"Oh... how long will it take to recover?" Emlyn asked Lily.
She didn't really pay attention to the technicalities when her older sisters gave birth to their children. She only rembered the ugly babies and that her sisters all looked weak for weeks and didn't do much.
"Oh.. it will take weeks," Lily explained. "But as long as you rest well, you will recover properly."
Emlyn thought she didn't have weeks. What should she do? Should she hide sowhere in the capital while waiting for her husband to return or should she just go imdiately to Atlantea?
Mrs. Adler said she could buy an old wagon belonged to her neighbor for ten silver coins. And they could use the wagon to leave Draec.
Last night, while she was up all night enduring her pain, Emlyn and Mrs. Adler secretly discussed their escape plan. Knowing that Emlyn wanted to leave the capital to find the Leoraleis in Myreen, the old witch suddenly proposed to go with Emlyn.
She said she had been deeply missing her ho in Winterre. Since Emlyn's route could take a detour to Winterre, Mrs. Adler would love to accompany her on the journey. She would return to her ho and help Emlyn get a ship to cross the sea to Atlantea.
She would also give Emlyn so tokens to show her witch sisters. So, when Emlyn managed to find them, they would want to help her.
When she heard about Mrs. Adler's desire to co with her, Emlyn felt bad. She tried to politely reject her. However, the witch was stubborn.
Mrs. Adler also reminded the princess that she would be weak and in recovery after she gave birth. She would need a lot of help from soone like Mrs. Adler.
"Didn't you say you are too old and sick to take on such a long journey ho?" Emlyn asked the old witch several tis, to make sure she didn't misunderstand what Mrs. Adler wanted. "Of course. I would love to go with you, you will be a great help, but I am worried about your health too."
Mrs. Adler only shrugged. "At this point, I don't care if I died on the road. As long as I can go with you and try to go ho, I don't mind if I die trying. If that happened, you can just leave sowhere, Your Highness. You have my blessing."
Emlyn tried to reject the old witch's request several tis. She thought Mrs. Adler was only forcing herself to go because she felt pity for Emlyn who had to experience such calamity in her life.
However, until the next day, the old witch didn't seem to change her mind. So, finally, Emlyn agreed. They would take the old wagon and go together.
Emlyn just hoped she could recover while taking the journey to Atlantea slowly.
"I am happy to hear that," she said to Lily, forcing a smile. "However, I honestly don't have a good feeling about myself."
"Why did you say that?" Lily furrowed her brows. "You are doing so well. I, too, thought I was going to die when I gave birth to Louis. The pain was excruciating and it took forever for to push him out. I even cursed my husband and swore that I will never have another baby. Look where I am now? Ha. Three kids and counting."
Lily's soft laughter managed to lighten the atmosphere and Emlyn laughed too. She rembered her own predicant. Lily was right. She felt like she was in hell for over 20 hours that she felt like cursing and screaming, blaming her husband for the labor pain.
She also thought she would never want to have another baby. Gah.. it was not worth it, she thought.
Oh, how quickly she changed her mind as soon as she could look at her adorable child in her arms.
All the pain and suffering she had gone through to bring Harlow to this world were worth it. And she actually thanked her perverted husband for initiating sex so many tis that they could conceive and now had this beautiful baby girl.
She wouldn't mind having more children after Harlow was big enough and they could share their love and attention with another child.
Now, Emlyn understood how Lily could have three children. Heck, she knew now why most won she knew had multiple children. Maybe seven was too much, when she thought about her mother.
She could feel more sympathy toward her biological mother after she beca a mother herself. Emlyn imagined the first few childbirths must be beautiful for the late queen of Winterre.
However, maybe after the fourth or fifth.. things beca too hard for her and she was too tired to give each child attention individually.
Emlyn vowed to always be a loving mother to her children in the future. She would not be like her mother.
She looked at Harlow who was sleeping soundly in her arms. She looked so small and frail, but after she was fed, now she no longer seed as pitiful as before.
In fact, she actually looked adorable with her mouth half-opened and a drop of milk on each corner of her lips.
Emlyn fought the urge to cry. Instead, she steeled her heart. She turned to Lily who was sitting beside her and spoke in a soft voice.
"Lily, if sothing happened to , will you care for Harlow on my behalf?"
Lily's heart skipped a beat. She didn't know why Emly suddenly said those words. This sounded so scary!
"What are you talking about?" she asked Emlyn in a hushed tone. "Please don't think about bad things. You will attract bad things to your life if you did that."
Emlyn wanted to laugh at that. How much worse could she do in life?
She had lost her entire family, got trapped in the enemy's kingdom, was also accused of murder, and would soon face execution - if she didn't try to escape imdiately- and everyone she loved would have bad luck and probably die.
"I am not thinking of bad things," Emlyn lied. "I am just thinking logically here. If sothing happened to while I am held in this prison.. and... "
She didn't want to continue her words. It was so dreadful to even imagine how she would 'die' and leave Harlowe alone in the capital.
Lily swallowed hard and lowered her gaze. Actually, she already had this conversation with her husband several days ago.
Athos was worried that the only reason Emlyn was spared was that she was pregnant with Mars' child. If Emlyn had given birth to the baby, she would practically lose her collateral. The king might order her execution.
Now, suddenly, Emlyn spoke about the sa thing.
"Are you... suspecting them of sothing? Do you think they would want to do sothing to you?" Lily asked Emlyn in a whisper.
Emlyn nodded. She was glad Lily asked that question. Now that Emlyn had decided to fake her death, she thought she might as well bla Ellena for it.
We'll see if the king or the prince would be after Ellena for 'causing Emlyn's death'.
"To be honest, I fear for my life," Emlyn said haltingly. "So, if you suddenly found that sothing bad happens to , I am begging you to please take Harlow into your ho. At? least until Mars returns from Winterre."
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