***
An hour later, I was in the Imperial Palace with Axion.
"Mel!"
Axion, dressed in pretty clothes, waved to me and greeted me.
I somehow felt an optical illusion as if he had a wagging tail.
Today's Axion was like a puppy with white fur.
"Please hang out with me before His Majesty comes!"
"Yeah, shall we? I brought a lot of fun things. Do you want to have fun together?"
As I increased the number of words, the little boy hurriedly avoided my gaze.
'I think you're lying, why the hell?'
"Yes! Tha, that."
"That?"
"My brother called me, too! My brother is soon Oh······. Oh, he's coming!"
I glanced back.
Sure enough, Prince Cassian in a gray tailcoat was coming. It was with that friendly smile of courtesy.
I held my dress in my hands, bent one knee in greeting to Prince Cassian, then turned my gaze back to Axion.
The boy opened his mouth wide as Prince Cassian and him looked at each other alternatively.
Ah, I get it now.
"Xion, your highness."
"Ye, yes?"
"......If you wanted to hang out with me for a long time, you should've told me in advance!"
'Did you even call hyung because you wanted to play with me more? It's cute!' (TN : Hyung what a younger brother called their big brother doesn't have to be blood related. )
With a sly smile I sat on a chair that was provided.
After a while, Axion and Cassian sat side by side opposite me.
"My dear Meldenique."
Prince Cassian gave me a brief greeting.
'There is nothing wrong with being friendly with the Crown Prince.'
This world is a connection society.
If I maintain a close relationship with him, I may be able to distribute my goods to the Imperial Palace someday.
'I knew this would happen, so I prepared something.'
With a sly smile inside, I took out a small box quietly hidden in the gift box.
This is the long-awaited box full of lottery papers and gifts!
"We're going to play a claw machine game would you want to join us?"
"Playing a claw machine game? What's that?"
Ta-da, I made a sound and pulled out a large piece of paper from the box.
"Let's play a fun claw machine game!"
On the drawing paper, it said <Batting amount of 1 Becquerel ~ Max. 100 Becquerel drawing paper> at the top.
Several sheets of about twenty opaque papers were attached to each other in a detachable form like a post-it.
If you bet on 1 Becquerel , you can pick yellow paper, 10 Becquerel blue paper, and 100 Becquerel green paper. The prize is random!
Of course, stationery store products of memories will come out.
I smiled contentedly and placed the small box I had brought along with the drawing paper.
About thirty minutes passed like that.
Axion looked at the paper he picked with a frustrated face.
It was a note with the word 'Gwang' written on it.
"Oh, how could this be! What a bummer!"
Within just a few dozen minutes, the lovely Axion, who did not know what 'Gwang' was, became accustomed to the evil of dangerous speculative entertainment.
I smiled slyly, hu-hu, and showed the sheet of paper.
"Now, pick the next paper."
"I really want a small teddy bear. This time, 100 Becquerel!"
Axion stamped his feet and handed over 100 Becquerel.
As expected, in Gacha games, gambling addiction occurs because there are "must-have" items.
'Usually, the stationery store Gacha is 100 won, so let's lower the price a bit.'
For the sake of the innocent prince, I decided to adjust the price at will.
"I'll do it with 10 Becquerel in particular. Your bet is 10 Becquerel. Please draw a note right away!"
Axion held his hand tightly and muttered.
"Goddess of Astar, God of raffle, protect me!"
1
There is no such thing as a god of lottery in this world.
But you're saying that you're that desperate, right?
Cute Axion bit his lip and pulled out a bag and paper.
"Ah, did you get the jewel candy?"
"What's the jewel candy?"
I gave Axion a candy made in the shape of a shiny diamond in a small box as a gift.
"It's a candy that looks like a diamond."
Axion opened his mouth and received the candy.
"I want to pick again! Again!"
I shook my head.
"If you pick it right away, it'll be less fun."
"Hyung-nim, I'm curious what you're going to pick next....."
Axion held a jewel candy tightly in his hand and tapped the floor with his feet.
"Ah, wait a minute."
Axion grabbed my hand with his plump white bread-like hands.
"It's my brother's turn, right?"
I stared at Prince Cassian, who had been intentionally turning a blind eye so far.
He was still wearing silver-rimmed glasses, and today he looked cool and sweet, yet quite intelligent.
