Chapter 6 (1/2)

Where is this place?

I spun around, completely flustered. I had been mindlessly walking around the flower field and found myself here.

I knew the palace was big, but not this big. And it wasn’t like I could find my way back because I hadn’t been walking in one direction.

For the first time since I entered this world, I didn’t know what to expect. L-let’s calm down. Since my area in the palace was big, I could probably see it from here.

I was right. When I lifted my head, I saw the wall of a castle. I quickly scurried over with flowers in my arms.

“What this?”

The place I arrived wasn’t the Ruby Palace.

It was an empty place, there wasn’t a single hair visible. No, it was much more empty than my palace.

Did no one use this place? It seems clean, but there’s not even a single rat here.

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I was completely baffled because I had only been trying to find pretty flowers but I ended up here.

Wait. No one uses this palace?

“Oho?”

My eyes widened. If no one used this palace, I could use it, right? I was looking for a place to hide my treasure, and this was a perfect place!

There were limits to hiding it in my palace. And I felt uneasy because Lili had gone to meet the head maid this morning.

I quietly examined the entire place. And I started to tip toe to not make a sound as possible.

After a short exploration, I found that the palace was clean but there really wasn’t a single ant here.

If so, I only had to be careful when maids came to clean here. It was probably one of the palaces the past emperor used. And it was close to my palace too! My luck really was amazing.

And this abandoned palace became my secret hideout.

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I’ve been thinking, but 4 years ago I probably died after taking the sleeping pills. And since it was the middle of winter without any heating units on, I probably froze to death. Dang.

Well it’s not like I missed that life or anything, especially since I was an orphan. If someone told me to go back, I absolutely wouldn’t.

Actually, novel aside, if you looked at it logically, this was a pretty good place. I got meals, a house, and I didn’t have to work for a single thing.

And with the possession buff that I got, I could understand the language of this world the day I opened my eyes.

“Li,li!”

I happily smiled holding the paper that had scribbly words on it. The level of education in this world was low, and kids my age learning to write was unheard of.

My goal was to quietly live without attracting too much attention, but I was completely doomed. Lili and the maids looked at me in shock like I was the genius of the century.

“Our clever princess.”

And after that, they started to officially educate me. The maids that used to adore me were burning with a passion to teach me things, and they started teaching me basic manners.

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I learned later on, but children usually started learning manners when they were 8.

“I’m sincerely happy that I can be by Princess Athanasia’s side.”

It pricked my conscience that I was considered a genius when all I was was the possessor of this body.

But I didn’t mean to! So I intentionally got grammar wrong and spilled tea to appeal that I wasn’t smart. It seemed like it wasn’t working though.

“Ati is so happy to be wid Lili too!”

The silver lining was that the Ruby Palace was pretty isolated, so news from inside didn’t spread to the outside.

That was a big relief. Because I’m not gonna meet Claude when I’m 9 years old, and I’m gonna leave before I turn 18!

I’ll do anything to avoid Claude. I don’t know where it is, but I won’t even look at the Emperor’s Palace.

It was probably the fanciest and extravagant of them all since it was where the Emperor lived, right? I just had to avoid that kind of building.

“Princess, would you like some milk?”

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“Yeah! I dun like it cold!”

“Yes, I’ll prepare warm milk for you”

Once Lili left the room, I got up from the floor where I had been writing letters. And I got out two pouches that I had prepared beforehand from under my bed.

The pouches that I had gotten from Hannah by using my puppy eyes contained the funds I have saved up so far.

Once I made sure the weight of the pouches were about the same, I quickly lifted my dress. I could see my cute baby underclothes in the shape of pumpkin pants.