Matchmaking Baby Sister - Chapter 11 – A little boy I met by chance
TL: Zimmings
Sika Ricardo was a clever child. He was only five years old, but he knew his situation well.
His mother says they’re living in the Imperial Palace, but she does not know when they will be kicked out. She doesn’t even know who his father is.
Who in the world would be kind to him?
The little boy naturally learned to be cautious of his surroundings.
Just like right now,
“Young master.”
As Sika walked in, all the servants working in the detached palace bowed their heads.
“… … .”
Sika passed them by without saying a word.
Sika was a boy with empty eyes that didn’t suit a five years old.
His dark brown hair that looked like chocolate, and his red eyes that were like ruby were beautiful. However, there was always no expression on his face.
In fact, it would be difficult for a child who grew up in such an environment to express his emotions.
“Ahhhh!! You idiots!!”
Slap!
“Ahh!!”
Inside the annex, in Mrs. Ricardo’s residence, screams and glass shattering could be heard. It was the sound of Mrs. Ricardo harassing the pitiful maids.
“Master, you better come in after a while… … .”
Just before Sika pulled the doorknob, the maid who was guarding the door said that.
“… … .”
Sika went inside indifferently. He slowly opened the door, neither slow nor fast..
It was as if the noise and harsh scenery were someone else’s business.
“Sika!”
A beautiful woman, who had just been smashing a chair in the room, saw Sika and ran towards him.
The hand that grabbed the little boy’s shoulder was thin and looked pathetic.
“Did you hear that story?! The girl who was on the street eventually… … !!”
“You go out.”
Sika ordered the maids who were shaking without a single expression on his face.
They limped and hurried out of the room.
The sound of the door closing was deafening. However, that sound made Sika could handle this crazy woman’s touch.
The woman, who had been holding Sika roughly, immediately shook him like a crazy person.
“This, this is all because of you! If you weren’t born, I can flirt with Tessa too!”
“… … .”
It was an absurd words. Could Tessa love her just because she doesn’t have Sika?
But sometimes his mother would become delusional and put every blame on Sika.
“Sika! You have to give back everything you took from me… …my beauty, my youth, everything!”
In the end, she scratched Sika’s shoulder and passed out from crying.
It happened all the time that Sika simply looked at his fainting mother.
‘You’ve gotten worse these days.’
His red eyes were empty like a doll.
‘Is it because of that princess?’
Recently, a new power has emerged in the Imperial Family.
The only daughter of Emperor Lloyd, Amelia Illuminas.
Countess Fenrir was appointed as Princess Amelia’s nanny.
It meant that Mrs. Ricardo’s position in the Imperial Palace was shaking.
‘Are we getting kicked out?’
Sika was also worried. But the child, who had nowhere to turn to, could not express his anxiety anywhere.
“Master… … “
“Please take care of my mother.”
Saying that, Sika left the palace.
Everything annoyed him. He had a mother who only blames herself, always having delusions that cannot come true, and his situation in which he cannot escape the palace when he is still young.
The saddest thing is that he still loves his mother.
“t’s all because of you! Without you…!”
The cry of Mrs. Ricardo was still ringing in his ears. Sika kicked a stone on the side of the road.
‘I want to die.’
He had no choice in life. Sika endured various criticisms pouring down on him.
“Aren’t you ashamed?”
“He said he didn’t know who his father was.”
“Even His Majesty, Lloyd, who had been their backing, has passed away, so all that remains is to be kicked out empty-handed.”
People were arguing that the five-year-old wouldn’t understand, but Sika understood all the malice.
‘There is no one in this world who loves me.’
Sika crawled into the bush where he had always been hiding and crouched down. In such a dark and narrow place, it seemed as if time had stopped.
Sika was always alone.
That was…
“Ma, ma… … !”
Until he ran into a baby with fluffy golden hair at the backyard.
“Kwid!!” (Kid)
“… … Huh?”
Sika looked down at the baby crawling in front of him with an unusually astonished expression.
The baby was very cute.
She had a small body, soft cheeks, big, and round eyes on her small face.
The golden hair that lightly covered the tips of her ears looked as soft as cotton candy.
Looking down at the baby, Sika narrowed his eyes, because it wasn’t funny.
“Who the hell are you calling a kid?”
Yes. No matter how he looked at it, the kid is in front of him.
* * *
Yes, I’ll be honest. I was briefly blinded by my ideas.
‘Let’s introduce aunt to a very, very cool and good-natured man!’
The more I thought about it, the better this plan was. A plan with no cons, only pros!
I was so excited that I puffed up my cheeks and snorted.
‘Come on, let’s survey the area!’
It’s been a week since I made that decision.
… … Surprisingly, nothing happened.
“Gauuu!!” (No, what is this!)
Unable to contain my anger, I pounded the cushion I was leaning on with my small fist.
Mrs. Fenrir who was sitting in a chair in the distance, stared at me with her pointed eyes.
“Princess?”
“Abuabu.”
Mrs. Fenrir sighed softly as she looked at me playing with an excessive amount of glitter.
“Please play games that match the dignity of the princess.”
“Buu~.”
Now if they looked at me, there will be nothing suspicious about my actions.
‘A one-year-old could squeal and hit a cushion, huh?’
Mrs. Fenrir concentrated again on knitting. I breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed the dolls that had been scattered at my feet.
