The emperor daughter vol 1 ch 3 I heard my mom was a princess of a kingdom in the north somewhere.
She was called Jereina but that was not her true name. Her name was originally from the northern lands and had a harsh tone to it .Unfortunately her name was erased when she was sold off to the Emperor and dragged to the palace to spare her kingdom from complete annihilation. Therefore she received a new name in this foreign land.That was the name Jereina. She was now called princess Jereina.
" Ariadna is too long for a name."
In the morning Elaine was bothered by my name for no apparent reason. I just look away as I sucked on my pacifier furiously .
"Should we call her Riya or Ana for short?"
They both sound weird. I tried to show my displeasure the best I can but my opinion was completely disregarded .I guess that what it like to be a child .Just because you're young you get no say in the world .What a shitty world!
"Then lets go with Riya "
Yeah, It does sound better then Ana but I hate both of those names! I cried inwardly as I sucked on my pacifier .
Suck Suck Suck
Ah to think this taste delicious! It all over for me. There no denying it I am truly a baby .
"Princess Riya "
Elaine couldn't hold herself back as my nurse was trying to burp me after feeding. My face winced as soon as I saw her face. I said I didn't like you. Yes ,you.
"Can't you see how she dislike it ?"
You are my superman! Nanny was a magician who could read my mind. She just like my mommy.
Ho ho ho, Serira I only have you .
I tried to act cutely by rubbing my cheek against her and threw my body to her embrace .This was apparently a great shock to Elaine .She puffed up both her cheeks and blew a raspberry like a kid.
"The princess only mean to me!"
It not that I hate you , but I find you a bit annoying .I was also a bit envious that her body size was bigger and she could chat away .Serira 's face grew stern as Elaine kept whining excessively . Elaine instantly shut up at seeing her cold expression.Now that I think about it I am technically a princess why do I only have this one maid ? In some ways my situation was also quite negligible.
well, but when I think if I had another servant wouldn't my irritation be doubled?
so yeah this is way better .
"It quite fascinating that she never cries in front of his Majesty .She usually never cried but still ,"
"Even if she young she can recognize him ."
Their eyes were both completely on me so I gave a loud burp and gave a huge smile at them.
It almost by instinct at this point .
"the fact he is her father."
Um, but however.
I do recognize him but not by just instinct . It didn't feel good to be appreciated as some sort of genius baby who can find her father just by instinct alone. This kind of mistaken acknowledgment is not right!
"What wrong ?Are you uncomfortable ?"
My nanny was worried as she misunderstood the reason behind my whining
Hah, no it fine..I'll just take care of my own problems .
However nanny kept checking my diaper and pick me up to make sure everything was comfortable.I could see she had much skill in taking care of young children. Every movement was patient and gentle .She was obviously not a first time mom.
"....seriously."
After getting comfortable in nanny's arm I sucked on my pacifier .This pacifier is truly a symbol of babyhood .At first I was like why would anyone want to suck on this? but actually it helps you not get bored.
"She looks nothing like the princess."
As soon as Elaine spoke Nanny's face darken. I kept on sucking as I observe both their serious expression .
What wrong , you guys?
"She doesn't have golden hair nor green eyes .Not even her the aspect ratio of ...."
Oh. It just my appearance . Look , I am a life form born just a couple weeks ago what is the point in discussing who I take after or how I look ? I know I probably also repeated this stupid routine in front of other babies in the past.Now that I am a baby this whole thing looks ridiculous .That right ,from a baby viewpoint you look like a idiot.
"Why do you think She did that?"
Elaine looked somewhat depressed. Was she sullen because I kept rejecting her? I thought she was high spirited so she wasn't the type to get hurt easily. I pondered if I should just play with her even if I found it annoying until I felt sleepy .Then I close my eyes when I heard nanny voice.
"How can we understand her reasons ?"
They always discussed the same things over .It was about me or it was about my parents.
Since I had to lie here and listen to the same conversations for the past week I knew immediately what they were talking about . It was about Caitail ,the crazy emperor .
