Daughter of the Emperor Vol 1 Chapter 1.1

1. Hello, I'm Baby-End. Ariadna

I grasped consciousness sometime after I was born.

Yes, I know that that is quite a peculiar statement, but it really was sometime after I was born.
Before that it was like I had been in a dream, everything was covered in a deep haze yet I could recall just the end of that dream. A strange man stabbed me in the stomach. The truth of the matter is that a man who I have just met for the first time had killed me without even a struggle.

'Ah! I feel like shit! Even if I had to die I died by cold-blooded murder!

 ''Wah, wah!"

A surge of annoyance momentarily caused my mouth to automatically open, but the sounds that came out were not words. I just simply wanted to say "annoying".

'What is this- this strange voice?' But it didn't take me long to figure it out. Once again, I foolishly recalled that I was a baby. It was a devastating feeling. As soon as I died, I had reincarnated.

"Oh my, when did our Princess wake up?"

'That's right. When did you come?' As I felt the sensation of someone holding me, I yawned. To be honest, my vision had become so shitty that I couldn't tell if it's night or day. Of course, once I literally came to my senses, my vision had approved daily. 'But seriously, when did I wake up? How could I not even know when I woke up... I guess kids are just those kinds of creatures.' Even after sleeping all day I'm sleepy. 'What is this unsatisfied feeling?' Only after deeply sleeping and sleeping again do I feel refreshed.

'Ah, I'm sleepy.' But the good news is that because I'm just a kid, no one can scold me. 'Eh, should I just go back to sleep? Since I thought about it, should I just go back to sleep?' As I was closing my hard to open eyes, a fragrant aroma tickled my nose. 'Ugh, to think this smell is too fragrant. It's the end for me. I am without a doubt a Wah wah-ing baby.'

Slowly, I opened my eyes to confirm that it was exactly what I thought it was. It was Ma ma. The repulsive feeling of knowing it came out of a woman's breast went away quickly. The hunger caused my body to automatically respond. The first time I couldn't even open my eyes so I drank eagerly, but now I can open them! However, the situation had barely changed. 'Yeah, I guess I have to eat. I mean, what else can I do? But to think this taste was so delicious.' To fill my empty stomach, there was no need to contemplate, I eagerly sucked on what was between my lips. I don't know how I got reincarnated, but it's refreshing to experience an unmemorable baby life with a completely fine mind.

'...Is that even possible? What the hell is this?'

"It's OK, you don't have to rush. Good."

For some reason, I wondered about the gentle voice that was near my ear. I know that a baby must hear words as they grow to learn, but somehow, even though I am a baby that was born some time ago - I'm not supposed to understand human words. I can mysteriously translate the words that I hear.

'Are these Korean words?  Eh, but there's no way that possible.'

"Princess... our Princess."

After eating, I was just lying in a saggy manner when the lady picked me up and rubbed my back. 'She's burping me... I would also like to do it as fast as possible, but with this uncontrollable body, how could I do what I want?' This body may be mine but I have no control over it.

"Princess..."

'Ah, really... Why are you calling me?'
Calling me with such a wretched, pathetic voice. If someone heard that voice, they would think I was practically on my death bed. When I heard that voice I felt like I was a dying patient. 'Yes, I'm not dying and I'm here, Mrs. Nanny.' The Nanny laughed at my body movement. 'At least she's laughing.'
 

This is just conversation I'm making, but at the word 'Princess', I thought my name was literally Princess or I was a precious child of a high class household. But to think that I really was a Princess.
'Egh. Is this a reversal of a reversal?* Ah, if I wanted to complain about it then there is a really big reversal hidden somewhere else.' Since I was born a Princess, I really wanted to be born in a very happy kingdom, but the truth is...

"...Majesty."

'Ah, I heard he was coming two days later, but I guess he already arrived. I was so surprised I grabbed the edge of my Nanny's clothes. My Nanny was shocked to the point her face paled and her whole body was completely frozen in place. The burp that was coming out went back in. 'Ah. That surprised me.'

"Your Majesty."

So, like I said, I reincarnated. I don't know the name of the body I reincarnated into, but I do know this body has a tremendous amount of status. There's just one problem, the biological father is a bloodthirsty Emperor... Keitel Agrigent.

Keitel.
That is the name of the sleek and handsome young man that just opened the door with a bang.
 

"May you reach Evangelium."

She bowed to down, at a terrifying speed might I add, to the point you could see the King's feet - all while holding me. However, the King's gleaming eyes didn't even glance at her.

'So this is the bastard!
The main character of all those stories I heard to the point that they're practically nailed to my ears*.' It's the first time yet, strangely, I don't feel like it's the first time we met. 'Is it because i heard about him so often?'

