Is it fortunate or unfortunate?
When Mikhail said those words, both the knight and the maid were some distance away.
-Chocolate, doll!
I had Choco pretend to be a doll and then rolled the ball around pretending not to know anything.
It was already mid-June and the weather was getting warmer, so I used to come out and play like this during the day.
I am now able to walk quite well on my own, and it is much better to practice walking outside than inside the room.
“Is it a doll?”
I hoped that Mikhail would stop paying attention to Choco.
‘No, even wizards don’t recognize me, so why do you recognize me?’
When Mikhail saw that I was only interested in the ball without reacting, he approached me as if he wanted to touch the chocolate.
Ugh, you can’t do that.
It’s not enough for the Duke of Leventis to just look into the sky. If he strokes the sky, even the knights and servants will recognize him.
“D-ya-.”
“Messy?”
“right.”
Ha, it was still a mystery how on earth I could understand all this messed up pronunciation.
Even my parents, who are veterans of parenting, often said they had no idea.
Mikhail looked puzzled at my answer.
“Is it clean? cute.”
Mikhail said that, but when I answered, he followed me, chasing the rolling ball.
“Ah, baby, I heard you only like the dolls that Damian gave you?”
“right.”
I decided to just say yes.
In fact, the only doll I could hug was the one that Damien gave me in hopes of making me laugh.
“I gave you a lot of similar things, but they don’t like it?”
“right.”
I answered his question half-heartedly.
“Then what is good? Are you saying that doll isn’t your type either?”
“right.”
This guy is especially talkative today.
I quickly caught up and threw the ball again, rolling it around and answering with excitement.
“Then a yellow dress?”
Why a yellow dress?
“You don’t like rubies, right? “I like your eyes because they look like yours.”
Mikhail continued to chirp next to me even though I didn’t answer.
No, is this really the Duke of Leventis, famous for his reticence?
‘There’s no way Choco got the wrong information.’
Of course, I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard it from Choco.
The Grand Duke’s family was very worried because Michael Leventis barely babbled until he was 24 months old.
He was able to walk for the first time in 6 months, but he said he could only talk after 24 months.
That too.
‘ Mother, father. ‘I can walk now.’
For a baby speaking for the first time, this is a long sentence.
When the first thing they said was that neither mom nor dad could walk, the Archduke said he was upset once again.
They called all the famous priests and doctors to check carefully to see if there was anything really wrong with the baby.
‘Thanks to you, I’m glad that we’ve confirmed that this duke’s family isn’t the only one in trouble.’
In fact, I thought it was so strange and amazing that they called so many doctors and priests because I didn’t cry.
Perhaps, in this world, if a baby is sick, it is a rule to call many doctors to check.
Anyway, Mikhail, who spoke for the first time in 24 months, is said to have been famous as a child who did not speak much unless it was really necessary.
especially… … .
‘Even more so after my parents passed away two years ago.’
So his grandfather, the Grand Duke of Leventis, asked my parents.
To give the gift of childlike time to my grandson, who is rushing to become an adult.
‘It wasn’t just a simple successor class.’
It was a warm family affection.
In fact, Mikhail did not talk much even when he came here.
I had a good conversation with my brother, but I guess I should say that he’s not the type to be interested in others like this.
‘I was wondering why my sister was so shy towards Mikhail.’
It was because there were few words.
My older sister Laurentia was a very friendly person, so she was the first to approach Michael when he came.
‘Miai work? Nanun Lala! Lala!’
However, Mikhail responded to that friendly greeting.
‘Mikhail of the Duke of Leventis.’
He didn’t even show off the ridiculous manners he did to me, he just blurted out my name.
Of course, my sister tried to talk to Mikhail several more times after that.
‘no. I do not need.’
‘I have class.’
‘Damien, there you are.’
Every time, I would answer in a harsh tone.
My sister even strongly referred to herself as ‘Lara’.
‘Princess. Damian is looking for me.’
‘Princess Laurencia.’
This unattractive boy acted like a cold wall around his older sister.
In short, I had one more reason to hate Michael.
So, my brother and his family couldn’t help but be embarrassed by Mikhail’s actions.
Even my older sister, who looks like she was created from sunlight and turned into a human being, won’t even talk to me.
‘Why on earth are you doing this to me!’
I sighed heavily while holding the ball that rolled on the floor.
