I Was Born as the King’s Daughter – Chapter 5

Ch 5

He says he is my fiancé nim.

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The party here was not what I imagined a party to be. It was definitely extravagant. The golden chandelier hanging high on the ceiling was scattering brilliant light in all directions, and the floor, which I guessed was marble, shone brightly, reflecting the light. Dozens of semi-transparent crystal round tables were placed, and on top of them were countless mouth-watering dishes. On top of that, the orchestra’s sweet yet powerful music enveloped the entire hall and danced, creating an atmosphere where you felt like you had to dance even if you were just sitting still. In Korea, wouldn’t the sons of the top 1 percent of chaebols enjoy such parties?

The problem is that it’s ‘sons’. No. What are those dark-skinned men doing together… well, no, actually, they’re all handsome, so it’s a feast for the eyes. Hehe. In principle, the party itself is said to be for men only. There was a waiting room separated by a glass window at the edge of the hall, and this was where the women were. The women were not allowed to participate in the party and had to sit quietly on the chairs in the waiting room. This is the party culture here.

Seriously, then why did they make such a fuss dressing me up and taking it off for three hours? Before I knew it, my mouth was sticking out a mile. It’s not like I expected anything, but is it okay to play doll with a 4-year-old for three hours, and then make them sit still in one place for over two hours? Huh? I’m going to go astray.

“Princess nim, you are very precocious. I’ve heard the rumors, but… this girl is impressed.”

A girl who looked about 14 years old spoke to me. I heard that she is the daughter of some Baron. A woman’s enemy is another woman. I learned that in my past life. But I’m not a woman yet. I’m a baby. I smiled brightly.

“Unni, you’re pretty!”

Her name was Emilia. She formally introduced herself and said she was the seventh daughter of Charles, the Baron. I realized once again that this is a strange place. It’s a world where everything is jumbled up. First of all, the name of the kingdom is Goryeo. And the nobles have titles such as Duke, Marquis, Baron, and Viscount. There are also Korean names and Western names. At this rate, Chinese and Japanese names will all come out… which is actually true. Because there were definitely many such names in the history books.

“I heard that Princess nim learned to read when you were only one year old… is that true?”

“Read…?”

Hey, you. Get your head out of the way. I can’t see our Jin-soo. Let me see Jin-soo. He’s going far away now.

“Yes. Letters.”

“Heh.”

I bit my lip slightly as if embarrassed and smiled brightly. I showed a slightly foolish look. Okay. That’s enough, right? Move it, you! I need to see Jin-soo a little more.

Jin-soo was definitely a cut above the rest. He was different from Korea. My eyes have changed since I got this body, so he looks more handsome… I’m keeping that in mind, but objectively speaking, he wasn’t that good-looking in Korea. But Jin-soo here is really cool. It’s not just that he’s handsome, he has a unique aura. You can say I’m wearing rose-colored glasses, but that’s how he looks to me.

‘It’s really the opposite of before.’

In Korea, Jin-soo was said to have watched me from afar for a long time. I found out about that later. Even after we started dating, Jin-soo always confessed that he loved me and liked me. I was happy inside, but I didn’t show it much on the outside.

‘Get a grip. He’s not Han Jin-soo.’

If I just cross this one glass window, I feel like I could grab Jin-soo’s hand.

‘No. He’s not Jin-soo.’

If I just cross this one glass window, I feel like Jin-soo would ask me warmly, ‘Where have you been?’

‘I said he’s not Jin-soo!’

If I just cross this one glass window, I want to say, ‘I’m sorry. I’m a little late. Let’s eat quickly,’ to Jin-soo.

‘Get a grip.’

If I just cross this one glass window, I want to say, ‘I love you.’

“Princess nim?”

A voice was heard. It was Emilia’s voice calling me.

“Are you not feeling well?”

“Ah, no. I’m completely fine!”

I lifted up my non-existent muscles. At that time, I saw someone approaching Jin-soo. Next to Jin-soo, there was another handsome guy, almost the same height as Jin-soo, with fair skin. He was sitting with his legs crossed, drinking tea, and he looked quite stylish. I could take a picture of him in that state and put it as the main photo on a job site.

