Chapter 111 – Now I’m Going to Meet You
With a serious look on my face, I slowly walked out as soon as the driver arrived.
As Roxy said, at the main gate of the mansion, there were numerous knights wearing armor and equipped with swords, as if they were guarding someone.
Some of the knights even had scratches on the fence or door, either because they couldn’t wait or because they tried to force the door open.
‘It looks like the maids did a good job blocking it though.’
In order to work at Raihart Mansion, only those who could at least use Aurors could work.
From the butler to the maid, everyone was made up of people who could draw a sword in an emergency, so it was a force that could compete with the power of an ordinary knight.
And the person who managed all the maids and butlers was Roxy, an elf.
“What brought you here?”
“Hmm, you already know that he is an imperial guard knight, right?”
“Yes.”
As soon as the article finished speaking, the directors who were standing in a row split in half and stood on both sides facing each other.
“It’s been a while.”
“Ah…”
The person who came out between them was an important person who was familiar but not easily seen.
The actual ruler of this kingdom and Ranel’s biological mother… To me, she was someone I should call my mother-in-law.
“Oh, queen…!”
“Call me mother-in-law.”
“Well… I can’t call you my mother-in-law…”
My mother-in-law was looking at me… No, she was the queen. She slowly approached me and hugged me tightly and said it had been a while.
After resurrecting Ranel, she lived by pretending that Ranel was Rine in order to prevent the rumor that the dead had come back to life.
It’s like I happened to be raising another relative’s daughter, not my own son.
Perhaps she felt sorry for me because I was the wife of her only son, or maybe she felt sorry for me for sending her husband to heaven so quickly, but she still called me “Mother-in-law” And treated me with friendliness.
‘But if I tell you that Ranel is alive, won’t I… Die?’
Iris loved her son so much that she was willing to sell her country to do anything he wanted to do, such as creating a children’s book for Ranel.
“Hmm, I guess I was really happy because it’s been a while… First, it’s been a while.”
“Oh, yes.”
Still, I thought I needed to get them inside the house first, so I was trying to guide them inside slowly.
“Well, come inside and talk.”
“Oh, there are other people besides me, so let’s say hello.”
Then several women began to get out of the carriage.
“Oh, hello?”
Smiling awkwardly and scratching her head.
When I looked at the sword hanging on my back, it seemed like it was the warrior I had struck last time.
The people next to him were women who were presumed to be warrior party members.
‘I knocked her out by kicking her, and that girl had a strong scent of Ranel…’
As I thought about it again, I felt like lava was boiling inside me. If I were an ordinary person and not a warrior, I would have already drawn my sword, but for now, I took a deep breath and held back my anger.
They say that if you engrave the Chinese character three times, you will avoid murder, but instead of enduring it, I felt like I was going to die from a vase.
“Please wait just a moment.”
“I understand.”
She now quickly entered the mansion and instructed Ranel to put on her female clothes.
At first, he looked at me with doubts when I suddenly told him to dress up as a woman at home, so I explained who was there.
As soon as she heard that she was a queen, Ranel panicked and quickly went looking for the brooch.
As Rania looks at Ranel, she is shocked to hear that he is a queen.
‘Maybe it’s because we’re father and daughter, so we resemble each other in this way.’
How could every action be so similar? With a bitter smile, I slowly guided the people waiting outside through the house.
***
“Ah, hello queen!”
As soon as she saw her queen, she lowered her head and got down on one knee.
I was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the royal family and showed the utmost courtesy.
“It’s been a while, Miss Lee.”
“Thank you, Queen.”
She said her mother once told her that our family had some connection to the imperial family. When I asked her how things ended, she always looked at me with a dark and lonely look on her face, so she didn’t really ask me back.
The queen looked at me with a kind smile.
Sweat trickled out from my forehead and I started to get a little wet.
“I think I’m starting to resemble Lennon more and more.”
“Thank you.”
When I heard a rustling sound, I looked next to the queen and saw Shio peeking out from behind her.
