MCFATTKM

22

[I should never go near the pond. I'm not going to die if I miss it anyway.]

During her stay in the temple, Lelia learned how to swim from her friends.

When she recalled that time, naturally a smile was drawn on her lips.

How hard she tried not to get caught being a woman. After swimming, she took all of her friends' belongings and wrapped them in towels, and went back to her room.

It was a pleasant memory. A beautiful lake where the sun was setting, friends who screamed and laughed loudly.

Even thanks to them, she was able to almost master swimming.

"I don't know if it's the sea or the river, but at least I won't get drowned in a lake or a pond."

When she recalled that time, she began to miss her friends even more. Lelia deliberately diverted her mind to something else.

'Because it's late today... I will go to the hut tomorrow.'

Lelia looked at the sunset from the window and tried to shake off her depression.

The next morning.

Lelia washed and changed her clothes as soon as she opened her eyes. And she left the tower with a big bag on her shoulder.

She was a little lost because she couldn't remember the detailed location, but she managed to find the cabin.

The wooden cabin was old but stylish. Lelia opened the door carefully and went inside.

'It's cleaner than I thought. Emperor Perseus must have been here.'

It looked like he had the servants brush off the dust.

Lelia began to look inside carefully so as not to leave any trace.

Inside the small cabin, someone's sincere touch remained everywhere.

Small picture frames with beautiful scenery, hand-embroidered tablecloths, and cute decorations.

They were all made and touched by Elizabeth, who died.

'...'

Lelia was caught in a strange mood in that space.

Until now, in her mind, Elizabeth was only a character in a novel.

No matter how she was reborn in this world, she still remembers her previous life.

However, when she entered this small and narrow space, her heart shook strangely.

She realized once again that she had someone to call "mother."

Now that she had come here, she felt like she knew what Elizabeth was like.

Even in the story, she was a person with a warm heart and love enough to capture Perseus's whole heart.

Lelia's heart was filled to the brim.

This place felt as warm and safe as in her mother's womb, which she could not remember.

[How would it feel to be held in my mother's arms?]

Lelia first envisioned what it would have been like if her mother had not died.

Elizabeth must have protected her children more than her own life.

She must have loved her with all her heart and made all the beautiful things in the world known to her.

That was enough.

"..."

Lelia stood absent-mindedly, staring at some random space.

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