Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With - Chapter 316
316. The Leopard and the Fox
After a new emperor ascended the throne in the empire.
A warm wind of peace blew through the capital.
All the people praised her with bright expressions, and the children’s bright laughter never ceased.
However, not everyone liked that laughter.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty-!! How did you get along with His Majesty the Emperor?!”
“I heard you married the princess of the Bakal Kingdom. I want to marry the princess too!!”
‘ha…….’
My pitch-black eyes lost focus through my black hair.
I was wearing an apron over my white shirt and looked down at the little devils with a blank face.
‘If you guys hear that, I’ll get caught by my parents and be questioned.’
I thought that when I became your highness, no one would bother me.
Anyway, Leah, Irina, and Lydia will take care of state affairs and politics.
So I tried to just take a nap every day.
“If you don’t have anything to do in the palace, shouldn’t you at least learn how to take care of a child in advance!!”
Our Majesty has granted me the special privilege of looking after the children in advance.
Go to a daycare center right away.
However, that doesn’t mean I’m the type of person who only gives a hard time to children.
“Okay, kids. Should we play hide-and-seek then?”
The children focused on my cheerful voice.
The guys all shouted “good” in unison.
“great!!”
The adorable children shouted in unison.
Then I said, raising two fingers in the middle of the garden.
“Then I’ll count to exactly two minutes, and you’ll hide in this garden. Got it?”
“yes!!”
Children as tall as my waist began to scurry and hide all over the vast imperial garden.
I watched the scene with pleasure.
Because no matter where they hide, the tiny bits of mana inside the children’s bodies are all visible.
‘I guess they are all children of the upper class, so they have natural talent.’
Once the children were all out of sight, I sat down on a chair in the middle of the garden.
And then I drank coffee while reading a book for a while.
“50 Foods That Are Good for Kids and Husbands.”
Looking at the book Leah recently published.
“I guess you can just pretend to look for it after about 10 minutes.”
With that thought in mind, I leisurely enjoyed the midday sun.
Relieving the fatigue of raising a child that was not even in one’s fortune.
However, the break I had after a long time didn’t last long.
I was putting a grape on the garden table into my mouth.
“What happened to the children? Are they alone?”
Because Lydia’s sullen face above my head blocked out the sun.
“Ugh!!”
Her sudden appearance made the grapes get stuck in my throat.
I was barely able to control the mana in my danjeon and swallow it.
“Lydia, come here and make yourself known?”
“I knew you’d be slacking off like this, so I came secretly.”
The 3rd Emperor’s Mae has little mana and is trained in oriental martial arts, making it difficult to detect when he approaches.
She placed her lovely hands on my shoulders like the fluffy paws of a leopard.
“I came to help you out because I thought it might be hard to take care of the kids, but as expected, you’re spending your time like you always do.”
Outside, she still speaks like she did when she was a princess.
So, whenever I saw Lydia, she still looked as innocent as before she got married.
“What if the kids get hurt trying to hide in a strange place?”
“It’s okay, we’re all in a safe place.”
I snickered and raised my finger.
And then, one by one, he pointed to where the children were hiding.
“The son of the Chairman of the Imperial Council, Vixen, is hiding behind the statue of His Majesty the Emperor, chuckling.”
Lydia looked at the statue with a suspicious look at my words.
Sure enough, the shadow of a small boy came into view.
“Your Majesty, Lord Mosian’s granddaughter is hiding in a snow box with Richard’s cousin.”
Lydia looked at the shaking box and turned to me with a quizzical look.
Treating the most powerful people in the empire like neighborhood kids.
“You are the only one in history who has used the Grandmaster’s abilities in this way.”
“Is it that unique?”
The three emperors of the empire looked at me with a sullen expression.
With eyes like a female companion saying she’ll see you after work.
She started to find the children and bring them to her at a quick pace.
“Found it-.”
Completely different from when I first met you.
In a very cute and lovely voice.
“Ah, Your Majesty the Emperor!!”
