The White Stoat Princess (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 9
Since there was no small dining table in Hadel’s room to place and eat breakfast, I had no choice but to eat from the cart.
Breakfast consisted of fragrant corn soup, roasted vegetables, bread, and a small portion of fruit.
‘Kyaa! Fruit!’
There were only birch forests all around, so where on earth did they get fruit from?
‘Crunchy. Sweet.’
Both the apples and grapes were so delicious that my soul felt like it was being pulled out. The sweetness was different from sugar, and I smiled happily.
‘Gasp! This isn’t the time to be eating like this!’
Belatedly remembering his words about fattening me up to skin me, I rolled my eyes and looked at Hadel.
Hadel, who had been resting his chin on his hand and staring at me, pushed a small plate of corn soup toward me.
“Eat this too.”
“……Kyu.”
The temptation of the food was far too great to resist. Glancing at him cautiously, I slowly crept toward the small plate and soon buried my head again, drinking the soup.
And with a completely satisfied appearance, I patted my bloated belly and thought.
‘No matter how hungry I am, I need to eat in moderation……’
The food was simply too delicious to refuse.
[This is the timeline separator]It would have been great if that was the end of it!
But even after that, whenever Hadel seemed to forget, he would say things like this.
“You don’t gain weight easily.”
“When on earth are you going to grow?”
“Do weasels normally not gain weight this way?”
Scary!
Every time he said that, I could only freeze like ice.
‘Why is he so obsessed with fattening me up?!’
It can’t be that he feels it’s a waste for food to go into my mouth, right? Is that why he’s trying to fatten me up as quickly as possible?
‘Even if he wants me to gain weight, give me at least a month! Asking every morning and evening is too much!’
Because he kept doing that, even the plain water I used to drink just fine started feeling like it was getting stuck in my throat.
‘I really need to leave before this guy actually skins me!’
Whenever I made up my mind like that.
“Today it’s pound cake.”
Another delicious food would grab my ankle.
In the end, I would clutch the pound cake with both paws, devouring it heartily, and end up promising myself this.
‘……Escape will have to be postponed until tomorrow.’
And so one day became two, two days became three, and one day…
Except for Hadel’s abnormal obsession with my belly fat, my life satisfaction was higher than ever.
Delicious food, a dwelling with no threats at all.
Above all, what made my heart happiest was the warm bedding.
‘Ah, it’s warm.’
In the forest, no matter what I did, my whole body felt frozen stiff, but here it was always warm. All thanks to the heat Hadel naturally emitted.
‘I haven’t had nightmares lately either.’
Ever since waking up as a weasel, I had been plagued by strange nightmares that I forgot upon waking, but perhaps because my sleeping spot was now comfortable, I no longer had those weird dreams.
“Kyuu……”
Aah, this is nice.
When it’s this warm and comfortable, of course the bad dreams disappear.
‘I don’t want to get up.’
I was awake, but because the warmth felt so good, I deliberately squirmed and refused to open my eyes.
However, the strange sensation I felt even half-asleep eventually forced me to open my eyes.
‘Hm? Today it feels even smoother and warmer for some reason……’
And it felt like something was hugging me tightly. I couldn’t move my body at all.
‘Huh? And what is this? Why is my vision completely dark even though I opened my eyes?’
And it wasn’t that someone was holding me…
“Are you awake?”
“Kyu?!”
Hadel’s voice was already low and deep normally, but today it resonated even more. Like an echo inside a cave.
Of course it would.
Because Hadel’s voice wasn’t reaching my ears directly—it was being transmitted through his skin.
More precisely, because I was plastered right against the bare chest from which his voice originated, the sound felt like it was coming through his skin rather than my ears.
But the real reason I was shocked wasn’t the voice.
‘Why am I inside Hadel’s shirt!?’
The fact that I had burrowed into the loose shirt he wears as pajamas and had my head buried against his bare chest while he lay in bed wearing it.
That I had wriggled my way inside the very shirt I use as my own bed!
‘T-T-Then what I’m feeling right now is Hadel’s bare skin?’
No matter how warm it is, this is going too far.
‘I need to get out first!’
Panicking, I thrashed about trying to find the light. But I couldn’t see any exit.
‘Is it this way?’
Hadel, if you’re awake, help me. Why are you staying still? I can’t even tell which way is up or down right now.
Since Hadel was lying down and I was also lying down, I should have been resting my head on his chest and clinging to his stomach, yet strangely I was wrapped around his waist like a belt. Only after frantically searching every part of the shirt did I finally manage to poke my head out.
