The Abandoned Empress Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Chapter 19

“Oh, by the way, your father’s birthday is the day after tomorrow, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

As if he didn’t expect to rember his father’s birthday, he was surprised.

I smiled softly at him, who was obviously touched by my consideration.

“Your father used to like snacks a lot, right? Let give you five days of vacation, starting tomorrow, so you can visit your father. Tell the chief chef to make so cakes and cookies for your father, and get so herbs that are good for senior people.”

“Thank you, young lady.”

“Please send my regards to him. Have a good vacation! ”

“Thanks, lady.”

The butler bowed deeply before leaving. I felt it would take a bit more ti to investigate the personal details of the staff, but as it was not urgent, I leisurely opened a thin book.

“My lady.”

“Huh?”

“Your father has just arrived.”

“Oh yeah. Let go down to see him,” I took my eyes off of the book at Lina’s reminder.

When I hastily got down downstairs, I saw him approaching with disciplined footsteps.

“Co on in, daddy!”

“Sorry for being late. It’s quite chilly outside. Let’s go in. ”

“Yeah. It looks like you had lots of work today. ”

“Well, you’re right. I had to take care of sothing.”

I didn’t think he was at the palace until a mont ago. Although I was a bit puzzled, I didn’t ask further.

“You look very tired, Daddy.”

“No, I’m fine. What’s the matter?”

“I have sothing to tell you.”

“Really? Follow , then. ”

“Yes, Dad.”

As if he wanted to talk to first, he headed to the office right away instead of telling to go first and wait. Taking off his navy blue uniform jacket, he sat down and said, “So, what do you want to say to ?”

“Well, l have sothing to tell you first, Dad. I gave the butler five days of vacation leave. As the day after tomorrow is his father’s birthday, I told him to visit his father back ho.”

“Yes, good job, honey.”

“I have sothing to tell you about myself. Well, can I take care of household affairs from now on?”

“Are you sure?” He looked at curiously.

“Yes, daddy. Right now, you’re taking care of everything by yourself. I want to help you in one way or another. Besides, household affairs are supposed to be managed by a woman, so I think it’s not good to rely on others blindly.”

“Got it. Tia, I’m not saying this because I can’t believe in you, but don’t you think you are biting off more than you can chew?”

“I will ask for your help if I find it hard. As I don’t have a mother, I’m gonna have to do it on her behalf soday anyway. Just think of it as I’m starting a little earlier than others. ”

“Okay, I understand. Let tell the butler to help you take over as soon as he cos back from the vacation. If you have a hard ti, feel free to talk to anyti.”

“Okay. Thank you, Dad. ”

Although I was supposed to take care of the household work soday, I was surprised that he gladly accepted my request. Taking charge of the household work might seem attractive at first glance because I would have the enormous power over the cash, but it carried lots of responsibility on my part. The higher the noble, the greater the size of the family. That ant more responsibility on the part of the person keeping the cash. Therefore, even if there was no lady of the house, it was impossible for a ten-year-old child to keep the cash, and that was unthinkable in the case of the Monique family.

But my father didn’t hesitate to give this position that ca with great power and duty, even though he did not know that I had been responsible for the internal affairs of the imperial palace in my past life. Of course, for the ti being he would be watching closely if I’m doing my job properly and make the final decision. Nonetheless, my father showed great trust in in the process, which was quite surprising to .

“So, that’s why you wanted to see , Tia.”

“No, I’ve got one more favor to ask of you. I hope you can do a favor. ”

“Go ahead, honey.”

“Well…”

“Tell .”

“I want you to teach how to use a sword.”

“You an swordsmanship?”

I looked at him nervously. He stroked his chin as if he was suspicious, and said, “Can I ask you sothing?”

“Yes, please.”

“I also felt strange when you talked to the emperor last ti, but why are you so hateful towards the crown prince? Did you rember anything about him? ”

I stiffened at his words. I don’t think he knows I can rember all the things that happened to until I was 17 years old. When I was at a loss about how to respond, he added, “I an when you were young.”

“As a kid?”

Whew! I swallowed a sigh of relief in my heart before tilting my head. What’s the relationship between my avoidance of him and my childhood mories? Wasn’t it when I was ten years old that I t him for the first ti?

I felt sowhat uncomfortable about it, but that’s important now. What’s the point of bringing back my childhood mories that I don’t rember at all? I’m not going to get entangled with him anyway.

“Oh, it looks like it’s not relevant. Hmm, then why do you hate the prince so much? ”

“I don’t want to marry. I just want to live happily with you, Dad, like now. ”

“I see.”

My father shut up, though he obviously wanted to say more. When I looked at his restless eyes in silence, he gave a faint smile and said, “Got it. Let do as you wish.”

“Thank you, Dad!”

As I brightly smiled, he rose from his seat and reached out to embrace . I buried my face in his arms. I felt his gentle touch when he stroked my hair.

“I thought you were grown up, but you are still a baby to .”

“… ”

“Good. Then let’s start your fencing practice tomorrow, but rember this, I’m a very strict teacher. ”

“Of course, Dad. Thank you very much. ”

“Okay. Is there anything else you want to say to ?”

“Nope.”

“It’s late. Go and get to bed. You have to start training tomorrow, so you need a good rest. Let take you to your bedroom. ”

He picked up and walked with discipline, which shook my body pleasantly. After laying down on a soft bed, he said goodnight and pulled a blanket over before leaving.

Is it because I was tired after a long day? I quickly fell asleep.

Is it because I was thrilled to learn new things? I woke up early in the morning before the sun had risen. I urged Lina to find clothes as comfortable as possible, but they were all skirts. So, I thought I had to order several pairs of pants. In the end, I changed into a riding suit, which looked better than the other clothes.

“Are you already up?”

“Good morning, Dad”

“Good morning, honey. Did you sleep well?”

“Yeah.”

“You must be very excited as you look so happy today. Then, shall we go? ”

I headed for the training field with my father. The day was starting to break, but there were already many knights training at dawn. When I stepped onto the field half excited and half nervous, they ca running to and greeted .

“What are you doing here?”

“Are you going to ride a horse so early?”

“It’s been a while since I have seen you, my lady!”

“Stop there, guys!”

When a man’s low voice rang through the airfield, the knights surrounding stiffened. As I expected, my father was a strict boss. When I was about to run to the edge of the training field, I saw a boy with yellow green hair running from afar.

“Aristia!”

“Allendis, welco! I thought you wouldn’t co! ”

“No way. What are you doing here? Gim a break! Are you here to cheer up while I’m struggling here?”

While greeting him gladly, I looked around because I felt strange. Not only my father, but all of the training knights were staring at and Allendis.

‘Oh my goodness, did I greet him so loudly?’

I hurriedly apologized to the knights and spoke as quietly as possible.

“No, I decided to learn fencing, starting today.”

“Really? That’s great!”