Fake Cinderella

24. Princess Nadia

"... rutia"

His Royal Highness was there as he passed the corridor to the West Palace.

"Your Highness."

I greet you lightly.

"... I heard it made a scene"

His Royal Highness kneels before me to match me with the height of his eyes.

(I wonder if you're used to treating children)

I'm probably smaller than the average height of a twelve-year-old girl, and Her Royal Highness is around 180, so at times like this, we can't face each other properly unless we get her to kneel down or hold her up.

"It's okay. Princess Nadia was bullied by everyone."

The explanation was going to be long, so I summarized it.

"... Nadia?

You realize for the first time at that point, His Highness turns a glimpse to Princess Nadia.

"That's right. So you're staying at my place. Isn't that good?

Princess Nadia is stiff in Her Highness's normally chilling gaze. Because this is normal. I'm fine because I'm not mad at you.

"So I have no idea where it's going to take..."

"It's a little runaway"

"... here, too, in the same house after all"

"That's okay.... you will escape into the safest cage because you have been abused."

"... at all, you..."

The following words, His Highness muttered small in his mouth. I laughed, too, because I didn't know what had gone on, but I laughed in the wind that His Highness had no choice. I'm glad His Highness laughs.

"Is that good?

"... oh"

His Highness rubs my head off and strokes me. I should have hated being touched in the head, but I can't finish myself off when that makes me happy.

I hope 'glad' circulates and passes it on to His Highness.

"I will contact your mother and Lady Argenta. All you have to admit is a stay, Nadia."

"Yes, His Royal Highness the King"

Princess Nadia bows her head gently.

Hmm, you call me His Royal Highness Prince Wang. Because you're half-brothers after all?

"... what's that?

His Highness gazed at the stains on the hem of my gown.

"Oh...... I spilled some tea"

"Black tea?... that color?

It looks like some kind of bleaching failed, yellowish color.

"It contains rotten milk"

That's why I didn't drink it, and when I said it, His Highness gave me a difficult look.

"... did you use milk?

"No."

Princess Nadia, questioned, is pale in complexion.

(Princess Nadia wasn't the other way around... probably)

"Lilia, if you let Ruthia change, bring that gown to me"

"Is there a problem?

No way, Your Highness won't spot you, will you?

"... may not have been rotten"

It's not so dull that I don't know what they're suggesting when they say that much.

No, it's not like I didn't even think about it on that occasion. But it's a little too obvious, isn't it?

It's intense to suspect the person who was there. I thought there was too little art.

Princess Nadia is shaking small.

(... What are you so frightened of?

"It's okay. I don't think it's as poisonous as dying."

"What makes you think that?

Your Highness's voice remains harsh.

"There, if I die or something happens, it's natural to suspect who was there, isn't it? Besides, I don't know who was after me... and I don't think I knew who would use milk"

Her Royal Highness the Lady of Argenta had plenty.

"... you were being targeted"

Princess Nadia shakes her head to the side.

"Oh, really?

"Because you didn't drink without plenty of honey or sugar in your milk.... before I lost my memory."

Oh, I did.

I kind of want to stick myself into what it's like to have a lot of people more familiar with me than I do.

"That's what so many people know?

"Ruthia, everyone knows your taste in it"

"Why?"

"... because your father has made you raise all kinds of cattle on the farm for your taste, and he's picking up honey from all kinds of places."

To Princess Nadia's words, Her Royal Highness added, the majority of the people will think your favorite is milk and honey.

"... too much?

"No. It's not a shaky finances to that extent.... Rather, the market for dairy products has expanded and beekeeping technology has become scratchy. It's not all bad to be extravagant, Ruthia."

Still, the former general public feels distressed.

"... well, fine. Don't go outside the palace for a while."

"Is it morning tea too?

Even though it's the only pussy outing!

... It's also sad that it's going out.

"... would it be the same if I went that way?

"Can't you walk down the corridor, see a different view... and chat with Anya"

Anya is a woman with Her Royal Highness. Just a little bit. Indeed, he is an assistant to the chief minister with Prince Wang, and often provides information about his highness.

You said yesterday it was late at night, that you looked a little sick, that you were having a cold war with the finance minister.

"By Anya, you mean Anna Maria?

"Yes."

"What are we talking about?

"A lot of things."

"What's a lot?

"Your Highness, it's incompetent to listen to a girl's secrets."

