Matchmaking Baby Sister - Chapter 12 – The Child With Beautiful Eyes
TL: Zimmings
A large hand gently held my crawling body and a smile as warm as the sun greeted me.
“Did you come this far by yourself, Princess?”
It was my escort, Alexander.
‘Wow, his presence is healing.’
Alexander’s warm palms pat my back.
‘How did the villainous grandpa get such a son?’
Recalling General Raphael’s overbearing aura, I looked up at Alexander’s face. The handsome face with blue hair tilts his head.
‘Sir, take a good look at your children!’
Adding to that, he was talented.
I put his name on the first line of my aunt husband’s candidates.
Then I grabbed the hem of his robe and shook it.
“Mama! Mama!”
“It seems that she is frustrated because she kept being in the room.”
“Should I take out the stroller?”
Mrs. Fenrir asked politely. Alexander replied with a friendly smile.
“No, she’s light.”
‘Wow, he’s strong! Bonus points!’
I clung to Alexander’s chest and gently waved my small palm toward Mrs. Fenrir.
“Papai!” (See you later)
Mrs. Fenrir sighed heavily.
She seemed to have noticed my intention to stick close to Alexander.
‘Fufufu, no matter how hard you try. You can’t stop me from meeting my uncle and aunt.’
But there was something I overlooked.
Although the royal family is small, the imperial palace was insanely spacious.
‘Oh. How am I supposed to go to Uncle Tessa’s palace?’
But I have thought about this too.
‘The emperor is the center of this country, so of course he lives in the largest of the imperial palaces. So let’s go to the biggest palace.’
But how could I thought it would be easy?
When I got out and went around the Pen Orchid Palace, I couldn’t figure out which palace was the biggest.
‘It could be incredibly far away from me.’
I think that palace is big, but when I look at it again, the distance among them are really big.
After surveying the area for a while, I think the one that is hidden by the tree seems to be bigger than others.
Alexander burst into laughter as I scrutinized it.
“Why are you squinting like that? Should I drop you off?”
“Ummm… … .”
I hesitated for a moment.
‘I hate walking.’
It just looks so far away, how could it be so easy to crawl? I just want to be held in Alexander’s arms and give him directions.
“Buu~.”
Just because I like your arms, I hugged Alexander’s neck and acted cutely. But Alexander completely misunderstood that answer.
“I’ll drop you down there. It’s not possible here because it’s grasses.”
“Bu, bu.” (No, no.)
“You can’t go there. Mrs. Fenrir will be angry.”
“Bu!” (You don’t have to let go!)
Hey, you understand what I’m trying to say, but why can’t you understand me today?
Alexander put me on a flat stone.
I sat down on the stone with a disappointed expression.
‘Damn… … .’
To be a matchmaker, maybe the first thing I need to do is to grow up.
‘It’s so boring to be a baby.’
That’s when I took a deep breath and thought about it.
Alexander, who was sitting next to me, suddenly explained about the imperial palace.
“The Emperor’s Palace is the emerald-colored palace you see over there. Next to it is the lavender palace, the Empress Palace. Of course, it is empty now.”
“Papa?”
I turned to Alexander, startled.
Then Alexander smiled as if I was cute and fixed my messy hair.
“If the princess suddenly came out and looked around the palace, wouldn’t you be looking for His Majesty the Emperor? You don’t need to pretend.”
“… … !!”
‘As expected, Alexander!’
His stock price, which had plummeted within me, rose in an instant.
I looked at Alexander with a thrilled expression.
It was then.
A small piece of wrapping paper slipped from the front pocket of his shirt.
The moment I saw it, I lost my reason.
How can I hold on to reason?
“Choco! Choco!”
It was chocolate!
Alexander blinked in surprise when I screamed as soon as I saw it.
“Huh? Princess, do you know what this is?”
“Choco!!”
How do I not know that sweet and delicious thing!
‘Chocolate! I want to eat it!’
Alexander pulled the chocolate out of his pocket with a puzzled expression. Looking at the colorful and luxurious wrapping paper, it was clear that he had been given a present by the maids.
‘Since I posessed this body, I have never tasted anything sweet.’
At best, I only ate sweet powdered milk and oatmeal porridge!
‘Let’s just take one bite. Yes? Just give me some!’
A familiar sweet taste lingered in my mouth. I desperately cling to Alexander.
“Choco! Chocoo~!!”
“The princess is a baby, so you shouldn’t eat it… … .”
“Cho! Choco!!”
Will my earnestness come through?
With a very perplexed look on his face, Alexander carefully handed me a piece of chocolate.
“Keep this a secret from Mrs. Fenrir.”
“Ah!” (Alexander!)
After all, you are the only one! How can I scold him for not understanding me before?!
‘Ahh, can I call you uncle? You’re already my aunt’s husband in my mind.’
With tears of emotion, I looked anxiously at the chocolate Alexander was offering.
It was then Pupu appeared.
[What is that?]
It seems to have crawled out of curiosity as I was so excited.
I held it tightly in my hand, glaring at Pupu as if the chocolate would be taken away.
“Buuu!” (What, I didn’t call you?)
[I came out because you were too loud.]
Pupu’s light scatter around and spins around me.
[By the way, what is that? Give it to me too!]
‘No! Cats can’t eat chocolate, right?’
[What do you mean a cat? How dare you call a great familiar a cat?]
‘Cat! Cat! Cat!’
[Nyan!]
It sounds like a cat, and it looks like a cat, but it’s hard to understand why it talked so much.
[Give it to me!]
‘No!’
[Give it to me!]
