Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - Light And Shadow>
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112 - The Morning Comes>
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118 - After The Storm
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132 -
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Epilogue 1.3
Chapter 135 - Epilogue 2.1: Traces Of Life
Chapter 136
Chapter 137 - Epilogue 2.3
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141 - Epilogue 4.1: Ever After>
Chapter 142 - Epilogue 4.2
Chapter 143 - Epilogue 4.3
Chapter 144 - Epilogue 5.1>
Chapter 145 - Epilogue 5.2
Chapter 146 - The Most Romantic Weekend>
Chapter 147 - Short Stories 1.2
Chapter 148 -
Chapter 149 -
Chapter 150 -
Chapter 151 -
Chapter 152 -
Chapter 153 -
Chapter 154 - Short Stories 3.1: Unexpected Things Happen>
Chapter 155 - Short Stories 3.2>
Chapter 156 -
Chapter 157 -
Chapter 158 -
Chapter 159 -
Chapter 160 -
Chapter 161 - Short Stories 5.1: The Man Behind The Mask>
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164 -
Chapter 165 -
Chapter 166
Chapter 167 - Short Stories 6.2
Chapter 168 - Short Stories 6.3
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189 (End)
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Fantasy Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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Chapter 188:
Beatrice asked politely, “Your highness, may I draw you holding Lottie right now?”
Bina smiled happily. “Of course. I can’t wait to see the finished product.”
What a smart princess. Lady Lindel and all the maids in the room became expectant.
After the second princess was born, Lucretius gave Beatrice a separate wing he used to occupy as the heir when he was young. This showed that the emperor and the empress had decided that the first princess will become the next ruler of this kingdom.
There were many concerning rumors. The emperor and the empress were still very young, so it seemed irrational to designate the first princess as the next heir at this point. People were concerned whether a female ruler would be able to successfully run a kingdom.
However, those who knew the first princess weren’t worried at all. Princess Beatrice was extremely too mature for her age, and she was incredibly intelligent.
This was why the maids were excited to see how artistically talented the princess might be.
Beatrice studied her mother and her sister intensely and started to sketch.
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“…”
Bina held her second daughter and stayed still for quite a long time for her first princess. Liselotte was very small, but it was still difficult to hold her for a long time. Bina’s arms and back started to become very uncomfortable.
“Beatrice, may I move now?”
A portrait usually took days to finish, so they could begin again later. Beatrice nodded confidently.
“Yes, your highness. I am almost done with the sketching part.”
“Really? You are very fast.”
Bina handed Liselotte, who was asleep, to the nanny and walked towards Beatrice and Lady Lindel to take a look at Beatrice’s work.
“…”
“…”
Both Bina and Lady Lindel became speechless. Bina could understand why Lady Lindel couldn’t say anything because they were probably thinking the same thing. Bina realized that her daughter was born at the wrong time in the wrong world. Beatrice should have been born in the 21st century on earth. If she did, perhaps she could have become famous as an abstract artist.
On the canvas was countless rough lines arranged erratically. Bina smiled awkwardly.
“Y, you’re very good, Beatrice… Is, is this part me?”
Beatrice pouted. “No, that’s the curtain behind you.”
No matter how hard she looked, Bina couldn’t tell between the curtains and herself.
“Umm, I see…”
Bina smiled awkwardly again. This form of painting was familiar to her. She vaguely remembered the drawings she did when she was younger. Bina herself had no artistic talent and she always got horrible grades in art classes at school.
Bina felt sad. ‘… Beatrice sings like her father and draws like me… It’s the worst combination.’
She remembered when Beatrice took a singing lesson recently. The vocal teacher became pale as she listened to the princess sing.
“Hmm…!”
Beatrice continued to sketch with her charcoal angrily. She seemed frustrated, most likely because it wasn’t going as she expected. Lady Lindel, who was standing behind the princess, seemed concerned.
Bina smiled and whispered to her very quietly, “Don’t worry. The princess needs to learn the basics of art no matter what, so please continue with the lessons.”
Lady Lindel sighed in relief. She was thankful for this job and was relieved that she would be able to keep it.
Luckily, music and art lessons were not the most important pieces of training a royal member needed. Studying subjects like language, mathematics, and history was the true priority, and thankfully, Beatrice excelled in all of them.
‘I suppose no one can be perfect.’
Bina patted Beatrice’s head gently. The princess was glaring at her work intensely when her mother said to her, “Don’t worry, Beatrice.”
“Your highness…”
Beatrice was a smart child and rarely failed at anything. She was also a royal princess, which meant she was surrounded by those who complimented and praised her constantly.
Therefore, it seemed normal that Beatrice was very disappointed at her failure. After the recent singing lesson, this was the second time.
