Chapter 11 – Princess Eliza (2)
Princess Eliza (2)
Baroness Kimberley was embarrassed. Among the liberal arts subjects he was in charge of, today was a history class, and it was because the princess of the Kingdom of Leon, who had come as a hostage, was in the class during the class explaining the history of the Kingdom of Leon.
First, I greeted him politely and asked him why he was here. He explained in detail what had happened to Princess Eliza, but the fact that he was embarrassed did not change.
‘No, I haven’t even heard of this. What kind of lightning is this… Damn it. Should we just hand it over to the Drogon Kingdom? Haha, I can’t do that, I’m going crazy’
“Hmm, Princess Eliza? I wonder how long you will be attending class with us… Haha, Her Majesty’s class progress is a bit slow… Even if we appoint another instructor…”
“It’s okay, Baroness Kimberly. His Majesty has ordered you to take classes with His Royal Highness Prince Juno, so you will continue to do so until further orders are given.”
‘Haha, I guess there’s nothing I can do… I guess I have no choice but to conduct the training with as neutral an officer as possible…’
“Now then, today’s history lesson is about the Kingdom of Leon. Please turn to page 241 of the history book.”
Since the books that Yuno was learning were all items belonging to the prince’s palace, the textbooks for Eliza to use were not yet ready, so she had to read the books with Yuno for the time being.
When Juno didn’t move when Baroness Kimberley asked her to open her book, Eliza thought to herself as she turned the pages of her book.
‘Why are you treating me like a page-turner? Your attitude is so different from before, isn’t it?’
However, such thoughts did not stop Eliza from thinking for a moment when she heard a rustling sound next to her and looked to the side. Yuno’s face, sleeping with her chin resting on it, looked truly angelic, but anger exploded at the sight of Yuno’s appearance being so different from her training time.
‘You pushed me so hard during training, but now you’re sleeping? ‘Hey!’
Puck!
“Ugh!! What… What?”
“Oh my~ I didn’t know you were dozing off, Prince Yuno? I’m sorry~ I was just trying to turn the pages, hohoho”
Haha, it looks like Princess Eliza was turning the pages of her books and hitting the side of the person next to her, right?”
“Oh my~ how did it happen like that? Hohoho”
When Yuno and Eliza’s gaze collided in the air, it seemed as if sparks were flying.
Seeing this, the heart of Baroness Kimberly, who had come to class with her two children, shrank even more. She was worried that if the two of them got into a fight, she would have her hair blown off if she got hurt anywhere.
‘No… I’d be lucky if I got fired… I might lose my head… A nobleman like me who has no territory…’
Baroness Kimberly swallowed her saliva and carefully stopped the two.
Haha, Your Highness Yuno… Princess Eliza woke you up from your slumber, so please move on like a man.”
“…”
“Princess Eliza, please promise that you will carefully hand over her bookshelf from next time.”
“…”
The two glared at each other for a moment despite Baron Kimberly’s intervention, but when Yuno apologized first, thinking, ‘What are you doing with such a little girl?’, Eliza also obediently accepted Yuno’s apology.
‘Whew~ It’s hard to handle just His Highness the Prince… Oh my, my head…’
Baroness Kimberly conducted her class again.
I don’t know if it was because Yuno woke up once or because Eliza was next to him, but either way, he was concentrating in class, and Eliza was looking at Yuno’s side instead of listening to class.
‘Tch… You know how to apologize right away… You have a manly side, right? But he’s really handsome. I don’t know about anything else, but I think I can give him 200 points out of 100 for his face.’
Yesterday, she had not been able to see Yuno’s face properly due to lack of excitement, and although she had felt that he looked handsome during morning training, it had been so difficult that this was Eliza’s first time looking at Yuno’s face.
“Why are you looking at me like that? What’s on my face?”
“Who… Who was looking at you? I just turned that way because you pushed me too hard in the morning and my neck was sore!”
“Really? Then what…”
Eliza, embarrassed by Yuno’s sudden criticism, made up an excuse, and Yuno seemed to roughly believe the excuse, but Eliza’s face was bright red, as if she was about to explode.
‘Ugh Yuno you bastard!! You’re embarrassing me!!’
Looking at Eliza acting alone, playing drums and drums, Baroness Kimberly could only sigh as she thought that she had one more problem to worry about.
Still, Eliza was learning quite a bit in her home country, and she already knew a lot from Baroness Kimberly’s classes, so she decided to assist Prince Juno in his studies for the time being, taking some of the burden off the Baroness.
At 11 o’clock, the morning study period was over, and her maids came in and prepared them lunch.
“I know that during training time, Yuno, you will train me, and during study time, I will look after your studies. This is something that Baron Kimberly also agreed to.”
“Where… Where is that? Eliza, you are the same age as me. How are you guiding my studies?”
“Hmm? Since you have better physical ability than me and have been working hard in sports, I am receiving training guidance from you, right? Then the learning is the same.”
“But that’s not possible! What kind of kid like you is teaching me?”
“You’re the same age as me, right? Then I’ll tell the Empress. If the Empress is against it, I have no choice.”
Yuno could not say anything because she clearly knew that if Yuria heard it, she would applaud and welcome it.
“Okay! Yuno, if you’re that dissatisfied, if you can beat me even once in test scores, then I’ll finish the study guide. And I’ll do anything you ask for! Is that enough?”
‘No matter what, I’ve lived for almost 40 years, including my past life… I wonder if I can’t beat this little kid even once in a test.’
