Matchmaking Baby Sister - Chapter 39

Chapter 39

TL: Zimmings

It was a white-haired, demon-like creature.

If it opens its mouth wide, the red flesh inside will be seen as if it was hell. And we could see jagged teeth inside.

The burning eyes glow like a candle in the dark.

After reading the newspaper article intil there, I swung the newspaper and shouted.

“……Langrisser!”

[What, kid?]

Langrissee chuckled as it rubbed its chin with its paw at my scream. I said, pounding the desk with my plump palms.

“Please don’t wander around in the middle of the night! There are strange rumors circulating.”

[What’s strange? And my master doesn’t care, so why are you mad?]

“Ugh!”

As I got nervous, Pupu flapped its wings and laughed.

[It’s because my master is timid! This Pupu must be more terrifying!]

“It doesn’t matter how much you act and fly, as it’s not scary.”

[What!! I’m scary too! Look at these terrifying teeth!!]

Pupu opened its mouth and said, but all I could see was its cute lips. I nodded my head innocently.

“… … Yes. Let’s just say so.”

[Hey!!]

Langrisser heard me and Pupu’s murmurs as it let out a languid laugh again. It was a peaceful afternoon.

Five years have already passed since I possessed this body.

‘I’m already five years old!’

Now I can run around on my feet! I was able to say whatever I wanted!

‘How frustrating my baby years is! Now is my time!’

Aa I put my hand on my waist and smiled, Pupu said with a pitiful expression.

[The master still has a long way to go. You can’t even catch mice.]

“Even if I grow up to be like Aunt Lucinda, I can’t catch mice! We’re humans!”

[Then you can’t catch mice until you die. Pitiful.]

“Pupu!”

It was clear that Pupu saw me as a cat of the same type as itself, not as a human being.

‘Pupu has hardly changed.’

I glanced at Pupu, who was licking its front paws. It’s bat-loke wings flapped wildly. And it still had fluffy, light blue hair.

‘Cute!’

It kept teasing me for being a poor kid who couldn’t even catch mice, but when I saw its fluffy fur, my resentment melted away, and only the desire to rub my cheek against that hair grew.

“Pupu, you’re so cute! How can you be so chubby!”

[Hey! Don’t rush! Don’t hang on!]

“Pupu!”

In the past, it was Pupu who took me and flew through the sky with me, but recently such a stunt has become impossible. It was because I grew up too much.

But…!

“Oh my gosh, the princess is over there.”

“Pupu is also with her.”

“They’re so lovely.”

The maids passing by muttered in an ecstatic tone as they saw us arguing.

Yes! Now Pupu is visible in the eyes of others. That’s how powerful the magic was.

“Pupu!”

[My fur is hurting because of you! As a familiar, I need my dignity back!]

“What dignity? My Pupu is cute and adorable.”

[No! I am a great and terrifying familiar!]

I hugged Pupu, who was denying its own identity in my arms, and rubbed my cheeks to his fur as hard as I could. When Pupu was about to take out its claws…

[By the way, can you really take a break like this?]

Langrissee, who was yawning, tilted its head and asked. I tilted my head at the same time.

“Why? What is he doing today?”

[It seems like the master is preparing something.]

“Uncle?!”

At Langrisser’s words, I got up from my seat. Thanks to it, Pupu, who was released from my arms, wept bitterly.

[I won’t go next to the master again. If this happens again, I will go back to my own castle.]

“You have a castle? What’s your last name?”

[I have! I mean, I’m a man!]

“……”

Anyway, that cat clumsily picks up people’s words and uses them strangely.

I wanted to hold on to it and teach it more, but now I don’t have time. I hurriedly turned around and waved to the two maids.

“I’m going to see my uncle!”

Pupu shook its head as Langrisser wags its tail. I hurried over to the garden. Alexander, who was standing a short distance away, found me and smiled.

“There is still time to rest, Princess.”

“We need to go to the Imperial Palace soon.”

“Huh? You applied for an audience today?”

“Langrisser says my uncle is doing something strange again.”

“Your Majesty?”

Alexander seemed to respond naturally in his own way, but I noticed it. Alexander’s eyes trembled.

‘He seems like a person who can’t lie!’

There must have been someone nearby who knew the truth! I poked Alexander’s side with my finger.

“What? What else this time? Did he buy the whole candy store again?”

“No. Absolutely not. I don’t know.”

“If you want to lie, do it more naturally!”

If I’m deceived by that lie even though he’s talking like that, wouldn’t I be a fool? I narrowed my eyes and looked at Alexander.

“Answer quickly. What is he preparing this time? A surprise party?”

“Pa-, he was really worried about the party, but…”

“Worried about it!?”

I couldn’t help but open my mouth.

“He wanted me to have a birthday party 100 days before my birthday, 50 days before, and yet there’s more?!”

On that day five years ago, when Tessa and I had a conflict over the Sika issue, we made a promise.

“Pwomise!”

Tessa told me to go somewhere else, saying that I would be unhappy just like the people who had been unhappy by his side. But I shook my head at the suggestion.

We promised to do our best for each other. As a family, I will cherish you and give you strength.

Could that have opened the gates to Tessa’s heart?

‘Oh, crazy. I can’t afford it.’

From then on, Tessa started pouring everything on me. I thought the party 100 days before my birthday was just a joke.

‘Again, what kind of plan is this?’

At this rate, I was left with a different kind of tyrant in the history books. If before he was just a cruel tyrant, now he has become a tyrant who has fallen in love with his niece and devastated the country!

No way! This time I have to scold him.

