Instead of holding my tongue again, I smiled along with Klein.
Because we both knew Zeusia wouldn’t do that.
“……Now, on this happy day, such a sad expression is prohibited! Let’s start my baby’s 6th birthday party now!”
The awkward silence was interrupted by Senya’s lively voice.
Today, it has already been 6 years since the day i died, were reincarnated, and almost died again.
As we sat in the kitchen that Senya had carefully decorated, we shared a piece of cake that Klein had gotten from the Chef.
It was quite a small birthday party for the only bloodline of the Emperor of the Eastern Empire, but I felt like my heart was still racing.
‘Thank you for helping me survive for 6 years.’
Realizing once again that my threshold for gratitude had lowered significantly, I took a big bite of the sweet cake.
The two benefactors who raised me watched me happily eating the cake like a squirrel, wiping the cream off my mouth from time to time.
“Baby, this is a gift from me and Senya.”
As we were about to finish eating the cake, Klein took out a rather large box.
“Thank you, Klein!Senya!”
I kissed each of their cheeks one after another and opened the box lid with my small hands.
“Wow!”
Klein and Senya looked perplexed as they watched me continue to express exclamations as if I had seen gold and silver treasures.
“Do you like it that much?”
“Yes! It’s the best!”
“Hey, it’s the same gift every year, so what’s the best? If you tell us anything else, we will do our best to find it.”
“No, I just like this. I’m really, really thankful every year!”
The two people’s gazes darkened a little at my firm answer.
To be precise, it was like looking at a child who grew up too early.
‘How can our baby be so good? She’s supposed to be at an age where she can honestly say whatever she wants.’
‘You’re always so happy with such a gift….’
It wasn’t strange for them to make that kind of expression.
The gift I received wasn’t a full course of delicacies, a pretty dress, expensive accessories, much less a soft doll.
My birthday present was the same every year….
“I have more pencils and paper this year than last year! Wow, ink and pen nib! I will study hard with this!”
When I took out a box full of writing utensils and paper and smiled brightly, Senya, who was weak-hearted, ended up crying.
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The reason I wanted a pencil and paper as a birthday present every year was simple.
Of course, I wasn’t trying to build up the image of a pure and pitiful princess who is happy about even the smallest things, I just-.
‘If I don’t write it down, I’ll forget it!’
Human memory is more fleeting than you can imagine.
When I was about a year old, I realized that I was forgetting information about the original story every minute and second.
‘If i let go and grow up like this, i will lose my only advantage as a possessor!’
As soon as i was born, i was almost killed by my mother, the main villain of the original, and my father, whom i had only seen once, only had a pretty face, but i didn’t know what he was doing, and i was trapped in a castle annex without a name and lived a miserable life…
To be honest, I didn’t get any benefit from being possessed.
‘It would be advantageous if i was so beautiful that my mother would roll her eyes…The day I will see my mother again will be my memorial day.’
It’s so unfair, wouldn’t it be unfair to lose even the slightest privilege of knowing the original content?
‘If i don’t want to forget, records are the only answer.’
Determined never to lose this unique advantage, I asked for a pencil and paper as a birthday present from the moment I spoke.
The budget for the annex where I was staying was barely a negligible amount, so even that was sure to be a burden for Klein and Senya.
But these two kind-hearted people felt sorry for not being able to give me something better.
“Baby, we will try to raise more budget somehow next year. So, I’m going to buy for my baby some clothes. You bad finance officials, why do you keep reducing the already small budget, huh!”
Senya’s lament still rang in my ears.
Klein didn’t show it either, but her eyes were red.
When I looked at them, I was speechless too.
By her nature, Klein was a talented person who was on the verge of being promoted to head maid, and she was not the kind of person who would waste her abilities here.
The same goes for Senya, who turned 23 this year. She was younger than me in my previous life and missed her wedding ceremony because she had to take care of the abandoned princess in this separate building.
I patted the back of Senya, who was sobbing, and reminded myself again and again of the resolution i had made for the past six years.
‘I will help them somehow!’
To do so, i had to save up enough money before the original story began so i could leave the imperial castle with them.
As soon as the tear-filled party was over, I wandered up to the attic with my precious birthday present and stubbornly locked the door.
I was making money by benchmarking the management practices I had read so far, investing in promising businesses at home and abroad, and receiving dividends.
I started a large-scale side business about two years ago.
In fact, it was impossible for me to jump headfirst into the investment business as an unofficial princess with a childish body and no name.
So I used my head and body at the same time.
At first, every night, notes containing information about popular business items, upcoming natural disasters, or good news were distributed throughout the palace with the signature ‘L’.
Of course, i was very careful since the paper is so precious that i only receive it on my birthday.
It didn’t attract attention right away, but when all my predictions turned out to be correct, word of mouth started to spread, and I distributed the prediction notes about three more times to engrave the name of ‘L’.
Naturally, people appeared who wanted to work with me, and I hired a few trustworthy people to act as secret contacts.
It was quite a difficult task to instruct work while hiding one’s identity, but as the effort was put into it, somehow the scale was growing every quarter.
In proportion to my reputation, the speed at which the messages I exchanged grew faster day by day.
For thorough security, I divided the documents each time and stored them in a ‘secret safe’.
Klein and Senya respect my privacy and didn’t go up to the attic carelessly, but there’s no harm in being careful.
‘Though going to hide documents in the middle of the night is several times more bothersome than throwing away food waste.’
I sighed as I thought about having to go to a secret place again tonight.
‘Should I ask Magic Tower to make something like a USB?’
Thinking that I should write a request next time, I took out the pencil and paper I received as a birthday present.
To commemorate the 6th year of possession….I don’t know what to say, but since I got a new writing utensil, it’s been a while since I’ve had a look at the original characters.’
Only by organizing and reflecting on them will you be able to avoid becoming entangled with them.
I sat down on a chair by the window and quickly wrote down what was still in my mind.
First, Female lead Sinope Crimson.
The precious youngest daughter of Viscount Crimson on the outskirts of the Western Empire, she was adopted but grew up with lots of love. Unpretentious and bright personality. Green eyes.
‘I will never go near the Western Empire in my life, so the probability of encountering it is close to 0.’
My mother, Zeusia, who can be said to be another female lead(?)….I know it too well, so I’ll pass.
The Male lead number 1, Saffron Lipczyk.
He is the heir to the Duke of Lipchik, who contributed to the founding of the drama, and has a standard princely personality, so he was virtually treated as the main male protagonist. He has blonde hair and her lips are pretty.
‘I will be imprisoned here until I become an adult, so the chances of meeting the noble Prince Saffron are slim.’
The male lead number 2, Clove Chest.
The youngest deputy commander of the Eastern Empire and the second son of Marquess Chest. Dark blue hair and black eyes. Although he has a quiet and cold appearance, he is surprisingly stoic, and whenever he gets the chance, he uses the expression, ‘My heart was pounding.’
‘The setting is that he is confined to the territory until the original work begins for training, so there will be no need to meet him again.’
The male lead number 3, Cinnamon Crimson.
He is the female protagonist Sinope’s stepbrother and appears to be kind, but in reality, he is a different sociopath. First of all, the fact that this child is a candidate for the male lead suggests the level of 『The Mad Emperor’s Red Bedroom』. He has red eyes and his face blushes easily.
‘I’m leaving the Eastern Empire before Cinnamon is captured by my mother, so we don’t have to meet again!’
• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •by Esraa• ❁ • ❁ • ❁ •
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