Monster Princess

Chapter 9

Translated by Schwarzel
Edited by Schwarzel

Monster Princess

Episode 9

4. What the Monster Princess Needs

*Knock knock*

“First Princess, a letter has arrived from the third son of the Montera family.”

“Montera’s son again?”

As I was reading books about the wizard’s fever in the room, a letter arrived in front of me.

Marina paused for a moment to look at the mess in the room, then handed me the letter on the tray.

When I opened the letter in a sour manner, flowers magically bloomed and butterflies flew up. On top of that, a song came out.

~First Princess is a person who was born to be loved.

“…….”

Of course, it wasn’t ‘like magic’, it was real magic.

As mentioned earlier, among the people of Kamulita, many people could use magic, even among the nobles, not just among the royal family.

“Oh, it must have been sung by the third child of Montera. That’s cute.”

The third son of Montera, Bobby Montera, who sent me a letter just now, was tone-deaf.

Marina chuckled as she listened to the song coming out of the letter.

Bobby Montera was one of my fiancee candidates.

I’m 14 years old. I was old enough to talk about my engagement as a princess of a country.

However, since it is an important issue, there was not just one candidate for my fiance, and among them, the third son of the Montera family was the most active.

In fact, my fiancée was discussed early with the leadership of my mother, and the search for candidates had already begun in earnest five years ago. But, as we all know, around that time, I was diagnosed with a sorcerer’s fever.

Of course, the story of the engagement was not completely canceled because my illness was secret to the public, but it was also true that there had been no significant progress in five years.

From my father’s point of view, if Montera’s son is good enough to be my fiancee, it would be a waste at the time. I could die early after all.

Maybe for political purposes, I’d rather arrange an engagement with my younger sisters than use me.

But honestly, Montera’s son was just one of my fiancee candidates to match the assortment at the time, and he was the lowest among them.

‘So, I guess he’s just trying to win my heart with all his heart and soul. He didn’t know that I would die early because of the wizard’s fever.’

Anyway, he’s the only one who’s been writing to me this consistently for the past five years.

‘My parents wouldn’t be this interested in me either.’

In that sense, his sincerity was admirable.

Of course, even if it was, he was still someone that was not even in my line of sight, and our difference that’s as high as the sky. But is it because I saw a future that hit the bottom in the worst possible way?

I felt a little different today for Bobby Montera, who had been just annoying and ridiculous before.

So I snorted and left the letter next to me instead of disposing of it.

“Oh my… You must have liked today’s letter.”

“Come on, I sometimes reply.”

Marina smiled as if it were just so.

I rested my chin on my hand and leaned against the chair.

“More than that, there’s a bug hanging around outside the Palace of the First Princess.”

“Again? There is nothing to do.”

Marina frowned.

I agree with her opinion.

Feeling bored, I clutched my mana-filled hand tightly.

The black figure, which had been nibbling on the boundary of the First Princess palace, was completely crushed to death by my mana and disappeared.

Do they think I’m hiding a honey jar in my palace?*(1) I don’t know why they keep snooping around to peek inside.

‘I think it was stuck on the line when the letter came in…’

I looked down at Bobby Montera’s letter again.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I doubted him. It was obvious that he was not the culprit who did this anyway, so there was no need to worry.

‘It’s either Prince Ramiel or his mother, Lady Catherine.’

Both of them were very interested in me.

Besides, the Bobby Montera I know wouldn’t even bother to do something like this.

I was thinking of Young Master Montera*(2), who used to wander around like an idiot every time he saw me, and then suddenly my thoughts reached my other fiancé candidates as well.

‘By the way, one of my fiancée candidates… …There was also a male protagonist, maybe?’

The man who was associated with Judith in「The Shining World of Princess Judith」

His name was Killian Bernhard.

He was two years older than me. However, even if he is a fiancée candidate, I haven’t had any personal contact with him since five years ago. Even at that time, it was all about exchanging polite greetings three or four times.

Still, he was the best man among the candidates for his fiancée, as he was the male lead in the ridiculous romance novel, to be honest, he was the best man among the candidates for my fiancée. There were all kinds of rhetoric about Killian in that damn novel.

‘I think that silver hair like white snowflakes and purple eyes that seemed to be sucked in was a blatant adjective.’

But no matter how good he looks and tastes*(3), I wasn’t interested in him.

‘Someone else’s spit hurts the stomach.’

Even more so if that someone was Judith.

“It’ll be lunch soon, Princess.”

“Yeah, let’s go.”

It was time to go out, so I cleared up and got up.

* * *

“Arbella, you… What the hell happened to that hair?”

Today’s lunch was held at the gathering room of the Emperor and his children.

In this way, sometimes the Emperor gathered other imperial family members to eat together or drink tea, but there was no fixed period or date.

Since the occasion was made unexpectedly when the Emperor felt like it, there could be cases where someone could not attend. Still, the emperor was generous in that regard, so he did not speak bitterly to the royal family who was absent.

As soon as Arbella sat down, she stared at the man who asked her such a lame question.

Cedric Sigbart Rajen Kamulita.

He was the Emperor of this country and the father of Arbella, a man with black hair and blue eyes.

He was a handsome man who looked quite clean and still looked young for his age.

However, although he may have had imperial dignity, he was not born with golden eyes, evidence of a pure-blooded royal family.

However, since the golden eyes of the Imperial people had not been seen for almost three generations, Judith, who had been at odds with each other, was rather special.

‘More than that, the first thing you asked me without saying hello was just about hair.’

Considering Arbella who had been in bed until recently, it was no wonder that she was angry at the appearance of having no worries or concern for her.

But he’s always been like that, so it’s nothing new.

Not only Emperor Cedric, but also other princesses and princes who attended today’s luncheon, couldn’t take their eyes off Arbella’s blonde hair, which had been cut above her shoulders.

“Just because. You don’t have to cut your hair for a reason.”

You don’t need to elaborate on answering stupid questions.

Arbella replied with such a thought.

Of course, seeing Cedric’s eyebrows bending asymmetrically, it was clear that Arbella’s answer was not satisfactory.

“What, our perfectionist sister got her hair like that for no reason?”

It was then that someone said something that scratched Arbella’s nerves with a playful tone.

Arbella’s cool eyes moved opposite. Ramiel, the first prince whom I saw not long ago, was sitting there.

Ramiel was the owner of a black hair like Emperor Cedric, but his face and personality were nothing like his father’s.

As soon as Arbella and his eyes met, a sweet smile appeared on the boy’s beautiful face, which was overflowing with laziness.

“No way, this country’s Arbella must have been broken-hearted? I didn’t know you had someone in mind… Ugh!”

Arbella used magic to stop Ramiel from talking in earnest.

However, Ramiel quickly broke the spell and made a fuss because he showed a slight example as a warning.

“Wow. You are relentless today, Arbella. Maybe I’ve hit the nail… Oomp! Hmph!”

Arbella crooked the tip of her lips and covered his mouth again.

The emperor clicked his tongue as if he was bored at the sight.

“What are you doing at the table? Stop it and eat.”

Only then did Arbella took back her magic.

Ramiel also didn’t want to be subjected to the aphorism three times, so he kept his mouth shut while making a face that had a lot to say. After that, the full-fledged luncheon meeting began.