The paper that Alicia handed to him had words written on it, not a picture.
“The picture is on the back.”
As Alicia spoke, he turned the paper over and found a picture of a woman.
Cabellenus looked at the smiling woman in the picture and pondered for a moment on what to say.
It was not like him to hesitate, but when he saw Alicia’s reddened eyes, his mouth would not open.
“……she looks very similar to you.”
In the end, that was the only comment Cabellenus could bring out.
Alicia once again observed Cabellenus’s reaction and then slowly relaxed the tension from her body.
“My mother is much more beautiful.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, she was a great beauty.”
Alicia looked at her mother’s portrait with wet eyes.
“But why is there a portrait in a place like this? Who drew it?”
“It’s embarrassing, but I drew it.”
“You?”
Cabellenus’s gaze returned to the portrait.
When he learned that Alicia had drawn it herself, the drawing seemed to look a little different.
“It’s been several years since I actually wasn’t allowed to draw.”
“It sounds like someone didn’t like the fact that you drew.”
“Because no one liked what I did.”
Alicia laughed awkwardly and avoided his gaze.
She had thought that she would never forget it, but over time, her mother’s face gradually became more blurred.
She started drawing because she did not want to forget her mother’s face.
The drawings that started with worn-out pen nibs on discarded pieces of paper were clumsy, but to her, nothing was more memorable than being able to draw her mother’s eyes, nose and mouth.
But no one liked Alicia’s drawings.
On the day she was caught drawing, she was accused of stealing expensive paper and pens and was beaten up.
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Not only was she banned from drawing, but they took away all the portraits she had drawn as well.
The only time Alicia was able to see the drawings robbed from her was when Queen Neinstine was upset.
Whenever Queen Neinstein was in a bad mood, she would have Alicia kneel at her feet and burn her portraits one by one.
The scene of Alicia, who screamed at the portraits of her mother burning in the fire, was delightful entertainment for Queen Neinstein.