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The door to the drawing room opened and the brown-haired woman entered while supporting an elderly woman. As soon as she saw the old woman's face, Lelia's body turned stiff. The old woman's eyes were red at the edges.

"... ... ."

The weak-looking old woman stopped walking as soon as she saw Lelia. She narrowed her eyes in disbelief. Soon after, the Duke of Superion also entered the drawing room. The old woman, with her luscious red hair, inhaled deeply and rushed towards Lelia.

"Oh, Elizabeth... my daughter... Elizabeth... ."

Seeing Lelia gave her strength and she hugged the little child.

"Elizabeth... my daughter..."

Lelia, who was blinking rapidly, finally couldn't hold back her tears and began to sob and cry. The old red haired woman began to sob and cry as well. She murmured incessantly as she hugged Lelia's back in an unstable way.

"My daughter... my daughter... ."

"What is going on Father?"

The brown-haired woman is Atias, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Superion. She looked at her father with a confused expression.

"Father... ?"

Atias turned to look at the Duke of Superion. She couldn't believe it. Was her father crying right now?

The Duke of Superion was a very cold-hearted person. He would show weakness in front of his wife, but never in front of his children.

Atias looked at the little girl her father had brought back, unable to comprehend.

'She's Elizabeth's... ?'

Elizabeth was her deceased older sister. Her memory of her was hazy, as she had seen and met her only when she was very young.

She said, "Is she a look-alike?"

Atias tilted her head. It may be that her father had purposely brought a child who looked like her dead sister.

Maybe her mother was not in good health after all.

Her mother's health began to deteriorate after the death of her older sister, Elizabeth, who had gone to the Imperial palace.

Duchess Lysandra, who had been holding Lelia the whole time, turned her head to look at the Duke.

She said in an ecstatic voice.

"Honey, Elizabeth is back! See, my daughter couldn't have died. She came back so healthy."

Lysandra wiped the tears from her wrinkled cheeks and looked at Lelia.

With a gentle touch she stroked Lelia's cheek.

"My daughter, isn't it nice to be back. I'm really happy. This mother can't ask for anything more. Right?"

Lelia's face, which had been tearful before, became increasingly hard.

Lelia looked at the Duke of Superion, who was crying silently, with a questioning expression.

The ignored Atias walked towards the Duchess.

"Mom, calm down. Please sit down first. It's not good if you get excited."

"Yes... It's all right now. Now that Elizabeth is back, everyone is fine."

"......."

"Doctor, I'm getting better soon, aren't I?"

The Duchess murmured tonelessly. Atias seated her on the sofa as if she were familiar with it.

When Lelia saw the interaction and realized.