Better for , though.
If I couldnt run away anyways, then getting to see the sisters of that house one less ti was the best I could expect.
Anyhow, they really were childish.
Since they couldnt do anything at the Winter Palace, they were rampaging like this in their own little house.
Leave them be. Once they feel frustrated again, theyll just fill in the ground and crawl back in anyways.
[Madam, why are you so calm? You were acting like you were being dragged to the slaughterhouse just a mont ago. What did His Majesty do this ti? Did he, like, tell you off or sothing?]
He didnt go as far as to tell off, but..
You said youre confident. So show your abilities.
.h-how, in this place?
Cry.
Mmmm. I dont know. Im not even surprised anymore.
Rembering what Rashid had murmured between his teeth to a little while before, I shook my hand.
Cry, imdiately.
The glint of his eyes as he calmly stood there with his back to his brothers had been so imposing, I couldnt imagine taking it as a joke.
..I knew he was a strange man from the beginning anyways. A tyrant is a tyrant for a reason.
[But Madam, you look like youre feeling fine? Did sothing else happen too?]
About that.
I gave a rough summary of what happened with Rashid to Selene, who was as perceptive as usual. That if I helped him out, he would also give compensation.
Once Selene heard that, the way she looked at changed slightly, like she was finding a little pathetic.
[Then Madam, are you this excited just because His Majesty said sothing that small to you?]
As soone who was employed as a nanny over twenty fish jerkies, is that what you should be saying?
[Sigh.. What great thing are you planning to ask for?]
.Thats a secret.
In case she found it heavy, I lifted one finger and ran it down Haniels fluffy head.
Haniel was playing, going in and out of my dress skirts like she was riding a wave, oblivious to what we were talking about, and she looked as innocent as a three-year-old child should be.
By the way, I cant believe our Haniel is three years old.
Since not three years had gone by since the forr Empress had passed, I had suspected as much, but it really felt different from knowing precisely.
Poor thing.
Did she even rember her birth mothers face?
***
I knew it was probably sothing ridiculous to hope for, but even for a short while I wished that she could. No matter how much I beca a mother to her, to have another face to rember whenever you looked up at the sky must be a splendid thing to have.
Though I wouldnt know that feeling, of course.
But Selene, what happened to her face?
[What do you an, what happened?]
Now that I look at her, doesnt she look a bit sad? She wasnt like this in the morning.
I lifted the child up to near my face again from where she was scrambling in my skirt, having fun.
Hmmm?
On the outside, she was wearing her bright red ribbon and tilting her head as per usual, but to a mothers eye, the change was clear.
Look. The tilt of her head is five degrees lower.
[Madam, why would you go that far to.]
You see that, right? She usually shakes her beak three tis, but she only shook it once right now.
Sothing definitely happened, definitely.
A mothers heart was seeing the small thorn wedged in their childs hand, even if they couldnt see the bullet in theirs.
And I told you to look over her well!
When I glared down at her with bla in my eyes, Selene flapped her wings helplessly.
[I wasnt going to tell you in case you were worried, but when we were returning from school, Lady lleo said sothing to her again.]
What? No, why would that granny again!
[She went on and on about not being ladylike or whatever in front of all the new students, but when she did that she stood right in front of the princess. Looking at that, this is all just her taking out her anger about being kicked by His Majesty, probably.]
Reviews
All reviews (0)