Matchmaking Baby Sister
Chapter 10 - We Are a Family!

Chapter 10 – We are a family!

TL: Zimmings

“Ah.”

At Alexander’s words, Lucinda’s shoulders stiffened. She hurriedly bowed her head and apologized.

“I was careless. I haven’t erase my habits yet. I’m sorry, Your Majesty. I’m sorry, Sir Alexander.”

“No. I am not trying to scold you.”

At Lucinda’s excessive apology, Alexander waved his large hand. 

Annoyance was clearly visible on his face.

Alexander spoke to Lucinda in a softer voice.

“I know that you are like a mother to the princess. Treating the princess like that means you’re close to her. His Majesty won’t care too much.”

With that said, Alexander glanced at Tessa. Tessa confirmed his words by nodding his head slightly.

“You just need to do your best to love Ariel.”

“Your Majesty…”

At Tessa’s answer, Lucinda burst into tears. How often have she been scolded by Mrs. Fenrir for for calling me by my nickname?

‘Lucinda.’

I clenched my fists and felt pity for Lucinda.

At that moment, Alexander squinted his eyes and cleared the situation.

“Now that His Majesty has also granted it, don’t worry about it. You can call her that way.”

“Thank you.”

It was then that I realized that Alexander had dared to bring up the title issue in Tessa’s face in order to obtain official permission.

‘Wow, he has a really good personality. He speaks very well.’

I looked at Alexander with a grateful expression.

He’s not as handsome as Tessa, but he looks reliable. He even speaks so modestly that it is hard to believe that he is the eldest son of a general family.

‘Aunt’s husband?’

Should I made him my aunt’s husband?

‘I need to find the right partner for auntie. I can’t believe someone this great is next to us all along!’

I thought this was fate.

Of course, when Tessa and Lucinda said the same thing, I also wondered if that was fate!

Alexander spoke affectionately to Lucinda, so he solidifies his position in my aunt’s husband candidate.

“If you are not comfortable, the Imperial Palace will also not be a comfortable place for the princess. As the princess’s escort, please let me know if there are any inconveniences.”

“Oh no, Sir Alexander. Thank you so much.”

‘Ah, I’m happy.’ 

Seeing my aunt’s husband candidate being so nice to her melted my hardened heart.

‘He’s not only a warm-hearted man, but also a polite man. He passed my criteria.’

Instead of calling him my uncle only in my mind, I should actually connect them.

It’s a relief. The two had many occasions to meet in the future. Lucinda will continue to be by my side, and Sir Alexander has to protect us.

‘I need to make time for the two of them as much as possible.’

As I was contemplating this and that, the face of General Raphael, the fearsome general, came to my mind.

‘Ugh, but come to think of it, if everything went well, her father-in-law will become the villainous grandpa, right? He should be disqualified.’

Should we step back after seeing our in-laws, or should we marry only by believing in their personality?

When I was struggling to solve the problem, Tessa’s pale green eyes suddenly turned to me.

“Ariel.”

I didn’t realize it when I was watching from the side, but a burdensome face was looking at me  above my head.

‘What? Why is he staring at me? It’s embarrassing…’

There are some people who are frighteningly handsome, but it is not easy to have such a face.

Feeling the glare and getting goosebumps at the same time, I narrowed my eyes.

It was then.

“Don’t say it’s not your home.”

His voice was covered low. His large hand carefully grabbed my necklace.

It was a memento left by my father.

“Papa… … .”

His handsome face seemed to be drawn closer to me, and his lips touched it.

A strange sound was heard from the necklace and then disappeared.

It was so close that I could see it clearly. 

If sorrow were a river, he could have already drowned and died.

I knew what he was feeling when I saw him instantly.

I looked at Tessa with tender eyes.

‘You really liked my father.’

In fact, Tessa in Spring Came to the Dry Land was completely a tyrant, so there wasn’t much sentences that describes his feelings.

He just expresses his resentment towards Lucinda.

But is it because I, Lloyd’s daughter, is still alive? 

Tessa showed his emotions a little more.

‘The problem is that most of them are depressing emotions such as longing and sadness.’

“Papa.”

I called Tessa. He, who seemed to be projecting someone else on me for a moment, opened his eyes as if awakened by my call.

Why did he look so sad?

‘What a pitiful uncle.’

I don’t know if I really wanted to be entangled with him, but we were already entangled.

“Papa, papa pa.”

‘I can’t help it. Ariel will make uncle happy too.’

 With determination, I squeezed Tessa’s hand with my fingers. Tessa looked at me with slightly widened eyes.

After we were interacting like that for a while, Lucinda said in a trembling voice.

“… … It was not a lie when you say you were constantly looking for Ariel.”

Lucinda’s thin arm was tightened.

I could clearly hear her trembling in fear of getting punished for doubting the emperor.

I blinked at the unexpected words.

‘Lucinda, were you suspicious of Tessa? You think he didn’t really look for me?’

And just three seconds later, I realized the reality I was in. This is because Lucinda’s reasoning was not completely groundless.

‘I know how much Tessa is like Lloyd by reading the original story, but in other people’s eyes, it isn’t like that right?’

Tessa is a young and healthy emperor who is not yet married.

But the princess, the daughter of the previous emperor, who is not even his own child, suddenly appears and takes over the right to succeed to the throne?

‘I must be in the way.’

It was natural for those around him to suspect that he would not deliberately seek the daughter of the emperor who would only interfere with the succession to the throne. Of course… … .

