Monster Princess

Chapter 3

Translated by Schwarzel
Edited by Schwarzel

Monster Princess

Episode 3

As Marina took care of me, my fever went down as if it was washed away.

Of course, it is not an ordinary fever that I have, so after a while, I’ll suffer from it and I’ll be like a withered flower again.

“Princess, I’ve readied your bath.”

“Should I use a lavender scent for your bath?”

“I’ll use Bardas’ classic magic stone, which you like.”

“This is lime sorbet, it will be sweet with honey.”

“I’ll give you a rose oil massage.”

When I got up, the maids clung to me as if they were waiting.

I am accustomed to being touched by them.

As I immersed myself in the fragrant water with floating flower petals, my tired body Immediately felt refreshed.

“Haa…”

It’s heaven.

Isn’t this a completely honey-sucking life?

(tl/n; honey sucking here means having a good life compared to others.)

When I saw my miserable life from Judith’s perspective in a dream, the things that I had taken for granted until now began to look different.

‘It’s a life in which you can control other people with just a tilt of your head when you don’t want to lift a finger.’

I was very satisfied with the feeling of receiving total body care from head to toe surrounded by people who were afraid that even a single nail or hair on her would be damaged.

I guess this is paradise.

“Thank you, everyone.”

“Princess…!”

As if passing by unintentionally, the maids looked at me with thrilling eyes when I greeted them, which I don’t usually do.

“It is nothing, princess.”

“It is our joy to serve you, princess!”

“I will continue to work with all of m heart for the first princess”

What- why do they like me so much?

Even so, sometimes- very occasionally, I used to say hello like this, didn’t I?

…Or did I not?

Is this really the first time?

I looked back on my life seriously for a moment, receiving the hands of the maids who became more caring than before.

Arbella, the arrogant first princess, was one of the noblest royal family members and did not treat Judith, who was born from a slave, as a person at all.

Meanwhile, the contents of the dream suddenly popped into my mind.

That book… What is its real identity? Could it be that I had a real foresight dream?

The book not only predicted future events from Judith’s perspective but also contained all sorts of personal information about Judith that I had not known before.

I can’t tell how surprised I was at the high ‘coincidence rate’ that I had checked over the past ten days.

“It’s creepy…”

“Are you cold, princess?”

At the unintentional self-talk, the maids next to me started to be concerned.

“No, I was thinking of something else.”

In truth, I didn’t know that the adjective “arrogant princess” attached to me suited me.

But I deserved it.

I am the first princess of the Kamulita Empire and was of the Dia lineage among the Dia bloodlines.

Not only was I revered as the reincarnation of an Empress, but I was the I am the purest member of the royal family with the Duke of Delphinium’s blood, one of the three major ancestral families that have continued to exist from the founding of the country to the present day.

What’s more, I was born with uniquely powerful magic power that even the most famous wizards couldn’t even measure the amount.

In addition to that, I have an outstanding appearance that everyone admires and a brain that is evaluated as clever, so it is not unreasonable to call me the next Emperor.

So, from the moment I cried for the first time, I had everything and nothing to envy, and if I wanted anything, no one got in my way.

As I walked and breathed, everyone looked up at me as they praised me. If I wanted anything, it immediately became my property without needing to do anything.

‘I am the greatest!’

‘I’m the best.’

‘I am the best!’

It was the thought I had when I was a kid with a healthy body and nothing to be scared of in the world.

I was also very proud of my lineage that I tend to put my other half-brothers born to the empress, as below me.

But I did not do anything frivolous to show my inner feelings. Because I was a chosen superior human being, unlike others. So I thought that I should also know how to embrace people who are lacking. And in reality, I have lived as a tolerant princess.

However, in that crazy book, I am presented as an arrogant princess who is full of pride and vanity, in her superior lineage.

“I haven’t seen my mother for a long time.”

“Yes, I will prepare.”

After taking a bath, I impulsively prepared to go out.

Before leaving the room, I looked in the mirror in front of me.

Light gold hair, like sweet starlight, hung below her shoulders, and her long, sharp eyes were as blue as aquamarine jewels.

