The Villainess Lives Twice - Chapter 310

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2. Spring Breeze (4)

“Daddy, Daddy!”

Leticia shouted as she clung to Cedric’s leg. Cedric lifted his leg up.

“Kyahahaha! Whoooosh!”

As her body floated in the air, Leticia cried out excitedly. Cedric smiled and picked her up.

“Daddy, again! Me again!”

“No, if we get caught, Daddy will get in trouble.”

“I want to fly!”

Unable to refuse, Cedric lightly tossed Leticia into the air. Leticia giggled with delight.

“Your Majesty.”

Lady Kishower, who had hurriedly followed Leticia out, spoke in a reproachful voice.

“You mustn’t keep teaching her such dangerous games.”

“I’ll be careful.”

Cedric reluctantly replied.

The attendants, who couldn’t dare tell the Emperor no and could only watch, bowed their heads apologetically for no reason.

“Mommy is too strict. So are the other people.”

Mielle said. Cedric spoke to Leticia with a smile on his face.

“See, Daddy got scolded.”

“Hmph.”

Leticia wrapped her arms around Cedric’s neck and made a whining sound. Her tickling breath touched his cheek. Cedric smiled without realizing it.

The baby who he couldn’t tell whether she had any weight or not was now quite heavy. Thinking about it, he wondered how many more days he could toss her like this when she begged.

Perhaps because he wasn’t raising her every day, Cedric always felt sorry toward Leticia. He tried to make time to be with her as much as possible, but there was too much to do.

As a result, it was quite difficult to be stern when Leticia whined.

“What did you play today?”

“Aunt came.”

“Aunt Charlotte?”

“Yeah. She talked with Mommy and left. She didn’t read me a picture book.”

“Daddy will read to you.”

“Mommy said she’d read to me in the evening. Will Daddy read with me too?”

“Yes.”

Cedric answered with a chuckle. Leticia chattered on.

“But Sister Fi didn’t come today.”

“Do you miss Fiona?”

“Yeah. Sister Fi is pretty.”

Leticia said with her cheeks flushed red.

From an objective perspective, Fiona wasn’t particularly beautiful. Though she tried to be nice to Leticia, she wasn’t particularly good at taking care of her.

But from a baby’s perspective, there seemed to be no woman prettier than a marriageable-age sister who dressed up glamorously.

“Shall I ask if you can visit next time?”

“Yeah!”

The baby, for whom going outside the Empress’s Palace was the most exciting thing in the world, giggled and rubbed her cheek against Cedric.

Her cheerful personality from when she was little hadn’t gone anywhere, so even now Leticia lived with a smile on her lips. As if drawn by that smile, laughter spread among the attendants as well.

“Daddy, then today, can I go to the Rosan house?”

“What do you want to do there?”

“There’s a doggy. Woof woof! Woof woof!”

Leticia waved her arms and barked several times. Then she spoke to Cedric with a sulky face.

“I told Daddy last time!”

“Sorry.”

Since he really couldn’t remember, Cedric apologized cleanly.

Mielle explained.

“The gardener’s dog had puppies 4 weeks ago. She’s been making a fuss about wanting to see them…”

“Come to think of it, you went last week. Daddy thought you went to see Marcus.”

“I’ll see Mark too.”

Leticia quickly hid what she had momentarily forgotten. She puffed out her chest proudly, but the adults could see everything.

Cedric smiled.

It couldn’t be helped. At her age, rolling around with puppies would be much more memorable than sitting beside an old man.

“Today, huh. I wonder if we can go today?”

Cedric asked while looking at Lady Kishower.

Though he was her father, the primary caregiver was Lady Kishower, the nanny. Lady Kishower nodded.

“Of course. It’s the Rosan Estate after all.”

“There’s nothing else to do this afternoon?”

“The Princess’s job is to spend her days happily.”

Lady Kishower said with a gentle expression.

“Then, to give you and Miss Mielle a break for once, I’ll take her and come back.”

“It’s fine if we accompany you.”

“Miss Mielle also needs to rest thoroughly sometimes. Right?”

Cedric asked while holding and shaking Leticia’s hand. Leticia cheerfully answered without knowing exactly what it meant.

“Yeah!”

“Then let’s ask Mommy and go together.”

Cedric lifted and held Leticia. Leticia said.

“Mommy is sleeping.”

“You should say ‘resting.'”

“Resting.”

Cedric patted Leticia’s head, saying she did well.

“Where?”

“Um.”

Leticia turned her neck with all her might to look back at Mielle. Mielle answered for her.

“Her Highness is on the South Terrace.”

“I see. Now go back and rest.”

