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Published at 22nd of November 2022 04:44:29 AM


Chapter 57

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Everyone screamed. They seemed to think that the foxes would harm Rosena.

However, the foxes who rushed to Rosena stopped in front of her and waved their tails. They looked like well-trained dogs.

Rosena gave those foxes a glance, and held out her hand.

The foxes licked the back of her hand with their tongues. Everyone was mesmerized by the strange sight.

The ladies had a bewildered face as they couldn’t believe it even when they saw it with their own eyes.

No matter how tamed the fox was, it was rare to show such kindness to a stranger.

Besides, not just one or two, but most of the foxes here, hovered around Rosena.

The foxes licked their cheeks and backs of hands, waving their tails eagerly, longing for Rosena’s affection.

“Tha, that…”

Asilia, who watched the scene foolishly, clenched her fist when she found her fox acting cute in front of Rosena. 

Asilia’s fox was smart, but it didn’t listen to her and she had a hard time getting it here today. 

But it was rushed so joyfully to Rosena, whom it saw for the first time. 

Asilia, whose pride was hurt, called the fox. However, the fox did not listen, and laid on its stomach in front of Rosena. 

Asilia couldn’t even swear in front of the empress, so she only wrinkled her face. 

“Your Highness, are you all right?” 

As the ladies watched, servants and Ibella came up with their pale faces. They seemed surprised, thinking that the foxes were attacking Rosena. 

Rosena nodded, saying it was nothing. 

“I’m fine.”

Rosena felt the gaze of her surroundings pouring out painfully, and whispered to the foxes very softly. Then the foxes withdrew regretfully.

While returning to their owners’ side, they did not forget to keep gazing at Rosena.

Only then did the ladies come to their senses and start to scold their foxes.

Rosena’s fox looked around at the other foxes and was twitching its nose with a proud face.

Among the foxes present here, the victor was Rosena’s fox.

As the people around Rosena dispersed little by little, Ibella said with a scared face. 

“I was really surprised when the foxes suddenly came running.” 

Rosena replied with an innocent face to Ibella, who was worried. 

“Maybe they were bored because their owners didn’t play with them. Shall we go?” 

Rosena got on the horse at once. With her gloved hands, she held the reins tightly and headed into the forest. 

Ibella soon got on the horse and joined Rosena. 

The hunt began and the ladies became busy. The ladies who came just for the significance of attending gave up hunting early and fell behind, but most of them actively participated in hunting because they wanted to have the brooch that the empress will bestow upon the winner.

“Kyaaa!”

Screams came from all over the place. Most of them brought animals raised by the keepers, so there were foxes who did not listen to them properly and refused to hunt.

Some foxes didn’t even think about getting up. It was as if they had brought pets that didn’t even know how to hunt.

“It seems that everyone has neglected the preparations.”

Asilia was looking at the confused ladies and then looked down at her fox.

Her fox was the best out of all the hunting foxes, the Rascal Golden Fox. It is smart, loyal to its master, and has excellent hunting skills.

In addition, it was directly managed by the Imperial Palace keepers and regularly trained.

Although it was distracted by Rosena for a moment earlier, it wouldn’t be a bothersome hunt for a smart kid.

Asilia glanced at the box the attendant was holding. She had no doubts that she would be the star of today and the owner of that brooch.

“Let’s go this way.”

Asilia led the ladies to the other side.

***

The hawks flew high in the sky, and Rosena drove the horse at a moderate speed.

The sound of leaves crunching against each other and the voices of all kinds of animals living in the forest flowed in.

In the middle of the thick green forest, Rosena took a deep breath.

Clear, fresh air entered the lungs. It was different from the garden of the Third Prince Palace.

Rosena’s fox quickly ran through the forest. It lived in the forest and hid in the Imperial Palace, so the forest was like its own home.

The fox, who was running away from the soft soil, found a rabbit.

The startled rabbit stopped and immediately started running away.

The fox quickly pursued the rabbit. And after a while, it approached Rosena with a rabbit in its mouth.

Rosena got off her horse and checked the rabbit. It didn’t bite hard, so there were no injuries. It was worthwhile to teach the fox.

Rosena spoke to the fearful rabbit. She asked it to stay calm because she wouldn’t hurt it. Then the rabbit meekly laid under the tree and pretended to be dead.

“Good job.”

The fox giggled at Rosena’s praise. The excited fox immediately started running, and Rosena got on her horse and followed the fox.

