At first, Sepia didn’t know what kind of deficiency it was.
However, when Etensel told the truth and pleaded, Sepia realized the true nature of the deficiency.
Even the reason why he was attracted to her.
It was the loneliness of someone who didn’t belong anywhere.
People with deficiencies tend to be attracted to people similar to them.
Perhaps this was why Etensel lied and clung to her.
Sepia felt a little bit more at ease.
“Thank you, Roxanne. Thanks to you, I can explain to Young Master Etensel.”
Breakfast was over under the gentler morning sunlight.
A short walk followed after the meal.
Sepia walked with him through the brightly blooming spring flowers.
Thanks to the medicine Roxanne had given her, the hangover didn’t last long.
The headache that had been throbbing before the meal had also gotten much better.
Sepia secretly glanced at his profile.
‘Was there really nothing wrong?’
The hangover had disappeared, but her memories still hadn’t returned.
Neither the maids nor Roxanne said she hadn't made a mistake, but she had a hunch. Maybe he sensed her gaze.
Roxanne suddenly stopped and looked at her.
“Actually... there was a small problem last night.”
As expected.
Her heart pounded at the thought that it was coming.
Was it a problem so serious that he couldn’t say it right away?
Since she had never been drunk before, the burden of her lost memories was even greater.
However, what he said next was the exact opposite of what she had expected.
“I’m telling you because I think you’re misunderstanding something, but it wasn’t Sepia who made a mistake, it was me.”
Sepia’s eyes widened.
She was the one who drank, not Roxanne.
So she thought she was the one who caused the problem.
“...I see. I thought I made a mistake because I was drunk.”
“It would have been better if that had been the case.”
He smiled faintly.
According to Betty, she and Roxanne had only been left alone for about ten minutes.
A moment of time.
What had happened in the meantime?
“Yes. I won’t ask you anymore.”
Tears kept falling from her large eyes.
Her face, which had been swollen and swollen, was a mess because she had been crying and getting angry repeatedly before.
Blair gently stroked her snow-white hair as if he felt sorry for her.
“Oh, you shouldn’t cry. Your pretty face will be ruined. And... You have a precious baby, so you have to be more careful now. Right?”
His black eyes swayed like obsidian.
As he looked into those beautiful eyes, her vision became dizzy as if he was being sucked into them.
The tears stopped as if she was possessed.
Immediately after that, a feeling of guilt that she had never felt before came over her.
“Oh, Mommy is sorry, baby.”
Titi apologized while patting her belly.
At the same time, it was surprising.
This lovely life was in her belly.
Although he hadn’t even shown any signs of being born yet, it was hard to believe.
Blair smiled with satisfaction as he looked at Titi who had changed like a piece of paper.
“Yes. That’s right.”
As he continued to stroke her pure white hair, a black snake flicked its tongue at the base of his wrist.
True to its name, the black mamba had a black tongue as if it was examining the woman in front of it to see if she was its prey.
“Shhh, not yet.”
As Blair soothed the snake, the snake seemed to understand and hid inside the sleeve of his clothes.
Titi seemed unaware that the black snake was frolicking over her head, concentrating all her attention on her belly.
She kept repeating the words, “My baby, my precious baby.”
“Yes, pretty deer. Why are you crying like this when you’ve been waiting so long for this pregnancy?”
“...Lord Blair, Her Majesty the Empress is trying to take my baby away.”
Titi complained, recalling the thought again.
Blair stroked her cheek with a surprised expression.
“Oh, that won’t do. The royal family is all greedy. Isn’t that right?”
“Yes. That’s right. They’re trying to take my baby. How could they do this?”
The tears that had stopped were pouring out.
It was the first time she had cried so sincerely except when she was very young.
‘Why am I so confused?’
Titi couldn’t control her emotions well.
No, she just wanted to honestly cry out loud.
She felt like a child again when she stood in front of this man.
“Easy, it’s okay.”