But the atmosphere is a bit strange. The way he looks at Jin-soo with sticky eyes from time to time, the way he sweeps his slightly shorter than bob-length hair behind his ear, and the way he licks his lips slightly with his tongue. It’s like he’s a man with a slightly feminine feel.

‘Hey, don’t get so close!’

The man walked behind Jin-soo and seemed to put his arm around his shoulder, and then he wrapped his arm around Jin-soo’s neck.

‘No. That’s friendship. That’s a common skinship between men.’

That man was whispering something in Jin-soo’s ear. It was a somewhat suggestive look. Why do they have to talk like that? What’s so important that they have to talk like that! Ah, man. I feel uneasy.

Jin-soo stood up. I saw Jin-soo smirking. When Jin-soo smirked, the man smiled brightly again. And then he hugged Jin-soo again. It looked like he was acting cute. Men don’t usually do that, right? No. This is a strange world where men are the center of everything. That kind of thing can happen. Yeah. That must be it.

‘I have someone I love.’

That phrase suddenly came to mind.

‘Are you crazy? Even if this world is a different world…’

I felt uneasy for no reason.

‘Of course, I will marry you. But you’d better not think about being loved by me.’

Jin-soo smirked again. Then the man smiled brightly with a happy look.

“Emilia Unni.”

“Please drop the ‘Unni’ and just call me Emilia, Princess nim.”

“Okay, Unni! Hng… you keep calling me Unni! Hng!”

Emilia smiled brightly, probably because my reaction was cute.

“Does Emilia also know my fiancé nim?”

“Of course. He’s the pride of the kingdom, shining with his top admission to the Imperial Magic Academy.”

“Then the man next to fiancé nim is…”

Emilia’s smile deepened. Oh, look at this. This little one, is she perhaps jealous? It was a smile that seemed like that. It doesn’t seem like she has bad intentions, but she just sees me as a little kid… which is true. I’m screwed. D*mn it.

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Gwak Gi-hyeon stood up. He walked behind Han Jin-soo, his friend of 10 years, and wrapped his arm around Han Jin-soo’s neck.

“Ugh. Jin-soo-yah. Your fiancée nim is here. It’s annoying. Jin-soo is mine!”

Han Jin-soo smirked.

“If you say nonsense, you’ll die.”

“Nonsense? This hyung is serious. Ah. Is there no way to keep our pretty Jin-soo from being taken by the Princess nim?”

“…….”

“Hey. Jin-soo-yah. Shall we go see that Princess nim?”

“… What for?”

“Hey. Still, she’s the person you’re going to marry, so it would be good to see her face one more time before you go. Let’s go. Let’s go.”

Han Jin-soo stood up. Then Gwak Gi-hyeon squinted and looked at Han Jin-soo.

“Suspicious. Normally, he wouldn’t care about a b*tch. He wouldn’t go like this. Why is he suddenly saying he’ll go? Has his mind changed? I’m really jealous?”

Han Jin-soo smirked again. Anyway, it’s never boring when I’m with that Gi-hyeon guy.

“Don’t be silly. I’m just going to see her once and come back.”

But I don’t know why. My heart is pounding for no reason. I’m just going to see a 4-year-old, but I don’t know why I’m excited. It’s not that I’m excited. It’s just that I’m a little expectant because she’s the person I’m going to marry in the future. That’s what I thought.

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Emilia made a fuss.

“T-They’re coming this way.”

“O-Okay!”

I was a little flustered too.

“Hello. I’m Kim Sang-hui.”

I tried my best to pronounce it correctly ━ I intentionally shorten my pronunciation in front of Kim Hwan-seong or Song Su-jin━ but it still didn’t come out perfectly.

“Wow. Princess nim. You’re pretty. Ah. I have to be a little wary of this.”

Wary? Why are you wary of me? You? Why? Why? Why is that?

Jin-soo just stared at me without saying a word.

“…….”

The man spoke again.

“I’m Gwak Gi-hyeon. I’m the youngest son of the Gwak Family Marquis. I’m 17 years old. The same age as Jin-soo. It’s nice to meet my rival for the first time.”

“Rival?”

I tilted my head. As if I didn’t know what a rival was. Then that guy named Gwak Gi-hyeon kindly explained it to me.

