I opened the window with my cheeks inflated. It was when I was doing this and that because I thought I would run to my mom and complain if it was quiet.

“Is it okay?”

Suddenly, the door rattled open and someone came in. As if in a hurry, I ran towards the door and sweated profusely at the idea of someone coming in to break the tranquility.

“Dad!”

“Bebe.”

My father’s body hugged me without hesitation. Like a person who ran in, he was like a person who was excited. I wiped my dad’s forehead with my hand.

“Why did you run like that?”

“…I didn’t run. I just walked a little faster.”

In the meantime, my father avoided my gaze. Then, he walked up to her mother sitting still in bed.

“Is it better than that, Adele?”

“Oh…”

My mother’s eyes turned rounder at the appearance of my father calling her name affectionately.

“Adele… Is it my name?”

“Oh, yeah! My mom’s name is Adelaide. She was also called Adele!”

“I see…”

As if it didn’t feel real, my mother repeated and repeated her name several times. In the meantime, my father’s expression became stronger than before.

“…Bebe.”

“Yes. Dad. Mom…”

When my mother was mumbling at the fact that she couldn’t say it with her mouth, my father nodded quietly. As if he had already expected there, he quickly hid his embarrassed expression.

However, her eyes shook more anxiously than ever.

“By the way, Adele, don’t you remember anything?”

“Oh… Yes. Actually, I don’t know where I am or why I’m here. Bebe calls herself my daughter…”

Dad, who approached my confused mother, put me down on the bed and pulled a chair and sat down.

“I see. Don’t you feel bad?”

“Yes… I don’t feel bad. It’s just… I don’t understand the situation, but I feel good.”

Whenever I saw my mother smiling warmly, it hurt somewhere in my heart.

My dad’s big hand patted my head softly, perhaps knowing that.

“That’s a relief.”

My father’s eyes looked at me more firmly than ever. As if not to worry, the eyes alternately looked at my mother and me.

It was after a long time that such a father opened her mouth again.

“It must be crazy, but Bebe is your child.”

“Oh…”

“And I’m your husband.”

“Husband…”

“I’m the Grand Duke, you’re the Grand Duchess.”

The mother did not hide her surprise at the words. And I was surprised, too, because I didn’t know my dad would even tell my mom that she was the Grand Duchess.

In fact, my mom wasn’t really the Grand Duchess, and she was like a temporary one.

It was a temporary title created to keep us here.

Contrary to expectations that he would tell the truth, my father told a lie without hesitation.

“Oh…”

“So make yourself at home because your house is here.”

“I… married you…”

“Yeah. I don’t think you loved me yet, but I love you. I mean it.”

I asked my dad for an explanation with my eyes. However, his expression, which was usually a little playful, was very different from before.

“It seems like Bebe doesn’t believe it.”

“Really? Really?”

“At some point, it got into it. Of course, Adele used to put me behind to take care of her, and now that you’ve forgotten me, you’re somehow lucky nonetheless.”

Dad, who had been making a more comfortable face than ever, sighed deeply.

“At that time, I thought I wouldn’t go in, but now I feel like I have a chance to try.”

“Oh, my dad… to my dad…”

As I was stuttering, my dad gently shook her head. As if you don’t have to tell the story now.

At the same time, my father’s gaze was completely focused on my mother. I only looked at my mother perfectly as if there were only two in the world.

I wondered if it was shock therapy to bring back my mother’s memory, but I don’t think it was that at all because my dad really seemed to love my mom.

“At first, I may have projected someone from you. But one day, I suddenly felt it. You are a completely different person. Rather, I’m sorry for the thought itself. That’s why I’m careful. I don’t know if I’m allowed to love you… Adele. I want to make you happy. You too, Bebe.”