The Lady is a Stalker

He seemed angry again for some reason, but she didn’t feel any need to correct him. Judging by the pattern so far, even when the crown prince gets angry, he quickly returns to normal. If she ignored him, he would quickly return to his original state. Feeling slightly aggrieved, she put on her clothes again and lifted the child up to avoid the eyes of the crown prince who was glaring at her harshly.

 

“Wow, it’s better. My shoulder is better. Hurray.”

 

“Are you sure you’re excited…?”

 

The crown prince was looking at her with an expression of disgust as she lifted the child and put him on a towel with an expressionless expression. As he was rinsing the child for a while, the prince suddenly caught the falling elf child in the air. Then he spoke to me with a dissatisfied expression.

 

“Is it time to do something like this?”

 

“…Hmm.”

 

She became embarrassed and quietly avoided the prince’s eyes, which were glaring at her. The crown prince sighed and placed the child on the floor. Then he immediately turned his back and walked away without hesitation. She patted the child’s head and said his final goodbyes.

 

“I’m sorry. Goodbye. And thank you for fixing my shoulder.”

 

She wasn’t sure if he understood what she was saying or not, but she thanked him. The child who heard her smiled brightly.

 

She followed the crown prince with steady steps. However, the elf child who she tried to leave there came after her and chased her. No matter how fast she walked, he stuck to her quickly and didn’t fall off. Even when she told him not to chase her, he just tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

 

“…”

 

The crown prince stroked his hair as if he was annoyed. Eventually she gave up on dropping the child. She played with the child and chased after the prince. The crown prince was walking three or four steps in front of her, so she could only see his back, so she couldn’t tell what kind of expression he was making.

 

The elf child was really cute. He felt like the epitome of innocence who had never encountered the secular world. She wondered if elf children couldn’t speak. Or perhaps he was just shy and didn’t say a word. Even when he laughed, he covered his mouth and laughed quietly. It would be nice to have a sister like this.

 

While she was walking with that thought in mind, at some point the crown prince stopped walking. He suddenly called her in a serious voice.

 

“Serabi, come here.”

 

There was no way she would run straight to the crown prince after hearing those words. As she stood still, the crown prince furrowed his eyebrows as if he were dissatisfied. She thought he had heard a sound, since he immediately turned his head and looked into the forest again. She followed his gaze and gazed into the forest. Then, in the forest where nothing was visible, something in the shape of an animal began to appear. It was a different race.

 

This race, which was threatening them by making a ‘rumbling’ sound, looked like it was going to attack them at any moment. The heterogeneous tribe that was about to rush towards the crown prince who was standing in front suddenly stopped. A blue energy was pulsating from the crown prince’s whole body. It seemed that the other race also realized that the crown prince was not an ordinary person. The half-breed suddenly turned his head and started glaring at them. It seemed like the target had been changed to them. Even from the eyes of a different race, they would have seemed much weaker than the crown prince.

 

When she noticed this, she held the elf child tightly in her arms as if protecting him. However, the member of this race who was looking this way suddenly looked fearful when he saw something. The heterogeneous thing who was staring at them with fearful eyes suddenly turned his backs and started running away. She stood there with a puzzled expression for a moment, not knowing what had happened, but the child in her arms suddenly pushed her away.

 

“What?”

 

The crown prince said as he picked her up from behind after she was pushed and almost fell.

 

“As expected, it wasn’t just an elf.”

 

The child glared at the prince with a somewhat resentful expression and clicked his tongue softly. The air around the child, who seemed like a chick on a spring day, suddenly turned cold. Until now, she had only seen them smiling innocently or looking up at her with wide, curious eyes, so the gap was quite large. She was quite taken aback by the change. The child, who had been glaring at the crown prince for a long time, let out a small sigh and opened his mouth in a weak voice.

 

“I got caught.”

 

The child’s voice, which she heard for the first time, was surprisingly a bit husky. The child had been quiet all this time without making a single sound of laughter, so she thought he couldn’t speak… Surprisingly, the elf child spoke to the crown prince once and for all. The elf child said, pointing his finger at the prince.

