For The Forever Lost Souls

Talk of Mothers

"What are you drawing, princess?"

"Silly Felix! It's Lily! The prettiest person in the world!"

Athy was currently lying on the ground and the twins were also there with her, except they weren't on the ground, they were on the couch. One was reading a book, and the other was sleeping and using his brother as a pillow.

"Ah, I can tell this time. That's His Majesty, right?"

"Nope! Wrong." Athy continued, "I'll give this to you, Felix."

"...Is this me?" Felix asks, and Athy nods in response.

"Thank you... thank you so much, princess. I shall keep it as a family heirloom."

Athy shrugs, "no need to go that far."

"Here, this is for Lily." Athy says while handing a drawing to Lily.

"My, am I this pretty in your eyes?"

Athy frantically nods while saying, "as pretty as the sky and stars!"

'Alright, let's do that idiot Claude next.' Thought Athy, as she drew herself kicking Claude.

"It's His Majesty and the princess. His Majesty would be very pleased." Says Felix.

No, I'm not giving this to him. There's no way he'd be happy. In fact, he might try to kill me for making him look so ugly... Athy shudders.

Let's see. Are there any more people left to draw? Athy ponders. Ah! There is one person! Mmm, I don't know what she looks like though... I'll ask Lily!

"Lily, Lily."

"Yes, princess?"

"What does Mommy look like?" As soon as those words were uttered, everyone in the room froze (minus Azrael, cause he's asleep).

"Athy wants to draw Mommy, but Athy doesn't know Mommy's face."

Everyone regained their composure after Athy's statement.

"Is Mommy's hair straight like Lily's or wavy?"

Lily soon smiled gently and replied, "She had shimmering platinum blonde hair just like Princess Athanasia.

"Hmm, was it thiiis long?"

"It was a bit shorter than that."

What about the shape of her face?"

"It was..."

Okay. I can draw her now. Athy thought as she happily drew.

"She was a beautiful person, just like Princess Athanasia."

"Like Athy?"

In 'The Lovely Princess,' she was described as a captivating beauty you couldn't take your eyes off of. I wonder how pretty she was. They say I look like her but I'm a kid... come to think of it, even that jerk, Claude, liked Diana, and ended up having Athanasia, right? She was that much of a beauty. As Athy kept thinking more and more about Diana, she fell into an almost automated state.

Without thinking, she unconsciously says out loud, "I want to see her too."

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Eh? What's with this silence? Athy looked up slightly to see the faces of Lily, Felix, and Ambrose. Lily and Felix had similar expressions of slight panic, and Ambrose had a bitter yet sympathetic gaze. Did I just say I wanted to see my mom... out loud?