When I nodded hard because I felt awkward, Kion remained silent for a while. Staring at the top of my head to the point that it’s pierced, he said again.

“I’m thinking of picking two maids.”

“Yesh.” (Yes)

I guess that’s what he meant after entrusting Beldum to hire a maid.

“Do whatever you like.”

“…me?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s your servant.”

“Ish that reawwy okay?” (Is that really okay?)

It was a natural question.

This house belonged to him and it was him who hired the maid.

I was in a position to owe him no money. Although I had a legitimate status as a wife, I could not be said to be justified with such a small and fragile body.

In addition, I was sick due to side effects. It was Kion who took care of me like this, so I had no choice but to ask him about everything he did.

In fact, I had no knowledge of this world.

So my question of whether it’s okay to do so was natural.

“Why are you asking that?”

However, Kion tilted his head sideways as if he had heard something strange. Flutter- a fine white hair moved along.

“That’s because…”

Countless reasons came to mind, but I hesitated on how to say this.

It was my current situation that I had nothing to say even if he kicked me out right away, and it was literally ‘natural’ to ask for permission from him.

I hesitated because I didn’t know what to answer.

In my previous life, even when I had a mild cold, I couldn’t even take medicine, but in this shabby house, he said that he would hire a maid for me and asked me to pick my own. Isn’t it natural that you can’t believe it?

What’s the difference between me now and me then?

“Alicia.”

“Yesh…” (Yes…)

Kion called my name as if it were ringing. When I barely answered with a voice crawling with my head down, he spoke in a tone that was not much different from usual.

“If it’s not about the body… You don’t have to ask me for permission.”

“…”

“You’re… the other owner of this mansion.”

Kion said that and hugged me again who was sitting very depressed at my desk.

The other owner?

Me?

It was when I returned to the bedroom that I understood what he meant.

The other owner!

There were so many words that meant that, but it was clear that it probably meant ‘wife’.

Although I was a time-limited person who might die if war broke out.

‘No way… Are you saying you’ll acknowledge me?’

I blinked and closed my eyes several times.

Me who was the villain of the time, committed all kinds of evil acts in the Heter Empire then was expelled in the name of a reconciliation marriage, and tried to commit suicide by drinking poison on the day of the wedding, but my body became younger due to side effects?

“…Huh”

Did he really fall in love with Alicia on the day of the wedding? Someone who wasn’t interested in others?

Is that why he took care of me in pain and even showed me a friendly touch?

I thought it would be a relief as long as I don’t lose my life. I wish I could stay healthy without being abandoned by Kion.

I didn’t want much, so it was a small wish that it would stay just as it is now.

“Hehe.”

Laughter came out.

Why am I so happy about this?

It was crazy good that it was only one word to acknowledge that I was the owner of this mansion.

Even if you have other plans, what about it?

“Puhaha.”

I laughed and covered my mouth with both hands and shook my shoulders. I wanted to laugh while tapping the bed, but I chose to hold my breath while smiling.

At that time, I felt a stinging gaze that should not be felt next to me.

“…”

“…”

Kion hadn’t left yet.

I thought he would turn around and leave naturally after putting me down on the bed.

I guess it wasn’t.

“You can just laugh out loud.”

“…Nwo.” (…No)

I shook my head in embarrassment. The heat rushed to the face, and it was hot. It was obvious that it would have become a red ripe apple without looking at it.

Perhaps because Kion’s hair was white, his presence was also faint.

It’s also strange that his presence is faint with such a beautiful face. If it’s not that, are you hiding your presence?

“Alicia.”

“Yesh?” (Yes?)

“That’s better.”

What is?

Before asking why, Kion nodded slightly and left the bedroom.

Are you talking to yourself?

No, I thought you were calling me.

The conversation with Kion has always been frustrating, but there is something I felt while living together.

If I get frustrated, it’s my loss.

I was curious, but I couldn’t even call back someone who had already left and was gone. I’ll ask him next time.

I lay down on the bed with excitement.

‘Then it means this spacious house is also mine, isn’t it?’

In my previous life, I lived in a semi-basement single room, abused by the disgusting landlord and worried that even the monthly rent would be pushed out.

I was worried that rain would leak if it rained a lot, and I lived trembling with mold in summer and cold in winter.

It was the life of Kim Jiyoung in Korea that I wondered if I could achieve my own house even if I worked throughout my life.

No matter how hard I worked, I had to pay off all my debts, so I was always tight and hungry.

But it’s different now.

Although the situation could not be said to be good if you look into it, at least there is a house.

Home! That was the most solid foundation for happiness! Although it was supposed to be a joint name, it’s okay. Isn’t it the life of a time-limited person who can only live until the outbreak before the war anyway?

