The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
The Eighty One (81)

After seeing her mother's faint image of her dream, Stella sometimes wonders to herself.

Would if she found her mother, she would instantly know that that person was her mother?

And now, Stella knew that answer.

"Mother...."

Alexa, told in the fairy tale The Poor Princess, disappeared from the palace and is rumored to be dead. Everyone believed the rumors, too. But actually, he was here, confined in another dimension filled with ice, also alone.

"What really happened in the past?"

"What?"

"none. I just muttered earlier," Stella replied as she sat facing the chest. "Hey, dragon. Why is he here?"

The black dragon looked back at the contents of the chest, observing the woman.

"Do you know him?"

"Yes. Her name's Alexa."

"so."

The dragon nodded in understanding, but Stella's next sentence jolted him.

"... My mother."

"What's? Your mom?!"

The unexpected reaction of the black dragon made Stella look at him with a probing look. It was strange when the winged creature showed such a surprised reaction. Whereas as long as Stella knew him, the dragon had no interest in humans. He will only react to the words "game" and "crystal fruit".

Feeling that something was awkward, Stella asked, "What's wrong with your reaction?"

The dragon immediately replied loudly, "Of course I will be surprised! It's worth my hunch to say that I shouldn't kill you, apparently because of this!"

"Because of this?"

"It's because you're the woman's daughter."

Stella frowned, confused. The dragon spoke as if he knew his mother.

"Do you know my mother?"

"Very familiar," the black dragon replied in a split second. "Because he is the guardian of this dimension, whereas I am the keeper of the Red Crystal Fruit."

"Huh?"

Stella. He was again surprised by this unexpected fact. His mother is the guardian of this dimension? How surprising.

"Hmm, that means you're mixed blood, huh?"

"What?"

"There's half the blood of a witch noble flowing through your body. And half the royal blood. Oh, you're a princess?"

After a long time, Stella finally heard the word again.

'Witch royalty.'

It signified that his mother and grandfather were pure-blooded mage lords. His grandfather's hair was white, apparently because he was from the White tribe. Stella mistakenly thought that her grandfather's hair was white because of gray hair.

'And I .. mixed-blood witch nobles.'

Stella pondered the genes flowing in her body.

'Should I be pleased with the fact that I am a disgrace to the witch nobles?'

...―――...

The place where Stella is currently located is located in the deepest part of the Aros Mountains, commonly called the lower dimension because of the time difference between this dimension and the dimensions above it. Time runs slower here, according to Thev, the name of the black dragon.

'If I had heard it over and over again, but still I did not expect that my mother was the guardian of this dimension.'

Thev explains that he knows some people from the witch's nobility, one of whom is his mother, Alexa. At that time, the relationship of the witches with the monsters in the Aros Mountains was very good. Among them, there are some magicians who are tasked with keeping one dimension from opening up and messing with the other.

At the age of adolescence approaching adulthood, Alexa carries out her duties diligently. The lower dimension was guarded by her with layers of magic, after which she was reunited with Thev, who at that time had no task whatsoever.

["What are you doing here, Thev?"]

["I'm just taking a walk. I haven't been given any assignments at all."]

["In that case, will you make a deal with me?"]

That was the beginning of the Red Crystal Fruit bound to the lower dimension, namely through a treaty between a witch noble and a dragon.

Thev guarded the Red Crystal Fruit from the people who wanted to hunt the fruit while keeping his promise. But it was unexpected that she would break her promise on this day, and that was also because of a human who turned out to be the daughter of Alexa.

'But why is Mom here? Thev said that he never saw Mom again after making a deal. So, why is Mom here?'

Why was Alexa, who disappeared from Everlexa Palace, in the lower dimension with such a state of pain? And what the fuck with the crate where he lay? It was as if to say that Alexa was an undead lying inside a coffin.

'Who made Mom like this?'

His mother was obviously poisoned.

