BXBX NOVEL Chapter 6
[Oh yeah. While I was tidying up my mother’s bookshelf, I found a diary that looked pretty new. Based on how it was kept, I assumed that my mother left it here.
I wonder if I can use it?
I’m going to write in this diary from now on.
I really am going to.]
Like my cold hands, the back of my neck felt chilly. I hurriedly turned the page.
[Year 821, the 4th day of the month of Habermia
My brother, Fleon, brought us a new tea set. It was very pretty. It had been decorated with flower petals. I heard that his mother, the 6th Empress, wanted to throw this away because she didn’t use it anymore. Then, I heard from him that I still wasn’t very good at etiquette and was reprimanded severely by him.
Hannah and Tess had looked at me while sobbing sadly at how harsh my brother was. Actually, I was also very scared by him and cried a little too. My 6th brother was too strict, angers too easily and was very scary.
But just a moment later, when I looked at the bottom of the teacups I had received as a gift, I noticed the signature of Ron D’Veron.
… He must have heard that I had broken my teacups that I had cherished a few days ago.
I am always so sorry yet grateful for my 6th brother.]
[Year 821, the 5th day of the month of Habermia.
While taking a walk, I saw a beautiful white bird.
This was the first time I had ever seen such a bird. I asked Hannah if she knew the bird’s name but she shook her head. Hannah then told me that she saw cats often but she had never seen a bird like that!
No wonder. It couldn’t have flown in westwards from the Forbidden Forest.
The Forbidden Forest where only the Emperor and the 1st Prince was allowed to enter. Was it a place where beautiful animals like this bird lived?
Oh, I smelled something very fragrant. I didn’t know where it came from.]
[Year 821, the 6th day of the month of Habermia.
It rained heavily. The lesson I was supposed to have in Teret’s Palace was now to be held in Terrent’s Palace. So, for the first time in a long while, Dane came over with his knights and drank tea in our greenhouse.
My brother, Dane, was a very beautiful boy. He was gentle, but he looked as if he was difficult to get close to. It was because at times, he would smile and when seen from afar, it looked quite scary.
When Dane excused himself for a bit, his knights praised him as a friendly boy just like any other. They told me that he was friendlier with me since we were of similar positions. What were they even saying? So, does that mean the reason why he felt close to me and Fleon was because we were all neglected by the Emperor?
When I saw Dane off, I tripped and fell. I explained that my dress was too long and the maids in the tailoring room were all of a relatively big size. But that’s not true. It was all because I insisted on wearing a lightly-coloured two tone dress.
I shouldn’t have worn it…]
[Year 821, the 7th day of the month of Habermia…]
[Year 821, the 8th day of the month of Habermia…]
What’s all this? Is this all the future? That’s the only way to explain all this. I held my breath and rinsed my face. Using my other hand, my cold fingertips grazed the pages before flipping to the next page. This was the last page.
This was the diary entry a week from now.
[Year 821, the 10th day of the month of Habermia.
After a long while, I took a walk to the pond with Hannah.
The nanny seemed to worry that I might fall into the pond again, but whatever. I wasn’t a 10 year old anymore and I wasn’t still the fool who wanted to take a closer look at the carp. It seemed like my nanny still saw me as a child sometimes.
I ate flaker soup again this morning. They said I couldn’t take a walk if I didn’t drink the soup. Ew. As I forced myself to eat it, I thought my nose was going to be paralysed. Why does such terribly tasting grass exist?
After I had eaten it all up, I went to take a walk. But it was interrupted by Tess who came running from afar.
Tess, without even catching her breath, cried that we were in big trouble. The 1st Prince was here. I was puzzled, wondering what she was on about. There was no reason why the 1st Prince would come and find me, right? He was a very busy person…
But the Prince really did appear and asked me.
“I am Castor Dje Kaltanias. Do you know me?”
I nodded my head. For some reason, he wasn’t even looking at me properly. It looked as if his teeth were going to eat me up.
The Prince, who was beautiful, handsome and pretty all at the same time, asked me 3 questions.
