[IHTTMBW] Chapter 8

“Did you mean cookies?”

“I, I like cookies.”

“Whatever.”

This was a chance. I smiled at him and shook his hand.

“Now I also like Euvil!”

He frowned. It’s like he did not like the way I called him.

“Call me Prince Euphil.”

“Euvil.”

“Prince Euphil.”

“Euvil.”

“…I told you Prince Euphil.”

“Euvil, oppa.”

It seemed that he was not satisfied with my attitude.

“Whatever. Eat your cookies. And, I am not your oppa.”

Finally, I got the macaroons. At that moment, I fell.

“Ahhhh!”

“What happened?”

His voice sounded like he was frustrated. I used to fall intentionally before, but this was not the case. I felt severe pain in my knees.

“Waaaaaaah!”

A girl, who was only five years old, was crying in front of him. He did not know what he was supposed to do in this situation.

“Ang….”

“What a cry-baby.”

“Anyone feels pain when... falling… down. Waaaaaah.”

“I see. Then…”

When babies cry, you usually give them something they like. This job should also be applied to Euphil.

Something was put into my mouth.

‘It’s sweet.’

“Mmm.”

“…Has the crying stopped?”

“Yummy....”

He gave me a friendly look. When he noticed I saw him, he immediately changed it to frown.

“Just finish it.”

And another macaroon was put into my mouth. Wow.

“It’s delicious.”

The macaroons were delicious. The book’s description is true. This was the first macaroon I’ve ever had.

‘I can’t believe it.’ I ended the long-awaited first meeting with macaroons. 

For a few days, I had been already worried sick.

I was not only worried but also sick. Meanwhile, somehow, the room was getting hotter and hotter. Even though I did a good job, Ante often stared at me as if I had done something wrong.

“What happened? I can not imagine a person who would normally brag about bringing firewood, now bringing them for no reason.”

For sure, it was about me. Hmph, I would never tell you why.

I shuddered with anxious eyes.

Ante walked towards me with big steps, as if my expression were annoying, and pinched my stomach. As my eyes were filled with tears, Ante then looked satisfied.

“Hmph. No matter what, I just won a favour from the security chief. Do not get any high hopes, Princess. This is the abandoned palace..”

Every time Ante said this, I kept my mouth shut. One thing I did not know was what to say, and another was that I simply did not feel the need to speak. My thought was, “So what?”

Yes, it was abandoned. So what?

All I needed to do was leave this palace when I became an adult by endowing Euphil with my life.

‘I should find a man and get married at that time.’

When I was pouting, Ante snorted with laughter. She had a cold personality.

“Don’t be mad at me. I wouldn’t have seen you, Princess, if I had not come to this abandoned palace. “

It was ridiculous. How could you not grumble about being harassed?

But I turned my back on her and played with a few toys instead of staring at her. If I rebelled more here, I may not get meals anymore.

‘Anyway, I needed to see Euphil’

I thought.

Of course, it was to egg him on, but I had no idea what to do.

Still, I rolled my eyes as I thought about Euphil, who had not released my hands.

I wasn’t sure about the near future. But for now, he did not seem like a person who would be cold to others since he was young.

‘Should I just keep following him around?’

If he saw me every day, he might grow on me. I shook my head as I clenched my small fists.

I did not realise that it was the beginning of a hardship.

Cough!

My mouth was full of dirt, and I just fell over the stones, but I held my tears because Euphil’s eyes were cold.

Since that day, Euphil put some distance between us as if he heard something.

I would never make it even if I knew where his palace was. The garden of my Princess Palace had already become a part of a forest, and it was very difficult to go to another palace through this forest-like garden with the body of a five-year-old child.

So I had to wait for Euphil to come to this garden instead. Fortunately, the garden was the place that he liked. He often looked around near the base where I fell asleep normally.

“Pfff, you’re always on the tree…”

“It’s annoying that you follow me.”

“Hmph. But Myrthi wants to play with Euvil. “

" Euvil?"

"Euphil Oppa."

But, on top of the tree.

It was a labour-intensive activity to follow him around.