The Five-Year-Old Baby Princess Rules the Palace - Chapter 61

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#61. Just the Right Person Has Appeared

Gwangjo, who had let out an angry roar, was flying toward them from the direction of the kitchen where Eunhye’s group had stopped by earlier.

[Eunhye! Get away from that strange fellow!]

In just one day of not seeing her, some man dressed in Ikwisa uniform was sticking close to Eunhye. Moreover, he was someone wrapped in a strange aura from head to toe.

[What exactly is your identity, you bastard!]

Gwangjo stood tall in front of Park Jeong-bin with such fierce momentum that he would have stabbed him immediately if he had a sword.

However, Eunhye was looking at Park Jeong-bin with surprised eyes as he stood frozen with his eyes wide open.

Could Uncle really see Queen Dowager Gwangjo?

Eunhye unconsciously placed her small hand on the shoulder of Park Jeong-bin, who was staring at Gwangjo standing beside her with eyes that seemed ready to tear.

Then Gwangjo, even more surprised by that sight, bristled his beard and shouted even louder.

[You bastard! Have you bewitched our child with your strange aura! Get away from her immediately!]

Strange aura? Uncle?

Surprised by Gwangjo’s words, Eunhye removed her hand from Park Jeong-bin’s shoulder and swallowed her dry saliva. But he seemed unable to hear Gwangjo’s words and was just standing there dazed with surprised eyes.

Eunhye spoke in a cautious voice toward Park Jeong-bin, who was sitting with one leg folded in front of her.

“Uncle, please come to your senses.”

Then Gwangjo, who was as surprised as Park Jeong-bin, slightly withdrew his fierce aura and turned his head toward Eunhye.

[Uncle? Did you really call this tiger-nosed fellow uncle?]

Nod nod.

Eunhye glanced at Lady Park and the Hyesin Palace servants who had stepped back and only nodded her head.

[How strange. How can such a fellow be our child’s relative? Truly strange indeed…]

Gwangjo furrowed his brow deeply and scowled as he looked around Park Jeong-bin and tilted his head.

Meanwhile, Park Jeong-bin had a pale face and was only rolling his eyes here and there, following Gwangjo who was circling around him.

Eunhye, who had been watching the strange behavior of the two, leaned toward Park Jeong-bin and whispered as if asking.

“Uncle, can you perhaps also see Queen Dowager Gwangjo?”

“Ahhh!”

How surprised he must have been by Eunhye’s voice whispering secretly in his ear, Park Jeong-bin jumped while sitting and tumbled backward.

“Oh my, Instructor Park!”

Lady Park, startled by the sight of Park Jeong-bin suddenly rolling on the ground, screamed, and the servants who had been bowing behind also began murmuring with surprised faces.

Eunhye frowned slightly at that sight and shook her head, speaking in a rather dignified voice.

“I have urgent matters to discuss with my uncle, so everyone step back more than ten paces.”

“Yes, Princess Eunhye.”

At the command given by the young mistress, Lady Park and the servants bowed and stepped back ten paces before turning around.

Park Jeong-bin, who had fallen backward, finally got up and shook his head as if trying to regain his senses, then quickly clasped his hands together and bowed his head toward Eunhye.

After confirming the servants standing with their backs turned in the distance, Eunhye looked up at Park Jeong-bin, who seemed terrified.

“Uncle, please tell me honestly. Can you also see spirits like I can?”

Park Jeong-bin’s Adam’s apple moved greatly from bottom to top.

“Princess Eunhye, is the spirit beside you truly King Gwangjo?”

Just as Eunhye was about to answer Park Jeong-bin’s question, Gwangjo’s voice came through, chuckling as if amazed.

[Hehe… This fellow, I said his aura was strange, and he turns out to be a half-breed!]

Half-breed? What’s that?

Eunhye’s eyes widened at Gwangjo’s words as she looked at Park Jeong-bin with round eyes.

Then she turned to the side and asked Gwangjo.

“Queen Dowager, what do you mean by half-breed?”

Park Jeong-bin, who had been about to speak to Eunhye, once again widened his eyes and gasped as she suddenly turned to the side and asked the empty air.

Half-breed? Are you speaking about me?

Gwangjo looked at Park Jeong-bin’s pale face and Eunhye’s curious eyes once each, then laughed as if absurd.

[That fellow has half-breed energy like you, child, but cannot directly see spirits or hear their voices.]

Half-breed energy? What’s that?

Eunhye blinked her eyes and tilted her head to one side before looking up at Gwangjo.

“I don’t quite understand what Queen Dowager means.”

Then Gwangjo smiled mischievously and whooshed over to Park Jeong-bin’s side. Park Jeong-bin was startled and took a step backward.

[Hahaha! Did you see that? This fellow you call uncle cannot see my form but can sense my spirit body.]

Ah…!? Uncle?

So he can’t see the ghosts’ forms but can sense them by feeling?

Eunhye, who had been blinking and tilting her head, took a step closer to Park Jeong-bin, who was still pale and half-dazed.

“Is that so, Uncle? Then you must have also felt spirits and been very frightened.”

Pat pat pat.

