Louis ran out and stood beside me.
The child looked around, apparently amazed by the crowd.
‘It must be a strange sight these days.’
Since there had been no guests visiting the palace until now, I understood Louis’s reaction.
But the surroundings were full of things that shouldn’t be touched.
I tried to lure Louis inside with bait.
“Prince Louis, I will prepare a snack for you…….”
“Oh my, Prince Louis, we meet for the first time. I am Baron Shoppen Howard.”
He interrupted me!
I shot a dumbfounded look at Shoppen, but he was focusing on Louis.
Louis, too, was fascinated by the adult who had spoken to him.
“Umm?”
“Today, we have gifts for Prince Louis and Prince Evan. The Duke has sent them.”
Shoppen pulled out a large box. Inside were colorful wooden blocks that children would love.
“Wow!”
Louis’s eyes sparkled at the sight of the colorful blocks.
Other toys were also unloaded from the carriage, all luxurious items suitable for nobles.
Unlike Louis, who was excited, my face turned pale.
Louis, holding a carriage model, shouted at me.
“Aileen! These are all mine!”
“That, Prince Louis. Just a moment. I’ll give you something better, so put that down.”
I forgot to buy you toys since you gained some weight.
I’ll give you the Shark Family and Pororo, so please return that to the gentleman. Please!
I screamed in expression, but Louis was too young to read my heart’s voice.
“Huh? Why? It’s for me!”
Louis asked with an innocent face, but to me, the origin of the toy was most important.
‘You shouldn’t accept even one!’
The toy in Louis’s hand looked like a death flag to me.
Whether my expression was scary, Louis began to whimper.
“…Can’t I play with it?”
“I’ll bring you something better tomorrow morning.”
“I want this one…….”
Louis hugged the carriage model preciously.
‘No, Prince Louis. If you see the president, you will regret that.’
The penguin with orange glasses was the children’s president.
But in Louis’s eyes, who had not yet seen the president, tears were already forming like chicken droppings.
“Uh, yeah…… I listened well, and ate the eggplants that Evan hates, too.”
“Gasp, Master Louis……!”
It was the first time I saw him whining like this, so I was quite startled.
I rushed over and hugged Louis tightly, but the child was still carefully holding a carriage model.
‘He must really want it.’
There were indeed no decent toys in the cold palace.
I recalled the items I had picked up from the mart these past few days and sank into regret.
‘I should have brought toys instead of selfdefense items.’
Baseball bat. Pepper spray. Tray.
These were the things I had gathered in case Kashar’s grudges were triggered.
But to stop him in his right mind, I was an extremely ordinary supporting character.
‘I’ll die without a single rebellion.’
Tonight, I resolved to bring the president in my dream.
Or at least a dinosaur model.
I blamed my previous indifference and wiped Louis’s tears.
“……This is the only one. I will bring better toys tomorrow. Understand?”
“I’m excited!”
Louis nodded at my words and stopped crying right away.
A smile blossomed on my lips at the sight of the child smiling brightly.
While Louis was rolling the carriage model on the floor and playing, I approached Shopen and whispered.
“How much is that?”
“……Pardon?”
“How much is it?”
“Well, it’s 95 silver.”
The small model was worth two months’ worth of commoner’s food.
I thought Shopen might be cheating, but seeing the delicately crafted toy in this world, it seemed reasonable.
‘It’s damn expensive.’
I’ll have to sell the jewels Aileen has collected.
I paid Shopen the amount with tears in my eyes.
“This is what I bought. It’s not a gift from the Duke. You understand?”
“Yes? Yyes.”
Shopen nodded as I spoke with a serious face.
I felt a little relieved after securing a witness.
‘As long as it’s not sent by Kashar.’
That way, I could return everything at once.
“Emma, are you taking good care of the gifts?”
“……Huh? Oh, of course! I’ll help you move them too!”
Emma, who seemed distracted, answered a beat late.
My eyes narrowed as I watched Emma hurry off.
Something was tugging at the hem of my dress.
It was Evan.
“Aileen, look at me.”
His small face was rather serious.
Taken aback, I nodded, and Evan, still holding my dress hem, led me to the backyard.
“Why are you acting like this?”
How important must this matter be to have come all this way?
I was curious, but it was also bewildering since it was the first time Evan had spoken to me directly.
The child standing before me took a moment to catch his breath and then mentioned an entirely unexpected person.
“Do you have a problem with the Duke?”
“How did you know the person I visited the other day was the Duke?”
As I widened my eyes and asked, Evan calmly replied.
“Emma kept talking about it. All the pouring gifts are from him, too. Besides, the only royalty with red eyes is the Duke.”
I had forgotten that Emma had been asking me all day if I was meeting the Duke.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
