115. Come to me
[Episode 115] – Come to me
“…Will this work?”
The morning sunlight came through the window with the curtains drawn.
Looking at the morning sunlight falling on the letter paper, I finished the letter I would leave to Titania. I thought about it all night, but it wasn’t until morning that I was finally able to write a letter to Titania.
There were a lot of things I wanted to write, but in the end I could only write a few sentences. Because the ending of the lengthy story was only one sentence. I put the letter in the envelope and closed my eyes for a moment.
When I thought that today was my last time here, I felt anxious because the emotions were new. Would I be okay outside? I don’t know anything other than the palace’s ecosystem? Can I start anew?
I was anxious, but there was nothing I could do. After all, isn’t it said that humans are animals of adaptation? Anyway, the anxiety will only last for a moment. I had no choice but to believe that I would adapt well to the new place.
I opened my eyes like that, got up from my seat and started searching through the desk drawers. I took out a piece of paper that had been stuck in a corner for about 10 years from deep inside a desk drawer, and looked at it.
‘Can I still use it?’
For the past three years, I have been wondering how to live outside the capital after leaving the capital. Since we would have enough money anyway, the key was what to do when we went out. I liked having a job, and I liked living alone.
Well, there were a lot of other things I thought about. Should I take over an inn and become an innkeeper? I thought it would be nice to hear the stories of travelers coming and going to the inn. Even if it’s hard, it’ll be fun.
Or should I open a bakery? Before I came here, one of the jobs I wanted to have if I had a lot of money was a pastry chef. The owner does not care about the cost of food and sells delicious food at a low price. It was cool just to think about it.
What else was there? Yes, if you are going to live without doing anything, the landlord is the best. Since I have money to buy a few buildings, I buy one and rent it out. Even the best unemployed person didn’t seem bad.
‘Well… I couldn’t decide on anything in the end.’
After worrying so much, the day finally came when I left the castle without deciding anything. It was all good, but it was because I thought I wouldn’t succeed with my shallow knowledge.
What I’ve been doing so far is social work, document processing within the palace, eating snacks and laughing out loud and trying to please others. Anyway, it was useless outside.
In the end, what I came up with after giving up everything was to rely on an acquaintance for a while. Pay to live in an acquaintance’s house, just lounging around! It would be perfect if I could even find a job there.
But the problem was that I didn’t have any close friends. I couldn’t rely on people I met in social circles. The reason I raised my reputation in social circles was for Titania.
Furthermore, it was difficult because if I begged my social acquaintances, Titania would come looking for me. Then what about your close friend, Lady Serena? Lady Serena was also in trouble. No, she didn’t want to cause trouble.
Then there is only one thing left for me.
I quietly unfolded the faded, dusty paper.
Sparkle! The paper started to glow, and then eerie smoke came out of the closet next to it. Why a closet? Jump out with this thought! The door opens, and a silver-haired maid pops out of the closet! And jumped out.
“You finally called me. Princess. “I’ve been waiting all this time.”
Silver-colored hair that looks as if it was made of finely pulled silver. A girl with eyes as blue as the clear autumn sky raised her head and shouted majestically.
“Come on! We’re leaving! To ‘Kirven’ with this franc!”
*
Three months after Vivian left the royal castle.
“Titania, are you finished packing your bags?”
“Yes! It’s over! “Has the carriage from the royal castle arrived?”
“Yes, I just arrived. “As soon as we load up, we’ll leave.”
Titania, who had cleaned up all the three years of belongings she had used in her lodgings, smiled brightly and answered her Viola. After completing her three years at the academy, Titania couldn’t stop smiling at the thought that she could finally return to the royal castle.
She wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible, even if it was only for a minute and a second, and run to her mother’s arms. How has her mother changed in just three years? Will she be the same as she remembers? Or maybe her hair style has changed a bit? She was pretty good. Just being able to see her mother made Titania happy.
“So, what about Fiona?”
“Fiona has already departed in the carriage of the Silver Word Kingdom. “What’s so urgent? She’s leaving as soon as the graduation ceremony is over.”
“Is that so?”
The corners of Titania’s mouth quirked up. In fact, she already knew. Sister Veronica realizes that as soon as her graduation ceremony is over, she must send Princess Fiona’s diploma to the Silver Word Kingdom.
So, that meant that she arrived at the royal castle and was alone with her mother for the time being. Because Veronica said that when she comes to the royal castle, she comes in a carriage! Alone with my mother! Alone with my mother for a reunion after 3 years!
“Ehehehehe!”
“Is it that good?”
“Of course! “After three years, oh my… no, I’m going back home?!”
“For me, it is safe to say that she is happy to meet Her Royal Highness after three years. Are you afraid I don’t know that you’re a mama’s girl? “Maybe my princess is still a mama’s girl at this age.”
“Ehehehehe!”
Titania just smiled despite Viola’s scolding. It was true that she was a mama’s girl, and she had no reason to feel bad even when Viola scolded her. It’s true that she’s happier about going to see her mother than graduating from the academy.
Until Veronica comes, you have to stick close to her mother! No, I don’t mind coming. She plans to stick like a leech by her mother’s side for about another year. She would sleep with her mother, eat with her, and be with her every day. Since we haven’t seen each other in 3 years, she’ll stick around!
Ah, what should I do first when I meet my mother? It’s a hug after all, right? She’ll jump out of her carriage and hug her mother. Now that I’m taller, my mother will be held in my arms, right? She will show her cuteness to her mother in my arms and kiss her cheek and kiss her lips.
Titania stamped her feet in joy, dreaming unstoppably sinister thoughts. Normally she would have tried to hold back a little, but she couldn’t hold back. Well, she is meeting her lover after 3 years, how can she bear it? Like this, she couldn’t ride.
