TL: Zimming
Elizabeth Nodelli.
The nine-year-old lady is the empireâs jade.
There was no end to the nicknames referring to Elizabeth.
Princess Ingridâs daughter.
the granddaughter of Empress Dowager
In addition, she also get along well with Duke Marche and Empress Yvonne.
She went in and out of the Imperial Palace like her own home. They were all wrapped in her little finger, that she even used the Empressâ knees as a chair.
The little tyrant that Empress Yvonne adores often acted freely.
Elizabeth, who was staring at me, blinked.
âWhy didnât Lady Dubbled greet me?â
I replied casually.
âHello.â
âYou havenât learned how to behave?â
The girl clapped his hands and said with an innocent face.
âThen Iâll tell you how. Here, like this.â
Elizabeth pressed my head down and smiled broadly.
âBow down and say hello.â
She had a lot of strength in her grip, which was not like a child.
My head on her hands was throbbing due to the pressure, and the hair that the maids worked on was messy because of my sweat.
She still held my head. She suddenly let go and clapped.
âThis is how you bow down to the royal family. Do you understand?â
ââ¦â¦.â
The whole garden was buzzing. I could see the children around me stamping their feet without knowing what to do.
It is obviously rude to touch a personâs body without permission. Among the nobles of the empire, it was right to ask if it was okay to touch them above the neck.
Miss Hadero, who was restless said, âI, Iâ¦!â
âDo, donât touch her hairâ¦â¦! I mean, Miss Nodelli is so rudeâ¦â¦!â
Elizabeth spoke in a sullen voice when she saw Miss Hadero, who was rambling in embarrassment.
âWhy are you angry?â
âHuh?â
âYou just got mad at Liz. You screamed!â
Her sullen voice soon sounded like crying, but eventually she really cried.
âSniffâ¦â
As Elizabeth began to sniff, the frightened ladies rushed into the garden.
âOh my,Liz!â
I know this voice.
âPrincess Ingrid.â
She came in front of Elizabeth with great surprise and rubbed her daughterâs eyes.
âM, mom, mom!â
âYes, yes.â
When she patted her daughter on the back and asked, âWhatâs going on?â Elizabeth pointed to Miss Hadero.
âShe got mad at Liz. Liz was so scaredâ¦â¦.â
Frustrated, Miss Hadero quickly shook her hand.
âNo, itâs not like that. Iâm not.â¦â¦.â
However, she was very embarrassed by the gaze, so Hadero couldnât explain clearly.
I looked up.
And,
âHuaaâ!!â
I burst into tears at once.
âYou think youâre the only one who can cry?â
There is no more good Leblaine who just tolerates what a child did. I was crying, so at this time my godmother ran towards me.
âChild.â
âGodmotherâ¦huaa!â
âWhatâs the matter?â
âMy head hurtsâ¦â¦. I was so surprised that I cried. Iâm sorry! Huaa!
âYour head hurts all of a sudden? Do you have a headache?â
I stretched out my index finger and pointed at Elizabeth as Elizabeth did to Miss Hadero.
âMiss Nodelli hit me!â
âWhat?â
Godmother and other noble ladies looked at Elizabeth in surprise.
Even her mother, Princess Ingrid, took a deep breath.
âReally?â
âI didnât hit her, I only pressed it. I only taught Miss Dubbled because she didnât know how to greet me. Didnât you say we should greet each other properly? Did I do something wrong?â
I smiled inside.
As soon as she entered the garden, she looked at me with hostility. Iâm sure she pressed my head to insult me.
âShe knows how to fake crying.â
She knew very well how to win the hearts of adults.
It seems like she does this a lot of times. Sheâs a formidable opponent.
âBut itâs also my specialty to use age as a weapon.â
I shook my head.
âNo! I know manners. My godmother told me everything!â
âBut Miss Dubbled didnât bow to Liz, a royal family, did you?â
âBut Miss Nodelli isnât a member of the Imperial familyâ¦â¦.â
âNo! Liz is their granddaughter!â
Elizabeth shouted and I tilted my head.
âBut the law says that only the Emperor, his immediate lineage, the Empress, and the Empress Dowager are members of the royal family. Thatâs why my godmother is also a royal here.â
âDo you know how much the Emperor and Empress love me?!â
âBut youâre not in the Imperial family.â
âYouâ¦â¦!â
âOnly the Emperorâs father or mother is a member of the royal family. And as a child of a Duke, I bow to the royal family only.â
âLiz⦠Lizâ¦â
Elizabeth, whose face turned red, gritted her teeth.
