The Diary of Princess Alice

Seems a Bit Bad...

"Geniuses are really different..." Letitia said sourly.

Why is Letitia in such a tone? That's because of today's morning class.

As usual, after having breakfast, Alice goes to her morning class. And Letitia, who has nothing to do, also follows. Thinking that she is a few years older than Alice and therefore must know more, Letitia always rushes to answer the questions raised by Mr. Jeff in class and gets them all right, which makes Letitia very happy. But just when Letitia was looking at Alice, who was silent with pride, Mr. Jeff asked several more difficult historical questions. This stumped Letitia. Looking at Letitia, who was speechless, Alice shook her head wryly and then casually gave the correct answers...

"There is no such thing as a genius. It's just that you haven't read enough books." Alice quickened her pace and got rid of Letitia, who was touching her head.

"Humph! I haven't even heard of the questions, Mr. Jeff just asked. Obviously, they are not things that children like us should know. Only such a genius would be so bored as to read those ancient history books. Those questions are obviously for historians to study." Letitia seems a bit angry.

"Dear cousin, if you still stand there gesticulating and pursuing this issue, you won't be able to make it to lunch."

"Uh..." In the end, Letitia drooped her head in frustration.

In Alice's opinion, Letitia is very childish. Although she is seventeen years old, Alice thinks that sometimes the things she does are as childish as those of a few-year-old child. For example, she always competes with Alice in this and that. In the end, she always loses and refuses to admit defeat. If Alice makes a few sarcastic remarks at this time, Letitia will even say things like "I won't listen! I won't listen!" or "This doesn't count! This doesn't count!" in a petulant way. Alice remembers that when she was five years old, Duke Eberon asked Alice and Letitia several simple math questions. If they answered correctly, they would be rewarded with candies. At that time, Letitia, who was only ten years old, answered Duke Eberon's questions first. As a result, she only got half of them right. And then Alice answered all of them correctly. In the end, Duke Eberon gave Alice the promised reward, several candies. But Letitia, completely disregarding her status as an older sister, directly snatched the candies from Alice's hand and quickly threw them into her own mouth... Since that incident, Alice has always had a headache for her cousin. Letitia is very clingy, like chewing gum. If you are pestered by her and can't resist, she will act petulantly once you resist. There is really no way. Alice could only try her best to ignore her cousin.

"It's still like this after so many years... Alas,~" Alice said in a low voice.

"What are you saying?" Letitia looked at Alice, who was speaking in a low voice strangely voice.

"I said, we have to hurry to the dining room..."

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Lunch ended very pleasantly. Originally, most of Alice's afternoons were spent playing with Doris. But Letitia's arrival made her have to cancel her plan to go to Doris. And she wrote a letter and asked someone to bring it to Doris, saying that there were guests at home recently, and she didn't have much time to go to Doris Pastry House.

After writing the letter, Alice is now designing the layout of a newspaper on a piece of paper. But just when she had designed half of it, Letitia appeared...

"Alice~ Accompany me to stroll around Noah City. I haven't been here for half a year. I want to see if there are any new shops and novel things in the city." Letitia picked Alice up from behind.

Alice quickly gave in. Maybe it's because years of experience have told her that resistance is futile. Or maybe it's because the soft chest of Letitia behind her makes her body a bit hot.

Soon, the servants of the duke's mansion packed the carriage. Before leaving, her aunt said something to Alice that made Alice laugh and cry.

"Alice, you are the younger sister. You have to take good care of your older sister. If she goes too crazy, you have to hold her back. Oh, and come back early."

After hearing this sentence, Letitia immediately became unconvinced.

"Dear mom, it should be me who takes good care of Alice."

Looking at Letitia, who smiled, Alice's aunt smiled without saying a word. And Alice shrugs.

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The carriage of Alice and Letitia caused quite a commotion in Noah City.

"What a gorgeous and beautiful carriage~" This was the exclamation of the little girl.

"Sword slaying the dragon! The family emblem of the Lancaster family! This is the carriage of the duke." This is the exclamation of an adult man.

"Everyone, bow!" Along with everyone's bows, the carriage slowly passed through this street.

Looking at the carriage that had gone far away, people on the street started to talk.

"Is that lady who waved to us the daughter of the duke?" one person asked.

"Definitely not. The hair color of the duke's daughter is inherited from her mother and is golden."