One, two… The number of prey that the fox brought continued to grow.

Later, small animals in the forest voluntarily appeared in front of Rosena.

As the animals pretending to be dead piled up, Ibella, who was hunting elsewhere, was startled and opened her mouth.

“So many… you’re so amazing.”

“I didn’t do anything. The great one is the fox.”

Ibella nodded her head, but couldn’t help but admire her.

The type of prey that Rosena had caught so far seemed to have been also caught by a few hunters.

Ibella said that she would do her best and ran right away.

The sun dipped lower, now just hanging above her head, and Rosena’s pile of prey grew higher. All thanks to the cooperation of the animals.

After the hunt was over, she was planning to send them back to the forest, while avoiding the others’ eyes.

“I didn’t mean to work so hard…”

Rosena, looking down at the prey, scratched her cheek. She was only going to do the basics, but by the time she realized, it turned out like this. 

It would not be a bad idea to aim for the first place. 

She thought getting the brooch would help her make a living… oh, can she sell it? 

While Rosena was thinking about doing something bad, there was a shadow over her head. When she looked up, a hawk was flying close to Rosena’s head. 

It’s flight was unstable, and it was about to crash. 

Surprised, Rosena threw out her arms. Then the dipping hawk slowly landed on Rosena’s arm. 

“…Ah.”

After examining the feathers of the hawk sitting on her arm, Rosena realized that it was the hawk that Rania had brought.

It was once a hawk that her father loved and raised. Due to its old age, it could not control itself properly after a long flight.

It had been raised since her father was alive, so it was quite old. On the contrary, it could be seen that it lived longer than the average lifespan of its kind.

Rosena looked into the hawk’s eyes with pity.

“What are you doing?”

Rosena raised her head at the sound of a distant voice. In the distance, Rania was standing holding her reins.

Rania hurriedly approached Rosena with her horse. And seeing the hawk sitting on Rosena’s arm, she spoke sharply to Rosena.

“That’s my hawk.”

“Okay. I know.”

Rosena looked straight at Rania with a dazed expression on her face. 

Rania stretched out her arms and took her hawk.

The hawk was in pain, but did not have the strength to utter a sound, so it limped into Rania’s arms.

Rania was about to turn around and saw the prey piled up at Rosena’s feet.

“Those prey, didn’t my hawk catch them?”

Rosena was speechless for a moment.

“There is no way that Your Highness’ fox caught so much prey…”

Rania, who no longer called her sister, looked at the fox beside Rosena.

Compared to other ladies’ foxes, it was so ordinary, she seemed to think that it couldn’t have caught so many prey.

Rosena crossed her arms to see what she was going to say.

“Give me back the prey my hawk caught.”

If she looks closely, she will see that the hawk lacks the strength to catch its prey, and yet she showed her a very brazen attitude.

Rosena opened her mouth with an expressionless face. 

“I have nothing to give you. Because my fox caught them all.’ 

“Don’t lie to me.” 

“If you don’t believe it, why don’t you see your hawk?” 

Upon Rosena’s words, Rania looked down at the hawk in her arms. 

The trembling hawk looked a little strange to Rania. It wasn’t this bad when she brought it in the morning. 

Rania jerked her head up and asked as if she had retorted. 

“Did you do something?” 

“That’s rude.”

Upon Rosena’s words, the fox roared out a shrill sound. 

Rania’s body flinched at the threatening sound. But she did not back down. 

“My hawk is fine.” 

Rania forced the hawk away. The hawk, in her arms, slowly began to flap its wings as Rania wished. 

As Rania tried to look at Rosena triumphantly, the hawk began to stagger. 

It was an uneasy flap that seemed to crash at any moment.

Rania screamed at the thought of being humiliated in front of Rosena.

“Stupid thing, I’ve been feeding and nurturing you so far, don’t play tricks on me!”

As the hawk fell out of balance, Rania immediately approached. And it was the moment she was about to beat the hawk with all her might.

“Leave it alone!”

Rosena raised her voice for the first time.

Rosena’s voice spread like an echo, and the forest shook. The trees shed their branches as if a storm was coming.

Rania stopped at the unusual feeling. And she lifted her head to look around.

“Kyaaa!!”

All kinds of birds in the forest flew down to Rania and began to bite her.

The birds pecked at Rania’s head and clothes with their beaks.

Rania shook her hands, but the birds were rushing more aggressively.

