It had been a long time since this royal castle in Maram had guests. It was usually very quiet but now it was lively.
The empress’s bedroom door opened slowly and a child peaked in.
“Mommy…your highness?”
It was the beloved first princess Beatrice, who was the jewel of the entire kingdom. Behind her, maids followed and tried to stop her quietly.
“Your highness! Her highness is still sleeping! Please don’t disturb her!”
“You can see her highness when she wakes up…!”
Preventing any disturbance to the empress’ sleep was the maids’ job, and they were failing.
‘I want to see mommy!’
The princess went to bed early last night because she was tired from the trip. She was now well-rested, and Beatrice was determined to see her mother. She made her maids dress her, and as soon as she was ready, the princess ran to the empress’ room.
When she saw who was inside, her green eyes widened.
It was the emperor standing in a shower gown.
The maids bowed in shock and fear.
“Y, your highness!”
“Gr… greetings to your highness the emperor!”
The maids realized that the bed curtain was still down, indicating that the empress was asleep. They lowered their voice and trembled nervously.
They hadn’t expected the emperor to be here. By not preventing the princess from barging into the room, the maids inadvertently ended up disturbing both the emperor and the empress.
Thankfully, the emperor and the princess didn’t even notice the maids at all.
“Daddy… Your highness!”
Beatrice smiled widely as she saw her father. She ran to him, who greeted her happily.
“Oh, my princess!”
Lucretius lifted his daughter and hugged her.
“Daddy your highness!”
“Hello dear. You are heavier than the last time I saw you only a few days ago.”
“I missed daddy your highness!”
As the child hugged him with all her strength, the emperor looked down at her with the happiest smile. Beatrice suddenly realized why she came into this room.
“Mommy her highness! Where is mommy?!”
“She is still asleep.”
“I want to say hello to mommy her highness too!”
Lucretius looked out the window and noted that the sun was high up. It looked like it was about 11 am.
However, Bina looked very tired last night. He wondered if he should let her rest a while longer.
Their daughter begged him even more though.
“Mommy—!”
Just then, there was a noise from the bed. It appeared that Bina was awake. He smiled at the princess.
“Alright. Shall we?”
By the time they reached the bed, Bina was awake. When she saw her husband and their daughter, she smiled.
“Mommy…. Your… Highness!”
The child still had difficulty addressing people properly. Bina and Lucretius taught her to address them as mommy and daddy only when they were alone.
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Empress of Another World
FantasySa Bina was on her way to write her SAT when she suddenly finds herself in a strange world. She is sent to be the old emperor's concubine, but on their wedding night, the emperor gets murdered by no one other than his own son and the heir! To surviv...
