Chapter 48 of the side story. Mom is actually
2023.01.28.
From that day on, strange encounters began to follow.
How did Aidan know, he used to pick and choose the times when Cianna was alone.
‘Physical ability is quite good.’
Siana evaluated her future son-in-law with a cool standard and looked closely.
Of course, as Mabel said, the man whose true identity was God was physically very good.
In addition, he was so good at stealth that no one noticed even when he stayed in the imperial castle.
In particular, he passed because he was an existence that could deal with Esteban.
‘Because he said he was buying Mabel so much.’
For Siana, who knew roughly what would happen after hearing about the future through Mabel, she couldn’t help but worry about that part.
Even she, as a wife, knew how overprotective her husband could be towards her daughter, even without experiencing it.
Aidan really stayed quiet in the room she gave him.
Sianna asked someone she trusted to take care of his meals and other things.
The time Cyana was alone was extremely short, so the time she could spend talking with Aidan wasn’t that long.
Meanwhile, Aidan found out fragmentary information about himself through Shiana.
He is actually a property passed down from generation to generation of the Devlin family, so it is a lie to say that he was taken from a slum before the age of four.
In addition, the story that Baron is trying to absorb his power and take over the continent.
He did not fully trust the empress’ words. But I thought it was a story with great potential.
In the meantime, days passed.
Since I answered mainly Aidan’s questions, the stories I told were all fragmentary. I couldn’t tell the story that Aidan was actually Ades.
It’s only been a few days, but something has changed.
Although Aidan was still wary of the opponent, he felt the wall crumbling little by little. It wasn’t that much of a difference, though.
During the day, Cyanna was usually surrounded by people, so she couldn’t have a private conversation with Aidan.
At such times, Aidan would stay in his room or secretly wander around the villa.
I did not forget to be careful not to be discovered in any case.
I’m sure it was…
“…Uh!”
Aidan slowly turned around at the sudden shout.
Behind him was a little boy, waist-deep, looking up at him with wide green eyes.
The identity of the kid was Oscar, who was playing hide-and-seek with Enrique in the villa.
Aidan was taken aback.
‘Was he a child?’
It was so subtle that I thought it was an animal that came down from the forest.
Of course, when he was in Devlin, he was constantly on the battlefield or stayed in the knights quarters in the imperial castle or close to Veron, so he rarely came into contact with children.
Because of that, it was the cause of not knowing what the signs of the child moving carefully were.
Oscar stared up at the stranger with calm eyes.
“Who are you? This is a private palace where we hide and seek…”
“…”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen it…”
The detached palace was the perfect playground for Oscar and Enrique. Because here, I could run and play without worrying about other people’s eyes.
So, when free time, the two of them would play in the detached palace without people.
Of course, that was a secret between Oscar and Enrique.
Siana, unaware of this fact, gave Aidan a room in the villa.
“Oscar!”
At that time, Enrique, who had come running while stepping on the grass, tilted his head.
A strange man was standing in the garden of the villa, which was empty except for the cleaning maids.
Enrique asked, holding the hem of Oscar’s coat.
“What? Oscar. Who are you?”
“I don’t know!”
The two children stared up at him.
Who the hell is this handsome old man? It was the first time I saw a person with red eyes, so it was even more amazing.
Oscar and Enrique are at an age when they are in the midst of a lot of questions.
Their mouths were itching to ask questions.
The eyes of the two innocent children began to scan Aidan from head to toe.
Faced with an unexpected situation, Aidan couldn’t do anything about it.
If you run away like this, you might think it suspicious and report it to the imperial guard. However, it was impossible to lay a hand on children who did not know anything.
baaan. Oscar, who had been watching Aidan, who was dressed in all black, uncomfortably, said, ‘Ouch!’ and held his breath.
black clothes. stranger man. Then there is only one answer…!
“if…!”
“…?”
When Aidan looked down at Oscar at the sudden shout, Oscar covered his mouth with his small hands and shouted.
“thief?!”
“…!”
Enrique looked up at the man in amazement. When I heard what Oscar said, it was plausible. Enrique raised a short finger and pointed, shouting.
“Dodugida!”
“no.”
“hot…!”
Surprised by Aidan’s determined answer, Enrique grabbed Oscar’s hem with a timid face and shook it a couple of times.
“No, Oscar…”
“It’s Jaesong Hammi.”
Oscar politely apologized. This is because he was a good child who knew how to admit and apologize for doing wrong.
It was then. From not too far away, I felt the presence of two people approaching this place.
If you make a fuss, they might come here. Aidan took a step towards the children and spoke softly.
“quietly.”
At that, the two children simultaneously shouted ‘Sum!’ and closed his mouth.
With tightly closed mouths, the two children started to talk with their eyes, and soon after, Oscar tightly gripped the hem of Aidan’s clothes.
“Do you want to breathe?”
“…”
Aidan’s gaze turned to the hem of the clothes he was holding. He said nothing, but the children had already reached an agreement among themselves.
‘Shall I insert it?’
‘Let’s insert it!’
Enrique shouted while looking at Aidan with a bright smile.
“Joe. Mr. Gurum Ajo is the tagger!”
“Let’s kick 100!”
Wow-!
The two children shouted vigorously and started running in both directions. The garden in front of the detached palace, which had been buzzing, became quiet in an instant.
‘It’s quite troublesome to be a child.’
Aidan stared briefly in the direction the children were running and then turned around.
