New World, New Life: I Became A Bigshot In The Ancient World

Aristia watched as the maid bowed in greeting to her and her parents.

"Your Highnesses, the young prince is awake." She said, bringing the child closer to the Grand Duchess.

Aristia didn't seem to notice anything wrong with the maid's words. She shrugged and nodded to the maid's greeting while turning her attention to the child.

The child looked to be around three years of age. The maid put him into the arms of Catherine who placed him on her lap.

[Hmm, grey hair, black eyes, rosy and chubby cheeks, cute and handsome. It's obvious he's related to the original owner of this body and from my memories of the novel, he's supposed to be my... little baby brother, Alaric? I have a younger sibling!! Well, Aristia's brother. But that's not important. What's important is the fact that he's so...cute!!!!!]

Only her close family members were aware of the fact that there were three things she couldn't resist in the world; Delicious food, beautiful people and cute animals. Yup. She was pretty vain. But the impressive fact was that she never let those things cloud her judgement.

"Can I hold him?" She asked ignoring the mild look of surprise on her parents faces at her request. Even the servant looked surprised.

"Can I hold him?" She repeated, already too spellbound to care about anything else. She loved babies, cute animals, beautiful people and food the most!!

A chuckle left the couple's lips as they shook their heads at how excited their daughter was about her brother.

She wasn't usually this excited on other days about her brother but she didn't dislike him either. They didn't know what had changed but even so, the couple loved the fact that she voluntarily asked to hold her brother for the first time.

"Of course you can, Tia." Wilson replied to her earlier question of carrying her brother as he took Alaric from Catherine's arms and put him into Aristia's arms, being careful to not let Alaric fall from her small chubby arms.

"Hello, baby brother, who's the cutest baby brother? You are. You're the cutest baby brother ever. Yes, you are." Aristia cooed in a baby voice. It was both funny and cute since she had just recently turned five years old and had a childish voice already.

Catherine smiled at Aristia who was feeding Alaric milk and met Wilson's smiling eyes. She could tell that the both of them loved how their children were getting along well with each other.

"Pwah!" The couple turned in the direction of the sound only to see that Alaric had spilled the food Aristia fed him all over her face. It was a funny sight to see.

"Allie, don't do that." Catherine chided gently with a smile on her face as she pulled out her handkerchief and held it out to her husband, who grabbed it and proceeded to wipe off the liquid on their daughter's face.

Alaric just giggled while Aristia's eyes shone brightly.

[Eww but...]

"Cuteness Overload, feed me with cuteness, baby." Aristia gushed. She had always wanted a younger sibling. Alas, she was stuck with a grumpy and overprotective older brother.

"Tia, it's time for your lessons with your tutors." Wilson reminded.

[Ugh! You just had to ruin the moment, didn't you?!]

"Thank you for the reminder, Papa." Aristia replied sarcastically but Wilson didn't seem to notice. He even nodded in acceptance.

"I guess that means breakfast is over, yay," she said grumpily, making her parents chuckle. She didn't feel like much time had passed. What the h*ll?!

"You can always have snacks later." Catherine comforted her child, causing a smile on Aristia's face.

"Okay, goodbye Mama, goodbye Al." Aristia said as she got up and put Alaric into Catherine's arms with great effort, while giving him and Catherine awkward kisses on the cheek, and turning to exit the dining room.

'Al?' The parents thought. When had their daughter ever given her brother a nickname? But they welcomed the change, even though it was sudden.

"Goodbye, Tia." Alaric waved and Aristia waved back.

"What about Papa?" Wilson asked with a pitiful face. "You gave Mama and Allie kisses but what about me?"

"That's because I love Mama and Al the most, hmph!" And then she left. As soon as she turned around, the smile on her face faded and her face resumed its usual coldness.

"What did I do wrong?" Wilson asked with a confused and aggrieved look on his face as he faced his wife.

[Good. Think about it.] Aristia thought with a sneaky, mischievous tilt of her lips.

"Well, it seems like you have to work harder to win back Tia's affection." Catherine chuckled.

"Yes, my love, I do." Wilson sighed and Alaric giggled again. He turned to look at Aristia's retreating back with eyes full of happiness and slight confusion. His sister seemed to like him more now.

[So cheesy.] Aristia who saw this scene passed a small smile to the little boy before fully exiting the dining room.

Adeline had been waiting outside the door beside the servant for her.

The two began making their way to the room the history lesson would be held in.

Back in the dining room, Wilson continued, "My love?"

"Yes, Will?" Catherine answered, pausing her actions to look at him.

"Why does it seem like Tia suddenly changed?" Wilson asked with furrowed brows.

Catherine shook her head, her own brows furrowing in thought. "I don't know either."

"It seems like she's become a little more mature?" Wilson had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Does it?" Catherine asked, puzzled, "I didn't notice. Maybe you're just overthinking it, after all, Tia's growing up. She just turned five years of age. Perhaps she also realized that she has to be closer to her brother."

"You might just be right." Wilson replied, shrugging off the thought.

Aristia's attitude did change, since her body was being occupied by another. But the change was subtle, since Aristia was being extra careful.