But as I took the colored pencils and paper, Beris began to whimper, and Ronowe’s nose turned red as tears threatened to spill.

“Ah, kids! Wait, wait! I’ll tell you an interesting story!”

I hastily opened my mouth to prevent a great wailing.

“Really?”

Just as Beris was about to cry, she looked at me with wide eyes. Ronowe also wiped his nose with the back of his hand and looked up at me.

‘I’m in big trouble.’

Though I promised to tell an interesting story, I couldn’t think of one right away. I looked to General Carlyle for help, but he seemed to expect a story from me as he was still a child.

‘What do I do?’

I lost myself in thought, looking for an interesting story I knew.

‘Ah, that’s right!’

Suddenly, I recalled the time when I was a monarch. I was sure that my story would be thrilling and fun for them, as it was for me.

“Kids, listen well.”

I had the three children sit down and took out a colored pencil. Although it was not easy to wield the pencil because of my young body, I had no difficulty drawing.

“A long time ago, there was a person…….”

I began to explain, drawing one by one on the paper. I put all my effort into drawing my face, but sadly, what I drew was not a beauty but a tangled mess.

“Puhaha! This is grass, grass!”

Seeing Beris laughing her head off, I realized once again that I had no talent for drawing.

‘Annoying.’
Nevertheless, feeling irritated, I glared once at Beris, who kept smiling, and then very slowly began to tell the three children about my past.

From the moment I set foot on the ground for the first time to being punished by God and being expelled, I told them every detail.

In fact, I hadn’t planned on telling them the whole story from the beginning. I just told them in case these children might know the answer. Since the innocence of the children was close to the flawless God, there was a vague expectation that one of the three might guess the answer.

“God left like that. What would have been the answer to the question posed by God?”

I showed it to Ronowe, Beris, and Carlyle after drawing the last picture.

“Raise your hand if you know!”

“Umm…….”

The children stared blankly at the drawing I made and tilted their heads. Since I had expected something earlier, I felt deflated when I didn’t get the reaction I wanted.

“I got it!”

I was about to give up.

‘Finally, I will escape from the shackles of immortality!’

Ronowe raised his hand and approached me. I inadvertently held my breath, and my chest swelled at the guy’s claim to know the answer.

“What is it? Tell me quickly!”

I twinkled my eyes with great anticipation.

“Cake!”

But Ronowe, who claimed to know the answer, suddenly blurted out nonsense. Just as I wondered what the irrelevant answer was, I saw the maid coming in with a tray of strawberry cake.

“Have a snack.”

Well, that’s how it is.

‘I’m a fool for expecting an answer.’

I put away the colored pencils and neatly folded the paper in half. I decided never to ask those guys again.

“Your Highness.”

Just as I sighed softly in frustration, Carlyle, who had suddenly approached, called me.

“Will you go eat cake?”

Because the young guy takes care of others so attentively? I thought it would be better to use this guy as my escort in the future.

Isn’t there a saying? A promising tree looks different from its sprout.

He was exactly like that, exactly!

“Sure.”

I’m really a general, after all. I showed only a slight smile without revealing my thoughts.

A few hours later. I was finally able to escape from Ronowe, Beris, the two little devils. They seemed to have come to the palace early in the morning, but they didn’t leave until sunset.

‘If it continues like this, I’ll grow old and die before finding the answer.’

Maybe because I spent the whole day dealing with children. My whole body felt heavy as if I had a cold.

‘I don’t know why Jepf put those kids as my conversation partners.’

It’s no wonder, Ronowe and Beris, whom I met today, were too young to be conversation partners. Rather, I felt my mind hardening because of them.

“Oh my, why does our princess seem so out of energy?”

I’m tired from taking care of the kids, why?

I pouted my lips, and the maid immediately shook a rattle she had never seen before. Perhaps because I was drained, I had the illusion that someone was whispering ‘Dingaling! Dingaling!’ in my ear as the rattle shook.

‘Ah, even that rattle makes me feel confused.’

Eventually, I quickly snatched the rattle from the unabletobear maid’s hand.

“Did you want it, did you like it that much?”

That’s not it! I turned away without answering, holding the rattle.

‘I’ll find the answer faster on my own. Starting tomorrow, let’s meditate quietly.’

I pretended to be asleep, closed my eyes, and soon fell asleep.

‘Conversation partners and everything are annoying…….’

I never want to see them again. I desperately wished and drifted into the unconscious world.

And the next day.

“Princess!”

“They came again!”

I froze on the spot at the sight of the children rushing in.

Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me

One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.

Synopsis:

Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.

But this is still far from enough.

He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.

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