The Villainess’ Kindergarten

A few days have passed since I arrived at the Imperial Palace. As I was heading to the library as usual, I felt something was wrong because the atmosphere was more noisy than usual. Looking at the attendants busily moving around, I tilted my head and looked back at the maids serving me.

“What’s going on?”

“The queen of the Pretan Kingdom is arriving in the Empire today.”

Aha, that’s why everyone seemed busy.

Come to think of it, I had forgotten because I was spending so much leisurely time in the palace.

The tea party would occur soon. I should tell Chantz in advance that he would probably be my escort that day.

These days, Chantz greeted me every morning, confirmed that he had nothing to do, and disappeared into the training grounds. It’s not just that his wounds kept increasing. It’s good to learn a lot, but it would be good if he took better care of himself. I was worried because I thought he was overdoing it.

I slowly headed to the library and looked around.

It was because the people of the Kingdom of Pretan were described as very exotic and beautiful in a book I read a few days ago. I had an expectation that I might meet them by chance. However, as expected, such a coincidence did not happen.

I did not meet a single nobleman until I arrived at the library, aside from the servants.

As I entered the library with regret, the door opened and a woman came out. I looked up at the exotic skin color I had never seen before after being possessed, and my eyes met hers.

Her two eyes, with her dark black hair braided into a single braid, sparkled with gold. This was truly a crazy appearance.

As I stood there, dumbfounded by her appearance, she tilted her head, smiled at me, and disappeared with her books.

Following her, two men and one woman appeared, and even they had beautiful appearances.

As I entered the library, I collapsed on the sofa.

Seriously, they were so pretty. How could people be like that?

Books didn’t lie. I thought I should add a few more words to the book that said the people of the Kingdom of Pretan were beautiful.

Very, extremely. Really, really. More adjectives like these.

If you’re pretty, you’re all my sisters, so I’ll call you my sister. My sister always comes to the tea party. It’s clear that I prepared all the desserts to give to my sister.

Soon enough, I was able to find out who the woman I had met was. It made sense, since rumors spread throughout the palace that the queen of Pretan was beautiful.

er name was Reita. She was once a countess, but now she was the empress of a country.

At first, she was in the library because she got lost, and her height was 164, her hair was 134, and she had drank tea 24 times since arriving… and so on. Information about her was spread by the servants and nobles who fell in love with her.

People were interested in Reita. Of course, I was one of them. But since I met her by chance… Wasn’t this completely fate?

To attend the tea party, I left my body to the maids and changed my clothes, thinking that way. I didn’t really like dressing up, but I should dress up this time.

It’s kind of like that, like when you go to a celebrity fan meeting and dress up nicely.

When I arrived, most of the nobles were already sitting in their assigned seats.

“I’m Fiora de Damon, the fiancée of the Chilan family.”

After introducing myself and saying hello, I took my seat. I heard that noble ladies from other kingdoms and all noble ladies above the count family attended.

Then, in a way, Reita, who was the star of this tea party, came in.

She still boasted her incredible beauty. Reita was wearing a white dress decorated with gold and red jewels, and it looked so good that I couldn’t help but admire her.

It was clear that she had fans among the noble ladies as well. Several young ladies, including me, blushed when they saw her. After all, beauty was the best, I thought as I looked at Reita.

“Hello, I am Reita Tira Pretan of the Kingdom of Pretan.”

How could even her voice be so perfect? ​​Her clear and elegant voice was like a fairy.

After confirming that all the nobles and guests who had expressed their intention to attend the banquet had attended, Afile stood up and opened her mouth.

“Thank you all for attending the tea party. This place has been prepared for the distinguished guests who have gathered from all over the world. Please enjoy yourself and go home.”

As she finished speaking, the Sacher Torte, Chocolat Bonbon, and Latte were served on a plate as a set.

I applauded the visuals, which were several times better than what I had made. However, the other nobles seemed a little disappointed by the desserts that looked more ordinary than they had expected. That was understandable, since on the outside, they looked like ordinary chocolate cakes. In contrast, everyone looked at Latte as if it was new.

There was no drink with whipped cream on it.

The first to pick up the fork was Reita. Reita’s eyes widened as she cut the Sacher Torte into small pieces and ate it with the cream prepared on the side.