I can't believe I'm asking you about yourself!

Such embarrassment!

"... please don't even question Anya. If you do that, I'll be angry."

"To me?

"Yes."

It's not like I can do anything where I'm angry, but I'm gonna stare at you with the intention of expressing the strongest determination I can.

".................. ok"

I'm worried about that subtle moment and the smile, Your Highness.

"... you're normal"

When I got dressed in my room, Alice was making me tea.

Common green tea here...... i.e. green tea.

It is super uncomfortable to be poured into a ticup. Tea will be hot water, hot water! Only company specification mugs can be compromised!

But Ticup is usually here. Green tea is one of the types of tea.

"What are you talking about?

I just sit in my chair.

Princess Nadia looked a little tired.

"Neither you, nor His Royal Highness the King"

"... I don't know, it's always like that"

I definitely think Lilia's been treating me like a dumb couple lately.

I think so every time I look at those raw warm eyes.

It's not like that!

"I didn't know you could talk like that, and I'm surprised His Royal Highness Prince Wang would talk like that."

"... I don't remember."

You reset it, and I laugh.

"So, the reason why we didn't open our mouths so hard, and everything else, we forgot together."

So now you pick a place, but you talk normally. Tell him.

The princess looked like she was hurt somewhere.

"Please keep it to yourself"

"To whom?

"To those who are not from the West Palace"

"... ok"

I nod with a serious face. I don't have to explain it, but I guess she has a reason to be convinced of it.

"... may I ask?

"What?

"You've been killed before, haven't you?

"Yes."

I'm sure I'll never forget the moment I understand the intent to kill directed at me.

"Afraid not?

"... if I say I'm not afraid, I'm lying"

Always deluding fear. It seems like it was just now. I do a lot of words because I want to think that's not poison. I'm always looking for a way out.

"But if you stay here, you'll be fine."

Because Her Royal Highness protects me, Princess Nadia looked a little strange.

"What is it?

"Because you avoided His Royal Highness the King..."

"Oh, really?

"Yes."

"Oh... no, the lady of Her Royal Highness Prince Wang has come to me to research what a girl of the moment might want to explore your preferences..."

"What is it? It."

"I mean, that's how much you didn't express your will. As angry as I get to watch."

Still, I've managed to come to find out what might interest you, because I'm close in age... and Princess Nadia laughs in a complicated way.

"Really, I wonder what could have happened that far."

It's still a mystery.

How can I come up with so many children under the age of 10...

'Cause if you sleep overnight on something nasty, I'll generally forget about it. Especially if you're a child.

"... sorry"

I was suddenly apologized for.

"Yes?"

The princess with the face she came up with bows her head in momentum.

"What is it?

"... I knew that."

Princess Nadia, you really call yourself "me," don't you?

I'm glad you seem to be forgiving me something.

"What?

"That you were afraid, hard, and crying"

But I pretended not to look, Princess Nadia says.

"When did this happen?

"... as a child"

"It's such a statute of limitations.... in the first place, I don't remember"

"But... because I think it's probably because of that..."

"Am I stopped talking?

"Yes.... so I was just a little relieved when you were taken out of the rear palace by His Royal Highness the King"

I knew when we talked about putting it back, I thought I should never come back.

"Why is that?

"Because you avoided it, but I thought it would be much better to stay at His Royal Highness the King than at the rear palace. Whatever I say, but the rear palace isn't a very cozy place.... because we're all hanging out where we can't see each other to interest your father..."

Competing for the king's love... that is the fate of the woman in the rear house.

"But, you know, it's crazy. No matter how hard you try, you will never be outnumbered."

"I?"

"Yes.... your father's absolute best is you. Even Queen Euria is no match for you. So you were jealous from all over the backyard."

(Probably not...)

Your Majesty's absolute best isn't me, it's Effinia.

"There have been rumors that you are the son of Princess Effinia and your father,"

"... Huh? Is that possible?

"It can't be.... because the princess who went to her daughter-in-law couldn't come back to the king's capital until she died, and your father hasn't been to Lative in the meantime"

Rumors are irresponsible, but wouldn't they be too harsh?

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"It's irresponsible to call a court sparrow.... but the person who spread the rumor was disposed of. You said it was too disrespectful. It wasn't just the nobility who was the source of the rumors, but the lady from the rear palace was disposed of."

"Really..."

