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“Ah, it’s nothing!”

Anais showed a defensive attitude.

She stepped back, looking at me with a wary gaze.

“Just a moment. That’s not what I meant to say…”

“I’m feeling unwell, so I’ll leave now. I’m sorry.”

And with that, she turned and swiftly ran away.

I was left standing there, unable to stop her.

Feeling strange, I gave up on my walk and returned to my room.

After all, I never thought that a place filled with dreams and hope, like a fairy tale land, would be free of such incidents.

But…

‘I feel bad.’

In the orphanage where I lived in my previous life, there were many children who had been abused by their parents.

I knew how painful it was for them because I took care of them.

‘Could it be happening to Prince Henry too?’

I didn’t know unless I checked, but it didn’t seem like the Empress would have beaten her son.

She wanted to raise him to be an emperor, after all.

But it would be good to check just in case.

[This is the time separator]

I decided to consult with Nathaniel about the matter concerning the Empress.

The problem was that it wasn’t easy to meet Nathaniel.

He didn’t sleep in one place, and I couldn’t tell what he was doing all day.

In the end, I had no choice but to wait for him to crawl in as a baby dragon.

After staying up for several nights, I finally caught Nathaniel, who was creaking open the window.

When I flung open the halfopen window, he rolled into the room.

He glared at me with round eyes, as if he was angry.

But he wasn’t scary at all.

Such a trivial and cute thing.

I picked up Nathaniel and put him on the bed.

[What’s up? Didn’t you sleep?]

“I have something to talk to Your Highness about.”

He looked at me with narrow eyes.

[What is it?]

“Do you know that Empress Lenisha has been abusing Princess Anais?”

Perhaps I was too blunt, as Nathaniel blinked his large eyes.

[I don’t really know. I thought it might be the case.]

“Hmm. And you just left it at that?”

Nathaniel frowned, as if he felt my words were a criticism.

[Would they believe me if I told them? I’m almost estranged from them, and it would only make things worse.]

“That’s… true.”

“Hmph.”

He snorted and turned his back, curling up to try to sleep.

I patted Nathaniel’s back and apologized to him.

“I’m not blaming Your Highness. I’m just worried about Princess Anais.”

[She seems to be quite fearless, so I don’t think she’s too concerned. How strong can the Empress be?]

“But she was wearing long sleeves to cover her wounds on this hot day.”

Nathaniel finally turned his back to look at me.

[So you want to help, is that it?]

“Ah, well… Yes. And Prince Henry might have been abused too.”

[Henry wouldn’t have been treated like that. I’m sure of that.]

Nathaniel stretched out, then walked over and rested his head on my lap.

Before I knew it, he yawned long and mumbled.

[Whenever you step in, things seem to go wrong. Why don’t you stop?]

“Please forget about the Teresa incident. And this time, I’m not acting alone. Your Highness will help me!”

My flattering remark seemed to please him, and he began to wag his tail.

It was really like a puppy, expressing emotions with its tail.

If I hadn’t known his true identity, I would have chewed and adored him every day.

I satisfied myself by patting his back.

[Alright, if not me, who would stop your absurd plans? Come up with a plausible method first. If it makes sense, I’ll help.]

Nathaniel agreed more easily than I expected and fell asleep quickly.

It wasn’t even ten o’clock yet, but he must have been quite tired today.

I carefully placed him on the pillow so as not to wake him and got into bed myself.

I thought about how I could help Princess Anais without causing any trouble.

The next morning, I woke up early and slapped Nathaniel’s back, who had turned back into a human, to wake him up.

“What’s this?”

“Get up. We have to go for the morning greeting.”

“What?”

With a look in his eyes that said, ‘What nonsense is this?’ Nathaniel checked the clock again.

“What time is it, and you’re saying we’re going?”

“We have to go as often as possible to get close, regardless of the time.”

“You…”

Realizing what I was trying to do, he grumbled with disgust.

“Go alone.”

“I can’t. If I go, they will refuse, but if Your Highness comes, they will surely let us in.”

The Empress’s enmity towards Nathaniel was tremendous.

She seemed to dislike losing even the smallest thing, and there were often cases where she took extreme measures to be treated by him.

Of course, she had hardly ever talked nonsense like a morning greeting.

“Ugh…”

“You said you would help me with the plan I made before going to bed yesterday.”

“Is it just this?”

“Of course. These things are very hard if you don’t catch the moment. You said you wanted to get close, so we have to meet often.”

I chased Nathaniel to the bathroom, giggling.

I clenched my fist, watching him reluctantly go.

‘He doesn’t seem like a bad person.’

I felt proud, thinking that he was at least worried about his younger sibling.