It was a splendid appearance that could stand out anywhere with clear features. My taste was more glamorous than subtle, so the clothes and accessories I was wearing were also dazzling.

But today, somehow, I felt a sense of incongruity in my appearance.

I left the room leaving behind the subtle feeling of bitterness that persisted in my heart.

***

As soon as I left the Imperial Palace, a dazzling light pierced my vision.

How much sunbathing is this?

Because of my chronic illness, I often lay ill whenever I have free time, o it has been a very long time since I have seen the sun.

Marina would have solved it well, but there were some unexpectedly canceled schedules this time, so I thought I would have to check it out in the evening.

Outsiders who knew nothing have thought that the reason I sometimes puncture my schedule like this without notice was due to my unruly personality.

It was intentional to some extent so I didn’t need to explain it. It would be better for the image of an arrogant princess to be overlaid rather than let the public know about my illness, which could be a weakness.

“The Empress is currently in her garden.”

“Then let’s go to her garden.”

After a while, we arrived at the Empress’ Palace and were guided to the garden.

It’s been a long time since I met my mother like this. It had been almost a month since I last saw her.

It was hard to see my mother’s face unless I came to meet in person or met her at an official event. This time too, when I was sick, my mother never came to check on my condition.

When I was young, I loved my mother so much that I almost lived in the Empress’ Palace. So every scene in my vision was familiar to me.

But after some time, I naturally stopped looking for my mother.

‘It was about two years ago that I stopped visiting the Empress’ Palace.’

It has been a long time since my mother stopped visiting my palace first.

Of course, from the very beginning, my mother and I did not have such an open relationship.

As her only daughter, from the moment I first saw the light of the world, I have received abundant affection. Such a mother began to change.

“Mommy!”

At that moment, my pace slowed down at the clear voice that lodged in my ear.

As soon as I entered the entrance of the garden, the delicate scent of flowers filled my nostrils.

“Millium, our prince. Isn’t it dangerous to run like that? And what if you get hurt?”

Following the clear chirping of a child, the sweet voice of a woman resounded in my ears.

Soon, behind the lush green vegetation in my sight, the protagonists appeared with voices tickling my ears.

A beautiful woman with blond and red eyes sitting at the tea table in the backyard, and a little boy running down the lawn with his golden hair fluttering.

Soon, the woman bent her knees and greeted the child who was running towards her warmly. Then the child opened his red eyes and smiled broadly at her.

“Mommy, it’s a gift. I made it just now!”

“Oh, what a beautiful wreath.”

“I’ll put it on you!”

Seeing the sloppy wreath that must have been painstakingly made with small hands, the woman laughed softly.

“Thank you, sweetheart.”

I no longer came close to them but watched the scene from afar.

“She was with Millium.”

“Yes, the prince suddenly visited…”

Those two were my mother, Empress Charel, and the third prince, Millium.

It was until Millium was born that I was the only child born from the Empress of Kamulita.

Millium is a young prince who is now five years old, and to me, he was my only brother with the same mother and father.

Watching the two of them full of affection, without realizing it, my stomach twisted a little. It was obvious that I was the one who came with a message first, but somehow I felt like an uninvited guest.

There was something I wanted to say to my mother when we meet after a long time.

‘Mother, I had a dream.’

‘I saw a nonsensical book there, and it said there that I didn’t live long and I died.’

As a daughter of my mother, I was born with everything and I was loved, but in the future, I will die alone and without anyone to sympathize with me, lying on the ground like a bug.

But isn’t it weird? The content of the book keeps coming back to me.

So…

‘That’s why I’m scared, Mother…’

“I feel so dizzy, I can’t stand it any longer. I will go back to my palace.”

In the end, I couldn’t get a single word out of my mouth and swallowed it.

“Pass the word to my Mother as well.”

“Aren’t you going to greet the Empress directly?”

“Not today.”

Seeing my Mother and Millium together, my taste buds went bitter.

Before turning around, it seems that my Mother’s eyes met with mine for a moment. But she didn’t call me.

I turned around and started walking back the way I came.

“Princess, it’s still a chance to see the Empress after such a long time, so wouldn’t it be better if we had refreshments and chatted together?