The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

198 You only understand that feeling after becoming a parent

It is said that a nurse in the imperial family meant a person who breastfeeds in the distant past. In the imperial family, where women often die during childbirth and mothers do not directly raise children, they were indispensable.

However, over time, the meaning of the word imperial nanny changed slightly.

The current nanny is not a sucker. Although she breastfeeds herself, she was officially the one who supervised and managed everything related to raising the baby. It is a kind of nanny role.

The imperial nanny selected and controlled everything from the selection of maids and nannies to take care of the baby, to the mother if she could not breastfeed, to all the food that came in contact with the baby’s body, all the food that went into the mouth, and the space where the baby stayed. .

Because of what I do, the selection criteria are of course high.

Being at the level of the crown prince’s nanny, the qualifications became particularly difficult.

Of course, you had to have excellent status, culture, and character, and you had to have had a baby yourself. In addition, the relationship with the baby’s mother must be taken into account.

As far as Rudy knew, only Baroness Seren was satisfied with all of that. In the end, the baroness handed over the position of the empress’s leading lady-in-waiting to Tyra and became the crown prince’s nanny.

That doesn’t change anything in particular.

Originally, the crown prince was raised in a building close to the empress’ palace from the moment he was born until he was three years old. All the children of the empress were raised there when they were young.

But Rudy didn’t see it well.

Sending a newborn baby alone to such a place, what the hell is he going to do?

In a world like this, I have no intention of forcing common sense on the modern Earth. However, there is always a limit. In Rudy’s mind, taking a newborn baby away from its mother and raising it alone was beyond common sense.

By Rudi’s order, the baby was kept in a corner of the empress’ palace until he reached the age of three and entered the crown prince’s womb.

‘Honestly, I don’t like being sent to the Crown Prince’s palace at the age of three.’

You can’t deny everything. Entering the prince’s palace at the age of three is a long-repeated rule to be raised as an emperor. Even if he didn’t make the child the crown prince, he needed to compromise to some extent.

Rudy peered at the sleeping baby and held out his arm.

Carefully raise the baby wrapped in cloth with both hands. The baby was small enough to fit most in the palm of my hand.

The baby’s sculpted lips moved slightly.

Newborn babies have small hands and feet. It wasn’t even the size of Rudy’s finger.

When I was just born, I thought I was shriveled up and looked weird, but now it feels different. It was as pretty as a doll with transparent skin.

“It’s small.”

When Rudy said, the baroness laughed quietly.

“Your Majesty, you don’t have to be too afraid. The Crown Prince is not a mirage that breaks when touched.”

“…”

A bitter smile appeared on Rudy’s face.

Rudy’s hand remained suspended in the air with the baby raised slightly.

I don’t know what to do anymore. I was afraid that if I applied any force, it would break. I wondered what would happen if I added or subtracted the power incorrectly and hurt that little body, so I stopped without being able to do this or that.

The baroness came over and placed the baby properly in his arms.

“Like this, you support it with your whole arm and hold it.”

I held it like that for a while, but it seemed that something was uncomfortable. The baby pouted his lips and twisted his face little by little. And at one point, a loud cry broke out.

Risha, who was watching this, burst into laughter.

“Lou, let me demonstrate.”

As soon as the baby was held in Lilitha’s arms, it became quiet. Apparently, my father doesn’t like it very much. Saying that, Rilisha laughed.

A week after giving birth, Ririsha’s recovery went smoothly. Now it’s okay to move to the baby’s room like this. When I think about how difficult it was to walk and even sit down at first, it has improved a lot. Rudy’s incantation seems to have helped.

But most of it will be thanks to the dragon’s yeouiju. If it wasn’t for that, it must have been difficult for Lilitha’s body to give birth to a baby. Seeing that the born baby had strong magical powers, I thought that it must be so.

It wasn’t until after the baby was born that Rudy realized that he was responsible for the sickness of his mother that remained in his memory.

Even if she was a woman with magical powers, she probably wasn’t strong enough to overcome Rudy’s power. Because he was a baby with a lot of magic enough to be said to be the best ever.

