Chapter 2

In the end, I went to kindergarten.

I didn’t want to go, but I had no choice because…….

“Mir, you don’t want to go to kindergarten with me?”

“Huh…? Oh, no. That’s not true.…”

Suddenly, Jake looked at me with big brown eyes after he saw my reaction.

I had to shake my hand in a hurry, but Jake was quick-witted.

“……I’m sorry, Mir. I wanted to go to kindergarten with Mir. So I told my father. But if Mir says she doesn’t want to go, you don’t have to go. It’s okay.”

Oh my, what should I do?

I was on the verge of crushing my precious friendship with the innocent 6-year-old Jake.

So I pretended to be happy and smiled.

“No, I actually really wanted to go to kindergarten. If I’m going with Jay, it will be great.”

“……Really?”

“Yes. Really.”

Then Jake stopped crying and smiled brightly.

He placed his little pinkie finger in front of me.

As I blinked, Jake urged me to make a promise.

“Since Mir said it’s a good thing. Promise to go with me.”

Oh, for a moment I admired Jake’s extraordinary brain.

Jake used the “pinky promise” that I taught him! Smart guy.

“Yes……. I promise…….”

Was it an illusion that my voice and hands seemed to be losing strength?

I thought the reason was because Jake, who was standing in front of me, regained his bright smile.

I’m sure it was.

***

‘How did I get on this carriage?’

I leaned against the carriage’s fluffy purple velvet seat, looked out the window, and sighed in silence.

I was heading to the palace for the first time in my life.

I was invited to the palace as a distinguished guest, as the classmate of His Majesty the Prince and Her Majesty the Princess……

“Oh, baby. Are you sick? There’s cold sweat on your cheeks……!”

Carrie, my nanny and maid, was sitting next to me and she was surprised to see my pale face.

She hastily pulled out a handkerchief and wiped off the cold sweat with a delicate and soft touch.

I quietly turned my cheek in her hand. I shook my head and told her that it was okay.

“No, no. I am perfectly fine.”

It’s rather a problem that I’m fine.

I thought I’d prefer to get sick and cancel my visit today.

For the first time in my life I will be meeting His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress… Wouldn’t I also be meeting the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness the Princess?

In fact, it was natural for a child my age to be somewhat fearless, even a noble child who was well educated.

But the problem is that my mental age is not six.

I had the memory of my previous life and I knew too well how great the name of the imperial family was.

That’s why my face was so pale and my hands were shaking.

If an accident or a mistake was made I could get my neck blown away.

……That can never happen!

‘If I had known, I would have just said I wouldn’t go.’

I was regretting the promise I made under the spell of Jake’s innocent tears.

The Marquis of Saeron, who was reading the newspaper in front of me, looked at me and comforted me.

Oh right, the Marquis of Saeron is my father.

“You must be very nervous, Mir.”

“I can’t deny that.”

“Haha, it’s understandable. You’ve never been to a palace before, right? However, Mir is polite and mature enough to do well in front of the emperor.”

“……”

That’s right. I was known as a decent child among my family and the employees at our mansion.

Since this was my second life, I wasn’t like other children; I knew what I should and shouldn’t do.

That’s just being sensible.

What’s fortunate is that so far, such behavior has been seen as having a unique personality.

Even though it’s my second life, I couldn’t be calm in this situation.

I swallowed dry saliva and answered.

“……I’ll do my best.”

I was so nervous that if I made a big mistake my family would be destroyed.

I couldn’t keep thinking such thoughts.

The carriage went far beyond the main gates of the palace.