Reborn As a Character That Never Existed

per, I was surprised and brought a rattle to shake it next to Royina.

After going around the cradle for a while and passionately shaking the rattle, Royina smiled again.

“Ah, don’t make me ugly.”

If Royina cried, it was certain that the maid or nanny would come to comfort her.

So, it was better to dance an incomprehensible dance and comfort her.
I watched over Royina without bothering her this time, as I didn’t want to make her cry again.

Feeling the warmth and the scent of milk, I just closed my eyes as I saw Royina slowly blinking.

***

A small and damp something hit my face.
It wasn’t too painful, just irritating, so I turned my body and ran away from it.

“Oh dear, little miss.
Don’t wake her up, she’s a sleepyhead,” a light presence next to me said.

The presence disappeared, and it was then that I realized it was Roy who had hit my face.

Feeling drowsy and dreamy, I tried to go back to sleep, but the dampness on my cheek woke me up.

“Wait a minute.
Did he just wipe his drool on my face?”

I quickly stood up, becoming aware of reality.
I wiped my cheek with my sleeve and looked up at the nanny holding Roy.

“When did I fall asleep?”

The problem was my young body.
I couldn’t control my sleep.
Of course, I liked sleeping, but it was difficult to adapt to falling asleep suddenly after having fun.

I sat there absentmindedly, unable to snap out of it, and the nanny brought up a topic to get my attention.

“Miss, you asked me to make bread for you, but what if you fall asleep here?”

“Bread?”

“I made it without raisins.”

“Give me bread.”

“You should wash your hands first.”

“It’s too much trouble.
Just feed me, nanny.”

I opened my mouth, and the nanny pinched my cheek gently to avoid hurting me.
She took me out of the crib and told me to wash my hands quickly.

Roy’s crib was a giant one, probably made for the expectation of sleeping together from the beginning.
Even when I lay down, there was still plenty of space left.

I washed my hands with the water brought by the maid and ate the bread made by the nanny.

“Miss, do you know? You’ll have a friend to spend time with for a while.”

“I have a friend.”

“Is it the rabbit?”

“No, Azu.”

Because her mouth was full of bread, her pronunciation was distorted.
Thanks to that, Yumo found Az’s name cute and smiled brightly.

“This time, it’s a prince.”

“Is it the rabbit prince from the neighboring country?”

As soon as I heard the word prince, I spat out the bread I was halfway eating and asked.
Yumo, who didn’t know about my hostage situation, stared blankly at the mention of the rabbit prince.

“He is a prince from the neighboring country, but not a rabbit.
He will be staying at the Duke’s residence from today, so you can play with him from now on.”

“Wait, what? Is he coming to our house?”

“Yes, you should treat him kindly.”

I couldn’t understand the situation even more when I heard that the prince was staying at the Duke’s residence.

The main character should stay in the palace and become friends with Az, who is also a sub-male lead, as the only equal friend.
That’s why they purposely matched their ages.

Although the fact that he loves Royena is the biggest reason, the main character gives up on destroying the world by joining hands with the demon and not giving up until the end because Az, the only friend, does not give up on him.

Then, by handing over the sovereignty of the Celis Kingdom to Az, he becomes the only lord of the continent, and the main and female characters become dukes and live happily.

“But why is he coming here?”

I put the bread I had spat out back in my mouth and chewed while thinking.
The engagement with Az and other events that could have a big impact on the original story kept happening.
Why?

“Do you not want to?”

“Umm.”

I couldn’t answer properly because I was eating, but Yumo thought I didn’t want to and looked sad.
To reassure her, I quickly gave a positive answer.

“Let’s meet him first.”

My answer made the nanny’s face turn red.
She kissed my puffy cheek and poured me some milk, saying that I was so pretty that she couldn’t resist.

At this point, I knew that the nanny had her own agenda, but since she was kissing me and my throat was sore, I drank the milk without saying a word.

“When will mom come?”

“They said she’ll be here soon while the young lady is taking a nap, but it seems like she’s running late.”

“When will dad come?”

“The Duke will be off work on time.”

“Does mom come home early only?”

“Yes.”

“With the Prince Rabbit?”

“The Prince is not a rabbit.
Your rabbit will be back tomorrow.”

I took another bite of bread to hide my sigh.
Royana, who was sucking her fist instead of bread, was staring at me.

“Come on, the baby needs to eat too.
Milk.”

It was a truly peaceful time.
While the nanny was feeding Royana, I held bread in both hands and put some in my mouth.

If it were a regular day, I would have been scolded for being impolite, but since it was the norm for the nanny to cause a commotion when she was distracted, I didn’t mind.

At that moment, a maid knocked on the door of the nursery and came in, telling me that the Count had arrived.

“Miss, the Count… Oh my, miss!”

I shoved the bread in my mouth and ran out of the open door.

Since I was holding bread in both hands, it was harder to keep my balance than usual, but I managed to get down the stairs safely.

Next to Rosanna was a boy with black hair and red eyes.

“The male lead.”