“Can I play with you too?”
Lydia got the attention of the children with her kind red eyes.
They wouldn’t know.
That the petite twenty-year-old woman in front of me was once the leader of the East.
“Okay, everyone, follow me. It’s time for some fun role-playing.”
The pigtails dance briskly.
She came back with the children, dressed in a white shirt and short skirt like an academy uniform.
“The game we’re going to play from now on is called war.”
‘Playing war… …?’
As expected, the leader was the leader.
I stared at Lydia with eyes that seemed to say, “Then that’s it.”
“Have you guys ever heard that in the past, there was an underground city in the eastern part of the capital?”
Underground city.
Their eyes sparkled at the same time at the mysterious space story that children would love.
“Yes, this is the place where the Third Prince was hiding and plotting!!”
Lydia also looked back at me, as if she was remembering that time.
“Haha… … . Okay, from now on, the game we’re going to play is to avoid me, the 3rd Prince’s blood relative, and run away to the exit.”
For a moment, Hwangmae’s red eyes flashed with a fierce look.
And then, he stretched both hands into the air, showing off his characteristically sharp fangs.
“Okay, the kids who get caught will be buried underground!!”
“Eww-!!”
The children laughed and scattered here and there.
Then Lydia took off the cardigan she was wearing on her shoulders and tied it around her waist.
He started chasing the children at a really fast pace like a leopard.
So much so that I couldn’t even get out through the exit.
“Oh my… … . Why are you guarding the exit so tightly?”
“No way. I’ll lure you.”
Children who confidently shout out strategies in front of the enemy.
Among them, the granddaughter of Mosian, who was very responsible, stepped forward and approached Lydia.
“Your Majesty, try to catch me first.”
“Ugh, I don’t like it. I plan on eating them all.”
However, the third emperor of the empire would not fall for the provocation of a six-year-old.
Then Mosian’s grandson thought deeply for a moment.
“His Highness Veil said that the book he was looking at earlier must not be found out by the other lords!”
As expected of a blood relative of a former prime minister, he committed a truly outrageous provocation.
“What… … ?”
Lydia looked at me intently.
At this, I hastily shook my head and hid the book, but… … .
“I really wonder what my husband is hiding from me.”
“This is just a cookbook, Lydia!!”
The woman from the East landed on my back in an instant with her excellent martial arts skills.
And then, stretching out her short arms here and there, she tried to snatch Leah’s cookbook from me.
“Now is the time, let’s go out!!”
The children took advantage of the gap and began to scurry out on their short legs.
Thanks to this, the game ended with the victory of the good guys this time too.
「―――――.」
Time passed by so noisily.
By noon, the tired children had all fallen into a nap.
Meanwhile, Lydia silently read the cookbook written in the book she had taken from me.
“From long-tailed fish dishes… … to purple strawberry juice… … . These are some very grim recipes.”
Lydia closed the book with a very sullen expression.
And then he looked at me and snickered.
“I was just learning how to cook in advance for the kids when they are born.”
He shrugged his shoulders and made a joke.
She said she understood and came over to me, sweeping her skirt down her thighs.
After that, she sits on the armrest.
“I know. I just pretended to be fooled by the kids’ provocation.”
Now there are only two of us, and he spoke to me in a friendly tone.
“She plays well with the kids. It’s hard to believe she’s the youngest daughter.”
I praised my wife’s performance brightly.
Then Lydia cutely lifted her chin, saying it was nothing.
“I know it well because I’m the youngest. When I was young, my father would sometimes play with me like this at the Eastern Palace.”
“It’s also a skill to remember that and play along right away.”
He gently stroked Lydia’s forehead.
Then, her pigtails also danced lightly.
“Didn’t I tell you not to do this outside?”
“Why? Even though you liked it inside.”
Hwangmae looked around with a red face.
Then, fortunately, I checked out the quiet garden and sighed deeply.
“I can’t live as the youngest daughter forever. I’ll become a mother someday… … .”