Blair kissed Titi’s forehead as if he understood everything.
“Then just don’t let it be taken away.”
Titi blinked at the sweet whispering that followed.
Thinking that if only she could do that, she could do anything.
However, when Etensel told the truth and pleaded, Sepia realized the true nature of the deficiency.
Even the reason why he was attracted to her.
It was the loneliness of someone who didn’t belong anywhere.
People with deficiencies tend to be attracted to people similar to them.
Perhaps this was why Etensel lied and clung to her.
Sepia felt a little bit more at ease.
“Thank you, Roxanne. Thanks to you, I can explain to Young Master Etensel.”
Breakfast was over under the gentler morning sunlight.
A short walk followed after the meal.
Sepia walked with him through the brightly blooming spring flowers.
Thanks to the medicine Roxanne had given her, the hangover didn’t last long.
The headache that had been throbbing before the meal had also gotten much better.
Sepia secretly glanced at his profile.
‘Was there really nothing wrong?’
The hangover had disappeared, but her memories still hadn’t returned.
Neither the maids nor Roxanne said she hadn't made a mistake, but she had a hunch. Maybe he sensed her gaze.
Roxanne suddenly stopped and looked at her.
“Actually... there was a small problem last night.”
As expected.
Her heart pounded at the thought that it was coming.
Was it a problem so serious that he couldn’t say it right away?
Since she had never been drunk before, the burden of her lost memories was even greater.
However, what he said next was the exact opposite of what she had expected.
“I’m telling you because I think you’re misunderstanding something, but it wasn’t Sepia who made a mistake, it was me.”
Sepia’s eyes widened.
She was the one who drank, not Roxanne.
So she thought she was the one who caused the problem.
“...I see. I thought I made a mistake because I was drunk.”
“It would have been better if that had been the case.”
He smiled faintly.
According to Betty, she and Roxanne had only been left alone for about ten minutes.
A moment of time.
What had happened in the meantime?
“Yes. I won’t ask you anymore.”
Sepia was still curious, but she decided not to bring up yesterday’s events any further.
She believed that even if Roxanne had really made an unspeakable mistake, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
“...I hope there will come a day when we can talk, but since we promised, it will still be our first time.”
“Promise?”
This time, she didn’t remember the words.
He only smiled in response to Sepia’s question.
The fact that the grandson was pregnant was announced to the empire.
However, it was soon discovered that the Empress was not carrying the child.
‘The only illegitimate child in the history of the imperial family.’
What would happen to the child that would be born? Would he be recognized as a member of the imperial family?
If not...
While opinions were divided over the treatment of the grandson, the Repetto Palace was immersed in gloom and anger.
Crack!
The sound of breaking and shattering could be heard from inside the bedroom.
The maids just stamped their feet in front of the door. Their bodies were covered with wounds.
It had been a series of repetitive acts.
Yesterday, while trying to stop Titi, the maid’s head was shattered.
However, she could not help but stop her.
If even a scratch were to hit the body of the government that was holding the precious grandson, it would be the lower class who would die.
The maids hesitated to go inside.
The noise of the chaos beyond the door suddenly stopped.
When they carefully opened the room, it was dark because it was covered with curtains.
Titi was crouching in the middle of the room which was broken and in a shattered state.
“...Young Lady?”
The maid carefully called Titi, but she did not respond. As if she could not hear or see anything.
Her head was filled with anger.
‘You are giving the child I will bear to the Empress! How can this be!’
It was her child and her achievement.
And all the credit for it goes to the Empress?
‘That cannot be.’
Fortunately, the Empress seemed to have yet to accept the Emperor's proposal, perhaps due to her pride.
But it was impossible to know when her mind would change.
On the day when it was revealed that the child in her womb was the grandson of the Emperor, Titi cried and clung to the Emperor.
'Are you using me for the grandson of the Emperor?'
If not, she couldn't have handed the baby in her womb over to the Empress like this.