“Baby.”
Then, Mikhail came to me, squatted down, and made eye contact.
Was it intentional?
The slightly downward gaze and Mikhail’s face were so beautiful that I suddenly had that thought.
“This time, I really want to hear you say you’re cool, and I also want to see your smiling face. “Can you help me a little bit?”
What do you want me to help you with?
In the first place, if it is a gift with a purpose, I want to refuse it.
If reincarnated people had an anti-bribery law, they would at least use that as an excuse.
But what Mikhail said was something I had never expected.
“It’s your birthday soon, so I’m really thinking about what to give you as a gift, huh?”
I see
It’s already been a year since I was born as the youngest child in this ridiculous family.
It’s only been one year.
And when I wanted it to grow quickly, it only felt slow.
For some reason, I suddenly felt very regretful.
A life of only twenty years that I took for granted.
* * *
The morning of July 3rd dawned.
A summer ago, I was very disappointed as I started my 100th life.
‘Right now… … . Excited.’
Is this really a feeling I can have?
It was so long ago that I couldn’t even remember my birthday.
In fact, most of my life I did not know my birthday itself.
‘… … ‘Because there was no one to take care of it, and I had no intention of taking care of it.’
My birthday every year sounded like a terminal sentence to me.
Especially when you have to live a hard life.
And the more people expected something from me, the more burdensome the passage of time became.
‘But this time it’s a little different, so much so that I’m surprised.’
It wasn’t a heavy and dull feeling.
There was a similar feeling of anticipation as in my first life, when my friends would bring me snacks from the canteen for my birthday.
Because these family members made me relive those small joys without fear.
I’ll really worry later.
I thought that I would be happy if we could just say ‘Happy Birthday’ to our family today.
No, honestly, wouldn’t that be enough?
* * *
I certainly thought so, but I realized that my expectations were really wrong.
“Come on, Anastasia. “What dress would our youngest, today’s protagonist, want to wear?”
My mother came into my room again with about ten dresses that I had never seen before.
There were three light yellow dresses that everyone mistakenly thought I liked, and the rest were in all kinds of pretty colors, starting with white.
“Anastasia, this is a very important ceremony.”
Consciousness?
For a moment, I thought of my first life, Doljabi.
Although I have never experienced it in another world.
No, even in my first life, I didn’t remember myself being a stoner.
‘You said you definitely caught the thread back then, but I died before I was even 20!’
No, in some sense that might be true.
I have already lived for nearly 2,000 years.
My mother must have noticed that I was distracted, so she waved her hand and told me to focus on the dress.
“They say the dress you choose for your first birthday determines your future partner.”
partner?
This is a story that has a very distant connection to me.
“That partner could be your husband, or it could be a colleague who you can count on. “Maybe they’re friends.”
My mother stroked my cheek with a soft smile and spoke in a whisper.
“My mom chose a pink dress when I was little. “When I think about it now, I think the headdress she chose together had an emerald embedded in it.”
Green to pink.
When I realized the color combination and looked at it, my mother had an expression on her face that said, ‘As expected, my daughter is smart.’
“Isn’t your dad supposed to be your mom’s partner from then on?”
It was a very fairytale-like and lovely story.
“And your father is a person whom your mother can trust and love beyond all others. “I was able to have such a beautiful youngest child.”
Mother kissed my cheek and stroked my head.
With a face that seems to wish only happiness.
“So, Anastasia, the first dress you choose will definitely bring you a trustworthy partner for life.”
I’m sure in another life, if someone else had said it, I would have thought it would have been absurd.
I won’t have that luck.
But as my mother spoke, I had some hope that something like that might exist for me, even if only for a short time.
Even though I know very well that the feeling is not as scary as I expected.
My mother gently pushed my back.
I chose the dress right away.
What I chose was a white dress.
A belt decorated with beautiful frills, lace and multi-colored gems such as amber, emeralds, rubies, amethysts, garnets and diamonds.
Even the fabric, which was thought to be white, glowed in different colors whenever it was exposed to light.
Of all the dresses my mother prepared, it was the simplest but the most colorful.
My mother’s thoughts about me were conveyed to me strangely well.
My mother wants me to have many trustworthy partners.
My mother prayed for me on my behalf for a wish that I may have longed for throughout my 100 lives, but that I never expected or had.