Unable to bear it any longer, Rania started screaming and running through the forest like crazy.

The birds were persistently tormenting Rania.

Rania ran until she was out of breath. She fell several times and her favorite dress got dirty, but it wasn’t the time to worry about that.

After a long run, the birds that were chasing gradually decreased, and she was barely able to escape. 

Rania, who stopped in front of the tree, gasped for air. 

“…What the hell was that?” 

She was still dazed. She was really scared when the birds rushed at her in unison. 

Rania had a tearful face and arranged her hair ripped off by the birds. 

She decorated herself for today, but everything, from head to toe, was messed up. Besides, she left the horse alone and ran away with nothing. 

Rania, who was trying to fix her clothes as much as possible, was lost in thought for a moment. 

By the way, Rosena screamed before the birds attacked. 

“Don’t tell me…”

When the hunting started earlier, the foxes ran towards Rosena. The strange sight was no coincidence.

Come to think of it, Rosena had always been with animals since she was a child.

The animals followed her well, and there were times when she saw Rosena talking to the animals.

At that time, she didn’t have any friends, so she went on to talk to the animal…

Rania frowned. She didn’t even know if it was Rosena who made the birds attack her earlier.

She couldn’t believe Rosena was able to communicate with animals, and it was upsetting.

Rania, who had been swearing at Rosena for a long time, kicked the ground. 

“Now that I’ve lost my hawk, what can I do?” 

She thought it would not be impossible to aim for the first place with the hawk. 

It  had caught all kinds of prey when her father was around. But the old hawk was no longer worth the use. 

Now, while she was thinking about what to do, she heard a loud voice nearby. Rania looked up in the direction of the sound. 

The ladies on horseback were coming her way. 

Rania’s eyes grew when she looked up at the white horse at the forefront. 

The white horse rider was the second princess, Asilia, who was so enviable.

Rania saw this as a golden opportunity.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the small social circle led by Asilia was gripping the imperial society.

Once a lady who belonged to the group waved her fan once, there would be a commotion around her.

Rania admired Asilia’s gathering. She wished she had received an invitation, even if it was just once, but the opportunity did not come to the lady of the fallen count family.

But now, she might naturally get closer to Asilia.

“Kyaaa!”

Rania pretended to fall to the floor just in time for her to pass. Then Asilia and the ladies who were riding the horse stopped.

Asilia looked down at Rania as she was riding on her horse.

Rania’s heart pounded like crazy when she got their gaze on her body.

“Lady, are you okay?”

Asilia asked without getting off her horse. There was a slight annoyance on her face as if she had been through this often.

However, the reason she did not go past this was because she cares about her reputation.

“Oh, I’m fine.”

Rania slowly got up.

Rania looked up at Asilia with a pitiful face.

Asilia realized that there was nothing around Rania and asked.

“How did you come all the way here alone without the horse?”

“I lost my hawk and my horse…”

A look of contempt flashed across Asilia’s face. There have often been women who use strange methods to approach her in this way. In particular, the lower the status, the more frequent this was the case.

Asilia glanced over Rania. Her untidy hair and clothes were funny. Even those clothes were out of fashion.

It looked like she came out wearing the most expensive clothes in her closet, but it was rather rustic.

Asilia spoke to her in a way that showed she was proud of her efforts to talk to her.

“I see. What’s your name?”

“I am Rania Estarot.”

“Estarot…”

Asilia was not unfamiliar with the name Estarot, so she rolled it out of her mouth once.

She had never heard of it in the social world… ah.

It was only then that Asilia remembered where she had heard the name Estarot. It was the family of the third princess, whom she hated the most. 

She asked Rania just in case.

“Are you, by any chance, the family of the third princess?”

Rosena abandoned the name Estarot. She was no longer a family or anything, but Rania answered differently.

“We are sisters.”

Asilia’s eyes narrowed. When she looked fierce, Rania quickly shook her head. 

She heard somewhere that the second princess hates Rosena, the third princess. 

In this case, it would be better to be honest than to pretend to have a good relationship with Rosena. 

“But we’re not that close.” 

At Rania’s addition, the corners of Asilia’s mouth went up. 

“It looks like you’re hurt a lot. Would you like to come with us?” 

At the fact that Asilia was interested in her, her heart pounded so much that she wondered what she would do if her heart popped out like this.

“Sure thing.” 

Rania replied with a big smile.





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