They also must have turned like this because there weren"t any other women to be a concubine entering.
It wasn"t easy to tell but later on, you could definitely. They started to steal decorations and jewels one by one from the wall and lot places more.
Wow. Really. Their guts must have grown seeing Claude being so quiet and calm without doing anything.
I was the first one to notice some valuables disappearing from my room than Lilly did.
That"s because I was always thinking of how I should steal those valuables for later when I leave. It was kind of the same situation of when my meal was decreasing.
I wanted to run to Claude and tell on them "Dad! That human ignored me!" but Claude wasn"t the one to go like "Oh she did? Come to daddy, my little angel!". Instead, he"ll be like "Huh? You were still alive?" and I"m scared he"ll do something to my neck (Kill).
O-of course, this could only be my thoughts. So what I thought of may not happen, but I don"t want to try something that might not turn that well. "Cause I"m precious!
So that"s why I had to watch my golds being taken away with both of my two eyes wide open. Crying was the only thing I could do whenever those maids sneaked the jewels in their uniform pocket. Uwwww, my precious poor gold! Sob.
Anyways, that was all taken care of with Lilly getting super duper mad and challenging a round with the main maid.
I"ve noticed that Lilly was bringing new toys and gold, also when all the other maids using formal words to her, but now that I see I didn"t know that Lilly was the boss and the most powerful in this Ruby palace. Well, it didn"t matter as mush to me as I like her.
And so those maids were kicked out of the palace. I"ve also heard that all the valuables they had stole were taken back, but they never came back to my room.
Just where did you evacuate, my golds! I still found that main maid suspicious, but crying was all I could do... Hah, I felt this way back when you didn"t even buy a single new toy blaming the lacking of... whatever.
But what"s good is that it was hard to notice when I steal some valuables.
Wait, no. I want to be straight forward. Since this is my palace, what I"m doing right now is not stealing but keeping them safe. Yes, keeping them safe myself separately.
But that has its limits too. Lilly"s been going around the palace often.
Have I been working too hard on st- I mean keeping some safe? It would be a big trouble if she thinks it"s the repentant of the case 3 years ago and get mad. Maybe I should not "take and keep safe" for a while.
"Princess, where are you heading to?"
"Eh he he! To see Lilly!"
"Haha, maybe clean your lips before you go. Seems like you enjoyed the chocolates."
Just then, the maids pa.s.sing by called me and with the handkerchief they always carried themselves, wiped the chocolate off my mouth for me. On it was the complete proof that tells "I ate choco". Maybe I ate too fast thinking of consuming it before Lilly sees but went all over my mouth instead.
The maids were giggling looking at me, but I just got embarra.s.sed. I just acted as a kid because I"ve become a kid, but have I actually turned into one? Wahhh, the shame!
"Atti eating choco is a secret!"
"Of course, princess."
However, I was more scared of getting in trouble from Lilly than embarra.s.sment. Waving my hands at the maid sisters, I left the place.
Ahh, that b*stard chocolate is also all over my hands! I was going to just wipe it on my dress, but it was white so I didn"t.
Its fine. There"s a fountain nearby. Maybe because of lot of concubines once lived here, there were tons of fountains and good lakes, gardens as well. Well, the care for them was... of course, normal.
Since it was breaking the rule if a guy without the n.o.ble blood entered, so there were only female workers here.
I was able to get to the fountain with the angel statue in the middle after meeting with some other maids.
But in words was called an angel statue, the naked angel statue that was making a s.e.xy pose didn"t look like one, but instead looked like a b*tch trying its best to look pretty.
Eh well, all the statue in this palace was all just like this. It wasn"t the best place for kids when these stuffs were here.
Splash splash~
I washed my hands covered in chocolate. I couldn"t reach the water with this small body, so I had to stand tiptoe on the ground.
But the force pushed me closer to the water. Kyaa, ah that scared me. I thought I was going to fell in the water.
I was trying to balance and when I did, I saw the water wave getting gentler and now barely moving.
Forgetting that I was balancing, I was just taken away by the the "something" on the reflection.
"Pretty..."
It might sound like I"m bragging, but me reflected on the water was... a bit too seriously beautiful. Kuuuu. It"s just that... this baby this cute and pretty is me!
