If I Were Reborn, I Wouldn’t Marry You - Chapter 6

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Chapter 7

“I’m going to sleep, so no one is allowed to come in!”

I made excuses to the nanny and maids that I would be taking an afternoon nap.

I didn’t forget to stuff pillows under the blanket as a disguise in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

“Since it’s my first time, I’ll just say hello and come back, right?”

Fortunately, the Duke’s Residence was relatively close to the Imperial Palace, so if I did well, I could go and come back without being caught.

I hurriedly packed the items I would give to Leonhardt into my rabbit-shaped bag.

When I shouldered the bulging rabbit bag, my already small height felt even shorter.

“It’s too heavy.”

A six-year-old’s physical strength was terrible.

But my soul’s mental strength was that of an adult.

“But rabbit-like Leonhardt is waiting at the Imperial Palace.”

I widened my eyes and took a step forward.

Taking the first step was difficult, but I gradually adapted to the weight.

“Ha, I’ll be late at this rate!”

After checking the clock, I even started running, albeit slowly.

“He’s not here yet, right?”

Having successfully reached the stables without being caught by anyone, I looked around.

Neither Hans the coachman nor Lester were visible.

I first threw my rabbit bag up into the carriage.

Then I ran from a few steps back and jumped up onto the carriage’s footboard, which was quite high for my height.

“Phew, success.”

What came next was a bit easier.

Having successfully crossed the carriage threshold and entered inside, I first picked up the rabbit bag.

Then I looked left and right before approaching the seat near the coachman’s area.

‘Lester usually sits over there.’

My target was the hidden space beneath the carriage seats.

It was a storage space for items needed during long-distance travel, and it was large enough to fit a six-year-old child and a bag.

I struggled to open the latch that was secured to prevent it from opening due to the carriage’s movement.

It took quite a while because of my still underdeveloped fine motor skills.

“Huh, why won’t this open?”

I was wiggling my slightly tingling fingertips from exerting so much force when I heard someone approaching.

“Why does it have to be me when my older brother is around!”

It was Lester.

Suddenly, superhuman abilities were unleashed.

The latch that wouldn’t budge no matter how many times I tried came undone in an instant.

“Ah, got it!”

I cheered quietly and first threw in the rabbit bag.

Then I crawled into the space under the carriage seat and closed the door with all my might.

Fortunately, the hinges were well-oiled, so it didn’t make much noise.

I was twisting my body slightly to find a more comfortable position when I heard Lester getting into the carriage.

The timing was so close that I would have been caught if I had been even a little later.

Thump! Thump!

Perhaps because I was close to the carriage floor, the sound of the sulking Lester’s forceful steps was particularly loud.

Startled for a moment, I widened my eyes and covered my mouth with both hands.

Fortunately, Lester’s sulking didn’t last long.

After sitting across from the seat where I was hiding, it became quiet.

‘Well, he’s probably sitting there sulkily glaring out the window.’

After Hans’s voice was heard, the carriage slowly began to depart.

Belatedly, I could smell wood and stale dust.

And the vibration from the floor surface too.

Clatter clatter.

In an environment that seemed likely to make me motion sick, I reached out and grasped one of the rabbit bag’s ears.

‘What trouble I’m going through because of you.’

After kneading the rabbit bag’s ear instead of Leonhardt hundreds of times, we had arrived at the Imperial Palace before I knew it.

“It’s my pleasure to meet you, Young Master Roderick. I am Andrew Lombran, the head chamberlain of the Crown Prince’s Palace.”

As if someone had come out to greet us, I heard a middle-aged man’s quiet greeting.

“Nice to meet you.”

Lester’s voice followed.

“I’ll guide you.”

The Crown Prince’s head chamberlain seemed to notice that Lester wasn’t in a very good mood, so he quietly began guiding without saying much.

After quiet footsteps that could only be heard by straining my ears, I heard Lester’s whisper.

“I’ll be out soon, so don’t go far and wait nearby.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

After Hans’s reply, I heard Lester’s footsteps.

“Now’s the time.”

I rolled out from under the carriage seat.

After shouldering the rabbit bag whose ear padding had deflated to match the shape of my hand, I carefully opened the carriage door.

