114 chapter 114. Lecture - 1

Listening to his words, her pout deepened, " But brother Felix, how come your presence have bad effect on sister Aeinshia? " She asked innocently, her puppy eyes curious to know the answer he would say to her.

Honestly, he was taken aback by her statement. He didn't know what exactly gave her the idea, but he has to erase it. He can't let her think wrong as right. But, problem, he didn't know what is the cause and the solution. 

"Hmm~" He hummed in, as he is searching for a way to explain her. He can't bluntly just tell her anything. She is a child, who gets many doubts and will be curious to find answers. So it is only advisable if he chose his words before he spoke and explain her clearly, yet not making her think unwisely.

" It's hard to explain, but---" He got interrupted by little princess Lucia in middle.

Having a confident look on her face, with her cute sweet voice, she spoke, " Brother Felix. You just got to explain me, understanding and all is my part. You don't have to worry about it. So hurry, fill my ears and give some work to my brain " She spoke, while her hand grabbed her ear, gesturing him that she is already to listen to him.

Felix furrowed his brows heavily, as such, " Over confidence defeats you, " Saying that he gave a heavy blow on her forehead. He initially thought to give a light flick, but he was unable to control his flow of energy as his kneeling became unbalanced. So he concentrated on getting a hold of himself as he lost balance, and as a result, flicked her hardly unintentionally. 

Aish~ Little Lucia winced in pain, as she almost instantly, grabbed her forehead and rubbed her palm, trying to reduce the pain.

Felix got petrified with his actions. It's never his intention to create any pain to her. Seeing her in pain made him feel very bad on himself. Who wouldn't feel sad hurting a little girl? Felix isn't any exception to it.

So he stayed silent, ready to listen her reprimanding him. 

" You ungrateful fella? Do you even know what is waiting for you for hurting a Royal? Didn't anyone teach you on how to act and be mindful of your words? Do you know what you even did? This is so unbecoming of the future heir from a Duke household, " She at once abandoned all her cuteness which she displayed a while ago, and acted her rude and arrogant self like usual.

Finishing that, she understood she didn't find anymore words inside her brain to either scold him or to curse him and finally, for an effect, she heavily stomped his leg with her small leg. Her face red from all the frustration she is trying to suppress.

Felix chuckled out loudly, sure to know, no matter how much effort and energy she added, her fragile and weak self can't do any damage to his well trained body, " So, is that your true self princess Lucia Seazle, huh? " Felix smirked at her, " A foul mouthed little princess with a nasty temper behaving like a wild animal left in forest and acting all cute? This is so unbecoming of the great seazle empire's princess who might become a future queen or empress to some empire. Is this your level of understanding, princess? " He threw back her dialogue.

'Hah! It felt so good to throw back her words to her. She has to know this kind of understanding that she is thinking right now, is not doing any good to her.'

In reply to him, Little Lucia stood still, not wishing to speak further.

Little Lucia peered at Felix, who greeted her with a wide smile ( more like a wide smirk) . She blinked many times to register what she did in out of impulsiveness a while ago.

" Is there a way for me to get away from this situation? Gosh~ is there anyway for me to erase what he witnessed before? " Little Lucia fell into her contemplation and was momentarily shocked at what mess she created.

Felix chuckled out once again, " Silence means you are agreeing to it. So is that all acting before? Or you realized your mistake? " He asked her.

Little Lucia pouted for a while before she finally decided to speak, " Yes. My cuteness is only for sister Aeinshia and for emperor father. What? Do you have any problem now? " She spoke, not caring anymore, since she let the cat out of bag already. Well, covering seemed pointless to her. It's not like, he will go ramble to anyone, so why not she can be more comfortable around him and drop her act?

Moreover, even if he goes to ramble to someone, he started it first by hurting her. Hurting a Royal Princess. Hurting a royal, in a any way, it itself is a big crime and hurting a princess would create worst mess. 

Felix nodded as if he understood something. Nevertheless, he immediately furrowed his brows listening to her words, so he spoke his displeasement to her, " However, little princess Lucia, I don't care how you behave or what you do outside. But I do expect respect from you. Should I punish your etiquette teacher for not teaching you properly? Or is the fault lies with you? Are you slacking off from your classes? Or something is wrong with your understanding? " He spoke his point straight to her.