‘Phew, I almost died.’
Of course, from embarrassment. Honestly, being stuck like a spider to his bare skin felt really nice. So warm, and his stomach was rock-hard—probably all muscle. It really felt like lying on a stone bed……
“Kyu?”
“Gah.”
“No, why is the weasel coming out from there……”
What kind of situation is this right now?
I had just been thinking how nice and warm and hard Hadel’s embrace felt like a stone bed as I poked my head out of the shirt.
Countless gazes poured onto me all at once. Startled, I froze solid, unable even to think about going back inside.
‘Why are so many people sitting here right now? Where is this?’
Come to think of it, the scenery spread out before me was very different from Hadel’s bedroom. On top of a sturdy mahogany desk, countless documents were neatly stacked.
‘Documents? Is this an office?’
But I clearly fell asleep in the bedroom—why am I in an office? And inside Hadel’s shirt, no less.
“Kyukyu?”
When I made a sound, Hadel, as always, pressed my head down with his index finger. But.
‘He’s wearing gloves?’
He always touched me with bare hands, but now he was wearing hard gloves, and it felt strange.
‘Why is he wearing gloves? And why was I inside your shirt? Did you deliberately put me there and bring me here, or did I crawl in by myself?’
“Kyukyukyu kyukyu?”
I was really curious about the process of a weasel ending up rolled inside his shirt, so I asked earnestly.
Of course, Hadel couldn’t understand me. He grabbed me—my head sticking out of the shirt—with both hands and pulled me out.
Then, like lifting a baby lion, he held me high in front of his retainers. Hey! This is embarrassing!
“This is the little one I’m raising. Her name is Kyu Kyu. Everyone remember her well.”
“Yes?”
“A-Acknowledged.”
The retainers bowed their heads while blinking in confusion. Thanks to that, I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole and hide.
‘Why is he showing me off in front of so many people?’
Who brags about a weasel like this?
‘I’d rather be rubbing against his bare skin. At least then only I would have to endure the embarrassment.’
Thinking he had shown everyone my appearance enough, Hadel placed me on the desk. The moment my paws touched it, I tried to dash under the desk, but.
“No. Stay seated here.”
Hadel pressed down on my tail, preventing my escape.
‘Ah, this is really embarrassing.’
I don’t know when he prepared it, but Hadel smoothly pulled out the large cushion I use as my bed. I stared at him in disbelief, then realized everyone was staring at me again.
‘If I sit here, the meeting will resume!’
Going from a mere wild animal to suddenly receiving this kind of treatment, I didn’t know where to put myself.
As soon as I curled up on the cushion, Hadel turned his gaze back to his retainers, and the paused meeting continued.
I leaned against the cushion and looked at the documents on the desk.
‘I thought as much—Hadel really is royalty.’
Everyone called him “Your Highness the Grand Duke,” so I had been unsure, but seeing the signature made it clear.
After writing his full name, he indicated his title—and instead of Duke, Hadel wrote Prince. It meant the grand duke title he held signified direct royal lineage.
‘Huh? But Hadel only signs. Someone else writes the long sentences.’
Near Hadel, across from me, there was a small man busily writing with a pen; whenever Hadel spoke, the man would take dictation. Tilting my head at this strange sight, I understood a beat late.
‘Ah, he has someone else write so the paper doesn’t catch fire.’
Even wearing those huge, uncomfortable gloves wasn’t enough—he only signs and touches nothing else.
Seeing him being so excessively careful somehow made me angry. I glared at the documents with narrowed eyes.
‘His magic is overflowing to this extent? It seems even worse than when I was young.’
Of course, when I was little I burned skirts and gardens plenty of times. But I never felt this kind of oppression while controlling myself.
‘No, he’s more pitiful than me. At least on the battlefield I could shoot flames freely, but Hadel has to hold it all in.’
This is like chaining a wild beast’s neck and telling it to endure because it’s a beast.
‘Ah.’
Only then did I realize why I had been able to meet Hadel alone in the forest that first time. It had seemed strange that a grand duke and direct prince had entered the forest without a single escort knight.
‘The reason he walked deep into that dangerous forest on foot, unable to even ride a horse, was this.’
He has to expend flames just to maintain this much of a normal life.
I couldn’t imagine that pain. I gazed at Hadel with pitying eyes.
‘You poor thing.’
I had been jealous and bit my own finger without knowing your circumstances. Please forgive me.
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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