But in a way, I take it for granted. 'Cause if it's true, I'm a child born between half-brothers, and I'm even more married to my half-brother.

Dardinia, who tends to sanctify 'blood' and 'lineage'. It would be natural to respond to hypersensitivity more than normal.

"Your father will never forgive anyone for insulting you."

"... it's too much, isn't it"

"I won't deny it.... but I've always envied you. Yeah, to be honest, I still envy you."

Something I would like your father to mind more, too. and a slightly dripping side to mouth.

There's nothing I can say here. Whatever you say, if I say it's your majesty's best, it's the only thing I hate.

"But I was also glad you weren't as good as that"

'Cause something I can't stand, and I snap with a powerless voice.

"You were given everything, but you didn't have anything..."

Distant glance...... eyes that look at the past I don't remember.

"What do you mean?

"What you value is always lost.... the ribbons and shoes that were my favorites at first... then the dresses I used to wear were torn... and sometimes the goldfish I cared about were flickering on the table. Sometimes the canary your majesty gave you is broken and you die."

It's yin and wet. But women are ants like this, aren't they?

You're not going to change anywhere in any time.

"Both the samurai who lost the ribbon and the samurai who deliberately defiled her shoes were fired.... It was at that time that I broke the dress, a lady's maid in the backyard, who was also expelled from the Lord's temple. I wonder who the goldfish was... either way, they definitely disposed of it.... Of course, it was the Canaries that made the biggest case..."

Well, it would be problematic if the canary of gifts from His Majesty the King were dead in an unusual way.

"The ticup you liked was shattered the next day, and the gardener who gave the flowers for you was gone before I knew it... rumor has it, I was fired for a reason I can't even tell.... Yes, there were times when you and your friendly samurai were getting cold on your pillow the morning after your bedtime."

The princess recalls that you discovered it.

"... is it poison?

"I don't know. Sudden heart failure has treated me as a morbid death..."

It's disturbing when the subject becomes human or something. I thought there was a shadow of death hanging around Altirier, but he could be shooting an exposition.

(There would have been more cases of Princess Nadia not knowing...)

Did not every one of those events, as well as the dispositions made against them, also cause deep wounds to young minds?

Well, now that I've forgotten, there's no way to make sure of it anymore.

Things I cared about, people I cared about... all of them will be lost... and if that continues to happen, I feel like I can't help but shut my heart hard enough.

"... not all the people you were ordering were disposed of, were they?"

"... yeah"

I can see Princess Nadia's emotions shaking.

I know what she's afraid of.

(Not for you...)

I'm sure Princess Nadia is often too honest and hard.

Anyway, unlike me, she's a real girl. No matter how young I may say or do things that are strained by my body, I continue to have 33 years of memory over there.

... I'm not such a pretty girl as to be frightened by stories from the past that I don't remember.

(One more thing I need to know...)

I stood up and approached Princess Nadia and held her softly from behind.

"Princess Altilier......?

I can't see his face, but I can tell he has a strange look.

Now if I were a man of that age, it would be an outrageous scene, this posture.

Princess Nadia won't be alert because I'm a younger girl than she is.

"... what, do you know?

In his ear, he asks to whisper.

Princess Biku Nadia trembled.

I'm sorry, and I have to apologize, probably to me.... Sorry I'm a cheating adult. I'll use your honesty.

"... wah, I..."

"Why did you think my tea was crazy?

Gently apply force to the arms you embrace and whisper in your ears as you swoop.

From the sight of it, I may seem sweet to Princess Nadia.

………………

upset.... and wolf.

It would have been true that I had eclampsia, but it was a little unnatural to flinch the tablecloth.

I saw the tea spilled in my gown and immediately regretted it, so I thought it was deliberate.

Lilia is amazing, she just looked me in the eye and she knew exactly what I wanted.

"It was definitely the next seat, but it didn't smell as bad as the princess could tell"

That room smelled like flowers.

"... wah, I... get the milk..."

"You just said you didn't use it, right?

Tilt and smile small and fired.

"... because I saw it..."

Tremble, voice.

"... what...?

Tremble, body.

"My mother... she was in some milk after she used it. If it's something bad and you drink it... if your father finds out about it..."

Well, I guess you're not just sorry. From previous precedents.

I'm sure I know Princess Nadia a lot better than I have forgotten.

"Is that true? Not a mistake or something?

".................. it's true"

Princess Nadia turned around with an almost crying look.