‘No!’
Anyway, Pupu and I quarreled over the chocolate.
When Alexander, who could not see Pupu, tried to hold onto me, an emergency happened.
[Hehe! Now it’s mine!]
‘Ahh!!’
I frantically avoided Pupu, but I could not bear the weight of my large head and leaned over.
Taking advantage of that opportunity, Pupu quickly snatched the chocolate from my hand and flew away.
‘That’s mine!!’
It’s been awhile since I got my hands on sugar!
‘It can never be taken away!’
I stretched out my short arms as hard as I could and grabbed Pupu’s bountiful tail.
-Meow!!!!
Pupu let out a terrible scream. Then it struggled to get out of my grasp.
“Huh?”
Am I floating up?
“Princess!!!”
Alexander tried to hold on to me, but as Pupu flew higher, my body flew higher as well. Alexander’s hand gently brushed the tip of my toe.
“Princess!”
Alexander would be concerned. But I couldn’t let go of Pupu’s tail. I suddenly started to fly while holding Pupu’s tail tightly.
‘Is this how a butterfly would feel?’
It felt fascinating to me rather than scary. I blinked as I flew around.
‘Maybe it’s because I didn’t fly as high as I thought.’
As if caught in a tree, Pupu flew down and eventually spit out the chocolate he was biting on.
[You damn human! Let go of my tail!]
“Oh!”
Puppu wiggled his tail. I circled around the air and fell on a garden.
“Oh!”
I thought I would get hurt by falling from a high place, but it was as safe as falling on a trampoline. I looked at my hands and feet with a puzzled expression.
Tuk.
As I blinked, something fell on my head. I held it with both hands.
It was chocolate.
‘Wow, thank you Pupu! You thought of me and dropped it in a place like this.’
-Thank you, my butt! I’m not going to play with the master again!
Pupu moved his sore tail a few times and then vanished into the air.
I pouted my lips as I looked at the light that had been left behind by the disappearance of Pupu.
‘Hey! Even if you don’t call me again, you’ll come out.’
It was purely Pupu’s fault for stealing my chocolate.
‘By the way, where am I?’
After I grabbed the chocolate, it was only then the surrounding caught my eye.
I could only see the garden trees.
‘It looks like it fell into the garden.’
Alexander must have been looking for me, but judging by the lack of a voice, it must have been a garden quite a distance away.
‘I can’t even see the Pen Orchid Palace.’
I shook my head twice. The emerald-colored roof of the palace Alexander had told me earlier was faintly visible through the trees.
‘I’ll have to ask Uncle Tessa for help.’
I can’t stay here forever, so I’ll go to a place I know first. Having concluded that, I started crawling.
But I didn’t know how long it would be.
Without realizing it, I spit out nasty words.
“Papui!”
It was crazy.
I thought 20 minutes was enough.
Far from getting closer to the palace, the palace still looked the same size to me.
Exhausted, I lay down on the grass.
The road made it difficult to crawl. Running is also unreasonable.
‘Then what do I do? I can’t just wait for people to pass by here.’
Should I scream or should I cry?
“Huh?”
Then I turned my head to see a small shoe sticking out from under the bush. I blinked my eyes.
‘What is that?’
It’s shoes. Why are the shoes sticking out here?
There is no way someone left it here while doing laundry.
Who is it?
‘Let’s go.’
I groaned again and got up from my seat. And I diligently crawled towards it.
A boy was sitting with his eyes closed in the dark shadow under a tree.
‘Huh, there’s a kid in the palace?’
Let’s put aside the fact that I’m one year old. Because I’m no ordinary kid!
I blinked my eyes. I tried to remember the original, but I still couldn’t figure it out.
‘There was no child among the characters. The only members of the royal family are Amelia and Tessa.’
So who is the child in front of me?
‘By the way… … Is he okay?’
I looked carefully into the boy’s face.
His pale white face was covered with his chocolate-brown hair.
It’s a warm color, but I didn’t feel anything like that from him.
It was because the boy’s face looked too lifeless.
‘He’s still a baby, so why does he look so tired of life?’
Is he a child who works in the palace? Or the royal family’s child?
I can’t think of an answer. Eventually I spoke to the child.
“Kwid!!” (Kid)
“… … Huh?”
The boy’s eyes, which had been closed were slowly opened.
It looks beautiful. The boy’s eyes were red as a ruby.
The beautiful face looked at me and then wrinkled. He said to me,
“Who the hell are you calling a kid?”
‘Who? It’s you of course.’
I walked closer to the boy. The boy’s eye colour changed because of the sunlight this time. I opened my mouth wide.
‘Wow. Eye color changes depending on the direction of light, right?’
How in the world did he have eyes like this? I was excited and clapped my hands.
“Kwid! Kwid!”
“I’m not a kid.”
No, I didn’t want to call you a kid either. I opened my mouth again.
“Burrr.”
Please move at my will, my lips.
I clenched my fists and gave it strength as I spoke in a clear tone.
“Pwetty!!!”
Yes!
‘As expected, I can do anything if I put my mind to it.’
Saying “pretty”, I nodded in satisfaction and smiled softly.
He heard me but the boy didn’t give me a reaction.
‘Wait, but what is that!’
Drops of blood trickled down his cheeks. It was as if a nail dug into it.
‘How could someone cut that pretty face?’
I stretched out my small hand. The tip of myr fingers touched his soft cheeks. He had a cold body temperature.
“Huh?”
When I tilted my head and asked the boy who was frozen like ice, the boy screamed.
“Get your hands off me!”
The boy frowned and grabbed my hand.