Chapter 173 – Stella’s Story

“Calm down, Princess.”

“Me… Maybe I don’t really have the qualifications to be a queen.
My sister is like that… Even if she goes through hard times
You stood up and worried about me.
I am…”

“Hey, Princess.
Calm down.
Now, take a breath…”

“Huh, kkeuh…”

“Ruler. I will only hold out my hand, so will you hold my hand?”

“Yup, heuk, me, why…”

“… I want to catch it.
Please.”

Being a proud princess,
You shouldn’t say, “I’m just trying to comfort you.”
Anyway, this is for me.
So let’s say you ask the princess for help.

Squeak.
Tight.

My hands are small and soft.

“Little princess, if it wasn’t for you
I must have died many times today.
Thank you. It’s all thanks to you.”

“Turn it off… Whoa…
Huong, chup, huuuuu…”

She holds back her crying to force her to calm down.

Tok. Took. Tok. Took.

I stretched out my other hand
He gently patted the back of her hand.
Like a lullaby to put a baby to sleep.

“If it wasn’t for you when I was fighting Bellondel,
I couldn’t receive treatment, I couldn’t narrow the distance, and I would have suffered.
A poisoned arrow hit her thigh, so you should have allowed her to attack.
Or melted down by Nuvacane’s brimstone breath.
Or not… Though it’s a thought I hate more than dying,
I could have lost Angela.
But they all came back safely.
It’s all thanks to you.”

“Sigh, sigh… Alas, I am an excellent mage, but…
I don’t have practical experience to be a queen…”

“You just have to build up experience.
You’re only twenty years old now?
I was kicked out after confessing to my teacher at the age of 20?
Do you know why?
I was so young that I was kicked out.
There are good people around you.
You can learn from now on.
I heard that humans have a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 15?
It’s only been five years
You’re already the best teleportation wizard.
You have talent.
There are many talented people around you, so there must be a lot to learn?
You have your sister and your maternal grandfather.
Well, Angela is a really nice person too.
Upright, stubborn, a bit inflexible, but a person you can trust.
If you ask about military affairs, you won’t make a big mistake.
The same goes for Marianne.
He is a person with a pure and upright heart.
I always try to act justly.
If you know it, it’s clumsy and cute.
If you ask about religious work, they will usually give you the right answer.
Everyone will have a lot to imitate.
Because there are so many good people around
You will get used to it in no time.”

Seruk.
Knock knock.

With a yellow embroidered handkerchief
I dabbed Stella’s tears and wiped them away.

“Black… It’s the first time I’ve seen it wiped like this.”

“If you rub and wipe your eyes when you cry, your eyes will swell.
Then pretty eyes are a waste, right?
It’s cute even when poured, but I’ll look at it today.
By wiping it so it doesn’t swell.”

This is also the way to wipe away tears that Master taught me when I was young.
Truly, Master’s grace is like the sky.
The more I look up, the higher I get.

… I am now,
Marianne with her own embroidered yellow handkerchief.
According to the method taught by the master
With the hand holding the coupling that was shared with Rumika
He is wiping away Stella’s tears.

Couldn’t I have been loved beyond measure?

“Hey, foot. What is it?
… Praise the women who kicked him.”

“Because it is true.
Because it’s full
It’s not that their value goes down.
… I hypnotized myself and made a mistake.”

“… He said he was the enemy of the family?
If you were like me, you would take revenge without mercy.
… Including me.”

“It’s not as good as I thought.
Master is not too harsh on me, so
He told me not to be a hypnotist.”

“Whoa, what is it?
You are really stupid.”
He pretended to be wild by himself.
Were you bluffing for nothing?”

“Shh. Let’s keep it our secret.”

“Joy. The people of the world and the demons must already know, right?”

“A topic that made me shed tears until just now.
Don’t smile prettily all of a sudden.”

“You acknowledged it. Aren’t I pretty?”

“It is said that when you laugh after crying, a change occurs in a specific part of the body.
I said it out of concern.”

Food.

It seems to have loosened up a bit now.

“Since I was young, have you been compared to your older sister a lot?”

“How did you know?!”

“It just seemed like that.
Judging from the words that came out of my mouth,
I got that impression.”

Seruk.

Stella lies on her side towards me.
Now the two of us will clear the wall of pillows,
Lie facing each other

“Whoa…
I was just the youngest child who was loved.
… Until my sister gets sick.
Momma, momma, sister… Everyone loved me
As my sister started to get sick little by little, expectations were focused on me.
… Maybe Katherine, who couldn’t be part of our family after seeing that
I don’t know if she has changed that much.
He is the son of the deceased first queen.
Wouldn’t it feel like being left alone in the world?”

“Maybe.
Catherine was the subject of a promise that if she succeeded in assassinating the demon king, she would be married.
I don’t know if it was her own will.
The family was also married to an insignificant warrior,
Even if her succession to the throne was taken away, she could not resist.
Unlike what she was born with, she is a woman with tremendous ambition.”

Stella nodded her head slightly.

“… It has credibility.
I only knew it a little while ago
If Obama said that Catherine’s bioweapon production and her military use,
If you knew about Alberic’s adultery
Catherine feared that her succession to the throne would be usurped.
You know what?
Since I was born, I have a small body,
The birth was not immediately announced to the outside world.
She thought she might die soon.
So when everyone had her quinceañera at 15,
I couldn’t.
Even now, at the age of 20, I am still this small.
Her sister, on the other hand, though her body was ill,
Ever since I was little, I was very mature.
His words, thoughts, and actions were all dignified and mature.”

Come to think of it, Princess Anne offered her tea,
Speaking of service,
The way he had a conversation with Marianne,
By analyzing the behavior of High Priest Philip
The way he assumed that the proclamation of the holy war could not be stopped, and so on.
His insight to grasp the situation even while sitting down was great.

