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Kapitel 32: GIRLS RUN THE WORLD

[I'M BABIE but not baby.]

Neoma reminded herself that despite being a super duper cute five-year-old princess, she was still an adult inside.

[An adult who got crept out by a child's smile? Hah! You're an embarrassment, Neoma de Moonasterio.]

Her thoughts were cut-off when all of a sudden, the pocket watch in her hand rang.

[Gosh, that surprised me.]

She took a deep breath, then she picked up Nero's call by opening the lid of the pocket watch.

"Neoma, what's wrong?" Nero asked with a worried look on his face. "Why did you hang up on me?"

[Oh, he looks normal now.]

"You scared me a while ago, Nero," Neoma said seriously. Her twin brother looked shocked by the sudden change of her mood. Still, she continued. "I understand why you're worried about me. I'm very cute, charming, and loveable. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that I can get any boy that I want. You're worried that Lewis might fall in love with me, right?"

Nero nodded even though he looked confused by everything that she just said. "Yes. I don't want you to be romantically involved with your butler."

"Brother, I'm only five," she reminded him. "Don't be silly."

"But you're too lovely, Neoma."

She smirked haughtily. "I know, Big Brother. But don't worry," she said while waving her hand in dismissal. "I'm not attracted to Lewis, and so he is. We just have a mother-and-son bond."

"A what?" her twin brother asked with furrowed brows.

"Lewis is my son," she declared proudly. "I'm raising him to be a decent human being."

Nero fell silent for a while before he broke into a wide smile. "Ah, I get it now," he said while nodding his head. "Anyway, I need to go since Duke Quinzel is waiting for me. I just wanted to see your face. Have a good night, Neoma."

She smiled and waved at Nero. "Bye-bye, Big Brother."

After that, she closed the lid and plopped on the bed.

[I should do something about Nero's protectiveness], she thought to herself. [It's good for me that he likes me. But I don't want to be choked by his love].

Who was it that made Nero love her to death again?

[Me], she answered her own question. Then, she wrapped herself in the blanket and rolled around the bed while kicking her short legs in the air. [Gosh, this is what I get for being too charming!]

"Worm."

She turned to Lewis with a confused look on her face. "Hmm?"

"Princess," Lewis said, then he pointed at her. "Worm."

Was it because she wrapped herself in the blanket while wriggling on the bed?

"I'm not a worm," Neoma complained lightly. "I'm a burrito."

***

"NERO, you seem to be in a good mood."

Nero smiled at Duke Quinzel's remark. "I talked to Neoma and my misunderstanding has been cleared."

Right now, they were in the carriage. Since he was already okay, he decided to go home with the duke. He would just come to the temple again if needed.

"What kind of misunderstanding is it?" the duke asked curiously.

"It's about the fox boy," he said. "I was worried that the fox boy might try to seduce my Neoma. But after talking to my precious baby sister, I realized that she doesn't even see the fox boy as a human."

Duke Quinzel's brows furrowed in confusion. "Then, how do Her Royal Highness see Lewis?"

"A pet that she has to raise," Nero said with a proud smile. "From now on, I will treat the fox boy as Neoma's second Soul Beast."

***

NEOMA was surprised when she was summoned by Emperor Nikolai for tea after dinner.

Since it was already night time, they had tea in the royal tea room. Sir Glenn and Lewis both stood by the door.

Anyway, she wasn't a fool to think that he just wanted to have tea with her. It was okay though. She wanted to talk to him anyway about her having her own stamp. That was why she brought a sketchbook and a pencil with her.

"I heard that you gave the chef of your palace a new recipe," Emperor Nikolai said while elegantly placing his tea cup on the coaster. "He sent a letter to my palace to ask my permission if he can cook the dish for you. Attached to his letter was the recipe that you made."

She wasn't surprised that the palace chef had to ask her father for that kind of permission. After all, she was the "royal prince" and her diet was very important. The food that was being prepared in the royal kitchen was tested first for poison before being served to her.

"I want to eat that, Papa Boss," Neoma said while putting sugar cubes in her tea. She got so used to sweetened tea that she couldn't drink it normally now. "I'll call the dish 'Beef de Moonasterio' instead."

[Sorry, Mr. Wellington who invented beef wellington.]

"Who gave you the right to use the royal family name for that?"

She let out a frustrated sigh. "Fine. Let's just call it 'Beef Nikolai.'"

"Excuse me?" he said, obviously offended. "You know that you can't use my first name carelessly, don't you?"

"Fine," she gave up. "Let's just call it beef wellington."

Thankfully, the emperor didn't complain this time.

"I have a job for you and your foxy boy," Emperor Nikolai said. "I want you to be close to House Thompson and House Alberts using their children."

Ah, so that was the reason why the emperor gave her "too much" gift during her tea party.

"Okay, Papa Boss," she said. "What do we need to do?"

"House Thompson and House Alberts are both known to produce the brightest scholars in the empire," the emperor said. "Although they pledged their loyalty to the royal family, they still have a lot of things that they hide from us. Can you guess what it is?"

"If they are families of scholars, then the thing that they must have been keeping from the royal family is knowledge," she said while nodding her head.

"Oh," Emperor Nikolai said with a faint smirk. "I'm impressed. For a girl, you're quite smart."

"Girls are smart, strong, and awesome. You're just too misogynistic to see our potential," Neoma retorted with a smirk. "Papa Boss, I bet I can run the whole empire better than you do."

***

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Kapitel 33: SWORD LILY

EMPEROR NIKOLAI's smirk vanished. "Do you want to?" he asked threateningly. "Do you have the intention to compete with Prince Nero for the throne, Princess Neoma?"