" That's not the point brother Felix. I am just giving you the taste of your own medicine. Respect should be earned and can't be demanded. You give respect and take respect. Call me princess Lucia without adding any tags like little and I will also follow same to you brother Felix, " She explained him clearly.

Despite being young, she already started to oppress others using her position as a imperial family member.

She is sure the type to not give any leniency right from the start and flaunting her power at such a young age. Intelligent~ And rude. She has to have a restraint on that. It's time to get a hold of her reins and guide her in a better way. 

Felix thought as such and continued, " Sure, why not. Since we are one family, I am entertaining you, but now you made it clear, I will sure obligue to your wishes and will surely draw a line between our relationship. So don't feel bad later for my formal behavior, "He spoke, clear that he once again back to his cold facade. 

Little Lucia shrugged off her shoulders, " That's more like --, " She spoke back arrogantly. 

He interrupted her, not letting her finish her words, " Princess Lucia, " He spoke, a hint of coldness is evident in his voice, unlike before, his face missing all his gentle demeanor and replaced with a distant vibe to her. 

Little princess Lucia pouted, witnessing his instant change. She really didn't expect him to take her words too seriously, which left her amused and cutting her words in middle made her to irk up again. 

Felix smiled harmlessly, " Oops~ look at what I witnessed. Princess Lucia got irritated for my lack of behavior and consent. So I think you understood how rude it would be if you cut while someone else are speaking their stance right? " He spoke and gave a huge pause, trying to let that information pass through her brain and continued, " Now listen my words carefully, " Point 1: You don't understand the relationship between me and MY sister. And for your information, I really don't have any obligation to explain things between us, " He spoke, stressing the word MY sister and overpowered her by saying who is closely related to Aeinshia. 

" Now point 2: This is important of all. You act as if you understand everything, but you don't and your eyes are blinded already to not notice what is the situation. You first have to understand the situation and act accordingly. Is that how you were planning to rule the empire? "

" So, if someday in future, if someone mistakenly spill something on your dress, will you behead them? Or will you slit their throat? Do you really think you can threaten me with your words? Ok, let me also know what you can do to me? See, I'm bare handed, you can do anything. Will you call aunt? Or complain to uncle? " He spoke with same arrogancy as her, knowing it is important to be bossy in order to tame a wild beast like Little princess Lucia. 

" See, You should understand the situation back then. I only flicked you hard because, I lost my steadiness while kneeling. You have to check the action and knew whether it is done intentionally or not. Yeah, you can punish anyone if they held harm intentions towards you and use any punishment on them. Be good in taking decisions. You can't ramble like that, acting impulsively. "

" Remember, One can't take back the words they spoke or one can't redo the actions if did. We can only learn from situations and reflect on ourself. The purpose is what better person we are from yesterday. So think and act. "

"Is that how a princess should act? Where do you get your rudeness from? You are a normal human and being a princess doesn't mean you are all above everyone. It is true, we run the society on positions and power. But staying higher than someone doesn't mean you get consumed by arrogance. Staying high compared to others means we got people to work under us and should guide them. Being a member of imperial family means you should also act like one. Remember, as the position is greater, greater the responsibilities you carry on your back and one should act accordingly and fulfill their duties. "

" Point 3: I say, there is a very thin line between confidence and over-confidence. Confidence let's you succeed, whereas over-confidence brings defeat to you. I hope, this princess, who could understand anything even though, the opposite person didn't explain things properly could understand this fact and wish you won't get ridden by over-confidence our princess Lucia, " His words came like lazers, straightly passing through her heart, as his words came out very coldly. 

" Point 4: Everyone and everything got their limits. It will only be considered as a joke if it's laughable. Acting high and arrogant will only be a hindrance to gain knowledge. Keep that ego aside and THINK. "

He wanted those words to get into her brain, so he spoke slowly, yet he couldn't control the harshness in his tone. He didn't feel offened actually. She is just a kid and what she needs is right upbringing. If someone speak to her properly, then she can understand and reflect on her actions. So all it needs is sometime to explain her and change her point of view on how she is visualizing everything. 

This is her first time someone ever dared to speak to her in this tone and pointed out her mistakes. At first, she was on the verge of breaking tears, but she collected herself and acted strong.