It was the first time she had shown resentment.
Her makeup smudged from her tears.
Demios wiped Titi's eyes and said,
'No. I'm doing this because I love you.'
In any case, a child born to a government official is officially classified as an illegitimate child.
So before there were any more rumors, she had to register the baby with the Empress.
To make him a Crown Prince, not an illegitimate child.
'You wouldn't want your baby to not be recognized as the grandson of the Emperor, would you?'
Of course, she didn't want that to happen.
However, it was better to destroy it with her own hands than to have the treasure she had worked so hard to create fall into the hands of the Empress.
'I'm the Empress's proxy!'
She believed that even if Roxanne had really made an unspeakable mistake, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
“...I hope there will come a day when we can talk, but since we promised, it will still be our first time.”
“Promise?”
This time, she didn’t remember the words.
He only smiled in response to Sepia’s question.
***
The fact that the grandson was pregnant was announced to the empire.
However, it was soon discovered that the Empress was not carrying the child.
‘The only illegitimate child in the history of the imperial family.’
What would happen to the child that would be born? Would he be recognized as a member of the imperial family?
If not...
While opinions were divided over the treatment of the grandson, the Repetto Palace was immersed in gloom and anger.
Crack!
The sound of breaking and shattering could be heard from inside the bedroom.
The maids just stamped their feet in front of the door. Their bodies were covered with wounds.
It had been a series of repetitive acts.
Yesterday, while trying to stop Titi, the maid’s head was shattered.
However, she could not help but stop her.
If even a scratch were to hit the body of the government that was holding the precious grandson, it would be the lower class who would die.
The maids hesitated to go inside.
The noise of the chaos beyond the door suddenly stopped.
When they carefully opened the room, it was dark because it was covered with curtains.
Titi was crouching in the middle of the room which was broken and in a shattered state.
“...Young Lady?”
The maid carefully called Titi, but she did not respond. As if she could not hear or see anything.
Her head was filled with anger.
‘You are giving the child I will bear to the Empress! How can this be!’
It was her child and her achievement.
And all the credit for it goes to the Empress?
‘That cannot be.’
Fortunately, the Empress seemed to have yet to accept the Emperor's proposal, perhaps due to her pride.
But it was impossible to know when her mind would change.
On the day when it was revealed that the child in her womb was the grandson of the Emperor, Titi cried and clung to the Emperor.
'Are you using me for the grandson of the Emperor?'
If not, she couldn't have handed the baby in her womb over to the Empress like this.
It was the first time she had shown resentment.
Her makeup smudged from her tears.
Demios wiped Titi's eyes and said,
'No. I'm doing this because I love you.'
In any case, a child born to a government official is officially classified as an illegitimate child.
So before there were any more rumors, she had to register the baby with the Empress.
To make him a Crown Prince, not an illegitimate child.
'You wouldn't want your baby to not be recognized as the grandson of the Emperor, would you?'
Of course, she didn't want that to happen.
However, it was better to destroy it with her own hands than to have the treasure she had worked so hard to create fall into the hands of the Empress.
'I'm the Empress's proxy!'
The fact that the baby she had longed for so desperately was someone else's was so hateful and disgusting.
She wanted to stab herself in the stomach right away.
But the reason she couldn’t do that was because she had to make the fake name real.
In a situation where she couldn’t do this or that, her anger that had been fueled by the situation was burning fiercely.
“...Lady.”
“...Lady Titi!”
She wanted to stab herself in the stomach right away.
But the reason she couldn’t do that was because she had to make the fake name real.
In a situation where she couldn’t do this or that, her anger that had been fueled by the situation was burning fiercely.
“...Lady.”
“...Lady Titi!”
Even though she covered her ears, the sound that she could hear was irritating Titi.
“What the!!”
“That... Aah!”
A random thing that she threw hit the maid.
The hand mirror crashed to the floor, and the maid, clutching her left eye, crouched down.
