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Kapitel 14: A MILLION-DOLLAR SMILE

NEOMA was kind of nervous.

After Louisa helped her change into training clothes (linen shirt, pants, boots), she asked the head maid and the head butler to leave the room. The only one she allowed to stay with her was Lewis. And that was because she had another "mission" for him.

"Lewis, my life might be put at risk later," Neoma said to her young butler. "You have to save me."

Lewis, standing in front of her with his hands behind him, nodded. "Me. Save. Princess."

"Very good," she said. "But Lewis, tell me. Who do you like more? Me or His Majesty?"

"Princess," he answered without missing a beat.

"Very good," she said with a smile. "Then, will you save me from His Majesty if you have to? Will you fight him even if it means being a traitor?" She gave him her best puppy dog eyes. "Will you do that for me, Lewis?"

Lewis nodded. "Anything. Princess."

She squealed in delight and was about to hold his hands when she realized that he wasn��t used to sudden physical contact. So instead, she just hugged herself. "Thank you, Lewis. You're the best boy ever!"

As soon as she said that, Nero's "smiling" face suddenly crossed her mind.

[Nero will probably get mad if he heard me say that.]

Well, whatever. Her twin brother wasn't here anyway.

"Let's go, Lewis," Neoma said cheerfully. "Let's kick some royal ass today."

***

[GOSH, does His Majesty have to be that handsome?]

Neoma was now on the training ground with Emperor Nikolai.

Her father was wearing the same outfit as her but of course, the emperor was one hundred times better-looking.

She hated that her father had a face that could be considered a national treasure. Plus, he had a good built. In short, even though he was a jerk, his physical appearance was a big reason why other people would find it hard to hate him.

[He's a god's gift to women.]

Was that the reason why her mother gave her everything to this sc*mbag?

"Prince Nero, are you spacing out?" Emperor Nikolai asked while he was rolling the sleeve of his linen shirt up to his elbow. "Spacing out during training could get you killed, you know?"

[I know– especially if the instructor is you.]

"I'm not spacing out, Papa," Neoma said with a charming smile. "I'm just wondering about what kind of training we are doing today."

"I want to see your Soul Beast."

Her smile suddenly froze.

"Didn't you hear me?" the emperor asked. "I want you to summon your Soul Beast and try to attack me using it."

"Papa, aren't we supposed to start with the basics?" she asked, hoping that her charm would somehow affect him. "I thought we would begin by learning the basics of swordsmanship."

"Swordsmanship is only secondary to a de Moonasterio. We are naturally strong so we don't necessarily need weapons," her father said. "We must hone our magical ability first by training with our Soul Beast."

"Uhm–"

"What's wrong?" the emperor asked with a knotted forehead. "Don't tell me you can't summon your Soul Beast?"

"I can," she said abruptly. "There's just a super itsy bitsy problem, Papa."

"What is it?"

"I asked my Soul Beast to transform," she said, tearing her gaze away from him. "My Soul Beast is originally a dragon. But it's so common."

"You consider a dragon "common?""

Neoma finally got the courage to face her father properly. "Papa, I want a unicorn so I asked the dragon to turn into one."

She fully prepared herself for the insults that her father would definitely throw at her.

Knowing him, she knew he would find her "childish" even though she was literally a child now. Worse, the emperor might even compare her to the real Nero. Or maybe he would attack her for being "feminine" even though she was a girl.

But none of that happened.

Instead, Emperor Nikolai graced her with a rare smile.

She didn't have a heart problem but she felt like she just had a heart attack.

[He smiled.]

In her previous life, the emperor only smiled at her once in her whole life. And that smile happened when she also talked about a unicorn. Was he fond of that mythical creature for him to smile again when she mentioned it in this lifetime?

Whatever the reason was, she couldn't deny that Emperor Nikolai's genuine smile was seriously pretty.

[Talk about a million-dollar smile.]

If the emperor lived in the modern world and he decided to become a vlogger, she was sure he would gain millions of followers in just a few days.

"When I was your age, I also wanted a unicorn," Emperor Nikolai said. "I can't believe you inherited that naiveté from me."

She didn't know how to react.

This was the first time that he talked to her about his childhood. She was happy, but she also didn't want to get swayed easily.

