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“Eliikaa !!”
In Einhorn’s infirmary, Marie was crying to Erika, who was sitting up in bed.
Erika is puzzled by Marie’s appearance, but smiles at her and speaks softly to her.
“It’s okay, mom”
They are alone in the room.
They were in a state where they could talk about their previous life relationships without worrying about anyone else.
(I wonder if uncle was being considerate?)
Imagining that Leon had been so considerate of them and left them alone together, Erika thinks in her mind that he is just as she had heard.
Marie cries and worries about Erika’s condition.
“I’m glad Erika is okay.”
“You’re exaggerating. I’m just a little in pain.”
“You’re pushing yourself too hard! You could have stayed on the ship.”
“I said I would go with you. Anyway, how was the dungeon?”
Marie’s concern for Erika, who has a chronic illness in this life, is really the way she treats her daughter.
The physical age of the two is only two years apart, but Erika’s age inside is decades older than hers.
Still, Marie still behaves like a mother to Erika.
Erika puts her hand on Marie’s back and rubs it.
Marie tells the story of how she was deceived by Leon during this dungeon capture.
“He’s the only winner. It’s cunning. He knew there was a hidden passageway and he didn’t tell us?! Even deceiving his own fiance es to try to win, he really is out of his mind.”
Marie was emotional and expressive as she explained how cunning Leon was.
Erika, who was watching the action, goes amused and bursts out laughing.
Marie tilts her head at Erika, who giggles in a graceful way.
“What’s wrong?”
“It was kind of funny. I just thought Mom is like in the previous life. Look, you used to tell me stories about uncle.”
Marie fluster and remembers her previous life.
Apparently, she does not remember telling her daughter about Leon’s story.
“D-Did I? Mom doesn’t remember. Did I tell you anything about aniki?”
“You did. On the days you came back drunk, you used to tell me stories about uncle. If only aniki were still alive~, the other is aniki is a bastard, etc. But at the end, you always ――”
―― I want to see onii-chan again.
Erika used to watch Marie fall asleep drunk after saying that.
Not only does Marie not remember, but she blushes when she is told the embarrassing story.
She was quite agitated.
“T-T-T-T-That’s it, that! Wanted to meet him again and wring him out. That’s why I’m not really talking about that!”
Marie, desperately denying it, looks like a child.
Erika watched her, smiling.
“It’s good to meet Uncle again, mom.”
When Erika is pleased that they met, Marie has a complicated look on her face.
Erika is puzzled by Marie, who looks down and sad.
Apparently, Marie has a feeling of indebtedness to Leon.
“Maybe aniki didn’t want to meet me.”
“Is that so? Uncle looks like he’s having fun, though?”
“He’s a troublesome guy who’s always playing carelessly and never says what he really thinks. Erika should never marry a man like that ―― Ah.”
At the mention of marriage, Marie, “Oh, no” and she is depressed again.
She seemed to remember Erika’s engagement talk.
“I don’t mind”
When Erika tells her not to worry, Marie stands up and raises her voice.
“It can’t be! How can you look so unconcerned when you can’t marry the person you love? And what’s more, it’s Fraser family.”
Marie had knowledge of that third otome game, albeit only halfway through.
That is why she despaired when she found out that Erika was married to that Eriya Rafa Fraser.
“I don’t blame Mom for worrying, but Eriya isn’t such a bad kid. It’s not like that game.”
“It’s a lie! Because in that game, he’s an ugly guy who looks like a coward ―― A-re? Erika, did you say that game?”
Erika knows that Otome game.
Marie is puzzled by this fact.
“I played it too, you know. Mom left me alone, so I played it in my spare time. It was fun.”
“I-I see. But then!”
As Marie still tries to keep asking, Erica shakes her head and looks serious.
“――Mom, that’s my responsibility as I was reincarnated as a princess.”
“Your responsibility?”
“Is it more of a possession than a reincarnation? I don’t know, but I am a princess of the Kingdom of Horfalt. With this position comes responsibilities, of course.” Erika understood her position well.
And so it is with marriage in this world.
“My marriage to Eriya is a political marriage, unlike the marriages of my previous life.
If we get married, there will be people who will feel safe.”
“Other people don’t matter!”
“If I were a normal person. But now I am royalty and a princess. I have a duty to protect my people and my country.”
When Marie says, “But, because,” and Erika breaks into a smile.
When she smiles at Marie, she tries to reassure her.
“That’s why it’s okay. Because Eriya is kind.”
“Kind?”
“In the game, he was supposed to be an ugly guy with a bad personality. But Eriya lost weight for me, and now he’s chubby and cute.”
“――Erika would have suited well with a good-looking man.”
“Mom is really menkui, isn’t she. Everyone gets old, and it’s our character and our worthiness that will ultimately matter.” (TLN: attracted by physical looks only)
Erika’s story of how she lived to become a grandmother must have been convincing to Marie.
In addition, she seemed anxious about her own future.
She is holding her head.
“Sure, we will get older, but ―― Do they have a sense of worthiness? Even though I am concerned about my character? If this continues, my old age will be” The uncertainty of the future weighs on Marie.
Unable to see Marie like this, Erika comforts her.
“I-It’s okay. Onii-sama and the others around this time aren’t bad people.” Then Marie raised her head and turned a straight face to Erika.
“What about Jilk?”
“I-I’m sorry. I don’t know what to say.”
Erika also seemed to know that Jilk had a personality problem.
When the two are disheartened, Marie puts her hands on her hips, sensing that she has made the atmosphere of the place worse.
“We-Well, if Erika says it’s okay, it’s okay. You’ve always been firmer than me. I’m no good ―― I couldn’t stand on my own from aniki this time either.” Laughing sadly, