Matchmaking Baby Sister - Chapter 32

‘He’s here!’

I looked at the young man who had come to Lucinda with twinkling eyes.

He had an intelligent impression because he wore glasses. As Alexander said, he was a gentle and quiet person.

‘Wow.’

His first impression passed. I looked at him again.

He said to Lucinda in a cautious tone.

“I came to meet you as I wrote in the letter.”

“Huh?”

Lucinda’s eyes widened. He stuttered a little and answered.

“No, of course, there was no reply, but… I can’t be patient.”

“I see.”

‘Hey, great! I guess he really likes her.’

A sign of shyness was evident. I sucked on the pacifier that was bitten in my mouth more vigorously than usual. It was such a tense moment, it felt like my heart was about to burst out.

‘What is that?’

A small, square box in the man’s hand caught my eye. Like the young man who was nervous, I was nervous as well and clasped my hands tightly.

‘Is he going to propose to her right away?’

With sweat on my hands, I looked at the two of them with blazing eyes. Lord Marlon, held out the box he was holding.

“It’s a gift for you, my lady.”

“A gift?”

“Open it and you will find out.”

I looked at the small box delivered to Lucinda’s hand.

‘Yes, you don’t have to say a confession.’

I stared at Lucinda’s slender hands as she slowly opened the box. Lucinda looked into the box and exclaimed a little.

“Oh my goodness.”

‘What? What? What did you get?’ A diamond, an opal, or a rare gem!

‘Or is it a handwritten letter?!’

I was so excited that I almost got up from the rocking chair. If Alexander hadn’t grabbed the suddenly creaking chair, I might have stumbled forward.

“It’s a pretty pin.”

Lucinda smiled brightly and took out a hairpin from the box. It seemed to go well with Lucinda’s brilliant golden hair.

‘He had a good sense!’

I wanted to applaud as I lifted the scoreboard marked 10. It was such a perfect gift.

The problem happened right after that. Lucinda is the one who needs to use it.

‘……Why are you bringing it to me?’

She’s going towards me!?

Lucinda pinned it on my hair. Then she smiled brightly.

“Doesn’t it suit the princess very well? Thank you for the gift, lord. The princess will be happy too.”

I looked back at Lord Marlon in embarrassment.

As expected Lord Marlon’s face was frowning. He replied with a forced smile.

“Hahaha. Yes, it looks great.”

Tears welled up in my eyes at that tragic sight.

‘He confessed, and he gathered up the courage and brought a present.

I shut my eyes tightly. I’m so sorry, Lord Marlon.

‘It’s all because I’m so cute!’

Instead of sighing, I sucked hard on the pacifier.

***

Surprisingly, this kind of thing didn’t end with one time.

Perhaps it was because the rumor that Lord Marlon confessed to Lucinda spread throughout the Imperial Palace, those who watched from afar began to take action.

“This is a set of sweets I bought from the most famous confectionery store in the capital.”

“I have a story I want to tell you…….”

“Baroness…”

If I was there, they slowly approached her even if they noticed me, but when I was being held by Alexander, they didn’t even hesitate.

‘No, was my aunt’s popularity this much?’

The development was completely different from what I expected, and I sucked at my pacifier.

But none of them entered Lucinda’s heart. This is because Lucinda immeditely reject them.

“I have to take care of the princess, so it is difficult to make time for myself. I will pass on the gifts I gave to the princess.”

In short, everything was given to me.

‘I’m sorry, everyone.’

At first, I was just cheering for Lucinda’s love affair with a happy heart, but as I watched the men in front of her, tears came to my eyes.

Lucinda was like an iron wall.

‘It’s all because I’m cute.’

Who can be blamed? It was all because I was too cute.

‘Alas, what a sinful life.’

Seeing me sighing sadly, Puppu narrowed its eyes.

‘It can’t be like this. I must have been the biggest obstacle to making Lucinda happy!’

I nervously sucked on the pacifier.

‘I wanted her to be free from me, but she can’t escape my charms.’

[Master, it looks like you seem ill.]

‘You’re noisy, Puppu.’

So, I sucked on the pacifier while thinking about it, and Puppu made fun of me for that.

It was when I tried to pull the tail of Puppu,

“Princess, please give me the pacifier.”

“Abuu?!”

A skinny hand pulled the pacifier out of my mouth. Normally, it would never have been taken away, but the fact that my lips were loose from concentrating on grabbing Pupu’s tail is a mistake.

‘Who is the heinous person who steals my pacifier!’

I glanced back at her, and it was none other than Madame Fenrir. She adjusted her glasses and spoke in a solemn manner.

“If you suck for so long, the teeth that are growing are going to get ugly.”

“Abuu! Abu!”

“There will be new teachers coming in the future, so you have to be modest even a little bit.”

“Abu?”

A new teacher?

As I was about to run towards the pacifier, I tilted my head at the unexpected words. Madame Fenrir explained in a lengthy tone.

“It seems that the princess doesn’t like the children’s books I read, so I hired a famous scholar.”

‘No, do I need a scholar to read some kind of children’s book?’

With a grim expression on my face, I opened my eyes wide at the words she said next.

“It’s Baron Pietro.”

Baron Pietro?

It must have been the name I put in my uncle’s candidate!