[But damn, I definitely got my pretty genes from him.]

"Did you get a unicorn, Papa?" she asked with a smile. To be honest, she wasn't in the mood to smile but whatever. She needed to suck up to him even if he only saw her as Nero's proxy. "Do you think I'd get the chance to own a unicorn as well?"

The emperor's facial expression suddenly turned grim. "If your Soul Beast really turned into a unicorn, I will kill it."

Her smile froze at that.

"You're the crown prince of the empire, Nero," Emperor Nikolai said coldly. Looking at him now, she wondered if she really saw him smile a while ago or it was just all in her head. "You don't need childish things like a useless unicorn."

Neoma smiled even though deep inside, she was screaming in annoyance. Gosh, the emperor's mood was so unpredictable. She almost softened up when he smiled. But now that she witnessed his awful mood swing, she put her guard up again. "I will not ask my Soul Beast to turn into a unicorn, Papa."

[Hmph!]

***

CONCENTRATING to get to the place where her Soul Beast was a piece of cake for Neoma.

Ever since she was three years old, she had already mastered the art of concentrating. That was probably why she awakened first before Nero. Sometimes, she thinks that she was born a genius and her talent was only repressed by her tyrannical father in her first life.

But in this current lifetime, she had no reason to hold back.

"Hey, Mr. Dragon," Neoma called out to her Soul Beast. Right now, she was back in the strange "dark room" where she met her Soul Beast for the first time before. The room was small and right now, she couldn't see anything with her. "Come out while I'm still asking nicely."

"You really talk like an adult thug!"

She turned around to face her Soul Beast with an expectation that it was still in the form of a dragon. After all, the Soul Beast told her that changing its form to a unicorn wouldn't be easy. That was the reason why she couldn't summon it when her life was in danger.

But much to her shock, a white unicorn that was the size of a pony was standing in front of her now. It looked so adorable! And the unicorn even had tiny wings.

"No," she said, then she covered her mouth when she gasped. That was because she remembered that her father said he'd kill her Soul Beast if it turned into a unicorn. Now she felt guilty for being childish. But that anxiousness only lasted for a few seconds. She wouldn't let her father kill her Soul Beast! "Get ready, my dude," she told the Soul Beast, then she punched her fist against her other hand. "We're going to kick my father's royal ass."

"Uhm, how about no?" the Soul Beast said while slowly walking backward– away from her. "I don't want to die yet, you stupid thug princess!"

"I'm not asking for your opinion, my dude," Neoma said with a sweet smile while walking towards the Soul Beast like a predator. "It's an order from your master, you one-horned donkey."

"Hey, I'm a unicorn!"

***

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Kapitel 15: RED IS MY COLOR

NERO let out a deep sigh while looking outside the window of his new room. He was sitting on the windowsill while holding a locket in his hand. That locket had Neoma's latest picture. But he didn't want to look at it anymore because the more he did, the more he wanted to go home.

[I have to endure for our future.]

It had been days since he arrived at his new home in Valmento (the Holy Land) with the Quinzels but he couldn't say that he had already adjusted. Even though the duke and his family were nice to him, he still couldn't say that he was comfortable in that place.

First of all, wearing clothes and accessories for girls wasn't something he could get accustomed to easily.

But the hardest part was living without Neoma, of course.

[I miss you, Neoma.]

"Nero?"

His thoughts were cut off when he heard a knock on the door, accompanied by Duke Quinzel's voice from outside.

Nero stood up before he spoke. "You may come in, Your Grace."

The double doors of his new room opened and Duke Rufus Quinzel entered.

But he wasn't alone.

The duke brought Hanna, his "adoptive sister."

[They look alike.]

Duke Quinzel and Hanna both had black hair. But instead of the duke's golden eyes, Hanna inherited her mother's green orbs.

He wouldn't deny it– Hanna was pretty.

Not that it mattered.

[Neoma is still the prettiest girl in the whole empire.]

"Greetings, Your Grace," Nero said politely, then he gave the duke a curtsy instead of a bow. Then, he turned to Hanna. "How do you do, Lady Quinzel?"

Hanna's cheeks turned red but she quickly gave an awkward curtsy. "I'm fine, Sister Nara."