If a baby this cute was in front of me, I would want to bite of its cuteness. Not too chubby but nicely popped out cheeks was so soft that anyone would like to pinch it, and the mouth, eyes, nose, and ears took the best place to be on this cute, fist small face.
This curly hair was nowhere near rusty, but soft and silky, eyes were big and innocent with long eyelashes. It was the face that if you did acting or modelling with, you would definitely succeed.
My mouth, nose, eyes, and ears along with the light blonde hair all were said to take after Diana, but my unique and hard to see eye colour was said to be taken after my dad, Claude"s. I was taken away by the colour of my blue jewel eyes.
"Heh.."
I was a baby to cute that with just a glimpse, everyone would call lovely, but out of all of the beauty, the one to compliment, even making these small sounds coming out was none other than this outstanding eyes.
Lilly said that these eyes were the eyes only the royal bloodlines had, the Gem pupils. Also, the author of the novel had used every words possible to describe on purpose to compliment these eyes.
I was like "What is this?" and was making fun of it, but now that I see it myself... I realized how all those details were needed.
Depending on the angle you look at it, the colour seem to be a different colour and s.h.i.+nes differently, too. Very beautiful and magical.
Since the royal bloodline currently exists in 2 people, me and my dad, it was known only us 2 possessed these eyes.
That was wrong, however. "Cause by now, there was Jennet in Duke Alfius"s place, being loved.
People in this world each had their own mana, and the ones royal bloodlines possess were very unique that made these eye colour.
This is all I know from the book Lilly has brought to me one time. It was very complicated but at least I got this much! Also, it"s all good as long as it"s still pretty, right?
"Princess! It"s dangerous!"
Someone picked me up. I was surprised and my eyes went wide for a moment before I realized who the person was, with some familiar movements.
"I told you not to go anywhere on your own, but now you don"t listen..."
Getting comfortable in Lilly"s arms, I smiled at Lilly.
"Lilly, I missed ya!"
Lilly sighed at my aegyo (Just in case you forgot, it means acting cute.). Lilly had the same beauty from 4 years ago.
"Princess, you ate chocolate today, right?"
Dun dun duuuuuun!
Still smiling, I froze in place. H-how did she know..
"I heard it all from Hanna. No snack for a week."
Wahhhh! This is impossible! Hanna, that betrayer!
Even though I did my sad puppy face, Lilly didn"t fall for it. No, my choco!
***
I was now picking flowers from the palace"s garden.
"Princess, can I have one?"
"Nahh! Bad, bad you!"
After lunch, Hanna said she was free to switch jobs with other maids to serve me. She seemed to be a little bored now.
Hanna who loves me enough to carry candies around with her still seemed to want the flower I was holding. If it was any other day, I would have gave one to her, smiling brightly but today was different.
That"s because Hanna told Lilly about me eating chocolate! She said that she didn"t do it on purpose. She said that she was jealous of how Seth got my kiss and not her so she just complained herself and Lilly happened to hear it. Anyways, that didn"t change that she told her.
"Not fair, princess."
Hearing Hanna complain I still picked the beautiful flowers before me. I was going to make a big flower crown for Lilly who had gone to the maid place.
I-It"s not that I am trying to make her change her mind about banning chocolate from me.
Anyways, after gathering some white flowers that fits Lilly well, I fell in a deep thought about it. If I were to make the flower crown with only these, it would look a bit... bland. Ah right! It would look great to have a big and pretty flower to add the point to the crown!
"Hanna, what colour flower do you think it would look good with these?"
When I spoke after being salty all day, Hanna"s eyes shone brightly. This sister really loves me so much.
"You are going to give it to Ms. Lilly, right? If so, wouldn"t violet or indigo look good on her? Hmm. Yellow would also be nice."
Lilly left to find some flowers to help me gather flowers herself after being thoughtful for a while.
And I, decided to search the garden a bit more. If I see some flowers matching well with Hanna while finding flowers to give Lilly, it wouldn"t be bad if I make a little flower crown for her...
Bleh, I"m way too kind. Since I knew just how much Hanna loves me these days, I will just stop being salty.
"Flowers live together in the garden~"
I searched the garden, humming the kids song.
"And we live together in the kindergarten~"
And after a while, I realized I had exited the Ruby palace.
"Gasp*?!"
CLT: Guys... Sorry for the late update. This was a long chapter tho. I"ll do my best to update frequently!