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Chapter 18 – Don’t Go Anywhere Now

When only the sound of a sleeping cat filled the room, Kiehl quietly hugged Bella tightly.

It wasn’t that long ago, but he realized that she wasn’t stupid.

That this time is so happy and precious.

If possible, he wanted to seize time and spend eternity in the mansion.

Zanbar, who says bad things, but was proud when complimented.

Pur the bear, who he sometimes rides on its back and walks around the garden a few times, and Iwer, who sometimes speaks unfamiliar words but often jokes around.

He also liked Jenkins, who seemed strict but kindly taught everything.

Especially Bella….

Kiehl, not daring to touch her anymore, slipped his hand over the tip of her hair and shut his eyes slowly.

***

When Bella woke up from a good night’s sleep, the sun was already in the middle of the sky.

She was still tired, but as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Kiehl and remembered what she had to do.

‘Oh. I need to let him meet Myu.’

Bella hurriedly jumped out of the bed, turning into a human.

‘I’ll change clothes first.’

She hadn’t washed properly for days, and she ran so much that her body was sore.

With that thought, Bella yawned once, took her clothes to change from the closet and headed to the bathroom. As she warmed her body in the warm water, her fatigue seemed to blow away.

“After all, home is the best.”

When her sleep was about to come back again, Bella washed her face and woke up.

‘No. Don’t be too late and make another mistake.’

She quickly got her clothes on and went back to her room. Kiehl, who had been sleeping on for a while, was not on the bed.

***

Bella stretched once and left the room, and the front door was quite noisy.

Kiehl grabbed Pur’s arm and waved it as he opened his mouth.

“No! She must be somewhere!”

“For now, she’s not in the library.”

Bella walked slowly down the porch, stroking the nape of her own neck.

“Hey, guys…”

However, her words disappeared like smoke, and Kiehl urged the demons again.

“Was it a real black cat that came yesterday?”

At those words, the dark circles that had disappeared reappeared.

“No! You’ve seen her come in! Did you see it, right? Sir Zanbar!”

“Ah. I saw it.”

“Or, maybe she went out again?”

Kiehl’s tears welled up at Iwer’s last words.

“Bella was sick. Is she going out again?”

“Oh, no. Jen! Let’s find the Miss!”

“Where can I find her? She’s not in the mansion.”

In the midst of the fuss, Bella suddenly called them.

“Gu… guys, what are you guys doing here?”

They turned their heads to Bella, who came down. Perhaps they could hear her words now after all the commotions.

Kiehl hurriedly cried and ran to Bella to hug her. She paused, then patted Kiehl on the back, who was crying.

‘While I’m gone…’

“Hey. Did you bully Kiehl while I was away?”

Bella gritted her teeth while looking straight at the demons.

“We didn’t bother him!”

“I think Sir Zanbar harassed him a bit!”

“When did I?!”

As Bella’s expression grew worse and worse, Jenkins stepped in and began to explain to her. “It’s because the Young Master is worried about the disappearance of the Miss.”

Bella still had a suspicious look, she asked Kiehl.

“Kiehl, really?”

At her words, he nodded his head and looked at her.

“I thought Bella was gone…”

Bella’s heart fluttered slightly as the baby bird chirped in search of its mother.

“Were you worried?”

In the end, Kiehl wept and hugged Bella’s arms.

She suddenly remembered. Sometimes in her previous life, her older sister said, ‘Raising a child is difficult, but seeing their face gives me strength.’

***

After a little rest, she prepared a carriage to go to the city of ‘Illinois’ with Kiehl.

“It’s amazing he was so scared at that time, that they would lend me a carriage even after we broke it down once.”

Jenkins gave a thumbs-up as she brought the carriage from the innkeeper.

“He said something about whether he gave me a rogue carriage to kill us on purpose.”

“Yes?”

“I said I’d let them slide once,” Bella said nonchalantly, and she and Kiehl got into the wagon.

“Who’s going to be the coach?”

“Me!”

Aggressive Pur was the first to raise her hand.

“Except the bear.”

Zanbar and Jenkins raised their hands at the same time, and this time Iwer followed suit.

“The two of us are one body!”

“Please don’t stick to me. There’s no need to stick to me.”

And so, Jenkins pushed Iwer’s face away with a very painful face each time this happened.

‘Still, Jenkins works the most… Shall I give him a prize?’

Bella coughed a few times, and then she told Iwer.

“Take the heart out. I won’t kick you out.”

Then, Iwer’s expression suddenly brightened, and Jenkins’s face turned red.

“Is that true?”

“Really?”

“Yeah. You’re making medicine with blood anyway. So, it’s already proven useful, isn’t it?”

Iwer was excited and immediately reached out to Jenkins. Then, without hesitation, she clasped her hand into his chest and pulled out his heart.

“You should give me a heads up before you take it out!”

Yelling, Bella was startled and hurriedly covered Kiehl’s eyes, who was sitting next to her.

‘Wow… she’s crazy.’

It was such a bizarre scene that Bella looked at the floor and counted the seconds.