Bina thought this was actually a good thing. Nothing was ever certain, but whether Beatrice became the female ruler or another high ranking female figure, the princess would have to live for the kingdom and its people. To do this well, she had to know what failure felt like.
Bina consoled her in a light voice.
“There is no need for you to be perfect at everything. You can order famous artists to paint the portraits and have the professional musicians to perform for you.”
Beatrice was royalty; therefore, she could afford to do all these things. The princess smiled at her mother.
“Yes, your highness!”
For a moment, Beatrice was angry at her failure, but she seemed to feel better after her mother explained things.
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After the art lesson, Bina took her two daughters and headed to Lucretius’ office. It was time to have a little family time. Afterward, Beatrice would go back to her own wing, Liselotte to the nanny, and Bina to her own office to work.
Bina and Lucretius were the busiest couple in the kingdom, but they tried their best to have as much quality family time as possible.
Liselotte reached out from Bina’s arms as she made various baby sounds.
Bina placed her down next to Beatrice. Liselotte flailed her arms and reached for her older sister as she tried to call her.
“S, siiisss!”
The baby’s left hand grabbed Beatrice’s long black hair. Beatrice frowned a little but didn’t move away from her baby sister’s spit-covered hand.
Liselotte tightly grabbed Beatrice’s hair and wouldn’t let go. Whenever Liselotte found something she liked, she held it for a very long time. For a while, she was obsessed with flowers, so she used to hold it until it withered. The nannies often carefully took the dead flower out from her left hand when she fell asleep.
Recently, Liselotte became obsessed with her sister’s hair. She grabbed it and laughed in satisfaction.
“Hehehehe…!”
“Phew….”
Beatrice sighed but offered to her mother, “Your highness, I want to hold her.”
“Would you?”
Bina handed her younger daughter to her older child. Beatrice was only a young girl herself, but she was used to holding her baby sister. When she hugged Liselotte, the baby screamed excitedly.
“Yaaaa!”
“Please be quiet, Lottie.”
Beatrice acted mature as she gently scolded her sister, but Beatrice patted Liselotte’s back lovingly.
As they approached the emperor’s office, they heard a commotion before a familiar figure appeared. Beatrice and Liselotte smiled excitedly.
“Father!”
“Faaath…!”
Beatrice walked fast towards him with her sister still in her arms. Lucretius smiled widely.
“My princesses!”
He lifted both of them.
“Yay!”
***
It was Lucretius who first noticed it.
“Lottie is left-handed, right?”
Beatrice was helping her little sister learn how to walk. Now that Bina thought about it, Liselotte always grabbed things with her left hand first.
Bina replied, “… I think you’re right.” Bina became curious. “Do people here also correct left-handed people to learn to use their right hands?”
Lucretius’ eyes widened. “… Oh! You’re left handed too.”
Bina’s eyes widened as well. “What? How do you know that?”
Bina was indeed a lefty, but in Korea, many children were taught to use their right hands as their dominant hands. It was the same for Bina, so eventually, she became ambidextrous. Of course, there were times when she subconsciously reached for things with her left hand, but most people couldn’t tell that she was originally left-handed. Even those who served her for a long time, such as Agnes and Samantha, thought Bina was ambidextrous.
Bina asked, “Everyone thinks I’m ambidextrous.”
Lucretius nodded and explained, “That’s what I thought at first, but as I continued to study you… I could see the subtle differences.”
“Oh…”
Lucretius reached out with his right hand while Bina did with her left. They held their hands together as Lucretius continued, “And I can also tell when I hold your hands. You left hand is slightly stronger, so that is how I knew.”
“That’s amazing.”
Lucretius said proudly, “I know everything about you, and I want to know even more about you. Even if it’s something very small and insignificant.”
Bina smiled gently and hugged him. “I don’t know how you survived before I got here.”
“I have been waiting for you my whole life.”
He hugged her back and kissed her.
They were surrounded by several maids and their children, but neither of them cared. Old Bina would have been shocked to see herself now, but she didn’t feel embarrassed anymore.
Beatrice glanced at her parents’ public display of affection before returning to focusing on her little sister. She was used to seeing them like this.
After a long kiss, they went back to their conversation.
“So do people here correct left-handiness as well?”
“Yeah, it’s similar here too.”
Bina started to think hard while looking at Liselotte, who was walking with help from her big sister.
Bina asked, “What… do you think we should do with Lottie?”
“What do you think?”
After a short silence, she answered, “I want her to grow up naturally the way she is.”
“Hmm.”
“In my homeland, the new trend is not to force this change to left handed children, and…”
“And?”
Bina looked down at her two hands.
“It’s just… I don’t think there is anything wrong with being left handed.”
Lucretius smiled and nodded. “If you think so, I am happy with that.”
Total Chapters in book: 189
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 290059 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1450(@200wpm)___ 1160(@250wpm)___ 967(@300wpm)
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