Taming Her Highness the Princess

47 – Judgment for whom (6)

Most people don’t remember their childhood. This is because the language deficit unique to children and the immaturity of the hippocampus hinder the storage of memories.

So, after a person becomes an adult, he looks back at the pictures his parents took of his childhood and asks, ‘Did I look like this? Did you do something like this?’

However, when you pass through your kindergarten days and enter childhood, you will be able to store some of your memories. For the first time in your life, you will have your own memories.

Radne also naturally had that first memory. But it was not a pleasant memory of hers that she could proudly boast to others.

─ Hey, what does the world outside look like?

Radne’s earliest memory begins with asking questions to her blind handmaiden as she takes care of herself. Now that I think about it, it seems that the blind maid was quite embarrassed.

─ The world outside will not be much different from the fairy tale world you are reading about.

After her troubles, the blind maid pretended that the fairy tale and the outside world would not be much different. She was, in fact, a court lady herself, and she couldn’t see. She didn’t know what the outside looked like, so she spat out her words.

She may be able to preach the atmosphere of society or the coldness of reality, but she was not so ignorant as to say such things to Radne, who was only seven years old.

─ Isn’t it different from a fairy tale?

One problem is that the words of her blind handmaiden have inflamed her radne with her wild hopes and adventurous spirit. Even though Radne was seven years old, she had never left the palace.

It’s not that she didn’t go out, it’s that she didn’t go out. This is because the emperor who rules the Demon Realm and his father strictly forbade Radne to go out of the palace.

The reason was unknown, but Radne decided to follow the rules since she was born. However, as time passed and her body and mind began to grow, Radne came to yearn for the outside world.

‘What kind of place is the world outside the palace?’

Radne wanted to live outside where all kinds of stories were overflowing, not inside the palace, which was like a fancy prison.

He wanted to go and see the landscapes written in all kinds of books, meet famous people, learn things that could not be learned inside the palace, and have vivid experiences while wandering around different places.

At first, the thought that he shouldn’t break his promise to his father kept him strong, but as time passed, his yearning for the outside world grew.

‘Wait a minute…….’

Unable to overcome his curiosity, Radne decided to try to deviate for a while. He was always trying to see the world outside the window that was blocked by curtains.

His father always warned him that he should never look out the window and that the window is full of monsters that eat people, but he couldn’t overcome Radne’s curiosity.

Ladne opened the curtains and looked at the world outside the window while everyone else was not watching. Seeing the world outside the window, Radne opened his eyes wide in admiration without knowing it.

─ Wow…… !

The world outside the window was not as brutal as his father had said. Rather, it was closer to the world Radne had imagined.

Because it was so beautiful to see so many trees blooming under the endless blue sky.

In addition, the roofs of the splendid buildings built in all directions glistened with the sunlight, and the appearance of people in groups of threes and fives chatting while wearing official uniforms was far from a monster.

There was obviously nothing missing inside the palace, but looking at the scenery outside, it looked shabby. Thanks to this, Radne, who has been looking outside for a while, makes a decision.

─ Father!

Please let me go outside. Go out with me and buy something delicious. She had said so excitedly about her little daughter, but the Emperor’s expression was not very good.

─ Daughter, did you look outside?

Radne nodded eagerly in front of her father, who was exhausted from watching the government affairs. Then he excitedly explained how beautiful and enjoyable the place looked outside.

However, the emperor’s expression grew darker when he saw his daughter like that. Even though she knew that one day her daughter would get out of curiosity and look outside.

─ Your Majesty. It seems we can’t delay any longer.

The chancellor, who was standing next to the emperor, gave such advice while hiding his regret. The emperor could only nod his head while sighing.

After clearing his mind, the emperor knelt down and leaned forward to take the little daughter in his arms.

─ Daughter. It looks like this poor father will have to let you go now. She may resent me. She doesn’t have to forgive. But I want to tell you that all of this is for you.

Radne didn’t know what his father was talking about. But he only nodded his head in the mood, knowing that his father’s massive body was trembling with grief.

A week after the incident, Radne left her beloved palace. He took Radne with him, saying that he would send him on a journey to the Empire after he introduced himself as a competent guide.

No matter how young she was, Radne knew that something was going wrong. However, knowing that he could not refuse, he had no choice but to follow the guide with her maid to leave the demon realm.

Radne, who arrived at a village on the edge of the Empire after suffering big and small, was given a false identity by the guide.

The guide left Radne after leaving behind the word that he should not reveal his highness’ identity no matter what.

A blind lady-in-waiting left by his side, but Radne could easily see that he had been abandoned by his father.

