Royal Secret: I'm A Princess!

"THE MINOR god you killed gave his eyes to you?"

"Yes, Papa Boss," Neoma said, then she tilted her head to one side when she realized something. "Ah, I haven't reported it to you yet."

Her Papa Boss let out a sigh. "Neoma, next time, report something like that to me right away."

"Yes, Papa Boss," she said, acting like an obedient daughter this time. "Should we use it to retrieve your missing memories?"

"I feel like it would be a waste to use it on me."

"Why would it be a waste?" she complained. "Papa Boss, we have to figure out what happened during my second life. Plus, we need to save Mama Boss as soon as possible."

Her poor mother had been trapped in the ice under the ocean for almost ten years.

"You're right," her Papa Boss agreed. "Can you show me the god's eyes you received?"

"Of course, Papa Boss."

To be honest, she didn't know how her body moved on its own accord.

She just opened her hands, closed her eyes, and imagined the red orbs materializing, and voila!

When she opened her eyes, the two red orbs were already in her hands.

[Wow. How did I do it? Am I truly a genius?]

"Neoma, where did you learn to do that kind of thing?" her Papa Boss asked. "Did the minor god teach you how to summon his eyes?"

She shook her head. "I guess I'm just built different?"

Her father gave her a look that said "stop spouting nonsense."

"It's true, though," she said while pouting. "Anyway, do you know how to use these eyes, Papa Boss? Lord Redgrave didn't have the time to teach me."

"This is the first time I've seen a pair of authentic divine eyes," her Papa Boss said. "But Trevor might know, since that demon boy is Mr. Know-it-all."

She giggled because her father was right. "Trevor, come out."

"I heard everything," Trevor complained as soon as he materialized beside her. "Your Majesty, I'm not Mr. Know-it-all. My facts are legit, and not only for bragging–"

"I don't care," her Papa Boss cut him off rudely. "So, how do we use a god's eyes?"

"Lord Redgrave said he can see forgotten memories," she explained. "We need to retrieve Papa Boss's memories. So, do you know how to use these eyes?"

"Ordinary humans cannot use an item from a god," Trevor began carefully. "But the de Moonasterios aren't ordinary humans, right?"

"Of course, we're not ordinary," Neoma and her Papa Boss said proudly at the same time.

The demon boy smiled, but he looked pissed at the attitude they showed him. "Anyway, you just have to crush the eyes with your Moonglow until they turn into dust, then wash your face with it. But while washing your face with the dust, you have to focus on searching for your missing memories."

"That sounds simple," she said, then she turned to her father as she handed him one of the red orbs. "It's easy peasy, Papa Boss."

Her father nodded, then he accepted the red orb from her. "Yeah, I can do it."

Trevor laughed while clapping his hands. "Ah, the de Moonasterios' sheer arrogance never fail to amuse. Do you think it would be easy to crush a god's eye–"

Crack.

The demon boy was forced to stop talking when the sound of the red orb cracking all over filled the entire room.

She smiled when she realized how focused her Papa Boss was looking at the red orb in his hand. The red orb was now covered with a blu-ish and silver-ish light. Ah, that must be her father's Moonglow.

[It feels warm.]

A few moments later, the red orb broke into hundreds of pieces. The broken pieces were then turned into a red, fine dust.

[Just like that.]

Neoma turned to Trevor with a smug smile on her face. "That's my Papa Boss."

Trevor just rolled his eyes as if he was already done with her and her father.

"All I have to do is use this dust to wash my face, right?" her Papa Boss asked, then he washed his face with the red dust. "Trevor, I'll kill you if this doesn't work."

***

TREVOR was relieved when the method he taught the emperor actually worked.

As of the moment, Emperor Nikolai was sitting still on the couch with his eyes closed. A red light that felt too aggressive to be called divine power surrounded his Majesty. Moreover, the dust from the broken red orb covered the emperor's closed eyes.

"Ah," Trevor said when he felt the barrier he created getting attacked from the outside. Then he turned to Princess Neoma who was sitting beside him while watching her father closely. "Princess Neoma, it seems like His Majesty's Paladins have felt the god's hostile energy. Can you tell them to calm down? I don't like getting hurt."

"You get hurt when your barrier is attacked?"

"Oh, you know my barrier is getting attacked by the Paladins?"

Princess Neoma nodded. "I can feel it."

He smiled proudly.

[Princess Neoma doesn't notice stuff like before since she's too self-centered.]

"Mochi," Princess Neoma summoned the Wind Spirit. Then, a few moments later, a white bunny materialized on her lap. "Can you go and assure the Paladins that Papa Boss is alright?"

