Royal Secret: I'm A Princess!

639 FIVE YEARS AGO (1)

[THIS WORLD is really different from ours.]

Nichole was still impressed even though it wasn’t her first time in Korea.

The Devil– Aruna de Moonasterio– prepared them for this moment by sending them to Korea two years ago (in the empire’s timeline).

Yes, that was the reason why the Devil’s side was quiet for the past few years.

[A few years back, the Devil obtained the key to the other world from Ruston ‘Ruto’ Stroganoff. But that sneaky little bastard– who’s making a move on my niece– didn’t tell us where to find the Door.]

Fortunately, the Devil had been looking for the Door way before Neoma returned. Moreover, Trevor joining their side was truly a blessing.

[That demon boy is loud and annoying, but he’s truly a genius Sorcerer.]

Trevor and the Devil worked hard together to find the Door and fix it. According to the two, the Door was already destroyed when they found it. And they had a suspect.

[“It was definitely the damned chef. There were some Mana residues left in the site. His Mana is unique, so I recognized it right away. Breaking a Door that leads to the other world is an almost impossible task even for me. That damned chef is really a monster.”]

.....

That was what Trevor said.

[But what Trevor doesn’t realize is he’s also a monster. After all, he managed to fix the Door with his magic. It’s true that the Devil helped him. Even so, it was Trevor who did most of the work.]

Thanks to that, they were able to use the Door.

They spent the last two months creating a life in Korea while keeping a close eye on Go Areum, Kim Nabi, and Kim Won-shik. During that time, Kim Nabi and Won-shik were still in a coma, and Go Areum never left their side.

[Yes, we only spent two months in Korea.]

They disappeared from the empire for two years, but it was only two months in Korea.

It was because of the difference in the passage of time between the two worlds.

When Neoma’s soul left Korea, time in this world had slowed down. Based on their rough calculations, one year in the empire was only equivalent to one month in Korea.

It happened because of Ruto’s interference.

The young God Slayer made a deal with the god of this world to slow down time until Kim Nabi’s soul returned to her body.

But that was all they knew.

[We don’t know what kind of deal Ruto made with the god here, and we also don’t know why he wanted the child called Nabi to live.]

In fact, if Trevor’s ‘Bookworm’ didn’t “absorb” the information from the traces of Ruto’s Mana, they wouldn’t even realize why the passage of time between the two worlds was different. They thought it was normal at first. But it turned out Ruto had a hand in the bizarre change.

Anyway, despite being only in Korea for two months, they were able to prepare most of the things they needed to live there.

In the first place, they were already a little familiar with the familiar world. After all, before the Devil sent them to Korea, she created an illusionary world that mimicked Korea based on Gavin Quinzel’s memories.

[It served as a simulator and the purpose was to familiarize ourselves with the modern world. And to know what kind of adjustments we needed once we get there.]

Hence, they were already prepared and made the most out of the two months they had.

[Learning the language was easy because of the device Trevor made for them. It was a translator device that can translate any language used in the modern world.]

Since communicating became easy, they were able to move freely then.

First, they exchanged the gold and expensive gems they had for cash.

Trevor found a “black market” and associated himself with an infamous “Korean mafia” for that. After all, legal establishments wouldn’t exchange their gold and gems for money since they didn’t have identification cards yet.

[“Princess Nichole, Lord Dominic, meet my friend Uncle Min.”]

One day, Trevor just brought a tough-looking man who looked like he was in his late thirties to early forties.

Mr. Kim Min1 was tall, handsome (handsome enough for Dominic to get jealous just because Nichole praised the man’s face), and a little intimidating for a human. It was also worth noting that Mr. Kim Min’s arms were covered with cool tattoos.

[“Trevor, how did you find that person?”]

That was Dominic’s question.

[“I asked the Bookworm to search for a person who can help us exchange our golds into cash, and someone who can help us forge our identities. People like that exist in the black market in our world. Kim Won-shik played several “mafia” roles when he was active as an actor. So I figured people like that exist in Korea.”]

Nichole only had one question. [“Can we trust that person?”]

[“According to Bookworm, Uncle Min is a person full of integrity. Although he came from a mafia family, he worked hard to change their organization and turn it into a legal company. Even so, he’s willing to help us forge our identities because he could tell we’re not from this world.”]

[“Huh? He knows? And you didn’t manipulate his memories?”]
[“That person has a unique family, Princess Nichole. Apparently, they trade with people from a different world. Hence, he’s used to helping people like us settle here in Korea.”]

That was interesting.

Since Nichole trusted Trevor’s judgment, she didn’t question him anymore.

Moreover, they really needed Mr. Kim Min’s help.

After getting the money they needed, Trevor asked Mr. Kim Min to create fake IDs for them. The IDs, despite being fakes, were high-quality. Of course, it was because Trevor used his magic to make the IDs look more authentic.

Forged documents to create their fake identities followed. Since they seemed to appear in Korea out of nowhere, and they didn’t look like pure Koreans, they had to establish a story that they came from Europe. Apparently, their looks were closer to the people living there.

[Well, it was a little biased since there are Korean people who have Western looks. But it was easier for us to establish a foreigner status, so that we wouldn’t be questioned too much.]

Anyway, Trevor became Nichole and Dominic’s son.

[Trevor looks like he’s a thirteen-year-old boy, so he needs guardians.]

