âWell, if you donât like it, Iâll say hi later. More than that, Bebe, youâre hungry, right? I am hungry too. I kept starving to eat with Bebe.â
Then, I waved the bell I was going to shake earlier.
Cecilia came inside, sweating as if she had waited.
âDid you find it⊠Hah⊠Young Master, I told you not to go in.â
âWhatâs wrong with me coming to see my sister? Go ahead and get her meal. Bebeâs mom woke up.â
Only then did Cecilia bow for a while towards my mother with a bright face. She then left.
âBebe⊠Who is that person?â
ââŠBaby, Mommy doesnât understand. Whatâs going on⊠â
I understood her. This must have been a series of situations that  she couldnât understand as soon as she woke up.
âFirst of all, Mom, letâs eat. Huh?â
Still, the mother looked uncomfortable at Allen, but my older brother was busy eating cookies on the table as usual.
Like a small rabbit trying to protect its young, my mother was busy taking her time looking around.
âItâs really okayâŠâ
How should I say this to make my mom understand? Then, suddenly, I brought the admission documents placed on the table to me.
âThatâs right, Mom. Listen.â
âYes, Iâm listening.â
âDo I use my name Bebe as it is?â
âHuh? What are you talking about? You want to⊠change your name?â
My mother, who was looking around, hurriedly looked at me.
âOh, no. Thatâs not what I meant⊠If I officially join the family⊠I thought someone who knew my name would follow me.â
âI told you before. I have a dad. And you have to put your name on it to become a child of your father.â
My mother nodded as if she understood a step later.
âI understand what you mean, but⊠Bebe, whoâs going to adopt you?â
âDonât you remember? The first day we came here.â
My mother hurriedly bowed her head as if she had a headache.
Oh⊠Right. I remember. Someone treated my mom.â
âThatâs right. And you saw a man. Heâs going to be my dad!â
âYou donât know if itâs a dangerous person. At that time⊠I donât know why I just passed it byâŠâ
Mom was like a different person when she was with me and when she was with someone; Sensitive and suspicious of everyone, like now.
And she had become more determined and rational than ever.
âItâs safe here, Mom. Itâs really, really safe. If it hadnât been safe, wouldnât I have done anything when my mom was sleeping⊠when I was alone?â
âThatâs true, butâŠâ
âThereâs nothing to worry about. My brother, Nanny Cecilia, and Dad are all good people. Really⊠It wonât happen like before.â
No matter how much I persuaded her, I couldnât. What were the consequences of believing me?
âMy mom also told me about her husbandâs feelings earlier. You laughed about it back then.â
âI thought our Bebe was playing a joke earlier. But⊠really? About the husband, the father, the adoption?
Just in case, I held the doll next to me tightly in my arms.
âItâs my first time receiving a gift besides my mom and dad.â
âThat guy over there gave it to me. Mom, you know⊠you know, Iâm happy.â
âI was happy when I was with my mom, because I have a mother who always loves me. But Iâm still happy. Now I want to be happy with my mom. So⊠soâŠ
My momâs hand stroked my head.
âMommy had to have her doubts. Thatâs how I survived. I canât believe my daughter talking like a grown-up like this, but still⊠Iâll believe you because you said youâre happy.â
âIf it doesnât work, Mommy will take you and run away.â
She smiled brightly. My mother, who had been hardening her face just now, smiled at me.
Obviously, my mother will continue to doubt and doubt it, but this was enough for now.
Meanwhile, my mom opened the documents I had in my arms.
However, my motherâs face, which had been smiling just now, quickly hardened.
âG-Grand Duke AvelantâŠ? Bebe, BVebe, was this the Grand Duke?â
âYes! The Grand Duke! And I said Iâm going to be Princess Bebe Avelant! The guy over there is Allen Avelant! Heâs the third of the Grand Duchy Family.â
Meanwhile, my brother, who jumped down from the chair, hurriedly wiped off his mouth and stood straight in front of his mother.
âIâm Allen Avelant.â
âThatâs a weird way of talking.â
âWas it weird? Isnât this cool?â
âNo. You look like an old man.â
Only then did my older brother nod while his mouth pouted.
âThen thereâs nothing much I can do. Nice to meet you, Bebeâs mom. Iâm Allen, Bebeâs reliable older brother.â
However, my mother still looked at the documents and the older brother alternately.
âTh-The Grand Duchy of Avelant is a crazy placeâŠâ
âYes, thatâs right. Mom, I think itâs crazy.â