That crazy bastard killed every woman that had his child. Of course technically they started it by trying to get something out of him.You could even say they had it coming trying to leech off their unborn child. But no matter what the reason was the fact that crazy guy killed all of them doesn't change. There were some women who tried to hide and bear the child in secret . He somehow found them out and then he cut the baby out of the mother alive.
What a crazy fucker!
When I first heard this I kept asking How can a man just throw away so carelessly his own children! Then I started to have serious thoughts about my own life ...
The conclusion I came up was if you're going to kill me kill me painlessly!
Yeah.I know . I'm pretty pathetic.
"It just that the Emperor..."
With a heavy face nanny caress my cheek . When i saw her face I gave her a cheerful smile .She immediately gave me a gentle smile back.
" I just pray he has enough affection left in him to love such a small child."
Affection....
That too high a hurdle for him.There no way he has that emotion.
ah.
He the type of guy who can kill the women who has his child. The most likely reason he able to do that is because of his level headiness and overly cool mind .Instead of hoping for affection from a guy like this I would rather waste my hope on more realistic things such as praying to the heavens for rain during a severe drought.
He the kind of guy that doesn't even care about his own parents much less his siblings .
He a cold blooded guy who killed his own father for the throne then sold off all his female siblings to countries far away and gathered all his male siblings in one place and closed them off .After that point I stop trying to listen.
He wasn't satisfied with just that so he decide to go to war and hunt down even the female siblings he sent away .He swept up the battle fields like a whirl wind and was the main culprit who in a flash drove the entire continent towards a comer .
Ah , for the busy modern person I will shorten it everything by saying one sentence.This guy basically reminds me of the bastard Hitler.
To think I'm that person's child.There were a few people who think he will be different to his own child. True, there is a saying even a hedgehog finds it own child cute but after everyone heard how he cut off one pregnant woman head clean off even those people had to take back their words.
Good bye.
"Either way the Princess Jerenia and the emperor are both surprising people.That for sure."
My mother who protected me from the Emperor and such a crazy bastard at that was incredibly respected in the palace. Well , it true after getting pregnant from a one night stand she went into voluntary confinement in Ethelon. She lived literary like a exiled. In the deepest comer , at the way end she took care of me with such a delicate body.The truth of what she done came out when she was a month away from her delivery date. Obviously the emperor tried to kill her but to be honest no one really know what happen.
All I know was she was able to give birth a month later and my father went to "clean up " the southern kingdom Izarta during my birth.
I just looked up to Serira with big eyes and she smiles back gently . I don't know how many months ago I entered this body but at the word mother I can only think of Serira who is right in front of me.She ,the only lady who dominates my memories and it feels strange.
"Ah, have you heard the rumors?"
"Huh?"
"The Emperor has been cursed!?"
'Ah."
Serira expression darken at this.
I glared at Elaine. How dare you make nanny sad! Elaine also grew depressed making me feel guilty.
Ah , I decided to be kinder to you earlier but I glare at you .I feel a bit sorry since she was so crazy in love with me.Then at that moment Serira put me back in my crib.It seems to be my nap time.
"It not a curse."
Serira looked at me as if I was far away .I can tell from her expression she wasn't completely here. she was probably reminiscing the past.
"If you can put a name on that it would be.."
Her hand clasped my small hand tightly. Even through you can tell with a glance who was bigger I felt incredibly sorry for her so I grab her pinky finger first .
" I would call it a "Lament."
Lament....
Now that i think about it I do remember a piece of a memory that was in deep the bottom of my mind.With that memory I also recall a voice .When I was just born and flapping around like a fish .I heard a wail full of agonizing pain as if she had greatly suffered .
I hate you ,emperor .My flesh and blood will never forgive you.
when my body crumbles away this child with my blood will curse you in my stead.
I closed my eyes and started mumbling .
I can't believe you would order a child to do something like that .
Even I thought our first meeting was way too bloody but for some reason the emperor kept coming to meet me. Now I found this unbelievably annoying but it made the other two incredibly happy.Well,
It not like I don't understand the reason .Even if I am a princess the truth is I was a bastard born out of wedlock so my status wasn't stable and my title unsecured. So if everyone claimed I was not a true princess the sad fact is I lacked a title or anything really to throw in their faces to shut them up.