“Ohoho…”

I could feel the pathetic gaze of the white tiger Turen lying down at the bedside, but I didn’t care.

What kind of pathetic gaze do animals give?

TL/N : I wonder how she will react whens she discovers that Turen is actually a Guardian

I just lied in bed and struggled several times to express my current joy.

Since good things are good things!

‘Yeah, if there is a war again, you never know when you will die. Let’s live doing whatever we want to do.’

When your body comes back to adulthood, tell Kion well and run away.

It would be nice to ask if it’s possible.

If it was Kion, I think he would listen.

∘ ─────── ⊰❈⊱ ─────── ∘

At first, he couldn’t figure out the situation.

Kion the 8th Prince who Beldum remembered was a person who stopped paying attention to everything in the world.

It was all he had seen by chance at the Crown Prince’s ceremony, but the moment he saw it briefly from afar was engraved in my mind.

Empty hollow eyes that seemed to fall apart. He was looking at it with my own eyes, but it felt like it was going to disappear like an illusion.

However, the Kion he saw today was not like that at all.

He still had a cold, expressionless expression and empty eyes, but his face, holding a small child in his arms, was clearly gleaming.

It was a shock. Ten years was a time when people could change, but the fact that Kion, not anyone else, changed came as an exceptionally shock.

“Ha……”

Beldum hurriedly took off his glasses that were draped over the back of his nose and washed his face dry.

He thought again calmly and coldly.

The real reason why he came here. He had a lot of work stress, but he wanted to invite him next to Kion the most.

The imperial family of the Vald Empire signed a contract with a Guardian at a certain age.

The Guardian race was greatly influenced by how deeply the blood of the first emperor was inherited, and the Guardian determined whether or not the succession to the throne would be closer or farther away.

The Guardian of Kion was a white tiger at its peak, but its magical power was exhausted after the contract.

I couldn’t help but sigh out of regret.

It was no exaggeration to say that he could have become an emperor if he hadn’t lost all his magical power.

Beldum was on the side who strongly agreed with that statement.

“A good-looking shell……”

As everyone muttered, they called the 8th Prince Kion that way.

At my small murmur, I was surprised and sighed deeply.

For that reason, even though he was pushed to the bottom of the battle for the throne, he lived in a place like this, even though he was a prince who was loved by the emperor.

“Haaa…”

What was more incredible was the existence of the child.

Even if it’s the forgotten Prince, he’s still a direct lineage*! What will happen to the bloodline of the imperial family that is under strict management!

TL/N : Meaning that Kion is the son of the empress

Beldum was more shocked that he had a child who looked like four years old than that he had spent 10 years in an old and shabby mansion.

“How… How could he…… Without anyone knowing- da- daughter……”

The blood of the imperial family are precious and again precious.

The imperial family, where the blood of the first emperor flows, was able to sign a contract with a special guardian in ‘Lucus’s Forest’, who wasn’t a regular guardian. It is literally a guardian exclusively for the imperial family.

The Imperial family had to sign a contract with the Guardian like their duty, and Lucus’s Forest has a balance to keep. It was an absolute thing that had continued since the founding of the Vald Empire.

The lineage of the imperial family was always limited because too many guardians in a generation were not allowed to escape from Lucus’s forest.

Simply put, they shouldn’t have many children.

With these absolute rules, the emperor of the Vald Empire in history had no more than three children with only one empress.

But wherever you go in the world, there will always be people who break the rules.

That’s what the current emperor Kalman was like. Kalman, who revealed his colors and enjoyed his promiscuous life, had a wife and children enough to mark a milestone in history.

No one expected the emperor to break the rules openly. Thanks to this, the current princes, Kalman’s children, were more controlled in their lives to prevent such cases from happening again.

It was an unexpectedly difficult and arduous task to heavily crack down on the sex lives of the high-spirited princes.

An old friend of the Imperial Ministry of Justice often talked.

‘It’s a dog eat dog world…… Do you… think that I came here to deal with the Princes’s night work?’

He had a very dull face and drank one after another.

Tsk tsk- I had no choice but to comfort him with my tongue.

Anyway, there was the only one who escaped from such strict crackdowns and controls, and that was Kion of the 8th Prince.

They wouldn’t have taken their eyes off completely, but they would have paid less attention anyway. It was Kion who had no interest in anything in the world, let alone a woman.

Kion, the 8th Prince with such a precious bloodline escaped the eyes of the imperial palace, embraced a woman who gave birth to a daughter?

“Ha… Was it ‘a fair face may hide a foul heart’? It’s not any other Imperial Princes….…”

It was so amazing that he almost burst out laughing. His head did not rotate, and creaked as if a single cog had fallen out.

As Kion said, he went into any room and grabbed his head while thinking about it, when someone knocked on the door.