“Study… I worked hard.
Studying with the same tutor as her older sister,
I have read all the books her sister read.
No, she read and studied more than her conference-going sister.
However… She couldn’t catch up.
Dad, mom, maternal grandfather, ministers and ministers.
They teased me, soothed me, scolded me, and pushed me.
… I also wanted to do well.
But what if it doesn’t work?
I finally gave up.
‘Ah, I guess I can’t follow the same path as my sister.
She said, let’s do what the older sister can’t do.'”

“So you learned magic?”

“… Yes.
I ran away.
To a field where I can’t be compared to my sister.
The Goblin Hwarang of the Hwan Empire was just in Cheonghaejin.
I begged Obama to let me learn her dimensional magic.
Persuasion told me to do it myself.
I remember praying on my knees in front of Master’s accommodation for three days and three nights.
… I was desperate at the time.”

“You have suffered.
Teaching magic to a princess from a foreign country,
Is it really burdensome?
It must have been because you did it so diligently.
Nice job, really.”

Stella’s eyes were looking back into the distant past.

“No.
I just did what I could.
After polishing magic so hard, stop with a sense of resonance…
I also participated in the Demon King Assassination Operation.
… I was in charge of reconnaissance and transportation.”

“…”

Suddenly have a bitter taste

Marianne wants to be special,
Angela, to restore her family’s honor,
Stella wants to surpass her sister.

… They may have had their own reasons,
There can be no convincing reason for losing my parents and siblings.
… Maybe even the lives I took
Could it be that he died for such a light reason?
Is not it? Is it really right that I take care of people’s circumstances?
… Rebekah.
Maybe I like it?
I want you to come out in my dreams tonight.
I have too many questions to ask.

“… Sorry.”

“…”

Click.

Without realizing it, I lie down and take out the pendant.
I changed into the body of a 13-year-old.
It feels like the pendant has grown to fit my smaller body.

I can’t bear to open the family photos,
Just messing around.
I couldn’t let go of the hand I held with Stella,
I was touching it with only one hand.

“… Is that a family photo?”

“… Yes.”

“Don’t you see?”

“Yes. Today.”

I put the pendant back on.

“… Is it because of me?
Since I am by your side, do you feel sorry for your family?”

“No.
I saw more than one day’s worth today.
… I have a lot to think about,
I don’t think I can handle it any more.
I’ll see you tomorrow after I calm down.”

Ann. Stellar. Civil war. Alliance. Angela. Marianne. Love. Recovery. Will.

I’m thinking too many things
I’m afraid I’ll keep thinking in the wrong direction,
I can’t see you today

“… So next time I see you, please show me.
Because I want to see your face and apologize.”

“…”

Momentary silence.

Tok. Took. Tok. Took.

Just like I comforted her a while ago
She also calms me down with her slow strokes on the back of my hand.

“I’m really sorry.
I will definitely apologize later.”

… I guess I’m really weak
Too weak for apples.

“You will make a good queen.”

“How do you know?”

“Because she knows she is lacking.”

“… Is it good?”

Rustle.

I look at her again and lie down next to her.
This makes her the same height.
Because I’m a demon, and I grew up quickly.
Even if her body shrinks, her growth is similar to that of Stella.

“The most important.”

“Why?”

“The king does not work alone.
It is an existence that gathers talented people and makes them work.
The position of looking at people, seeing the whole, and judging.
A position to be a leader, not an ace.
It’s not a place to install just because I’m good at it.
If you know what is lacking, make up for it by studying,
It’s a position where I raise people who are better than me, entrust them with work, and supervise them.
Well, it would be nice to do everything well, but how many people are like that?
To make up for that, the prime minister, butler, and military commander are there.
Because I always thought I was lacking
Knowing how to supplement and listen to others’ opinions.
It’s important.
Make good use of it.
Who knows?
How much will it grow in a few years?
You, you did not participate in the practice.
In other words, there is a possibility.
If you work, you will get better.
Studying is hard, work is hard.
It’s rare to do both well.
Having a good learning ability means that you can learn things quickly.
Especially if you are in a situation where your motivation is clear.”

“…”

Stella looks me in the eye.

“Do you really think so?”

“Yes.”

Stella put her other hand on top of my wrist that she was holding.

“Do you really think I would make a good queen?”

“Yes.”

“Really? Really? Aren’t you a father?”

“Yes.”

Stella smiles and lowers his hand.

“I can’t imitate my sister either.
I understand the theory, but I can’t feel it.”

“I was very curious,
Is it possible to determine the truth by uploading this?”

“They said it was possible to some extent.
According to my sister, it is determined by the pulse.
I really don’t know.”

It’s rare.

“There is such a way.
How amazing.”

“Iknow, right.
Um, but I don’t need it.”

“Why? Wouldn’t it be nice to have one?”

Then she laughs out loud.

“I know without it.
That you mean it.”

The concave face and mochimochi cheeks are so cute.
Unlike the small face, the big eyes
When he smiles, he mysteriously exudes charm.

“…”

This woman seems a bit like Marianne.
Grabbing and shaking my heart naturally
It’s a dangerous girl series that never fails.

However, unlike Marie, who speaks without any intention,
‘I feel that it is sincere.
And believe me
So, will you sincerely support me?’
Those eyes with meaning.
It is dangerous in a slightly different sense from Marianne.

“Kuhm!
Looking at it now, I feel like a queen.”

“Uh? Why are you averting your eyes all of a sudden?”

“There is such a thing. Something like that.”

I slowly withdraw my hand.
With the excuse that your hands sweat.
… In fact, the longer you hold
I’m afraid I’m going to lose my mind.