Yuno thought so and accepted Eliza’s offer.
However, Yuno herself did not know that her mental age had also become younger due to her younger body, and from that day on, Yuno lost to Eliza every day as a test.
When afternoon classes ended at 2 o’clock, Yuno and Eliza headed to the knights’ parade ground together.
Eliza had an obligation to accompany Yuno to his afternoon training, so she had no choice but to follow along despite grumbling.
“Welcome, Your Royal Highness! Nice to meet you. Princess Eliza. My name is Elias Jude, and I am the head of training for the Knights of the Guard.
Yuno waved her hand at Jude and left, saying she was going to the bathroom for a moment.
“Nice to meet you, Lord Jude. But, His Highness Yuno, you said you train alone in the morning. Is that okay? If the method goes wrong…”
Eliza asked Jude because Juno’s training, which she had had a hard time following in the morning, did not look normal even with her own eyes.
Haha, His Highness Yuno has already surpassed the level of our Knights’ trainees. He is truly a natural. Rather, for a special person like His Highness Yuno, our general training methods are not helpful.”
Eliza’s eyes widened at Jude’s high praise.
“Oh my god! Is His Highness Yuno already at that level?”
“Yes, that’s right. My birthday is next week, so if you learn the Mind Method and can even control mana, I might not be able to compete with you in bare-handed sparring. Haha.”
Eliza saw Juno once again.
‘I thought it was just physical strength in the morning… But that’s not true, even without using mana, you’re at the level of a knight trainee… No, if you’re a trainee in the Balkan Guard Knights, you’d be at the level of a low-level knight in a decent knight order, right? Oh my god’
“Well… But you said you would do the training with me. Shouldn’t an ordinary person like me be able to follow His Highness Yuno?”
Eliza asked Jude with her last hope, but Jude shook her head quietly.
“Honestly, when it comes to physical training, Her Majesty Yuno is much better than us. I don’t know where she learned it, but while training with the 12 Horsemen, she raised their level tremendously. So the princess’s training won’t be a problem either. I will adjust it just right, so I don’t think the princess needs to worry.”
“Ah… I see…”
It was a hopeless remark for Eliza, who had to endure the hellish training every morning and evening, but Jude smiled brightly and congratulated Yuno on having a workout partner.
‘If you were the same age and had similar hobbies, you would be the perfect match for His Majesty… If she were really a princess who came to study abroad, and not a pawn…’
“Whew~ I couldn’t start training because I suddenly had to go to the bathroom~ Now~ Princess Eliza, try copying my movements and relax your body first.”
Eliza was imitating Yuno, who was doing strange movements she had never seen in her life. When Yuno did the same movements for almost 30 minutes, Eliza asked, ‘Is this the only way to exercise in the afternoon? ‘Is this worth it?’ I had the illusion that.
And that illusion was shattered in an instant.
“Okay, just one more! Just one more! Let’s do just one more and rest.”
Eliza gritted her teeth and strengthened her arms when Yuno said that she would let her rest for just one more time.
“Eeeee!!”
“Good job Eliza! Just one more! Just one!!
“Hey you bastard!!”
Eventually, Eliza’s arms gave out, and she fell to the floor.
“Hmm~ 15 pushups… Not bad. I’m taking a little rest until the next exercise.”
Yuno helped Eliza down on her bench and went to do her own exercise.
Eliza watched Juno’s temper while drinking the water her maid brought her.
‘I used to just run in the morning, but looking at it like this… It really is an incredible body. Just by looking at it, the iron bar appears to be over 100 kg, so lightly…’
Yuno had taken off his obtrusive top and was doing bench presses, flexing his incredibly developed muscles, to the point that a stranger would mistake him for a knight in his prime.
‘I’m turning 12 next month, and I’m already 180 cm tall… Does that really make sense with that face on that body?’
Eliza let out a sigh of relief as she felt herself fall in love all over again just by looking at her face. Meanwhile, Yuno did a few sets of her own exercises and then came back to Eliza and started torturing her again.
“Ugh, how long do I have to do this?”
“Until I tell you to stop”
Still, Eliza had great fighting spirit, so she did planks until she couldn’t exert any more strength and collapsed, and Yuno designed her exercise program by testing Eliza’s physical limits in that way. 〉
“Starting tomorrow, I’ll ask Isabella to join me.”
“Huh? Isabella? Why all of a sudden?”
“When I was doing it alone, I was a little worried that I would be too harsh on my sister, but now that I have you, Eliza, I think I can control it a little.”
Eliza felt goosebumps and prayed for her sister, who had been her sister for a day now.
After her workout, Yuno massaged her the same way she did in the morning, relaxing Eliza’s muscles.
“Yuno, is it okay for you to touch the bare skin of a princess from another country like this? What if I can’t get married?”
“Pfft… Is there any princess who speaks like this to the imperial prince? Like my mother said, you are just a member of our family now. So it doesn’t matter.”
Although Yuno’s words seemed a bit indifferent, they actually warmed Eliza’s heart.
Even at dinner after exercising, Empress Yuria, Isabella, Juno, and Marie asked each other about their day and shared the feeling of her family. She treated Eliza the same way and reminded her that this is what her family is.
And the next day. As soon as Eliza got out of bed, her whole body shook from extreme muscle pain.
“This… This is what Yuno was talking about… Sa… Saving people”
In the end, Eliza had to be carried to breakfast by her maid, and from that day on, she never expressed dissatisfaction with Juno’s massage.
