-𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

02

JENNETTE still could not process the fact that she somehow ended up as the baby daughter of the Lithian Empire's emperor!

'But how did I end up in a novel? Was it triggered by something? And if I'm here, then whose soul ended up in my body in Obelia?' Jennette thought as her short baby arms desperately tried to reach for the hanging moons above her crib.

Jennette finally gave up on trying and instead snatched the lonely rattle lying beside her pillow, she waved it around and giggles at the sound it makes,

"Good morning, Princess!" an unfamiliar maid's voice greeted cheerfully that it startled Jennette, causing the rattle to land on her face.

And since Jennette's a baby, her face scrunched up to a cry, and soon enough, Jennette's wails echoed inside her room.

The maid immediately ran to the crib, and carried the baby into her arms, dancing her around to lull her cries, "I'm so sorry, Princess, oh Alannys will definitely scold me when she learns of this"

The maid, who Jennette recognized as Olenna Spencer, walked out of the room and brought Jennette to the gardens.

'Huh, from what I know, Olenna Spencer is one of the few maids who stayed very loyal to the late Princess Aeira, their loyalty and adoration for the princess had cost them their lives at the hands of the evil witch, aka, the current wife of the emperor'

Jennette shook her head off of these thoughts and raised her chubby hands to Olenna's face, "Princess? Is there something on my face?"

Jennette shook her head and instead beamed at her, "...pweasi!"

Olenna blinked her eyes in confusion, and laughed, "Are you calling me pretty, Princess? But Princess is prettier than me though"

'Miss, I complimented you because you're genuinely pretty, please don't compare yourself to me because we're all pretty!' Jennette exclaimed happily in her mind.

When Olenna took a seat at one of the benches in the palace garden, Jennette leaned her head on Olenna's shoulder and nuzzled her neck happily.

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SOUNDS of a toddler running through the marbled flooring of the palace echoed through the hallways, the maids who were used to seeing the toddler Princess run around, stepped aside so that the toddler won't accidentally run into them.

"Princess! Please come back here, it's time for your bath!"

"Princess Jennette, come back please! I will give you many cakes and chocolates if you do!"

Jennette skidded to a stop and turned towards Alannys, "P-Promise?"

Alannys sighed and rubbed her forehead, 'Gosh the things I do for the Princess'

"Yes, Princess, I promise."

Jennette clapped her hands happily and ran straight to the nanny's arms, "Aly should keep her promise!"

As the nanny made her way to Jennette's personal bathroom she poked Jennette's tiny aristocratic nose and giggled, "Of course Princess, promises are sacred so we should do our best to uphold them!"

Jennette nodded her head cutely and sat on one of the stools in her bathroom, waiting for Aly and the other maids to prepare her bath.

"Come on now, Princess, hop on the tub."

Jennette sat happily inside the bathtub without any worries of drowning since the water only reached her shoulders.

'Now that I'm the new Princess Aeira, what should I do to avoid gaining Visenya's ire? Should I stay away from the emperor as much as possible? Yes, I should do that!'

Jennette was stripped away from her thoughts when she felt gentle hands massaging her scalp, "What are you thinking about so deeply, Princess?"

"Uhm... I think about a castle of chocolates!" Jennette exclaimed and giggled.

The nanny giggled along with her and carried her off of the bath, she sat Jennette in one of the stools and gently dried her hair.

"Uhm, Aly?" Jennette called out hesitantly as she fiddled with her fingers.

"Yes, Princess?"

"Uh, can you tell Jettie more about the emperor?" She asked.

Aly stopped for a second and stood up to put the bath robe on Jennette, "The emperor? Well, he's an excellent emperor, Princess."

Jennette glanced at Aly's face and looked down, "O-Oh, that's good then!"

Aly sighed and held Jennette's hand as they walked out of the bathroom.

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JENNETTE heaved another deep sigh as she hopped off of her bed and stood in front if the large mirror located inside her room, all the while gazing at the reflection before her.

'Princess Aeira is definitely a gorgeous child, with straight platinum silver hair, bejeweled golden eyes, and a tiny moon imprint on her forehead' Jennette mused a she made her way to the palace kitchens.

"Good morning, Princess! We're going to the market today, are you ready?" Olenna greeted cheerfully. Jennette beamed and nodded her head at Olenna's direction.

The market was bustling with people and foreigners alike, Jennette's eyes grew big with wonder as she gazed at all these people.

Jennette felt Alannys squeezing her hand, "Princess, should we hide your imprint?"

Jennette raised a hand to her forehead and shook her head, "No, thank you, it feels uncomfy, hehe"

'According to the novel, the golden moon imprint on Princess Aeira and the emperor's forehead symbolizes that they are of elven royalty, and the bejeweled golden eyes symbolizes that they are part of the main imperial family'

'Princess Aeira's paternal grandmother is of the last elven royalty, hence the imprint on her forehead, her grandmother was said to be unrivaled when it comes to beauty and wits. Though it still remains a mystery as to how the emperor's parents met each other'

'Now that I am Princess Aeira, I should do my best to live her life happily just like what she told me during that dream! But how can I achieve that though? Do I need to avoid the emperor?'

'Yes! I should do that, if avoiding the emperor will ensure Princess Aeira's longer and happier life, than I shall do just tha—'

Jennette's musings in her mind got interrupted when her little body collided into a person's leg.

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Author's Note: Aeira is pronounced as A-yi-ra

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