Of course, I had no intention of looking for the children. In the first place, didn’t they arbitrarily judge that they were playing hide and seek with each other?
Still, it wasn’t without success. Because I know what the children’s signs are like.
In this way, the existence of the children was quickly forgotten in Aidan’s mind.
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And on that day, the Hwangseong was overturned due to the disappearance of the prince and Gongja. The two children who went out to play after training did not return until late at night.
As a result of searching not only within the imperial castle but also beyond the gates, the children were found shortly thereafter.
The children hid in the garden near the royal palace south of the imperial castle and shivered.
Sianna and Esteban, who had been waiting for news of the report that the missing children had been found, sighed in relief.
Siana asked her son who returned covered in dirt.
“Oscar Enrique. What the hell happened?”
“Your red-eyed man…”
Enrique, who was hesitantly replying, looked at Oscar in terror.
“…Miss Red Eyes?”
Esteban repeated Enrique’s words at the appearance of a mysterious being. At the same time, Shiana was startled.
‘…Aidan?’
Oscar nodded sullenly.
“They won’t kick us…”
Ciana, who checked Esteban’s hardened face at first glance, gently stroked the heads of Enrique and Oscar.
“It’s… a ghost.”
“Ki-gi-sin…!”
“So you can’t worry about people like this from now on?”
“Yes….”
“Are you going to the royal palace again?”
“I’m not going to wake up!”
Enrique and Oscar shouted together like chicks. At the word ghost, there was no doubt in his expression.
Esteban asked in bewilderment at the absurd remark that didn’t go well with Siana.
“Siana suddenly became a ghost…”
“That way I won’t have another accident.”
“What would it be?”
Esteban ignored it and sent the frightened children away. The ‘red-eyed Mr.’, who had been suspicious, had long since disappeared from his mind.
Siana smiled bitterly at the backs of Oscar and Enrique, who were holding hands tightly as if they were afraid even in the middle of the slumped back.
To use children’s innocence to protect Aidan?
‘Sorry guys. But… I can’t help it for my daughter’s sake.’
In this way, the disappearance of the two children passed as a small commotion in the castle of Ermano.
***
Siana opened the diary she had been writing for a long time.
It wasn’t written every day, but the diary she opened whenever there was a special event looked like her hands were burnt.
Siana’s thin fingertips lightly brushed the blank paper.
When Esteban was dating her while hiding her true identity, she wrote it almost every day out of excitement, but after becoming empress, she was busy and had less time to write in her diary.
“Yes, Mom. I’ve actually seen my mother’s diary before.”
“I didn’t mean to steal it…! It’s true that I stole it anyway…”
Sianna recalled the image of Mabel, who was averting her eyes as she said embarrassingly, saying that she had stole the diary.
It was embarrassing to think that Mabel could see the contents of this diary, but on the other hand, it was enough for her future daughter to see traces of her mother.
‘What did Mabel think while looking at my diary?’
I regretted not asking because I was in a hurry to talk about something else.
One night was not enough time for mother and daughter to talk about what they couldn’t finish.
Siana picked up her pen and wrote the first words of her diary.
[Mabel.]
It was the name of my beloved baby. It was also the first word to convey to the child who will read this diary in the distant future.
The meaningful and precious name she gave and the child chose.
After hesitating for a moment, the tip of Shiana’s pen began to move little by little.
[Our lovely child. Mom only wants you to be born.]
As each day passed, the feelings of love for the child only grew.
I don’t think I could love you more than this, but I loved you today more than yesterday and more tomorrow than today.
Even though I made her suffer from morning sickness, I remembered her grumbling face and she was just pretty.
Even if it was quiet, when it was small, I put my hand on my stomach and felt the movement of my baby.
How commendable it is to think that you are growing so diligently.
Cianna remembered the night she and Mabel had a non-stop conversation.
“In my previous life, I had nothing but unhappy memories. But… I have a dad, an Oscar, and a lot of precious people, so it’s okay.”
Even when wounds heal, scars remain. Despite this, the daughter, who stood up steadfastly over the past, smiled bravely.
Siana wanted to convey these words to the child who would see this diary for the first time.
‘Mom, you are Mabel…’
Sianna began to write the sentence again with sincerity.
[Is it a lovely child with silver hair that resembles her father or a child with light pink hair that resembles her mother? Actually, it doesn’t matter. Because I love you just because you are Mabel. I miss you, baby.]
I had already met Mabel and seen how she grew up, but I hoped that this sincerity would reach her.
‘Mom loves you no matter what you look like, no matter what kind of child you are.’
I love you whoever you are
Even though you may not be there, please know that there is one more person on your side.
May this wind approach you with a soft whisper.
love yourself more
Took.
Puff…
Siana hurriedly wiped the tears running down her cheeks.
However, she couldn’t contain her overflowing emotions. She held the necklace she bought in her hands, thinking of the child she had been wearing ever since the day she met Mabel.
Siana’s shoulders trembled slightly.
Actually, I wanted to live.
There are so many things I want to do in life.
I wanted to sigh as I watched the child grow differently day by day and saw the child’s clothes that had become smaller and could not be worn.
I wanted to go to the beach together, pick up pretty shells, compete to see which one was prettier, and then, by the time the evening sun went down, we would hold hands and walk on the beach.
I wanted to spend a not-so-special life with my daughter, who had gone through puberty, while complaining and arguing over trivial matters.
I wanted to be together in that future where everyone is happy.
I wanted to live.