Thev also agreed with his opinion. The black dragon said that there was a paralyzing poison called "Lakshire" inside his mother's body. It was a poison that gnawed away one's life slowly and made all the organs in the body melt, so that the person affected by the poison fell asleep in a blue body condition, but was still breathing.

Lakshire cannot be cured by magic, especially if the poison has been eating away at the body for years. And it's been five years since her mother was poisoned.

'Lucky time in the lower dimension is slow, so it seems like here it has only been a few months since Mom was poisoned.'

Whoever put her mother in the lower dimension, Stella felt very grateful to that person. That way, Lakshire poison can be cured because it has not been gnawing on his mother's body for too long.

But another problem came.

"There's no cure for Lakshire's poison here."

"What?"

"The antidote only grows in the demon territory, it's also very rare."

'No way. The antidote exists only in the demon territory?!'

Just hearing her name alone has made the imaginative mind of Stella imagine about "devil" that is sinister, vicious, cruel, brutal, and has no sympathy for other creatures.

'Why does luck and bad luck come at the same time? Haha.'

Stella laughed wryly. It was impossible for him to go to the demon territory at a time when the situation with his own territory was extremely unstable.

'Did I just tell them, huh? But my relationship is not good with them right now....'

The choice right now is very difficult.

Rescue her mother by telling her family about Alexa who is still alive in order to find the antidote to Lakshire poison together.

Or the....

Looking for another way out because they still feel hurt with those who suddenly do not consider his presence.

...―――...

["It's okay. You're innocent, so don't cry."]

A person of his age said softly and warmly, patting his back gently, which shook with sobbing.

["... If you return to being the evil Xylia, your efforts will be in vain. I don't want to suffer because of you either."]

The cold voice but the timid look on his face warmed his heart at that moment. The implied meaning of those sympathy words was caught by him, who was eager to improve their relationship.

If only she could be the closest person to the princess, she would probably be so happy that it felt like she didn't want to marry anyone other than getting in touch with the princess.

But....

Destiny says....

Others....

["I'm lonely here, Xylia. Please go back to being the Xylia I know. Let's start all over again, together."]

That sorrowful smile, which was engraved on the pretty face like a doll, somehow brought about a deep feeling of despair.

Lonely....

Is he lonely now?

Pats!

"Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...!"

Xylia opened her eyes wide. His breath was hunting and his heart was pounding. The dream, which always appears every night, this time comes with a different atmosphere. The last scene of the dream made him rub his face violently.

"Cannot be. Am I that close to the princess? Was I crazy then? I can be close to my own enemies."

He muttered with a visibly disgusted face, yet somehow the bottom of his heart felt hollow. He no longer felt a sense of satisfaction after taking the attention of the king and prince as he usually did. In recent days, his heart has been filled with a deep sense of guilt, which is somehow aimed at whom.

"Why ... am I so sad? Just because of that wasted princess!"

"Well, did you finally curse, Xylia?"

Just then, the sweet voice of someone made Xylia startled and turned to the origin of the voice quickly. There, on the balcony of his room, a person with striking red hair stood up while looking at him with a smile.

"For a long time not to meet. How are you?"

'uh? Who is this guy....'

Xylia, who was staring at Zhio in a daze, stood up from her bed and walked over to the boy.

"You who?"

"What's? Of course this is ak―HAH?!"

Zhio, who had just returned home from his mission, looked at Xylia with wide-eyed surprise.

"W-how can ... in your body...."

She stuttered as she pointed at Xylia with trembling eyes.

"What's in my body?"

"How can my father be in your body?!"

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Bonus - Unfaithful Dialogue

Author: "You know, you, Zhio, must be able to cure Xylia!! Point!"

Zhio: "Just got scolded, fought?!" (albeit knp ad😂)

Author: "You are!! Why's it gone, huh?!"

Zhio: "And the one who made the script you Thor!"

Author: "That's January, this is the month of fasting."

Zhiyah: "Hiya, hiya. Btw, I'm trying to~"

Author: "You know how to get rid of Xylia!"

Zhio: "Out of course ask for tehaer oghe."

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