Monster Princess

Chapter 10

Translated by Schwarzel
Edited by Schwarzel

Monster Princess

Episode 10

The Empress and other wives were not present at the meal now. Today, it seemed that the emperor intentionally invited only his children.

When the food on the plate decreased to some extent, the emperor opened his mouth.

“5th Princess, how is the progress of magic dynamics these days?”

“Yes, I’m working hard on it.”

“You’ve been working hard but is still failing for 3 months?”

The emperor began to comment on some of the princesses and princes who attended the luncheon today in the order of their age about their lifestyle and learning progress.

“The 2nd Prince seems to be neglecting his physical training these days. A strong mental power is nurtured in a healthy body, so please devote yourself more.”

Arbella blinked at the familiar sight.

“First prince. How long do I have to listen to Count Tarlo’s weeping? Live a little more conscientiously. Your talent itself isn’t bad, but you’re too carefree.”

At first glance, it seems that he plays the role of a proper father, but in fact, the emperor was indifferent to his children.

Just pretending to be a caring father while sifting through the information of the princesses and princes who he sees once in a while.

That was all that the emperor in front of Arbella showed as a father from time to time.

“Yes, and the First Princess…”

Finally, it was Arbella’s turn.

The same blue eyes as Arbella stayed on her face.

“Do as you do now.”

The emperor, who spoke briefly in an indifferent tone, lowered his gaze again and continued to eat.

Arbella inadvertently twisted her lips finely.

The other princesses and princes were looking at Arbella with a mixture of admiration and jealousy.

Even Arbella knew what they were thinking.

As expected, the emperor must have a preference for sure. I’m jealous. Or, I guess there’s always nothing to read for the first princess. She’s amazing.

Arbella thought like them so far.

‘As expected, I’m perfect!’

‘As expected, I’m the best!’

…And it was natural to be proud.

But maybe it’s because I’m seeing reality from an objective point of view than before.

I felt ashamed of the past when I was so proud of being deceived by such a seemingly obvious word.

“Yes, just like now.”

Arbella also smiled lightly and dipped the finely chopped meat with a fork from a while ago.

‘Am I just accepting everything crookedly?’

If you suspect that the reason why the emperor doesn’t say anything else to her, unlike other imperial families, is that she has no future……

Is that too much speculation?

Arbella suddenly raised her head and captured the sight in front of her eyes.

No matter what they are thinking inside, they are smiling beautifully on the outside.

Gorgeous flowers and lace adorned everywhere.

Sunlight brightly colored the milky white ceiling and chandeliers.

Everything in the world glistened so much that there was nothing she could have.

Arbella couldn’t eat more because her appetite was completely gone.

* * *

“Arbella, are you really broken-hearted?”

After lunchtime, the First Prince Ramiel followed Arbella at a languid pace and started talking nonsense.

When they met in the magic garden the other day, she had hair extensions, so he didn’t seem to know that Arbella had cut her hair.

“Why don’t you cut it out if you’re going to say such nonsense?”

Arbella was lazy to deal with him, so she didn’t even look at him and said that annoyedly.

“No, for some reason when I saw you at lunch earlier, I thought your complexion looked really bad.”

However, Ramiel did not disappear immediately, but stood next to her and looked closely at Arbella’s face.

“Anyway, if Chloe saw it, she would have been really surprised. It seems like she slept in today and couldn’t come.”

Still, it felt like Ramiel was a little genuinely worried about her, so Arbella softened her sharp heart.

But it was also short-lived.

“Anyway, Arbella. If it’s true that nothing’s wrong, would you like to open up your face and shoot a magic stone video with this older brother? After all, being together with you is the most popular… … Eup!”

Worry, my foot.

As expected, this is a guy who only thinks about scratching other people’s stomachs.

“Hmp! Eup!”

This time, Ramiel’s mouth was so tightly covered that it could not be solved as quickly as before.

“…Walk fast!”

Then, all of a sudden, Arbella witnessed a strange scene.

Ten years after the abolition of slavery, he was a boy walking on a path that no one uses.

Although his face was not seen in detail due to his tangled red hair, his age looked similar to her when looking at his appearance and body frame.

