The green-haired maid frowned slightly. Her Highness had fallen and lost her memory!

And she'd forgotten so many things that she didn't even recognize the maid who was by her side day and night.

This was serious. Unfortunately, the king had already left the imperial capital, so they needed to hurry and call Her Highness Alaya to deal with the situation.

“You can just call me Eve, Princess Elina. You may have hit your head and lost your memory because of last night's accident. I'll go get Her Highness Alaya—your mother—right away. Please wait here.” Seeing Elina's troubled little face, Eve explained nervously.

“Wait. It's not that serious. I still remember plenty of things, so there's no need to bring Mother over. By the way, what day is it?” Elina waved her hand and asked.

Eve gave a few light coughs, composing herself from her earlier panic into a calm, elegant maid. As the personal head maid to an imperial princess, she rarely lost her composure. But her little princess was just too adorable. The thought of her losing her memory made Eve's heart ache. Still, if Her Highness said she was fine, Eve would respect her wishes. She couldn't let her guard down completely, though. Once Her Highness Alaya arrived, she would still have to tell her what had happened.

There was just one thing that puzzled Eve. Princess Elina usually called Her Highness Alaya “Mom”—after all, Elina was a little kitty who loved to act spoiled. But now she'd used an honorific. Had the fall somehow made Princess Elina grow up?

Princess Elina really did seem less childish than before. Maybe she'd actually matured from the fall. That way, Her Highness Alaya could rest easy, knowing no bad man would sweep her daughter off her feet in the future.

Although Princess Elina had been unbelievably cute and sweet whenever she acted spoiled as a child, these were troubled times. War was breaking out, and other countries were eyeing Frank's lands hungrily. If Princess Elina kept acting this way, she could never become a powerful priestess. Maybe this was for the best.

And Princess Elina pretending to be a grown-up was even cuter, don't you think?~

“Princess Elina, it's December 22, 1245, in the Elemental Era. Your birthday is in seven days, and once it passes, you'll be able to take part in the Elemental Awakening Ceremony.” Eve explained with relief.

Elina narrowed her eyes slightly. She really hadn't expected this. The story she'd planned out began when the heroine was fourteen and started at Falan Tower Elemental Academy. That was when Elina, as a supporting character, would make her entrance. But she'd transmigrated into a time before Elina had even taken part in the Elemental Awakening Ceremony.

That meant she couldn't get an early start on tracking down the protagonist. Still, there was an upside: a lot of things were much clearer now.

As Elina, princess of the Frank Empire, she would naturally awaken the Sacred Rite Clan's unique ability to control the Light Element, just as she'd planned. Elina's talent was incredibly strong—in fact, she could even surpass the heroine's control over the Dark Element. But in the story, Elina had been spoiled rotten, and laziness and jealousy had led to her losing to the heroine. Now that she was Elina, she wouldn't make such a stupid mistake and get herself killed. All she wanted was to live a good, peaceful life and reach at least the Ninth Rank. That would extend her lifespan to several thousand years and keep her looking young forever. She couldn't think of anything better than being a happy little couch potato meow.

Besides, Elina's talent was more than enough to get her to the Ninth Rank. As for becoming the Elemental God, she wouldn't get her hopes up. That was the protagonist's destined opportunity. Since she wasn't this world's chosen one, she wouldn't try to take it.

But even if she didn't need to worry about the main plot, unexpected changes were already cropping up. The period between Elina's twelfth and fourteenth birthdays was a blank, and it was up to her, a transmigrator, to fill it in. How to reach the protagonist through the heroine right on time at fourteen, without changing the world's storyline, was a serious problem.

For now, she should use this maid to learn more about Elina and the country. That would make it easier to pull off all sorts of clever schemes later.

Even though she knew a lot of the story's details, she was technically suffering from amnesia and couldn't possibly remember that much about the outside world. She'd have to act like a clueless newbie catgirl so Elina's family wouldn't get suspicious.

“I see. All right, you can leave for now,” Elina said, waving her hand.

“Yes. Forgive me for asking one last question, but you haven't eaten since you lost consciousness. Would you like something to eat?” Eve asked respectfully.

At the mention of food, Elina suddenly felt a pang of hunger in her empty stomach. Her stomach rumbled at the worst possible moment.

Elina awkwardly scratched her head as her cat tail began swishing on its own.

“Pfft. Princess Elina, you still have that bad habit. Then I'll go prepare some food for you. See you in a bit~” Eve giggled behind her hand.

“Mm... See you in a bit...” Elina nodded.

A bad habit? What bad habit, meow~

Wasn't it perfectly normal for your stomach to growl when you were hungry?

Elina sat on the bed and thought for several minutes, but she still couldn't figure out what this so-called bad habit was. But she was getting uncomfortably hungry. Maybe she should take a little nap first. This body sure got sleepy out of nowhere, meow~

So Elina pulled the covers over herself, leaving only her pointy cat ears poking out. She tucked her tail beside her feet, curled into a ball, and slowly drifted into a sweet dream.

.......

“Mmm...”

“What is this~? It's so soft and warm. When I squeeze it, it's all squishy. Mmm...”

Elina opened her big, pale-blue eyes in a daze. A beautiful young woman with long silver hair was right in front of her. Her pale-blue eyes were full of affection, and Elina was nestled gently in her arms. Two soft, pale mounds filled her view, and her face was pressed into their softness.

“Elina, do you remember Mommy? Eve told me everything, too. You don't have to pretend to be a grown-up, okay? You're still little. You can act spoiled with Mommy~” Alaya stroked Elina's head and asked with concern.

Elina realized at once that her mother had come to see her. And, just as you'd expect from the woman who gave birth to Elina, her mother was a real beauty, meow~

But what was this about pretending to be a grown-up? What on earth had Eve been imagining, meow~

It was a little tragic that the first time she'd ever touched something like this in her life had to happen in this way...

Still, it was so soft, and rubbing against it felt really nice, meow~

“Mm, I remember Mommy!” Elina buried her face in her mother's ample chest and nuzzled against it as she acted spoiled.

“Ahh~ Elina, you're just too adorable!” Alaya gave Elina a loud smooch on the cheek.

.......