"What do I have to do to get his majesty to love me?"

Atanasia stared the person in front of her with a face stained with tears. However her father, the emperor Claude only stared down at her with no emotions in his eyes.

"Do I have to be like Jennet? If then, will you love me? Just like how you act towards Jennet, gently calling my name with eyes filled with warmth? If I work hard than I do now..."

Her beautiful step sister. That lovely Jennet gaining glory that Atanasia has never had before, yet haven't taken enough and also stealing his dad.

Having the nerves to mention that name in front of him, she was already mentally messed up right now.

"Instead of throwing me out, will you welcome me with an embrace with those hands of your's?

"Never a chance even if I die."

"How come?"

However, Claude didn't hesitate to answer. He was not in the slightest surprised looking at the always calm daughter being that pitiful in front of him.

"I also am your majesty's daughter. I was here with you longer than Jennet has."

This took all of Atanasia's courage to beg her first wish, and was her last appeal. However, her king, her dad kept his emotionlessness 'till the end.

"Foolish human,"

The hands that were gripping onto Claude's

legs lost all it's strength and fell to the floor. The strong words that will make Atanasia's mind and thoughts skewed. It was cruel enough to make her ears bleed any moment now.

"I've never had once considered you as my daughter."

The clear ocean blue stained eyes of Atanasia possessed a deep desperation....

"Gasp*!"

Crazy.

The sudden thought of a certain part of a novel made me extremely speechless that I had dropped the ding-ding sounding thing. (Note: aka 'Baby Toy Bell' The shaky thing.)

Why did I suddenly have a thought of the novel I have previously read before? It was a romance novel she had a glance at when a customer left at the gaming centre she had previously worked a part-time-job at.

The novel had a very irregular title and fitting to it well, the plot of this novel was also very irregular and childish.

Is it because the 18 year old princess who ends up getting killed by her own father's name is the same as mine? Argh. I'm very unlucky. Shoo, shoo! Get outta my head right now!

"Jeez, what is it? Who's making me mad repeatedly dropping stuffs?"

Just then, the sleeping women sitting on a chair woke up due to that bell sound. Then she threw a stick at me. Obviously, this made no sense at all.

Repeatedly? I had only dropped it once! What else have I dropped to get this treatment. Also, babies drop stuffs frequently!

"Stop being noisy and play with this quietly."

Even so, you wouldn't even wash the toy that has been dropped to the ground? I don't know if it's a piece sh*tty world or are these people just simply not paying attention to me just because I am the lowly treated princess. I think I am a former princess... Sniff, I do not wanna believe it.

"Wahh!"

I had dropped the bell once again to the ground.

Even though I am a baby who can only crawl, this is just not right.

Just then, the bad maid started to calm me down. Even so, there was annoyance shown on her face.

"Why cry? I am busy since have a lot to sew. Here, I'll grab it for you."

"iswh. (This)"

I don't like this toy! I had already dropped it twice so it's dirty, moreover this is not my style! Even though my physical body is a baby, if you realise how old I am mentally, playing with this bell wouldn't be so fun!

"Is she sick of it now?"

She tilted her head a few times, then placed me who was playing on a carpet, back in the crib. She must have left off to the 'Maid Place' (Sorry, no words available to call this 'Maid Place'. My apologies!). If you are going to bring another bell, then don't even come back.

"Wah ngh"

I calmly lied down and shifted my gaze. When I did, I saw a hand so soft and squishy under the moving mobil.

Sigh. No matter how many times I look at it, I can't get used to it.

I was sure that I fell asleep after taking my sleeping pill... When I opened my eyes again, I was looking like this in this shape. Does this make sense? What is this, earth is not even a fantasy novel yet I have turned into a baby.

Moreover, the who maids who works for is me, who is the princess of this country. The world definitely went insane to it's furthest.

"Princess!"

Ah, this maid is always like this! Are you allowed open the door of a room where a baby is so suddenly and loud, and also scream as you want?

"The head maid had said that we are lacking budgets. Just play with what you have here."

The maid had forcefully made me grip the bell with my hand and went back to sowing.

"I won't try to calm you down even if you cry this time. I really am busy."

The words and her tone she chose to use was always very unkind and harsh.

I. Am. A. BABY! Are you thinking that I would be able to understand what you are saying? Wahh, that is soooooo unfair!

Maybe this is it even for the real princess. Being an orphan in my previous life, I was grateful that I was born as a princess who had a gold spoon in her mouth, but... Why does it have to be a mistreated princess! Wahh!

TO BE CONTINUED

I was an orphan.

An older girl from the same orphanage as I went to my past life once had told me that when I was a new born baby, I was wrapped in a piece of clothing and was laid there in front of the orphanage.

When I first heard those words was when I was a year before the age to enter the elementary school, February, and that older girl was at the age of 19, the age you'll have to leave the orphanage.

Since my mom didn't even give me a name, the head of the orphanage had used a phonebook (A telephone directory) to give me a name, 'Lee Ji Hye'.

When I heard that, I was like 'Okay, then.. In the orphanage were a lot of kids who were just like me, and it was to late for me to feel the feelings for my absent mother. The eight year old kids from the orphanage weren't even a kid.