The other maids tried to support the injured maid, but they couldn’t.
Titi’s eyes, glaring at them, flashed bloodshot for a moment.
“B-a merchant named Blair visited. He asked me to let you know when he came...”
Before she could finish her stammering words, Titi jumped up from her seat and strode toward the maids.
“Where are he?”
“Yes, yes?”
“Where is he right now!”
The maid hurriedly guided her away, as she growled so fiercely that they couldn’t believe she was a deer.
Inside the roughly opened door, a merchant sitting on a sofa was leisurely pouring tea.
He turned his head and looked slightly surprised at Titi’s appearance.
Thump.
As soon as the door closed, she went to Blair’s feet and hung on.
“Lors Blair. What should I do? How did I do this...?”
“What the!!”
“That... Aah!”
A random thing that she threw hit the maid.
The hand mirror crashed to the floor, and the maid, clutching her left eye, crouched down.
The other maids tried to support the injured maid, but they couldn’t.
Titi’s eyes, glaring at them, flashed bloodshot for a moment.
“B-a merchant named Blair visited. He asked me to let you know when he came...”
Before she could finish her stammering words, Titi jumped up from her seat and strode toward the maids.
“Where are he?”
“Yes, yes?”
“Where is he right now!”
The maid hurriedly guided her away, as she growled so fiercely that they couldn’t believe she was a deer.
Inside the roughly opened door, a merchant sitting on a sofa was leisurely pouring tea.
He turned his head and looked slightly surprised at Titi’s appearance.
Thump.
As soon as the door closed, she went to Blair’s feet and hung on.
“Lors Blair. What should I do? How did I do this...?”
Tears kept falling from her large eyes.
Her face, which had been swollen and swollen, was a mess because she had been crying and getting angry repeatedly before.
Blair gently stroked her snow-white hair as if he felt sorry for her.
“Oh, you shouldn’t cry. Your pretty face will be ruined. And... You have a precious baby, so you have to be more careful now. Right?”
His black eyes swayed like obsidian.
As he looked into those beautiful eyes, her vision became dizzy as if he was being sucked into them.
The tears stopped as if she was possessed.
Immediately after that, a feeling of guilt that she had never felt before came over her.
“Oh, Mommy is sorry, baby.”
Titi apologized while patting her belly.
At the same time, it was surprising.
This lovely life was in her belly.
Although he hadn’t even shown any signs of being born yet, it was hard to believe.
Blair smiled with satisfaction as he looked at Titi who had changed like a piece of paper.
“Yes. That’s right.”
As he continued to stroke her pure white hair, a black snake flicked its tongue at the base of his wrist.
True to its name, the black mamba had a black tongue as if it was examining the woman in front of it to see if she was its prey.
“Shhh, not yet.”
As Blair soothed the snake, the snake seemed to understand and hid inside the sleeve of his clothes.
Titi seemed unaware that the black snake was frolicking over her head, concentrating all her attention on her belly.
She kept repeating the words, “My baby, my precious baby.”
“Yes, pretty deer. Why are you crying like this when you’ve been waiting so long for this pregnancy?”
“...Lord Blair, Her Majesty the Empress is trying to take my baby away.”
Titi complained, recalling the thought again.
Blair stroked her cheek with a surprised expression.
“Oh, that won’t do. The royal family is all greedy. Isn’t that right?”
“Yes. That’s right. They’re trying to take my baby. How could they do this?”
The tears that had stopped were pouring out.
It was the first time she had cried so sincerely except when she was very young.
‘Why am I so confused?’
Titi couldn’t control her emotions well.
No, she just wanted to honestly cry out loud.
She felt like a child again when she stood in front of this man.
“Easy, it’s okay.”
Blair kissed Titi’s forehead as if he understood everything.
“Then just don’t let it be taken away.”
Titi blinked at the sweet whispering that followed.
Thinking that if only she could do that, she could do anything.
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