He just smiled at that. [The way my Neoma does a curtsy is cuter.]

"Ah, my apologies," Duke Quinzel said later while looking at him. "I shouldn't have called you by your real name."

He smiled at his uncle. "It's okay, Your Grace. I know it's not easy to get accustomed to my new identity."

"But I should try harder," the duke said, then he turned to his daughter. "Our Hanna here reminded me that I should get used to calling you by your new name." He patted Hanna's head gently. "You did great, Hanna."

Hanna just smiled with her cheeks as red as an apple.

Their conversation was interrupted when Duchess Quinzel arrived.

Duchess Quinzel had dark brown hair with red hues and green eyes. Before marrying the duke, Duchess Amber Quinzel was a daughter of a marquis. In short, she had always been a higher noble and it showed.

Duchess Quinzel's beauty and elegance were overflowing.

[Was our mother as beautiful and as graceful as the duchess?]

And what kind of woman would be willing to give birth to the children of a jerk like the emperor? Was it for money? Status?

"Nara, I'm going to prepare snacks for your afternoon tea with Hanna," Duchess Quinzel told him with a smile. "If you have a specific dessert that you'd love to have, please don't hesitate to tell me."

"It's okay, Your Grace," Nero said with a smile. "I'm not a picky eater. And I'm certain that whatever you prepare for us, it would be tasty."

"You speak well, Nara," the duchess said, obviously pleased by his eloquence. Then, she turned to the duke. "Darling, we should leave the children alone and let them play."

"Oh, you're right, darling," Duke Quinzel agreed. Then, he turned to him and Hanna. "Be comfortable with each other and don't fight, okay?"

He and Hanna just smiled at the duke.

After that, Duke and Duchess Quinzel really left them in his room.

[What am I supposed to do with this child?]

Well, he was only a few months older than Hanna. But still…

"Sister Nara, would you like to read books with me?" Hanna asked shyly. "I love reading storybooks with big pictures."

"Don't call me 'sister,'" Nero told him with a smile.

"Oh," she said with an embarrassed look on her face. "Right. You're still a boy. Do you want me to call you 'brother' when there's only the two of us?"

"No," he said. "I want you to call me by my proper title when there's only the two of us."

"T-Title?"

"I'm the one and only prince of the empire," he reminded her with a smile. "Don't forget that, Lady Quinzel."

Hanna, whose face was very red again, lowered her head in embarrassment. "I u-understand, Your Royal Highness."

Nero just smiled at Hanna, then he turned outside his window again. [Neoma, I hope you don't feel too lonely without me.]

***

NEOMA laughed like a dying hyena when her Soul Beast, now a white unicorn with wings, suddenly turned red in an attempt to return to its original form. "You look like tteokbokki poured in a sauce with gochugang."

Tteokbokki was rice cake and gochugang was Korean chili paste. The uncooked rice cake was white while the chili paste was red. So when the white unicorn turned red, she was reminded of tteokbokki being poured in spicy red sauce.

[And I miss Korean food so much.]

"Shut up, you thug princess," her Soul Beast hissed. "I'm trying my best, okay?"

"That's enough," she told him. "We can fight even if you're in a different form. It didn't change your attribute, right?"

"How did you know about that?"

She shrugged. "I'm smart."

Well, not really.

She just had the memories of her first life and thanks to that, she knew that each Soul Beast had an attribute.

If she remembered it correctly, Nero's wolf had the water and ice attributes.

[Yeah, my twin brother has two attributes when average people with Mana are only given one at birth.]

"What's your attribute?" Neoma asked her Soul Beast. "If you're a red dragon, does it mean that your attribute is fire?"

The Soul Beast gasped in surprise. "How can a thug princess like you be smart? I thought strong humans are supposed to be dumb."

"I'm not smart. I'm just mentally old," she said with a laugh. "Anyway, now that I know that you're a red dragon with fire attribute, it's time for me to give you a name."

"I can't trust you, thug princess," he complained. "You're going to give me a weird name, aren't you?"

"Of course not, Tteokbokki."

Tteokbokki looked horrified by the name she called him. "Tteok– what?"

"Let's go, Tteokbokki," Neoma said cheerfully. "Don't worry– I'll protect you from my crazy father."

***

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