Although she was born the youngest, she always felt a great sense of responsibility.
I hesitated for a long time, as if I was too embarrassed to say the last word.
“You’ll probably be a good mother.”
Looking at Lydia like that, I said with a gentle smile.
“I’m not sure yet. It’s probably a completely different feeling from leading an army.”
Hwangmae raised her head and looked up at the blue sky.
Her half-closed ruby red eyes caught the brilliant sunlight.
I stared at that beauty in silence for a moment.
Then, out of nowhere, I said something.
“Well, even when the child grows up, I think he’ll be closer to my older sister than my mother.”
Only then did Lydia return to her former lively self.
He said this, punching my shoulder with his fist.
“Am I an adult enough?”
She still grumbles, asking if I treat her like a child.
He said, shifting in his chair as if he felt something needed to change.
“If you don’t believe me, lie down next to me.”
Lydia pointed to her voluptuous thighs.
Skin that is vibrant and glossy.
“… … .”
I stared blankly at that vibrant place.
Then, as if she thought this was the moment, Hwangmae pulled me in like a cub and laid me on her thigh.
“How is it? It’s definitely warm, isn’t it?”
“hmm…….”
Maybe it was because I was already tired from dealing with the kids.
Burying my face in her warm skin, I felt tired.
“It’s much more resilient than Leana Irina.”
“Is that so?”
However, the sight of Lydia lying down herself and her voice gradually trembling was very cute.
Her thighs also seemed to be getting hotter and hotter.
“They’re stupidly big, but they’re squishy!!”
“… … .”
When I didn’t answer right away, Lydia looked dumb for a moment.
Then, he spread her thighs apart, placed my face inside hers, and started squeezing her.
“Whew… … !! That’s right, that’s right… … !!”
The smell of hot skin and sweat from running around enveloped my face.
In it, I felt subtle pleasure and pain alternately.
“joy.”
Only after a few dozen seconds did Lydia let me go.
He turned his head away, exhaled heavily, and muttered.
“You say that, but you hug me well at night… … .”
Hwangmae gave me a warm thigh pillow again.
And then this time he asked me while stroking my head.
“veil.”
“Oh, Lydia.”
The woman with pigtails looked at the sleeping children.
Then, she whispered to me in an unusually small voice.
“Will I be able to raise my children well?”
“What does that mean?”
Lydia, who said she came to watch over the children and make sure they were being taken care of well.
Actually, she came to me because she had something to ask me, not them.
“I just hope that siblings don’t fight like me.”
I raised my head for a moment at the former princess’s lifeless question.
And then he spoke while getting so close that their noses were almost touching.
“Lydia. That will never happen.”
The fox-like smile disappeared.
And then she spoke with a serious look in her eyes, as if she had accomplished so many things in the empire.
“My brother and sister would be the best friends in the world. With such a kind mother, there’s no way we’d ever fight.”
“… … .”
Lydia listened to me, her sweet lips slightly parted.
Then, soon, her face turned red at the suggestion of having more than one child.
“That means… … . Let’s have three or more children like my mother… … .”
Hwangmae turned her head away and let out a ragged breath.
Then he muttered in a small voice so I couldn’t hear.
‘Did I slip up again…?’
I raised my head, scratching my soft cheek.
And, while trying to check Lydia’s face.
“You must mean what you say.”
The former princess of the empire looked at me again with sharp eyes and said.
With an authoritative tone, just like when we first met.
“Huh? Of course. You’re definitely a good mother… … .”
I tried to repeat what I had said.
But, at that moment.
Lydia pressed me against her thigh again and lowered her head first.
“… … !”
Her soft black hair formed a curtain around her.
Thanks to that, we only see each other’s faces.
In it, Lydia had a strange expression on her face that made it hard to believe she was only twenty years old.
And, leaving me with a meaningful word.
“I’m saying we should have at least three children.”
He kissed me first.
“A child who looks exactly like you and me.”
As expected, regardless of their appearance, the princesses were all ambitious women.