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Chapter 5

Claude eyes widened as he heard Althea asked him about Hanae

Felix gasped and looked at the emperor, knowing that he would be mad , very mad

" You 3 , go back to your room immediately ! "

Their father ordered as the children weren't moving at all

" I just wanted-"

" You all go back to your room ! That's an order ! "

Mana began to surround Claude as he became angrier and angrier

And instantly, the children's necklaces created a barrier in front of them to protect the prince and the princesses

The blonde adult quickly took composure of himself as the barrier broke

The triplets didn't wait a second more and run out

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Claude was now sitting on his chair in front of the desk , his elbows on the table , his head between his palms

" How did they manage to hear about their mother ? "

The blonde muttered angrily to himself

" How ?! "

The man was still pretty angry and didn't want to think about the woman he once loved

He didn't want to think about Hanae and all the grief that she had caused him

The blonde wanted her to disappear from his memory

" I had hid everything that belongs to Hanae ! That's impossible that they had heard about that woman ! Impossible ! "

Felix was standing by the emperor's side without saying anything, not wanting Claude to be more angry as he already was

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During that time , the triplets were getting scold by their 10 maids

" What happened for your father to be that angry with you 3 ? "

Tsuyuri asked in an irritated tone

" It's Althea ! "

Adonis denounced immediately his sister not like it was unusual

" What did you do , your Highness ? "

Saori questioned the youngest , calmly, waiting for the little girl to open her mouth and speak

" I ...I just asked about....Hanae ...."

The 10 women froze in spot

It had been several years since they had heard the name of their princess , later Empress

The maids became like mute

" Hanae ? "

Marin repeated, to be sure that she had heard the name correctly

The youngest nodded

" Yes ....she is our mother , right ? "

The 10 stayed silent , not knowing if they had the right to tell everything to the young prince and princesses

Amaya was the one who decided to speak , but before , she let out a long sigh

" Yes , and she was the princess of Akaneguro ...where the 10 of us came from "

The children looked up at her with wide eyes

So , that meant that they were right , and that woman on the painting was , indeed , their mother

" And she is the one who created those necklaces for the 3 of you , with her magic , to protect you "

Kozune uttered while pointing towards the necklaces

The triplets looked down at the objects around their necks , took them in their hands and looked at them intensely

" She....She created that for us ? "

The little ones muttered at the same , still not believing what they were hearing

Saori nodded and looked at them

" She loved you 3 equally from the bottom of her heart , she wanted to spend more time with you , if she could..."

Nevaeh was the 1st one to ask a question

" ' If she could ' ? What happened to her ? "

The maids looked at each other , not knowing if they should say it as they already said a lot , more what they were allowed to

" She passed away several weeks after your birth "

Amaya was the only one to say

" She passed away ? "

Adonis repeated , wanting to know more about it

" How ? "

But Saori sighed qnd shook her head

" It's a long story and it isn't any of your business "

The children frowned but didn't ask anything more

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Lying in her bed , Althea , compared to her oldest siblings, couldn't sleep at all

How could she ? She had discovered who was her mother today !

The little girl was looking at her necklace , thinking about the fact that her mother at created it for her and siblings

" Too bad that I don't have any memories of her .... "

She whispered to herself and remembered the painting in the hidden room

Hanae's hair color, her pale skin , her deep violet eyes , her long and beautiful pale pink dress

The youngest wanted answers to her questions , but didn't know the right person to ask them

She already knew that it was useless to ask about Hanae to Claude or the maids

Felix ? ...it sounded great , until Althea remembered that he would surely repeat everything to her father

And she didn't want to be scold or grounded again

The child stayed lying on her bed in a star shape , looking at the ceiling

Then , her eyes began to close by themselves, and soon , she fell asleep

" Althea "

She suddenly heard , feeling someone putting their hands on her cheeks

" Althea "

The voice repeated with that soft and gentle tone

The youngest slowly opened her eyes and was met with....Hanae ?

" Hmm ? "

She asked , thinking that she was dreaming, because her mother had died already , so , how was it possible ?

" My child "

The voice spoke again , as a loving smile came across the woman's face

" Mo...Mommy ? "

Althea whispered with wide eyes as she finally realized that it wasn't a dream at all

The blonde spirit nodded and made a close eyed smile before planting a kiss on her daughter's forehead

" I will always watch over you , Adonis and Nevaeh "