body was short.

It was very short. Too short, compared to my past body.

“How poor Queen Milleotre was …… She just died like that …… We can understand why the king does not like Princess Mirthy.”

When I tried to stand up with great effort, she hit me again and made me lie down.

Waaaaaaaaaaaa!

This time I felt so hurt. Really hurt. What’s the problem with her? Why can’t I move? I was so sad and was about to burst out crying.

But, this sadness disappeared right after she mentioned ‘the name’ of someone.

“The king doesn’t have any luck with wives. His former wife died too, while giving birth to the Prince Euphil Raize.”

…… Euphil Raize? Milleotre? Mirthy?

Right when she said that, I realized something was wrong.

“Ah-ah.”

She glanced at me. I could see how she felt annoyed about me.

She approached me and put a pacifier into my mouth.

“Yes, yes. Mirthy. That is your name, princess.”

Then, she laughed like she couldn’t understand herself.

“How could a year-old baby remember this? Why am I telling her this?”

One year old. Mirthy. Princess.

Instantly I stop my thoughts of revenge toward her and tried to stand up myself. I just opened and closed my eyes over and over.

And, I saw my hands. The baby hands that waved just before my eyes.

Then, I burst out crying again. There was no way to express my anger except for crying.

Oh shit, am I in a novel?

You may be happy to be in the novel, if it is a normal novel, and you are the princess in the novel, and you are the most beautiful in the fictional world.

However, if you should be ‘Mirthy Raize’ in the novel, your thoughts would be changed. Because she is the beautiful princess that died young.

To be precise, her half-brother ‘Euphil Raize’ breaks out in revolt and kills all his siblings including her. At the same time, the number one knight in the kingdom, who loves her, dies.

Everyone said he is the number one knight in the kingdom, but actually, he is the second. Because the number one knight is Euphil.

People could not make songs to pay their respects to the poor dead princess and the battle of those two knights. But, I have not forgotten about the character Mirthy even for a second and have had thoughts of her steadily since I’m her in the novel.

Yes. She is me! I am Mirthy!

I was reincarnated into a poor baby who will die when she is nineteen years old by her head being chopped off!

Oh, my goodness.

“Ah-ah.”

I flipped my chubby body over. It made a sound, and she glanced at me. But, she turned her face away from me, saying, ‘Whatever.’

I felt like I had a headache.

Nobody loved me. I do not care about that anymore. That’s already what I know. The most important thing is my life is not the maid’s kindness.

Anyway, I know while I am not given the kindness from anyone, the number two knight falls in love with me, would stop by to see how I am doing in the novel.

This is what I know from reading it before.

But it is futile. Because, even if that knight is on my side, he cannot beat Euphil. This is true according to the novel that I have read.

Whew!

‘Wew.’

I made a second sound, and she paid attention to me and came to me.

She was not kind, though, she did what she needed to do. She was so horrible that she hit a year-old baby, but she provided the meal to me.

“What’s the matter, princess? Are you already hungry? You ate food just two hours ago. This is why you’re so chubby.”

Is my chubby body a big deal? I believe a baby is so cute when they are chubby.

I was about to explode with anger … But I hold in my anger and opened my eyes wider. Then I closed my eyes slowly, over and over.

“Neh … Neh.”

To tell you the truth, I was not hungry.

No, while I was saying it, I actually became hungry. Anyway, I needed to be alone to think. If she’s going to bring me food, I would have the time to be alone.

I blinked my round eyes and beamed at her, saying ‘Ahh.’ Then, the maid instantly loosened herself. Look at her. My strategy works this time, right?

“I know, I know. In a minute. I will bring some food for you.”

Then she pinched my cheeks as if she was annoyed. Waaaaaaaa! I burst out crying, feeling the pain on my cheeks as she then left for the kitchen.

The name of the maid is Ante.

Apparently, she needed to beg for wood chunks from a guard in the palace for me here. It’s not a good thing to her that she needed to serve me here.

