Chapter 13 - Volume 2 (1/2)

Volume 2, Chapter 1: I’ve Become a Princess, Part 1

Well now. It’s a brand new day.

It’s been nearly a year since that second demon summoning incident, and I will be five years old in three months.

Having a good snack, meeting my grandfather who turned out to be a king, this year has had a lot happening. Quite a bit of tension. To top it off, staring out my window at the city and muttering “Give me your love”…

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

… Pardon me.

Just going to squirm in my bed a little.

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Well now. It’s a brand new day.

It’s been nearly a year since that second demon summoning incident, and I will be five years old in three months.

… Hmm? You think something’s wrong? Ignore it.

Anyways, my life has dramatically changed.

Although, since I’ve been overly pampered from the start, not much has changed, but, it has been increased further.

… Today is one of those days.

“For Princess Yuru, the head chef has baked a lot of treats that are trending wildly in the Royal Capital.”

“Okay”

A little human food won’t kill me.

A voice came my way, the head maid… when father moved into the castle, the people that started caring for me grew by a lot. Ever since he became a Duke, maids have been coming by the dozens.

That old butler guy, “Just Grandpa”-san’s wife, forces me to call her “Nanna”…Why are you two so insistent on this?

Nanna and I walk slowly while holding hands.

I’m almost five years old, it’s about time I graduated from being carried around.

However, my other hand is being held by another maid, holding me on both sides.

For some reason, I remembered a black and white photo of a monkey being held up on either side.

Being pulled by two people can barely be called walking. Or rather, my feet are floating.

I don’t want it to be like this, but when I complain I get carried around instead, no objection.

I… I am a princess, right?

As an aside, when Mother carried me down the hallways, I saw Vio through an open door with all the younger maids, doing intensive-training-like push-ups.

What are you training for…?

All of you guys’ love is heavy.

Our home… let’s just say that the household of Verusenia is in a very good financial state.

This country, the Holy Kingdom Taterudo is a rich land, maybe because people are religious, they work hard and pay their taxes.

Seems there’s no corruption in the religion in this nation…

Well, cutting to the chase, Father’s Touru territory pays a lot of taxes.

The money isn’t all the Duke’s, of course.

A portion is taken, and we stay profitable through the foreign trading that the Duke, Father, does on his own.

The Touru territory is in the west of the kingdom. Further to the west is the Shiguresu country, where about 30% of the land is farmland: it’s an agricultural superpower.

Shiguresu, as a mostly agricultural nation, worships the same goddess as us, the Goddess of Good Harvest, Kostoru. The queen there is my father’s older sister, in other words, my aunt.

Well of course he’s profitable; who could he trust more as a trading partner.

All the same, I heard from the old butler that when the retired minister was in charge, there was an even greater amount of profit made.

Anyways, our house is quite rich, even among aristocrats.

Since both Mother and Father have no extravagant hobbies, they focused all their money on me.

Of the butlers and maids that showed up when Father came here, who pamper me so intently, some had even left their previous employers who they’d worked with for a long time, Vio has been fiercely training the new maids.

It’s quite scary, you know.

I have lots of dresses and extravagant meals; I’m just not used to this degree of luxury.

I can’t say “I don’t need it” properly.

Why, you ask, would what’s happened deviate from the new norm?

For one thing, whenever I go out, I’m escorted by Knights. Well, it’s normal to be escorted by normal knights, but this time, a dozen female knights followed us…do they like crossdressing? You guys, guarding us that fiercely isn’t necessary.

Female knights… sounds good, doesn’t it.

However, we were at the back of that knight formation for a reason this time.

“Look, Yurushia. We can see the castle from here”

“I shee”

Without thinking, I accidentally lapsed into baby talk. But it doesn’t matter, right now, I’m riding on a horse together with His Majesty. In other words, with my Grandfather.

Although his looks aren’t bad, grandfather is anything but delicate. He’s giving me love.

Grandfather and Uncle are all the same: [Wild]. They have no delicacy.