Perhaps because of his intense hair color, he stood out from a strange distance.

‘Wait. Red hair? And the side view… It’s strangely familiar.’

“What is that child?”

Looking at the place where Arbella’s gaze touched, Ramiel made a subtle sound, “Ahhh.”

“Right, I heard you rescued him from the Blovis Forest.”

As expected, he was the boy I saw in the forest.

“I heard that a child with a family goes home and an orphan is sent to an institution, so why is he here?”

“That’s… You must have been trying to do something good. But when they checked his identity, they found out that his biological father was a sinner who was caught using forbidden magic a month ago.”

At that moment, Arbella suddenly felt like she was hit by cold water.

“So, they decided to bring him in the White Knight Hall. As you know, the children of sinners who used forbidden magic need to be rehabilitated. He probably ran away to avoid it, but this time he was caught.”

“That’s right. He’s unclean because he hasn’t been purified yet, so withdraw your attention, Princess.”

Marina added, affirming Ramiel’s words.

Those who are not slaves but are called heretics are treated almost as slaves. It was the blood of the wizards who became sinners for using forbidden magic and was subject to strict management by the imperial family.

Among them, underage children were educated at the White Night Hall, the realm of wizards belonging to the imperial family, raising awareness for forbidden magic.

However, as that boy is walking the path of slaves, it was difficult to receive good treatment until it was determined that he had been completely reformed after spending at least five years there.

For reference, only the families of criminals who used forbidden magic were the targets of this ideological improvement. Those who practiced forbidden magic were immediately sentenced to death or life imprisonment.

“Moreover, he said he was the son of Count Rasner.”

“Count Rasner?”

“Do you remember last month’s chaotic incident”?

Arbella was surprised this time.

As Ramiel said, there was an incident last month that caused a stir in the entire Kamulita Empire, a member of the Count Rasner family used forbidden magic.

The Rasner family was one of the founding families, like the Duke of Delphinium, Arbella’s maternal family.

As the years passed, the position was gradually relegated, but the tradition of being a prestigious family with a long history could not be ignored.

But that was all a while ago. Now that the Rasner family has been completely removed from Kamulita’s noble genealogy, it has become a non-existent family.

Count Glenn Rasner, who used forbidden magic, is said to have been famous for his outstanding appearance and outstanding magic skills to the extent that he was named in the White Night Hall when he was young.

However, shortly after marriage, his wife died, and after that, he did not engage in external activities at all, so he has been a target of gossip of influential men.

It was impossible to know whether he died or lived like that, and since he was caught as a criminal of forbidden magic for over ten years, it was bound to become a source of great gossip.

“I guess most of them didn’t even know he had a child because he was confined inside their land. Still, I think Count Rasner siphoned off his son with the possibility of failure in mind before using forbidden magic… But he was luckily caught by traffickers while running away like that. I don’t know more than this either.”

Ramiel shrugged.

“However, I felt sorry for him because he met a wrong father. Well, the Rasner family’s name is gone anyway. He’s being reformed but there’s nowhere to go even if he got out.”

Ramiel clicked his tongue as he watched the boy moving away.

He continued to say something more, but Arbella did not hear it.

Suddenly, when she saw someone related to forbidden magic with her own eyes, she felt a little lightheaded. This is because the future Arbella, whom I saw in my dream, was also destroyed and killed by this forbidden magic.

Furthermore, the fact that the person involved was the boy she saved played a part in making her uncomfortable.

‘This didn’t even come out in the dream book. Is it because it’s not related to Judith?’

Arbella took her eyes off the scene she was watching and turned around.

Just before turning her head completely, she felt like she made eye contact with the red-haired boy walking on the slave path for a moment, but she turned his head again and did not bother to check it.

This is because she belatedly realized that Ramiel’s video mana stone, which she doesn’t know when was taken out, floated in the air and was filming them at will.

Arbella’s eyes went up.

“Where are you trying to use the magic stone into?”

“Oh, just once! It’s not even tiring!”

“I won’t film a video with you in the future, so wake up.”

Arbella pulverized the mana stone and left Ramiel alone.

A long fluttering pink ribbon tied around her neck fluttered behind Arbella’s nervous stride.