In short, it is said that this kind of drawing seemed far away.
'······The Crown Prince is playing a lottery game?'
Prince Cassian was watching us the full time with a blunt and friendly face.
It kept bothering me......
'I can't ignore it, so I'll have to talk to you at least once.'
I looked at him.
He was watching me with subtle eyes.
I thought you'd be watching Axion.....
Strangely, whenever he saw me laugh happily, he had that expression on his face.
'Why? Is it weird for me to laugh?'
Lenox always used to insult Meldenique by frowning when she laughed.
'Of course, Prince Cassian is completely different from Lenox.'
I smiled and cursed at the unlucky Lenox.
"Do you, want to pick one?"
I asked without expectation, and he smiled as he closed his beautiful eyes as if painted by a delicate painter.
"Yes, I've been waiting."
That's unexpected. Are you really going to do it?
I said as if I were bluffing.
"If you do it once, you won't be able to stop. It's very addictive."
"Right, Hyung-nim! Hurry up and do it!"
Receiving Axion's rare, greedy gaze, I handed a large paper panel to Crown Prince Cassian.
Now that it's like this!
'I'll gradually turn the Prince's into slaves of my game.'
Without knowing my brilliant plan, Axion rolled his feet excitedly.
***
After a while.
Prince Cassian stared at me, raising his intelligent glasses.
At first glance, he had a friendly face, but the white of his eye was vaguely bloodshot.
Throughout, his mouth, which seemed to be only for intellectual discussions, opened and a new low voice leaked out.
"Why do I only getting gwang, Lady Meldenique. As if someone had manipulated the probability."
I raised both hands and shrugged my shoulders.
"You... Can pick until something good comes out."
"And, Axion is surprisingly good at picking up cards."
· · · · · Oh, my. I think it was a bit obvious that she manipulated it to beat Axion.
'But children's innocence must be kept.'
I slipped my hand off the paper and scratched my head.
'Of course, if the probability of drawing is manipulated, it's death, but ·······.'
It's also quite fun to see a short crack on his face that looks friendly at first glance.
Several sheets of paper were laid out in front of him, with the word 'Gwang' written on them.
And one more time......
"The fifth best."
"It might come out well next time."
"I see. I'm looking forward to the next one."
That's what the value of this game is like.
Next time, next time......! You get addicted while doing it.
This is by no means my experience.
I can't lure them in because I've been through it.
"I'll pick one more time."
"100 Becquerel bet, right?"
"······Yes."
Perhaps he was getting competitive, the Prince looked at me and bit his lip.
Seeing us like that, Axion applauded happily.
"You two look so good together!"
"What?"
"So romantic!"
At that moment, Carat came to mind.
'The thought of Carat who was try to weave me and Mathieu comes to mind....'
Prince Axion, his attitude was very impure.
'Do you still want to introduce good people to me because of Lenox?'
I'm not that hurt.
As if Axion were dreaming, he came out with a dreamy look and looked at Cassian alternately.
"······· You know."
Cassian also paused his hand from pulling out the paper and glanced slightly.
Axion licked his lips and chewed on the cotton candy he received as a prize in the lottery game.
"Hey, when Mel enters the Imperial Palace, will she become my family...?"
As if Axion didn't know, or pretends not to.
However, I quickly recognized the meaning of the word 'when I enter the Imperial Palace.'
"······Xion."
Despite Crown Prince Cassian's dissuasion, Axion mumbled, chewing cotton candy with a star-shaped gaze in his eyes.
"Then we play lottery every day! It's really, really good."
"His Majesty Prince Cassian is upset."
Cassian's meaningless gaze touched my face.
I glanced at him and said.
"······Don't pay attention to the child's pranks."
"......"
"In fact, Xion. Don't worry! I'll play with you every day even if you're not my family!"
"Hu, huh. Really?"
"Of course!"
"But, I hope you two get close."
I wanted to give Axion what he wanted as much as possible.
Your nuna's heart.
So she nodded and smiled brightly.
"Yes, I will!"
Prince Cassian was about to say something, but soon closed his mouth.
However it was just at that moment.
While playing the happy drawing game, I felt like I was getting close to the tea dance, and this game of warming up in moderation was over, just when I thought it.
"His Majesty is entering."
The cheerful atmosphere rapidly reversed.
It was the moment that I've been waiting for all along.
