A Mother's Determination System

Chapter 36

I have found out what's been plaguing me these past few years. What is it? I have performance anxiety, and all this time I thought I had a severe case of insecurity. No wonder every chapter seems to be a war of pride.

Anyways, tell me if you like this writing style better. Otherwise I'm switchin' back to the "all thy shallst obey thee, her majesty."

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Elizabeth took note of every nook and cranny, still not able to adsorb the adamant beauty. She, working here? Well... She shouldn't have expected she'd be stuck within a network, working in the streets
Granny Yo smiled and nodded, then left her place towards the right hall of the three-way intersection. That one was less crowded then the left one where Aldeus had yelled to, with the middle being more loose. Though, the old lady disappeared, evaporated almost.

"I see... Thank-"

"You...?"

Elizabeth turned to face Aldeus Yi—Or what she believed to be Aldeus Yi—Who was very much so not Aldeus Yi. In his place stood a child who I dare say was the same height... Never tell him that.
The little child, a girl, looked up with bright black eyes and an innocent curiousity like a doll.
"Mommy?"

Elizabeth hitched a breath, and seemed taken aback by her sudden comment. Did she really look that old? Last time she looked at a mirror, her appearance was good enough to pass as an 15 year old.

"Uh... This... Big sister..." Elizabeth hesitated with a cowardly smile, and squat down to the childs level. She either did to not intimate her, or to have a believable excuse for her loss of words.
"I..." Elizabeth looked at the girls purple, clean hanfu.

"No, I am the mommy of someone else..."

"No, you are my mommy."

"You feel like her." The girl nonchalantly said, looking at Elizabeth as if she was crazy; "how could you not recognize your daughter?"

"Uh, oh..."

There was a preceding, anticipating silence. You couldn't blame Elizabeth. It's not everyday a child, especially a rich one, comes up to you and says: "mommy."
While Elizabeth dredged on the edges of her mind, the little girl swathed on the tips of her toes, and opened her arms.

"Hug mommy. I want a hug."

Elizabeth blinked her eyes a few times, blankly staring at the girl's black, glossy eyes. As much as she could hug her, should she?

Eh, how much damage would it do anyways.
It's not like hugging her will unlock a bomb

"Oh, alright sugar..."
"Big sister will give you a hug." Elizabeth gave her a genuine smile, and embraced the child with as much warmth she could ever give. In returned, those little arms grabbed desperately at the hems of her clothing.
For a second, the little girl's face loosened in expression. It seemed so natural before, and yet, the look she wore now conveyed a completely different emotion. It was as if stars glittered in her eyes, showing her the seasonal Northern sky, in a raw enlightenment. But as it came, it left. She simply visited in the guise of a child.

"Mommy?"

Elizabeth let go, and smoothed their hanfu, then looked up.
"Yes?"
But what she saw, instead of a child, was an adult man.

"I love you." A deep voice, husky and handsome replied.
Sneering in the most pervasive way, the moustached male face, powdered in a horrendous pale mask, gripped on Elizabeth's shoulders.

Elizabeth stared blankly, and stood up, shaking off his claws. She looked down; the same, powdered face in a girl's body jumped at her. She did it again. And again. All she could see was the wallpaper, then the Chad-in-a-ball gown, over and over.