Chapter 12: Mabel is Sick 5
The surface of the river reflected the sunlight. It was a winter wonderland. Though the flowers had yet to bloom, their buds flew against the wind. The nanny spread out a clean mat expertly that not a single crease was seen. She lifted out of the stroller and laid down on the mat.
I kept leaning over from the weight, forcing to fall into a lying position.
Oscar decided to put on his lap.
"Mabel, doesn’t it feel good to be outside?"
I sat there motionless and blinked.
"Hmm... well, this isn’t too bad either."
Lalima sat next to Oscar and kept a keen eye on as she organized our carried belongings. But she was too preoccupied and could not help but succumb to worries.
She looked at Lalima.
"Lalima, don’t take your eyes off of her."
"Don’t worry, madam! I’ll keep a close eye on Her Highness. In any case, madam, doesn’t it look like she’s having trouble because of her head? Oh my goodness... isn’t she so cute?"
Lalima held my cheeks and squealed.
Xavier gave Lalima a look of warning.
"At this rate, you’ll be the one to cause problems."
"You think I’m clumsy, don’t you?"
They’re getting along well.
I stifled out a yawn and leaned into Oscar’s body.
The sky hung above .
’It’s blue.’
The last I looked at the sky was when it was a midnight black and not a single stellar light shone. I rember it well... that shabby apartnt... the roof I fell from... it had not been long since then, but it felt like a distant mory from years ago. It was a mory I would never forget.
As I reminisced over the past, my eyes closed, Oscar whispered softly.
"It looks like Mable is sleepy."
"Uwaa..."
...No, that’s not it. I was not sleepy, I was depressed.
I let out a small sigh. Even they would not let be sad in peace.
Since I did not have much to do, I looked at Xavier. He busily organized the things around when he suddenly roared and pointed to the forest entrance.
".....What?"
What is it?
"It’s the divine beast!"
Divine beast? Ah... I rember Lalima and Xavier quarreling over the golden divine beast hatching from an egg in the north forest. What is a divine beast? Is it a cat?
’I want to see it as well!’
I stretched out both arms and expressed my wants and needs, but Oscar did not pay attention to .
Lalima and Xavier argued again.
"Really? Xavier, don’t make up lies. I’m not falling for it!"
"It’s true! It’s over there! Why don’t you go and see for yourself?!"
"If it’s not there, then you’re dead at!"
Lalima snapped back as she leaned forward to stand up.
"Your Highness, let’s go and check out this nonsense as well."
"Alright."
As Lalima complained, the nanny stretched out her hand to .
’Wait... you’re all going to look without ?’
I flailed and flung my arms around. I had tried to reject the nanny’s embrace.
"Your Highness, would you like to stay with for a bit? His Highness wants to go and see a kitty."
"Waa...!"
The nanny smiled softly and hugged tenderly while I trashed about as much as I could, an only expression I could make to express my disdain.
’I want to see as well! The divine beast...! The kitty!’
"Kiddy...!"
The nanny would not let go no matter how much I moved. I could not bear it anymore and let out a sound as loud as I could. I was 2 months old, and my pronunciation horrid. Kitty as my first word was not the best mont in my life, but it did not matter.
And then I realized a mont too late that everything around grew silent until Oscar broke the ice.
"..... Mabel?"
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