Chapter 4

Of course, the word ‘beautiful’ was not wrong when it came to the princess. There was an explanation in the novel that she was a beautiful woman like a rose with thorns. It was also mentioned that her beautiful appearance paled in the face of her temper.

I suddenly stopped thinking about the contents of the novel.

Right now, it’s more than 10 years before the novel even began.

‘The princess is 6 years old.’

No matter how vicious she would become, how vicious would a 6-year-old princess be? She was raised with the elite education of the imperial family, and she should still have some childlike tendencies.

So I decided to change my attitude.

I’ll think that she’s not a villain in a novel that I read, but just a 6-year-old who is the same age as me.

‘Prejudice is bad.’

Yes, so don’t be too scared!

While trying to convince myself, I sat alone in the empty reception room and waited for the prince and princess.

The emperor and empress were busy, so they left right away, and my father left because he had business with someone at the palace. I was the only one left in the room.

‘Let’s calm down. Let’s just think of it as a fan meeting with my favorite novel characters. Yeah, a fan meeting…!’

Have I been nervously waiting for about five minutes?

Once again, the voice of the servant was heard.

“His Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness!”

The sound of footsteps could be heard and then I saw red eyes contrasted against pale skin. Hair that was shiny and jet black was braided on both sides.

‘Princess Nina……!’

The princess immediately turned her gaze towards me and our eyes met.

She suddenly asked a question.

“Are you Emir Saeron?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. I am Emir Saeron.”

The princess was so straightforward that I almost forgot to say hello.

However, I quickly stood up and bowed my head.

Then Princess Nina raised her chin slightly and stared at me.

“Well… yes.”

No, don’t look at me like that.

It felt as if my face was going to be pierced by her stare.

‘I’d like to say that……but I can’t because my life is precious!’

I felt like I wanted to hide because the princess kept trying to make eye contact.

I wanted to open a fan and cover my face, but I didn’t even have a fan.

Fortunately, after a long moment, Princess Nina stopped staring at me and introduced herself.

“Yes, Emir Saeron. My name is Ninaina Chloe Betelod.”

“I see you, my noble lady……”

“Did you say hello again?”

Oh, I think I went too far.

I could see the eyes of the princess narrowing due to the excessive greeting.

It was none other than the appearance of the prince that saved me from further embarrassment.

‘……Prince Nicholas.’

No, it’s kind of weird to say he saved me.

Because the prince walked through the door without paying any interest towards me.

He wasn’t even looking at me, his gaze was on a book in his hand. You’re bringing a book in here? How interesting is that book? I looked at the cover of the book because I thought it must be riveting. The title was ‘Understanding the Empire’s Economy.’

……There isn’t a picture book hidden inside, right?

‘In the original work, the main lead was described as a young genius and a book fanatic.’

I couldn’t help but panic because I didn’t know it would be to this level.

“That…… uh……I see the Honorable Prince. I am Emir Saeron.”

“Yes.”

I tried to say hello but he answered curtly so I was embarrassed.

Fortunately, Princess Nina sat gracefully on the sofa and pointed across from her with a fan.

“Sit down, Lady Saeron.”

“Oh, yes.”

I was just in need of resting my back, so I sat on the sofa on the other side.

With this, I had Princess Nina (6 years old……) with a stubborn expression across from me and Prince Nicholas (7 years old……) in neat clothes who was reading economics books.

‘What an inconvenient situation!’

It would have been nice if Jake came, but he already knew the two so he didn’t need to meet them before attending kindergarten.