At first, she must have been happy because she became a maid for a princess. However, when she found out—it’s like she stepped onto a mine. I felt sorry about that, but I couldn’t be sympathetic since she harassed me.

While Ante was not here, I had to think quickly.

Because……

“Here you are, princess.”

“Ahhhhhhhh.”

After eating something and now full, you feel sleepy.

“ahhhhhhhh.”

Oh no, I began to feel sleepy……

I fell asleep right away.

It took so long time to make a plan. I had not known that it’s so hard for a baby to think.

When I thought for a second, I became hungry and sleepy. There were many times when I fell asleep while turning over my body.

Is this the life of a one year-old baby? I didn’t know everything about a baby, but suddenly I felt pity for all babies.

Among them, I was surely included.

This is the result of what I came up with.

I am not sure, though, it seems Euphil’s mom was also dead. Because she was called the ‘ former queen’. And apparently, the reason why I was abandoned is related to the queen—the only queen who was loved by the king. She was dead right after she gave birth to me.

What a small-minded man. How could he think the baby killed her mother?

The king might have the same feeling on Euphil. Even though he might not have loved his mother, he might have the same feeling of a baby who led his mother to her death.

The difference in age between Mirthy and Euphil is five.

Now Euphil is six.

I have wished all the time that I’d be at an age when I could walk as soon as possible.

‘The winner in this kingdom is Euphil. Therefore, I have to make Euphil love me!’

I know that the number one knight is useless. This palace is also useless, which will be eventually abandoned. I never want the title of a bad luck princess. All I need is the life that will continue even after I grow up.

‘I have to prepare for this.’

I made a promise to myself. I looked at a place where I thought would be the palace where Euphil lives. I looked at the place as if I wished he could feel my love.

My plan was all about this:

‘I will make Euphil love me!’

Yes. For now, I need to show my kindness to the powerful, crazy man to survive. I have to do anything for my life to continue.

I decided to have pity for Mirthy in the novel, instead of myself. I’ve already lived out my own life once. That was my life limited to 22 years.

Put simply, my past life was a time-limited life.

This is so unfair. One time I was dead at 22, and now my destiny is to die at age 19.

I wanted to check if this is a dream or real life by pinching my cheeks. Turns out, I didn’t have to do that. Because the maid Ante kept pinching my cheeks and hitting my head with her hands, so there was no way for me to not know this is not a dream. She made me feel terribly hurt.

In my past life, I lived my entire life with  a rare disease. The disease could be cured. But, I didn’t have the money to pay for the medical treatment.

My life was of a petit bourgeois (lower middle class.)

I was abandoned. I was sent to live with my relatives, and my cousins used to ask me, ‘Hey, when will your mom come?’ Since then, I had been of a mere ‘petit bourgeois.’

I became shy and tried to not attract anyone’s attention. In all of that time, I had not wanted to be a burden to them.

As soon as I heard I had a rare disease, I began to regret all the past years that I was living under pressure. If I had known that I would die like this, I would have done anything that I wanted to do. I would make many friends and go out with many men. I would travel to a nearby place at least one time because I didn’t have much money to travel a lot or go abroad. My mind was full of these regrets.

It was so awful that I was going to die.

I spent the days being short of breath, spitting blood, and had a burning feeling in my stomach, and not being able to endure ending up falling down.

And one day, I saw Ante’s face when I opened my eyes. The past life is why I do not care about Ante’s unkindness. Because I got used to others unkindness.

As soon as I grew up, I tried to leave for another place to be independent. This is what I have already done in my past life. Probably it would be easier for me whose a princess to try this again. In this second life, this cannot be a big deal.

Social position? Princess? These are worthless to me. Anyway, I was going to die. It’s just like a rare disease in my past life.

I clenched my small fists. I was determined to leave this palace before Euphil broke out in revolt.

No, I need to get permission to get out of here.

No, I don’t need anyone’s permission. I don’t care about the position!!! My future sons and daughters will never know I was a princess!!! I will speak out loud and leave this place.

