𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑
“Uh, well……”
I tried to vaguely gloss over it, but Phoebe’s eyes widened.
“Oh my! Did you just admit it? You always said no, insisting that there was only friendship between you two!”
Ah, is that so?
Was it also friendship that he expanded my room?
‘If that’s friendship, then Lee Ji, who lived in South Korea, didn’t have a single friend.’
Only then did I wave my hand and say,
“Stop talking nonsense and go out, Phoebe.”
After Phoebe giggled and left, I looked down at the box and took a deep breath.
The box was a dazzling gold, the tied ribbon was extremely luxurious, and overall, it looked very expensive and large.
‘What could be inside?’
I carefully untied the ribbon and opened the lid.
Inside the box was lined with brilliant velvet, filled with trivial accessories and snacks.
‘……It’s less than I expected?’
But soon that thought became meaningless, as I discovered a very suspicious-looking glass bead.
‘It’s a magic sphere, a magic sphere.’
Yes, this is a magical world.
I didn’t want to rashly touch the suspicious sphere, so I examined the box thoroughly, but apart from the bead, there seemed to be nothing important.
“Ha……”
Sighing, I looked into the bead.
The bead was white, then purple, then orange or light green.
‘It’s just a communication device.’
And I’m the one who devised it.
As I carefully took out the glass bead, the light exploded and clung to the wall.
Soon, a large face appeared on the wall.
‘He’s…… incredibly handsome……’
Winter-like white skin, fantastically shimmering hair, silvery eyelashes like freshly fallen snow, eyes bluer than the sea, pale lips……
“Hoo……”
I forgot to even breathe at the sight of Callisto’s face, which I was seeing for the first time, then slowly exhaled as I remembered that this body was pregnant.
‘Sorry, baby.’
A smile appeared on Callisto’s lips reflected on the wall.
“Seeing me after so long, have you fallen for me again? You should have visited me sooner.”
His low voice was quiet but had a captivating power.
“Se, Senior……”
This was the first time in my life talking to such a handsome man, so I was buffering.
‘Moreover, his face is so big that it fills the entire wall, it’s like talking to a movie character.’
Callisto frowned.
“Senior? Lou, are you angry with me?”
It seems the title wasn’t ‘Senior’ after all.
He clearly said ‘as your senior’ several times in the letter.
“It’s not like that, Cal.”
Correcting myself, remembering the signature he added, it seemed right this time.
Callisto finally relaxed his expression and said,
“I’ve decided to attend the victory banquet next week. I’ll properly inform His Majesty the Emperor that day.”
“Wha, what will you say?”
Asking blankly, Callisto’s forehead, which had barely smoothed out, crumpled again.
Still, he was so handsome that I couldn’t take my eyes off him.
“Are you playing with me now?”
No, if I shouldn’t call you Senior, why are you talking like this?
Before I could question him, Callisto declared,
“I can’t wait any longer. I’m going to propose to you that day.”
After a moment of silence, I reflexively shouted,
“……No!”
Callisto sighed.
“Yes.”
What, what’s with that decisiveness?
‘I’m still not sure if you’re the baby’s father.’
There’s another man I spent the night with!
“No, no……”
Seeing me rambling, he sighed again.
“Your brother, His Majesty the Emperor, Her Majesty the Empress, or the other princesses…… well, if it’s about them, I’m tired of it. I don’t want to hear any more about the prince of a minor kingdom or the crazy mage.”
Right, you mean Ernst and Ren?
‘They’re also obstacles to your proposal, aren’t they?’
So I need to meet them too……!
“Not only that……”
Just then, a clear knock came from somewhere, and a knight in an unfamiliar uniform appeared behind Callisto.
“Your Excellency, I apologize for interrupting your personal time, but I have something urgent to report……”
Callisto casually raised a hand towards the knight and looked back at me.
“Lou.”
“……Yes?”
When I reluctantly answered, he chuckled.
“Let’s talk in person. You just stay where you are.”
Once again, a bright light enveloped the wall, and his face slowly disappeared.
The light of the glass bead also went out completely, and even when I touched it with my palm, there was no more reaction.
‘Right, I set this to be disposable……’
My next thought was ‘This must be very expensive,’ but what did it matter since I didn’t buy it?
That man is the owner of Babenberg, where money grows on trees.
‘Of course, it’s not money but magic stones that come out, but in this world, they’re more valuable than money.’
That’s why when Lurik ignored all the agreements with the Grand Duchy and swallowed up Babenberg, the Imperial officials were secretly satisfied.