I didn’t think much about the parents who gave birth to me until now. It must have been because it had intact the memory of the earth. They were just strangers rather than parents. But now, after a long time has passed, my heart feels sad for some reason.

“…”

That night I had a dream. It was a dream in which the mother, whom she had only seen as a memory, was holding herself in the form of a baby. Even in my dream, I felt sad for some reason, and tears flowed without my knowledge.

After waking up, the tears did not stop for a while even in the darkness of reality.

Between those tears, Earth’s mother also remembered after a long time. This life is different from last time. He would have died on Earth now. I somehow knew it.

Seeing her death, is Earth’s mother still grieving? She is living in another world, giving birth to children and leading a happy life, but does her mother continue to be in sorrow without knowing that?

Any memory fades. Any humiliation or sorrow you experience in life will be forgotten someday.

But can the sadness of losing knowledge be forgotten?

‘I hope it’s forgotten.’

Rudy gently pulled Rilisha into his arms and hugged him.

***

[What oh oh oh oh?]

Jumbo jumped up without realizing it.

For a while, the colleague who conveyed the master’s magic didn’t come.

I used to come and go every day, but I wondered why it didn’t come for a few days.

But I wondered if it was because I was slow.

Even Jumbo wants to be slow sometimes. Everyone is like that. Although not a dragon.

But it turns out that in the meantime, the master has a little master.

Jumbo wiggled his nose here and there and walked back and forth.

[What can I do? what to do They say it looks like it! it came into being A baby was born!]

It’s really difficult to have a baby born while you’re not there. Jumbo hurriedly shouted in surprise.

[Dragon, dragon! i have to go What if the baby is sick? Jumbo has to go and protect it!]

I definitely thought the dragon would stop it again. Because the dragon won’t let Jumbo do anything.

But surprisingly, the dragon didn’t say anything.

Alright, don’t miss this chance and let’s go quickly. let’s go to the master

[Dragon, I’ll be back, so the dragon guards this place. Understand?]

[wait.]

The wait finally came out. I knew the dragon would say that. but don’t wait i will never go If you continue to say no, I will definitely go, even if it means fighting.

Jumbo made a fist through his nose, as humans do when fighting. It rounds the tip of its nose and prepares to strike the dragon.

But what the dragon said was different from what he thought.

[I should leave this to the other children, and if I make a mistake, I’ll have to come back.]

[huh? Can’t a dragon do it?]

[I will go too.]

[huh? Why is the dragon?]

[…]

[Is the dragon going to protect the baby too?]

[…No, I’m trying to keep you from doing anything wrong.]

[ha.]

Jumbo let out a long sigh. Even the idiot himself knows this. The dragon…

[Dragon, don’t lie!]

[…]

[If you want to see the owner, you can say that you want to see it.]

[…Jumbo, you’re such an idiot.]

[Don’t call me stupid!]

Angry, I lifted my nose vigorously and saw that the tip had curled up. I was clenching my fist. That’s right, I was on my way to protect the baby right now.

As soon as he rolled his feet in a hurry, the dragon hurriedly asked the little children who came to convey magic to protect the fleet and people.

A ship floating on the sea may encounter bad guys called pirates. Even Jumbo knew that much. Of course, I had to ask the master’s subordinates not to be in danger. yeah i know you knew I was just in a bit of a hurry.

The dragon saw Jumbo.

[let’s go.]

[…]

weird. For some reason, he thought that the dragon’s eyes were the same as his own. Maybe the dragon is going to protect the baby, not the master.

[It doesn’t matter!]

Jumbo screamed loudly and fluttered up the sky. The important thing is that Jumbo is going to the baby now. baby, wait Don’t put yourself in danger until Jumbo goes!

When he arrived at the imperial palace where his master was, Jumbo was a little taken aback. The master has two magical powers. Big mana and little mana.

[Me, where do I start?]

The owner is also important. Since I haven’t seen you in a while, I want to see the owner. But protecting the baby was also very important.