***

While Amelia is spending time with Alexander.

Lucinda was at Tessa’s office. As usual, it was time for Emperor Tessa to learn about how to take care of Ariel.

“Yes, you can play like that with the babies.”

“Like this?”

“Yes.”

Today’s special lecture topic was playing with Ariel. Lucinda was teaching him something.

‘He really doesn’t fit it.’

It was quite awkward to see Tessa, who had a serious face, clenched his fists and tried to act cutely.

Lucinda looked at Tessa and smiled with a happy expression. But soon her face hardened.

‘I don’t think there are people who are going to confess to me again today.’

Lucinda let out a small sigh. It was a reflexive action, forgetting the fact that it was in front of Tessa.

Tessa, who looked at Lucinda, said,

“You have no energy today.”

“Huh?”

At the sudden interest in herself, Lucinda suddenly came to her senses. Tessa asked with a blunt face.

“Is it hard to take care of Ariel?”

“Oh, no.”

Lucinda shook her head hastily. It’s not hard to take care of Ariel.

‘Absolutely not. How nice it is to be able to focus only on Ariel.’

In the past, she didn’t have the time or energy to carefully look into Ariel’s growth process one by one because she was working. How happy is she now compared to then?

Lucinda laughed bashfully.

“Ariel is so cute. How is she so different from seeing her every day? Now she speaks really well.”

“I see.”

“You don’t know how cute she is when she is sucking on her pacifier. If I had known it would be like this, I wish I would have given it to her when she was younger.”

“Right.”

Without realizing it, Lucinda stretched out Amelia’s story for a long time.

And looking at Tessa, who was listening to her story with an expressionless face, she shut her mouth.

‘If he wants to see beer, he should go and see it.’

Why would the emperor of the empire listen to a woman who had been a commoner until recently? Only because she was taking care of Amelia.

‘Does Ariel know? That His Majesty the Emperor was thinking of Ariel like this.’

It seemed that only she knew that fact, and it was kind of sad.

Lucinda looked at Tessa with her eyes slightly sunken and sighed inwardly.

‘What if she doesn’t know right now? She’ll find out soon.’

The two were now family, and there was plenty of time left to spend together. It was a natural thing to do as they got closer and closer.

‘But I……’

It was when Lucinda’s expression darkened again. Tessa suddenly asked Lucinda.

“You don’t want anything from me?”

“Yes?”

Tessa’s question sounded like a test to Lucinda. Lucinda quickly bowed her head and answered politely.

“I am so happy now. I don’t want anything else anymore.”

“I don’t mean that.”

It was Tessa who sighed at Lucinda’s actions. Tessa looked at Lucinda.

“Aren’t you taking time for me? I want to repay you for that.”

“It’s absurd.”

“Answer any questions. Do you want anything from me?”

“……”

If she didn’t say anything, she might die. Lucinda bit her lip.

“I am…….”

Recent events were mixed in her mind. One of them was that of Lord Marlon.

“I came to meet you as I wrote in the letter.”

The moment she heard those words, she was nervous. In fact, she didn’t even know that the letters poured out to her were proposals.

Because she didn’t know how to read.

‘If I had known that it was something like that, I would have politely sent a rejection letter.’

It was a life full of troublesome things because of her pretty face. But even when she enters the Imperial Palace, she still ends up with something like that.

Still, they were nobles, and even though she had sent a letter in advance to foretell trouble, she was unable to defend herself.

Just because she didn’t know how to read.

Lucinda said as if tossing a request to Tessa that she would never have done if she had been sane.

“Can you teach me how to read?”

At Lucinda’s words, Tessa’s eyebrow went up.

“You don’t know how to write?”

“I- I never had a chance to learn. When I entered the Imperial Palace, I didn’t have time to learn…”

After she answered, she was even more embarrassed. Lucinda’s face turned red like a tomato in an instant.

‘It’s embarrassing.’

Still, there was nothing she could do. It was the only place she could turn to for help.

Tessa glanced at Lucinda, and sighed. Noticing the sigh, Lucinda immediately bowed her head.

“Oh, I made a mistake! I have been disrespectful to Your Majesty. Because I was thinking too much…….”

Tessa looked at the woman’s golden hair. It was like a lamp glimmering in the dark.

Usually, he would tell her to study hard because he will send her a good teacher.

Words that were completely different from what he had to say came out of nowhere.

“It is not rude.”

Why is it that he’s so generous towards a woman who doesn’t know the etiquette and treats him like a child?

‘It’s probably due to her hair colour that was the same as Ariel.’

With that thought in mind, Tessa leaned back on his chair and closed hid eyes. It was a silent signal between the two of them to back away.

“See you next time.”

“Huh? Ah yes!”

The voice that answered in a hurry was too bewildered.

‘She’s answering without knowing what it means.’

Just as Lucinda knew more about Tessa’s emotions, Tessa was also getting to know Lucinda more and more.

Lucinda, who was about to leave the office as if to run away in a hurry, was called again.

“Baroness.”

“Yes?”

“I just want to hear from you about Ariel. I just thought it would be good to teach you reading in my spare time. So you don’t have to worry about it.”

Tessa still had his eyes closed.

“…Thank you.”

But Lucinda also knew that the words he gave her certainly contained kindness.