‘This is my aunt.’
Coincidentally, the dolls I was holding were a blonde haired female doll and a male doll. The female doll looked like Aunt Lucinda.
“Hmm.”
I stared at the two dolls for a moment, then made them kiss passionately.
‘It’s so easy to control dolls.’
They could kiss and get married at my will.
“Chujuju.”
As I was thinking about it, a sound came out of my mouth.
For a long time, I was concentrating on how to make my aunt fall in love. Then I heard the ice-cold voice of Mrs. Fenrir behind me.
“Prin. cess.”
“Huh!”
Startled, I dropped the doll.
‘When did you arrive here, old lady! At least make a sound!’
I looked at Mrs. Fenrir, pressing my palms against my fluttering chest. Mrs. Fenrir answered, raising her glasses with her index finger.
“I asked you to play the things that suits the dignity of the princess.”
Wow, she’s scary. I gently smiled like a child.
“Papupapui.”
Now that I’m a one year old, how could I understand?
I looked at her and smiled, meaning I didn’t understand anything.
But Mrs. Fenrir was not deceived. She looked at me with even sharper eyes.
“I think we should confiscate all the dolls.”
“Buu~.”
Mrs. Fenrir took the dolls I had been playing before and put them back in their original places. Then she handed me a children’s book.
“How about reading? Reading is a food for the mind.”
Unfortunately, my mind eats chocolate.
“Buubuu.”
“Once upon a time, in a kingdom… … .”
“Ck.”
She’s someone who can’t be swayed like a mountain. I pouted my lips and looked at Mrs. Fenrir’s fairy tale book which was opened. Of course, the text didn’t catch my eye.
I yawned.
‘What time is it now?’
At Uncle Tessa’s order, Aunt Lucinda became my legitimate nanny. But being a nanny doesn’t mean she can be with me 24 hours a day.
“The nanny is also the first teacher for the princess. Of course, proper knowledge is needed to teach the princess.”
Mrs. Fenrir made arrangements for Aunt Lucinda’s study schedule. I puffed up my cheeks.
‘She’s not a bad person.’
Mrs. Fenrir is not a shallow person who treated others differently because of their status or wealth.
‘Still, she’s a difficult person.’
As I watched Mrs. Fenrir, I slowly began to change my mind.
‘First of all, it’s hard to see her. I have no idea what she think of me!’
Even though I knew she wasn’t a bad person, it didn’t change the fact that she was a difficult person for me.
‘I wish my aunt would come soon!!’
I just earnestly prayed that Lucinda would quickly finish her classes and replace Mrs. Fenrir.
How much time has passed?
“So the prince and the princess got married and lived happily ever after.”
The fairy tale that Mrs. Fenrir was reading had a happy ending. I looked at the illustrations of the prince and the princess holding hands, drawn in the corner of the fairy tale book.
‘Lucinda and Tessa.’
I imagined that was the two of them.
‘But they weren’t happy at all.’
Aunt Lucinda grew up as a poor orphan and lost her only older sister because of me. Uncle Tessa was born an illegitimate child and grew up unhappy. And his only family, his older brother, died in an accident.
Both of them had no one in this world to depend on any more.
‘I want both of them to be happy.’
And if I connect those two, it wouldn’t go like the fairytales.
Because the two of them were unhappy people.
‘Then I’ll find a good match for the two of them!’
I will live this life as a matchmaker!
But, even though I had such ideas, there were too few people I knew for me to do matchmaking!
‘The only way I’ll be able to see other people is at the ceremony.’
My ceremony was approaching just three weeks later. I’m one year old, so I don’t need to practice dancing or etiquette, I can just play around.
‘But I’m nervous.’
I don’t have any idea what it would be like.
With that ceremony, I will officially be a princess, and Aunt Lucinda will be given the title of baroness. She’ll finally be a noble!
Just imagining that day made my heart race. This made me wonder if I was really going to faint on that day.
‘Still, I have to keep your eyes wide open and take a good look. I have to find my aunt’s husband, my future uncle!’
Will the shy Lucinda or will Tessa, who loves nobody but Lloyd, get a partner there? My task is heavy.
‘Also, matchmaking is possible only if you have a willingness to accept it to some extent.’
I called Mrs. Fenrir, who was sitting next to me.
“Papapapapa.”
At my words, Mrs. Fenrirl looked at me. Her sharp eyes that were covered with glasses somehow seemed to rebuke me.
“You want to see His Majesty?”
“Papa!”
“His Majesty is a kind man, and he will gladly accept your request, but he is very busy.”
I opened my eyes and looked at Mrs. Fenrir, who said so without changing a single expression on her face.
‘So you’re saying I shouldn’t bother busy people for nothing?’
I sighed heavily. And this time I made a different sound.
“Mama! Mama!”
If you won’t let me see my uncle, bring me my aunt. I can’t breathe anymore with you!
“Princess.”
“Mama! Mama! Mama Mama Mama!!”
Seeing me like that, Mrs. Fenrir was silent I moved myself without waiting for her to hold me.
That means I crawled as fast as I can.
“Mama!”
“Gosh… … .”
Mrs. Fenrir’s groan continued behind my back. My conscience was pricked, but I did not look back firmly.
I may be an adult inside, but when I were a kid, I can do what I want!
‘I have the power to do anything!’
Who dares to stop a one-year-old?