 

“But I was wondering earlier, what on earth are you? You look like a human. The magical power you have gives me a very eerie feeling. Could it be a polymorph dragon? There can’t be a dragon I don’t know about.”

 

The crown prince gave no response to the elf’s constant questions. Instead of answering what the elf said, he turned to her and asked a question.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

The crown prince was asking her a question feigning indifference, but she was standing there without answering anything. When she finally came to her senses, she threw away the hand of the crown prince who was holding her as if to support her and shouted at the child.

 

“Why have you stayed quiet until now?!”

 

“Because the blind man told me not to talk to humans.”

 

The elf child answered her question as if it was nothing.

 

‘So you just followed along without saying anything?’

 

She didn’t know any of that and just thought he was a really naive kid.

 

“Well, I didn’t know anything, but I took you on a plane ride, gave you my hair, and played with you. It must have been really fun, right?”

 

“Yeah. It was really fun!”

 

When she spoke harshly, the elf child, instead of being embarrassed, unexpectedly smiled brightly and selflessly. The elf child who answered seemed genuinely happy. It’s okay to say so if it was really fun…

 

“And you keep treating me like a child, but I’m 229 years old this year!”

 

It was a story so shocking that it made her feel dizzy once again. She looked at the elf child and the prince alternately, pointing with a shocked expression, but he seemed to know everything already. He distorted his expression and let out something that sounded like a sigh.

 

“I recognized you from the moment you were hugged by Serabi and gave an eerie smile.”

 

“What are you talking about! I’ve never had a bad smile! Serabi, don’t misunderstand, okay?”

 

As the elf child said that, he looked up at her with innocent eyes. If she didn’t know anything, She’d say, ‘Yeah, you’re right.’ He gave off a strong pheromone that made her want to pat its head and say, ‘You’re right.’ But the elf’s next words were so unexpected that they immediately brought her back to normal.

 

“It’s because that bastard is jealous of you and me for no reason.”

 

“What?”

 

When she tilted her head as if to ask what he was talking about, the elf child spoke with a wicked smile on his lips that did not match his innocent appearance.

 

“I sometimes hear the heart of a person. In fact, that guy…!”

 

Just as the elf child was about to say something, the prince came running with an urgent look on his face and grabbed the elf by the back of the neck. The prince quickly covered the elf child’s mouth, and his face turned bright red, as if he had been stabbed in the crosshairs. His face seemed to heat up, probably due to anger.

 

“Well, what are you looking at? You sure don’t believe that nonsense, do you? Don’t have vain expectations.”

 

‘Who had false expectations…?’

 

She knew better than anyone else that the crown prince could not like her. The elf child must have told a mischievous lie just to embarrass the prince.

 

“But why did you follow us? You must have followed us because you had some ulterior motive.”

 

In response to her question, the elf child said, shaking the prince’s hand off as if he was offended.

 

“You guys are the ones who came to subdue this race, right? My subordinate told me yesterday. A lot of black humans have invaded the forest.”

 

When it came to black humans, it seemed like they were talking about Distian soldiers. She nodded. By the way, was he a subordinate? She looked at the elf child with questioning eyes.

 

“This race has become very energetic these days, and strictly speaking, it is because of me, so I am also responsible. They are my subordinates in a straight line, but they do not listen to me. It is because my strength is weak. Because I have not had my coming-of-age ceremony yet.”

 

So, to sum up what the child said, it was that this elf child was the leader of this race, but his power was so weak that the other race did not listen to him. It was said that this little guy was the reason why different races, which originally live in groups where there were no people, come down to villages and kidnap people. While she was thinking about it in her head, words that she didn’t even know came out of her mouth.

 

“I see. No, but such a small girl is the reason why this race went on a rampage…”

 

He said to her as if she was being unfair, as if he was scolding her, with an expression on his face that was saying something.

 

“Elves who haven’t had their coming-of-age ceremony yet are neutered!”

 

“What?”

 

According to the elf child’s explanation, the gender of the elf race was determined starting from the day of the coming-of-age ceremony. After hearing the explanation, she took another close look at the elf child. Sure, he had a pretty face, but his voice was thin and thick, but he also had a boyish side to it.

 

“I’m sorry. I was rude.”

 

“Don’t do that to other elves.”

 

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