How To Hide Emperor's Child

Chapter 31

Theor was asleep with his eyes closed.

The sleeping face looked comfortable.

"Theor seems to miss his mother."

Kaizen turned to Astelle who spoke to him.

Astelle picked up an old teddy bear that was rolling near the chair.

"Well, no matter how young he is, he may be curious about his mother," Astelle said.

Kaizen turned his gaze to Theor, who was sleeping quietly.

He heard that this child's mother was a maid.

She was Sigmund's lover who only gave birth to Theor. Due to her low status, she had to part with him.

It was all the information he heard from Vellian.

'Poor kid......'

Kaizen was born with the noblest blood in the empire, but he hated such customs of nobles who only received noble blood.

Such an inhumane behavior of separating a young child from his birth mother because of her low status.

He raised his hand and carefully stroked Theor's hair when he was asleep.

Fine black hair is wrapped between his fingers.

He was a poor child.

A young child has no choice but to miss his parents.

Even if Astelle sticks to him every day and takes care of him like his own mother, there's probably not enough.

Kaizen stroked Theor's head and asked as if he was sorry, "Does the child often miss his parents?"

At that moment, Kaizen felt as if Astelle was looking at him.

But when he turned his head, Astelle was putting the old teddy bear down on the chair.

"......Sometimes I wonder too because Theor never met his parents," Astelle replied in a calm tone.

In the room, there was silence for a while.

The flames of a blazing fireplace drew a shadow over the dark wall.

Somehow, there was a lonely atmosphere in the expressionless Astelle's face.

'Why do you look like that?'

Kaizen couldn't understand what Astelle was thinking.

When he thought about it, Astelle was in a similar situation to this child.

Without parents, brothers, or friends, she was living in a remote countryside.

It could be that Astelle took care of this child with all her heart because there was no one she could care for and love.

Astelle standing in the darkroom looked exceptionally lonely.

Kaizen's heart ached to see Astelle like that.

He carefully hugged Theor so that he did not wake up.

"I'll take him to the bedroom."

Kaizen hugged Theor and went outside.

Astelle glanced at the back of him hugging Theor.

***

Around dawn, Astelle opened her eyes.

She lit a candle and looked for red spots on her wrist.

There was no trace of the red spots on her white wrist.

Astelle pulled out a bottle of potion that had been hidden by the bedside.

She took the bottle and went out into the hallway.