The atmosphere quickly turned cold and was filled with tension. I straightened my back- not that anyone could tell. Even though we just looked at each other at the same time, I felt my body shaking. He was glaring at a child, no- at his child, with an unbelievable amount of killing intent. Towards that fierce glare, I had to hold back my urge to cry. That crazy bastard would probably kill me for crying.

As if filled with blood, his scarlet eyes were especially red and his slightly disheveled silver hair was like freshly fallen snow, similar to a drawing of a sunset. His beauty could be praised to the heavens as not of this earth; a  heavenly creature. 'Yes, this man...'

I know this feeling is not right towards a father I have never once seen, but I lifted my complaint filled face towards him. He is handsome to the point that he can make your skin shiver beauty. This man is the Emperor of the Argigent empire and my father. Not even 5 years had passed since he inherited the throne but he managed to swallow ten kingdoms and raise an empire. He is a tyrant called the 'Mad Emperor'.

'Ah. Oh, God...'

"...."

A heavy silence covered the room. With an unfathomable expression and cold empty eyes, he looked at me arrogantly. My throat dried up under this gaze. 'Is this foreboding feeling what people called being under threat?'

"This child is my child?"

He spoke with a twist at the end of his lips and long eyebrows which covered his eyes.
Only then did the pressure that was weighing on me lifted.
'Ha, that godly beauty doesn't fit a crazy man like you.'
My cheeks automatically puffed up. Because there was a lot of fat on my cheeks it was quite noticeable. I guess it was interesting because, for a moment, he laughed.

"M Majesty."

"Majesty..."

I guess they were taken off guard because I can hear my flustered Nanny and some other guy's voice. However, I wasn't even given a chance to check out this new guy because at my neck- yes, at my neck, a huge hand reached out. I breathed in a series of short puffs. I just stared blankly into the eyes of the guy grabbing my neck. It's true that when you look up at someone their downward gaze upon you is much more terrifying, but it wasn't scary to the point you wanted to die. It just that-  It just that...

'Ah, to think this bastard is my father. My newly started life is already 90 percent shit.' I lamented inside my heart, shedding tears and sighing heavy sighs. *Sigh, sigh*

As a child, I could hear my small sighs. 'I guess that bastard can hear it too.' His gaze changed. I  guess the fact that even through he grabbed my neck with one hand, I barely made a response, which was fascinating. 'No wonder...' Even I find myself fascinated at my lack of response.

"...Majesty."

Behind me, I heard a distressed voice. It was filled with so much distress that I felt sorry for her. Well, I guess that's the normal response to this. I wondered why I felt so calm as I stared at the face of death.
'Is it because I already experienced dying once?
No! Of course not!
It's because as soon as I was born I had given up on life. Hah~ I mean, the rumors were overly inhuman and brutal. He's a mass murderer. A crazy bastard who killed all the women he held.' I guess he would not have felt be any different towards his own child. 'Yeah, if you want to kill me then do so already.' Those eyes weren't the eyes of a father. 'Ah, I feel aggrieved. I mean, I died and then I was reborn, but that guy is my father? I must have sold out my country in some previous life. If it not that then what is up with my life?'

"Ariadna."

After holding my throat for a long time, Keitel muttered a single word. At that moment, the cold hand that grabbed my neck disappeared. At the sudden disappearance of that hand, I was caught off guard, so my head lightly shook - making him laugh.

"Let's use that for a name."

This was the first meeting between a mad tyrant and his only daughter.

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T/N
The words written in blue are just baby babble in Korean
they are technically just supposed to be sounds but they do have meaning
Wah Wah  is obviously crying
MA MA is baby speak for food In Korea that is universally accepted that babies say Ma Ma for food
We feed them Ma Ma until they become toddlers then they eat bap like everyone else
I dont know why i remember that when i forgotten so much else
remember she not asking for her mom but food
Mom in korean is UMMA 
P.s bap  means rice but it also used to mean meals .So even when you dont mean rice you will still ask wanna go eat bap ? that because rice is eaten so frequently that is became almost synonymous with meals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_(food)

*She means by reversal of reversal is that there was a twist to what she expected and then  there were a another twist.
It  is a common tropes in Kdrama .So they literally have dramas called reversal drama or 반전 drama even on youtube there 반전 kakao chats which shows a reveal . A sudden truth so think of it as the reveal that make you switch sides or change your mind on something .

반전 is similar  to 역전 which also means reversal but closer to counterattack
so a common trope is a girl who was thought by everyone to be a villain was really framed by the white lotus  and then  there is the reveal which is 반전  then the audience is like what! (but not really)
then perhaps the villain  will change her destiny of being canon fodder and do a 역전 .Then a reversal of fortunes will happen.
see ? .....doesn't  this seem so common   ? -_-
I personally suspect the author expects her readers to be familiar with common everyday tropes in light novels,manga and drama.

