"What do you want?"
[What?! Is he going to kill me if I ask for something?! I'm not risking it!]
"Uh, Nothing Father,"
He glances at me and just stares, I can feel his eyes burning holes through my head, I scratched my head a little nervously, [What would a 6-year-old girl like? Oh!]
"Follow me, Louise." He stated and started to walk down the alleys in the village, [is he luring me into a secret place so that they won't ever find my body? I really can't help but think this way after all of his attempts to "help me" gulp.] I followed after him, I don't want to get killed for not following orders. [Goodbye Pride..!] I thought tears started to run down my cheeks internally, [Goodbye dear world...] As she wept internally, Ezekiel had something else in mind.
[I'll get her a bunny, Children seem to like those a lot, Adelaide suggested that I do that so that could cheer her up.] He turned to glance at her and she shrieked the moment he smiled at her, his face looked like that of a gangster from her perspective. [Has he finally found a place to set my body?! AHHHHH!!! I DON'T WANNA DIE!!! LORD PLEASE HEL-]
"Here." He said and plopped a bunny on my hands as I was about to pull his shirt, He smiled scarily as I gulped trembling, even the bunny was trembling in fear. "F-Father..?"
"It's a gift for you." He said, What Louise understood from this was; I'll have mercy on you but next time you disobey, I'll slice your hands off.
[He-He really must not like me..! I mean I did start acting differently and called him a bastard but I only told Adelaide and she scolded me for that.]
"T-Thank You..." I smiled, but the ends of my lips were trembling, there's no one here except for the merchant who sold this to us and his shop, which went by the name: Moon Spoon, that's a really strange name. [Why would someone name that their shop when they're only selling animals? Strange beings they are..] I nodded along with the bunny which also seemed to understand my worries.
[I get you...]
Here's what happened Earlier:
"Your Majesty, The kingdom of Ferissia has started to suspect since we've stopped letting them into the Empire, What else should we do?"
"I agree. We need to fix this ASAP."
[ASAP? What does that mean..?!]
"Ahem...We should start by heading to the north, the lower class mostly live there, they won't suspect and their lives won't be in danger. We must work on finding Merchants that can take us along with them, Of course with the right amount of money paid." I said, My tiny hands still clasped together with a serious face. "Pft..!"
I glared at the emperor who was still fangirling and the Count that was still laughing in silence, My Father seemed to be the only one who was serious but he too was hiding his face and cowering, [wha..? you too?! You people need to take this seriously!!!]
"AHEM." Everyone shot up and sat back to their normal postures, I smiled innocently yet with internal rage, [Am I, a child, taking this more seriously than you morons?! HUh?! HUH!?] "As I said, We should start moving North, they'll lessen their security there and move towards the borders,"
"There's a small problem though Louise,"
"What is it?"
Everyone looked at me in shock as I talked with the Emperor, [what? Did I do something wrong?] I looked at him nervously and he replied by sighing, "Louise, You're just a child and you're even scarier than my wife," He wept jokingly, I remembered him saying she had blue hair and blue eyes, which could explain the prince's blue eyes and blue hair, but then he wouldn't be a part of the royal family.
[Hmm... There's no time to think about that! Crap! I was so caught up in the Empress' life that I forgot of my own! If I don't succeed, the Duke will kill me! my life will end, I won't be rich and live lavishly anymore! Oh, wait...Once I go to heaven-]
"The problem is that the mages we've contacted haven't answered, The Mage's Tower has yet to respond, it's been a few weeks now, somehow they've avoided this for so long, We're not sure how we'll try to fix this."
"Oh that. I think I can fix that."
[She'd be a great Empress! She's More Reliable than all of us Combined!] All of them thought in unison they looked at each other and then at her and nodded, agreeing to the very end.
[?]
Back to Present~
"F-Father..! H-How nice of you..!"
[There's a long line of History that whichever son or daughter of the Baudelaire family is of no use they are to be disposed of, that's the reason I'm so jumpy today, I found out in one of the Family's Albums or more like records.] I trembled along with the small little rabbit in my hands and walked back to the center where everyone shopped and went out for strolls, [now he can't dispose of me in public]
[Now I won't be able to hang out with her more with all these people around...] He sighed and gave off a malicious and angry vibe, [eek! I must've done something wrong! What was it?! What did I do?! Whatever just apologize!]
"I-I'm sorry Father..." I said, he turned to glance at me and smiled, [phew I almost died Although he looks quite handsome when he smiles.]
