The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 128

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【128】
For several days following that, I found myself extraordinarily busy.
Thanks to Diolrose, attaching small dolls to the ends of fans had rapidly become fashionable.
Teddy had to retrieve every single doll he possessed, and naturally, that meant he soon ran out of shoes to decorate.
‘Oh no, I’ll figure something out somehow…!’
Though he tugged at his hair in distress, Teddy appeared genuinely happy.
‘I never dreamed my dolls would become fashionable. Thank you for giving me such a day.’
‘No, you’re my uncle now. Stop using formal speech with me!’
‘Then Supertido will call you Teddy instead of uncle.’
And so we agreed to speak casually with one another and use our names.
It was a bit odd, certainly… but as long as we were comfortable with it, what did it matter?
In any case, with multiple shoe orders pouring in, Trendy became equally frantic with work.
Without additional staff, we were desperately short-handed.
So why was I so busy, you ask?
Well, naturally, because I was handling sales…
“Wasn’t that just the Superti Fasayen a moment ago?”
“Oh no, catch her!”
Thud, thud, thud!
I quickly escaped into the Garden to evade the people chasing me.
‘No, I’m telling you, we’re out of dolls.’
With a dejected expression, I glanced about nervously, and when I heard approaching footsteps, I had no choice but to throw myself into the bushes.
“Huff, huff. I could have sworn she was here?”
“That doll helps you find your Companion, doesn’t it?”
“Exactly. Cecilia Fasayen suddenly found her Companion, didn’t she? It’s a credible story.”
Who on earth spread such a lie!
And in a magazine, no less!
So here’s what happened—
The culprit was Mug, a romance magazine that covered High Society gossip.
They’d published an exclusive story about Cecilia finding a Companion, but somehow they’d discovered it was I who’d brought them together and added that detail.
Superti Fasayen (9), niece of Cecilia Fasayen (40), seems to have recently taken a liking to business, as befits a young noblewoman.
Launching one’s own brand from childhood is a particularly recommended hobby for those of the Ducal Houses.
Superti Fasayen’s new shoe brand ‘Jelititi’ sells convenient sneakers with small dolls attached.
Remarkably, these dolls appear to have the effect of helping one find their Companion.
Here’s why.
The creator of these dolls is Teddy (32), the Companion of Cecilia Fasayen (40).
Superti Fasayen (9) desperately searched for an artisan to launch Jelititi, and she happened to meet Teddy (32) on the street!
A bridge of love.
A precious Cupid!
Thanks to Superti Fasayen (9), two people who could never have met in their lifetime finally came together.
Brought together by a doll-like child who needed dolls—surely this is no different from saying the dolls themselves wove their fate?
On top of that, these miniature dolls are absolutely adorable.
They’re the perfect size to place at your bedside and sleep comfortably.
Perhaps if you purchase one of these lucky dolls, you might meet your destined soulmate?
Hehehehe….
When Angela brought me the magazine to show me, I couldn’t believe how absurd it was.
Whoever wrote this is completely arbitrary. And there’s barely a shred of logic to it!
The problem was that there were actually people who believed it.
The dolls are sold out now!
That’s why they’re looking for me.
They’re trying to ask me—no, bribe me—to get the dolls first.
‘Are they gone…?’
I peeked my head out cautiously, then sighed and slipped away, brushing the wrinkles from my skirt.
That’s when a voice suddenly came from above my head.
“Hiding won’t help. Even if the shortage is resolved and stock becomes available, they’ll come looking for you again.”
“What? Why?”
“Because they need to receive it directly from you and attach it to their fan’s end so they can perfectly mimic Princess Diorose Bellarian.”
It was Maximilian.
Maximilian, who had been sitting on a tree branch, leaped down with feline grace and stood beside me.
“If you were going to use the most radiant jewel in High Society, you should have thought of all these consequences.”
“…I never intended to use anyone?”
“True, what could you possibly do? You’re too naive. The Princess must have had her own schemes and helped you.”
Poke.
Maximilian jabbed my forehead with his index finger.
“Ow!”
