Mariella woke up exactly fifteen minutes before the meeting started, so she had no time to take a bath.
The maids only cleaned her face and body with wet towels, brushed her teeth and combed her hair before pushing her to the dining hall.
The chef didn't make Isabella's favourite beef porridge and gave her a strawberry biscuit which could be eaten in just one or two small bites.
Accompanied by a glass of milk, Mariella finished her simple breakfast and was rushed to the meeting by the naggy daddy– Duke Fez.
"Come on, Lala. As a queen, you can't be late, or those bullies will dare to bully you again!"
Duke Fez took Mariella's small and chubby hand as they ran across the long corridor to the meeting hall.
Mariella was dressed in a red puffy dress with a red cape and a heavy red-gold crown on her head.
Her right hand held the scepter while her left hand tightly held onto Duke Fez's large hand.
The baby was in a bad mood because of the cumbersome dress and the heavy crown.
Facing Duke Fez' nagging early in the morning, she stepped on Duke Fez's foot and harrumphed.
"I'm tired! Dad, carry me! The dress, the crown, the cape and even the sceptre are too heavy! They're bullying me!"
Mariella took a chance to act spoiled to Duke Fez, but because her image had changed from a tyrant to a brat, Duke Fez didn't feel repulsed.
Looking at the chubby, fat child who almost looked like a ball wrapped in red candy wrapping, Duke Fez couldn't help but laugh.
His wooden face melted, and he carefully lifted Isabella's heavy body.
"Hah. Lala, you're so heavy. You're even heavier than a cannon." Duke Fez teased the child as he walked fast to the meeting hall
Mariella wouldn't feel embarrassed being called heavier than a canon, but Isabella would be embarrassed to death.
Thus, Mariella controlled her expression, and her face instantly flushed red. The entire person looked like a boiled tomato!
"You bully! Duke Fez is a bully! Capital punishment! Rebel!"
With her waist trapped in Duke Fez's strong arm, Mariella could only move her chubby legs and kick Duke Fez's chest.
Kick! Kick!
She also hit Duke Fez's face and neck with her tiny little fists, almost making Duke Fez laugh to death.
Isabella was already five but she looked like a three-year-old toddler.
Not to mention her chubby body was actually cute if she didn't frown all days or make a villainess-like face.
Mariella knew pretty well how to use a child's charm to confuse adults, precisely because all her friends liked children and babies because of their wicked charm!
Mariella silently rolled her eyes at Duke Fez's melting expression and then puffed her cheeks before burying her face onto Duke Fez's neck.
"Well, whatever. You're now my dad, so this queen will reluctantly allow you to make fun of this queen!"
Mariella easily forgave Duke Fez. After all, her chest always felt warm and fuzzy whenever she interacted with Duke Fez.
Maybe...maybe this is Isabella's real feelings?
[Monica, I think Isabella really wanted to taste the warmth of adults…]
Monica, the bouncing crown in Mariella's mind paused for a while before nodding solemnly.
[I-I think so. Host, if you can grant the real Isabella's wish, you can get bonus points for accomplishing a hidden mission!]
[Call me Riel. Calling me host is a bit awkward. Anyway, what's with Isabella's wish?]
Mariella didn't know what would happen to the real Isabella after she finished her mission.
But she believed the system wouldn't make it hard for Isabella.
They're here to change Isabella's life and prevent the protagonists from becoming a leech, anyway.
The main mission should have some relations to the protagonists' growth and what about the hidden mission?
Monica twirled around before murmuring.
[If the hos– I-I mean if Riel can fulfil Isabella's wish, it will be easier for us to send her to reincarnate, and s-she will have no regrets left.]
Reincarnate? In the same world, or…?
Mariella didn't understand many things, but she didn't ask Monica about the confusing details.
She only knew that she could make the real Isabella happy by changing her fate and granting her hidden wish.
[I'll try to find out her real wish and fulfil it for her. For now, let's focus on the main mission.]
Mariella looked at the data Monica provided, and the data showed Duke Fez' progress in recognising her as his daughter and acknowledging her as a worthy queen.
The bar was already up to 30%, but it was still a long way to go to reach 100%.
By now, the duo had already arrived at the meeting hall, and Mariella immediately cast aside those thoughts and focused on the meeting.
The moment Duke Fez came to the meeting while carrying the queen, the officials and ministers inside the hall almost fell from their chairs.
D-duke Fez...is carrying that little demon?!
The queen was arrogant and never allowed anyone to carry her. Even the prime minister didn't have that privilege.
But Duke Fez could! Just what's going on??
The prime minister's face darkened. The faces of some ministers and officials in the prime minister's faction also darkened.
They suddenly had a bad feeling…
Contrary to these people's dark faces, a certain ten-year-old boy standing behind the prime minister looked at the little chubby tyrant in Duke Fez's arms with a hint of interest.
His face was still as emotionless as before, but his eyes lit up a bit.
[Gary, is this Isabella, the poor villainess of this world's original plotline?]
[Yes, young master. What's wrong?]
[Well...I wonder why no one from your baby department tries to save her?]
...save Isabella?
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