The crying face of a beautiful girl with a strong heart...... it would be a painting.

"But... don't tell your father. Please."

Squeeze my hands together and bow your head.

"Please... I won't let you do it again"

I'll stop.

That's what they told me to pray for... with all the stubbornness... now I'm not a livestock enough to say no.

"I won't tell you.... It's okay."

Right, Lady Argenta...

(Ask Your Highness later what that poison was)

I don't know how much analytical skill you have, but I think it's because you can look into it that His Highness instructed you to deliver the gown.

"Really?"

I was looked up with wet eyes.

If I were a man, I'd definitely rock. Really, sweetie.

"True."

Is this the solution to one of those milk cases...

But I didn't think of you as Lady Argenta. Slightly unexpected.

Simply put, Her Royal Highness Lady Euria was the most suspicious.

He was able to serve bitter tea and milk, and even recommended drinking it. Even if not, that tea party is hosted by Lady Euria, so if anything, it will all be Lady Euria's responsibility.

Well, then it's too simple, so if it had, I would have suspected it.

(Lady Euria is not such a simple person... probably)

Somehow I think so.

"So, why did Her Royal Highness the Lady of Argenta take me?

"Probably, but... because His Majesty is going to let you do 'Queen' at the next Founding Festival"

"... what is it? It."

"The role of the fairy queen who became the wife of His Majesty the First"

"What?"

A fairy? Why, all of a sudden, a fairy tale?

"The most important ritual of the Founding Festival is the ritual whereby the Fairy Queen gives His Majesty the symbolic sword of kingship. The role of the fairy queen is allowed to be done only once in a lifetime by royal or aristocratic daughters under eighteen."

"... there's no provision that you have to be unmarried or something?

"There's no provision, but it's happening as an implicit understanding.... but in your case, if you say you're married, you're definitely a maiden."

"Yes, but..."

I thought it was going to happen that if it didn't, everyone would know about it. Afraid, that.... Let's not think about it.

"Me, this is my last chance.... because it's my birthday a week after the Founding Festival. So when your mother asked your father, he told you not to do it because he was going to let you do it.... I've been angry about that for about three days, Mother."

Nothing. I'm gonna have a chance, and I don't have to do it.

But I guess nobody can argue with what His Majesty the King said.

(You won't have the right of veto on me...)

"............... When are you celebrating your founding?

About two weeks from the fifth day of next month.

"I don't know what that was, but what would have happened if I had taken that pill...?

Personally, I think it's about the lowering level... but if it was a lowering drug, for example, it doesn't make any sense to give it to me now. 'Cause right now, I just broke my stomach, and it'll be back to normal next month on the 5th, right?

"Assume, for example, that I drank it… to an extent that was not life-threatening.... but I don't think Princess Nadia will be able to do that for the Founding Festival..."

"Yeah... you're right"

That's a completely different story.

"Rather, if you succeed, it will be a fuss, in the search for the killer"

If he's identified as the killer, even the second queen won't be safe.... Judging by what I've heard so far.

"It's shallow..."

A princess with a pale complexion again tells her to throw up.

Love similar to hatred...... I get angry at stupid behavior because I worry about my mother.

(You're healthy...)

Princess Nadia is a miraculously healthy heart who grew up in the backyard. I think it's very serious.

But I think that's why it's so hard to live.

(... was that poison...?

If you were willing to kill me, you could serve your purpose. But my legs are too easy.

"If you're just going to threaten me, it's a bad story if you don't threaten me with resignation in some way beforehand."

"Even though you don't know the story?

"Oh... you'll find out who did this soon"

It makes no sense at all what Lady Arjena wanted to do.

"... you know... I guess... I just thought you should be in terrible shape. I mean, I thought I'd be a little mean... Mother, there's something simple about that..."

I fell into a lake in the middle of winter and lost my memory, and the samurai is poisoned in her place, but I'm guessing you say she hasn't had enough trials yet.

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

Princess Nadia can swim her gaze like she can't resist.

"I'm afraid of the backyard."

I can't help but tell the princess.

"I'm scared.... Everyone was talking soothingly at the tea party seat, right? But those people, they're all not close."

"Really?

"That's right."

I say it out loud.

You're supposed to be scared behind it, even if you're turning such a smile on me.