‘You are the king, Euphil!’

After I proclaim this, I will leave for good.

For this ……

I looked around and gave a sigh of resignation.

Ante turned to me and looked at me as if she thought I was weird. I ignored this and started to toddle.

Yes, four years of my life went by quickly.

I already became a five-year-old girl.

As you know, a five-year-old girl can walk as she likes. I mean I can do and act like a human being now. Although I stammer a little, I can now speak my mind. I thought Ante couldn’t pinch my cheeks because I can speak. But, the reality was different from what I thought.

I still remember what Ante said.

‘Princess, whatever you speak out is useless. Nobody listens to you.’

I knew this already. But, saying that still hurt me deep inside.

End of Chapter one!

Although I have already known Mirthy’s life since my past life, I still felt bad about her life. There was no one who would listen to a five-year-old child who was being harassed.

Instead of pitying myself, I decided to pity the Mirthy from the novel.

‘How awful this is.

She barely found anyone who would want to be on her side. The only one who was on her side just ends up dying in the end.’

Certainly, she had an unfortunate destiny.

Euphil is actually not the main character, though he takes an important role to influence the story of the novel. Mirthy is just a mere extra in the novel.

I knew only a little about her besides her dying but what I mainly knew was that she felt lonely and was quite beautiful.

Although I was capable to walk, I intentionally fell down. The reason was that I wanted to cry. No one would think that it is weird that a child cries when he or she falls down. Still, even if I had cried without falling down—there was no one to see me.

Anyway, I started to walk slowly and began to take a look around the princess palace. Then, I began to feel that my situation was hopeless.

Valuable decorations were worn out in the princess palace. I was looking for some gold to take for myself. But, they were also worn out. I could see why the maids were not able to take gold for themselves from here.

“Phew.”

I sat down with folded arms.

I wonder how Euphil is doing now?

I read the story in the novel about him that he would master martial arts like a legendary fighter. But, there are not detailed descriptions of his childhood in the novel.

I felt like I was about to cry. But, I just wiped away the tears. Then, I moved my feet.

‘I will do something on the side and earn money for myself.’

Yes. When I have no money, all I need is labor to make money. I started to put my brain to work.

How can I earn money? What should I do to make money in the palace as a five-year-old girl, while not letting Ante know about this?

I looked around the palace for the first time. I could not find any hope there. Nonetheless, this was the biggest house than any house where I had lived in my past life.

First of all, I started to investigate myself. Because there were not many descriptions about Mirthy in the novel. All that I knew about Mirthy from the novel was that she is a beautiful woman who had purple colored eyes and small feet.

Actually, I was so surprised when I saw myself in the mirror. I saw myself as a doll. I felt like I became prettier as I became five years old. Ante harassed me less lately. Is my prettiness the reason for why she’s harassing me less lately?

My hair was silver with some pink shades on them. They were like a precious silver thread. I could see that I had purple eyes on chubby cheeks. I moved my head and then confirmed it was me. Surprisingly, I was so cute.

There was a room filled with mirrors on every side in the princess’ palace. Those mirrors were old, broken, and rusty but some parts were good as they could be used.

In the mirrors, a tiny, pure child was looking back at me. I felt my heartbeat thump. I realized the meaning of the saying that the beautiful die young.

I think that Ante is not an ordinary person. Even though I had such a beautiful and an adorable face, she still continued to harass me. How couldn’t she feel the need to hug me?

I kept on praising myself over and over again as if still trying to convince myself that this face was completely mine. While I was walking around, I kept poking my cheeks to check that this face was really belonged to me.

I felt my heartbeat.

Although I walked around for such a long time, I was not able to find Ante. She used to leave the palace around this time. I did not know where she went since I was not able to follow her. Anyway, she is not here now.

‘Finally, I will go outside the palace today!’

They say that if you know your enemy and yourself, you can win every battle. I do not want to win every time. I just wish I could win sometimes.

