It was certain that God was with our child.

Otherwise… the child wouldn’t be so… so energetic.

Our Eliana, who had passed the newborn stage, had now grown enough to walk on two feet, albeit wobbling.

Detrian and I, having somewhat caught up on the work that had piled up due to childbirth, tried to maximize the time we spent with Eliana.

As a result, Eliana grew up to be a lovely daughter who followed us very well.

And Detrian, these days, is becoming prettier and prettier.

“Daddy! Daddy! Pretty!”

“Pfft……”

Delian, who had entered the room, couldn’t help but burst into laughter when he saw Detrian with Eliana.

When Detrian glared at him, Delian immediately began reporting on work matters to Detrian as if nothing had happened.

Delian’s white hair was covered in crayon marks from Eliana’s hands, making him look like a parrot with severe stains, and it was also decorated with six colorful ribbons.

The baby bib that Eliana had put around Detrian’s neck as a gesture of sharing was stretched to its limit, looking as if it was begging me to kill it.

“Uncle!”

After playing with her father’s hair for a while, Eliana seemed to change her target and ran toward Delian with sparkling eyes.

“Uncle?”

Hearing Detrian’s fierce tone, Delian skillfully picked up Eliana who was approaching him and shook his head.

“No, no… Poluria read a book to the princess where the word ‘uncle’ appeared…? She started crying, asking why she didn’t have an uncle, so they called me and introduced me as her uncle…. That’s why she’s calling me this now, I absolutely didn’t tell her to call me that?”

Despite Delian’s excuse, Detrian’s gaze looked as if it would pierce through him.

That’s when it happened.

“Pretty!”

Eliana scratched Delian’s face with her palm, and the crayon marks on her palm transferred directly onto Delian’s face.

“…Pfft.”

“Puhah!”

Seeing that, I couldn’t hold back my laughter at the unexpected situation, and Detrian didn’t seem to have any intention of holding back in the first place.

Delian, whether aware of his face or not, was busy baby-talking to Eliana.

“Your Majesty. Grace has arrived.”

I exchanged a quick glance with Detrian and then nodded to Frill.

Frill seemed startled when she saw Delian’s face, but then bowed as if nothing had happened and left the room.

I thought that her professionalism deserved recognition for being able to hold back laughter after seeing that face.

Shortly after, Grace quietly opened the door and entered the room.

“Rowenloa! It’s been a while!”

Grace, seemingly conscious of Eliana’s presence, quietly expressed her delight toward me without raising her voice.

Then she noticed Detrian beside me, made an “oops” expression, and hurriedly bowed.

“It’s been a while, Miss Grace.”

“It’s been a while, Your Majesty. Your beautiful hair has become quite… colorful.”

Hearing that, I burst into laughter once again.

“Oh, Grace, you’re here?”

That was the moment when Delian, who had been focused on playing with Eliana, noticed Grace’s arrival and turned around.

Grace stared blankly at Delian’s face, then dropped her small bag to the floor as if letting it fall and burst into laughter with a “Uwahahahaha!”

At Grace’s reaction, Delian looked at us with an expression of complete bewilderment, while Eliana, held in Delian’s arms, burst into giggles watching Grace laugh so hard.

Eventually, Detrian and I couldn’t suppress our laughter either, and so a laughing party broke out with only Delian unaware.

“Br… Broth… heheh, Brother… your face… your face is so colorful!”

Delian tilted his head as if asking what she meant.

Then he alternately looked at the crayon marks on Eliana’s palms, which had completely melted due to the baby’s body heat, and at his own hair.

As if finally understanding why we were laughing, he carefully put Eliana down on the floor and felt his face with his hands.

“Ah… I’ve suffered what Detrian was suffering……”

Grace laughed even louder.

Eliana toddled toward Grace, who was laughing almost to the point of collapsing.

Grace picked up Eliana with familiarity.

“How is it that our princess becomes more and more ladylike every time I see her?”

Detrian straightened up proudly and nodded.

“Our Eliana is quite cute, isn’t she.”

I nodded as well.

Delian and Grace looked at us with expressions of disgust.

“…I’ll tolerate this because Eliana is cute.”

“I second that.”

Delian and Grace often came to show affection to Eliana on our behalf when Detrian and I were busy.

That’s why Eliana was always excited to see Delian and Grace and eager to be held by them.

“But why does Eliana only do this to us? Weren’t we the only ones who got the chocolate handprints last time too?”

Delian looked alternately at Eliana, me, and Grace with curiosity.

Grace teased Delian by saying:

“Our princess knows too. That the real powers here are me and Rowenloa. Right, Your Highness?”

Eliana clapped her hands as if pleased.

When Lady Poluria, who had briefly stepped out, came back in, we left the room as if on cue and headed to the central hall of the palace.

“…By the way, you two, you’re not planning to enter the hall looking like that, are you?”

Detrian and Delian let out helpless laughs.

“Is this the first time we’ve walked around looking like this……”

“Compared to the time when chocolate-covered handprints were stamped on the back of my pants, this doesn’t even qualify as embarrassing……”

Grace burst into laughter.

“Well then, shall we walk by ourselves now?”

Grace carefully put Eliana down on the floor.

Eliana toddled along and then stopped in front of the door.

“It seems our princess has the disposition of a princess. How does she know her place so well?”

“Don’t you think she also knows she’s the main character today?”

I smiled and answered Delian and Grace’s doting comments.

“I told you, she took only the good points from me and Detrian?”

Hearing that, Grace muttered that I never knew how to give a proper compliment.

As the central hall opened, bright light suddenly enveloped us.

“Oh my, the princess has arrived!”

The attention of many people in the hall focused on us.

Eliana began to toddle forward as if enjoying the attention.

Seeing this, people covered their mouths in admiration of Eliana’s cuteness.

“Oh my…. How can she walk so well on those tiny legs.”

“Look how she’s not afraid of people. As expected of a princess……”

Had she walked to the center of the hall?

Eliana stopped in the center and looked at us following her.

Then she blocked Detrian’s path as he was about to walk.

“Legs hurt! Ana!”

People burst into laughter at Eliana’s bold demand to be picked up because her legs hurt.

Today was Eliana’s second birthday celebration.

The nobles invited to the birthday party finally turned their attention from Eliana to Detrian with his colorfully dyed hair.

“Pfft.”

“Ahem… Pufft… Heheh… Ahem……”

People were busy disguising their laughter as fake coughs or choking.

Detrian and Delian laughed helplessly.

So Detrian picked up Eliana, and we approached the three thrones placed on the platform.

Delian and Grace bowed to us at the bottom of the platform and then stepped aside.

“…Maybe we should have fixed our hair before coming.”

I shook my head.

“Natural is better. You know that.”

Detrian shook his head as if there was nothing he could do.

As we climbed onto the platform, silence fell over the hall.

The lights dimmed, and Delian came up to the platform with a small tiara on a red cushion.

Detrian and I carefully picked up the tiara together and approached Eliana, who was looking at us with innocent eyes.

“Happy birthday, Eliana.”

“Happy birthday.”

At the moment the tiara with red diamonds in our hands was placed on Eliana’s head.

The sound of applause from numerous people filled the hall.