This was the timing I had been aiming for – when Lester had followed the chamberlain, before Hans headed to the Imperial Stables, when the carriage was stopped and no one was around.

I first threw the rabbit bag down below this time too.

Then I clenched both fists, gathered my courage, and jumped down from the carriage.

A child’s body was light and surprisingly agile.

After landing relatively lightly, I succeeded in retrieving the rabbit bag and hiding my body between the shrub hedges.

After Hans’s carriage had moved sufficiently far away, I ran with all my might toward the Separate Palace where Leonhardt would be.

After arriving at the Separate Palace using the secret passage of the Imperial Palace that I had learned about when living as empress, I carefully examined the Separate Palace’s exterior first.

“It’s better than last time.”

All the moss that had been growing on the shadowed walls had been removed, and the areas where the paint had faded had been repainted cleanly.

“Still, the inside is more important than the outside.”

I gave it a passing grade for now and headed inside the Separate Palace.

I still couldn’t see any high-ranking servants or attendants who served direct imperial family members.

‘They’re probably holed up somewhere slacking off.’

Thanks to that, I was able to make up my mind to come though.

“At least they did clean.”

When I came last time, dust bunnies were rolling around in the corridors.

It was a scene that would make the nanny think it was an abandoned building.

But this time, there was no visible dust.

I headed to Leonhardt’s room while inspecting the cleaning condition with eagle eyes like a picky mistress.

“Why is his room on the second floor again.”

The flat ground was manageable, but climbing stairs while carrying the rabbit bag was quite exhausting.

While climbing three or four steps and resting for 10 seconds each time until I reached Leonhardt’s room, I didn’t encounter anyone as expected.

I stood in front of Leonhardt’s bedroom door and knocked lightly.

It was quiet inside, as if he was taking a nap.

Afternoon naps are important for babies though.

Since I don’t know when I’ll be able to come again, let’s wake up for today.

“It’s me, Miela. Leonhardt!”

I knocked once more and called for Leonhardt.

After a moment, the bedroom door opened.

He really must have been sleeping as I expected.

Leonhardt, with his hair all messy from sleep, peeked his face through the door crack.

“Miela?”

He called out to me with sleepy eyes, as if he hadn’t fully woken up yet.

“Yeah, hello? Have you been well?”

As I greeted him while pressing down his soft-looking hair with my hand, Leonhardt poked my forearm with his tiny index finger.

“Is it really you?”

“Well, is there a fake Miela too?”

I chuckled and pressed down on Leonhardt’s crown a bit more.

No matter how naturally strong Leonhardt was, the two-year age difference was significant at this age.

Leonhardt’s neck shrank like a turtle’s.

I giggled at the sight and then asked.

“Can I come in?”

Even though the maids at the Separate Palace had no interest in Leonhardt, I couldn’t keep standing in the hallway like this.

Leonhardt belatedly looked around and opened the bedroom door wide.

I adjusted my rabbit bag once more and entered the room.

“Give me that.”

Leonhardt, who had followed me in, noticed that the rabbit bag I was carrying was quite heavy and extended his hand.

It was a very gentlemanly gesture, but the problem was that he was four years old.

“It’s fine, I’ll carry it myself.”

I couldn’t ask a child who was the same size as the rabbit bag to carry it.

I bravely carried the bag and set it down on the carpet in the middle of the bedroom.

Leonhardt approached me with his much shorter legs, taking what he considered big strides.

“I told you to give it here.”

His voice was childish, but his tone was exactly the same as when he was an adult.

If this were before my regression, I would have been disgusted by what I’d call his unnecessarily authoritative voice, but given the situation, it was just funny.

“You can’t lift it, can you?”

I understood the disconnect between mind and body better than Leonhardt did.

Though this was my first regression, I was making very good use of living a child’s life with an adult’s mind.

So I teased Leonhardt provocatively.

Leonhardt tried to lift the rabbit bag as if it were nothing.

But as expected, he failed.

“See?”

When I teased him, Leonhardt pressed his lips together in dissatisfaction.

His cheeks, still chubby with baby fat, puffed up.

Laughter burst out of me.

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