I Won't Accept Your Regrets

Chapter 28

The night continued its course.

Children's laughter rang in the marquis' house.

"Edmund, go to bed."

Having dismissed the maids, Lisa told Edmund about this.

He put his toys aside and climbed into bed.

He pulled the covers up to his chin and looked at Lisa.

It was Edmund's favorite time of day — when Lisa read him bedtime stories.

Seeing her son's enthusiasm, Lisa smiled and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Eddie, you had a lesson in etiquette today, right?"

Edmund rolled his eyes.

"You have a lot to learn, all for the sake of your future."

"...Okay, Mom," Edmund said.

Lisa smiled and gently stroked Edmund's black hair.

"Today, please read me the story of the Demon King and Warrior."

"And that was the end of it. The demon king fell by the sword..."

After reading the last verse, Lisa quietly closed the book.

Looking up, she saw that Edmund was already asleep.

The child's face strongly resembled her own.

Although the child's eyes and hair were pitch black, everything else about him was more like Lisa.

"Lucky you are like me."

Lisa no longer had that smile on her face.

Her eyes grew cold, as if she remembered someone.

Sighing, she calmed her emotions.

Lisa stroked the sleeping Edmund's head and leaned over to him.

"You are my child. I will definitely make you emperor."

As if it was a spell she had learned by heart.

She looked at his face for a long time, kissed him on the cheek and left the room.

"...What are you doing here."

Leaving Edmund's room, Lisa met her brother at the door.

Leon Sios.

He was her younger brother, and her burden, because he was completely different in character.

Her younger brother was freedom-loving and did not want to be bound by his status. He announced that he was giving up his place of successor, and went to travel the world.

Lisa did not like her younger brother.

Leon shrugged his shoulders and answered easily:

"What am I doing? I stopped by to look at my nephew. But he seems to have already fallen asleep. "

"Who would have known you were so worried about Eddie. If you were really interested, you would come to your birthday."

"How was I supposed to get there, in your opinion? I, who does not even know how to behave at a party. I would only tarnish the name of Sios. After all, I have been assigned such a role - to be the shadow of my elegant and noble sister."

Lisa narrowed her eyes after such dastardly sarcasm.

"Leave. Eddie is already asleep."

Lisa no longer wanted to swear, so she tried to walk past him.