‘They used one madman as an excuse to accumulate endless wealth.’
I took out the mountain of letters from the drawer again and started looking through them, picking out only the ones from Callisto.
Until now, I had been agonizing over ‘Who is the baby’s father?’, but now it was time to find out what kind of man Callisto was.
‘Wait a minute…… he’s a Sword Master, right?’
So, is he usually violent?
I saw you running frantically down the hallway earlier, what happened?
Your legs are delicate, so you should handle them carefully.
As your senior, I’m gifting you a pair of slippers with soft soles……
……Well, he doesn’t seem particularly violent.
Then, then, since he’s a Grand Duke, isn’t he too authoritarian?
You need to help me with the Academy’s relief efforts this time.
I decided to blow bubbles for the refugee children, but they don’t play that game in the north.
But I’m willing to learn if you teach me.
He has a willingness to learn…… so he’s not authoritarian.
And the fact that he’s thinking about playing with children……
‘Isn’t he a pretty good candidate for the baby’s father?’
I thought about it and shook my head.
‘Think straight, myself.’
But it’s a bit difficult for a woman from South Korea to stay sane while thinking about such a handsome man……
‘Anyway, since he’s going to propose, he’ll be happy about the pregnancy, right?’
Of course, that’s assuming he acknowledges the child as his…… Surely I, a princess, wouldn’t be……
‘I wouldn’t be stupid enough to have another man’s child while being engaged to the Grand Duke of the North……’
Thinking like that, I felt a little relieved.
‘Ugh.’
But the morning sickness remained.
Just then, I found this in one of the letters he sent.
You said you got sick after going out with that Ren bastard?
I told you not to carelessly follow him to the restaurants he frequents.
Are the stomachs of a lowly Tower Master and a noble royal the same?
As your senior, I called some doctors, so get treated after class.
I called six, so at least one of them should be able to cure your upset stomach.
That damn ‘senior’ talk again.
‘But if he’s willing to call six doctors for a simple upset stomach, wouldn’t he be able to cure morning sickness as well?’
I anxiously fiddled with the extinguished glass bead, but the light didn’t return.
🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹
“Ugh.”
The next day, I ended up throwing up everything I ate for breakfast in the bathroom, away from Phoebe’s eyes.
My face in the mirror was so pale that anyone could tell I was sick.
‘At this rate, it’ll be impossible to keep hiding the pregnancy.’
I hurriedly bit my lip to try and make it red, then almost bit my tongue in surprise.
‘Wow, damn, I’m pretty.’
The pale pink-haired princess with rose-red lips was so seriously beautiful that it wouldn’t be strange if I woke up from a dream at any moment.
It felt that unreal.
Of course, that’s what I thought every time I fell asleep for the past few days, but I’m still here.
‘If I could contact Callisto again…… if I just smiled at him once, he’d probably make a cure even if there wasn’t one.’
However, there seemed to be no way for me to contact Callisto first, and the day Lurik would arrive was just around the corner.
‘If I stay like this, it’ll be a disaster.’
I thought about who could help me.
Of course, the first person who came to mind was the heroine, Helena.
‘Helena has healing powers.’
But Helena was still working as a maid in the monastery, unaware of her abilities.
If Lurik were to go berserk just like in the novel I wrote, it wouldn’t be good to ruin the original plot where he redeems himself.
‘Let’s leave Helena alone as much as possible.’
Then, next is Ren……
‘But Ren isn’t just some ordinary mage, he’s the Tower Master.’
The Magic Tower is located far away, at the foot of some mountain, according to the setting.
I barely mentioned it, so I don’t remember.
‘What mountain was it……’
I started rummaging through Ren’s letters to find out the exact location of the Magic Tower, and soon discovered something strange.
‘The sending addresses are all over the place.’
Unlike Cal’s letters, which only came from the Academy dormitory or Babenberg, Ren’s letters came from everywhere.
From the Magic Tower at the edge of the Empire, from the Kingdom of Flavi, and sometimes even from within the capital.
‘Within the capital……’
I searched through the star-filled map Ren had sent me and found the address, realizing that it was quite close to the Imperial Palace.
‘If Ren is here now, he might be able to help me before Lurik arrives.’
Even if he can’t cure the morning sickness, he could at least make my complexion look healthy.
‘Ren is a genius Tower Master or something…… He’s definitely someone with that kind of title.’
So I wrote a letter to the unfamiliar address in the capital.
Ren, I’m sick.
Of course, I never dreamed that the effect of that letter would be so immediate.
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