"Of course, Princess Neoma," Mochi said. "I enjoy communicating with humans, anyway."

After saying that, the Wind Spirit disappeared.

Trevor tilted his head while observing Princess Neoma. Something was bothering her, and he thought it was the right time to bring it up with Emperor Nikolai was still "unconscious." "Princess Neoma, do you remember how Bookworm works to gather information?"

"Is this a quiz? Okay, I'll humor you," his adorable princess said. "You and Bookworm don't know everything immediately. Bookworm actually gathers data by reading the memories of the people around you, or reading the available texts around."

"Uh-huh," he said. "Do you know how I found out the method to use a god's eyes?"

"Isn't it recorded in the bookworm's logbook or something?"

He shook his head firmly. "No. It's a new data Bookworm gathered just now." It was rude, but he couldn't help it when he pointed a finger at the princess. "A data from you, Princess Neoma."

"From me?" the princess asked, surprised. "But I know nothing about it?"

"Then how did you know the method of killing a god?"

She tilted her head to one side. "Isn't it just something like… common sense?"

"Common sense?"

"I mean, Lord Redgrave tried to suck the life out of me," she said with a shrug. "So I used the uno reverse card on him."

"Uno reverse card?"

"Nevermind," the princess said. "I just copied what he tried to do to me. I'm just lucky that it worked."

"Princess Neoma, I like you from the bottom of my heart but…"

"Not like I care, but what?"

"But you're too carefree," he said sternly. "I'm telling you it's not normal to know the method to kill a god. Even Bookworm doesn't have enough data on it, and he lived longer than you do even if you combined all your previous lifetimes. Granted that Redgrave was just a lesser god, it still makes little sense a human like you successfully killed him."

"Okay, I get that it's a huge feat," the princess finally acknowledged. "But I really don't know how I managed to pull that off. It just felt… natural."

"Princess Neoma, it's not like you don't know it," he said. "I think you just don't remember."

"Impossible," she denied while shaking her head. "I remember everything."

"Can you trust your own memories?"

"What are you implying, Trevor?"

"Save the other eye, Princess Neoma. No matter what happens, don't let others use it," he said seriously. "You might need it someday."

It looked like Princess Neoma was about to complain but when the seriousness on his face didn't change, she nodded like an obedient child. "Okay, I'll save it for myself."

Trevor grinned, and his hand hovered over Princess Neoma's pretty head. "Can I pat you, Princess Neoma?"

Princess Neoma smiled "sweetly" at him. "Sure, if that's your death wish."

***

NEOMA could only stare at the ceiling while thinking about what her Papa Boss showed her earlier.

Yes, her father successfully retrieved his missing memories.

And thanks to Trevor's help, her Papa Boss was able to share it with her.

She found out her Papa Boss and Mama Boss tried to cross over to the other world to save her from the gods' evil plan.

[I'm really the next Aether, huh?]

But it wasn't what shocked her the most.

[Yoon Jung. Go Areum. Nabi.]

Her Mama Boss, with the help of an Ancient Spirit, found a world where they could live as a family– a world where the gods of this world couldn't reach.

[But they planned to leave Nero behind…]

That was so fucked up.

"Papa Boss and Mama Boss were both selfish," Neoma whispered to herself in a cracked voice. "How could they make such cruel decisions?"

Granted that Yoon Jung, Go Areum, and Nabi were all supposed to die anyway, she still found it cruel that her Papa Boss and Mama Boss decided to take over the family's physical bodies just to get away from their own problems.

[Go Areum…]

That woman was her eomma/mother in her second life.

[Since Mama Boss failed to cross over to the other world, then she couldn't be my eomma.]

But Kim Won-shik…

[Gavin Quinzel successfully crossed over to the other world and possessed Kim Won-shik's body. And I was able to cross over as well and possessed Nabi's body, thus we became a family in my second life.]

But what happened to Nabi's soul? Did the poor baby really die? Was Nabi really destined to die or did she have to die because of her?

[Argh.]

She got up while clutching her stomach.

[I want to throw up.]

Still, there were many questions left in her head. Questions that her Papa Boss couldn't answer since he failed to cross over to the other world. Only one person could give her the answers she wanted at the moment.

[Appa...]

The appa in her head was a loving man who raised her with affection. But the Gavin Quinzel that she came to know...

"Trevor."

As expected, Trevor immediately materialized in front of her. It seemed like the demon boy noticed how serious she was at the moment because he didn't act cheeky after being summoned. "Yes, Princess Neoma?"

Neoma stood up and ran her fingers through her hair. "Bring me to my appa now."

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