After they secured money and fake identities, they purchased houses.

[Korea has a lot of apartment buildings. We bought two units near the expensive neighborhood where Go Areum and her family lives.]

They couldn’t buy a house there because it wasn’t accommodating to “foreigners.”

[By the way, the building where we bought the apartments is owned by Mr. Kim Min. Hence, we were able to buy it without difficulties.]

That was how the Korean mafia, Mr. Kim Min, became a part of their group.

After their preparations for living in Korea were done, they returned to the empire to fetch Neoma.

And they brought her niece with them back to Korea.

This time, they also brought Nikolai and Mona along.

“Nichole, are you alright?”

“Uh-huh,” Nichole said, her gaze landing on the unconscious man on the bed. “We made it back safely, huh?”

The man on the hospital bed with an apparatus attached to his body was Kim Won-shik.

[It’s the body Gavin Quinzel used when he was here.]

“He also made it back,” Dominic, who was looking at Kim Won-shik’s hand that moved a little, said. “Gavin Quinzel successfully returned in Kim Won-shik’s body.”

The cave where the Devil hid the Door that led to Korea brought Nichole and Dominic to the hospital room where Kim Won-shik was confined.

Ah, right.

[It’s not just Dominic and me.]

“I’ll wake him up now.”

Nichole and Dominic both turned to Trevor who had his hand placed on top of Kim Won-shik’s chest.

“Since Gavin Quinzel will definitely check on Go Areum and Kim Nabi right away, I will lend him enough strength to get up.”

That was what Trevor said.

Hence, Nichole protested. “Trevor, Kim Won-shik is in a comatose state for more than a year. The doctors will definitely get suspicious if he wakes up with his motor skills fine. We have to be more careful since Kim Won-shik is a famous celebrity in this world.”

Trevor just shrugged. “I can just manipulate their memories later.”

“We should check on Kim Nabi, too,” Dominic said worriedly. “Nabi’s soul belongs to an ordinary human. Even though she spent years under the Cosmic Tree’s protection, her soul remains weak because she’s not capable of wielding Mana.”

Nichole let out a sigh, then she nodded. “You’re right, darling,” she said, then she turned to Trevor. “We’ll leave it to you.”

“Okay,” Trevor said, his hand was now covered with dark bluish light. “But we should be alert since I’m pretty sure Emperor Nikolai would kill Gavin Quinzel on the spot.”

***

THE STRANGE cave brought Neoma and her parents to Korea.

To be precise, right at this moment, they were in a modern hospital.

The unconscious young lady on the bed, with an apparatus attached to her body, was none other than the “shell” she used while she was living in Korea before.

[It’s Nabi…]

She could feel Nabi’s soul inside the weak body.

“Neoma?”

Ah.

.....

The woman who just entered the private room was the person that she missed a lot for the past thirteen years.

Neoma instantly got emotional. “Eomma…”

Yes, it was her Areum eomma.

She wanted to run to her Korean mother, but she belatedly remembered that Papa Boss and Mama Boss were with her.

[And they look confused.]

Well, Papa Boss and Mama Boss were aware of Go Areum’s existence.

[But seeing eomma in person, and seeing how she resembles Mama Boss a lot in person, is probably shocking.]

Just when Neoma was about to explain, the door suddenly burst open.

A skinny and weak man wearing a patient’s clothes entered. Several hospital people were running after the man who obviously escaped from his room.

Neoma gasped softly. “Appa…”

It was Gavin Quinzel who was back in Won-shik appa’s body.

Just when Neoma was getting emotional, she suddenly heard a growl behind her. The next thing she knew, Papa Boss was already lunging at Won-shik appa.

“Nikolai!” Mama Boss yelled. “Calm down!”

Neoma felt a splitting headache coming.

[Fuck.]

Fortunately, Mama Boss was able to grab Papa Boss by the shoulder and stop the latter from attacking Won-shik appa.

“Everyone, let’s calm down.”

Oh?

Neoma was surprised to see Trevor with Aunt Nichole and Dominic Zavaroni.

But it was more surprising when she realized that Trevor was using a calming spell that made the common people around them listen to him.

[It’s something similar to hypnotism.]

“Weak people, you may return to work,” Trevor, whose voice was laced with magic, said. “Forget everything that happened here as you leave.”


The eyes of the ordinary people by the door turned hazy.

Then they left with a blank look on their faces one by one.

[They’ve been hypnotized.]

Fortunately, it didn’t work on Areum eomma who looked confused.

[Aw, poor eomma…]

“Nikolai, calm down,” Aunt Nichole scolded Papa Boss, then she turned to Won-shik appa. “You, too, Gavin Quinzel.”

Papa Boss didn’t move on his spot, but he kept on glaring at Won-shik appa.

Won-shik appa was looking at Areum eomma…

… but Areum eomma was looking at Papa Boss.

[Hmm?]

Areum eomma looked like she was about to cry while looking at Papa Boss intently. “Yoon Jung…?”

Oh.

Yoon Jung was Nabi’s biological father.

[And Yoon Jung looks exactly like Papa Boss. Well, more like Papa Boss’ Korean version because of the difference in hair and eye color.]

Even so, the two men still looked alike.

[Just like how Mama Boss and Areum eomma could pass off as twins.]

This was a pandemonium.

“Everyone except for eomma, please leave the room,” Neoma said firmly. “I want to talk to eomma alone.”

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