“What does the Empire mean to you?”
What do you think of the Emperor?”
“What do I mean to you?”
After asking me all the 3 questions, he gave me a pretty smile.
Then, he killed me.]
… What? W-wait a minute. The 1st Prince was the sub-male lead. The next Emperor. The crazy one. The big asshole.
“… What’s going on?”
He was also a tyrant who would become madly in love.
My lips were trembling.
“T-this can’t be happening.”
Did I die in the hands of that tyrant?
***
The Empire of Kaltanias was neither the strongest, the most famous nor the most culturally rich country in the continent. Nevertheless, it was able to remain standing even after a thousand years. Because it was a country that had the backing of God.
The Emperors of our Empire had a special connection with God.
Where did that connection and their resultant power come from? It came from Jupiter, the God in charge of the heavens. God had transformed himself into an eagle and gave some powers to a human. The human then used his inhumane powers to establish a nation. The human then became Emperor and that was the first Emperor of Kaltanias.
But the first Emperor relied on God’s love for him too much and made reckless demands to his nobility. When asked for what he wished for, the Emperor replied ‘Eternal Prosperity’. God accepted his wish and granted him an Empire that would never be defeated.
“I will now disintegrate and dwell within the Earth. And from this red dirt, I will be watching over this Empire and maintain peace for all.”
As soon as the powers of Jupiter started flowing in the veins of that of the Imperial Family, other Gods began dwelling within our Empire.
The God who loved humans, the God who held a curiosity for humans, the God who was curious of what lied beneath our earth, the God who came down for their Lord, the God who loved flora and fauna and even the God who hated humans.
In total, there were 24 Gods who came down and began dwelling in our Empire to protect their Lord.
As a result of all the Gods’ blessings for the well-being of the Empire, the Empire became a powerful and solidary nation.
Other nations accused the Empire of not actually being blessed by the Gods. They argue that they were the ones being blessed by the Gods. The losers from the South of the continent have existed for thousands of years and they had rich history to boot. However, the one thing that the other countries could not deny was the fact that the Empire was now walking on a path of desolation. Its days of glory were long over after the death of the Sun Emperor 200 years ago. He was the one who brought about the 2nd revival of the Empire’s prosperity. Nevertheless, we still remained standing.
Then from 5 years ago onwards, since I was 8 years old, I had been educated along with my 2 brothers.
“… Does that mean one out of the 7 Princes will then become the Emperor?”
The current Emperor who was already over 60, had 7 princes. I thought all of them would compete for the throne.
“Huhuhu. Your Highness, you say such things in public so carelessly.”
“Why?”
“You could get in trouble. How could all 7 Princes compete equally when their statuses were completely different?”
“Is that so?”
“That’s right. I beg your pardon for my frankness, but not all the Princes have the right to succeed the throne. The 1st Prince is already the Crown Prince. According to tradition, the crown rightfully belongs to the Crown Prince.”
My teacher used to tell me over and over again that the Empire already had a great successor.
“Currently, in the Empire, we also have the 2nd Prince who is almost as great as the Crown Prince. It is believed that the throne would be handed over to either one of them.”
“That’s why you’re not even considered to be a candidate. What do you call this—early elimination?”
“Hahaha.”
After giving my assessment of the 7th Prince, Dane smiled.
“What’s this? My little sister just said something offensive. Was it from these lips those lovely words came out of? Is it? Huh?”
“Uhm. Wait—Ow”
The 6th Prince, Fleon, got angry.
I was born as the only princess in the Empire. At that time, I still hadn’t realised that I was in the world of a novel so I just nodded along, not really caring who would become the Emperor.
“From today onwards, you’ll have to know what you need to protect as well as learn what you need to know.”
When I was 6 years old, there had been a plague known as the ‘Three-legged Crow’. Being a child who had little immunity against it, I was evacuated to the western end of the Empire for 2 years before returning to the Imperial Palace. In other words, I only started receiving proper education when I was 8 years old. Well, by then, I had already recovered all of my memories from my previous life.
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