In the small, and barely fitting orphanage, I could only fight with the orphanage kids for food.

So when I thought of the older girl who had left the orphanage, it gave me a small bit of hope and excitement to leave this cr*ppy place.

However, reality was not something that can know of just by your imaginations. Even more so for an orphanage girl who doesn't even have money, and... well, anything!

After leaving the orphanage, there was nothing I have not done to earn money. I've washed dishes until my hands went numb, and I've also worked at a gaming centre where there were cigarette smokes all over the place.

I've eaten out-of-date Korean sushi and had worked in the superstore. Not only that, I've washed cars under the burning hot weather and even got a heatstroke.

I've dreamed of living as a normal student, like study and go on a date, but as for me, I didn't really have time to spare. I've only worked my life off, so I couldn't even set my gaze off my work for just a second.

Wow, there's really no hope for me. In the winter, I was scrammed inside my unheated house, shivering from cold and thought of stuffs like that.

The very next day, I had work in the midnight but couldn't even sleep because it was cold. If this were the case, the summer was much better. I was worried I would get frostbite if I slept in this state.

But while living, it wasn't just once I've stayed like this. It's been like this for days after days.

Leaving me with no choice, I've ended up begging the landlady and had the sleeping pill I've gotten the day before. The sleepiness made me leave all my worries. And when I opened my eyes, I was a princess.

***

"Abwa."

Today was the same as any other days. For the whole day, I ate, pooped, and blankly stared at things. I was still confused if this was reality or just a dream.

"Our beautiful princess Atanasia."

What's fortunate is that there weren't only bad maids, but good ones too.

I smiled at the maid shaking the bell, playing with me. She was a young and beautiful maid with brown hair and pure blue eyes. She looked to be at the age of early 20s, and it looked to be at the age of early 20s, and it seemed like maid who will care for me this month is this girl right here.

Why don't I have a nanny but a maid when I'm a princess? Pfft! That's because I was this certain mistreated princess.

"You should grow quickly and healthy."

She was so beautiful that when I first met her, just staring at her face would make my head go blank and drool. The innocent maid's name was the majestic Lillian. Ah, just how well her name fits this extreme beauty!

So I (mentally) call her Lilly for short. It's awesome to have a maid with such a beauty who would make people staring at her mind go blank. Sigh, isn't this already a successful life.

"Uwa, bah."

But calm sadness had eventually filled Lilly's face who was looking at me. Oh no, it felt like my heart was ripping into pieces when I like my heart was ripping into pieces when I stared at such a beautiful girl in front of me to look this sad. When Lilly looked at me, she would be reminded of something and would frequently make that face.

Sister (Korean people call any older people either sister or brother.), don't make that kind of face. You look the best when you smile.

"My my, princess. It's time to sleep."

But the happiness was just for a moment, by Lilly's statement, I ended up struggling in disagreement.

Telling me to sleep when the sun is up there in the sky, still very energized! Even though I felt sleepy when I had already slept for very long because I was a baby, this was a different situation. Play with me more. It's too boring here.

"No way. You'll only grow up young and healthy when you eat your foodies and sleep soundly."

My struggle did not work. Looking at me playing with the bell under her own soft 2 hands, she once again smiled.

"Lillian!"

At that moment, a voice was heard out of the room. That maid always do that. I'm weak and small so I get 'surprise surprise' easily!

Lilly, who also heard those words, had wrinkles form between her eyebrows. Her hands that were gently patting my chest in case I got scared made me feel good.

"Princess Atanasia, I'll go out for a moment and will come back soon."

I waved my hands on purpose of signalling have a nice moment. Even so, it will look like I'm struggling in her eyes. Sniff.

Left alone, I rolled my eyes that were staring at the celling while lying down. I looked around the gorgeous room, and observed the patterns on the celling. Moving my eyes over more and more, the sparkly furnitures and decorations entered my eyes.

I was always curious when I saw them, but are those real golds? I'll have to try biting them later when my teeth grows. It's another story if I still am alive by then of course.

TO BE CONTINUED

I pointed at the image in the novel. There was a man planting a sword in a large throne..

"Oh my. Do you recognise this person?"

How am I supposed to know.

"Yes, you're right. It's your father, my princess."

Wait, what? The bastard who completely abandoned his wife and daughter?

"Ba ga! Tash!"

Bad guy! Trash! I cursed at the man in the fairy tale.

"Aw, how clever of our princess."

As I roughly pointed at the man in the picture, Lily stroked my head like she was proud of me.

I couldn't read the letters, but based off of what Lily said, this person was the current Emperor of the Obelia Empire.

The image depicted him as a hero who got rid of the violent past emperor who had made a contract with a devil.

I couldn't believe he had been shown as a just and divine Emperor when he had killed everyone in his harem and completely neglected his daughter.

I panted in rage.

"Oh, I've never told you his name."

My face grew sour as Lily spoke.

"Would you like to see the picture again?"

Nope! I'm not one bit curious about that bad guy!

But my face froze at the words in my ear.

