Baby Princess Through the Status Window - Chapter 133
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Chapter 133
“Huh? What about the fairy?” She must have misheard. She blinked and turned to Ellie, but she hadn’t misheard.
In fact, as soon as she came out of the treasure room, Siervian already asked Ellie about the display case. She didn’t intend to pry, but she didn’t expect her stuff to end up in the treasure room like this.
However, when she asked the question, Ellie only responded with a puzzled look and asked if she hadn’t heard it from His Highness.
“No, why would I!”
Anyway, Ellie tilted her head in confusion as if she didn’t understand why she was being asked.
“Hmm?”
“Did you have a different intention with this piece?”
“Huh?”
“I’m sorry for assuming on my own, Your Highness. But the dynamic cluster of lights in this silver thread looked like a storm in the mountains, as if it was expressing the chaotic pranks of fairies.”
She was only trying to represent the strands of her father’s hair.
[Ellie]
Mood: Firm trust.
Thoughts: Our princess is undoubtedly a brilliant artist. It’s only natural that there are things I don’t understand!
She was about to deny it, but Ellie’s sparkling eyes caught her attention. In the end, Siervian smiled awkwardly and looked away from her conscience.
“…Hmm.”
“Just as I thought?”
Ellie smiled brightly like a child and was very pleased. She had been worried for a while because no artwork had come out to be put in the treasure room.
When the topic of the treasure room came up earlier, Ellie was very proud to have a criteria for selecting Siervian’s artwork(?) to be placed in the treasure room.
Especially since His Majesty entrusted her with the primary responsibility of selecting the treasures, even though she couldn’t see them in the treasure room, Siervian didn’t know how happy she was.
‘If Ellie is happy…’
In the end, Siervian’s gaze shifted away from her conscience, and she had to wish for Ellie’s happiness.
“Then sleep well, our princess.”
“You sleep well, too.”
Darkness quickly filled the room. Siervian, who now faced the night calmly, was different from when she was very young.
‘Hahaha!’
Was it because Ellie came up with an obscure interpretation of her embroidery that Siervian had a very strange dream that night?
“I feel light!”
“Light! Light!”
Her field of vision was completely filled with white. Siervian was floating there and unconsciously shouted, and when the friends around her echoed her words, she was startled and looked up. Yes, her ‘friends’ were there.
“Let’s play!”
“Sure, let’s play!”
Siervian’s friends were thrilled and filled with excitement when she looked at them. Their innocent appearance made Siervian feel even happier, and she nodded casually.
They soared to the edge of the sky, then sank to the ground as if to embrace the earth. Suddenly, Siervian realized that she was inside a snowstorm, as if she had become the storm itself. Her entire field of vision was white, but instead of fear, she felt even more exhilarated.
“I’m free!”
And so, Siervian enjoyed the freedom of being a snowstorm in her dream for a while.
The next morning, Siervian had a dazed expression on her face as she ate breakfast. The dream she had the night before left a strange trace behind.
“It was fun…”
It had been a few weeks since she had breakfast alone. Now, even if she ate alone like before, it didn’t feel sad. It was just temporary because her father and older brother would soon return. In life, they couldn’t spend every moment together. But the fact that they always had a place to return to made Siervian feel a little stronger.
“Here, have some more, Your Highness.”
“Yes.”
“You seem a bit out of it today. Are you feeling unwell?”
“Mm-hmm.”
Siervian shook her head while eating the smoked meat that Ellie had torn into small pieces.
‘Out of it’ was indeed an accurate expression. She definitely had a very exciting dream and had slept deeply. At that moment, Siervian felt a certain premonition.
“Your Highness, it’s Jane. An urgent message has arrived. May I come in?” Almost simultaneously, Jane spoke from outside.
While calmly putting down her utensils, Siervian stilled her mind. Her heart was pounding ominously.
“Yes.”
“Your Highness, a messenger has arrived from the Imperial Palace. It seems you need to prepare and go.”
This time, without answering, Siervian nodded to Ellie, gesturing that they should prepare to go out.
“Would it be alright to finish the meal before you go?”
Ellie’s question was met with no response but a shake of the head from Siervian, indicating that they should prepare to leave immediately.
“No, let’s go right away.”
An ominous sense of foreboding was pulling her toward her family.
“Dad, Brother.”
“You’re here.”
After hastily preparing and heading to the Imperial Palace, Siervian’s older brother was already there.
Lately, her brother had been making an effort to smile and reassure her whenever he saw her. But today, he seemed to have no room for such composure.
“What’s going on?”
The strange premonition that had been gnawing at her didn’t dissipate.
Finally, her impatience got the better of her, and she blurted out the question.
“Siervy.”
As her father looked at her with a face she had never seen before, a dark expression, she gulped.
“We’ve found evidence of the assassination of the former chamberlain at the Duke’s estate.”
“…What?”
However, the bad news she heard was completely different from what she had expected.
“The former chamberlain?”