* nailed to your  ears is a saying in Korea
It means to hear it so often it stuck or nailed to your ears

1. Hello, I'm Baby-End. Ariadna I grasped consciousness sometime after I was born. Yes, I know that that is quite a peculiar statement, but it really was sometime after I was born.. Before that it was like I had been in a dream, everything was covered in a deep haze yet I could recall just the end of that dream. A strange man stabbed me in the stomach. The truth of the matter is that a man who I have just met for the first time had killed me without even a struggle. 'Ah! I feel like shit! Even if I had to die I died by cold-blooded murder!  ''Wah, wah!" A surge of annoyance momentarily caused my mouth to automatically open, but the sounds that came out were not words. I just simply wanted to say "annoying". 'What is this- this strange voice?' But it didn't take me long to figure it out. Once again, I foolishly recalled that I was a baby. It was a devastating feeling. As soon as I died, I had reincarnated. "Oh my, when did our Princess wake up?" 'That's right. When did you come?' As I felt the sensation of someone holding me, I yawned. To be honest, my vision had become so shitty that I couldn't tell if it's night or day. Of course, once I literally came to my senses, my vision had approved daily. 'But seriously, when did I wake up? How could I not even know when I woke up... I guess kids are just those kinds of creatures.' Even after sleeping all day I'm sleepy. 'What is this unsatisfied feeling?' Only after deeply sleeping and sleeping again do I feel refreshed. 'Ah, I'm sleepy.' But the good news is that because I'm just a kid, no one can scold me. 'Eh, should I just go back to sleep? Since I thought about it, should I just go back to sleep?' As I was closing my hard to open eyes, a fragrant aroma tickled my nose. 'Ugh, to think this smell is too fragrant. It's the end for me. I am without a doubt a Wah wah-ing baby.' Slowly, I opened my eyes to confirm that it was exactly what I thought it was. It was Ma ma. The repulsive feeling of knowing it came out of a woman's breast went away quickly. The hunger caused my body to automatically respond. The first time I couldn't even open my eyes so I drank eagerly, but now I can open them! However, the situation had barely changed. 'Yeah, I guess I have to eat. I mean, what else can I do? But to think this taste was so delicious.' To fill my empty stomach, there was no need to contemplate, I eagerly sucked on what was between my lips. I don't know how I got reincarnated, but it's refreshing to experience an unmemorable baby life with a completely fine mind. '...Is that even possible? What the hell is this?' "It's OK, you don't have to rush. Good." For some reason, I wondered about the gentle voice that was near my ear. I know that a baby must hear words as they grow to learn, but somehow, even though I am a baby that was born some time ago - I'm not supposed to understand human words. I can mysteriously translate the words that I hear. 'Are these Korean words?  Eh, but there's no way that possible.'.

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"Princess... our Princess." After eating, I was just lying in a saggy manner when the lady picked me up and rubbed my back. 'She's burping me... I would also like to do it as fast as possible, but with this uncontrollable body, how could I do what I want?' This body may be mine but I have no control over it. "Princess..." 'Ah, really... Why are you calling me?'. Calling me with such a wretched, pathetic voice. If someone heard that voice, they would think I was practically on my death bed. When I heard that voice I felt like I was a dying patient. 'Yes, I'm not dying and I'm here, Mrs. Nanny.' The Nanny laughed at my body movement. 'At least she's laughing.'.  .

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. This is just conversation I'm making, but at the word 'Princess', I thought my name was literally Princess or I was a precious child of a high class household. But to think that I really was a Princess.. 'Egh. Is this a reversal of a reversal?* Ah, if I wanted to complain about it then there is a really big reversal hidden somewhere else.' Since I was born a Princess, I really wanted to be born in a very happy kingdom, but the truth is... "...Majesty." 'Ah, I heard he was coming two days later, but I guess he already arrived. I was so surprised I grabbed the edge of my Nanny's clothes. My Nanny was shocked to the point her face paled and her whole body was completely frozen in place. The burp that was coming out went back in. 'Ah. That surprised me.' "Your Majesty." So, like I said, I reincarnated. I don't know the name of the body I reincarnated into, but I do know this body has a tremendous amount of status. There's just one problem, the biological father is a bloodthirsty Emperor... Keitel Agrigent. Keitel.. That is the name of the sleek and handsome young man that just opened the door with a bang..  .