Small hands as white as rice cake gently patted Park Jeong-bin’s large hands clasped together in front. Moved by that warm comfort, Park Jeong-bin’s throat tightened as he knelt on one knee again and gently held Eunhye’s small hand.

“This inadequate uncle truly did not know that our Princess Eunhye was enduring seeing such things alone. I only thought you were suffering from an illness.”

Then he looked into Eunhye’s clear eyes and smiled warmly.

“If I had known earlier, I would have rushed to your side immediately.”

Eunhye smiled silently at Park Jeong-bin, then shook her head and looked up beside her.

“It’s alright, Uncle. Now Queen Dowager Gwangjo is always with me.”

Eunhye smiled prettily at Gwangjo, who was smiling kindly.

Park Jeong-bin, following Eunhye’s gaze, stood up with a startled face. Then he placed both hands in front of his forehead and prostrated himself on the ground, performing a deep bow.

“Subject Park Jeong-bin, who was performing instructor duties at Yongho-yeong and from today will be in charge of Princess Eunhye’s protection, pays respects to the great King Gwangjo.”

At that sight, Gwangjo frowned one eye and his mouth as if displeased and asked Eunhye.

[What’s this sudden protection? And with such a half-breed at that.]

Eunhye shook her head and sighed.

“I don’t really know either. Yesterday I had a brief argument with Prince Chung-in, and perhaps because of that, Uncle suddenly came as my guard.”

At Eunhye’s voice, which sounded quite wronged, Park Jeong-bin, who had been prostrated on the ground, raised his head with a hurt expression.

“Niece, have you forgotten that this uncle has some martial arts skills? As long as I’m by your side, what happened yesterday will absolutely never happen again.”

Then Gwangjo suddenly whooshed down in front of Park Jeong-bin.

“Huh!”

Park Jeong-bin gasped at the suddenly felt cold energy and bowed his head again, while Gwangjo opened his mouth with an angry face.

[What happened yesterday! While I was briefly away, did that wicked Lady Gyeongbin’s child do some harm!]

“Queen Dowager, didn’t you say Uncle cannot hear your voice?”

Eunhye shook her head as if frustrated.

“Please tell Uncle to get up now, Queen Dowager.”

Park Jeong-bin looked up with surprised eyes at Eunhye, who was casually conversing with King Gwangjo, who appeared to him only as a smoky form.

[Tsk, what an unpleasant greeting. But what can I do? He’s your uncle and your guard as well. Get up already.]

Eunhye glanced disapprovingly at Gwangjo, who strangely didn’t seem to like her uncle, then gently patted Park Jeong-bin’s shoulder again.

“Uncle, please get up now. Queen Dowager says to get up.”

At Eunhye’s words, Park Jeong-bin finally slowly raised his bowed head and stood up, looking at the white smoky mass before him with fearful eyes.

“Subject Park Jeong-bin will serve Princess Eunhye with utmost loyalty!”

[Whether that half-breed divine power of yours will be helpful or not, still, since you have a guard, my heart is somewhat at ease. Do well, very well. Do you understand?]

Eunhye wrinkled her nose slightly at Gwangjo’s sarcasm toward her uncle.

“Uncle, Queen Dowager says his heart is at ease since you are by my side as a guard.”

[Child, when did I say only that? Tell him I’ll be watching from now on, so do well, very well!]

But Eunhye smiled cutely at Gwangjo, and Park Jeong-bin, with both hands clasped below his navel, bowed his head until it touched the ground.

“Your grace is overwhelming! I will serve Princess Eunhye with utmost loyalty!”

[Good grief!]

Eunhye, who had been watching Gwangjo still scowling with displeasure, suddenly raised her small chin as if remembering something.

“But where have you been, Queen Dowager? You said you’d be back soon but weren’t here all day.”

Then Gwangjo turned his displeased gaze from Park Jeong-bin to Eunhye and spoke with a rather serious face.

[Ah, right! I was so distracted by this half-breed fellow that I almost forgot. About that poisonous mushroom called Cheongmyeong Cloud Fungus that was obtained from Miseondo.]

“Ah, yes…! Queen Dowager.”

Eunhye remembered Park Jeong-bin’s earlier warning to absolutely not mention the Cheongmyeong Cloud Fungus.

“What happened?”

[This old man has searched the Palace thoroughly looking for traces of it, but it seems it hasn’t been brought inside the Palace yet. However]

“However? What is the matter?”

Eunhye’s nostrils flared as she looked up at Gwangjo, whose eyes had grown serious.

[Since I know where it is, I need someone to go there. It must be eliminated before it enters the Palace.]

“Ah… Your Majesty the Queen Dowager cannot leave the Palace, can you?”

Then Gwangjo nodded regretfully, and his eyes turned toward Park Jeong-bin, who was looking at Eunhye with puzzled eyes.

[The perfect person was right beside us.]

Eunhye also followed Gwangjo’s gaze to look at her uncle and nodded.

“That is correct. Fortunately, the perfect person was right by my side. Hehe.”

Only Park Jeong-bin, who had no idea what situation this was, rolled his anxious eyes back and forth and gulped down his dry saliva.

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