I Was Born As The Kings Daughter Chapter 25 (1/2)
CHAPTER 25: PRIVILEGED TREATMENT
Seoyeong Kang had been seventeen when she gave birth to me, and she was noenty-six She was very beautiful and you would never guess that she was a mother She did not seem to exercise, so she must have been naturally blessed In this world, women over twenty-five were considered to be over the hill In this world, neither a woht nor her reputation as a beauty had any value at all When wo they were considered corier and er I considered it
I thought she was very pretty though even at the “advanced” age of twenty-six
Seoyeong had given birth this tiirl and a boy which obviously cause for celebration Of course, the girl was considered unremarkable, but a boy had also been born My excursion had been abruptly interrupted because a prince had been born
As I looked at the tho stared up at , I felt a sense of peace and a new type of determination bubbled up inside ht away!
I was al forward to playing a part in shaping my brother, ufufufu~
A few days later, I was sitting by Seoyeong, playing
“He’s such a beautiful baby, Mother!”
“You too, should get ive birth to boys”
Well, actually, I’d prefer a girl Of course, she was right A princess who gave birth to a boy could expect privileged treatment Then Jinsu’s face came to mind Why had he asked me that? I remembered his words, “What have you done to eniuses of the Empire Every time that memory came to me I was thrown into confusion
My doubts are still gnawing at me, and I would wait three years before I learned more I was noelve years old Another injustice was that while boys develop faster, they faster which was absurd
Another injustice was that if a boy was born, the King was given credit for the achieveirl was born, the Queen was blamed Do you see how absurd it all is?
But there was so-Ah Ki at the same rate!
“Sister! Sister! I caught a cicada!” Hwan-Hyeok ran toward me in excitement
“Sister! Sister! I caught a praying ht beside him excitedly said
Kids in this world were different froe, they were strong enough to race through the gardens and daringly scamper up trees to catch cicadas Their eyes seened anger, swatting their bottoerous to climb trees?”
They probably were not even hurt by ry I stood with , they complained in unison, “Ouch, that hurt!”
I burst out laughing in spite of myself Somebody applauded then and approached us
“Princess Sang-Hee, you really dare to hit a prince in broad daylight?”
“nobody’s around except you, Alex”
I would have been nervous if another person had scolded me, but I was not afraid of Alex Hwan-Hyeok defended -Hee scolds hter There certainly was so special about hi a prince He was quite far from normal, in any case
“Princess Sang-Hee, I have so news”
“Surprising news?”
“Yes, so very unusual has happened This is the first ti like this has happened”
Alex was about to continue when someone approached then
“Can you wait a while to tell her this news?”
I was thunderstruck It was my eldest brother, the firstborn prince who had represented practically my sole hope for survival Oh! How handso at that handso! I ran over to him and leaped up and down before hiic to raise me and embrace me with ease
“Has it only been a year? You’re a young lady now!”
“Your Majesty! I missed you so much that I’ve had dreams about you!”
“You too? You were in my dreams too!” (T/n: damn smooth af)
He stroked -Ah
“I don’t like you!” Hwan-Hyeok yelled
Hwan-Hyeok puffed out his cheeks and threw the cicadas took flight toward the treetops upon release
I scolded Hwan-Hyeok, “That’s your older brother Don’t say that”
Hyeong-Seok stroked rown up Maybe I shouldn’t hold you like a baby” He was about to set h and clutched at his neck Alex smiled as he looked on
Sang-Ah walked over shyly and bowed, saying “hello, Your Majesty”
Hyeong-Seok held ht arer Still cradling us, Hyeon-Seok knelt down and looked at him at eye-level
“I’m so happy to see you, Hwan-Hyeok!”
I was so lucky to have such a kind brother, as so different froer ones
Hwan-Hyeok and Sang-Ah were twins, but there was so different about theic Neither was a brilliant ic abilities made them remarkable
Sang-Ah also had developed at the same rate as Hwan-Hyeok
“May I tell Sang-Hee the great news?”
“Of coursedo as Your Majesty pleases”
Scuhest national service, by decoding the ancient script Our King, otherwise known as Scuivenat receiving news of this honor
Hyeong-Seok, whose generosity seemed limitless, smiled at me
He continued, “So you can call her ‘Treasure’ now, not Princess Sang-Hee”
Alex interjected, “There will be a party tomorrow, and all the princesses and princess will be in attendance
In all my twelve years, there had never been an occasion when all athered in one spot I had only one occasion when I ’s assassination
What could Scu?
However le instance when the King summoned the queens and princes for a feast Or rather, if there had been such an occasion, it was so insignificant that there was no record of it
Hwan-Hyeok pouted By Earth’s standards, he had the physique of a six or seven-year-old, but histhe twins groas my sole joy
“I like Hyeong-Seok No, I hate him!”
“What does that mean?”
“You only like Hyeon-Seok, Sang-Hee! I want you to hug me too”
The kid had started understanding speech at six aterole for so-Ah took to h to be a mother on the inside