“Yes.”
He meant the previous emperor’s chamberlain. The position had never changed.
“…Why would they… kill… grandfather’s chamberlain?”
Siervian had naturally addressed him and then awkwardly glanced at her father’s reaction.
The previous Emperor had been a distant figure to her in both her past and present lives.
It wasn’t just because she hadn’t met him due to his early death.
It was because people around her strongly avoided talking about the previous Emperor.
‘Come to think of it, why was that?’
[Alderuan Elverdotte]
Mood: Sorrow
Thought: I would like to see what expression my father made when he heard that she called him Grandfather. I wish he had heard it himself.
“So, recently, I’ve been focusing on the investigation of an assassination ordered by a spy.”
“I see.”
“That’s what I found out. The chamberlain of the previous emperor was murdered according to the spy’s orders.”
Originally, it was known that the previous chamberlain had died in a carriage accident after the death of the previous Emperor.
However, the investigation inspired by one of the nobles with Harmin Allergy who died in a carriage accident had unexpectedly revealed the truth of the chamberlain’s death.
“They said that at the time of his death, his chest was soaked with an unidentified grass.”
“Unidentified grass…?”
“Yes. But that part was missing from the incident records kept by the Imperial Place, as if it had been deliberately erased.”
A spy and an unidentified grass. Vague pieces of information stuck in her ears. Her father continued the story calmly.
“For some reason, the previous chamberlain often had private meetings with the duke before he died.”
“The chamberlain was never married and had no children, so why did he meet with the duke and receive the harmin grass?”
The previous chamberlain, who had never established a family in order to dedicate his life to the Emperor, had no reason to contact him until just before his death…
“…There is a possibility.”
“Huh? Siervy?”
“There’s something that comes to mind.”
Siervian was reminded of Zecko’s parents. They had found them in the outskirts and they had clearly heard them say that they would give Harmin tea to the spy for the sake of mana scarcity.
“Oh, father, it’s about Zecko’s parents.”
“Huh? Ah… I forgot about that.”
She quickly explained to her father what had happened at that time.
“The previous chamberlain must have suffered from Harmin Allergy in his final years.”
That could be a connecting link.
And Siervian had to shudder at one more fact that occurred to her.
“So that’s it. The reason the spy suddenly sent an assassin to me.”
Unfortunately, killing a commoner or a low-ranking noble with Harmin Allergy was a different level of seriousness from killing the previous chamberlain.
‘Since I found Zecko’s parents, I could connect them to the chamberlain’s death.’
However, the Duke would not have thought of killing the princess simply for that reason, right? It was just that he was someone who wanted to take away her powers and control her with Harmin tea, so he may have thought it would be a good time to deal with it now.
[Damian Elverdotte]
Thought: Come to think of it, even back then, Siervian knew their whereabouts. Where does her information come from?
As her brother was organizing his thoughts, his doubts suddenly showed. Siervian, with trembling eyes, made a firm resolution.
“Anyway, suspicions exist. In that case…”
“There was an assassin we encountered in the Kingdom of Mosae.”
“Yes.”
Her father quickly focused on her, as if it was a lingering issue.
“…I also know that the assassination attempt was related to the Duke.” The two of them turned toward her as she spoke hesitantly.
Then, a brief silence filled the space between them.
“Is that a conclusion drawn from undisclosed information, Siervy?”
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
With an anxious heart, Siervian tightened her grip on her dress, but she remained affirmative. And she hoped. She hoped that they could trust her a little more.
“I understand.” Fortunately, this time her father chose to believe her. But now he knew.
He knew that there had to be a conversation that must be had after they uncovered the conspiracies of the Duke.
“And I also found something called Karmin grass in an old book.”
Instead of hesitating, Siervian actively stepped forward while desperately hoping to speak on the day they eliminated all threats.
“…This book also mentioned Karmin resembling Harmin grass.”
As he looked at the copy of the book she handed him, her father evaluated it with a dark voice.
The drawing was crude, but it still had enough recognizable features.
“It seems so.”
Damian closed his eyes tightly, feeling a distant sentiment. But when he opened them again, his hesitation had vanished.
“Father, the verification of the documents found at the ruins is complete.”
“Do you think it’s true?” The Emperor didn’t ask for long.
As if he knew what storm raged in his son’s heart.
“Yes.”
Harmin, or rather the wrath of the gods called Karmin, and Karmin as an ingredient of black magic.
The herb that had been trusted to protect the Empire had now fallen into an unknown state.
“Are you prepared?”
And so, the Emperor asked his son about his readiness. Just like he had asked his daughter not long ago.
“Yes. For the Empire, I will do what is right.” To his son, who answered firmly, the Emperor nodded his head.
‘Now, there’s no turning back.’
Harmin grass definitely holds some secrets. And now that they have obtained evidence regarding the death of the chamberlain, an investigation of the Duke and the true information about Harmin was inevitable. The unavoidable battle was about to begin.
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