The Place Where I Was Sold as a Slave Was the Imperial Palace

＜ We may be unexpectedly alike ＞

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I had a dream.

No matter how different world it may be, there is no animal with a cute rabbit face, a bee body, and bat wings, so this must be a dream.

The cute bunny grabbed him with his skull-thin fingers and, ah, but I don’t know why the hands are human, he brought his fingers to his mouth anyway.

And when I sucked on one side, I felt that all my qi was being sucked into that side.

stop···.

Rudy speaks to the monster rabbit in a muffled voice, but the rabbit continues to suck his finger, either inaudible or ignoring it.

The rabbit’s front teeth scratched the top of his finger lightly.

It hurts even though it’s a dream

You rotten rabbit! Is it okay if only the face is cute? While the body is a monster.

Rudy grunted and tried to remove his finger, but his body didn’t move as if he had been pressed by scissors.

And suddenly the rabbit bit his finger.

“omg!”

Eyes flashed open.

It is dark everywhere.

For a while, I didn’t know where I was.

Blinking her eyes, she barely remembered that she had come to Bhimama’s concubine yesterday.

someone bites their finger

“it hurts.”

When I turned my head, there was something white in the darkness.

“light on!”

As he muttered, a magic tool nearby activated.

All of a sudden, the surroundings light up.

The princess was biting his finger. No matter how much he sucked, nothing to eat came out, and he seemed angry again.

“Princess, you don’t eat your fingers.”

“…Huh…”

Tears welled up in the baby’s eyes.

Rudy sat down and stretched out her short arm to pull the baby into her lap.

The princess, who was about to burst into tears with her face twisted, closed her lips with a sigh.

Rudy’s hug seems to have stopped her crying.

Perhaps the joy of being hugged is greater than the hunger. Babies often stop crying when someone hugs them.

“…”

Suddenly, I thought it was strange.

This baby, I’ve heard that it’s definitely closer to 12 months, but why can’t you talk?

They don’t do anything special other than crying because they’re hungry or sucking their fingers.

I’ve been to first birthday parties a few times, but all of those babies were moving and holding on and saying short words in their own way that parents couldn’t bear.

According to the memory of the previous life, wasn’t the Doljaengi stubborn enough to make his parents sweat profusely?

‘no way···.’

There is only one possibility I can think of.

That no one talked to this baby.

And maybe he didn’t even hug and make eye contact.

Maybe because I was tied up and lying down, I don’t think I can even walk yet.

Rudy sighed.

Come to think of it, there was a time in the past when I saw a painting from the Middle Ages and had a brief argument with my friends.

I happened to see a medieval painting, and there was something like a baby mummy drawn on it.

Some friends insisted that it was because the baby died, and some argued that what are you talking about, the mother is going somewhere with the baby, and what kind of salt is the newborn baby.

I didn’t investigate it separately because it was passed on as a joke, but now that I think about it, the picture at that time is a wrapper with a baby wrapped up like this.

In addition to the princess, I don’t know if there was anyone who talked to me and called me by name.

Because Bhimama doesn’t recognize her daughter, the princess, and the nanny is busy taking care of her, so she probably didn’t care about the baby.

Seeing the baby reaching out for him, Rudy gave him a finger.

make eye contact and say

“I’m lending you this finger for now.”

To the extent that it remains in the picture, most babies would have grown up wrapped up like that.

After all, everyone who walks the world out there grew up the same. Babies who are raised tightly wrapped around them eventually grow up and walk normally when they become adults.

Perhaps Rudy himself spent a year wrapped up in this way. So there was a possibility that he stayed in the mansion’s room until he was three or four years old.

“therefore.”

It’s not too late from now on.

Rudy grinned as the baby diligently sucked his finger.

The emotional side is a little behind the others, but with diligent talk and love, this baby will quickly catch up with the average person.

Isn’t there a saying that a baby’s brain is a sponge? Babies have that much flexibility.

“The princess will soon be able to talk and be stubborn.”

It felt like a match had been lit in my lonely heart.

This little baby has only himself.

Bhimama has a nanny who raises and cherishes her. Clearly, Bhimama is more important to a nanny than a baby.

So until now, this baby had no one. In this desolate building, I grew up hiding behind a partition to avoid being noticed by my mother.

It may be meaningful that Rudy, who lost everything in his previous life and fell alone in this world, came to this world.

I don’t know if there really is such a thing as destiny, but if it really exists, wouldn’t it be like this.

A baby shunned by people and alone, and a self isolated from the familiar world.

“Maybe we’re surprisingly similar.”

You and I are both infinitely lonely beings.

I thought so.

“Now, let’s eat.”

Oops, the pronunciation leaked.

Since I am still small and young, my tongue is also short.

Most of the time, I can speak properly because I care, but there were times when a child’s tone came out without realizing it.

It’s a little embarrassing to have only a baby.

With an awkward smirk, Rudy rose from his seat.

The face of the baby who was biting his finger also came up.

No, I want you to stop biting and let go.

When Rudy tried to remove his finger, the baby grabbed his finger with both hands.

power is a trade

Rudy grabbed the baby’s arm with one hand and tried to raise it a little.

Although her legs are weak, she may be able to stand since she is almost 12 months old.

But the baby’s legs were too thin. His grip was strong, but his legs were different.

The baby rose very slightly, but quickly sat down.