Sob Sob Sob
So this is the truth so I guess the fact the man claimed to be my father visiting his so called daughter is actually a good thing.I mean no matter how you look at it this guy didn't seem to be like my father but at least he had a killer body.
He a feast for the eyes. It not like he will kill me for checking him out right since I'm the daughter .
"She not sleeping."
Ah, sorry .I was wrong about you. You are the kind of guy who can kill his own daughter.
I lifted my chin but I don't know when he came our eyes met again .I have really shitty luck. Well since I met his eyes a couple times before my body no longer shake but my heart beating faster under his gaze is a natural reaction of the body I can't control.
Ah I wish it was his beauty that was making my heart race.That would be better then the fact my heart is pumping because of it natural instinct towards the danger of death.
What is going on here Mr God ?
It not like he looking at me with killing intent.
I guess that kind of intense gaze is in it own way quite at......
No , it still terrifying .It scary as hell!
"Is it because I'm here?"
I heard you are free to make your own mistakes Mr customer .
I made a rotten face at his grin and turned my head to continue to suck furiously on my pacifier.I heard breast feeding is very important and good for the baby so many times but my mom dead so I can't even get her milk from some where.
Ah wait .Is that milk in the bottle breast milk? egh, no .It can't be .It tastes way too good .
Are they using a very high quality formula ?
"Wah!"
In this way I was planning to drop off into my own world with my thoughts when my pacifier I was sucking so hard on disappeared from my mouth. I couldn't figure the cause so I looked here and there and into the sky my pacifier disappeared into. Ah. No!
"Want it ?"
.............God is this feeling I 'm feeling what people call a murderous intent?
This fucker called a dad took his own daughter pacifier!!!!!!
I was furious and looked up at him.
Of course even if I did that how fierce can I be with such a round chubby face?
Yet , this was the best I could do.
he just stood there hatefully with my pacifier in his hand.
Agh! I hate him!
Yes, this is the problem here. It good he visit often , and it good his face is so handsome and it all good but!!! The problem is instead of treating me like his daughter that bastard treats me like a toy to quell his boredom.
That Son of Bitch!
"Your eyes are too red to the point it unpleasant."
These eyes were inherited from you. You unpleasant red eyed monster.
"Too red."
sigh, I got if from you sir.
"I want to popped them out."
Huk, at that my mouth popped open
He gave a refreshing smile at my reaction. His smile was so beautiful that it was sparkly and it blinded my eyes yet I could not find this simply beautiful.
There a demon in there.
After smiling he place the pacifer in my mouth.He did it so seriously I thought for a moment he was showing consideration .
......I'm sorry but no.
"Small"
That is some fine speech you're saying to a baby barely two months old. I stuck out my lips and sucked the pacifier .Once again our eyes met.
All right, you want to look? Go ahead look.
Well I already know basically what you can say .It all the same after a while.
inspection, judgment and then reaction.
Am I just some item ?
I decide from now on to treat everything that comes out of his mouth as just gibberish.
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (this is a Buddhist mantra)
Please let me be free from that guy.
I was retarded to listen to his words just because he spoke only one word every few hours.
"Really small."
Well thanks to this guy frequent visits I learn something new .It was things I couldn't learn from nanny and Elaine so I found it interesting and fun when I discover anything new about him.
"Hmm"
First of all this guy actually do have more reason then I gave credit for. That right !The truth is he was a reasonable psycho. Not only that he did have a sense of honor and even morals .
If there was one problem it was the fact he didn't try to keep any nor did he have any desire to.
People called him a crazy fucker, a lunatic but that wasn't quite right .What was happening was quite different then what the rumors said.
Yes it doesn't change the fact he still a crazy bastard but he wasn't bathing in blood like Elizabeth Báthory nor was he like Vlad the Impaler going around the battlefield impaling people with spikes.
It was good to find out he wasn't a pervert but I can't in good conscience say he not a crazy bastard.....
If I had to be specific he was an asshole kind of crazy?
Ah.That not accurate either.
"Cry now."
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T/n She compared him to Hitler! The webtoon definitely left that part out.