111. The Day to the Academy
[Episode 111] – The Day to the Academy
In the end, the morning of the day Titania left the castle dawned.
The royal castle was quite noisy from the morning. The maids who heard that Titania was leaving came rushing into the room to greet her, and the attendants were busy carrying her packed luggage onto the carriage. Of course, I was busy too.
“Titania, have you packed everything? “Did I miss anything?”
“Yes, I checked one more time just in case.”
“Why are you so worried? “If you leave something behind, just send it to me in a letter, right?”
Titania and Veronica sighed at the same time. Veronica was scheduled to depart for the Academy through the cabin, and Titania was scheduled to head to the Academy in a carriage prepared by the Royal Castle.
Even though I saw Titania answer confidently, why am I so worried? Unlike me, who was restlessly pacing her room, Titania just sat on her bed and sighed heavily.
Is this how parents feel? As she looked around her room a little more, wanting to let her go without any shortcomings, she felt a little bitter at the empty appearance of the room. Now I’m really left alone.
While staying with Titania, I never once thought that this room was spacious. Today, this room felt too spacious. Was the room really this large? I smiled bitterly without realizing it.
As I was staring blankly at the room, I heard a knocking sound from behind.
“Her Royal Highness, princess. “I’m ready to head to the academy.”
“Okay, I’ll come down soon.”
In the end, the time came when we had to part ways.
As soon as the maid informed her that she was ready, she felt like she was about to cry. In my opinion, I didn’t want to send Titania to her academy. I really didn’t want to break up with Titania.
That’s right, the reason I was able to survive here until now was because Titania was by her side. I was able to endure the unfamiliar life, the complicated and difficult official duties, and the frustrating and disgusting social world, all because Titania was by my side.
Rather, rather than Titania depending on me, I could say that I have lived my life depending on Titania. But today, Titania is leaving my side. The country that had been supported by the pillar called Titania felt as if the building was about to collapse.
“Haa…”
The sigh that came out of my mouth felt hot. When I touched her eyes, which felt like she was about to cry, light moisture came out on her fingers. Really, I decided to send it off with a smile at the end.
‘It’s not easy…’
I slowly approached Titania, who was sitting on the bed, and looked at the Ain Cell hanging around her neck. I hated Ainsel for leaving me, but I decided to forgive him because it was for Titania’s sake.
I grinned and gently lifted the Ainsel.
“I’m going to have a good time with Titania. Also, try to become closer to Veronica. Got it?”
-Oh, I understand… I’m trying my best…
Heinsel, who was grumbling and biting his lip at my nagging, just looked cute. After gently stroking Einsel’s mirror, I turned her head and looked at Veronica sitting next to her.
“Do you need nagging too?”
“Do you have something to nag?”
Veronica and I burst into laughter. Yeah, Veronica doesn’t really need nagging. I raised my head, stroked Veronica’s cheek, and lightly kissed her forehead.
Veronica’s eyes widened in surprise at my sudden kiss with the meaning of farewell, but as soon as her lips left her forehead, she rubbed her forehead and made a slightly pouty expression.
Next…
“Titania.”
When I called, Titania lifted her head with difficulty and looked at me. Titania barely looked at me, and her eyes were slightly watery.
The eyes looking at me were constantly shaking, as if clearly showing how I was feeling right now. I carefully touched Titania’s eyes, which looked like they were about to shed tears.
‘What should I say?’
There were so many things I wanted to say to Titania, but she couldn’t form words and just let them all roll around in her mouth. I didn’t know what to say, so I just kissed her lips.
I didn’t know what to say, so I made eye contact with Titania and just blinked. Titania must have been frustrated by the silence, so she got up from the bed first and hugged me.
Although I was a little surprised by the sudden hug, I calmly wrapped my arms around Titania’s waist and hugged her tightly. Titania’s body trembled slightly. As I patted her on the back, Titania began to whimper.
“I will send you a letter, so you must reply…”
“…Okay.”
“If you don’t reply regularly, I will drop out of the academy…”
“Even if it’s a joke, it’s scary…”
When I let out a chuckle, Titania responded in my arms, saying, ‘It’s not a joke…’ It seemed like she would have to send letters regularly in order to keep Titania attending her academy.
“Really…”
I smiled bitterly and caressed Titania’s cheek in my arms. As I stroked her cheek, Titania lifted her head and made eye contact with me.
I stroked Titania’s slightly red cheek with my thumb, cupped her face, lowered her head, and lightly kissed Titania’s round forehead.
The heated lips hit my forehead, made a tickling sound, and then slowly fell away. When I looked at Titania’s face, she was smiling brightly, as if she had lied about crying until now.
“…Have a nice trip.”
“Yes… I will come back. Therefore…”
Titania smiled brightly and smiled at me.
“When I return, you must come to meet me. “You must wait for me at the front gate.”
…I won’t be here when that time comes.
How should I answer these earnest words?
My lips were trembling. I didn’t know how to answer, so my lips kept trembling and I felt like crying. Her voice keeps shaking due to her guilt and regret toward Titania. Today I learned for the first time that telling a lie is such a painful act.
“…Yes, definitely.”
I’m sorry.
“I will definitely come out to meet you first.”
I’m really sorry.
“Because this is also a promise.”
Titania, who knew nothing, smiled brightly and held out her little finger to me. It felt like Titania’s pure smile was chopping into my heart filled with guilt, and it hurt.
