(From Blue's Perspective)
I reached the place where I saw her. She was gazing at the liatrises. Hearing my footsteps, she looked at .
"Can't sleep?" she asked.
I nodded. "What are you doing, Mother?"
"I couldn't sleep either. I have been suffering from insomnia these days. Sophia had been making so passionflower tea these days, but it's not helping. So, I ca outside," she said. Her red hair looked like a fla under the moonlight and her black eyes were glistening slightly. Her black eyes were refreshing to look at that, unlike Detrius's.
His eyes held nothing at all most of the ti and I would feel that his eyes were pressing so hard that I could not move at all.
"I saw you from my window," I said. "For your sleep, can I recomnd sothing?"
"Go ahead. That would help too," she smiled.
"I have read about this before- well, almonds, kiwi, walnuts, tart cherry juice, white rice, bananas can help with your sleep. Oh, and turkey too. You can try to have chamomile tea as well."
"Ah, I like tea. I have never had chamomile tea though..."
I started telling her about Chamomile tea. The words ca out of my mouth very swiftly, as if I had been reciting them like a mantra all my life.
I blabbered without even realizing it. "Oh, I said too much."
"Though I don't know what it all ans, it looks like you know a lot about it," she said. "I will tell my maid to make so chamomile tea for then."
"Ah, I don't understand it all as well," I said guiltily. "I just rember what I read."
"Your mory is pretty sharp, unlike the son of mine."
"Haha, it's true that he keeps forgetting things," I laughed. There were many tis when Dem forgot to tell important things. 'But he looks cute when he apologizes for forgetting. Not that I can tell it to Mother.'
He also had another problem. He would think sothing was not important enough to ntion when actually, it was more than important. For example, he did not tell that he actually did not sleep with his mistresses and was a virgin because he thought it was not an important enough matter.
"You miss him already, don't you?"
"... Yes. It's lonely without him. But I'm planning on keeping myself occupied." I had no idea how I would manage to keep myself occupied. I could not find anything interesting enough to do that would keep busy.
"Let's go sit down. We can talk for a while," she said.
She sighed as she sat down on the side bench. I sat beside her. She slled like lemon. Perhaps she had used lemon oil in her bath. I mostly used rose oil on the other hand. I was not particularly fond of aroma oils, but Ruby would keep nagging.
So, I gave up protesting and chose the rose-scented oil. It had a soft and pleasant scent that was not too deep or too light, just enough.
"Detrius was always different than others since childhood. He has black eyes like mine and looks like as well, except for his hair while Evelyn looks like their father except for her hair. Ajax was strange too, but Detrius and he are different."
So father's na was Ajax... His na reminded of Ajax the Great, a mythological hero- the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer. But it would be odd to ntion it right now, so I decided to keep quiet. If I said so, I would look so odd.
"Did Detrius tell you how Ajax and I got married?" she asked.
I shook my head. Detrius never liked talking about his family. For so reason, he always looked like he hated it. That was why I refrained from asking him as well.
"Ajax was the king of Querencia that ti and I was just a commoner in Mazazine. It was twenty-four years ago. There was a war going on between the two kingdoms. Ajax was renowned for his tyrant behavior. He was called the mad dog of the battlefield. In one word, he was a crazy person who could kill anyone in the blink of an eye.
All of us knew that he would never spare anyone no matter what. And he was a womanizer, to be honest."
I almost choked hearing it. She was saying all this nonchalantly. This look was not unfamiliar to . After all, I was married to a man who could say anything with that look on his face.
"There was a saying that he would not bed a woman more than once. It was enough for to hate him."
'I agree. Even though he is my father-in-law, I have to admit it.'
"So, when the war broke out, I was working as a doctor for the soldier. I lived with my uncle who adopted when I was four. I don't know who my parents are, not that I ever cared. I learned about herbs and dicines from my aunt. She was a doctor as well. I used to help her.
During the war, I accompanied my cousin to the camp to help them. Aunt could not go at that ti as she was busy in another village. But who knew what would happen next? I had no idea that I would be able to et my future husband right there."
It seed like it was a good thing that I could not sleep tonight since I would be able to know about Detrius's family more. And if it was Mother, she would surely go into details and tell almost everything.
Perhaps I would be able to get to know about sothing that might lead to understanding why Detrius had the strange ability to read minds. If I could find out about it, it would be beneficial for us since secrets about ourselves would never help.
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