Baby Princess’ Survival Diary - Chapter 45

I wasn’t comfortable when I got into the carriage, I was a little angry.

 

Because it became more clear that they had no expectations of me from the start.

 

– There’s nothing they can do about it.

 

I nodded at Serina’s words.

 

“It’s not that I don’t understand.”

 

– Yes, you understand, but you get angry.

 

“Ung.”

 

Nadia jumped at my firm answer.

 

[Should I punish them?]

 

“No…”

 

Nadia asked with more seriousness than usual.

 

As I shook my head, Nadia sat back down as if sorry, but its eyes were still looking at me.

 

I shook my head to say no again.

 

At that moment, Nadia lowered its gaze and fell flat on its stomach.

 

– Get some rest.

 

“Ung.”

 

At Serina’s words, I leaned my back on the sofa. When I buried myself on the soft sofa, the rattling carriage was tolerable.

 

“Driane.”

 

[Yeah.]

 

“Is there a possibility of a monster in the ground?”

 

[…I’m not sure.]

 

Driane avoided my gaze. This meant that the chances were low.

 

Seeing Driane’s reaction, it seemed that neither the Prince nor the Count knew about it.

 

I sighed a little and lay down in the carriage.

 

– Yeah, let’s get some rest.

 

I nodded to Serina and closed my eyes.

 

The carriage was still rattling, but I tried to close my eyes.

 

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I felt sorry for Serina, Driane, and Nadia, who became quiet as I was quiet, but I couldn’t help it.

 

It was the first time I had had this kind of experience, so I had no idea what to react to.

 

In fact, it was more difficult because neither the Count nor the Prince had done anything wrong that made me angry.

 

I felt the carriage stop, and I got up.

 

I couldn’t sleep, but I closed my eyes and thought for a long time.

 

It seemed to be time for lunch.

 

Knock, knock. 

 

“Yes!”

 

“We’re going to have lunch.”

 

“Yes. I’ll go.”

 

When I cleaned up and went outside, I felt the Prince’s gaze.

 

I was a little embarrassed, so I tried to avoid his eyes and rushed over to the Viscount Janen. The Viscount greeted me with a smile as if she had seen all the commotion earlier.

 

The Prince, who was approaching me, retreated with a slightly sullen look.

 

‘Was it too rude?’

 

I was a little worried to see that.

 

I just avoided him because it was awkward.

 

I shook my head while looking at the Prince with a gloomy expression on his face.

 

‘I can apologize next time.’

 

– Lione. Hurry up and eat.

 

I nodded at Serina’s words and raised my spoon.

 

Time passed quickly as I chatted with the Viscount Janen. As I got up, the Prince approached me again.

 

“Young Lady, could you spare some time?”

 

As if everyone was aware of the uproar from earlier, their eyes focused on them for a moment, but it quickly disappeared.

 

“Yes.”

 

The Prince stopped at a distance that was not far, but to the point they couldn’t hear the story.

 

“I’m sorry for offending Young Lady.”

 

“…It’s nothing.”

 

“It’s not that I don’t know that Young Lady is an important member of this delegation.”

 

“….”

 

“That’s—”

 

Ppi—.

 

– Be careful, Lione!

 

As I turned around at Serina’s words, I saw something black coming down from the mountain.

 

There didn’t seem to be many numbers, but the sight of ants forming a group as big as my upper body was very disgusting.

 

I remembered that it was a monster that I had seen in a book.

 

It was Ant.

 

I tried to return to the group quickly, but it was already too late. It was because the Ants occupied the middle.

 

“Young Lady, stay behind me.”

 

The Prince hurriedly drew the formula.

 

The Ants came towards us, spewing something out of their mouths, apparently targeting us.

 

“It’s poison gas. Don’t touch it!”

 

The Prince’s fingertips flared with fire. Then the Ants quickly backed away.

 

On the other side, the knights quickly dealt with the Ants, centering on Sir Adhan.

 

The Ants, who seemed to be contemplating for a moment, decided not to change their target and were gradually approaching us.

 

Kieek! 

 

The Ants, which were small at first, grew very quickly.

 

The Ants that came after the first ones were smaller, but they released poison gas faster.

 

Sir Adhan and other knights tried to approach us, but it was impossible.

 

“It’s better to stay away from the crowd.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“They’re openly after us, so they’ll follow us if we move.”

 

“Yes. Then I—!”

 

“Young Lady, please just run in front of me.”

 

The Prince spoke urgently and pushed me on the back.

 

“Now!”

 

Even before I could organize my thoughts, my body moved according to the Prince’s instructions.

 

Ants followed closely behind the Prince’s back, who was running without spitting fire.

 

– Those ants XX are catching up right now! Don’t stop running!

 

I gritted my teeth at Serena’s words. Fortunately, because it was in the mountains, there were many trees, so the speed of the Ants was not that fast.

 

The problem was I wasn’t that fast either.

