* * *
The second Imperial child was a lovely princess.
Warm smiles were present on every face as they looked at the peacefully sleeping baby princess.
“She looks exactly like Her Majesty Aristine. I didn’t know a baby could look so dainty.”
“Look at her little nose. How cute!”
“You haven’t seen her eyes yet, right, Grand Princess? They’re as golden as the sun, just like His Majesty Tarkan’s.”
“Prince Actsion is a spitting image of His Majesty Tarkan, but Her Little Highness looks just like Her Majesty Aristine.”
Launelian furrowed his brows at those words.
“What are you talking about? Sion looks exactly like Rineh too.”
“Agreed. Sion looks just like my dear daughter-in-law.”
“Even when he was a baby, I thought he looked like Her Majesty Rineh and after seeing him a few years later, he looks even more like her.”
Nephther and Hamill chimed in.
Aristine, who was gently soothing the baby princess in her arms, tilted her head at this.
“Really? To me, they both look like Tarkan.”
Both children bore traces of Tarkan.
But Launelian, Nephther, and Hamill shook their heads firmly.
“They all look like you.”
Aristine shrugged her shoulders.
As if on cue, Actsion entered the room with Tarkan at that moment.
“Impewial Mother!”
The child called out loudly to Aristine then quickly clamped his hand over his mouth.
“What’s wrong?”
“Baby’s here. I can’t be loud.”
Actsion whispered and Aristine couldn’t help but smile.
Actsion toddled over to Aristine’s feet and looked up at her.
“Guess what. Everyone says the baby is an angel.”
“An angel?”
“Yes. They said she’s very, very pretty, and lovely, and just like Impewial mother.”
Actsion hesitated for a moment then looked up at Aristine.
“Can Sion see the baby too?”
Aristine stopped herself from laughing.
She was wondering what all this preamble was for, and it was just because he wanted to see his little sister.
“Of course, you can.”
Actsion’s face brightened immediately.
Aristine thought he would immediately climb onto the couch, but instead, Actsion looked hesitant.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t want to wake the baby when I climb up.”
Aristine laughed at her son’s soft-spoken words.
She could already tell that Actsion considered his little sister very precious.
Tarkan swiftly picked up Actsion and set him on the couch.
It was the first meeting between Actsion and his little sister.
“…”
Aristine thought he would be amazed and delighted as soon as he saw her.
But Actsion remained silent.
Intrigued about her son’s reaction, Aristine asked.
“What do you think, Sion?”
Slowly, Actsion lifted his head.
Contrary to expectations, the child’s face had turned pale.
He looked like he was in complete shock.
“She… she’s ugly.”
“…?”
“She’s all wrinkly!”
Actsion pointed at the baby and urgently said,
“S-Something is wrong, Impewial Mother!”
“…”
“…”
“…”
The adults in the room looked at Actsion.
Soon, their lips began to twitch uncontrollably.
“Pfft…!”
In the end, Aristine couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
“Why, why are you laughing? Impewial Mother, someone switched baby!”
“Switched?”
“She doesn’t look like Impewial mother! She’s not an angel!”
Actsion screamed.
Startled by the noise, the baby princess woke up and started crying, “Waaah!”
Actsion immediately shut his mouth in shock.
Aristine handed her daughter over to Tarkan.
Then, with a serious face, she looked at Actsion.
“Listen carefully, Prince.”
“Yes, Impewial Mother.”
Hearing her serious tone, Actsion straightened his posture.
“The truth is—”
Aristine met her son’s eyes and revealed the truth in a grave voice,
“When you were born, you were wrinkly and ugly too.”
“…!”
Actsion’s eyes shook with shock.
“That’s impossible! Sion is handsome! Everyone says I’m handsome!”
“But you were all wrinkly at first, just like that.”
Aristine pointed to the baby in Tarkan’s arms.
Actsion looked at his sister’s face again, and his eyes shook.
“I-I looked like that?!”
Trembling, Actsion quietly climbed down from the couch.
