“Eileen. What’s wrong?”

The budding black lotus sapling… no, Louis asked with an innocent face tilted in curiosity.

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

I hurriedly shook my head.

‘So, their names are Louis and Evan?’

The little one who had begged for food was Louis Rihart.
The child wary of me was Evan Rihart.

‘Let’s see. They’re 7 years old now…’

The twins awaken their magic at age 8.
That was a characteristic of the Rihart imperial family, known as the “Dragon’s Country”.

The first emperor of the Rihart Empire took a dragon as his companion.
That blood was passed down to descendants, granting them special powers.

‘Each member of the imperial family had various abilities.’

Exceptional physical abilities, or overflowing magical power.
Sometimes they even possessed prophetic abilities or extraordinary auras beyond human limits.

‘With those abilities, they kill Eileen and escape the imperial palace.’

The more I recalled the memories, the paler my face became.
There was only 1 year left until the twins turned to the dark side.

‘Oh my god. Am I going to die next year?!’

I covered my mouth, but nothing changed.
The princes were emaciated and didn’t even look their age.

‘It’s all Eileen’s fault.’

She embezzled the palace budget, neglected the children, and gave them just enough food to barely survive.
And even then, she threw it on the floor as if feeding pigs and dogs.

‘The floor suits you, Your Highnesses!’

And on some days, she served rotten tarts as a special treat.

“Oh my goodness.”

I did such things?
No, it wasn’t me who did it, but anyway, I’m their nanny now, right?

I examined the children with trembling eyes.

‘So it was because of the tarts.’

That’s why Evan hesitated to eat the cup noodles earlier.

‘They had no choice because they were so hungry.’

I hadn’t even thrown them a piece of bread today.

“The cup noodles from earlier were proper food. Even if they were instant.”

I muttered as if making an excuse.

What I gave them wasn’t healthy, but it was normal food that hadn’t expired.

‘What are their parents doing… Ah, right.’

I thought of the children’s parents but immediately sighed.

‘Their mother passed away… and the emperor neglected the kids.’

What importance could princes born to a maid-turned-concubine have?

‘Your sons will become the worst villains.’

That was the future of the twins abandoned for being useless.

‘Healing story my foot. This is an obsessive, depressing novel.’

As it turned out, this novel was famous for only having a healing title.
Neither the sub-male lead duke with monstrous charm, nor the extremely beautiful 7th prince main character.

Moreover.

‘Even all the men who weren’t main characters.’

Showed great obsession and possessiveness towards Elsius, the female lead.

‘It was fun to watch the men.’

The parade of handsome men with unique charms rivaled even a harem.

‘Handsome men are the best. R-rated scenes are the best.’

Slurp.

Saliva pooled in my mouth as I recalled the sweet descriptions from the book.

“Louis. Come here.”

“…Hup!”

Evan’s voice snapped me out of my delusions, and I wiped the drool that had leaked.

While I was lost in thought, Evan had taken his younger brother Louis and moved far away from me.

‘There are only babies in front of me now, not handsome men.’

It was the female lead who enjoyed the various handsome men, and I was just a minor character.
Moreover, I was destined to be torn apart by the children’s hands when the original story began.

‘What should I do now?’

I finally got transported into a novel, but to die without even having a fling with a handsome man!
That was frustrating enough, but now I was also responsible for all the things Eileen had done.

I stared at the children hugging each other with dazed eyes.

I was transported into the body of the nanny who would be horribly murdered, without even the usual book transportation buffs.
So, what should I…

Whooosh-

The wind blew in through the hole in the window.
The sun had set, and evening had fully arrived.

The wind was cold.
After dinner, the next thing to do was.

“Well… shall we go nini?”

“What’s nini?”

Louis asked innocently.

“Oh, it means going to sleep. It’s time to wash up and go to bed now, so come on. Let’s go koo-koo.”

I pushed Louis and Evan’s backs.
It seemed I could only assess the situation after putting these kids to bed.

‘How careless I was.’

The moment we arrived at the children’s room, I regretted my decision.

‘What is this.’

The room was a complete ruin.

‘Look at those cobwebs. They could weave cloth at this rate.’

I sneakily glanced at the kids, but the owners of this abandoned house seemed unfazed.

‘Your room must be better than this.’

It wasn’t just better, it was paradise in comparison.
After all, Eileen spared no expense in taking care of herself.

“Maybe we should sleep in my room…”

“…”

Evan was glaring at me with fierce eyes.

‘What an intense gaze.’

Well, I’d be suspicious too if someone who hated me suddenly changed their attitude.

“Wow, are we going to Eileen’s room?”

“Um, we’ll go there another time. Let’s just sleep here tonight.”

I brought over the cleanest blanket I could find and tidied up the bed.

“Sleep tight. Sleep tight.”

“Hey, Eileen.”

As I was patting them, Louis asked.

Unlike me, who was forcibly fighting off sleepiness, Louis’s eyes were sparkling.

“Yes?”

“Why are you being so nice today?”

My hand that was patting his belly paused in the air for a moment before resuming its movement.

‘What do you mean, being nice.’

I had only fed them cup noodles and helped them brush their teeth, yet Louis was showing me goodwill.
Seeing the child’s clear expression made my heart ache.