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As Titania watched the second hand of her watch and waited for the time to pass quickly, a knock on her door announced to her that the coachman from the kingdom had loaded all her luggage.
“Princess, you can leave immediately. Shall we leave like this?”
“Okay, let’s leave right now. “How many days will it take to reach the kingdom?”
“Unlike three years ago, the road between the kingdom and the academy has been well maintained, so the distance that used to take a week can now be reached in three days. “If you run without stopping, two days is enough.”
“Yes, I will ask you without stopping.”
Titania waved goodbye to Viola, followed her coachman out of the lodgings, and loaded her into his carriage. Finally, after three years, it was time for her to return to her kingdom.
Titania, who boarded her carriage, could not hide her swelling heart and twitched the corner of her mouth. Even the coachman could see at a glance that she was happy for Titania.
“Hey!”
Soon she swung her whip with all her might as the coachman gave the command to announce his departure. She rattled and the carriage slowly began to move away from the damn Academy.
Titania felt like screaming as she saw the Academy moving away from her window. Is this how a prisoner who escapes from prison feels? She felt like she wanted to dance, which she couldn’t even do.
No, Titania promised that when she returned to the castle, she would at least dance with her mother. She felt that her dancing was the best way to convey this happy feeling to her mother.
‘Because I also practiced the male part at the academy. I do the male part, and her mother does the female part. ‘It’s the complete opposite of when I was young.’
Hmph~ Hmph~
Titania hummed her dance tune to the clattering of her chariot wheels. She imagines dancing alone with her mother in an empty dance hall.
Only, just the two of us.
*
Just as the coachman said, she ran without stopping and was able to get from the academy to the palace in just two days. As the main gate of the palace began to come into view in the distance, Titania took out her hand mirror and began to straighten her hair. Then, Ain Cell appeared and asked her, Titania.
-…Princess. Excuse me…
“I’m sorry, Ainsel. “I’m a little busy right now… Do you want to talk later?”
-Oh, I’m in a hurry too…!
Tap!
Titania closed her hand mirror and smiled brightly, taking care of her neatly organized hair. She felt sorry for Ain Sel, but she didn’t want to be disturbed today. Because it was a reunion with her mother after three years.
As Titania was adjusting her clothes and hair, looking at her reflection in her window, she heard a screeching sound as her carriage stopped, and her coachman opened the door of her carriage. She announced her arrival at the royal palace.
“Princess, we have arrived.”
“…? Arrived? But…”
Titania looked outside through the open door as if it were strange. Surely, someone came out to meet us as promised. It upset Titania that it wasn’t her mother.
Titania’s brow furrowed slightly as she got out of her carriage. Why? Why on earth? There’s no way her mother would break her promise to me? Titania looked at the person who greeted her with a sharp gaze.
The person who came out to meet me in front of the carriage was not my mother, but none other than Bangchot.
“…Princess Titania, it’s been 3 years since I see you. Did you enjoy the academy?”
“Bang Show, who is your mother?”
“……”
Titania interrupted Vinchot’s greeting and asked about her mother’s well-being.
Even when she turned her head and looked around her, her mother was not visible. Could it be that she is really unwell? She said in her letters that she was always in good health. Could it be that she couldn’t come out because she wasn’t feeling well?
“Vivian…Your Majesty the Queen…”
“That’s enough. “I’ll go back to my room first, so please unload my luggage.”
“T-Princess Titania! For a moment…! Under…”
Leaving behind Vinchot’s sigh, Titania walked quickly into her royal castle. As she entered the palace, her feet moved of their own accord, as if her body remembered. Her maids didn’t even have time to stop Titania.
Titania was able to quickly find the room she and her mother used. She went up to the third floor and found a large room in the middle of the hallway. That was her own and her mother’s room.
A room with sunlight shining throughout the room during the day, and a panoramic view of the palace garden when the terrace is opened. Titania quickly headed there. To meet her mother for the first time in three years.
But-
“…? What? Why…”
Is the room empty?
Titania looked at her own room, which she shared with her mother, and frowned at her astonishment. Did her mother move her room? However, there was no such content written in the letter.
Although the room changed depending on the season, this room was clearly the one used in the current season. Titania thought about her memories again, but she decided that this was the right place, so she went into her room and looked around her.
The room must have been empty for quite some time, and there was no sense of human warmth. Titania, looking into the dark room with her curtains drawn, turned her head to look at Vinchot who had followed her.
“Bang Show, who is your mother?”
“First of all… Her Majesty the Queen left this letter for the princess.”
Titania’s brow furrowed even more.
Bad thoughts passed through her head, but she tried to ignore them and looked at the letter that Bangchot handed her. On the outside of the envelope, only ‘To Titania’ was written.
Clearly, the handwriting on the envelope was her mother’s. So she felt worse and she was anxious. Titania carefully opened the envelope and began to read the letter inside.
…The contents of the short letter were as follows.
In fact, she was originally scheduled to leave the royal castle.
She said that it was inevitable for her to leave the royal castle.
So I’m sorry. I’m just sorry.
I love you. I really, really love you.
I’m sorry for lying.
That was the end.
There was nothing written about where her mother would go or where she would live after leaving the royal castle.
Titania’s face darkened fiercely as she looked at her letter.
“Find it…”
Titania ordered Vinchot.
“Find it and bring it to me. “Even if you have to search the entire kingdom, bring him back.”
At the sound of Titania’s icy voice that she had never heard before, Vinchot closed her eyes tightly. As if she knew this would happen, as if she had already expected it, she bowed her head and accepted Titania’s command.
“Bring your mother to me right now!!”