‘Really. I’m enduring it because I needed to…’

Every time she saw the unhesitating actions of such demons, she felt uncomfortable in her stomach.

‘As expected, I have to finish it like the original.’

She can’t live with these guys for five thousand years.

“Zanbar, let’s go. Iwer, you’re just making medicine at home.”

Bella, who said this, was somehow like a mafia, and her mood was not very pleasant.

***

City of Illinois.

Arriving late, they stayed overnight at an inn, and woke up early in the morning to diligently prepare their meals. Since she had to meet Myu, it was always the same beginning, except for dressing Kiehl a little plainly.

“It’s been a while since I’ve eaten at an inn.”

When she first saw Kiehl, she ate at an inn like this.

Three years have already passed.

She was proud that Kiehl, who couldn’t even eat or speak properly, now seems to be acting like an eleven-year-old.

Although of course she sometimes thought he was too precocious.

‘He must have been in the mansion too much. He should come to the city often to play.’

At that moment, the poster on the inn stood out in Bella’s eyes. It was a poster in which a woman and a man were in opposition to each other, holding swords.

[ The World’s Best Fall Martial Arts Competition][ Price 1st place: 20 gold / 2nd place: 10 gold / 3rd place: 5 gold ]

’20 gold is a pretty big prize.’

Next to it were other posters.

[ Illinois Summer Festival ][ Unlimited beer for spring flowers ]

What kind of posters are attached by season?

“Where the hell do you get those posters?”

Jenkins glanced where Bella was pointing, and shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s just annoying. They do it every year anyway.”

“Shall we go together to the summer festival next year?”

“Well, it won’t be as big as a summer festival in the capital, but it’s going to be fun.”

At that, Jenkins stared at the poster for the martial arts competition and asked Bella. “Why don’t you find a teacher who will teach you swordsmanship as a first-generation swordsman while you’re in the city?”

“Why?”

“Why not. I’m not going to teach the young master in a fist-fighting manner. How long are you going to make me just swing it?”

“Well…”

“He’s going to have to practice soon. Doesn’t he need a good teacher?”

“Well. But, is it all right, though?”

At Bella’s skeptical words, Jenkins widened his eyes.

Seeing this, she judged soberly.

“Think about it. We don’t even have official positions. To others, we’re just commoners, who want to teach us?”

Bella saw Kiehl eating breakfast with her arms crossed. ‘Just by looking at his face, the Crown Prince’s aura is flowing all over the place.’

No matter how casual she is.

“Let’s just get it, just in case.”

“Well, let’s see.”

Jenkins glanced at Bella, who was drinking water leisurely, heartlessly.

‘I don’t think you’re going to leave him to me like this…’

***

After a while, she went out with the bread she had bought at the inn and walked to where Myu was.

“Miss, you just ate. Will you eat again?”

“What do you mean? I’m not going to eat it.”

Bella then handed a large baguette to Kiehl.

“It seems that you also ate a lot of breakfast.”

“Jenkins, I think you’ve been saying this for a long time.”

“Yes.”

“I hate vomiting the most at my job.”

“….”

Eventually, she took Kiehl’s hand and found Myu, whom she had seen before. She was sitting in the same seat as that day and begging in the same way.

It was finally the moment to lay the foundation for this novel.

“Kiehl, see that brunette girl sitting over there?”

“Yes.”

“Would you like to give this to her?”

Kiehl’s eyes fluttered at the unexpected request.

It was a little strange coming here in the first place. Because this was the city he had been begging for a long time ago.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Um… let’s be friends with her?”

Then, Jenkins nodded his head in agreement with Bella.

“Well. Since the Young Master is also human, he needs to learn how to get along with humans.”

“Come on, bring this to that friend.”

However, Kiehl barely moved and hesitated. He didn’t need to know how to get along with humans. Even when he was a wanderer, he was alone.

“I-I don’t want to go there.”

Besides, Bella was pointing to the place where he had waited for the lunch that was given out for free.

She looked at Kiehl and spoke kindly.

“That friend will be of great help to Kiehl’s life later.”

“How does Bella know that?”

“The Animal Kingdom Princess knows a lot.”

“…Lie.”

Without erasing her smile, she carefully ‘bumps’ Kiehl’s head and slaps it painlessly. “I’m not going home until you say hello to that friend.”

Bella’s heart for the completion of the novel was determined.

***

Kiehl couldn’t resist Bella’s urging and walked slowly to Myu, though he couldn’t hide the discomfort from his face.

He took one step at a time and felt like being dragged into hell.

Kiehl then glanced back at Bella, who was standing in the distance.

‘Is it going to be helpful?’

Bella’s actions today were not understandable.

Looking back, some things were questionable. Kiehl’s birthday and learning the things he should have learned later…

Does it make sense that all of this is just a coincidence?

Behind him, she was waving her hand, unknowing of his heart. He turned around again and approached the brunette girl. As Kiehl approached, Myu also looked at Kiehl with a growling face as if she had lost her place.

At that moment, he threw the bread he was holding in his hand to Myu.

Because Bella wants it.

“Eat.”

But, Bella didn’t ask him to be kind.

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