[I wasn't the only one looking forward to Father-Daughter time I guess Louise also thought the same.] He kept smiling as in the whole way home, I felt like any minute now he'd unsheathe his sword and kill me. Every time he moved to hold my hand I jumped in fear that he was planning to cut my hand off. [I don't want to be part of the unfortunate]
[Why doesn't she want to hold my hand?] He whined, Then Louise suddenly felt like she was floating, "Wha..?" She looked up to meet her father's face and he had an indifferent expression. "F-Father?!" He looked down and smiled, My face flushed and I understood what he wanted, "Father,"
"..." He grumbled, I tried some other phrase, "papa?"
He was still unsatisfied, I didn't want to sound like one of those brats on television but, "D-Daddy?" He smiled and looked satisfied, he didn't glare at me anymore. He walked, with our hoods still over our heads and as we arrived at the Mansion he snapped his fingers, "Yes, Your Excellency?"
[Where the hell did they all come from?! were they watching this entire time?! AHHH!] My face flushed and I covered my face, they all left as soon as father gave out the command.
"F-Father?"
He looked at me angrily and then I remembered what he wanted me to call him, I really hate this. I really hate this word curling out of my mouth, but If it means saving my life at all costs and means I will do anything to avoid a painful death again!
"D-Daddy?"
"Hm?"
"Why were those guards hiding?"
"They were supposed to protect us from any harm and if you were ever lost they'd find you," he continued on with his rambling though, "But if you did manage to lose them and they came back without you or any evidence, they'll have their limbs cut off. one by one..." He said, that sent shivers down my spine, I nodded and wrapped my hands around his neck since he still carried me and we went home. [Their lives are within my hands...I'll protect the knights with all I can!]
[Thank you, miss!]
[today was a very scary and terrifying day. I WILL NEVER FOLLOW HIM THROUGH AN ALLEY AGAIN.] I looked down at the once terrified bunny, this bunny looks so familiar though. Why do I feel like I've seen it before? it had red beady eyes, and a pink coat, its fur was so soft and silky but most animals don't have their fur like that.
Unless it was groomed, it couldn't have been this silky it's as if-
POOF!
"Hello, Master." A boy with red eyes and pink hair popped out at least he had clothes on though, that's a relief. [In Anime they used to make their guardians appear, and naked at that! I felt blinded by such an atrocious thing! now that I'm experiencing this firsthand...I'm starting to have regrets.] I looked at him nervously, he was a cute little boy around my age, "I am Your Guardian, I do not bear a name for the meantime." He bowed, he had gentle eyes that looked like he would not harm anyone, he looked so cute.
[Eye candy! Daddy! I will love you for the rest of my life for this!]
"Lady Louise? Are you here?"
"Ack! Hide!"
"Hm?" I covered his body with blankets on my bed and sat over the blankets putting pillows along with the boy as well, "Hm? Lady Louise, What's wrong with your bed?"
"Ah-! W-Well, You see! I was- I was playing hide and seek!" I said, thousands of drops of sweat were running down my face, [please don't look. please don't look. please don't look.please don't look!] She tilted her head and walked over to the bed, as she lifted the bedsheets I tried to stop her, it was like a slow-motion movie.
"No! Wait! Th-Th-The bunny!"
"What bunny? Oh! You mean the one the duke gave you?"
"Mhm! I put him to sleep under all the blankets and pillows," I nodded rapidly, [JUST LEAVE ALREADY.] She hurriedly flipped over the blankets and pillows, I squinted my eyes shut as she kept quiet. [She's going to scold me.]
"I see your father has good taste, Lady Louise," She said, I turned around and sighed, "Adelaide! It's not what you thin-" I was shocked by what she held In her hands, she was holding a bunny, the bunny that transformed into a cute boy, is now a bunny again. its beady eyes stared at me and then winked.
[You NAUGHTY BUNNY.]
[SEE YA']
Adelaide groomed the bunny and prepared him his own bed to sleep in as she ordered the servants, "Go and get supplies for this bunny,"
[You're lucky this time bunny, next time I won't let you slip away!]
[Heh]
[Phew at least she didn't see him transform.]
"AHHH!!!" I heard a shriek from the kitchen and ran over there quickly, [don't tell me..!]
"LOUISE! WHAT iS THIS?!" She pointed at the boy desperately, "Hello I am-" I covered his small mouth and he smiled kindly, [how can you be so calm right now?!] She was on the ground pointing at the boy scared,
"Shut up, don't say anything, Adelaide, this is just your imagination, nothing else so don't worry, the bunny is still in your hands."
"What's going on?" I looked over at Adelaide that was lying on the ground, she fainted, thank god, I have an excuse. "Daddy! it seems that Adelaide fainted! She thought that a bug came in so she tried to kill it but I accidentally scared her!" [it's not entirely true, but it's not entirely a lie either. She did get surprised by me and almost tried to kill the bunny. ALMOST.]
"I see." I looked over my shoulder and the bunny was still there, [I'll lock you up in my room if you pull this again.]