However, it took some time to understand with the heart what was known in the head. Radne stopped crying when he found out that his father hadn’t come to see him after a week.

─ I, what did I do wrong? Are you on a picky diet? Or are you not listening? Couldn’t you have looked outside? Dad, dad…….

Ladne, held in the arms of her maid, continued to express her questions and burst into tears, but the maid couldn’t say anything, so she had no choice but to hold Radne in her arms and shed her tears.

The fact that she was abandoned broke her heart, but time was the medicine. After several years, Radne got used to her environment.

As she lived by following her handmaid like her mother, the wounds her father had given her had healed. At the same time, it was also thanks to the fact that he had a lot of fun learning the magic of the empire.

Seeing that, the lady-in-waiting recommended her Radne to enter the Imperial College. She noticed that early admission was possible if her abilities and skills were met.

Following the advice of her handmaid, Radne submitted an application for admission to the Imperial College of Magic, and the faculty recognized Radne’s magical skills and accepted her admission.

Radne, who was assigned to her dormitory, went back to her house with her maid in her excitement. She wanted to show off her achievements.

─ Revena? Where are you?

However, the handmaiden had left her institution, to the extreme. She left a long letter on the table where she usually chatted while eating, saying, “Now you have to stand alone.”

She was abandoned twice, and Radne had no choice but to close the door to her heart. There was no one left in her system who could understand her place.

Radne, who was semi-forced to live in a dormitory, often had to hear the hatred of Mine that often popped out among students.

─ Speaking of field training, can’t we just kill demons instead of monsters? Honestly, both of them are equally terrible.

─ Recognized! Anyway, Mine is a bit like that. They must be less intelligent than monsters, shouldn’t we protect them?

There was no way I could live properly in a place where hatred of demons was taken for granted. Therefore, Radne did not go to various gatherings and events and focused only on magic training.

However, even if he studied magic and worked hard to gain recognition from those around him, Radne did not get along with humans.

It’s because they were implicitly pushing Radne, who seemed to be of a different race. Radne, who had been subjected to such invisible discrimination, thought for a moment.

‘I was abandoned even in the empire.’

The sense of helplessness that comes from not having a place to belong to was considerable. It was useless to continue studying magic to relieve that helplessness.

My mood showed no sign of getting better, and my gaze around me was getting more and more harsh. Around the time when everything felt so meaningless, Radne met Jeniel.

At first, I thought that Jeniel was no different from the rest of the Empire. Because he saw it as trying to grab hold of his weakness and exploit it.

‘But, it was different.’

Jenny Earl said he was trying to protect him, not to use him. He didn’t tell anyone who he was, as long as he helped me with research on blood magic.

Rather, he was providing convenience throughout his life in the mansion. He just says what he wants and he gets it with family money.

In the past, he even saved his own people. He could have earned money and fame by simply catching the werewolf and handing them over to the Imperial Police Agency, but he didn’t. He

He was a trustworthy person. So he is Jenny Earl Malay. If he was by his side, wouldn’t he be able to live a really normal life? There were moments when he thought so.

“Heh, ugh… ….”

These thoughts were meaningless now. Sitting with his back to the wall inside his lungs, he would soon die.

The blood that flowed from the side cut by the sword ran down the thigh and permeated the floor. His vision started to flicker a little while ago, and his breathing was getting rough, so it was hard to stay sane.

‘That’s funny… ….’

He had lived a long life, but he was dying in the slums of the empire, bleeding. Did he endure a lot of humiliation in order to face such a miserable end?

He didn’t know, but he didn’t want to know more. If he dies like this, he won’t have to think about anything anymore. Thinking so, he felt rather relieved.

I didn’t want to struggle to live anymore. In order to humbly accept her death, Radne slowed down and closed her eyes.

Ttogak─

However, there were people somewhere in the world who didn’t want Radne’s death.

Kikiiik…….

Beside the old door of the abandoned house that opened with a hard sound, there was a tall scion. Beneath the neatly arranged black hair, dark blue eyes that look cold at first glance capture Radne in front of him.

The dusty clothes were torn here and there and were no different from rags, and the red eyes had lost their vitality and had turned dark.

Radne, who had a face that wouldn’t be strange even if he died at any time, slowly lifted his head, feeling his presence. The compassion in Jenny Earl’s eyes looking down at him makes Radne sad.

“Even though…… I found it.”

I didn’t want to show such an unsightly appearance. After muttering that, Radne smiled weakly. It was the most ephemeral smile in the world, sure to fade soon.