Matchmaking Baby Sister - Chapter 24

Alexander was watching Tessa, as Lucinda returned with her hair fixed and changed into clean clothes.

“Mama!”

I smiled brightly and spread my arms to Lucinda. Lucinda hugged me tightly.

“Have you been a nice baby?”

“Uh-huh!”

“You’re not angry with me again?”

I didn’t mean to be angry. I was just upset.

‘I was also worried that other people would ignore Lucinda.’

But my tongue is too short to convey all that feeling, so I just said this.

“Mama.”

“I also like the princess the most in the world.”

Instead of blaming me, the good Lucinda hugged me tightly.

After that, Lucinda politely greeted Alexander as well.

“You worked hard to take care of the princess, Sir Alexander.”

“No, she’s a nice baby.”

When I was looking at Alexander, who spoke kindly to me happily.

Alexander suddenly smiled softly and added..

“Sometimes she  fly around in the sky, but shouldn’t I be grateful for her just being quietly held in my arms today?”

“…….”

Oh my.

“Shouldn’t  Madame Fenrir come with you?”

“I think she will rest.”

“Yes, she must have been very surprised.”

“Probably…….”

As Alexander and Lucinda’s conversation fell through one ear, I glanced around the ballroom.

‘By the way, there are a lot of people who look great today.’

At today’s ball, I’ll find five uncle candidates.

‘Lucinda seems to stand out from them too.’

Pretending not to see her, I could see eyes glancing at Lucinda. My eyes lit up

‘Come to us first, you courageous ones.’

However, despite my expectations, no one came to us even after quite a long time.

Tired of waiting, I fell asleep. My heavy head was sliding down and I slammed my chin against Lucinda’s arm and woke up from sleep.

“Ugh!”

I almost fell asleep!

No, why is everyone just watching and not approaching me? I mean, come to us even as an excuse to say hello.

‘Is it because of our current position?’

Looking around, I realized that the only people here were Tessa and I with their chin on our hand, and a few guards. The nobles were nowhere to be seen.

‘I have to go down to find my uncle!’

Usually we could go down with the excuse of dancing, but how am I supposed to go down?

‘Wow, I’m upset. Had I known this would happen, I would have practiced walking.’

I can’t crawl down. I sucked my fingers, resenting myself for not being able to walk on two legs yet.

It was then.

A woman with her brown hair gracefully walked up towards us. Her dress with a bold design that showed off her chest in intense crimson colour stood out.

She smiled perfectly.

“Your Majesty.”

‘Huh?’

My eyes widened at her voice calling out to Tessa.

‘There was no such person in the original.’

Tessa wasn’t a man who gave in easily to others. Everyone who tried to be friendly for profit suffered a lot, so at the beginning of the main story, no one dared to be intimate with Tessa.

‘This is before the main story begins!’

I nodded, realizing that I had entered the novel again.

Tessa just stared at the woman approaching him with cold eyes. His gaze was so cold that it made us numb, but the woman kept smiling.

“Long time no see.”

Still holding his chin, Tessa opened his mouth.

“Did I allow an audience?”

“Please understand that this poor woman was in a hurry and spoke up hastily.”

‘Wow, she’s great at speaking.’

I was amazed at the woman who spoke to Tessa regardless of how cold he was, but unfortunately it only seemed to cause irritation to Tessa.

“What?”

The woman hurriedly bowed her head and said.

“It’s nothing, but Princess Amelia is so lovely, I want Your Majesty to give me a chance to take care of Princess Amelia too.”

‘Eh? Me?’

My eyes twitched at the sound of my name coming out of her mouth. Tessa didn’t answer. The woman added hastily.

“Even if Madame Fenrir becomes her etiquette teacher, she is still young, so she needs a nanny.”

With that said, I turned to Lucinda this time.

‘Are you aiming for Lucinda’s place now?’

As if I heard correctly, Lucinda bit her lower lip.

I got nervous at the same time, sucking my fingers and looking back at Tessa.

Whether it was because he didn’t like her or whether he liked Lucinda, Tessa answered in a firm tone.

“The princess already has enough nanny.”

“Ah…”

The woman’s brown eyes glanced at Lucinda with clear contempt.

“I heard that she is a commoner who has never been educated.”

‘What is up with this girl!’

I was furious.

‘She spoke to Tessa without hesitation, so I thought she was cool. But how dare you bring down my Lucinda?!’

Lucinda’s face turned pale. Maybe it’s better for us to withdraw sooner. It was even more pitiful for her to bear the gazes staring at her.

To be humiliated like that in front of people makes me angry!

When I was glaring at the woman…

It was none other than Tessa who fixed this bizarre situation.

He poured out harsh words without hesitation with a languid expression on his face.

“Even if I take a beggar from the street, they won’t be any worse than you.”

“…..”

“Oh my goodness…”

A low sigh escaped from the mouths of those who heard Tessa’s harsh words.

Tessa closed his eyes as if he didn’t want to hear her any longer.

“Don’t gossip and walk away.”

The woman’s face was dyed bright red at the insult she had been subjected to in front of so many people.

As she looked down at the floor with her eyes in anger, she forced a smile and spoke to Tessa in a low voice.

“You cannot treat me like this, who served His Majesty the Emperor Lloyd with all my heart.”

‘My father?’

Not knowing why my father suddenly came out of her mouth, I blinked.

‘Have you served him with all your heart?’