It really hurt so much that I cried.
“…Okay, promise.”
*
It’s already been three days since Titania, Veronica, and Ainsel left me alone here and left for the academy.
I spent most of my time in a daze. I couldn’t do any work because I couldn’t do it, and I left eating and washing myself to the maid and her maids.
The maids and maids begged me to cheer them up, but there was nothing I could do because I had no strength. What should I say about this? Lethargy? I just didn’t want to do anything.
I just rolled around in bed all day and had no motivation. There were rumors that Titania had entered the Academy, and several invitations came from social circles, but she did not even open the invitations, let alone read them. Because I’m not going anyway.
As I was staring blankly at the ceiling, I heard a knock on the door. Even though I didn’t answer to come in, the door opened, and a bald-headed Bangsho, sticking his head out through the crack in the door, strode into the room and frowned at me.
“Huh… Your Majesty the Queen, even though this is Her Majesty’s room, it is still broad daylight, so please at least dress neatly.”
“Aren’t you wearing it? Pajamas.”
“In what world or country is there a queen who wears pajamas in broad daylight and greets her subjects?”
“Isn’t it right in front of you? Besides, she won’t even be queen in three years, so she’s a temporary queen. Don’t expect too much from a queen. “That’s why she’s losing her hair.”
When I gently shook the negligee I was wearing, Vinchot frowned in annoyance. Seeing that he was carrying a lot of documents in his arms, it seemed like he had come to ask me to at least approve the documents that I had left unattended for three days.
“I’ll just leave the documents on that desk. “I’ll take care of it later when I have the strength.”
“Three days have already passed since you said those words. “There’s already no room to put documents on that desk.”
When I turned my head to look at the desk, I saw that the documents on the desk were overflowing and were falling all over the chair and the floor. However, it was difficult because I didn’t have the strength to read a single letter right now.
As I was lying on the bed, waving my hands and pretending to say, ‘Stack it up like this,’ Vinchot sighed deeply. Then, after stacking the papers on top of them so they wouldn’t fall over, he came over to me and looked down at me lying on the bed.
“Her Majesty the Queen. “Are you so distressed that Princess Titania left?”
“…It’s painful. “It feels like there’s a hole in my chest.”
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It was exactly as it said. The feeling of a cold wind passing through my chest. I felt so empty when something precious disappeared from my side. When I just rolled my eyes and looked at Bangchot, Bangchot dragged a chair over and sat down next to me and looked at me.
“Have I ever told Her Majesty the Queen about my children?”
“Are you married too?”
“Then you wouldn’t have done it?”
Bang Show looked at me as if I was ridiculous. No, I’m not making fun of Bang Chau, I really didn’t know Bang Chau was married.
He never told me anything about his family relationships, and I never heard any rumors about his children or wife from social circles.
When I thought about it, why wasn’t there such a rumor? I’ve heard stories about the children of the Minister of Education or the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
“My wife does not live in the capital for health reasons. Even if Her Majesty the Queen hears, she lives in a remote corner of the country, unknown to her. My children are there too, so they may not know… They don’t. How can a person called the queen not know the minister’s family relationship? “It’s been a while since I served Her Majesty the Queen…!”
“S-stop. I’m sorry. Well, you might not know because you haven’t heard the story of your family. Yeah, yeah! Don’t you know the story about how the Foreign Minister’s son-in-law almost touched her married woman several years ago? “Compared to that, no news is good news.”
“That’s right.”
Binchot complained of injustice in a rapid-fire tone, as if he was sad, but I waved my hand and changed the topic of the conversation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ self-control. After hearing the dirty story, Vinchot sighed, cleared his throat, and spoke again.
“Anyway… I too have had my daughter leave many times. “I got three people married.”
“You… You have more children than I thought.”
“I have two sons and three daughters. Everyone got married. And don’t keep interrupting. “The story doesn’t end.”
“Okay…”
I turned over, looked at Bang Show, lay down, and began to listen to the story. Bang Show didn’t seem to like my listening attitude, but he continued talking as if he had no choice. Step by step, remembering old times.
“This is a story about 40 years ago, when I was getting my first daughter married. At that time I-“
“Now, wait a minute. “How long is that story?”
For some reason, I felt like Bangshow’s story would be a time to look back on his life so far, so I stopped him. Anyway, I didn’t want to hear this story for a long time.
Banchot glanced at his watch and answered.
“I think it will be over before dinner.”
“It was just past lunch time…”
“Anyway, back then, the customs placed more emphasis on customs than they do now-“
…Bang Show continued talking even when I told him to stop. I’m really not interested. I don’t want to hear it.
Bang Show’s story continued until the sun went down. Bangchot, who told the epic story of the marriage of his first and third daughters, spoke to me as if he were acting, at times intensely and at other times sadly.
After about three hours of talking-
“At that time, I wanted to stop my third daughter from marrying that man even if it meant throwing away her family…”
Knock knock knock, there was a sudden knock on the door. The maid’s face was pale as she hurriedly opened the door and came in without even asking her to come in.
“Your Majesty the Queen…! Minister…! “His Majesty the Queen…!!”
At that moment, Vinchot and I quickly got up from our seats and ran to Her Majesty the Queen’s office. Because I was able to understand the situation even without the maid speaking.
It is the third day since Titania departed for her academy.
Before the news of Titania’s arrival at the Academy, there was news that Her Majesty the Queen had collapsed.