Seeing how Rudy gets up on his own even though he only slightly grabs his arm, it seems that he has a lot of willpower to get up.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t even know the name of the princess.’

When the nanny wakes up, the first thing I will ask is the baby’s name.

I don’t know what time it was, but it was still dark outside. Even inside the building, it is cold enough to make your hands and feet feel cold. I thought I had managed to sleep in the midst of this.

Rudy went back to the magic tool storage.

Searching the box further, there was a magic tool with [Stove] written on it.

The commands were [stove on], [stove off].

Who is it, who made this command? Isn’t your vocabulary too poor?

The thought of muttering these words every time I turned on the stove made me feel pathetic.

After letting out a long sigh, Rudy put the pouch he had found in the food pantry on his shoulder.

It’s small and fits Rudy’s body perfectly.

I don’t know what it’s used for, but it was gathering dust in the corner of the shelf.

Put the stove magic tool in it and hold the baby.

Perhaps it was after a good night’s sleep, it was much easier to hold than yesterday.

In addition, it seems that he has a knack for hugging princesses. He hugged Rudy’s neck tightly.

My neck is a bit sleepy and it hurts, but thanks to that, I was able to move with a sense of stability.

Thinking that yesterday’s princess couldn’t even do this kind of movement made me feel a bit sick.

The fireplace is in the center of the building.

The light from the lights shines slightly, but the room is still dark.

Rudy made his way to the fireplace, holding the baby and being careful not to roll over.

The hearth’s magic stone was a deep yellow, close to golden.

The gas stove was red and the light was light yellow, so I’m guessing the stove is probably electrically operated.

You can put it anywhere as long as it’s a hot fan, but if it works the same as an electric stove, don’t just put it on the floor.

If you do it wrong, it will catch fire.

Also, unexpectedly, there is a possibility that the golden and light yellow magic stones are completely different types.

‘Putting it in the fireplace would be the safest.’

Rudy inserted a small stick into the hole in the stove instead of a switch, put it in the fireplace, and murmured softly.

[Come to the stove!]

Suddenly, the magic tool glows red.

In an instant, the red magic tool seemed to burn with invisible fire.

‘omg! Doesn’t this explode from overheating?’

I was suddenly terrified.

Listening to what the nanny said, it seems like she’s used it before, but I don’t know why it works so uneasy.

The [stove] instantly heated the air and made the building warm.

But it’s too much.

The ash under the magic tool turned red and then turned white again.

Looking at it with a worried heart, I suddenly thought that it might be because of the command.

Everything Rudy has said so far is in Korean.

However, I don’t think someone spoke Korean when operating the magic tool.

How can people who can’t even read Korean speak?

Besides, if that’s the case, there’s no reason why he wrote “automatic translation” on the magic tool.

Words like capital and electric light didn’t seem to exist in this world.

Automatic translation may have just meant automatic interpretation.

Thinking so, Rudy turned off the stove and this time spoke in the imperial language.

“fireplace!”

This time it didn’t work at all.

There is no word for electric stove, so I said fireplace, but it doesn’t work.

‘What’s wrong?’

Rudy thought for a moment, then spoke again.

“A stove without fire that gets hot gently!”

Oh, it seems that the magic tools are working this time.

shone softly

However, compared to when I spoke in Korean earlier, the light of the magic tool activation was considerably less.

It seems to have triggered it, but I don’t know if it’s working. The air did not warm at all.

There doesn’t seem to be much change in the magic tools.

However, when I put my hand on the magic tool, it was getting warm little by little.

‘I see. If you explain it similarly to the words written on the magic tool, it will work.’

As a result of several more experiments, it was found that the more similar the explanation to the name written on the magic tool, the stronger the power, and if it is different from the actual one, it does not work at all.

It is most powerful when spoken in Korean.

‘I should be careful not to speak in Korean in front of people.’

After operating the stove at moderate intensity, Rudy headed back to the food storage with the princess in his arms.

The princess must have been hungry and was now chewing on Rudy’s hair.

When the nanny wakes up, I’ll get some help and cook some meat porridge for the baby.

I don’t have rice, but I think it would be okay to boil it for a long time by adding meat, stew, and vegetable soup ingredients little by little to water.

I don’t know how it tastes, but in terms of health, it will be fine.

“But now I can’t help it. I have no choice but to drink it with a little hot water.”

I talked to the baby who couldn’t understand at all, and put the ingredients from the vegetable soup in a hollow bowl.

Crush the vegetable ingredients with a spoon.

Contrary to my thoughts, my body did not move well.

Every time you press the ingredients with a spoon, they come out like mudfish.

The thought of holding it with my hands was like a chimney, but let’s be patient.

Although it is still young, it is food for the princess to eat.

Grabbing it with a slave’s finger… No, is it sucking your finger already? then it wouldn’t matter

Rudy struggled a bit, but in the end he clamped the vegetables with his hands and crushed them with a spoon.

Pour a little hot water from the magic tool into it.

Once again, I scooped it up with a spoon and put it in the baby’s mouth, and he started to eat it.

Eats really well.

For some reason, I gave them a spoonful, and the bowl was empty before I knew it.

Oh, I’m hungry.

But can slaves eat whatever they want? After thinking a little bit, I tore off some bread and ate it.

Well, since I ate it yesterday too, no matter what I think about it, it’s already spilled water.

＜ We may be unexpectedly alike ＞ The end