Matchmaking Baby Sister - Chapter 41

“Huh…?”

Just as I expected. As soon as I spoke, Tessa’s face hardened.

All he really need is a child!

‘I want to see my uncle’s wife give birth to a baby and live happily ever after.’

In the original version, Tessa didn’t know what love was, so he only hurt others, but today’s Tessa isn’t like that, right?

Knowing that he is a person who is loved and able to reciprocate, I wanted him even more earnestly.

I bit my lip slightly. There was another reason why I felt impatient with Tessa’s marriage project.

‘Too many people are watching me now! Unless he had another heir to the throne…!’

I was born as a princess, do I need to suffer?

‘My uncle is not the person who will marry me away by force.’

So I don’t want to study! I don’t want to work. I just want to live comfortably and worry about whether I should run to the right today or to the left tomorrow!

‘To do that, there must be the next emperor. Not me!’

No matter how much I thought about it, Tessa had no choice but to get married quickly and have children. That way, Tessa will also have a family, and I’m happy to have a cute little sibling too.

Tessa, who was staring at me, whether or not he knew my heart, rubbed his chin with hud thumb.

“So you mean you want me to get married?”

“Yeah!”

“You want me to get married and have a baby?”

“Yes. Cute little baby!”

I nodded vigorously.

‘I can carry them and I can hug them! So you just make it.’

I stared at Tessa with twinkling eyes. Tessa, who looked at me with a wrinkle between his brows, sighed a little, and replied,

“Ariel, first of all, my child will be your cousin, not your siblings.”

No, why is he arguing about that?

‘A cousin or just a sibling! They’re all the same!’

I puffed up my cheeks. Tessa’s lips curled very faintly as he looked at me.

His long fingers lightly brushed my cheeks. His hand was gentle, but the voice that came out was cold.

“And never in my lifetime.”

It was a very firm tone. From my point of view, knowing that he will eventually become a tyrant in the original, only laughter came out.

I folded my arms and shook my head.

“Uncle! Marriage, pregnancy and childbirth are important issues. You can’t be so reckless.”

Tessa’s face wrinkled again at my answer. Tessa asked, tilting his head slightly.

“Then is it okay to talk about it lightly?”

What?!

“I came to a conclusion after thinking about it a lot. This kind of atmosphere where people hang around in all directions is not good for the emotional development of children. So I need a younger sibling who is a rival and a colleague.”

“… … .”

Tessa had a lot to say, but kept his mouth shut.

Tessa licked his lips in dissatisfaction for a moment, but this time tilted his head in the opposite direction.

“Therefore?”

“What?”

“What you want is my marriage. But marriage is not alone. So how do you choose my partner?”

“Well…”

It was a reasonable objection. I was speechless for a moment.

‘It’s a big deal. In the meantime, I’ve only been looking for candidates for my uncle, so I haven’t really thought about my aunt.’

Had I known this would happen, when I was recruiting for my aunt husband’s candidate, I would have worked hard to recruit my uncle’s wife candidate too!?

I gritted my teeth and shook my head vigorously.

“First of all, it’s good to look pretty, but it’s okay to be ordinary.”

I stared at Tessa with round eyes.

‘My uncle is so handsome, what are you worried about?’

Even if they couldn’t be up to par with his face, it’s fine as long as nothing wrong with their face.

So, the focus was on the inside, not the outside. I continued to speak eagerly.

“The most important thing is personality. Kind, gentle, compassionate… … .”

Isn’t those character what my uncle lacks? She is a woman who will become the Empress of the Empire and rule the country together, and it would be good if she could fill in the weakness of my uncle.

“I wish they’re like that. It’s even better if they like children.”

So I hope they can get along well with me.

‘If you read the novel, you know there are villains who attack the main character because she becomes an empress late. She must never be that kind of person.’

And Tessa is a wounded person, so she have to be able to treat him well.

As I laid out the conditions while thinking like that, most of the requirements were for personality. Tessa, who had been listening to me silently, answered in a blunt tone.

“The conditions you are talking about are all things that cannot be confirmed with the naked eye.”

“Yes?”

“Then how will you judge?”

“Ummm.”

If I want to know their personality, the method is also limited, isn’t it? I smiled awkwardly and shrugged.

“Shall we go on an interview?”

I shouldn’t have said that.

The moment he heard the interview, Tessa stood up swiftly.

“Good night. Then leave all this to you.”

“What?”

I widened my eyes at the unexpected words. Looking down at me, Tessa said,

“This is the marriage you want, so you have to select the person you want for an interview.”

“Huh?”

No, uncle! No matter how much you like me, does it make sense that even your wife is chosen by me?

***

‘Ugh, just because it was my idea…’

My footsteps leaving the Imperial Palace were heavy.

‘How could he pass such an important matter to me?’

I only thought that Tessa would hit the wall and say no, I never imagined it would burden me.

‘I’m going to pick them! Then if I pick the bad one, it’s not my fault, all right?’

We had to choose an empress, the mother of this country as well. I felt a heavy responsibility.

I wonder if Tessa, who had already left the office one step ahead of me, spoke to the aides about it.

“Princess, they say that the Empress will be chosen by the Princess?”