“Um. It means a competitor.”

A competitor. You. You seem to have forgotten. I’m his fiancée. Hey. Han Jin-soo. Say something. Why aren’t you denying it?

Han Jin-soo left again, as if he didn’t even know why he came here. I felt like he came just to show me this guy.

‘I have someone I love.’ That phrase kept coming to mind. No. It can’t be. But Gwak Gi-hyeon put his arm around Han Jin-soo again. Han Jin-soo didn’t particularly shake him off. I felt really strange. It was weird.

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It is no exaggeration to say that the world is a society that is moved by magic power. Magic stones are also needed to move cars. Magic power must be filled in the magic stones to be used. And only men can fill magic power into magic stones. This is because only men are born with magic power.

Inside the car heading to the Empire.

Gwak Gi-hyeon said.

“For a b*tch, she’s quite smart.”

“…….”

“She didn’t even cower when she saw us. Is it because she’s a princess that she’s different? Still, she seems a little better than the other bitches.”

Gwak Gi-hyeon talked to himself to his heart’s content. It’s normal. He talks to himself and Han Jin-soo sometimes smirks or nods. This was their usual conversation pattern.

Then Han Jin-soo opened his mouth.

“…Ma.”

“What did you say?”

“I told you not to talk carelessly.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Anyway, she’s the person who will become my wife and she’s currently the princess of the kingdom. That means she’s not someone you can evaluate and judge so carelessly.”

“Hey. Why are you being like that?”

Gwak Gi-hyeon tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand Han Jin-soo. This level of remark is okay to say to a woman. It’s not that insulting. Besides, isn’t this a place where we’re alone? The driver can’t hear the sound anyway.

“…….”

Han Jin-soo looked out the window. I understand why Gwak Gi-hyeon is dumbfounded. In fact, Gwak Gi-hyeon’s words weren’t that far from being polite. Normally, he would have just nodded and said nothing.

‘Why am I…’

I don’t know the reason. I got angry for a moment.

‘I don’t… know.’

The scenery outside the window was rapidly moving further behind.

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Time passed. I’m now 7 years old. My pronunciation is pretty good too. The second brat ━ the third in the overall prince ranking and the second among the brats. The first brother is not a brat. ━ Kim Hwan-seong burst open my door.

“Hey! Dog! I finally became a Knight!”

“Older Brother!”

I smiled brightly. Did you eat your knock with your rice? I’m now a proper 7-year-old lady. But regardless of my true feelings, I smiled happily. And I walked with quick steps and gave our smiling brat a big hug.

“This girl is happy!”

“Of course! Right? I’m amazing after all. Yes. That’s right.”

Yeah. You, who are amazing, are now a 10-year-old kid and the youngest Knight in the kingdom. Yeah. Being amazing is amazing. That amazing kid asked me. I could hear the sound of him gulping down his saliva from here.

“No. I gave you one yesterday too.”

“Still… give it to me. Give me a chocolate bar. Give me a chocolate bar.”

“I don’t want to.”

“Why! I didn’t cause any trouble and I didn’t call you a dog bastard!”

“I still don’t want to.”

Okay. You’re my slave… no, you’re a slave to chocolate bars. But this alone is huge. It’s unimaginable for a princess to openly say no when a prince asks for something. But neither Kim Hwan-seong nor I thought it was strange. It means it’s natural.

But, I met someone I didn’t expect. It seems like she heard the noise in the hallway.

“Hello? I’m Kim Seo-hui. I stopped by because I have something to say.”

She’s a woman I’ve never seen before. She’s pretty. She seems to have inherited good genes. She’s probably one of my many older sisters. This is a world where women are born much more often than men, and I only have three older brothers, but I heard I have a lot of older sisters. I’ve seen a few people called ‘older sister’ since I turned 7. There are probably many older sisters I don’t know.

But Kim Hwan-seong’s expression completely changed. He was radiating such coldness that you wouldn’t think he was a 10-year-old. To be honest, it was a bit scary.

“Who are you? Why are you butting in?”

━————————–= Afterword —————————=

Please give me some sun-chu-ko, sob sob. （Bichu is said to have abandoned her pride for sun-chu-ko）