To achieve my win, I had to find out about the geography around here. No one told me about who owned each palace. I clenched my little fist tightly.

‘I know I will not die until I become nineteen years old. Before the time comes, I need to look around!’

However, I was just five years old who was not strong enough to walk around for a long time.

I panted for breath and collapsed besides a pillar. I was in the place one block away from the outside! I was looking at the way to the outside and was about to cry. Right at the moment, I surprisingly heard something moving like there was someone.

‘What!’

My hair felt as if they stood on the ends.

Who in the world comes here? Is it Ante? If it’s her, I would be pinched or hit by her powerful hand!

I shut my eyes tight until the sound of footsteps came near me.

“…… Who is it? Who is in the princess palace here?” the voice asked.

Hiccup.

I started to hiccup and tried to open my eyes slowly.

Hiccup, hiccup.

I was scared. My eyes began to fill with tears. When I opened my eyes, there was a guard who looked quite embarrassed.

“Are you the girl with purple..eyes? No, princess?”

“Hiccup. Waaaaaaaaaaa!”

“No, no. Please don’t cry! Princess! I am sorry! I am really sorry!”

“Waaaaaaaaah!”

Wow, I’ve heard the saying of ‘I am sorry’ for the first time ever.

Because of his saying, I smiled inwardly but I still kept on crying, hiding my happiness in my mind.

No. I was actually really scared. I have never seen anyone else than Ante and the other maids.

Anyway, the guard was embarrassed. I kept crying because I did not want to be blamed for it.

“Hiccup, Waaaaaah.”

“Princess…… Princess.”

“Hiiiccc, Hiccup! Waaaah!”

“Do you want some pies?”

I stopped crying.

“……pies?”

I have never heard the word of pies here before. Were there pies here? Isn’t this the place where you cannot find any dessert?

No, I have seen scenes like a tea party or ball that showed delicious desserts in the novel. I assumed desserts were not in the princess palace.

I glared at the guard. Because of my facial expression, he hurried to give me some pies.

“These are not bad. Well, these are what my wife packed for me to eat for dessert…… She said that they are so sweet because there are raspberries in them. Also, she said that my son really liked them.”

“Yes.”

Oops. I should have said no to him at least one time before saying yes.

I was looking at the pies, like I really wanted it, with my purple eyes filled with tears.

“……. I would get…….. in trouble ……. if I eat something that a strange man gives …… to me.”

“I know! I know! Yes, Yes. I see Ante has been doing good at teaching you. I am not a stranger. I am the chief guard for this palace. My name is Valk.”

No way. Ante had not taught me anything like that ever.

I rolled my eyes and opened them wide. I saw that his face became brighter. But, he quickly hardened his face.

“Valgu?”

“Yes, yes. Valgu. You can call me Valgu. Are you alright with that? Please have some pies now. If someone sees you crying, I would be…… No, nothing. Never mind. Humhum.”

“Pies…… Valgu…… Then, could we be friends now?”

“No way! How could I be friends with a princess? I cannot be your friend.”

No, you are not right. As you said, you are the chief guard. That means it is better for me to make you my friend for my life. I also couldn’t help wanting him as a friend especially that Ante has harassed me over and over again because she needs to beg a guard for firewood.

I attempted to make the cutest face by puffing up my cheeks.

“She told me that if someone gives me something to eat was not a friend……. I can’t eat……”

I closed and opened my eyes filled with tears.

Tears were falling on my cheeks. I saw Valk’s eyes. I caught on that he was perplexed and embarrassed.

He spoke out loudly.

“Yes! I am your friend! Now please eat some pies, princess!”

I smiled inwardly.

He was my first personal connection. Even though he was just the chief guard for the secluded princess palace, he was still in the position of the chief.

Shining before my eyes were some delicious pies with purple jam in them.

Yum-yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum.

“Is it good, princess? You have jam on your cheeks.”

“Oh yes, yes…… It’s soooo good.”

I devoured the raspberry pies quickly like a beggar, putting jam on my cheeks.

