Don't Want to be a Princess

Chapter 2

It was morning, a soft gold aura fluttering across the room.

Eun blinked her eyes open, groaning as she sat back up. Her body was sore from sleeping on a chair.

She took a quick look at her hair. Still the color of caramel.

“So it wasn’t a dream…” She murmured.

First things first. Find information about the continent. The best place to find that would be in a library. Assuming there is a library. Eun climbed out. She took a look at her nightdress.

Shouldn’t maids be the ones to help her change? Eun took a glance around. No maids. Huh, no wonder original Jennette felt neglected. The maids and servants probably ignored her.

Looks like she’d have to dress herself. She heads towards the big closet, opening it to find an abundance of dresses. Eun starts to sort through them.

Too pink.

Too short.

Too many ruffles.

Too many…there!

It's a blue dress with a white collar, slightly ruffled on the bottom and waistline. Perfect. She takes off her nightgown. It felt kinda violating to do this, but it's her body now. She’d have to get used to it for the rest of this life. It's a slight struggle to slip it on but it holds eventually. Eun takes a look in the mirror. Her hair wasn’t even messed up in the slightest. Manhwa genes?

“Damn, I look adorable.”

The word Damn, sounds weird on her tongue. Too rough for this delicate voice.

 She spots a rack of what looked like shoes near the wardrobe, slipping on the comfiest looking ones. They remind Eun of tap shoes but fancy. She takes a deep inhale before exiting the room. 

It's near empty.

She can see a few people crossing out of the area. Maids, she guesses. One notices her and whispers to another. They giggle as they leave.

“Rude.” She huffs. Even in this situation she expected better treatment. She’d have to find the library herself. Wait, maybe like the language, this body could instinctively take her to the library? Eun clenches her fists, willing her body to go towards the library. She lets out a squeak of surprise when her feet start to move.

Sweet.

She follows along with the ride, glancing around at the halls. It's pretty and lavish. Everything she expected it to be. She takes a mental map in her mind. Eun jolts as her feet suddenly stop in front of a large door. The library. She pauses. There’s a noise coming from inside.

It sounds like two children. Ijekiel, her mind supplies. The male lead in lovely princess, second lead in who made me a princess. Jennette’s cousin. Who’s the other's voice? Eun places her ear closer to the door. The girl sounds the same age as her. Her voice is surprisingly more soothing and enlightening than hers is. Eun’s mind flashes back to a scene in the manhwa.

It must be Athanasia. It’s confirmed, she really is in 'Who made me a princess'. She steps back, not wanting to interrupt their conversation. Ijekiel sounded…happy. Happier than he ever was with her.

Wait what?

Eun guesses this body was messing with her brain. She didn’t even know the kid for god's sake! Eun huffs, changing her mind from going into the library. She’d have to just use the books in her room for information.

She stalks back to her room, passing a few servants on the way back. She doesn’t even have to use instincts, from the map in her mind she made. Eun opens the door and holds in a shriek. In her room, there's a kid in there wearing a cloak, a hood covering his face.

A tiny thief!

He notices the noise from the door opening and she takes a chance, running towards him. She hits his head with all the strength in her tiny hands. He goes down with a bonk, collapsing like a sack of potatoes. Oh no, She realizes, processing his tiny form. I hit a child. Maybe even killed him!

“Are you okay?” She asks, leaning down at his tiny body. There's a sudden poof of what looked like a cloud and she staggers back. Eun stares with wide eyes as a fully grown man looks at her. He’s close, face inches away from hitting hers. 

“Wow, this is the second time I've been hit! By a Chimera, no less.”