“Let’s go, Alexander!”

“Yes!”

Alexander looked at me for fear of further investigation, but as I vigorously moved towards the Imperial Palace, he began to follow me with a visibly relieved expression.

“Hello, Princess!”

“You are strong today.”

Everyone I met along the way greeted me with a smile. I waved my hand.

“I’m busy! See you later!”

Even though I just said that I was busy, everyone understood the situation perfectly.

“It looks like she’s going to see His Majesty again.”

“His Majesty has just finished the conference, so he will be in the office.”

‘Wow! He’s always so busy!’

I ran down the hallway with Alexander.

But

“……Alexander.”

I didn’t expect it. How wide is this man’s palace and how fragile my legs are.

When I called his name, Alexander bowed down and asked me in a soft tone.

“Do you want me to carry you?”

“……”

I wish I could do it, but I didn’t want to say it directly.

‘I always asked to be carried many times already.’

Instead of answering, I just stared at Alexander, and Alexander grinned.

“Yes? Then what do you say?”

“That’s…”

It’s embarrassing to go scolding my uncle so often! It’s also embarrassing to be carried so often!

“……Pick me up.”

However, my comfort comes first.

‘Ugh, whatever.’

“You’re here, Princess?”

When I arrived at the Imperial Palace, the assistants who were already familiar with me greeted me with bright smiles.

“Would you like some chocolate?”

“Should I get you a cake?”

“Do you want to sit here?”

Everyone welcomed me so much that I forgot my purpose for a while and sat down as I ate the chewy chocolate cake with a glass of cold milk.

‘Huh! This isn’t it!’

Oh my! How could I forget your purpose like this!?

‘Now is not the time for me to eat snacks like this!’

I put the fork down. Then the assistant, who was watching me grinning with a smile on his face, raised a handkerchief.

“Did you get chocolate on your finger?”

Even the way he tried to gently wipe it off was kind!

“I must see His Majesty! When can I see him?”

“Ah, you are here to see His Majesty.”

I come to the Imperial Palace to meet my uncle, who else am I here for?

I opened my eyes and looked at the assistant who nodded as if he had just realized the obvious fact.

It looked like I was going to eat a chocolate cake again and get drunk on more sugar!

‘I’m never going back!’

Of course, my stomach was full, so I nearly fell asleep.

‘But I still have to see my uncle!’

Seeing that he was blocking my visit so intelligently, there must be something up. I got up recklessly.

“When can I see His Majesty? Where is he? I guess he didn’t go somewhere else while I was eating the chocolate cake, did he?”

“Ah, the thing is…”

“What?”

“… No. He’s dealing with an important matter, and he’ll be here soon.”

I opened my eyes and looked at the assistant’s lips.

It was then.

Click.

The office door opened. I wondered if my uncle was coming, so I glanced back with my eyes twinkling. Then, the person who came out was an unexpected person.

“Oh, Princess? Long time no see.”

“General Raphael.”

He’s Alexander’s father and General Raphael, the villain of this novel.

He came to me, bent over and kissed the back of my hand to greet me.

“This old man is lucky to see the princess whom I cherish in the Imperial Palace like this.”

“You seem thinner.”

No, truly.

‘They said he went directly to the Caribbean Battle.’

It was General Raphael, who was more active as the head of the nobility than a general due to his old age, but I heard that he went directly to the battle this time. He smiled like a good grandfather.

“Yes, now it is a very difficult age to go into practice.”

“Don’t say that. I’ve heard a lot of stories about how brave you were.”

“Haha.”

Despite my praise, he smiled as isual. I counted the years carefully.

‘I entered the original story when I was 1 years old, so I guess it was around this time that General Raphael became ill.’

In the original story, he was struggling to the point that it would not be strange if he died soon. A grandfather with such a great physique would not have become so in a day or two, and surely there must have been a harbinger a few years ago.

‘And his health is getting worse, so he puts more pressure on Tessa to secure his position as a nobleman.’

So Tessa blossomed as a tyrant…

As long as I am here, it won’t be like that right!?

“Anyway, there was something I wanted to say to the general.”

“What is?”

I said with a serious expression.

“Your liver.”

“…Huh?”

“You have a face with a bad liver. Eat mugwort, chives, mushroom, cabbage, and garlic.”

At my words, General Raphael nodded slowly with a look of great bewilderment.

“I didn’t know you had such an extensive knowledge of health. … All right.”

“Yes.”

Whether I look weird or not, he just need to remember my words and stay healthy even after a few years. I nodded.

Turning around to say goodbye, General Raphael murmured in a low voice.

“Somehow, he still acts like an old woman.”

I can hear it all, grandpa.

But before I could argue with him further, I heard a voice calling me from the office. It was Tessa.

“Ariel.”

“Uncle!”

I ran like a squirrel and entered the office. Tessa, who sat with his back to the sun, said in a stiff voice.

“It is against the rules to visit without contact.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

That was my fault. Even if I was his one and only niece, I wouldn’t be able to meet the emperor recklessly.

‘And are you in a bad mood today?’

I carefully looked into Tessa’s eyes. Tessa nagged with an expressionless face.

“You can’t treat an emperor like this. Especially since the declaration at the end of the war, I don’t have time to talk with you today.”

“I’ll be careful next time.”

Tessa sighed as he looked at me. Then he quietly held out a piece of paper to me.

“Go and play with this.”

“What is this?”

“Come and pick it up.”

What are you talking about? I tilted my head and grabbed the paper.

[Ownership of the Republic of Alkisus.]

Uncle!!

How could you give me a country?!