I felt like I was about to cry because I ate something oh so very delicious. I was originally not the one who cared much for this kind of sweet food but it was the first sweet thing I’d ever tasted since I became Mirthy here.

Ante has never given me anything sweet. I sometimes caught her while she was eating her snacks. I would wonder what she was eating but she would just stare at me. Unfortunately, I could just tell that she didn’t want to give me any.

She was not the easiest person. Even though I have such an adorable face, she never opened herself up to me.

Ante kept telling me that I was chubby and did not look like the queen at all. Before I found the mirrors, I assumed I was ugly.

Now I can understand why the knight could fall in love with Mirthy when he saw her at first sight. It is all thanks to her beauty. In the novel, Princess Mirthy used to hesitate to show herself to others because she thought she was ugly. But then, she realized that she was actually beautiful when the knight named Mihail, showed her to many people. Since then, she had been called one of the most beautiful people in the world.

Falling in love for the first time at nineteen and death at the same age.

That is such an awful misfortune.

Until she became nineteen, she had thought that she was ugly. What is the matter with an ugly face? Even though she had not known about her beauty, she should have at least tried to be outside the palace at least one time.

That was the reason why when I found a room filled with mirrors, I was shocked because of my real appearance. I could not believe that was actually me. I looked around to see if there was another pretty child.

When I raised my right hand, the pretty child in the mirror raised her left hand.

When I raised my left hand, the pretty child in the mirror raised her right hand.

That meant she was me.

‘I have been doing great at enduring unkindness and abuse. I became already used to it. I am great. Yes, I am doing great.’

I kept nodding my head, while eating the jam that was on my cheeks by using my finger, after eating up the pies.

I could see Valk was satisfied with that as I gobbled up the pies.

“Haha, well. Haha. I’ve already known my wife is good at cooking, though. Haha.”

“Cooking?”

“Yes, princess. It is called cooking that someone makes food like those pies.”

“I have never eaten something good as your pies before.

“Really? Was that so good like that?”

He grinned with delight. It’s probably because he was praised by a member of the royal family and that people say that children do not lie.

Yes, I am a member of the royal family. Yet, I was abandoned.

According to the novel, the hand of Mirthy is clear like she has not washed dishes in her life. That means Mirthy does not have to work to make money for living. She is a princess that the king does not like though. I guessed she could get something from the king.

If my guess is right, that means that Ante who harasses me, the chief guardian Valk, so-called Valgu, and other guards have been stealing those that the king provides.

‘They each probably think that they are stealing just some of them but there has not been my share ever.’

I sucked my fingers while thinking of how I could solve this problem.

“Valgu, Thanks! I love being your friend!”

“Haha, Haha. To have a friendship with a princess…… I love that too.”

He then nodded. He did not dare to wipe the jam off my cheeks completely though.

Ante hadn’t feared anything related to me because she couldn’t imagine I would be outside. But this situation was different because someone like another guard could have a chance to look at us. I wasn’t sure about how it would work out if it actually had happened.

Anyway, it was a good sign to me that Valk was cautious. It meant his position gave him some burden.

I nodded. I was thinking I would eat the jam that was left on my cheeks before coming back to Ante.

“Mirthy is going to look around outside with her friend.”

“Do you mean that you want to take a walk outside?”

He is so smart. I nodded enthusiastically.

“Yup. Yup! Ante told me that it’s really beautiful outside.”

“Did she? This garden….uhhh…Yeah, it was beautiful.”

From his sentimental tone of voice, I was able to catch what it had implied. I just pretended to not know anything.

Yay!

Making this sound, I stomped my feet with a delightful look. My adorable face and antics caused Valk to grin.

I guessed that the garden was in a mess before I saw it.

I guessed they weren’t able to hire any gardener even though they had received money from the king. It’s probably not enough. Or perhaps, it would have been better not to hire any gardener for them. If a gardener did well managing the garden where the abandoned princess lived, it would lead the king to become angry. This would probably cause them to land in trouble.