“Line, it’s been a while.”
“Rine!”
“Sniff, sniff, it’s been a while.”
“Linegong, long time no see?”
“…”
Starting with Shio, Emil, Aya, Erina, and Karen greeted me in that order.
Even Nia, who was resting on my wrist, seemed to be reacting and glowed slightly to welcome them.
“Miss Line, it’s time for you to be active again.”
“I… Shall I go?”
One of the queen’s eyes sparkled, and I began to see my reflection in her pupil. Her mother, who was standing next to her, just looked at me silently, squeezing her hand.
“I have watched your growth carefully. Now it’s time to move on to the final chapter.”
“The final chapter? “It’s still hard for us to deal with just one mother…”
“Skill isn’t everything.”
“As expected… I gained confidence today.”
After saying that, the queen slowly approached me and started putting something of hers in my hand.
‘What is it?’
Before I knew it, a ring was on my wrist.
There was a gold ring shining brightly with gold and depicting two dragons, a symbol of the kingdom.
I looked around in front of her to see what this was, and the queen hugged me without saying a word and buried her face in her shoulder.
“As expected, my prediction was correct… Ranel.”
“Eh…?”
Not yet coming to my senses from the sudden incident, I looked around to see what was happening.
Her mother just watched us with her mouth open, probably really surprised, and she and Emil and the other colleagues were all looking at us in bewilderment.
“No matter how much you try to fool me, you can’t fool me… My son.”
“Son?”
“Ha…”
Her mother put her hand on her head and sighed quietly, perhaps realizing that she was hopeless.
What on earth is happening?
Afterward, we all gathered in the middle and asked her mother what happened.
The mother’s appearance, telling the truth in front of everyone, was different from usual, with her shoulders slightly lowered and her face dark.
I looked at her mother, wondering if she would be so miserable. The person who was braver than anyone else and always cool-headed seemed to have disappeared somewhere and just looked at me like a child who had committed a crime, her hands shaking slightly.
“Hmm… Is that what happened? In the end, the fact remains that my son came back.”
“La, Ranel… Prince? Then what about us?”
“Well… Our heads might get cut off.”
“Hmm, I heard that the neighboring country, Seongseongguk, is doing well these days…”
After looking at my colleagues for a moment as if pitiful, I looked back at my mother… No, Lennon.
When she looked at her mother again after learning the truth, she felt sorry for her and was a little touched by the fact that she had done such a thing for me.
‘But what should I do…? Should I still consider her a mother?’
I felt too sorry for her to look at her as her mother. I feel sorry for Lennon, who sacrificed so much time for one man, and I don’t know how to deal with him.
“Lennon…”
“Yes.”
“Did you really do that because of me?”
His hands tightened for a moment, and he closed his eyes, then opened them again and got up and grabbed my shoulders.
“Because I Love You. And because I promised to make you happy…”
With those words, Lennon seemed unable to stay here any longer and left the room, heading to his room.
‘Then, the dream I had today was all my memory.’
When I think of Lennon with that happy face, my heart aches and hurts. My chest is pounding so hard that I become conscious of breathing.
“Lennon, so what are you going to do now?”
“Huh?”
“We have to go on a trip again.”
Since I am not an ordinary knight but a member of a warrior party, I must leave here someday and become stronger to kill the Demon King again.
No, I had to go.
“Well, can you give me just one day? “I will convince my mother, so please wait a moment.”
“All right. Lennon.”
She slowly took off her clothes as she walked down the hallway where her mother had left her. I walk with only a dress shirt on.
I am imitating the image I saw in my dream. For my mother who can’t forget her sadness and past, I have to give her present as a gift.
For my mother… No, for Lennon, it’s time for me to help.
-Rat!
He opened Lennon’s room without hesitation.
“Ranell…?”
He walked up to Lennon, who was lying depressed on the bed, and slowly got on top of her.
“What are you doing…?”
“Lennon~ Did you miss me?”
From now on, we will be following her mother, Lennon.
