Chapter 5 (1/2)

‘I can’t believe it. I ended the long-awaited first meeting with macaroon. “

For a few days, I had been already worried sick.

I was not only worried but also got sick from it. In the meantime, somehow the room was getting hotter and hotter. Even though I did a good job, Ante often stared at me as if I did something wrong.

“What happened? I can not imagine a person who would normally brag about bringing firewood, now bringing them for no reason.”

For sure, it was about me.  Hmph, I would never tell you why.

I shuddered with anxious eyes.

Ante walked towards me with big steps as if my expression was annoying and pinched my stomach. As my eyes were filled with tears, Ante then looked satisfied.

“Hmph. No matter what, I just won a favor from the chief of security. Do not get any high hopes, Princess. This is the abandoned palace.. “

Every time when Ante said this, I just kept my mouth shut. One thing that I just did not know what to say and another was that I simply  did not feel the need to speak. My thought was like “So what?”

Yes, it was abandoned. So what?

All I needed to do was leave this palace when I become an adult by endowing Euphil with my life.

‘At that time, I should find a man and get married.’

When I was pouting, Ante snorted with laughter. Obviously, she had a cold personality

“Don’t be mad at me. I wouldn’t have seen you, Princess if I had not come to this abandoned palace. “

It was ridiculous. How could you not grumble about being harassed?

But I turned my back on her and played with a few toys instead of staring at her. If  I rebelled more here, I may not get meal anymore.

‘Anyway, I really needed to see Euphil’

I thought.

Of course, it was to egg him on but I had no idea what to do.

Still, I rolled my eyes as I thought about Euphil who did not let go of my hands.

I wasn’t sure about the near future. But for now, he did not seem like a person who would be cold to others since he was young.

‘Should I just keep following him around?’

If he would see me everyday, he might grow on me. I shook my head as I clenched my small fists.

What I did not realize was that it was the beginning of a hardship.

Cough!

My mouth was full of dirt and I just fell over the stones but I held my tears because Euphil’s cold eyes.

Since that day, Euphil put some distance between us as if he heard something.

Even if I knew where his palace was, I would never make it. The garden of my Princess Palace had already become a part of a forest and it was very difficult to go to another palace through this forest like garden with a body of five-year-old child.

So I had to wait for Euphil to come to this garden instead. Fortunately, the garden was the place that he liked. He often looked around near the base where I fell asleep normally.

“Pfff, you’re always on the tree… “

“It’s annoying that you follow me.”

“Hmph. But Mirthy wants to play with Euvil. “

” Euvil?”

“Euphil Oppa.”

BUT, on top of the tree.

It was a really labor-intensive activity to follow him around.

After chasing him around, I had to stop and sit down to catch my breath, and he gave me a look as if asking me to quit following him on top of trees.

Jesus, as if he was like a monkey or a bird.

‘How can a ten-years old kid climb tress like that?’

He did not climb a tree like a monkey but climbed as if his body was like a feather. It also looked like as if he was jumping up continuously. However, every time I almost burst into tears, his face would turn cold which made me to have a hiccup all the time.

Whack!

After kicking the base of the tree where he had climbed, I sat down besides him.

panting…

I ran out of my breath as I walked for too long.

“So, why don’t you just stop following me”

“No way.”

“You are one stubborn one.”

“So are you.”

“Hmph.”

Yawn.

Once I sat down, I felt a little sleepy. I leaned my head on the tree with my head looking upward.

As I was starring at him, Euphil flinched a bit when our eyes met.

‘Hmm, his reactions are honest.”

When I looked at him with a little more tearful face, his face slowly started to become gloomy. This time, it was not about crying. It was just a resentful face, something like that. Of course, only a little bit.

I needed to tell Euphil that I liked him.

“Euvil Oppa”

“What?”

“I’m sleepy.”

“I will not take you to the palace this time. “

“Nooo.”

I shook my head. To explain to him that it was not about taking me to the palace.

“Don’t you feel sleepy?”

“I am not sleepy.”

“Mirthy wants to hear a fairy tale whenever she wants to sleep.”

“I wont tell you a story.”

“That is why Mirthy will tell you one.”

Euphil looked like as if he was sick of me. The appearance of sighing with leaves on the blond hair looked like the spirits of trees but that would be the same for my case too.