‘But how could you say that in front of him, aunt! What would you do if he told you to die for blasphemy?’

Should I call Pupu to distract him?

That was when I got nervous and started sucking my thumb. Tessa slowly opened his lips.

The words that came out of his mouth were also words I never imagined.

“I also wondered if you were pretending to be friendly to take advantage of Ariel.”

‘Did you think that Lucinda took care of me with compensation in mind?’ 

Well, people can think that way.

‘It is true that there are such bad people in the world, but Lucinda is absolutely not! How hard it must have been for Lucinda to raise me alone!’

My anger erupted and I screamed out without realizing it.

“Papa, bad!!”

… … Oh, this damn tongue.

Why does the sound come out so clearly only in this case?

“Me… … bad?”

Tessa’s eyes widened slightly at my shout. His green eyes were shaking as if he was really surprised.

‘Ugh, what’s with that pitiful expression?’

When someone who didn’t really exhibit any emotions was so surprised, I didn’t know how to react.

‘Is he mad?.’

In this case, I need to do something. I squeezed Tessa’s hand. Tessa’s hand were hard with calluses.

“Papa!!”

Then I turned my head to look at Lucinda, who was blinking.

“Mama!!”

Yes, Tessa and Lucinda! You two!

“Papapui!”

We are a family!

After bravely shouting, I smiled brightly.

But who would have understood that baby language?

Tessa, Lucinda, and even Alexander, who had an excellent ability to interpret my baby’s language, blinked.

It was Pupu who broke this unnatural silence.

[Meow, meow!!! You’re the best meow! As expected, the master is fun to watch~!!]

… …Oh yeah. Thank you for that.

‘This damn cat! If your master is in trouble, help! You’re still not doing anything!’

[You didn’t even ask for help.]

At my shout, Pupu rubbed its chin with his front paws.

It was when I was glaring at Pupu, Tessa said with a light frown.

“Your familiar come out at any time. Is it still out of control?”

[H-huh!]

Even that annoying cat was afraid of Tessa, so it suddenly become rigid.

And then I didn’t even say go, but it disappeared.

[I’ll see you next time!]

‘Are you a villain?’ 

I looked at Pupu as he spit out a third-rate villain words and disappeared. 

I sigh and turn my head.

Then I met Tessa’s twinkling eyes.

“Thank you, Ariel.”

But what does this mean? For a brief moment, Tessa’s thick eyebrows, which seemed to have been drawn at once with a large brush, were gently curved.

He was smiling

‘Ugh, that face and smile that’s not good for the heart!’

Of course, that smile quickly disappeared, but his gleaming halo did not fade from my eyes.

Exhausted, I gently let Uncle Tessa’s finger go, then flapped my arm again at Lucinda.

“Mama. Mama.”

That’s enough! I want to be comfortable in Lucinda’s arms now.

Lucinda looked at me, hesitated for a moment, and looked into Tessa’s eyes.

Tessa nodded his head. Then she immediately smiled brightly and gently embraced me.

‘After all, Lucinda is the best.’

Alexander’s warm palms are addictive, but the place where I could breathe most comfortably was in Lucinda’s arms.

Tessa, who was looking at us, opened his mouth. 

Of course, his tone is rough, but the content was smoother than before.

“There will be people who say that your parenting style is disrespectful, but I think your way is right.”

After saying that, Tessa slowly got up from the chair. 

Then he turned around lightly and said,

“Take care of my niece. Baroness Janen.”

“Huh?”

Lucinda, unable to understand Tessa’s words, blinked. It was the same with me.

‘Who’s this Baroness Janen? Were there any other people besides the four of us?’

But instead of kindly explaining to us, Tessa went away.

His aide, who had been standing afar earlier, caught my attention as he hurriedly whispered something to him.

It was Alexander who explained it.

“It seems that His Majesty is trying to confer the title to you. So that you can continue to be by the princess’ side.”

“T- title? So you’re saying that I’m going to become a noble?!”

Lucinda gasped in surprise. I was surprised as well.

‘Oh my gosh! Was Tessa Illuminas a man who could do that?’

The Tessa now was in many ways different from the original Tessa I knew.

He express his emotions and speak softly sometimes.

‘Is everything going to change too?’

Will the original story change?.

‘Can I be happy?’

Whether it was good or bad, I didn’t know because I wasn’t God. I could just hope it was the case..

‘Uncle Tessa should be happy too. Ariel will definitely help you out with that.’

Anyway, He had made Lucinda a baroness so that she can stay by my side.

* * *

Just as there are factions in politics, factions also exist within the Imperial Palace. 

Currently, there are two factions in the Imperial Palace.

Mrs. Ricardo, who was an etiquette teacher for Emperor Lloyd. 

And Countess Fenrir, who was Tessa’s nanny.

In fact, Mrs. Ricardo was the mistress of the previous emperor. After the abdication of the previous emperor, she was attached to Lloyd at the right time and completely settled in the Imperial Palace.

Of course, she didn’t do it because she wanted to be a etiquette teacher.

‘If I had had a little more time, I could have flirted with Lloyd.’

How could she end her life as an old man’s mistress? 

She should have captured the young and innocent Lloyd.

But Lloyd was a pure man, and in the end, Mrs. Ricardo eventually have an unwanted child from the man she slept with to relieve stress.

Currently, the two people live in the detached palace.

It was Mrs. Ricardo and her son Sika Ricardo.

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