 

It was also supposed to be up the hill, which made it harder to run.

 

– A dress like this! A dress like X. In this world, the dress is the worst!

 

As my running slowed down, Serina shouted, pushing me nervously on the back.

 

Serina kept pushing me on the back even though she knew it wouldn’t work because she passed through my body.

 

“Young Lady! You just have to run to that river!”

 

I clenched my teeth at the Prince’s words.

 

I couldn’t give up my back to the Ants if it were there.

 

As soon as I ran fast and arrived at the river and turned around, flames erupted from the tip of the Prince’s fingers.

 

– Are those Ant XXs covered in iron plates? Why aren’t they burning?

 

That was what I wanted to say.

 

“Ants are weak against fire. They won’t be able to get close, so Young Lady crosses the river and hides.”

 

The Prince said calmly.

 

Perhaps it is true that they are weak to fire, so the Ants shouldn’t come to us easily.

 

But it didn’t even retreat.

 

They seemed to know that they would gain the upper hand if they took time.

 

I gritted my teeth.

 

The Prince handled urgent matters through the communication desk every day, and stayed on the watch until late at night.

 

He slept 2-3 hours later than others and woke up that much earlier because he created and canceled a new magic circle every day.

 

“I’ll protect you—!”

 

My body moved first before the Prince could finish speaking and stood next to the Prince.

 

Surprised by my sudden action, the Prince looked at me speechless.

 

I got angry.

 

“Driane!”

 

[Yeah.]

 

I slowly used the power of Driane, who responded to my call.

 

The ground the Ants were standing on began to vibrate.

 

When the outstretched hand turned over, the ground the Ants were standing on turned over.

 

Kieek! Kiieek! 

 

There were screams that I didn’t want to hear. Unlike the shell, the belly is weak against fire, so the Ants melt quickly in the Prince’s fire.

 

“Young Lady, it’s dangerous—!”

 

Without listening to the Prince any further, I went forward.

 

The fire stopped at the Prince’s hand, fearing that I might get hurt by his fire.

 

The panicked Ants rushed forward.

 

“Prince! Young Lady!”

 

I could see knights coming from behind.

 

In other words, it meant that there was a group of ants there.

 

“Whoo.”

 

I took a short deep breath and lifted it from the ground in front of us to the ground that the knights stretched out to take.

 

I could see Ant panicking on the ground that rose much higher than my height.

 

“Nadia!”

 

Falling Ant was stabbed with a wooden spear made by Nadia’s power.

 

Based on my previous experience, it penetrated easily by stabbing from the bottom to the top.

 

– Behind! I’m here too!

 

“Ung!”

 

– Over there, too!

 

The back I couldn’t see was taken care of by Serina.

 

As soon as I roughly sorted out the things that fell, I lowered my hands.

 

Kieeek! 

 

The high ground collapsed from the middle.

 

The Ants were sucked into the ground like falling into a hole.

 

When I lowered my hand completely, the land that had risen slowly returned to its original state.

 

Kieek. 

 

The Ants, who had managed to get out, were distracted by the pouring soil.

 

A few that barely survived disappeared into the forest without looking back.

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

There was a moment of silence.

 

Come to think of it, I remembered that I didn’t listen to the Prince’s order.

 

I approached the Prince with a surprised expression.

 

“Young—Lady. Are you hurt?”

 

As I approached, the Prince quickly came to his senses.

 

“Yes. I’m okay.”

 

“Ha—”

 

The Prince exhaled as if relieved, bent down, and then breathed again.

 

“Prince, are you okay?”

 

“I’m fine. Rather than that, I’m afraid of a bigger storm after Young Lady uses her divine powers.”

 

“I’m fine.”

 

“It’s a relief. But still—”

 

“Prince.”

 

“Yes.”

 

I stopped speaking in a harsh way, but the Prince didn’t seem to be listening.

 

From afar, Sir Adhan, who had just come to his sense now, waved his arm in response and asked if we were okay.

 

“Thank you for protecting me.”

 

“It’s nothing. Of course—”

 

“But.”

 

After speaking, the Prince nodded with a more polite expression than usual for some reason.

 

“I don’t just want to be protected.”

 

“….”

 

“That’s not why I’m here.”

 

I could feel my frustrated mind leaking out little by little.

 

“I know the Prince is doing a lot for us. I appreciate it. I don’t know how to do magic or anything like that.”

 

“….”

 

“But Prince, I don’t want to be protected only. I have the ability to do that.”

 

“But—”

 

“I know you’re worried, but please trust me like this time.”

 

The knights were getting closer. I moved along accordingly.

 

“I’ll protect you without fail.”

 

I turned to the Prince, who was still standing still, and said with a smile.

 

The Prince nodded slowly, looking a little dazed.

 

I liked that I had achieved my goal, so I smiled brightly and nodded.

 

The Prince’s expression seemed to have become more blank.