MCDITE

10

Ddeok ddeok.

Adele awakened to the sound of the door knocks.

Someone called Adele outside the door. “Miss Ernst. Did you wake up?”

“Yes.”

“I will go inside.”

Adele couldn't get up.

"Hello. Miss Ernst. This is Yuria Hendrix.”

A graceful woman in a nice dress greeted Adele.

When she saw her, she got an impression on her. Adele squeezed her pajamas and bowed her head.

“I am Adelaide Ernst. I’d like to greet you properly, but I’m sorry for lying down.”

Yuria smiled kindly. “I couldn't say hello yesterday. In the future, I will attend Miss Ernst. Feel free to say anything.”

“Okay, I’d like a change of clothes.”

Yuria lowered her head and disappeared from the room.

“How did it happen?”

She was clearly in jail yesterday. Adele lifted the blanket and got out of bed.

Medicine was applied to the wounds on her arms and feet. So she almost healed overnight.

After a while, the maids with washbasins and Yuria returned to the room.

“Would you like to have breakfast?”

“Yes. Where is Leo?” Adele asked with an anxious look.

“The Prince will go to greet Ms. Ernst and His Majesty after breakfast.”

“With Leo?”

"Yes."

“Oh, I'll do it alone. It’s okay if you don’t help.” She was trying to wash her face, but Adele saw the maids walking on her sleeves from both sides.

“Then. Call me if you need anything.”

As Yuria and the maids left the room, a sigh came out.

“With Leo? Then, he doesn't stop me from meeting Leo?”

Adele washed her face. She couldn't wash properly for two days, so she wiped every corner of my body.

After washing, she felt more refreshed. Adele put on a dress with Yuria's help.

“If you wear this, you will be more beautiful.” Yuria recommended a green chiffon dress that reveals the shoulders and descends with a V line toward the chest.

Yuria said she was sorry and recommended it several times. Adele wore a style similar to the one she originally wore, with buttons tightly closed to the neck.

'I don't want to look good to the emperor.'

It was a choice that reflected such a mind.

Adele drank only a glass of juice and hurried. "Leo!"

At the entrance to the Imperial Palace Gardens, Adele finally met her son again.

"Mom!" Leo ran and hugged her.

As she rubbed her cheeks against her son's soft cheeks, Adele felt the impression that she was still alive.

"I miss you." Leo murmured a little.

Adele laughed brightly, pretending to be cheerful. “Mom also missed Leo yesterday, so much I couldn't sleep.”

"Hehe. I slept in a very big room.”

"Aren't you scared because you don't have a mother?"

"Huh. It's a bigger room, but it wasn't scary.”

Seeing the innocent child gradually calmed Adele's anxiety.

Adele walked through the garden with Leo.

"It's really pretty."

Yuria explained. “This is His Majesty's Garden.”

“It’s a garden?”

Her eyes seem to pop out. Even after walking an hour, it seemed that she couldn't reach the end.

"Yes. Lake Vinere, the largest lake in the Imperial Palace, is also the largest in his Majesty's garden.”

Lake? Lake? Did the concept of a garden include a lake?

Adele hadn't heard of it.

“Yuria. Where are we going now? We don’t have to go around this large garden now, right?”

"Yes, well. We arranged tea and snacks in the shade of the trees over there. If you are resting, His Majesty will come.”

Fortunately, it seems that they were not being punished by having to look around the large garden.

Adele was a little relieved.

“Wow.” When she arrived at the outdoor tea table, Adele was more amazed than Leo.

“Is this the lake?”

"Yes. This is Lake Viner.”

The silvery waves of the lake shining in the sun were so beautiful. A large tree with an atmosphere by the lake.

And when Yuria pulled out the ball she brought, Leo ran on the grass.

She was relieved a little by the relaxing and pretty scene.

Adele laughed brightly, forgetting the pain in her heart after a few days.

"Leo. Shall we hunt for treasure?”

“I want to do it! I want to do it!”

Leo closed his eyes and Adele hid the ball under a long, draped tablecloth.

When they saw that, Yuria and the maids covered their mouths and laughed.

“Now look it up.”

Leo, who removed his hand from his eyes, looked around with his eyes twinkled.

It was when he laughed happily at the new lovely appearance.

"Dad!"

As Leo shouted, the smile disappeared from Adele's face.