It hurt, so I covered my forehead with both hands and glared at him.
I don’t understand why my relationship with Maximilian is so bad when I get along fine with the other children.
“Oh my, isn’t that Princess Superti and the Crown Prince over there?”
That’s when it happened.
The people I thought had left spotted us from the far side of the garden and their eyes lit up.
“Tsk.”
Immediately, Maximilian clicked his tongue, hooked his arm around my waist, and pushed off the tree to climb upward.
“Eek! You… you… you cat!”
“What? Cat? And here I thought I saved you.”
“You startled me!”
The trees that grew in the Imperial Palace had deep roots and had grown tremendously tall over the years.
Maximilian, who had reached the very top in an instant, smirked and set me down on a branch.
“Were you scared?”
“I wasn’t?”
“You were scared.”
Mother, he’s so annoying!
I was grinding my teeth when Maximilian’s next words made me look up.
“Stop glaring and look over there.”
“Look at what… huh?”
Beautiful.
From this height, I could see not just the Garden but the entire Imperial Palace spread below me.
The red tiles sparkled like rubies as they absorbed the sun’s heat, and I could see people moving about inside the palace walls.
“This is my favorite spot, so I’m generously showing it to you.”
“You know, Crown Prince. I think you need to change that arrogant attitude of yours. Otherwise, nobody will be your friend.”
Had Maximilian just happened to be here?
That couldn’t be.
Maximilian had been steadily following me around.
At this point, I became a little more serious too.
“You need a friend, don’t you? A real friend. Someone you can trust, someone you can share your heart with.”
“….”
I have a large family. And family is trustworthy!
But Maximilian didn’t seem to be the same.
“You look lonely. Very lonely?”
I asked without looking directly at Maximilian.
Swinging my legs back and forth.
Maximilian, standing on a different branch, remained silent for a long while before finally responding in a suppressed voice.
“I don’t just need a friend to laugh and chat with.”
“Then what?”
“But I do need someone I can trust, someone who can help me. If things stay as they are, I’ll lose my position.”
“I don’t know much about politics.”
Since coming to the Capital, I’d been absorbing a lot of information through what I saw and heard.
Unlike Fasayen, this place was noisy every day.
Whether I wanted to hear it or not, I had to listen; whether I wanted to see it or not, it was visible.
Still, I knew nothing about the Imperial Family.
Just that the Emperor was incredibly pleased when I made a contract with the Flame Spirit King.
“Hey, the Former Emperor isn’t trying to marry you and me off, is he?”
“What?!”
I, who had been pretending to be serious, nearly fell right off the branch at this genuinely serious matter.
“What are you talking about?”
“You made a contract with the Flame Spirit King. Right in front of the Former Emperor. So he’s trying to connect you and me. I don’t know what your adults were thinking, but….”
“…I hate it!!”
I let out a shriek without thinking.
I hate it! I hate it! I hate it!!
I won’t accept anyone unless they’re a handsome man who’ll go down in history!
At that, Maximilian’s face crumpled too.
“Who wants to marry you? I don’t want to marry you either, you know? Unless we were… friends.”
“What do we do?”
As my face crumpled with distress, Rasifer came to mind.
I had to tell Rasifer about this…!
“Anyway, the reason the Former Emperor is trying to entangle me with Fasayen is because my position is unstable. That’s because of the First Prince. The First Prince is the New Empress’s child, and he’s my older brother.”
“I see.”
“The Former Emperor is greedy. If he was truly worried about me, he wouldn’t have elevated that woman to Empress. He wouldn’t have given the First Prince his position either. But after doing everything he wanted, now he’s telling me to figure out how to become Emperor on my own.”
What kind of logic was that?
Unable to make sense of it, I tilted my head.
What I understood from this was that Maximilian needed a powerful household to help him become Emperor.
The easiest means was a political marriage.
“I won’t marry you.”
This time, I looked directly at Maximilian’s face and refused without hesitation.
Perhaps there had been a glimmer of hope, for a faint disappointment flickered across his feline features.
“I already have someone I want to marry!”
This much had to be clear.

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