Think about it. If someone takes care of the one who you hate, how would you feel? Furthermore, if you were a real dad for the kid but others take care of the kid like they are parents, how would you feel?

It might be possible for them to be able to escape the wrath of the king. It was sure that the situation was utterly beyond their control. I knew well about this situation. It was because I had an experience in my previous life that my neighbor, a woman willing to be kind to me left after she became hated by my aunt.

“Is it beautiful?” he asked me.

“Yes, um, Yes. It is. Could we talk outside?”

“Yes, Yes.”

I caught Valk’s finger in my grasp so I would look like a pure child who could be led by a kidnapper.

“Shall we go?”

With my purple eyes, I looked up at him. He was at a loss what to do, but he couldn’t help but grin at me.

“If you hold my finger like this, I would be scolded. However, I am going to do it so you, princess, would not fall down.”

“Yup! I learned that I have to say thank you!”

I told him ‘thank you,’ as I waved my hand and held onto his finger tightly. In my mind, I could hear the sound ‘hehehe,’ but I pretended to know nothing.

“You are very well educated. Then, shall we go now?”

I nodded, and then I barely walked step by step, depending on his hand.

It’s a lucky day! Finally, it’s the time to see the world outside the palace, that I had been very eager to see.

When we made it outside, I admired the sound of birds with fresh air and the old garden that certainly used to be beautiful at one time.

“Wow! Yes! Mirthy has never seen this kind of beautiful thing! It was real.”

The trees did not appear to be cared for and the garden was somewhat in a mess. However, there were also the old fountain, marble decorations, and fence that were sculpted artistically.

I felt like I came into a secret garden that nobody knew about. I was so excited that I saw a garden that attracted me than I had expected.

Valk’s face was flushed with excitement as he grinned at me again as if a dad looked at his daughter.

“If I had known that you would love it so much like this, I would have led you here earlier.”

I knew he had not thought of me before this but when I saw his face, I wanted to believe that he truly meant it.

I replied back.

I gave a smile on my face just as a pure and good child would do.

“It’s ok! Mirthy is so happy to see it with Valgu for the first time! Because Valgu is Mirthy’s friend!”

“Ha……!”

It seemed that my adorableness was effective on him.

I continued, though I pretended that I knew nothing and I glanced at him who was covering his face with his hands.

“Valgu, are you crying?”

“No. I am doing this because I am so so happy.”

He certainly looked like he felt guilty.

Sure. He used to harass us, Ante and me, with firewood for my room. He had to feel guilty.

However, I was five years old who couldn’t know such things.

“Then, Mirthy is also going to cry! Because I am happy!”

“Oh, No. No. Princess. How about taking a walk?”

“Yup!”

And my attack to his guilty conscience began.

Valk took me close to the place he had patrolled as if he escorted the princess. It’s probably the first time when he realized that he was the chief guard after spending time with me.

As I continued to talk to him, he was beginning to look uncomfortable since I kept attacking his conscience. I pretended to do it as naturally as a good child would do.

Finally, Valk murmured and asked me quietly.

“……Princess, isn’t your room cold?”

“Yes, a little bit. They said it’s basically like that because it’s made of stone! I am ok, using my blanket.”

“Oops! Hmm. Yes. It’s cold since it’s a palace made of stones.”

“So I sleep with my ‘puppi’. That is my bear toy…… I’ll introduce my puppi to you because you’re my friend!”

“Thank you. I really…… My heart is torn with sorrow.”

I tilted my head cutely and widened my eyes.

“Torn? Valk, do you want to tear me?”

My eyes were quickly filled with tears.

You can bet that I pinched my thigh to make this happen. He was not able to notice me doing that since my hands were covered with the baby dress.

When he saw my tears, he lost it.

“No, No! I don’t want to tear you. I am your friend, princess!”

He seemed to not know what to do and he gently put my hand down.

“Just a minute, please. I’ll be back soon and you stay put. I have something to do.”

