Time-Limited Saintess, You’ve Been Caught by the Tyrant Once Again - Chapter 57

Chapter 29.1

Charlotte was truly an angelic little girl. Once she realized that the sound no longer tormented her, she neither screamed nor got angry anymore. Although she was sometimes overly sensitive to loud noises, she also enjoyed the sounds of birds and gradually opened her heart to ‘listening’ while listening to the sound of the xylophone.

Fortunately, Ellin knew how to deal with children from her years of her service as the Saintess.

Charlotte’s speaking level was that of a five-year-old, but her way of thinking and reasoning was slightly beyond her age. So, she taught the Princess to speak.

“E, rin.”

“Your Highness Charlotte, please call me again. It’s ‘Ellin’.”

“E, ll, in.”

“That’s right.”

Charlotte giggled at Ellin’s compliment. Thankfully, her cheeks, which had sunken a bit, had gained some weight.

She was an adorable little girl.

“Read the book.”

“Yes.”

As she read the book quietly, the child approached and sat beside her, leaning her head against her body. Only Charlotte realized the secret that Ellin was the one who made her better and she opened up her heart to her.

‘I shouldn’t get this close.’

Even though she intended to throw herself into danger again on the day of destruction… wouldn’t it be too cruel for Charlotte to open her heart up to her?

‘No, I need to find another job before she’s completely attached.’

In truth, Charlotte’s presence was special to her.

The child was the first person she brought back after returning. At the time, she felt proud and happy that she had saved the life of a dead girl whom she had never seen before, and even more so because she followed her. Ellin had been watching Charlotte for a long time, afraid that something might happen to her since she was trying to save someone who was originally about to die.

To someone who held the position of princess, she, the nanny, was something to be forgotten.

“Keep going, keep going, E―rin.”

“It’s Ellin.”

“Keep going, Ellin.”

Hearing those kind words, those who were taking care of the Princess exchanged glances.

Ever since Arkan became the emperor, they had served Charlotte. They had endured not only the child’s challenges but also the Emperor’s tyranny. Yet, the Princess, who had kept her distance from them, was unusually kind to Ellin, behaving as if she was an angry cat showing her belly to a human who had treated her.

The girl with red eyes was creepy at times but still pitiable. They didn’t neglect her because her eyes were frightening…

They bit their lips.

People tend to reject strangers. For those who had been through hardships for a long time together, the presence of Ellin, who immediately became a nanny, was irritating.

Nevertheless, what could they do when the Princess followed her? Moreover, there was even the Emperor’s decree.

They could only sigh.

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“Miss Ellin.”

Ellin, who was playing with Charlotte in the garden, stood up when she heard a voice calling her.

The child was taking a nap on a blanket at the time. The person who was calling her was an escort knight assigned by Arkan, someone she often encountered as Charlotte’s guard.

“Please have this.”

“Yes?”

The knight held out some bread before he opened his words again with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

“You couldn’t have had a proper meal earlier. It would be good for you to eat now.”

“Oh my, thank you.”

“You’ve been through a lot.”

“Sir knight has been through even more. You’re always standing guard every day.”

“To be honest, I have no talent for taking care of others, so I’d probably choose to work all night rather than do a job like Miss Ellin.”

As Ellin burst into laughter at the remark, the knight also smiled awkwardly.

“By the way, what is Sir knight’s name?”

“Oh, you mean me? My name is Benjamin, but why is that…”

“I don’t think it makes sense that you know my name, but I don’t know the name of Sir knight.”

Benjamin smiled shyly as if he was embarrassed at Ellin’s words. Both his cheeks flushed red.

“Anyway, Benjamin, I’ll enjoy the bread.”

“Yes.”

Having received the bread, she turned around and flinched. It was because the Emperor was standing beyond that tree.

Did he overhear the conversation?

Ellin erased her expression as she clasped her hands together and bowed politely. However, whether he intended to merely watch over his younger sister, Arkan left immediately.

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Thud.

The hand that tossed the papers was rough.

Bronn looked up at the Emperor. The handwriting of the signatures he had just put down was also rough, causing the ink to smudge slightly.

“Your Majesty? Is there something wrong?”

“No, why?”

“It’s nothing.”

Arkan looked at the documents. Upon hearing the Commander of the Imperial Knights mention the need to recruit more senior knights, he clenched the papers tightly.

“Why recruit more knights? They already have time to spare and fool around.”

“W-what do you mean?”

“No, nothing.”

Arkan frowned.

It wasn’t like Ellin was fooling around with the knights or anything like that. After observing her for a few days, it was clear that she literally did everything with utmost dedication. There were actions she showed, but he couldn’t judge her entirely based on watching that one scene he saw earlier.

That wasn’t to say it didn’t feel bad.

After picking her up, who was shivering in the rain, she always wore an indifferent expression around him, and yet she smiled and chatted with a knight she was unfamiliar with. And when he saw him there, she instantly wiped the smile off her face and greeted him with a stern expression again.

People should be consistent, was it okay to discriminate?

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