"Nah," Neoma said right away. "I just want to be a true lady of leisure in the future."

In short, she just wanted to be a rich duchess once she escaped from that hellhole.

"Good," he said, satisfied by her answer. "Don't even dream of becoming the empress."

That pissed her.

She suddenly had the urge to change the f*cking law so she would have a chance to be the crown princess just to spite her father. But nah, the sc*mbag wasn't worth it.

"So, what's the job you have for me, Papa Boss?" she asked, changing the subject.

"Find the Devil's Grimoire."

"Woah," she said, impressed. "That sounds badas– I mean, cool."

He just gave her a dire stare before he continued. "The Devil's Grimoire was originally owned by the royal family. But my grandfather deemed that the book was dangerous and shouldn't be in possession of any human. He tried to burn the book but apparently, it suddenly disappeared."

Wow, what a cool story.

[I remember so many anime and webcomics series.]

"My father tried to look for the Devil's Grimoire but he didn't find it," the emperor continued. "Although before he went insane, he claimed that he found a trace of the book in the old library that House Thompson and House Alberts built together. When the marquis denied the previous emperor's claim, my crazy father burned down the library."

[Gosh, the crazy gene in our family is strong.]

"Despite my father's deteriorating mental health back then, he was still the emperor who wouldn't lie about things like that," her father continued. "That's why I believe that the Devil's Grimoire might be in the possession of either House Thompson or House Alberts. I'm not interested in the content of the book. But I realized that the cure for Prince Nero's curse might be in there. That's why I want you to find that book for me."

"Sure," she said. It wasn't that she was confident that she could do the job given to her easily. She just had to do it since she was a mere "employee." Plus, he wanted to do that for Nero. "But can't you just ask them to hand it over, Papa Boss?"

"If I do that, they will demand to know where the book will be used. I don't want House Thompson and House Alberts to know your secret. I've always been wary of them because I feel like they're too keen about the royal family's business," Emperor Nikolai explained. "And I don't think they will easily admit that they have the Devil's Grimoire. After all, a lot of dangerous people with ill-intentions want the book." He sipped the tea before he continued. "And so, I want you and the foxy boy to retrieve the Devil's Grimoire in secret."

"Gosh. The mission sounds very dangerous and you want two children to do it?" Neoma complained, then she let out a deep sigh to calm herself. Sure, she agreed right away to take the mission. But she didn't know that the book was sought by dangerous people. Fine, it was her fault. She should have known better. But still… "Are you out of your mind, Your Majesty?"

***

[SHE EXPLODED like a bomb, just as I expected.]

By now, Nikolai was already used to Neoma's short temper. It didn't faze him anymore. He was also glad that she didn't curse at him this time. "I know that it's dangerous but the two of you aren't ordinary children," he said, then he put down the tea cup on the coaster. "And I won't let you die. I'll make sure that Glenn will keep you safe."

If he was the one to make a move, House Thompson and House Alberts would tighten their security more.

That was why he wanted Neoma to "infiltrate" the two houses by getting close to Byron Thompson and Harry Alberts. The two young boys weren't the heirs of their respective families. That meant Count Thompson and Marquis Alberts wouldn't keep an eye on them.

"Use the young nobles to find anything that you can about their families' collection of books," he told Neoma who was still fuming. "Once you have a clue, tell me. I will ask Glenn to steal the Devil's Grimoire."

Hearing that she wouldn't be the one stealing the book made the royal princess calm down.

He wouldn't put Neoma's life in danger. If she was hurt or killed, then Nero would definitely kill himself. He couldn't lose his heir so he must protect the royal princess.

"Okay, that sounds fair. If I only need to use my brain and charisma to get information, I can do it," Neoma said. Then, she sipped her overly sweetened tea before she continued. "I thought you'd ask me to steal the book, too."

"What if I did?"

She raised her tiny hands as if she was showing them to him. "You'd catch these hands."

Again, he didn't understand the royal princess. "Your words are confusing, Princess Neoma."

"That's just a part of my charm, Papa Boss," she said with a (fake) smile now. "Anyway, since my job this time is dangerous, I'd like to ask for an advanced compensation."

That didn't surprise him anymore. "What do you want this time?"

"My own stamp," she said with a smile. "I don't trust you 100%, Papa Boss. So to make sure that you won't retract our deal, I decided that we need a proper contract. And to sign that contract, I need my own stamp."

[Smart girl.]

"Sounds fair," he said.

"I already have a design that I want for my stamp," the royal princess said excitedly while opening the big sketchbook that she brought. "I want a Gladiolus flower to be my sign."

"That's the first time that I've heard of that flower."

"Don't worry, Papa Boss. I drew it for you," Neoma said brightly, then she showed him the page of the sketchbook with a poorly drawn and poorly colored flower. "Gladiolus flower is commonly known as the 'Sword Lily' in the empire and��"

The royal princess stopped talking midway when he dropped the tea cup in his hand.

It shattered instantly as soon as it hit the floor.

"Your Majesty!" Glenn yelled worriedly. In just the blink of an eye, the knight was already beside him. "Are you alright?"

"Sword Lily…" he said in a whisper, ignoring his knight.

At that moment, all Nikolai could hear was the loud, erratic beat of his heart. He shut his eyes tight to calm himself. But he wasn't able to do that because suddenly, he heard the voice of the woman that he wanted to forget most.

["Nikolai, you have a face as pretty as a flower… but a personality as dirty as the soil."]

***

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