“I’ll keep being nice from now on.”

“Really? Then I hope tomorrow comes quickly.”

With those words, Louis tightly closed his eyes.

Evan, lying at the edge of the bed, sighed.
It seemed like they were finally going to sleep.

“Good night, Eileen.”

Louis, who had slightly opened his eyes, left those kind words and closed them again.

“…Good night, Your Highnesses.”

When I answered in a whisper-like voice, Louis quickly fell asleep, breathing softly.

I had hoped for the child to fall asleep, but it only made my feelings more complicated.

‘I should go to Eileen’s room.’

Louis, who I thought was asleep, was tightly holding my hand.

‘It won’t come off.’

Even when I tried to gently pull it out, it was no use.

“Ah, whatever.”

In the end, I lay down next to Louis.

Maybe because I was tired, sleepiness quickly washed over me.

‘If I fall asleep like this…’

Maybe I could go back to my original world?

Hope quietly raised its head.

Soon, my consciousness sank into darkness.

But this was not rest, but another beginning.

“Where is this…”

I slowly blinked my eyes.

‘Is this a dream?’

When I lowered my head, I saw familiar tiles.

The familiarity of a space I’d seen often made me naturally look around.

Bright lighting and an interior so vast I couldn’t measure it with my eyes.
Meat and seafood sections were lined up on both sides, and in front of them was a stand selling organic vegetables.

“It’s a supermarket, isn’t it?”

Could I have returned?

Expectation welled up, but something still felt off.

“Why is there no one here?”

No customers, no salespeople. I was the only living being here.

‘What’s this now?’

Stopping in front of the clothing section, I looked at the mirror next to the display stand.

“Eileen?”

What was reflected in the full-length mirror was clearly ‘Eileen’s’ appearance.

“W-What is this…”

“Kyuu.”

“Kyuu?”

Where the sound came from, I saw a small white ball of fur.

“…Ball?”

“Kyuu!”

Maybe it was angry at being called a ball.
The furball puffed up its body and then ran away.

“Wait a minute!”

For some reason, I felt I had to catch the furball.

But the furball was faster than I imagined.

“Huff… Huff…!”

How can something so small be this fast?!

Before I knew it, I had chased it to the checkout counter.

“Kyuu.”

The furball had hidden itself in a stand next to the counter.

“Huff. Just wait there…!”

When I approached with difficulty, the furball surprisingly waited for me.

I picked up the container where the furball had hidden.

As I lifted the black container, the furball leaped onto my shoulder.

“If you were going to do this, why did you run away?”

“Kyuu!”

“What’s your name?”

“Kyuu kyuu-!”

It was speech I couldn’t understand anyway.

As I stroked the furball, I heard a purring sound.

‘Just like a cat.’

As I was gently stroking the white fur, I looked down at the container in my hand.

“It’s chocolate.”

The chocolates in individual pieces looked easy to eat one by one.

‘The kids would like it if I brought this to them.’

Louis and Evan. The twins abandoned in the cold palace.

Their faces, grateful even for cup noodles, flickered in my mind.

I was still Eileen.

“Ugh…”

The sun was streaming in through the large window, as if someone had pulled back the curtains.

I tried to roll into the shade, but the light followed me.
I got up with my face all scrunched up.

‘It was just a weird dream.’

When I opened my eyes, I was still in the princes’ room.

I had to accept the fact that I had been transported into a book.

‘Where did the kids go?’

Looking around, the children were nowhere to be seen.

They probably went to look for something to eat.

‘They didn’t wake me up.’

Well, they wouldn’t trust me just because I was nice for one day.

‘I should go look for the children.’

As I was about to get up, one of my hands felt stiff and sore.
In my hand was a black container.

“12% Cocoa?”

On the black container wrapped in gold foil, the words ‘12% Cocoa’ were clearly printed.

It was the chocolate I had seen in my dream.

‘…Why is this here?’

The chocolate container and the shabby room had nothing in common.

‘Did I bring something from the supermarket?’

And through a dream at that?

It was something no one would believe.
I carefully rubbed the Korean text written on the chocolate container.

“Is this fake?”

Just in case, I opened the lid and a sweet smell wafted up.

I picked up a piece of chocolate and tasted it.

“It’s real chocolate.”

It was the same sweet taste I remembered.

‘If I fall asleep now, will I have that dream again?’

The supermarket, the book transportation.

Maybe there’s a clue in the dream.

I tried lying down again just in case, but I couldn’t fall asleep.

‘Let’s not think about it right now.’

Now is the time to find the children.

I left the room, trying to calm my pounding heart.

‘They must be very hungry.’

I was worried thinking about the kids who had barely filled their stomachs with cup noodles.

‘…The scene of being brutally murdered keeps coming to mind, but.’

When I thought of the pitiful children, the description of Eileen dying horribly in the book also came to mind.

That scene was still scary.

But the children were still too young, and they were the complete opposite of how they were described in the novel, pure innocence itself.

‘It should be fine for now.’

Before I knew it, I was right in front of the kitchen.

As I was about to go in, I flinched at the sound of giggling voices.

“I’ll give it to you if you do it!”

I stopped in my tracks at the strange atmosphere.

Around the corner stood Louis and Evan, along with two women.