Chapter 38

Quiet! I said to be quiet!”

SNIP .

I raised my voice at Selene, who mocked us as she could not stand the cringe, and stopped my tears from flowing . Though she put up an aggrieved expression and got cursed at for no reason, she soon realized that I had gone through something more serious than she had thought .

[But, are you alright? What happened there…]

“Sob . Let me catch my breath . ”

[Did His Majesty somehow catch wind of it? Did he say that he’ll take the princess with him?]

[Nng, not go . I not go! Haniel not going . Brother is scary . ]

“…”

Haniel heard our conversation and shivered in my arms while she whimpered, without actually knowing what’s going on .

[No! Haniel likes mommy . Brother is scary . Very very scary! Boohoohoo . ]

“Baby . ”

Again, burning rage started to fill up deep within me .

I was horrified from having met him in that short period, so I could not imagine how the young girl would be .

I could not bear just at the thought of it .

“You’re not going . Haniel will stay with mommy . It’s alright if you don’t go to your brothers . ”

[R, really?]

“Of course . Haniel is now mommy’s baby . ”

She must be anxious, seeing how much I’m shaking right now .

Haniel stopped sniffling after I straightened up and forced a smile .

‘So this is why mothers can’t show their weak side even if they are hurt or sick . ’

I endured and suppressed my trembling heart before Haniel got influenced by me again .

The time passed relatively slow while waiting for our baby princess to fall asleep completely .

However, like how Haniel felt a sense of relief from me, I, too, felt consoled by this young child .

‘Is this how family is?’

Though I never had this experience, I was happy to know that there was someone home waiting for me .

Selene, who had been keeping quiet and waiting for some time, came waddling over .

[Your Ladyship, it seems that she’s finally asleep . She should be quite heavy . Why don’t you put her down?]

“I want to stay like this for a while more . ”

Though it was tiring to carry her, putting her down was worse .

As Haniel fell into deep sleep, I patted her and slowly leaned on my back .

[But, what did His Majesty say? He didn’t catch wind of Haniel and asked to take her away, so there shouldn’t be anything for you to be afraid of . You should be confident and say that I did not commit any crime!]

“Don’t comment unnecessarily when it has nothing to do with you . ”

Who was the one who stayed in her place after hearing news of the Emperor?

Selene was definitely an animal now . Not only her empathy but her memory had also decreased significantly .

Though I detested seeing her rolling her eyes so calmly, I did not have the energy to retaliate .

I waved my hand for her to leave, but Selene did not budge and stuck around instead .

[Are you really not going to tell me? Did His Majesty start forcing you to speak or get suspicious about you?]

“That’s not it…”

[The Prince’s were around as well . Were they as scary as His Majesty?]

“He’s not scary, but how should I put it…”

Recalling it made me feel weak, as if I had drank a potent alcohol, making me feel fuzzy .

“Overall, the brothers were quite weird . They were staring at me as if shooting lasers from their eyes . Phew . ”

[Isn’t that because Your Ladyship is too beautiful?]

“Oh my . ”

I had wanted to reply, ‘I won’t be able to hate them if they had said that…’ but instead, I forced a laugh .

“No, you should have been there to see it yourself . They treated me like a criminal, as if they were on a witch hunt . ”

[I, it was to that extent?]

“Don’t even bring it up . I think it was the fourth prince? He was looking at my hair as if ready to just rip it off my head . ”

[What if he wanted to just severe your head off, instead of your hair?]

“…”

Chills went down my back as I imagined if that had actually happened to me .

But recalling the event again, none of them seem to have unsheathed their swords or displayed murderous intent .

“Mm . ”

I was more certain about that fact since I came back alive .

If they were bent on killing me, they would have tried something on me right there and then, but instead, they sent me away .

Plus, it would matter a lot since the man with crimson-red eyes had allowed it…

[Your Ladyship, what were you thinking that made your face so flushed?]

“M, me?”

I then fanned my face and sat down, with my back slightly turned .

I could feel Haniel’s heartbeat spreading throughout my body .

“I was quite shocked . I’ve felt like I’ve escaped death multiple times a day recently . ”

[Why did you choose to raise the princess then? You’ve lived your days so comfortably up until now . ]

“Yeah . Of course, I’ve been living comfortably until then…”

But I had not felt this much warmth all those while .