Aren’t you talking like you’re in a close relationship with him?

It seemed that Tessa was equally offended by her mentioning Lloyd’s name. Tessa said with a face full of anger.

“Do not put my brother in your mouth.”

“Your Majesty!”

Despite Tessa’s command, the woman called out to Tessa as if it was unfair. Tessa shouted in a harsh voice.

“Go back when I still show you mercy!”

“……”

Knowing that Tessa wasn’t lying, the woman’s face twisted. After hesitating for a while, she finally bowed her head.

“Excuse me.”

Then she walked down the podium as gracefully as when she appeared.

‘I don’t know who it is, but she gave me a strong impression.’

When I pouted my lips as I stared at the elegant woman. Lucinda asked Alexander in a low voice.

“Who is that?”

“Madame Ricardo. She was one of His Majesty’s teachers.”

“Ah, is that so?”

Lucinda nodded as if she understood why the woman proudly volunteered to be the princess’s nanny.

I, who had been listening closely to their conversation, nodded at the same time.

‘Madame Ricardo. I’ll have to remember the name.’

She didn’t seem like someone whose feelings would disappear so easily. I repeated it to myself several times to memorize her name. Then I suddenly remembered.

‘Wait, Ricardo?!’

Somehow, the name is familiar. Sika Ricardo!

Looking back, I thought that they were very similar. Like that chocolate-colored hair!

But didn’t Sika look very unhappy?

‘…She can’t be a good person.’

She couldn’t have been a good person to leave a five-year-old child like that.

‘By the way, I wonder if Sika is doing well.’

She looked sad until the very end, so I became worried.

‘Should I send Pupu to check his safety?’

That was when I was thinking about it. Maybe it was because I was too engrossed in my thoughts? I didn’t realize a shadow was looming in front of me.

A soft but heavy, low voice called out to me.

“Congratulations, Princess.”

“Ah.”

I lifted my head slowly. A stern-looking man with a wrinkled face and almost white hair was looking at me in a tuxedo.

“Papui!” (The villain!)

“Hehe, you remembered me.”

It was General Raphael, the most powerful man in the country, the main rival of Tessa.

‘Hey, when did this person come here?’

I looked to the throne for help, but I couldn’t see where Tessa had gone.

‘You’ve come all the way here without Tessa!’

However, seeing that the rest of the people did not come up, it was clear that even if the emperor was not present, people were not usually courageous enough to come up willingly.

“Nice to meet you, Baroness.”

“Hello, General Raphael.”

Lucinda greeted him with courtesy.

I’m sure Lucinda wouldn’t like him, but General Raphael speaks in a rather friendly tone.

“I wonder if my son is taking good care of you.”

“I am always grateful to Sir Alexander.”

Lucinda replied calmly. General Raphael nodded his head, as if he didn’t expect much from Lucinda’s answer.

I looked at him with a nervous expression.

‘That grandpa is the villain.’

He was never a nice person.

‘But what is that cotton ball?’

It was obscured by his large, solid body, but in his arms was a wad of white fur like a small puppy.

If we look closely however, it’s a baby!

‘What, a baby? It doesn’t suit him!’

Even babies who have not made their social debut at this ball are banned from entering.

Lucinda, who had seen the baby just like me, stuttered.

“But, the baby…”

General Raphael answered with a rare warm smile.

“Princess, this is my grandson Ryan. Ryan, you should say hello to the princess.”

“Hewwo.”

‘OMG! He’s so cute!’

The baby was very pretty. His blue eyes were so large that I didn’t know how they got into his little face and it looked like it had sapphires in them.

His silver hair was soft and shiny on his pale face.

Facing the smiling baby with a blush, I grabbed my pounding heart and muttered something like this.

“Papuittananabu… … .” (I can’t believe that a baby like this came out of a villainous grandpa.)

So pretty! So cute!

When he grows up, is he going to become a giant tortoise like General Raphael?

‘Maybe he stole an angel from somewhere and used him as his grandson! They can never be of the same bloodline!’

I have now come to the conclusion that this grandfather is lying to me. Ryan was so lovely.

“Hehe, the princess seems to like my grandson too.”

Not too fast. General Raphael smiled contentedly and hugged his grandson tightly.

“I want him to be a good friend by all means.”

The word “friend” was emphasized. It was a tone that seemed strangely forced. I frowned.

‘Ah…’

This snarky person won’t show me Ryan for nothing. I narrowed my eyes. It was then.

“Hehe, hewwo!”

Ryan laughed out loud.

I was embarrassed, but I forgot the feeling of being uncomfortable and looked at Ryan’s face as if possessed.

‘S-so cute…’

Yes. What if Ryan is the grandson of that villainous grandpa, and what if he wasn’t?

He’s so cute!!

“Ah!”

I waved my hand at Ryan. Ryan, who had tilted his head at me, smiled broadly again.

That was my first meeting with Ryan.

* * *

‘I can’t believe it.’

Madame Ricardo grinded her teeth.

‘He gave me such a disgrace.’

Thousands of people were watching Madame Ricardo coming down from the platform.

She could only look at them, but she could hear them without paying attention to what kind of conversation they were having.

‘How could he treated me like that?’

She, who used to be favoured by the former emperor, is now ridiculed by the current emperor.

Madame Ricardo’s arms trembled.

‘It’s all because of that kid.’

Sika Ricardo.

Her resentment easily turned to her son.