Grandma couldn’t become my legal guardian as she was my direct relative, but she was someone who could provide me with significant help.

I ran up to Grandma and clung to her arm like a child.

“Grammy!”

“Our little honey bun…”

“Oh, dear.”

At that moment, Delphia appeared, fanning herself with an annoyed expression.

“I’ve been hugged before, you know.”

“Where’s that dog barking from?”
Watching the tension between Grandma and Delphia, I rolled my eyes silently. For today’s plan, they couldn’t afford to fight. However, since they had already started attacking each other, a special measure was needed.

“Um, well!”

“Yes?”

“What’s going on, Honey Bun?”

Delphia’s expression softened, and Grandma became very understanding.

I cleared my throat and then rolled my eyes, opening my mouth.

“I, I’ll give you both kisses if you don’t fight…”
The two, who had been staring at each other like fierce dogs, suddenly became gentle. They started staring at me intently, without saying a word.

Why had they gone silent all of a sudden? Did they dislike the idea of getting kisses? I was momentarily puzzled.

“Oh my goodness, kisses!”

Delphia suddenly danced as if she had won the world.

“Our baby gave me a kiss! The Mistress gave Delphia a kiss!”
It was when I turned my gaze towards Granny because I felt a bit embarrassed about grown-ups dancing as freely as babies and enjoying it so much.

Still, I thought maybe Granny, being a bit more grown-up, would react differently!

But…

“Come on, bring the magic tools. Magic tools. We need to take pictures and draw portraits.”
…Granny was persistently convincing the maids to create photos and drawings to commemorate this situation.

I let out a big sigh in the middle of it.

Grown-ups not acting their age can make living as a kid really challenging.

But getting swept up in the immaturity of adults like this is also problematic.

I gave a little push at the tip of my toe and approached Granny and Delfia.

“Alright, watch!”

“Huh?”

Squeak, squeak!
I quickly gave them a kiss on the cheek and grabbed my rabbit-shaped bag.

“Since I gave you a kiss, I’m off now.”

Today, I’m going to the palace.

The administrator notified me to come with the guardian by this afternoon. Otherwise, he threatened to close down our Magic Tool Top.

“Be careful on your trip.”

“Don’t worry.”

“Honey Bun, I’ve prepared everything just as you said, so don’t worry.”

I nodded my head.

“Yeah! I’ll be back!”
Today, I’m not going to the palace with the guardian.

I planned to go alone.

A few hours later, I briskly walked into the palace.

I rode the Mirmod family carriage to the front of the palace, and when I entered the palace, I rode a horse with a knight accompanying me.

“Where are you heading, dear lady?”

“To the business office!”

“Very well, please get on. I will escort you.”
The knight gently lifted me onto his lap and slowly guided the horse.

Perhaps because we were inside the palace, the horse couldn’t run quickly, and as I looked at the horse’s mane, I couldn’t help but think.

No matter how I think about it, I don’t have a fondness for the palace.

But I’ll have to adapt because I’ll be coming here more often in the future.

Will my plan succeed today? These were the various thoughts running through my mind.

And finally, the knights dismounted me from the horse.
“We’ve arrived, Lady.”

After struggling to dismount from the horse with my petite body, I gazed at the building in front of me.

After a week of waiting, I had finally arrived in front of the [Imperial Business Bureau].

I took a small step forward while looking up at the imposing sign.

Squeak, squeak.

The sound of the squeaky shoes my father had given me echoed on the floor.

As soon as I entered the corridor through the door, the puzzled gazes of the people turned towards me. They were staring at me so intensely that it felt like their gazes were piercing through my face.
“What’s this?”

“Who’s this little one…?”

“That cute person with pink hair, who is it?”

Anyway, I walked confidently.

Some of the bureaucrats were looking at me with puzzled expressions, but I didn’t mind.

My focus was solely on the [Business Registration and Closure Department].

And the [Business Registration and Closure Department] of the [Imperial Business Bureau] was located in the last room on the second floor.

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.

I quickly ran towards that direction and knocked on the department’s door.

“Hello.”
“Please come in.”

The door slid open.

There were more than ten people working in the large department. I moved towards the sign that read [Startup Application Team].

Knock, knock, knock.

As I walked slowly towards the responsible bureaucrat, who was looking through documents with a bored expression, he glanced down at me.

“What is it?”

“I’ve come to apply.”

I smiled brightly, trying to make a good impression.
He glanced around briefly. Then, upon noticing that there was no one beside me, he transformed his bored expression into a threatening one.

“Kid.”

“Yes?”

“Name.”