A long time ago, the master asked Jumbo for a favor. Even if you’re not confident, ask him to always watch over the baby.

Of course, at that time the baby was already as big as the owner, but the owner was worried even when the baby was that big. That’s why you always have to protect your baby….

[Dragon! Where should I go? Is it the master, or is it the master’s order?]

I looked around and asked, but the dragon wasn’t there.

[…]

When I traced the dragon’s magic power, the mean guy was next to the little magic power. What is it, the dragon came to protect the baby, right?

[I’m going to see my baby too!]

Jumbo shouted loudly and headed for the room where the baby was.

***

It’s been noisy outside since before. For some reason, Jumbo, who should be far away from the sea, was flying round and round outside, sometimes shaking his nose and shouting.

‘Well, I must have heard the news.’

Rudy headed to the room where the baby was sleeping.

The room where the prince stays is a short walk from the empress’s room.

Rudy wanted to choose a place as close to Lilitha’s room as possible, but the chief chamberlain made an effort to decide on a room that was at least as large and decorated as the size of the crown prince’s stay.

There is a point in that statement.

The room where the prince stays should have a space for the exclusive maids, nannies, and attendants to wait.

Not all rooms are of that type, so when I tried to choose such a space, the candidate sites were only somewhat distant.

Lilitha wanted to give her one of the rooms dedicated to the empress, but she couldn’t.

After the room was decided, the chief chamberlain kept preparing by changing the arrangement of the furniture and adding new things until right before the baby was born.

When Rudy arrived at the room, the attendant quietly opened the door.

Unexpectedly, there was a dragon standing there with its body half transparent. The large body leaned forward, peering into the baby’s face.

Baroness Seren stood next to Julien, staring at the dragon without blinking. If the dragon did anything, he held out his arm a little, as if he was thinking of holding the baby.

You should already know that dragons are not dangerous. You must have seen me come to this imperial palace many times.

Still wary, probably because Rudy had previously lost consciousness right after meeting a dragon.

As Rudy entered, the baroness quietly lowered herself, still wary of the dragon.

said the dragon, still looking at the baby.

[I want you to tell this human woman that it’s okay. It’s different from when I first met you. This baby who received my yeouiju in the womb is absolutely not in danger because of me. That woman keeps threatening me from earlier, so it’s a little annoying.]

hahahaha, this

Rudy looked at the baroness with a wry smile.

“It’s not dangerous, so it’s okay to back off a bit. You must have heard from Lilitha that this dragon helped the empress give birth, right?”

“…I’m sorry. I was rude.”

The baroness was still wary, but quietly took a few steps back. However, his eyes were still on the dragon.

“I want you to be careful. The crown prince is very weak since he was just born. There is a risk of injury if you accidentally touch him.”

The baroness asked towards the dragon.

[Know. We know how fragile the human body is. The owner, who is full of magical power, has also gone.]

The dragon was just looking at the baby, but for some reason it seemed like it was crying with its whole body.

After looking at the baby for a moment, the dragon turned around. Seeing Rudy, he lowered his body and fell to the ground like a kneeling knight.

[I don’t know if I was a little angry. I think I was angry with the owner who left me helplessly. Why didn’t you live longer? Why did you live for such a short time? But I couldn’t be as honest as Jumbo.]

The dragon bowed its head deeply.

[Sorry, Master. Forgive me.]

“Forgive me, I wasn’t even angry. It’s okay.”

When Rudy said, the dragon blinked and seemed to smile a little.

Then a small sound was heard from the window.

As I turned my head to look at it, the curtains swayed and my long nose peeked in.

Stuttering, the nose moves as if looking for a baby.

Then, after a while, round eyes suddenly appeared through the curtains.

[master! I’m here to protect the baby too! master! I want to go in! Please open the door.]

no, you don’t

Rudy laughed as he watched Jumbo’s nose stretch toward the baby.

Boo deuk poo deuk, the window sill made a small sound as if it couldn’t beat Jumbo’s head.