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"No..."

Lelia belatedly followed Emperor Perseus and opened the door to the drawing room. Her friends standing at the door looked at her with a strange look.

"Lelia, did you scare him? The emperor ran away like he was crazy."

Without answering Kalix's words, Lelia ran down to the first floor. Only then did her friends notice something strange and followed her. Lelia ran for her life.

[No, no...!]

Tears blocked her view. It was dark in front of her. Never let the emperor encounter her mother again. That was all she worried about. She opened the huge first-floor gate and ran down the stairs. In the distance, she could see the back of Emperor Perseus. But it was already late.

Over the emperor's stiffened back and shoulders, she could see her mother's face.

Emperor Perseus and her mother, who met in front of the castle, were looking at each other as if time had stopped. Aunt Atias, who was next to her mother, turned pale.

[No... No...!!]

It was time for Lelia to run and block her mother.

"Oh my god!"

Suddenly, her mother screamed as if she was tearing apart and collapsed. She sat on the floor then stepped back. It was as if she saw a monkfish crawling out of a hell fire.

"El, Elizabeth..."

Emperor Perseus paused as he tried to take a step closer. It was clear it was Elizabeth. Definitely...He couldn't believe she was alive, who he thought was dead. Since when? Doesn't she look like Elizabeth? It was definity her... There was no way he couldn't recognize her...

She was alive. The nerves all over his body were on the edge. God listened to his prayers... Since when did she live here...? The fact that he was deceived not only about Lelia but also his wife's death, he grew extremely angry at Duke Superion. But more than that, Elizabeth's reaction was strange.

At that moment, someone quickly ran past him. It was Lelia. Lelia, who approached Elizabeth, hugged her and calmed her down. Atias was also surprised and hugged Elizabeth.

"Lelia, why the emperor..." Atias muttered. Lelia heard that her grandfather contacted Atias through a servant, but the message did not seem to have been delivered. Leaving that aside, Lelia looked at her mother's condition first. But why is she so...

"... Ahhhhhhhmm...."

"Sena, what's wrong?"

"Calm down..."

"Haahhh..."

She seemed like a person who had witnessed something incredibly scary. Even though she was being hugged tightly, her limbs trembled.

At that moment. No way. Like a thunderbolt, an idea passed through Lelia's mind. Lelia grabbed her mother's shoulder with her big eyes.

"... Sena, no way. No way..."

"That person... he...."

That was the last thing she could say. Her mother, who was trembling abnormally, fainted and collapsed. Lelia's hands stopped.

"Lelia!"

As she turned her head slowly, she could see her grandfather, uncle, and friends approaching from afar. Grandfather found her mother collapsed with a pale face and shouted to move her inside in a hurry. Her uncle carried her mother on his back and headed to the castle.

Lelia was still stiff and looking at Emperor Perseus. Like Elizabeth and Perseus a moment ago, Lelia was now frozen. The emperor and Lelia were looking at each other as if time had stopped.