CH 4.1

The Kingdom had a field trip program for children. It was a program mainly attended by noble children, which also often gave opportunities to ordinary children who had excellent grades at École school. For your information, École school is run by the Kingdom for children aged 8 to 14.

‘It is a school full of corruption, but it is one of the best charities the King has ever done.’

Establishing educational institutions or holding royal palace visit programs helped to increase loyalty and promote the royal family.

Anyway, I could apply for the royal palace visiting program without having to attend the École school.

“Apply for the royal program tour trip.”

“Are you really going? I understand, Young Lady.”

Janice was worried and asked me not to leave at first, but when I told her how I could visit the palace, she suddenly gave in to my persistence.

After she went out to sign up for the program, I stood in front of the mirror. I was still unfamiliar when looking in the mirror.

I was an average, cute 13-years-old child, but I was corrupted by adult toxicity. It seemed like I needed some time to adapt.

‘Can I do this right?’

Count Corcos and Dyson naturally came to my mind.

My thoughts flowed and stopped at my memory about Cassion, where he shrugged his head and shoulders in front of Dyson. I bit my lips.

‘What if His Highness Cassion dies when we get married?’

Even if he’s alive, what if he already ran away? In the past, Cassion ran away from the palace at the age of 15.

Believing that there might be a cure somewhere in the world, Cassion heard the doctor’s final declaration that his disease was incurable at the age of 14, then he secretly left the palace one year later.

I bumped into him when he was sneaking out and gave him the jewels I had at that time.

‘I think he was out there looking for a cure… If he marries me, wouldn’t it allow him to get out of the palace?’

The future would change because of me. That’s why I had an ominous idea if his future changed.

‘No! He’s going to live. He will be as healthy as he was when I was about to die!’

When I saw him again, Cassion was so big and strong that just him being there made me feel like the air was weighing down on me.

I decided not to be greedy for now.

All I needed to do was to stay alive until I became an adult. If things become difficult, all I had to do was just to make it easy.

Cassion could stop Dyson’s intimidation and cured his illness.

He was healthy and came to save me before I died, so there was a way to cure him somewhere in the world.

‘Let’s find the cure to cure his illness first.’

Once I started, I couldn’t stop thinking. I spent the whole afternoon thinking about Cassion.

When I was thinking about how I couldn’t wait to see Cassion, Janice came with good news.

“Young Lady, you have been granted the palace tour. Fortunately, there’s a vacancy tomorrow!”

“That’s great!”

I made up my mind to make Cassion my husband and saved him.

After a while, Janice sat me in front of the mirror and began to brush my hair. There, a cute and lovely child sat in front of the mirror.

The delicate blonde hair was as bright as the golden rice paddy under the sunlight, and the green eyes twinkled like the freshness of the green forest.

The skin was perfectly white and fair enough to impress anyone and made them ask if I have seen sunlight in my life.

‘Wow, even to me, I’m so pretty.’

That’s why I was confident in myself. I couldn’t believe I’m making Cassion my husband!

***

“Kla Zero, Cyder Fair, and then Diana Viola Irenberg.. Irenberg?”

After dressing up early in the morning, I participated in the royal palace tour program.

The court official in charge of the program was calling the names of the children gathered together. He tilted his head as he called my name.

Until a year ago, the Irenberg family could enter and exit the palace without any formal procedures. He must have felt strange for such a family to apply for a tour in the royal palace.

I raised my hand. He came up and greeted me politely.

“Lady Irenberg? What brings you to the palace tour?”

It caused a commotion—no child who didn’t know the Irenberg family.

As they were nobles, they must have heard the name often in their parents’ conversation, and children attending École school learn about our family during the Kingdom’s early times in history class.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lord Paulaner.”

I glanced at his name on his chest.

Based on my long experience living in the palace, the lower court officials weren’t called by their names, but by hey, there, you. So they liked to be called by their name and could easily appreciate the person who called their name.

Unsurprisingly, Paulaner’s face lit up.

“Yes, Lady. You’ve been to the palace a lot. Is there a reason why you applied for this program?”

He seemed to buy the light favor I did. Paulaner talked to me in an overly friendly manner.

“It’s because… the royal rose garden this season is gorgeous. I really wanted to see it, but as you may know, one year ago, my parents….”

“Oh, I apologize, Lady.”

I deliberately didn’t finish my words. It was to arouse his sympathy.

Paulaner was feeling sorry to make me recall the passing of my parents.