***
An hour later, I was in the Imperial Palace with Axion.
"Mel!"
Axion, dressed in pretty clothes, waved to me and greeted me.
I somehow felt an optical illusion as if he had a wagging tail.
Today's Axion was like a puppy with white fur.
"Please hang out with me before His Majesty comes!"
"Yeah, shall we? I brought a lot of fun things. Do you want to have fun together?"
As I increased the number of words, the little boy hurriedly avoided my gaze.
'I think you're lying, why the hell?'
"Yes! Tha, that."
"That?"
"My brother called me, too! My brother is soon Oh······. Oh, he's coming!"
I glanced back.
Sure enough, Prince Cassian in a gray tailcoat was coming. It was with that friendly smile of courtesy.
I held my dress in my hands, bent one knee in greeting to Prince Cassian, then turned my gaze back to Axion.
The boy opened his mouth wide as Prince Cassian and him looked at each other alternatively.
Ah, I get it now.
"Xion, your highness."
"Ye, yes?"
"......If you wanted to hang out with me for a long time, you should've told me in advance!"
'Did you even call hyung because you wanted to play with me more? It's cute!' (TN : Hyung what a younger brother called their big brother doesn't have to be blood related. )
With a sly smile I sat on a chair that was provided.
After a while, Axion and Cassian sat side by side opposite me.
"My dear Meldenique."
Prince Cassian gave me a brief greeting.
'There is nothing wrong with being friendly with the Crown Prince.'
This world is a connection society.
If I maintain a close relationship with him, I may be able to distribute my goods to the Imperial Palace someday.
'I knew this would happen, so I prepared something.'
With a sly smile inside, I took out a small box quietly hidden in the gift box.
This is the long-awaited box full of lottery papers and gifts!
"We're going to play a claw machine game would you want to join us?"
"Playing a claw machine game? What's that?"
Ta-da, I made a sound and pulled out a large piece of paper from the box.
"Let's play a fun claw machine game!"
On the drawing paper, it said <Batting amount of 1 Becquerel ~ Max. 100 Becquerel drawing paper> at the top.
Several sheets of about twenty opaque papers were attached to each other in a detachable form like a post-it.
If you bet on 1 Becquerel , you can pick yellow paper, 10 Becquerel blue paper, and 100 Becquerel green paper. The prize is random!
Of course, stationery store products of memories will come out.
I smiled contentedly and placed the small box I had brought along with the drawing paper.
About thirty minutes passed like that.
Axion looked at the paper he picked with a frustrated face.
It was a note with the word 'Gwang' written on it.
"Oh, how could this be! What a bummer!"
Within just a few dozen minutes, the lovely Axion, who did not know what 'Gwang' was, became accustomed to the evil of dangerous speculative entertainment.
I smiled slyly, hu-hu, and showed the sheet of paper.
"Now, pick the next paper."
"I really want a small teddy bear. This time, 100 Becquerel!"
Axion stamped his feet and handed over 100 Becquerel.
As expected, in Gacha games, gambling addiction occurs because there are "must-have" items.
'Usually, the stationery store Gacha is 100 won, so let's lower the price a bit.'
For the sake of the innocent prince, I decided to adjust the price at will.
"I'll do it with 10 Becquerel in particular. Your bet is 10 Becquerel. Please draw a note right away!"
Axion held his hand tightly and muttered.
"Goddess of Astar, God of raffle, protect me!"
1
There is no such thing as a god of lottery in this world.
But you're saying that you're that desperate, right?
Cute Axion bit his lip and pulled out a bag and paper.
"Ah, did you get the jewel candy?"
"What's the jewel candy?"
I gave Axion a candy made in the shape of a shiny diamond in a small box as a gift.
"It's a candy that looks like a diamond."
Axion opened his mouth and received the candy.
"I want to pick again! Again!"
I shook my head.
"If you pick it right away, it'll be less fun."
"Hyung-nim, I'm curious what you're going to pick next....."
Axion held a jewel candy tightly in his hand and tapped the floor with his feet.
"Ah, wait a minute."
Axion grabbed my hand with his plump white bread-like hands.
"It's my brother's turn, right?"
I stared at Prince Cassian, who had been intentionally turning a blind eye so far.
He was still wearing silver-rimmed glasses, and today he looked cool and sweet, yet quite intelligent.