What is something to do, leaving a five year old child alone? I nodded and waved my hand to say goodbye.He ran away in a hurry. Seeing him, I smiled. Huhu.

It was a success. I thought I would be able to sleep in a warm room. I was slightly shocked that he felt that guilty to leave a five year old child alone and disappear like that. Is this power of an adorable face? From his action, I got a hint how to get a gold coin.

‘Now I see what I should do to collect money……’

Anyway, I needed to grow a little more to do something.

I let out a big yawn. I felt sleepy from walking, it was only a little though.

“No. I shouldn’t sleep here……”

My eyes became heavy. I yawned once again. I thought it would be all right if I slept here because Valk would take me back to my place.

Looking around, I found a big tree. The bottom part of the tree looked like a good place to sleep. I walked to the big tree and immediately laid down. Then, I felt like I was about to sleep and my began to close slowly.

Then.

“Who is this child?”

It was right when I was about to sleep.

It was the voice of a child. I thought the voice sounded pretty but my assumption changed after hearing this.

“She is sleeping like a worm, rolling her body like that.”

……What? Worm? Who is this child’s nanny? What did the nanny teach this child?

I was willing to say something, but I fell asleep. I got used to people saying bad stuff about me so what the child said wasn’t that bad for me. I felt a small hand pat my hair.

Did my mom do this to me when I was a child? I think I used to fall asleep easily having that done to me.

“She has a leaf on her. …… She seems cuter than a worm.”

I fell fast asleep.

When I opened my eyes, I felt something soft on my cheeks. The feeling was so good that I rubbed my cheeks on the cloth repeatedly.

“Hm……”

I had not felt this kind of soft before. My blanket in the princess palace is soft but it’s old and worn out, so it’s not so soft as this. Is this feeling from the bottom part of the tree?

But I was shocked when I was reminded of the place where I fell asleep.

‘It’s weird?’

Certainly, I fell asleep at the bottom part of the tree? But I was lying on a bed with a soft blanket.

Did Valk take me to my place? But the blanket was so soft, unlike mine……

“Do not rub your dusty face too much.”

It’s definitely not my place. I heard a voice.

I raised my head. There were ruby red eyes looking at me.

There was blond hair like the color of honey. There was a chubby child. Now, what did the child say? Pondering this, I unconsciously held the soft cloth tightly.

It’s so soft. I feel happy.

The child frowned. In the first place, the child glared at me without any welcoming expression. Wow! That was a perfect face enough to be a child model. Even though the face was not welcoming, I kept looking at the handsome face.

“I said that do not rub.”

“Excuse me?”

“I said that you do not rub your face on my bed.”

Wow. A little child was telling me what to do like he’s my boss or something.

I tilted my head sideways and looked at him. While I was opening and blinking my eyes, he sighed deeply.

“Your brain’s so slow. I’ve brought you here who was sleeping like a worm.”

“A worm?”

“Yes. Worms sleep like you.”

“Mirthy is not a worm.”

“But you slept like a worm.”

As I kept on talking to him, my face went sour. Because of this, he became perplexed.

“Are you about to cry? Don’t do that. It bothers me.”

“Mirthy is not a worm.”

Ok, no!

There are many living things that sleep, rolling their bodies, such as a mammal. But, why does he call me a worm? I did not know who he was but I would be able to forgive him since he’s so handsome.

However, this was another matter. Calling me a worm was unforgivable.

“Mirthy is…… Not a worm.”

The child became even more perplexed.

I got it. I know how to handle him now.

I realized he did not like a child crying. Then, I will certainly do what you dislike.

After I decided this, I filled my eyes with tears. It was quite easy for me to do this. My hand was already placed on my thigh to pinch.

“Mirthy is……”

“I know, I know. Not a worm. You’re cuter than a worm.”

Cuter than a worm? Was that actually a compliment?

With my unsatisfactory face, I saw him.

I did not forget to look who he was while fighting with him over the worm argument.