635 – Springtime Sea – 3
The birth of Alina was enough to attract a lot of attention from our little ones.
Her eldest son, Peddie, visited her new younger sibling named Alina from time to time, and the triplets, who were amused by her walking her, followed their her older brother her her to watch Alina .
The sight of four small children running around together was truly cute and sublime. When Friedrich starts crawling, as many as five little kids will flock around. Just thinking about it makes my heart pound.
“Mate! It’s cute!”
No, strictly speaking, there are already five of them running around.
“Little brother! You’re pretty!”
The Crown Princess looks at Alina while repeating that she is cute and pretty. Seeing that, Rin, the head maid, and I couldn’t help but smile.
For the past few days, the Crown Princess has not come to visit her mansion. It’s not that she’s tired of our mansion, but because Rin’s due date is getting closer, she’s temporarily stopped outsiders from visiting her. If the Crown Princess comes to her mansion and Rin starts giving birth, she can’t care about the Crown Princess.
So, for a while, I visited the imperial palace with Pedi. Even the holy beasts were dragged away and they didn’t really express any complaints.
The Crown Princess, who had been playing in the imperial palace like that, was allowed to visit her mansion after her daughter Lin’s childbirth was over,
“Wow! Wow!”
My eyes sparkled at the presence of a baby I was seeing for the first time.
That’s fortunate. I was a little worried that the baby might feel unfamiliar when seeing it for the first time.
“Time! Time!”
“Yes, Your Majesty. Please speak.”
“Hey! What’s your name!?”
“This is Alina.”
Although it was already the fifth question, he answered it with a smile.
It’s not unusual for a child to ask the same question multiple times. Besides, Alina may be a somewhat difficult name to pronounce.
“Al-Rina?”
In fact, the Crown Princess somewhat hesitated at the word egg.
Nevertheless, she is steadfastly trying to call Alina by her full name instead of arbitrarily shortening it. How imaginary this is.
“Al-Lina… Ali… I…”
The Crown Princess, who mumbled Alina’s name several times, clenched her fists and nodded.
“Ah-Alina too, my little sister!”
“That’s right, Your Highness. Please take good care of Alina as her older sister.”
“Ugh! I’ll play with you all the time, and I’ll even give you a little break!”
Laughter burst out again at her bold declaration her her her her.
She even handed out chocolate. It is no exaggeration to say that she is the most consider a child can be.
“Your Highness.” Then there may be no chocolate for you to eat.”
“Huh?”
However, the Crown Princess is already giving chocolates to Fedi, and she is looking forward to giving them to the triplets and Friedrich.
In that situation, including Alina, there are only six chocolates that need to be distributed. The Crown Princess can’t even look at her her her her her her her her and can only suck her fingers her her her.
“Yeah, but! The chocolate is delicious! I’m going to eat it alone!”
The Crown Princess, who was rolling her eyes here and there at her words, seemed to have made up her mind and waved her arms, firmly asserting her will.
It’s a truly beautiful sight. She is a big sister who is willing to give up what she likes for her younger siblings. She has been so kind since she was young, so she will definitely become a royal lady.
‘I’m glad I resemble the empress.’
That character can never come from an emperor. If he resembled the emperor, instead of sharing the chocolate, he would have ate it alone as a teasing joke in front of children who were curious about chocolate.
Therefore, it is a blessing for the imperial family that the emperor marries the empress, and it is a blessing for the empire that the princess resembles the empress. If you refute it, you are the 2nd prince.
“But sometimes.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Why does Pedi keep getting younger siblings?”
“…Yes?”
The unexpected question struck her for a moment.
“Pedi. He’s younger than me, but he has more younger brothers than me!”
Eventually, the Crown Princess pouted her lips as if she was sad and frustrated.
“My little brother is still on his back! Just his pet keeps getting bigger!”
“Well, Your Majesty. These children are all Your Majesty’s younger siblings—”
“You’re not sleeping with me because you’re so old!” I’m the only one with you!”
I was so sad that my once fluent pronunciation began to deteriorate rapidly.
No, earlier I saw Alina and said she was my younger sister. Why are you suddenly distinguishing between your younger brother and Pedi’s younger brother?
‘I guess I was very lonely.’
But it’s understandable. When the sun is up, you can come to our mansion and play to your heart’s content with Pedi and your younger siblings, but when you return to the palace, you have to play alone.
The emperor was busy with work, the empress was absorbed in domestic affairs and social relations, and the guard knights, attendants, and maids were all subordinates. From the Crown Princess’s perspective, there is no one she can comfortably play with. But we can’t leave our children in the imperial palace 24 hours a day.
Thanks to her, the Crown Princess does not want her younger brother to be seen in our mansion, but she wants her younger brother to eat and sleep in her imperial palace like herself.
“Mom! You said you would give me my little sister! You haven’t used it yet!”
I almost burst out laughing at those words.
The Empress became pregnant with her second child between the end of last year and the beginning of this year. In just about half a year, the Crown Princess’ younger brother will be born, but unfortunately, the Crown Princess does not know the concept of ‘child = something that will not be born until 10 months have passed’. She just pesters her every day and throws tantrums at her emperor.