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. "May you reach Evangelium." She bowed to down, at a terrifying speed might I add, to the point you could see the King's feet - all while holding me. However, the King's gleaming eyes didn't even glance at her. 'So this is the bastard!. The main character of all those stories I heard to the point that they're practically nailed to my ears*.' It's the first time yet, strangely, I don't feel like it's the first time we met. 'Is it because i heard about him so often?' The atmosphere quickly turned cold and was filled with tension. I straightened my back- not that anyone could tell. Even though we just looked at each other at the same time, I felt my body shaking. He was glaring at a child, no- at his child, with an unbelievable amount of killing intent. Towards that fierce glare, I had to hold back my urge to cry. That crazy bastard would probably kill me for crying. As if filled with blood, his scarlet eyes were especially red and his slightly disheveled silver hair was like freshly fallen snow, similar to a drawing of a sunset. His beauty could be praised to the heavens as not of this earth; a  heavenly creature. 'Yes, this man...' I know this feeling is not right towards a father I have never once seen, but I lifted my complaint filled face towards him. He is handsome to the point that he can make your skin shiver beauty. This man is the Emperor of the Argigent empire and my father. Not even 5 years had passed since he inherited the throne but he managed to swallow ten kingdoms and raise an empire. He is a tyrant called the 'Mad Emperor'. 'Ah. Oh, God...' "...." A heavy silence covered the room. With an unfathomable expression and cold empty eyes, he looked at me arrogantly. My throat dried up under this gaze. 'Is this foreboding feeling what people called being under threat?' "This child is my child?" He spoke with a twist at the end of his lips and long eyebrows which covered his eyes.. Only then did the pressure that was weighing on me lifted.. 'Ha, that godly beauty doesn't fit a crazy man like you.'. My cheeks automatically puffed up. Because there was a lot of fat on my cheeks it was quite noticeable. I guess it was interesting because, for a moment, he laughed. "M Majesty." "Majesty..." I guess they were taken off guard because I can hear my flustered Nanny and some other guy's voice. However, I wasn't even given a chance to check out this new guy because at my neck- yes, at my neck, a huge hand reached out. I breathed in a series of short puffs. I just stared blankly into the eyes of the guy grabbing my neck. It's true that when you look up at someone their downward gaze upon you is much more terrifying, but it wasn't scary to the point you wanted to die. It just that-  It just that... 'Ah, to think this bastard is my father. My newly started life is already 90 percent shit.' I lamented inside my heart, shedding tears and sighing heavy sighs. *Sigh, sigh* As a child, I could hear my small sighs. 'I guess that bastard can hear it too.' His gaze changed. I  guess the fact that even through he grabbed my neck with one hand, I barely made a response, which was fascinating. 'No wonder...' Even I find myself fascinated at my lack of response. "...Majesty." Behind me, I heard a distressed voice. It was filled with so much distress that I felt sorry for her. Well, I guess that's the normal response to this. I wondered why I felt so calm as I stared at the face of death.. 'Is it because I already experienced dying once?. No! Of course not!. It's because as soon as I was born I had given up on life. Hah~ I mean, the rumors were overly inhuman and brutal. He's a mass murderer. A crazy bastard who killed all the women he held.' I guess he would not have felt be any different towards his own child. 'Yeah, if you want to kill me then do so already.' Those eyes weren't the eyes of a father. 'Ah, I feel aggrieved. I mean, I died and then I was reborn, but that guy is my father? I must have sold out my country in some previous life. If it not that then what is up with my life?' "Ariadna." After holding my throat for a long time, Keitel muttered a single word. At that moment, the cold hand that grabbed my neck disappeared. At the sudden disappearance of that hand, I was caught off guard, so my head lightly shook - making him laugh. "Let's use that for a name." This was the first meeting between a mad tyrant and his only daughter. ******************************************************************************** . T/N. The words written in blue are just baby babble in Korean. they are technically just supposed to be sounds but they do have meaning. Wah Wah  is obviously crying. MA MA is baby speak for food In Korea that is universally accepted that babies say Ma Ma for food. We feed them Ma Ma until they become toddlers then they eat bap like everyone else. I dont know why i remember that when i forgotten so much else. remember she not asking for her mom but food. Mom in korean is UMMA . P.s bap  means rice but it also used to mean meals .So even when you dont mean rice you will still ask wanna go eat bap ? that because rice is eaten so frequently that is became almost synonymous with meals.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_(food) . *She means by reversal of reversal is that there was a twist to what she expected and then  there were a another twist.. It  is a common tropes in Kdrama .So they literally have dramas called reversal drama or 반전 drama even on youtube there 반전 kakao chats which shows a reveal . A sudden truth so think of it as the reveal that make you switch sides or change your mind on something . 반전 is similar  to 역전 which also means reversal but closer to counterattack. so a common trope is a girl who was thought by everyone to be a villain was really framed by the white lotus  and then  there is the reveal which is 반전  then the audience is like what! (but not really). then perhaps the villain  will change her destiny of being canon fodder and do a 역전 .Then a reversal of fortunes will happen.. see ? .....doesn't  this seem so common   ? -_-. I personally suspect the author expects her readers to be familiar with common everyday tropes in light novels,manga and drama. . * nailed to your  ears is a saying in Korea. It means to hear it so often it stuck or nailed to your ears  .

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