She, who had been talking, suddenly placed the flower crown she had made on my head.

“Empress Mama, please take care of the princess from now on.”

“You can treat me comfortably, Princess.”

Instead of answering, she nodded her head.

“Princess, please tell me too. How to make a flower crown!”

“I make flower bouquets.”

Fortunately, Sha Sha and Rudello, who seemed not to have heard our conversation, spoke up one after another. The children busily wandered around, looking for more beautiful and colorful flowers.

Princess Azeltrina just nodded her head carefully as she watched them.

“Yes. I’ll tell you everything, my nieces and nephews. Don’t be too impatient because I will tell you everything I know. We have plenty of time.”

“But please tell me first! Princess!”

“Yes, Shansia. To make a flower crown, you weave it like this. Stems are essential for it to…”

It was fortunate that they couldn’t hear our conversation. The scene of Sha Sha and Rudello, one after another, speaking up was beautiful, like a scene from a fairy tale, sparkling beautifully after everything was over.

‘It’s… nice.’

In fact, there was a small sense of unease in my heart. The fact that Beatrice had regressed or possessed, I didn’t know which.
That made me somewhat uneasy. Perhaps she would die and regress like a typical novel. Should I be tense again?

But watching the three of them, such concerns quickly disappeared.

“Now I’m not alone.”

I don’t have to try to protect the future on my own. The future was no longer something to be protected by myself. The future was no longer mine alone. It was a future to be shared with everyone.

“Can I join too?”

That’s when it happened. Someone was approaching us.

“Lian?”

It was an unexpected person. He, who should be busy with state affairs by now, was coming towards us for some reason. And the unexpected thing was not just that.

“What about the children… what’s going on?”

Behind him, Heaven and Merkin were together. The children rarely came with the emperor, so I just blinked and looked at the children.

“Nice to meet you?”

“Well, I’m glad to see you, but why are you here?”

“Hmm, I’ve been thinking. Recently, both Azeltrina and the children are always in the palace, so I feel lonely… no, anyway, for various reasons, I thought about taking charge of the children’s education.”

“Your Majesty said so?”

I couldn’t say anything because I was so surprised. But he was confident.

“That’s right. It’s called the Royal Children’s Academy. It means they study here before going to the academy. The teachers are me and Isabella.”

“Ah…”

The children and the princess looked at Lian and me alternately without saying anything.

“It seems better to do that. There’s more than one thing to educate them about.”

“Is it really okay? Can your precious time, Your Majesty, who is busy with state affairs, be taken away for that?”

Actually, I was more worried that Tetra would be upset than him overworking. But he was really confident.

“Then.”

It didn’t look okay at all, but since he said so himself, I couldn’t stop him.

“Well, then…”

“In that case, Bella and I will go with you.”

“Go where?”

“Since we decided to take care of the children, don’t we need to prepare separate teaching materials?”

So that was it. He suddenly decided to educate the children. Since Princess Azeltrina and the children always stayed in the palace, I had fewer chances to meet him.

I was worried that she might not adapt well, and it was also to protect her.

So I had thought that I left Lian alone for too long… but I never expected it to turn out like this.

“You’re still an honest brother.”

Seeing that, Azeltrina, who couldn’t stand it anymore, finally spoke up.

“What!”

“If you want to spend some quiet time alone with the Empress Mama without thinking about the children or me, I can leave you alone, you know?”

She laughed for a long time, covering her mouth. But like something caught on the radar, Shasha and Rudello’s expressions stiffened in an instant.

“Absolutely not.”
“Their private time is against it. Mom and Dad.”

Only then did the princess’s complexion stiffen.

“Ah… so that’s why.”

“Rudello, Shannsia. I wonder if I’ll ever have private time in that sense. This is all for the Royal Children’s Academy, which only special people who will attend can attend.”

“Well… the Children’s Academy sounds pretty cool, Pig.”

“Yeah, it looks like something… special.”

The children, who had already fallen for the words “only special people can attend the Children’s Academy,” nodded their heads seriously.

“We’re going to gather only very special people. You can learn whatever you want. From martial arts to horseback riding, etiquette. You’ll learn everything more perfectly than anyone else. We’ll also prepare custom uniforms just for you. Heaven and Merkin are already attending, but do Rudello and Shasha not want to?”

In the end, Lian drove the wedge. With that one sentence asking if they wouldn’t attend when the children would, Rudello and Shasha simultaneously lowered their heads.

“We’ll go. We’ll attend.”

“That’s right. We’ll attend. Mom, Dad.”

Lian nodded very satisfied.

“A special academy!”

“Our own academy. Someday, we really wanted to go to the academy together!”

As the children each expressed their joy, Lian grabbed my hand while sitting.

“Yeah. Then you stay here. We have to prepare teaching materials. Oh, Azeltrina, you should be the children’s play teacher. Keep taking away their time like this.”

“Yes… huh? Brother?”

Fortunately, the children didn’t hear what Lian said because they were so excited.

“Well then, let’s go. We need to prepare for the class materials. Children, stay here.”

“Yes!”

The children answered simultaneously.

Only then did Lian, satisfied, grab my hand and jump into the Star Palace.

Azeltrina, who was bewildered with blinking eyes, sat the children next to me and busily resumed weaving flowers. As soon as Lian entered a place where the children couldn’t see him, he quickly kissed me.

“L-Lian! Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

“How much have I endured? Morning, noon, evening, night! Every day, there’s no time for us because we’re always with the children… I thought everything would get better after everything ended, but it didn’t improve at all. So I decided, Bella.”

“W-What…?”

“To spend our hot night, no, day, even if I have to kidnap you like this.”

“Ha… that’s…”

“Do you not like it?”

“No, I like it… I like it…!”

That was the end of the conversation. As soon as I said I liked it, Lian kissed me again. At first, I struggled to get away, but in the end, I surrendered to his actions.

Actually, I also had a feeling of dissatisfaction with unmet desires. I wanted to taste his lips, hold his hand tightly, and spend a burning night with him.
In the end, we passionately kissed, heading to the room where the children couldn’t see us.

That day was our first night, no, our first day.