"Oh... That lady may be a relative of the duke's family..."

Alice looks at the family emblem pinned to her chest. On the family emblem is engraved a ferocious dragon. A long sword is inserted into the dragon's neck, making this evil dragon prostrate on the ground and unable to stand up. The whole picture gives people an exciting and captivating feeling.

Alice seldom strolls around Noah City in such gorgeous, noble clothes and in a luxurious carriage like today.

She doesn't like that. A family emblem, a carriage, and a gorgeous dress. This divides Alice and the people on the street into two categories. She can't communicate with commoners normally. And when commoners see her, they will be very respectful and restrained. So Alice likes to dress up as a commoner and go to the city to play with some ordinary children. After all, in her previous life, the world was much more equal compared to this world. And the influence of the previous world on her has not been eliminated in more than ten years. She doesn't like this class system.

Letitia seems to be used to this kind of life. While waving to the people on both sides of the street who are bowing, she is looking at some high-end shops in Noah City.

Alice sighs softly, shrinks herself behind the carriage, and closes her eyes to rest. Alice doesn't want too many ordinary people in Noah to see her like that. It is not convenient for her to disguise herself and come out to play later.

But Alice still can't avoid being seen by the public in her current appearance. As long as Letitia sees a luxurious clothing store or jewelry store, she will pull Alice out of the carriage and go in to have a look.

"This feeling is terrible." Alice grumbles in her heart. It seems that even if she becomes a woman in this life, she still can't change her dislike of shopping in her previous life.

"Alice, you seem unhappy?" Letitia frowns as she looks at Alice, who is half-hearted in answering her questions.

Thankfully, after shopping for several hours, Letitia finally noticed that Alice was not in high spirits. It can be seen how slow her reaction is.

"No, Cousin Letitia. I'm just a little hungry. Let's go back now." Alice says listlessly.

"Go back? It's not dinner time yet, dear."

"I can ask the chef to make some pastries to fill my stomach first."

"Oh... Well then... Um? Wait, coachman, stop."

Just when Alice thought that Letitia was finally willing to go back, she saw that she seemed to have seen something novel again.

"Alas... It seems I still have to be bored for a while." Alice lowers her head and sighs helplessly in her heart.

"Doris Pastry House? I haven't seen this pastry house before. Is it new? There are so many people. It seems that the pastries in this pastry house are really delicious. Alice, do you know this store? Looking at so many people, it seems that everyone thinks the pastries in this pastry house taste good. Why don't we not go back and ask the chef to make them? Let's eat something here and then go back."

"Doris Pastry House!? Terrible!!" Alice quickly raised her head and looked at the familiar store outside the carriage.

Alice, who had been in a trance all the way, didn't notice that the carriage driver had brought them here.

"Alice, come down." Letitia, who had already got into the carriage, waved to Alice in the carriage.

"Damn it! Why didn't I think that my cousin might come here today." Alice covers her face with her hands and looks up weakly, moaning softly.

Letitia and her mother come to visit Alice's family every year. Every year, Alice would also accompany her cousin to stroll around Noah City. But Alice had never told Letitia that she often dressed up as a commoner and played with ordinary children. Alice had thought about asking Letitia to dress up as a commoner and go out to play with her. But after thinking about it, she finally didn't do that. It's not because Letitia looks down on commoners. In fact, Letitia doesn't discriminate against commoners. The reason for not doing so is that she is afraid that the clumsy Letitia will accidentally reveal that she is the daughter of a duke in front of Doris.

"Alice, aren't you hungry? Come down quickly and try how the pastries in this store taste," Letitia urged.

"Cousin Letitia, I think we should go back and ask the chef to make some pastries," Alice said in a low voice.

"That's so troublesome. I think this store is good. Let's try it."

"The pastries made by the chef at home are also very delicious. By the way, by the way, the head chef at home has made several new pastries recently. The taste is definitely better than here. I think you could try them." Alice speaks a bit quickly. It seems that she is a bit anxious.

"Hey! Don't you like ordinary people's food? This is wrong, pampered young lady!" Just when Letitia is accusing Alice of the role of an older sister, a person that Alice definitely doesn't want to see at this time appears.

"Respected noble lady, what can I do for you?" The beautiful and gentle Doris makes a not-so-standard curtsy to Letitia.