The children, who had only been waiting for the teacher’s signal, began to clap, and along with their welcome, a little child emerged from between the fearsome knights.
“Princess Sharle Eldarion has arrived!”
At that absurd name, Emil Lee was dumbfounded.
Before her eyes was a child prettier than a doll, dressed in an expensive dress, with pink hair sweet as cotton candy, an unmistakable sign of royalty.
Suddenly, the survival instinct illuminating her mind reminded her of the recent rumor in social circles.
The incident was a terrifying rumor that any lady who became the princess’s nanny would be tormented to the point of not being able to sleep properly for at least a month, ultimately quitting.
As she was lost in thought, she caught the eye of Norja’s principal, who had been behind the princess.
Along with a gesture that meant ‘please take care’, she waved her hand lightly, showing a deep smile.
That unnaturally gracious smile.
Was it not different from the traplike smile she had seen when facing Lucia?
The monster’s child and the empire’s little devil, baby fighter Ivanna.
Among the children’s applause, Emil Lee was, as usual, rotten and sour like an Ivanna painting.
[Star Icon]Lucia’s office.
As she changed her clothes for the child’s dismissal, Prince Iren was still waiting.
“Wow……!”
At his exclamation, Lucia looked at him,
“I almost didn’t recognize you. You look really pretty.”
Iren, seeing her out of uniform for the first time, seemed almost beside himself.
But, be that as it may, Lucia was quick to step toward the dismissal, thinking of it.
He sighed as if he expected it, halfjoking and halfserious, and followed her.
“Why don’t you come with me? But General, what are your thoughts on hearing the confession of the top two popular men in the empire?”
At his teasing words, Lucia felt no worth in replying and walked even faster.
‘He’s playing tricks as always.’
He may be mature now, but once before the age of 20, the prince was an immense rascal.
For instance, causing the famous lovebirds to divorce, burning the haughty princess’s mind, making the princess who flirted with him jump over the palace wall and cause diplomatic problems, he was that rotting.
Compared to that, this seemed a relatively light joke.
Lucia vaguely guessed that he was playing with words or misunderstood or misheard.
“Ah, you won’t answer? Then at least walk a little slower. Why is your step so fast when you’re shorter than me?”
“There’s no reason for us to go together.”
“Because we’re going to the same place.”
At his suspicious words, Lucia glanced at him.
“Hey, don’t be so defensive. We were friends, right? Haha, that expression makes it look like a memory more than 100 years old?”
“……. ”
At his empty joke, she coughed as if something was stuck.
Perhaps he was referring to the memory of when she was 16, right after she became a knight, and took his escort duty.
But no matter how much she thought, there was no memory of being friends with him in Lucia’s mind.
She just remembered taking care of his whining a few times.
“Don’t you really remember? That’s sad. I was so sad when the general left me and went to war, I wet the bedsheet with tears every night, praying in the temple every day to the point of……. ”
He whined in a mood that was half joking, half serious, as he walked along with her.
Lucia took a quick look at him, shaking her head as she looked at him, still a crybaby.
But in reality, he had opposed her going to war to the extent of clinging to the Emperor’s legs and rolling around the office for more than ten days.
In the end, he had to send her.
“What’s the purpose?”
“Huh?”
“The purpose of keeping it a secret.”
“I said I want to get closer, but you don’t believe me. If you don’t believe that, it must be something more than just a simple reason that needs to be kept secret, right?”
“……!”
Lucia’s face, which looked quite surprised, cracked.
“Haha, you still can’t lie, can you?”
Although he resembled the Emperor and was physically weak, he was intelligent, so Lucia, who was trying to find out the purpose, ended up providing information instead.
Because of this, Lucia’s eyes became a little anxious as the building of the kindergarten over the wall was already beginning to be seen.
Thinking calmly, it didn’t make sense that he would know that Nia was a saintess when there were still 10 more years left until her awakening, no matter how smart he was.
If we assume that, all he knows is that Nia is not her daughter.
When he concluded that she was a mischievous child as he remembered, it was not at all strange that he spoke freely in front of the child if he was going to kindergarten now.
Then, going with him at this crowded time could be a big problem.
As soon as his thoughts reached that point, Lucia, who had changed her mind, stopped and pushed him against the wall.
“……Why, why like this?”
As he stepped back to avoid Lucia’s approach, she blocked the retreat to the kindergarten by putting her foot against the wall.
[Dash] Thud.It was the sound of Lucia’s shoe hitting right next to Airen’s thigh, against the kindergarten wall.
“……Lu, Lucia. It’s, it’s a skirt~!!!”
The attitude that had been sly until now had gone somewhere, and the Crown Prince turned his head with a face about to burst and spoke.
However, Lucia couldn’t afford to listen to his pleas.
“If you don’t tell me exactly where the destination is, you won’t be able to take a single step.”
[Dash] Whish.As the frailbodied him finally had a nosebleed, Lucia quickly held a handkerchief to his nose.
Although it was sickly enough to have a nosebleed even under this threat, he was the Crown Prince of the Empire.
Threatening such a noble royal was an absurd act, but knowing the destination was that important to Lucia.
That’s when it happened.
“……Big brother?”
“Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty, are you all right!?”
When Lucia turned her head at the small cry, a child who could be called his miniature blinked his clear eyes, and soldiers began to run up after the child.
“Big brother, there’s blood!”
“It’s okay. This lady helped me. Let’s thank her first.”
As the shylooking child approached, the startled Airen wiped his nosebleed calmly with a composed face and patted the child’s head.
“Thank you. Madam.”
This notsocute speaking child had naturally taken a bowing position as if it was ingrained in him.
Lucia blankly stared at the two people with cottoncandylike fluffy hair in front of her.
They were, to the extent that anyone with a bit of insight couldn’t help but notice, strikingly similar in appearance.
Furthermore, the child was dressed in kindergarten uniform.
So then, did Crown Prince Airen come to pick up his kindergartengoing sibling?
“……No, Princess Sharl Your Highness.”
As Lucia, who caught onto the situation, spoke with a teasing smile, unable to take her eyes off the mischievouslooking Crown Prince Airen,
“That’s right, believe me. I clearly said that our destination is the same.”
He looked quite satisfied with her reaction and defiantly lifted his precious little sister.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