"The father of Princess Athanaisa is Emperor Claude de Alger Obelia."

My head was filled with question marks.

What? What did you just say?

She must've felt my curious gaze because she smiled again as she stroked my hair.

"And you, princess, are Princess Athanasia de Alger Obelia."

Huh? Even my full name is the say as the princess in that novel? I remembered the name because it was my first time reading a romance fantasy novel and seeing such a long name.

"Usually names of the royal family aren't repeated, but when the Emperor saw you, he gave you the middle name. So you are definitely loved by the Emperor right now."

Wow, even that was the same. How uncomfortable....

But was it just me, or did anyone else feel something was off? Haha....

Let's see. How did the novel go?

was a famous romance fantasy internet web novel. Or that's what the middle school student who left if behind said. I tried reading it when I was bored during work, and I didn't understand why.

Like the title says, a lovable princess appears. The second princess of the Obelia Empire, Jannette.

There were two princesses in the novel, but one of them was just a tragic supporting character, and the main character was definitely Jannette.

She was an extremely beautiful princess with brown eyes and the exclusive blue eyes of the royal family.

Jannette was as beautiful inside as she was on the outside, so she was loved by everyone. Not just the citizens of Obelia, but all the males of the continent fell in love with Jannette.

And one of the people who loved her dearly was the Emperor, Claude.

Isn't it obvious that a father should love his daughter, you ask? Well, you don't know Claude.

Claude was an extremely cold and rational person who killed his own father and the original heir to the throne, his brother, to become the emperor.

Claude was revered as a savior because the past emperor always flung violence around, but that didn't mean he was nice.

Evidence being that he massacred everyone who used to live here. But anyway, Jannette was the lovely princess who managed to melt that cold human's heart.

Claude discovered Jannette's existence when she was 14. Until then, Jannette resided at one of the three pillars of the empire, at the Duchy Alpheus family's home.

Jannette's mother, a Marquess, was Claude's fiance. but she died after getting kicked out from the palace.

Was it because she was someone who had never experienced hardships? After reading the novel I immediately threw the novel down on the counter in frustration.

Sheesh, Claude and Jannette were real scoundrels. That was my review of .

But wasn't the book awful? If you think about how Jannette received the love of literally everyone while Athanasia was left out.

Princess Athanasia with blonde hair and blue eyes, of the same age as Jannette.

Born from a lowly dancer mother, she experienced a completely different childhood than janette.

Unlike Jannette, Athanasia's existence was delivered to Claude as soon as she was born but he neglected her and put her in the Ruby Palace.

And Athanasia grew up being scorned and ignored.

So Athanasia grew up very weak, always having to care about what others thought of her.

She first met her father on her 9th birthday. Her father was holding a ball for emissaries of foregin countries. He didn't even remember her birthday.

Athanasia accidentally took a wrong turn after following the lights and sounds.

She met Claude in the garden of the Emperor's Palace. And he walked right passed her after seeing her. Starved for affection, Athanasia thought it was fate that she met him.

Even before Jannette appeared, she was depressed because of her father.

But still, Athanasia did everything shou could to be loved. So Athanaisa grew up talented and accomplished, but on her debutante ball, Duke Alpheus presented Jannette to the world and all her hopes were shattered.

Athanasia was somewhat gloomy and dull compared to Jannette, who was always full of sunshine.

So in a way, it was inevitable that Jannette would be more loved.

As the story continued on. Athanasia became even more timid as Jannette was emphasized as the perfect princes.

How bad was it, you ask? Well....when Jannette, who had arrived late to the party first arrived at the palace, she had a hard time getting used to the palace life. Even Claude didn't pity her at that point, so the person who helped her was Athanasia.

Gosh, what a stupid girl. She should've been worrying about her own life, not taking care of her rival.

The naive Athanisa got Claude's love that she so desperately wanted taken from her by Jannette. And she ended up being killed by her father.

On the day of a grand ball, Jannette was poisoned, and she was pointed to as the suspect.

Actually, it was a false charge. It was a trap set up by Jannette's aunt, the Countess, who considered Athanasia an obstacle in her niece's future to become the next empress.

Athanasia wasn't even an obstacle, however, because she didn't get an ounce of attention from Claude.

And most importantly, Athanasia wasn;t bold enough to do something like that. If she had known the truth. she would have drunk the poisoned glass herself to save Jannette.

Because she knew that Claude would be sad if something went wrong to Jannette. Athanasia was that pathetic and pitiful.

All the Countess expected was Athanasia to be incarcerated, or dethroned from her spot as the first princess.

But what kind of person was Claude? While Jannette was on death's door, he killed Athanasia, who wasn't even confirmed to be the culprit.

It was her 18th birthday. It had been exactly 9 years since she first met Claude. Wasn't it quite ironic?

Later, it was revealed that the Countess was actually the culprit, but Athanasia had already died, falsely charged.

And Claude, who didn't love anyone other than Jannette, felt no remorse for Athanasia.

The angelic main character Jannette felt responsible for Athanasia's death, and she was riddled with extreme guilt, but with the consolation of her lover, Ezekiel, she was able to move on.