Baby Princess’ Survival Diary

g strength to hold out as much as possible, I gradually raised my divine power.

 

It wasn’t difficult if it was just for a while.
When he let go of my arm in surprise, I ran without looking back.

 

One, two—.

 

At that time, the sword was hung around the Priest’s neck.

 

“What are you doing to my daughter?”

 

It was the Duke. 

 

“W, what is this—?”

 

“I asked what are you doing to my daughter?”

 

The Priest’s gaze, looking down at the sword, turned to the Duke.

 

“W-what—! I, I believe Duke Biherville doesn’t have a daughter—right?”

 

“Shane.”

 

“This is a decree from His Majesty the Emperor approving the adoption of Princess Lione.” 

 

As Shane held out the paper, the Priest’s expression turned white.

 

“Hiccup— Hiccup!”

 

Confused, hiccups came out from me.
The Duke, who was pointing his sword at the Priest, took the sword and held me up. 

 

“I think my daughter is trembling.”

 

“That’s—.
She’s a child with divine power! Of course, the temple has priority!” 

 

“Priority huh?”

 

“Yes! This is the first time in 13 years except for Princess Enotis.
Of course, the temple—”

 

The Priest couldn’t speak any more.

 

I didn’t know what was going on because I was holding my body close to the Duke’s body and turning my back to the Priest, but the vaguely visible Duke’s energy was fluctuating.

 

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“You said ‘she’s a child who has divine power and the temple has priority’.”

 

“T, that’s—”

 

“Does it mean that there is a law that a child born with divine power should be raised in a temple?”

 

“T, there’s nothing like that—”

 

“Or you dare to ignore the adoption approval granted by His Majesty the Emperor and regard this child as an orphan?” 

 

“N, no—”

 

The Priest’s voice faded away.

 

“Shane.
That dog— report why the Priest was able to enter my mansion.”

 

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

 

The Duke said more, but I couldn’t hear anything.

 

My heart was pounding and I was anxious.

 

My body was trembling all over.
But I grabbed the Duke’s hem and didn’t let go.

 

“Your Excellency, the Lady must have been very surprised.
The first thing to do is to go inside the mansion—”

 

The Duke nodded when he saw my condition.

 

The Duke, who lifted me up, who was barely standing, hugged me as he always did.

 

The trembling subsided little by little. 

 

Instinctively, I dug a little deeper.
As I breathed in and out, I felt more and more stable.

 

When my trembling completely stopped, the Duke sat me on the desk.

 

“Duwe..?” (Duke?)

 

“Not a Duke, but a father.”

 

“Yesh?” (Yes?)

 

“From today on, you have become Lione Biherville.”

 

“Yesh? W, why—?”

 

The Duke was silent for a moment.
The touch of petting my head was still there, but it seemed that he was thinking about something.

 

“That’s a difficult question to answer.”

 

The Duke with a complicated expression looked at me still and continued to talk.

 

“First of all, let’s say it’s my answer to your request to save you.”

 

“Yesh—”

 

I was puzzled.
I never dreamed that I would be adopted by the Duke.
Did it really happen?

 

Did I— really have a family? How dare I become a part of the Duke family? 

 

I was confused in my head.
I wanted to ask the Duke, but I closed my mouth for fear of saying something negative.

 

The Duke hugged me again, perhaps thinking I was still scared.

 

As I dug into the wide and warm arms, I started to get greedy little by little.

 

I didn’t want to starve, I didn’t want to be in pain.

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I wanted to live, and above all—.

 

I wanted to be treated as a person.

 

*****

 

Even when I became a princess, nothing changed.
It was the same room I stayed in, and there was still nothing to do. 

 

The longer this time went on, the more anxious I became.

 

‘I have to look useful.’

 

I started waking up early in the morning.
No one hated a child who woke up early. 

 

Knock knock—.

 

I woke up early in the morning today and tried to clean up my bed, but I heard a knock. 

 

“Lady, it’s Jessie.”

 

“C… Come in—”

 

I’m still not used to talking informally.
It’s Jessie, not Maid Unnie.
Jessie.
Jessie.
I repeated it several times in my heart.

 

“Hello, Lady!”

 

“Hellwo!”

 

“It’s my job to clean the bed.
Lady, please stay still.”

 

Jessie went to tidy up the bed with skillful skolls.
There seemed to be nothing for me to do.

 

I tried to wash the towel like last time, but it was failed because there was always Jessie.

 

It felt like walking on thin ice day by day.
What can I do to avoid being abandoned?

 

“Duwe…” (Duke.)

 

“His Excellency is looking at the documents now.
Shall we go wash up?”

 

“Ngg—”

 

“Yes!”

 

Jessie carefully washed me and changed my clothes.

 

Jessie was delighted that she was able to buy cute new clothes when I officially became a part of a Duke family, although I had been wearing Jerion’s clothes. 

 

In fact, the clothes Jessie brought were comfortable and pretty.

 

At first, I almost boiled my knees because I was wondering if I could receive such precious clothes, but Jessie gently dissuaded me.

 

「The people of the Duke of Biherville don’t kneel even to the His Majesty the Emperor, Lady.」

 

After that, I tried not to boil my knees.
If the Duke of Biherville had been like that, I would have done something to avoid being pressured.

 

“It’s done, Lady.”

 

A Young Lady with ponytails reflected in the mirror.

 

Nancy did a great job.
Although I didn’t take care of it and my hair was messed up, she touched me so well that it didn’t hurt. 

 

“Shall we go?”

 

“Yes.”

 

I already memorized the way to the Duke’s office.