âYou orphan.â
All the people were disgusted by the mischievous remarks.
âYouâre not his real child, youâre a commoner. Sheâs very impure yet she mingled with the nobles!â
âLady Nodelli! Stop it! Thatâs a terrible thing to sayâ¦!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Godmother shouted and blocked my ears.
But that doesnât mean that I couldnât hear the words.
âYou fake! Youâre a shame to the nobility!â
I stared at Elizabeth quietly in the arms of my godmother.
But itâs weird.
In the past, when I heard that I am an orphan, impure, or fake, I felt sad even if I pretended not to, but now I didnât feek anything at all.
âOh, I see.â
I donât care because I am loved enough.
I glanced at Elizabeth, who was still in the grip of the godmotherâs wrinkled hand.
âShouting at me doesnât make you a royal family.â
âShut up!â
âIâm adopted, but Iâm loved by them. My dad, my brothers, my aunt loves me with all their heart. But Miss Nodelli.â
ââ¦â¦.â
âMiss Nodelli can never be a royal family.â
âTh, thisâ¦â¦!!â
âThe child that Empress Yvonne gave birth to will become a princess.â
Elizabeth would be very anxious then.
By now, she mustâve thought what if she takes away all attention and love from them.
âIf she grows up to be the perfect princess, sheâll soon be forgotten, but if sheâs like the devil like she is today, sheâll be worried for the rest of her life.â
Elizabeth Nodelliâs face was already pale. She was afraid, so she didnât know what to do.
After paying back properly, I felt relieved and saw my godmother.
âIâm sorry for making a fuss.â
âTo be calm even with such insults, you really are the child I taught.â
Godmother smiled, and the ladies didnât know what to do because they were sorry for me.
In fact, at first, some of these people were keeping me in check for fear that I might take their childâs academy position. But now, everyone saw me and didnât have the hostility in their eyes anymore.
I wanted us to get along, so Iâm glad. I didnât even do anything thanks to Elizabeth.
âThank you, rascal!â
I laughed inside and looked at Elizabeth, who burst into tears
***
Elizabeth bit her lips tightly.
Leblaine Dubbled was more evil and wicked than any other child she knew.
She must be jealous of the good and cute Elizabeth, so she turned her into a bad girl.
She cried in the garden, but the adults felt sorry for the wicked child and didnât give her a glance.
âHow could she do this? Whatâs up with that orphan?â
Everyone in the world loves her
It was a fact she knew every since birth.
She is related to the royal family. Both loved her very much, and her parents couldnât do anything to her. Everyone in the world bowed their heads in front of her.
It was because sheâs such a lovely child.
But at some point, that orphan appeared.
She was called the child of fate and stole the attention that should have been hers, she even stole her popularity by winning the virtual battle.
âThat kid is a shame for the nobility.â
Elizabeth slapped the object in her pocket.
âIf youâre a child, the guards wonât be wary. Besides, who would dare to doubt her? Put âthis medicineâ in the food of the child of fate by looking at the timing.â
She vaguely knew this medicine was a very dangerous one.
But it doesnât matter. Such a mean child shouldnât be alive.
âShe needs to die.â
It was the moment Elizabeth turned to the corner of the hallway with the bottle in her hand.
âAh!â
She ran into someone while walking in a hurry.
Elizabeth, who rubbed her nose, looked up in a fit of rage.
âCanât you see properlyâ¦â¦!â
âIt was you who came and bumped into me.â
ââ¦wow.â
The tall boy was looking down at her who fell down.
His dazzling silver hair.
Blue eyes deep like a lake.
There was a prince here that seemed to pop out of a picture book.
Her heart was beating so fast that itâs about to burst.
Then, someone approached the boy.
âLord.â
âWhere is she?â
âIâve got the location. Letâs go there. Whoo, if she sees her eldest brother come, she will be pleased.â
ââ¦â¦.â
The boy followed the man in a tailcoat, and Elizabeth looked blankly at the boyâs back.
âN, nameâ¦â¦ I should have asked for your nameâ¦â¦.â
Who is that beautiful person?