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

＜ lie ＞

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“···Me···nanny···I’m sorry about that···I spilled a little while using the water magic tool.”

“uh?”

The nanny made a strange face.

The nanny looked down at the muddy floor once more, then saw Rudy’s face again.

“Didn’t you bring the magic tools in the morning?”

“No one brought it. That’s what I did…”

“…”

The nanny makes an even more strange expression.

She sighed a little troubled, then spoke as if admonishing.

“Son, you shouldn’t say things like that. People your age would be envious of possessing magical powers. It’s normal. But if you say it wrong, you’re in big trouble.”

The nanny beckoned for Rudy and took her hand.

“Possession of magical power is treated very favorably in the country. If a true magical owner catches the eye of aristocrats or royalty, it often happens that he becomes a member of that family. They are such important people.”

The tuk-tuk stroked Rudy’s hand, while the nanny looked into his face.

“But if you lie and get caught, you will be punished that much. You shouldn’t use the word “possession of magical power” lightly. Got it?”

“…”

“It’s a little embarrassing to waste water like this, but mistakes are made at first. are you okay. I don’t hit or do anything like that. So there is no need to lie.”

“…”

The nanny smiled and stroked her hair, as if seeing how Rudy took it when he didn’t say anything.

And it wakes up with grunts and noises.

“I need to check how much water is left. The imperial palace servants bring it to you, but they don’t come often, so let’s save it next time.”

“…”

Rudy said nothing and followed the nanny.

Even if you don’t have to argue here, you’ll know right away when you see it in use.

However, it seems that there are far fewer magical power owners than expected. I never thought that a commoner could join the royal family just because he had one magical power.

It seems to be a lot more trouble than I thought if I was exposed to magic power.

Nanny headed for a small door at the back of the food pantry.

I knew there was a door because I saw it last night, but I never went out.

It didn’t fit the situation, but Rudy’s heart was a little excited.

Maybe something is growing in the back of the building.

In my previous life in Korea, there were many people who tended vegetable gardens even if there was little space.

There is not enough food here, so maybe there are vegetables.

It’s okay even if it’s not a vegetable.

Herbs like rosemary and thyme are fine too.

If you have something like that, you can make tea and use it as a spice in cooking. I don’t know, but it can also be used for medicinal purposes, so maybe it’s better than vegetables.

I don’t know what was kept as a pet in the Middle Ages, but there might be rabbits or ornamental birds.

It is said that rabbits give birth well and their number quickly increases, so it will be easy to get meat, and birds can get eggs. If you do well, you can eat fried eggs, and if you do poorly, you can eat quail eggs.

Rudy has never eaten a rabbit himself, but friends who have eaten it on a trip say it tastes like chicken.

‘It’s chicken.’

Just thinking about it made me salivate.

But when the side door opened, Rudy’s hopes rapidly waned.

There was nothing there.

Except for the narrow road that seems to have been formed by people coming and going, only weeds were overgrown.

Rabbit meat resembling chicken, boiled bird egg, roasted bird with herbs, fragrant herbal tea…

All the things that had been vividly alive in Rudy’s head a while ago disappeared without a trace like salt soaked in water.

‘Life really doesn’t turn out the way you want it to.’

Disappointed, Rudy’s shoulders went down a little.

Right next to the door were two large wooden barrels.

The lid is a circular wooden board that looks heavy.

Unlike other lids, there was no water container and closing part. It’s just a round plate placed on top of a barrel. A long piece of wood was attached to the top of the lid to replace the handle.

Nanny pushed the thick lid aside to check the inside of the barrel, and was startled.

“You didn’t run out of water. There are no magic tools inside.”

“After using all the magic tools, put them where they were originally.”

If you say it for a long time, the pronunciation leaks as well.

When Rudy answered in a short voice, the nanny shook her head in embarrassment.

“But, dear, there has been so much water… it’s weird There is no water in the bucket, and there is no way that much water will come out of the magic tool.”

Rudy kept his mouth shut.

‘Ah, this must have been a mistake.’

Like lights and stoves, water magic tools usually seem to produce much less water than Rudy gave them.

‘That’s why you asked if you brought magic tools in the morning.’

If I hadn’t used it since last night, wouldn’t it be that much?

‘How bad is the performance?’

If the performance is that low, isn’t it better to build waterways instead of using magic tools?

Rudy looked up at the nanny’s face, hesitant.

“I put the magic tools in the container last night, but I took them out while trying to use water a while ago. Then I took out the water and poured it out…”

It doesn’t make sense that a child pushed the heavy lid and put the magic tool in, but it doesn’t make any more sense to take out the magic tool and put it back.

Still, it’s probably easier to accept than the fact that an ordinary magic tool suddenly became special.

The nanny looked at Rudy with her mouth wide open and muttered.

“oh my god! You really possess magical powers. Did you do the lighting and heating?”

“···yes.”

“but···.”

The nanny looked at Rudy like a ghost and shook her head.

“Nonsense. I don’t know much about magic tools, but I’ve never heard of people who can put several mana at once. Moreover, such a small child…”

‘Ah, dear.’

It’s increasingly taesan.

It seems that the people here have a very difficult time pouring magic into a single magic tool.

There are so many mines, I don’t know where to go.

My heart felt stuffy, and my eyes were filled with moisture.

I don’t think I’ve ever cried as long as I can remember, but maybe it’s because I’m young, my eyes draw tears at will.

The nurse was startled and came over and knelt down.

“Oh,” said the nanny, making a painful sound.