“Sion? Where are you going?”
“Sion shall now take his leave, Impewial Mother.”
With droopy shoulders, Actsion shuffled away from the room.
Aristine tried to stifle her laughter as she watched his tiny, retreating figure.
‘He made such a fuss about protecting his little sister, and now he’s so disappointed.’
Her serious son was both funny and adorable.
* * *
Of course, it was only Aristine and the other adults that found it funny and adorable. Actsion, however, was quite serious.
‘I…I was… a wrinkly monster…’
Actsion, at the tender age of three, was experiencing his first life crisis.
He began skipping classes that he used to attend diligently.
Count Ostella, who was in charge of Actsion’s lessons, was shocked to see the empty seat.
Who was Prince Actsion?
He was a child who arrives 30 minutes early to class to review beforehand!
“Is His Highness unwell?”
“That is not the case, Lord Count. His Highness simply did not show up today.”
“Simply? Then—H, His Highness Actsion is skipping class?!”
“That is correct.”
“This, this…” Count Ostella hastily took off his glasses, “This is amazing news!”
“Right?!”
Actsion’s nanny nodded with a big smile on her face.
“Our prince needs some fun playtime! If he enjoys skipping class, this is great!”
“Yes, frankly, I always thought he was too young to be taking lessons…”
“I thought the same thing too. But since His Highness was so determined…”
《A ruler who gowerns the masses must know many things. Only then can you ensure the happiyess of thy people. 》
After hearing that strong declaration from Actsion, Aristine and Tarkan gave in and assigned Count Ostella to teach him.
《Just take it easy. Teach him some little things, okay? Let him play. You know, he can horse around, play clapping games. All that.》
—They had said.
However, Actsion was a tough opponent.
《Are you teaching me carelessly right now?! Why are you surresting clapping games?! Lord Count, do you intend to make this pwince an incompetent ruler?!》
《N-No, of course not… I will teach you with all my effort! 》
Yet now, that same Actsion was skipping class?! It was really something to celebrate!
‘I hope he plays to his heart’s content!’
* * *
Actsion’s crisis continued for quite some time.
It had already been two weeks. He still hadn’t attended class.
Instead, the boy spent every free moment lurking around his little sister’s room.
Because he was waiting for the perfect moment to secretly make contact with ‘Wrinkly’!
At first, the adults acknowledged Action when they saw his tiny figure scurrying around.
But now, even when they saw his little head poking out, they acted like they didn’t see him.
‘He must be playing hide-and-seek.’
‘He thinks we didn’t see him, so I’ll act like I see nothing.’
‘Haha, how cute. Is he feeling shy about coming to see his sister?’
‘I can’t wait for the Princess to grow up and play with the Prince. Then the cuteness will double…’
Completely unaware of this, Actsion continued his undercover operations and snuck into his sister’s room.
Swoosh, swoosh!
Finally, he reached the cradle where his little sister lay.
‘…? Why are stairs convently here?’ (T/N: I assume he’s trying to say conveniently)
The baby couldn’t use stairs.
And the adults didn’t need them either.
Although he felt skeptical, Actsion climbed up the stairs.
Upon reaching the top, he saw his sister’s face and…
‘…I knew it. Ugly.’
She was still ugly.
‘There’s no way I looked like this.’
Actsion stared at the baby for a while then he stretched out his hand. As he stared at the baby, Actsion reached out his hand.
The wrinkly skin fascinated him, and he wanted to give it a poke.
But right at that moment.
The baby opened her eyes and looked at Actsion.
“Baa…!”
A tiny, wiggling baby hand grabbed onto Actsion’s hand.
“…!”
A warm, soft sensation on his skin.
Actsion’s eyes grew big.
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Sion’s reaction is sooo real 😂
I got shocked the same way when I first saw a newborn 🙂😅
But the hand grab is really worth it.
I wonder what the princess’s name is.
With Aristine’s hair and Tarkan’s eyes, she’ll be a beauty.