In short, it is said that this kind of drawing seemed far away.
'······The Crown Prince is playing a lottery game?'
Prince Cassian was watching us the full time with a blunt and friendly face.
It kept bothering me......
'I can't ignore it, so I'll have to talk to you at least once.'
I looked at him.
He was watching me with subtle eyes.
I thought you'd be watching Axion.....
Strangely, whenever he saw me laugh happily, he had that expression on his face.
'Why? Is it weird for me to laugh?'
Lenox always used to insult Meldenique by frowning when she laughed.
'Of course, Prince Cassian is completely different from Lenox.'
I smiled and cursed at the unlucky Lenox.
"Do you, want to pick one?"
I asked without expectation, and he smiled as he closed his beautiful eyes as if painted by a delicate painter.
"Yes, I've been waiting."
That's unexpected. Are you really going to do it?
I said as if I were bluffing.
"If you do it once, you won't be able to stop. It's very addictive."
"Right, Hyung-nim! Hurry up and do it!"
Receiving Axion's rare, greedy gaze, I handed a large paper panel to Crown Prince Cassian.
Now that it's like this!
'I'll gradually turn the Prince's into slaves of my game.'
Without knowing my brilliant plan, Axion rolled his feet excitedly.
***
After a while.
Prince Cassian stared at me, raising his intelligent glasses.
At first glance, he had a friendly face, but the white of his eye was vaguely bloodshot.
Throughout, his mouth, which seemed to be only for intellectual discussions, opened and a new low voice leaked out.
"Why do I only getting gwang, Lady Meldenique. As if someone had manipulated the probability."
I raised both hands and shrugged my shoulders.
"You... Can pick until something good comes out."
"And, Axion is surprisingly good at picking up cards."
· · · · · Oh, my. I think it was a bit obvious that she manipulated it to beat Axion.
'But children's innocence must be kept.'
I slipped my hand off the paper and scratched my head.
'Of course, if the probability of drawing is manipulated, it's death, but ·······.'
It's also quite fun to see a short crack on his face that looks friendly at first glance.
Several sheets of paper were laid out in front of him, with the word 'Gwang' written on them.
And one more time......
"The fifth best."
"It might come out well next time."
"I see. I'm looking forward to the next one."
That's what the value of this game is like.
Next time, next time......! You get addicted while doing it.
This is by no means my experience.
I can't lure them in because I've been through it.
"I'll pick one more time."
"100 Becquerel bet, right?"
"······Yes."
Perhaps he was getting competitive, the Prince looked at me and bit his lip.
Seeing us like that, Axion applauded happily.
"You two look so good together!"
"What?"
"So romantic!"
At that moment, Carat came to mind.
'The thought of Carat who was try to weave me and Mathieu comes to mind....'
Prince Axion, his attitude was very impure.
'Do you still want to introduce good people to me because of Lenox?'
I'm not that hurt.
As if Axion were dreaming, he came out with a dreamy look and looked at Cassian alternately.
"······· You know."
Cassian also paused his hand from pulling out the paper and glanced slightly.
Axion licked his lips and chewed on the cotton candy he received as a prize in the lottery game.
"Hey, when Mel enters the Imperial Palace, will she become my family...?"
As if Axion didn't know, or pretends not to.
However, I quickly recognized the meaning of the word 'when I enter the Imperial Palace.'
"······Xion."
Despite Crown Prince Cassian's dissuasion, Axion mumbled, chewing cotton candy with a star-shaped gaze in his eyes.
"Then we play lottery every day! It's really, really good."
"His Majesty Prince Cassian is upset."
Cassian's meaningless gaze touched my face.
I glanced at him and said.
"······Don't pay attention to the child's pranks."
"......"
"In fact, Xion. Don't worry! I'll play with you every day even if you're not my family!"
"Hu, huh. Really?"
"Of course!"
"But, I hope you two get close."
I wanted to give Axion what he wanted as much as possible.
Your nuna's heart.
So she nodded and smiled brightly.
"Yes, I will!"
Prince Cassian was about to say something, but soon closed his mouth.
However it was just at that moment.
While playing the happy drawing game, I felt like I was getting close to the tea dance, and this game of warming up in moderation was over, just when I thought it.
"His Majesty is entering."
The cheerful atmosphere rapidly reversed.
It was the moment that I've been waiting for all along.