“Yes. We’ll withdraw, Your Majesty.”

Lady Kishower spoke first and bowed. Mielle also bowed afterward.

Cedric headed to the South Terrace while holding Leticia. Only a few guard knights followed behind.

Since this was precious family time that was hard to come by, it would be better not to interfere. Though it was worrying to leave it just to the young couple.

But since Leticia was such a precious child, they trembled around her as if she might blow away in the wind, but parents were supposed to get used to it as they raised their child.

Mielle gently linked arms with Lady Kishower.

“Then Mom, shall we go on a date too?”

“Now?”

“Don’t you want to? I was thinking of going to Mason Atelier.”

“Mason Atelier? Isn’t that a place that sells men’s clothes?”

“Hazel says they make hats really well. I wanted to buy one for Daddy.”

“Oh my.”

Lady Kishower looked at Mielle with surprised eyes. Mielle’s face reddened slightly.

“Why? What’s wrong with me buying Daddy a hat?”

“Since when have you been so thoughtful about such things?”

“Last time when Daddy came with Uncle, Daddy looked so…”

Lady Kishower laughed.

“You need to understand that. Your father is someone who lived his whole life wearing only uniforms.”

“Still, he looked awkward without even a hat.”

Mielle said.

“I’ve saved up a lot of money, Mom.”

“But are there only gifts from daddy?”

“There are mommy’s gifts too. What they are is still a secret.”

Mielle smiled sweetly.

Lady Kishwar smiled along but looked at that face with strange feelings.

It was Artizea who saved Mielle’s life. Repaying that debt was only natural.

Mielle risking her life out of love for Leticia was also something she did of her own accord.

But she couldn’t help feeling some resentment. Though she dared not speak it aloud, she had thought it wrong to place such a frail child in that position.

Even with caring for the baby, though Mielle wanted it herself, she had expected her to do little more than play peek-a-boo.

So when she was invited to be Leticia’s nanny, she entered the palace planning to help Mielle directly by her side. She intended not to help her daughter care for the baby, but to look after both her daughter and the baby together.

But Mielle had become surprisingly mature.

Her body moved well as her heart was joyful compared to when she just sat on her bed dreaming, and her will had grown stronger as she gained a sense of responsibility.

The Kishower couple were counting each day of the ten years. Mielle didn’t know this fact.

But she was making all her remaining days meaningful together with the growing child.

In front of the south terrace, Cedric set Leticia down for now.

“Waah…”

He held up his index finger in front of Leticia’s lips as she was about to shout. Leticia quickly covered her mouth with both hands.

“We mustn’t wake mommy.”

Leticia spoke in a whisper-like voice. Cedric nodded. Leticia spoke again.

“Only daddy is allowed to wake mommy.”

“Our Tia is so smart.”

Leticia nodded her head.

This was both to avoid disturbing Artizea’s rest, and out of concern that the baby might have an experience she shouldn’t have.

Cedric stroked Leticia’s head once and said quietly.

“Daddy will go wake mommy, so will you go play over there?”

“Yes.”

As if whispering was some fun game, Leticia whispered back and ran like lightning toward the sandbox.

Artizea was half-lying on the sofa in front of the terrace, fast asleep. Alice, worried that sunlight might reach her eyes, had hung a thin shawl over the sofa like an awning.

Cedric gestured to Alice not to say anything either. Alice quietly stood up, bowed politely to him, and went toward Leticia.

Cedric quietly watched over Artizea. Only after confirming her chest rising and falling with each breath did his heart ease a little.

The large south terrace wasn’t built only for Leticia. He had done it hoping that frequent sunbathing might help her feel better, that making it easier to go outside might get her to walk even a little more.

There were no visible effects. Artizea was still frail and tired easily.

Still, her sleeping face was peaceful as if she had forgotten all the world’s troubles.

He didn’t know when or how she would leave.

If her body became ill first, weakened, then she lay on a sickbed before departing, that would be rather fortunate. They would be able to arrange her affairs and say final farewells.

But there was no guarantee it would be that way.

“If I fall asleep and just leave like that, there would be nothing better.”

Artizea had said that with a calm face.

However, he worried that Leticia might face that final moment when she fell asleep and left just like that.

So he made it so no one could wake Artizea when she slept. Getting proper rest was important too.

And above all, if she were to leave, Cedric himself should be the first to know that fact.

“Tia.”

He called Artizea in a low voice.

There was no answer. Cedric reached out and lightly touched her cheek.

Her body was warm, and her breathing was quiet. He leaned his head down deeper and pressed his lips to her cheek.

“Mmm.”

Artizea made a small sound and stirred.

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