The voice sounded somewhat distressed.

It was definitely my mother’s voice, but I felt sad, as if it were someone else’s voice to the point where I felt like a child who couldn’t even speak properly.

“In the end… do you mean I have to leave my child?”

I looked up slightly and saw the person in front of me. Because of my blurred vision, I couldn’t see her exact face and what she was doing, but the woman seemed to be crying.

Her shaky shoulders and her horse voice made it obvious.

“You just had a baby… and you can’t run away, so you have to take care of each child. Did you hear the news? From here, we’ll be moving soon.

“I know. The story is…”

“On that day, it’s better to take care of each child for the sake of the children.”

Only a deep sigh filled the place.

“If only I hadn’t been kidnapped…”

“Don’t think too badly. It wasn’t even a perfect goodbye.”

“But Adele, you’re thinking… you’ll only have one child.”

“…I’m sorry, Elin. All I can do is to make sure that even one child… doesn’t die in vain like mine did.”

There was only a deep sigh. I could feel tears flowing from Ellinson’s eyes. Even though it was hard to see, emotions flowed into me without stopping.

‘Is it because that person… is my real mother?’

I was just sad. My heart ached like I was going to cry.

“I understand how Adele feels…”

“Because I was a mother… I know how Ellin feels, so I won’t force you anymore.”

It was like I shouldn’t even breathe, but I felt like I was going to keep crying.

“I’ll do it.”

I couldn’t hold back my emotions coming out of my heart, and just as tears came out, Ellinson’s voice came.

“Adele, please take care of my child.”

“Good thinking.”

“Because Beatrice follows Adele well… I’ll ask Beatrice until all of this is over.”

She got up before she knew it and held the child who was lying with me in her arms.

“But the good thing is that both Ellinson and I are blond.”

“Yeah, you can fool them, Adele…”

“Don’t worry. He’s not the kind of emperor who will take a closer look at our children.

As if that was comforting, Ellinson let out a deep sigh.

“Then it’s all right.”

“Just hang in there. We’re moving to another place soon… so let’s both run away that day. He’ll have the least interest to those of us who have just given birth. Until then, you need to eat well and endure it, Ellin.”

“I should…”

“So even if it doesn’t suit your taste, make sure to eat.”

Only then did I hear the sound of food being eaten. In the meantime, my mother, who was holding me in her arms, looked at me affectionately.

“From now on… let’s do it for my daughter… my baby…”

It was sad to see my mother’s blurry face.

‘Really… am I not her child? Is it really… is it not?’

I’d like to deny that I was not, but everything I just saw only proved that I was not my mother’s daughter.

I thought this dreamlike situation would end like that, but the story didn’t end like this, as if there were still things to say.

In my dream, which was clouded, it became clearer as if to show that time passed even within this time.

I was still a baby, but now my limbs were starting to move as I pleased. Now I could exactly see my mother Ellinson, who gave birth to me, and my mother Adelaide, who raised me.

And then hell started.

Just when he was able to keep his head down, the Emperor came to visit… the person I believed my whole life was my real father.

Obviously, the face was his, but the way he looked at us felt like a completely different person.

“…Adele, when are you going to be my girl?”

He even dragged my mother in his arms, came out and shoved hre into another room.

“Stop it. I have no desire to be your woman.”

“Is it because of that kid? Without him, will you be mine?”

“I’ll resent you for life if something happens to him.”

“I think resentment will be fine. If you want to protect him, think carefully. If you keep holding out, I might kill the child just like I did to your husband.”

“You are crazy!”

My mother, who held me tightly in her arms in case something went wrong, boldly expressed hostility towards him.

“Let’s see if I’m crazy or not. If you want to save your child…”