“Then everyone will line up to look good to the princess.”

“But how are you really going to choose?”

I bit my nails.

‘Ugh, I don’t know!’

Why are they showing such enthusiasm? I regretted not planning more carefully and tell my uncle.

“It’s ruined. I’m ruined.”

As I was pulling my hair out, Alexander asked, tilting his head.

“Why are you saying that? It seems to me that the princess’ wishes have come true.”

“… … Are you kidding me, Alexander?”

“Not at all. I’m just saying what I see.”

I glanced at Alexander, who was overly positive.

‘Why are you so bright?’

Alexander was smiling as always. I pouted my lips and grunted.

“There is no way to properly select a candidate for the Empress under such circumstances.”

“It seems like an ideal situation to me.”

“What are you talking about?”

What kind of positive point of view is ideal for this crazy situation in which a six-year-old niece has chosen his uncle’s spouse?

I stopped and looked at Alexander ridiculously. Alexander, as always, explained the situation calmly.

“In the meantime, because the officials are afraid of His Majesty, they have not been able to talk about marriage recklessly. They couldn’t even dream of presenting to His Majesty the woman they wanted to bring in as the Empress.”

It seems that Tessa has taken a more drastic negative attitude towards marriage than I thought.

Alexander shrugged.

“But, isn’t it a lot less burdensome to approach the princess?”

“So you’re saying I’m just a stepping stone?”

“Yes.”

Alexander’s words made sense. I nodded.

‘Well, how are they going to appeal to Tessa?’

Even though I choose her, it didn’t seem like the woman could run away recklessly because she was afraid of him. Even if Tessa met me and became a lot gentler, he was equally ferocious to others.

‘There’s no way a woman who can handle that ice cube-like gaze is an ordinary person.’

If she could accept the gaze that consistently pushed others away like that, there was no way that woman would be an ordinary person either.

“Then it means that I have no choice but to go.”

As I folded my arms and nodded, Alexander, who had a strangely restrained expression on his face, gave an enthusiastic response.

“I think it is positive enough to say that once the word “empress” came up, the higher the probability that it will actually come true.”

“Great. Then I’ll try my best!”

What should I do before the interview?

‘Let’s create an application form first.’

With the current recommendation system, it was impossible to recognize the strengths of the candidates at a glance. After returning from the Imperial Palace, I immediately started making the Empress Application Form.

‘First…’

I tried hard to recall the resume I had seen in my previous life. Seeing me groaning while drawing a line, Lucinda secretly sat down next to me.

“Ariel, what are you doing?”

“Aunt.”

I couldn’t hide my embarrassment and scratched my head with the tip of a pencil. Lucinda saw me like that and sat a little closer to me. Then she asked with a smile.

“I just heard from Sir Alexander. Are you worried about the Emperor’s orders?”

“Yes! I was trying to help my uncle, but the burden was given to me instead.”

I smiled sadly. Lucinda’s dark brown eyes shone with enthusiasm. She asked me, blushing slightly.

“Should your aunt help you?”

“Yes!”

I happily nodded my head, liking to do something with Lucinda. Lucinda tilted her head as she looked at the paper I was writing on.

“But what are you doing now? Why are you drawing the line?”

“I was making an application form for the Empress.”

“……. Application form?”

Lucinda’s face hardened awkwardly at my answer. I answered by rolling a pencil between my index fingers.

“Yes! First of all, I have to filter many out of the document screening process. I can’t interview each person individually. Wouldn’t it be very convenient to filter them out first.”

I answered while remembering the civil service exam in Korea. With that method, I would leave 10 candidates for document screening.

‘But there will be a huge number of applications, but is it possible to leave only 10 people?’

No matter how scary Tessa may be, there will be many who want to become Empress of the Empire.

‘Once I receive the application, they have to take the test even if they don’t want to.’

What is the exam supposed to be? How much do they know about Tessa? Or the Empress Aptitude Test?

‘Let’s go think about it then.’

Just imagining the 1st Tessa Illuminas exam gave me a headache. I decided to make the application form first. Surprisingly, many people may not apply.

Lucinda asked in an awkward tone, still stiff.

“Then what do you write on the application?”

“Family relationships, hobbies, specialties, vision for the future, and self-introduction? Should I ask them to attach a portrait as well?”

It had to be enough to roughly identify a person with just one document.

I was just talking about whatever comes to mind, but Lucinda’s expression was very strange. The woman who was sitting close to me had already sneaked back behind me.

“…… Aunt will support you from behind.”

“Yes?”

I tilted my head, but quickly turned my attention to the application. I need to hurry so Uncle Tessa’s marriage will come sooner than later.

I write the application form after erasing and writing it for hours.

“Done!!”

I was finally able to get my draft application form neatly organized!

‘Hehehe, it’s perfect. I’ll be able to filter to some extent with this one paper!’

But this is just a draft.

There was still one flaw in this application!

I got up from my seat with a draft of the application form. And I started running like a squirrel.

“Princess, where are you going?”

“Wait a minute, Princess! It’s snack time!”

Many people in the Pen Orchid Palace shouted at me, but I only waved my hand behind my back.

“I need to see my uncle!”

And to fill it in, Tessa was absolutely necessary!