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“Of course, I think it’s rather good. It’s true that he’s a kind and nice person, and that he’s crazy.”
“Right!”
Good people. My dad, who made me think that maybe… maybe it’d be okay with this person.
‘But would it be okay for my mom to think positively about my dad?’
I looked up at my mother, who had a friendly face like before.
In an instant, the face of the Grand Duke appeared next to her mother.
‘If you think about it, it might fit a little better. My mom doesn’t have a husband, and my dad doesn’t have a wife either. It’d be a waste for my mom but… if my mom and dad become a couple, I think it’d be good for them! He’d build a strong fence to protect my mom.’
As soon as I thought about it, I immediately felt better.
It’s true that the Grand Duke was a bit crazy, but he’s definitely a kinder person than I thought.
‘He’s nice to me too.’
“Bebe.”
At that time… My mother looked at me and opened her eyes slightly.
“Yes?”
“What are you thinking that’s got you smiling like that?”
“Huh? Did I laugh?”
“Yes. You smiled very suspiciously.”
“No! I laughed… I was just lost in thought. Uh, anyway, I’m going to bed early today. I’m really tired.”
Did my mom figure it out? My mom has always known very well what I was thinking .
In an instant, my heart tingled and I laid down in a hurry.
“Suspicious…”
My mom mumbled towards the end of her sentence, but when I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep, I could sense she smiled and patted me on the back.
“Bebe.”
“Yes…?”
“Are you asleep?”
“Bebe is sleeping. Zzz… Zzzz…”
“Alright, go to sleep then. Sleep a lot to grow taller, my lovely and cute daughter.”
I slept for a bit and was about to wake up, but I fell asleep at the touch of my mother. I couldn’t even remember when I fell asleep.
***
As Bebe groaned and fell into her sleep, Adelaide’s expression darkened.
She patted her child’s head for a long while, as if thinking of something for her.
For a moment, a very faint light, like the light of a firefly, flashed and flowed into her child’s head. Adelaide, as she often did, stroked and stroked her child’s head for a long time.
But the more she did it, the weaker her power was.
“The time… it seems that there is not much left.”
Her voice calmed down more than before.
Unaware of this, the child struggled, and then she hugged her tighter.
“Bebe… My Bebe. The power of the name Bebe is… It looks like it’s almost over. Baby, even if you’ll learn the truth someday… I wish you didn’t know.”
At that time… Bebe slowly opened her eyes, as if reacting to her voice, and her golden eyes instantly changed to a dark light.
“Uh…? Mom…?”
“Baby, Mom is here.”
“Wow… Mommy, your voice is so sweet…”
Bebe mumbled to herself, as if talking in her sleep, then sunk into her arms again. Seeing this, Adelaide bit her lips tightly.
The child who just opened her eyes did not know.
There were tears in her mother’s eyes. It was difficult to bite back her words, unlike usual.
The relief that her mother was by her side only made her sink deeper into her arms.
‘Now… it’ll be okay if I don’t keep it anymore. But… But I still want to be Bebe’s mother…’
Talking to herself very softly, she did not fall asleep until dawn.
The next day…
I barely woke up and looked around. I thought it was morning and I woke up, but it was bright outside the window.
“Is it lunchtime?”
When I came here, I slept and woke up well the whole time, but now I couldn’t get up. Something felt tight, and I felt like my body was being squeezed.
“My body is… heavy…”
At that time…
“Uh… When I moved my gaze to the place where I heard the sound of Vogue’s horse saying it was too heavy, there was a silver stone on my body.”
“Ugh… I must be very heavy.”
When I moved my gaze to the place where I heard a sound, there was a silver stone on my body.
“Heavy…”
At that, Sylvie jumped up and came to the side of my head.
The cramped feeling was instantly relieved.
“It’s a little better now.”
However, Sylvie’s expression was not so good.
Sylvie, who had now become a dog, looked at me with a very serious expression. Then, with one of his fuzzy paws, he put his paw on my forehead.
“It’s strange.”
My body, which had been unusually heavy, became light in an instant.