Bibliophile Princess: Volume 1 by Yui

Bibliophile Princess: Volume 1 by Yui

Author:Yui [YUI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2020-03-17T00:00:00+00:00


Arc 3: Her and Her Prince’s Treasure

Chapter 1: Roma Market

“...And the two lived happily ever after.” The woman’s soft voice was punctuated by a thump as she folded the book shut.

A child, who had been gazing down at the woman’s hands, their eyes alight, now peered up. “Mother. Does the ‘ever after’ part mean ‘forever’? No more sad things are going to happen to the princess or prince anymore?”

She smiled gently and cupped her hands warmly over the child’s cheeks. “That’s right. They may experience sadness and pain, but still the two will live together happily, forever.”

“How?”

“They are able to overcome difficult times by being together,” the mother said.

The child’s bottom lip protruded in a pout as if they didn’t understand. “But the prince didn’t come to the princess’s rescue. And the princess didn’t try to run away. The ones who saved her were the animals and the wizard.”

“True,” came a reply accompanied by warm laughter, as if humoring the child’s unyielding spirit. The mother’s smile grew wider as she asked, “In that case, if you were this princess’s prince, would you go to her no matter what stood in your path? And would the captured princess try to break out of her prison?”

The child responded with a resounding, “Yes!”

Hearing their answer, the mother broadened her smile even more. “Then I’ll teach you a secret spell.”

“A secret spell?” The child’s eyes twinkled.

The mother pressed a conspiratorial finger to her mouth to hush the child. “It’s a spell I’ve been saving since your father shared it with me before. If you use it, both the prince and the princess will be able to live happily ever after.”

“Tell me, Mother!” the child pleaded.

Gently, the mother advised, “But this spell will only work on someone who is really special to you. So you mustn’t use it until you find that person.”

“Yes, I understand,” said the child innocently.

With a genuine smile on her face, the woman shared the secret spell. Both the visible curl of her lips and the special words she shared would linger in the child’s heart. For there was one thing the child did not yet know: this would be the last conversation they would have with their kind mother. A last, irreplaceable moment. The tenderness of her expression and gaze, the warmth of her hand, and the sweet time they spent together would forever be imprinted in the child’s memory.

~.~.~.~

The sight of colorful tents and unfamiliar figures bustling to and fro spread out before me beneath the azure sky. I heard foreign languages mixed in with the trickle of conversation. I saw men and women with dark brown skin, unusual for Sauslind, clad in risqué outfits—or so they looked beneath all-encompassing cloaks with pulled hoods, allowing only the person’s eyes to peek out. It made for a rather suspicious style of dress. The children were just the same as they were anywhere else, however, and a rhythmical song in the background weaved through all the hubbub to reach my ears. Even the smells that drifted in through my nose carried exotic notes from a foreign land.



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