"I dare you to come all the way here"!
inside the beautifully arranged Queen' Palace's garden, I am easily climbing like a monkey on a tree with an abundant amount of branches that make the other trees in the garden pale in comparison.
"Wait! Hey!"
The one stretching his hand trying to reach me is this country's second prince, His Highness Alfred Gaicias Frialist. A dazzling young boy with shining dark-gold hair and bright blue eyes clear like the sky. Even in an aristocratic society where there are many with beautiful looks, it is royalty who brilliantly stands at the top, and amongst them, Alfred boasts another level of beauty.
Unfortunately, Alfred's hand is met with air while I continue to swiftly climb higher and higher. When I reach a branch that seems adequate to sit, I point my butt downwards and wiggle it while smacking it mockingly.
""You bastard! Do you think you can display such an attitude to me, someone who's royalty!?"
He was shouting with his face bright red while stomping the ground in frustration without even attempting to climb the try.
Well, of course, there's no way a sheltered prince will be able to climb a tree. Let alone climbing a tree, I think he might have never even touched a tree. At most he probably had a picnic in the shade or something along those lines.
I look downwards and stick my tongue out at him then proceed to lay on top of a branch with a thump. As if I was declaring that I have no intention of going down anytime soon.
Me, Fania Arginia, and Prince Alfred are both seven years old. Due to being a Duke's eldest son, I was chosen as the prince's playmate. From that point on, I was frequently brought to the Queen's Palace without me having a say in the matter and made to pay Alfred company.
To put it bluntly, Alfred is an arrogant and overbearing prince. He has the looks, the style, a keen mind, and outstanding reflexes. It's no wonder he became Gi*nt1 having all those qualities, and having all the people around him spoil him rotten surely didn't help either.
On the other hand, the person forced to keep that overbearing prince company, me, is the epitome of shyness. No matter what Alfred says or does to me, I just nod. The ultimate yes-man. That's me.
It's been over a year since I was chosen as his "friend". I've been punched, kicked, and insulted, but I still readily followed after him.
That was of course until last week!
That's right, it happened last week. I was called to the Queen's Palace like usual to be the prince's playmate, I didn't do much playing though. I mainly just stayed close to Alfred while he ran around the Palace's garden. Alfred probably thought that since I didn't complain or object to anything, he could do whatever he wants to me. Like pushing me into a pond. On purpose.
Officially, it's probably something like he tried to push me aside because it seemed like I was going to fall down.
Even though it was the palace, the pond was still rather deep. I was really drowning until the knight guard rescued me. Alfred was looking at me grinning and sneering. Seriously, he's a piece of trash.
The weak and shy me was then assaulted by a high fever and was bedridden for 3 whole days. My life wasn't at risk but still, my condition was serious.
And then, because of that shock, I remembered my past life. I remembered the life before I was born as Fania!