"Nacia and Ariana are good friends of the dog monkeys... your mother calls Ariana a white pig and Ariana curses your mother as a redhead monkey. No one on the surface defies Master Euria, but if you turn around behind it, don't snuggle with Baba's scum, or you're too young to make it! Or something terrible."

A distorted look just to remember...... the woman's feud is scary.

"Lady Nacia is a bit of an alcoholic. You're confusing me with alcohol. But he's hiding it. Nasia's maids are in trouble. 'Cause I throw things right at you."

"Violence......"

"But after all, the most fearful thing is Master Euria. Euria has never looked ugly.... I don't want to yell at my mom, and I don't get eclampsia and hit a samurai. Always a really calm and beautiful smile. The Euryan maids also say with their mouths shut. She said she was glad she was a samurai of Euria... but, you know... that's why I'm afraid of Euria"

Same, I thought. That's what she feels, along with the fear I feel.

"Me too, I think"

"You think you're afraid, too?

Green eyes looking at me strangely.

"Yes."

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"Oh well..."

Princess Nadia laughed small.

"Your Highness, it's a snack. It's freshly baked."

Alice comes with a full smile with a tray. Clever Alice has been my sweet-making assistant lately. A lot more could be done with simple tasks.

"Snacks?

"I didn't eat a lot earlier."

I didn't feel like saying anything more at a tea party with rotten milk.

"Enjoy your meal, Nadia."

"What is it? This."

A grumpy look, as if the faint look earlier had been illusory...... transformation until stunning. I don't even show my samurai the shards of what I was crying about.

I'm sure that's Princess Nadia's pride. Its mean pride feels terribly loving.

"A little sweet sponge skin with sweet boiled beans."

To put it bluntly, it's a dragon roast. I boiled the filling in advance. If you save it in a bottle, you can spare about five days if you stay in the ice box for the current season.

"It's delicious when served in dark green tea."

Julia has recently become very good at having tea.

He said he was doing a lot of research in conjunction with snacks.

"... yummy"

In everyone's attention, the flutter and Princess Nadia's cheeks burst.

"Is this butter?

"That's right. Normal, buttered and raw cream."

Alice explains.

The Dora grill was a lot better for Alice and the others because it was easy to do with one piece of copper bread as long as there was filling. Variations are infinite depending on what you pinch. The principle is that pancake sandwiches go hand in hand, so if you change the formula of the dough, you can also make pancake sandwiches.

"... yummy. You gave me your arm."

The fabric has a proper fox color on the surface and is fluffy. I thought the filling would run out soon anyway, so the sweetness of the sugar modest modest. Because the beans are big and delicious, that's enough.

The obsession is that I made it into crushed fillings, not stuffed fillings. I was a little sorry I didn't have any brown sugar, but I think I'd like to get one sometime.

"Is that true? Wow, I'm glad."

"Next time, you should feed your fiancée.... If you don't like sweets, you can make them into pancake sandwiches and pinch the cream with a slight brandy of subdued sweetness"

"I want to make that, too"

Julia also reacts to the words' to her fiancée '.

That's just great, both of you. When 'fiancée' is involved, it changes the color of your eyes a bit.

"Then the day before the next holiday, with a pancake sandwich"

"Yes."

"Please. … Ah, we're going to clean up"

The two leave without hesitation.

Even if we're the only ones in the room, windows and doors... the knights of the escort stand in such a place as to be the entrance and exit. As long as I'm here, I'll never be alone in the true sense of the word. This is an absolute safety zone for me.

"You're close."

"A lot, because there was.... He's doing really well."

I wonder how long it's been since I woke up in that castle in Elsevelt... I don't think it's been two months yet, but I feel like it's only been years.

"With a small number of people, I think it's really hard to maintain this palace. Even though they work downstairs, they run this building on their own."

"There's only four of us?

"That's right.... Lilia pissed me off when I told her I was going to help her clean up."

Lilia was angry that it was not Her Royal Highness's doing, and Milady almost regretted that it was a woman officer's name break, such as letting the Lord clean it, so she gave up.

"... hey"

"Yes?"

……………

Look at me with a face Princess Nadia said something about.

"What is it?

That's a look you've seen before... who is it?

I have the sight of a corner of my memory.

(Oh... it's His Royal Highness Prince Wang)

It looked a lot like the look on His Highness's face yesterday morning.

"... you can call me Nadia."

"Well, what about me is Artillier... it's a long time...?

But being called a tee is a bit... I don't want to shy away.