“I’m worried that her second child might get angry at the Crown Princess because of her fuss. Even if she tries to come out quickly, she won’t come out because she’s scared of the Crown Princess.”
I wonder if the emperor would have muttered and sighed like that a few weeks ago.
Of course, it’s not my part-time job. So why didn’t you give birth to two younger siblings a long time ago?
“Your Majesty. You two are trying to give your Majesty a pretty and strong younger sibling.”
“No-yuk?”
Anyway, while cursing the emperor in his mind, he consoled the princess, whose cheeks were puffy.
It is gratifying to see the emperor suffer, but it is something that a godfather cannot ignore when the princess is in sorrow. Our Crown Princess should always experience only pleasant things.
“Isn’t he the younger brother who will be with you for the rest of your life? There is no other younger brother in this world, so you two are doing your best.”
“Really?”
“Of course. “I made my pedi like that too.”
Then the Crown Princess’ eyes turned to Peddie, who was tapping Alina’s finger her her her.
Then, as she blinked for a while, it seemed as if she was imagining her own little brother who would be born to her in the future.
“…Don’t worry… Please report to your younger brother quickly…”
Seeing her daughter’s somewhat softened appearance, she quietly took her in her arms.
Now I just need a little comfort. Since the sadness came suddenly, it is not surprising that it suddenly resolves.
“Don’t worry too much. You just need a few more nights of sleep.”
“How many nights?”
“Hmm, about 300 nights?”
The Crown Princess’ eyes trembled at the distant number of 300.
“It’s long! It’s cold! I can’t wait!”
“But, Your Highness, you have to wait that long before your pretty little sister can be born.”
“But it’s still too long! Make it smaller!”
The princess’s stance as she flailed her arms she was truly brave and fierce.
In fact, it is a natural thing. From the perspective of a child who feels that the number 100 is distant, three times that number, 300? Wouldn’t it be considered an eternity of time that we cannot even dare to count?
“I can’t help it. Then I will talk to Your Majesty and reduce it to about 200 nights.”
“200 nights…”
The Crown Princess’s eyes became busy again at my words
“Joa! Slap me!”
Eventually, an easy answer came back. 200 is not a short period of time, but it is at least better than 300.
‘It was originally about 200 days.’
When she saw the Crown Princess smiling brightly, her conscience ached a little. At first, she fiercely attacked the princess’s mentality, saying that it would be 300 nights, but in reality, it would be at most 200 days before the princess’s younger brother was born.
But isn’t it obvious from the beginning that if she sings 200 nights, will she hate the Crown Princess? She tried lying for a while for shock therapy.
I’m sorry for being such a godfather.
“Wooow…”
“A-dad. Alina, wake up.”
“Ah.”
Perhaps because there was too much noise, Alina, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes.
That guy called Dad disturbed my precious daughter’s sleep. I’m sorry for being such a dad…
“Al-Rina! Come play with us while you’re awake—”
“No.”
“Hey…”
Still, she was able to block the Crown Princess ‘ambition to make Alina more tired.
A child who is forced to wake up should be put back to sleep as soon as possible. If you let her play, she will not sleep at night and she will only cry.
***
The Crown Princess, who had gone to the Minister’s mansion to play, has returned.
“Dad! Dad!”
Holding a piece of paper with crooked numbers written on it in one hand.
I wondered what that thing was, but I hugged the Crown Princess who was rushing towards me. The Crown Princess is smiling like an angel right now, so does that piece of paper matter?
“Daddy! This is papa! The paper I wrote!”
Moreover, I believed that our Crown Princess would explain first even if I did not ask first.
My daughter is intelligent and smart. Because I like explaining and asking things to my dad.
“It looks like you studied numbers.”
I glanced at the paper and saw that it was written from 1 to 100. Looking at the numbers on the back, it appears that 200 is written on the back, which is far beyond 100.
Great job, my daughter. Even when I went out to play, I was still studying hard─
“My brother’s calendar!”
…?
“Huh?”
“That’s how it is! They say if I sleep 200 nights, I’ll have a little brother!”
Her head went blank at those words.
200 nights… This is correct. If you calculate the date of conception, there is a very high possibility that the second child will be born before 200 days have passed.
But why does the Crown Princess know that? Why is there a piece of paper with 200 days written on it in the Crown Princess’ hand
“If I draw all of this! I’ll have a little brother!”
“Yes, that’s right. The Crown Princess is right. After 200 nights, you will have a younger sibling.”
However, he put aside the confusion and patted the smiling princess.
I don’t understand the situation, but I know for sure that the Crown Princess likes her.
‘What on earth were we talking about?’
Of course, deep down, I resented the minister. What if the second child isn’t born until my little brother’s calendar is used up? What if there is no news after 200 days?
How much will the Crown Princess cry? I’m scared just thinking about it.
The Crown Princess also boasted to her empress her the calendar she had made for her younger brother her her.
“We should have had a second child a long time ago, but we did not understand the loneliness of the princess living alone in the imperial palace.”
The Empress, who spoke with her somewhat sad eyes, nodded her head as if she had made a promise.
“I think it would be better to prepare for the third as soon as the second is born.”
“Empress?”
“For the prosperity of the imperial family, it would be better to have five children.”
“Empress?”
What are you saying now…?