Even in that mont, I held back the smile bursting inside of and tapped on Haniels beak. The sun is blinding. As she tilted her head, trying to rember that phrase, I used my hand to shade my babys head.
Ill be there by the ti Mr. Sun up there is above Haniels head.
[Head? Haniel head?]
Yes. I promise.
I set an exact ti before she could be anxious for no reason.
It was our princesss first admissions ceremony. I couldnt have her be looking around for her mom during it.
[O-okaay, mommy.]
Right, its not mommy. Its Miss Black Swan!
[mm? Not mommy again?]
This ti, Haniel seed more anxious than when I had told her to wait, her shoulders trembling.
It seed like the scariest thing in the world for a cygnet was her mom disappearing.
[Why is Haniels mommy not mommy?]
I am your mommy. I am, but you just cant call that in front of other people. Its only in front of your teacher and your friends. Rember what we practiced yesterday?
Nervous that she might forget, I made eye contact with her and told her so clearly.
You call Miss Black Swan. Okay?
[..whyy?]
Because
Because your mom is the number one celeb in this entire lake, thats why.
In Palladium Lake, there werent many other figures as famous as I was. I was a Duchess, the only black swan, and most conclusively, the only one who was half-human, half-animal.
It might be the sa logic behind a celebrity trying not to show their children off to the public.
If sothing went wrong, nothing good would co out of people knowing that I had taken Haniel in.
As I thought, it was best for a child to grow up as normally as possible.
And in front of the people of the lake, who had many circumstances surrounding them, I needed to be extra cautious.
So outside, you have to call Miss Black Swan. Miss. Black. Swan. Try to say it.
[Bwack Swan Mommy?]
No no.
This kid had so tricks up her sleeve, huh.
At her adorable attempt to sneakily mix in that mommy in there, I burst out laughing.
Thankfully, since I had worked all day yesterday practically brainwashing her by practicing her na, she didnt forget what her na was supposed to be.
What is your na in front of Teacher lleo again?
[Ha- Reina!]
Thats right!
I patted her head to praise her, then handed Haniel over to Selene.
I watched the back of the little cygnet, who was chirping along the way in an effort to not forget her na, disappearing in the distance as though she was getting dragged away. I finally dusted my hands off and turned around as well.
Phew.
So I was leaving this place after all.
As soone who had found life in the lake satisfying, it was regrettable, but for the sake of Haniels safety there was no other way.
This place was swarming with both Lania and the Emperor. If I considered how our young cygnet princess could live in peace, you could even call this a zone unsafe for youths.
Oh well. They say nciuss mother moved three tis for the sake of her sons education, so as a swan mother, who says I cant do the sa!
Hmm, perfect!
I took the most glamorous feather ornant I owned and pinned it next to my ear.
This was what they called the elegant admissions ceremony look.
It might not be very suitable for soone who will be running away, but since this was the only admissions ceremony for my baby that I would ever attend in my life, I had to pay extra attention.
So what if I might take her out of the school one day? I still need to lift my dear Haniels spirits.
After wearing my very best, I collected the basket I had prepared in advance and went forth.
Here we go.
Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, everyone had gone to the reed forest to go see Lady lleos admissions ceremony, so I barely ran into other animals during my path.
Since we had been like family here, all cursed together and depending on each other in our own ways, I choked up a little in sorrow.
Everyone, please live well. Lets all stay alive and et again in the future.
I sped up, even as I repeated farewells nobody would hear in my head.
Maybe because I had gone out to the city before, I didnt get lost.
The fastest and most accurate way to get out of the lake was to walk straight down the road at the borders of the Winter Palace, in between the Palace and the Dukes estate.
I better hurry.
I needed to hide my things in the willow at the entrance of the side road and go back to find Haniel.
Though I had already promised her so firmly, my heart was in a hurry in case she might have started waiting for already.
Since I kept speeding without rest, I began being able to see the familiar willow that seed to divide the boundaries.
Hah, keep waiting.
Mommy will be there soon, so just a little more.
Oh my. Looks like youre heading sowhere fun?
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