“It’s okay, my dear. I am not blaming you.”

“…”

“But why did someone with magical powers like you come to a place like this? If you have that much talent, of course…”

Suddenly the nanny shut up.

He stared at Rudy and muttered.

“Golden hair, green eyes… He resembles Enrico-sama, but in the end he resembles Bhimama. Yes, that’s it.”

With a thoughtful expression on her face, the nanny looked around. I put my lips to Rudy’s ear and asked in a low voice.

“Do you know that you possess magical powers, Chief Chamberlain?”

“no.”

Shaking his head, he lowered his voice even more.

“Okay. you can tell me the truth Did the chief chamberlain tell you to lie?”

“no.”

“You are a smart kid. yes, you should do that You shouldn’t tell anyone. By the way, when you came here, who did you meet besides the chief chamberlain?”

“Except Mr. Buradov…”

At Rudy’s answer, the nanny’s face became impatient with joy.

I don’t know what she’s getting wrong.

Nanny covers her mouth with her hand and speaks quietly.

“Yes, dear. Let me ask you one more thing. What would you do if Bhimama mistook you for Prince Enrico?”

“Just pretend.”

“yes!”

The nurse jumped up and bent over again, holding her waist.

Oh, I think I know what she’s thinking now.

The nanny seems to have thought that the chamberlain was trying to make Rudi the son of Bhimama.

It is said that those with outstanding magical powers are also recruited by nobles and royalty, so I guess he guessed that one way to do that would be to become the son of a princess?

It might be better to just exploit magical powers as a slave, but if you do that, you will end up as a mere slave that has nothing to do with family blood.

In order to bring that blood into the royal family or the nobility, it would be important to become a member of the family when a child is born.

Only then, in the next, next generation, the owner of magic power will be born in the family.

‘Well, if I’m mistaken, I’ll leave it as it is.’

If you think that the chief chamberlain is telling you lies, you won’t go anywhere else and talk about it unnecessarily.

It seems that there is no one to speak to in a situation where I am being neglected to this extent, and it is good.

Rudy lowered his head slightly.

In my previous life, when I was in elementary school, my mother was a little polar.

Starting with Taekwondo and Eungbyeon academies, I think I have done everything that other children have attended.

Among them was an acting academy.

It was not a raucous academy attended by child actors, but a place where nameless private theater actors performed simple plays in a shabby building with local children.

I remember that it was so unsystematic that I doubted if I was getting permission properly.

I went twice a week and put on a small play once every few months.

I don’t have that much talent, so I’ve always played the role of a tree, a star, or a rabbit, but after a few years, I get used to it.

The director, a private actor, is a type of person who has no skills but makes up for it with enthusiasm, so he was very interested in Rudy, who plays the role of a tree, and gave acting guidance.

What he always said was, “Feel the tree’s heart.”

I never really dreamed that the experiences of those days, which I thought were useless, would be useful in another world.

Let’s be the heart of a child.

Rudy lowered his head and slightly raised his gaze to see the nanny.

“Please keep it a secret. I am afraid that if I become known… I will leave here…”

“of course. If Empress Mama finds out, she will definitely try to take you away. yes, definitely will He must be trying to marry the princess he gave birth to.”

The nurse kept her mouth shut and nodded vigorously.

“I can’t let it go like that. If you really need to get married, there is a princess here too.”

“···ah! princess!”

Rudy turned around in embarrassment.

I left it there because the baby fell asleep, but I think I left it alone for too long.

Besides, it’s near the stove. It must be dangerous.

Hurrying into the building and going to the baby, the princess was lying quietly eating her hair when she woke up.

“Princess, this is not for eating.”

As Rudy pulled his hair out of his mouth, his face contorted.

He seems angry.

However, the hair was already cut into pieces and remained in her mouth.

If you don’t pull it out quickly, it will go down your throat.

Maybe you don’t even know if it’s already in the stomach.

“ha···.”

A sigh came out spontaneously.

As she put her finger in the baby’s mouth and opened it, the princess’s eyes tightened.

Of course, so is the mouth.

I put my finger in the toothless side, but it hurts even if I bite it with my gums.

“It hurts, Princess. I really want to break my finger. Please let go.”

Rudy cried, but the princess couldn’t take care of his situation.

Rather, he moved his gums as if grinding his chin.

sick. It really hurts.

Why is the strength so strong for a baby, it felt like my fingers would break.

I looked around for help, but the nanny had already gone to Bhimama’s side.

The blanket on the bed moved a little, as if Bhimama was about to wake up.

Rudy has no choice but to try to open the baby’s mouth with his other hand, but the princess won’t let him go.

It hurts so much that I feel like crying.

A miracle pacifier that babies don’t let go of, isn’t it on sale somewhere? If there is, I definitely want to buy it.

After barely getting away from the princess, I finished the inventory check I had done yesterday.

He wondered if there might be food ingredients he didn’t know about, but nothing unexpected happened.

It was all in the food warehouse.

When it was well past lunchtime, an imperial palace servant brought some food.

It was soup, a loaf of bread, and some spiced meat roasted over a fire.

The amount was just enough for Bimama to eat.

Nanny and Rudy, as well as the amount of food for the princess, the royal family, were not prepared.

Even so, the nanny didn’t say anything and quietly accepted the food.

It was clear that the empress’ bullying was still continuing.

‘As expected, I need to have a self-sufficient system.’

Otherwise, I would starve to death in the most affluent imperial palace.

＜lie＞ end