“Oh my.”

The other nobles of Fretan who attended with Reita also tasted it one by one and all exclaimed in admiration.

Reita then drank a latte and opened her mouth with sparkling eyes.

“It tastes great. If you don’t mind, can I meet the pastry chef who made this?”

Afile smiled in satisfaction at her words. Just as I was about to think that I was lucky with their reactions, Afile’s eyes turned to me.

She winked at me and opened her mouth.

“This is a dessert prepared by Princess Damon, Duke Chilan’s fiancée.”

Reita and most of the nobles’ eyes turned to me and a bright smile appeared on her face.

“This is the most delicious chocolate and coffee I’ve ever had.”

‘You’re also the prettiest person I’ve ever seen. I got on!’

Feeling like I had become a saint, I nodded my head, trying to keep my wits about me.

“I’m glad you liked it.”

The tea party, which had been going on in such a good atmosphere, naturally split into several groups after some time and started chatting. Somehow, I didn’t fit in anywhere, so naturally I overheard the conversations of the ladies sitting next to me.

“Madame Curia seems to make the best children’s clothes.”

“Oh, that’s right. My child got clothes made there this time, and they really fit.”

Listening to their conversation, I thought.

‘This is exactly what it is, a parent’s meeting.’

It seemed that most of the nobles, except for me, had children. And they were young children. But I, Lee Yerin, a kindergarten teacher for half a year, am used to this level of parent talk.

I took a sip of my latte as I watched the parents, or rather nobles, split into groups and start talking separately.

At that time, Afile, who was with Reita, called me. They were sitting at the same table. The two seemed to have become quite close in that short period of time.

That would be the case, since they had the same problem: a disobedient son.

“My child said he doesn’t want to be the crown prince this time…”

I thought as I watched Afile sighing as she said that.

No… Why was she talking about such an important topic as if her child didn’t want to go to school?

But Reita nodded and agreed with her words.

“My child isn’t much different… He says he wants to be the fastest carriage in the world, and he runs around the palace all day.”

I bit my tongue to keep myself from laughing as Reita added, “I’d rather he be a dragon or a spirit.”

That’s when I realized one thing. My children were really well-behaved, and children who didn’t listen were the same here and on Earth.

I thought that the reason the genre of the Duke’s children was romance fantasy was because the children were so docile to the level of fantasy.

“Really… It would be nice if the children would listen to me even a little.”

The two parents sighed at the same time as they said that. Fighting for the future of this continent, both of you. But even if the empire falls, I shouldn’t go to the Fretan Palace.

I sipped my latte while thinking that.

Then, one thought occurred to me. But, who was the crown prince of the Damon Empire? If he resembled Fiora, he must be Gaechaban. In the original, the Damon Empire was barely mentioned because it was just a setting to make Fiora a princess. But if he resembled Fiora, the continent would really fall.

The prospective king whose dream was to be a carriage, the prospective emperor who whined about being a crown prince, and the (presumed) Gaechaban who resembles Fiora.

Were there other continents on this planet? The moment I started to seriously think about it, Afile opened her mouth.

“But, my child seems to have matured a lot thanks to the princess this time.”

At her words, Reita’s gaze turned to me.

“Oh my, can you teach me how to do it?”

It was clear that Reita had a lot of trust in me because of my chocolate recipe. Otherwise, how could she trust the words of a princess who had no children?However, when I met Reita’s sparkling eyes and face, I couldn’t bring myself to refuse and started to think of a suitable method.

At that moment, a method just occurred to me.

“How about using a praise stamp?”

The two parents, no, the empress and queen, tilted their heads at my words.

“Um, so when they do something good or listen well, you stamp a piece of paper with a stamp. Then, when they collect a certain number of stamps, you buy them something they want or grant them a wish.”

Reita nodded at my words.

“Aha, it’s like a medal.”

“Yes, but you shouldn’t let your child become too obsessed.”

It was because he could easily become someone who acts only for rewards. However, the stamp of praise seemed to please the two parents.

Rayta opened her mouth with a smile.

“By the way, I just made a new seal.”

If it’s something stamped with a seal, they could never copy or imitate it. But was it okay to use it like this?

At that time, Afile also agreed, saying it was a good idea, and I applauded the two parents’ scale once again.

 

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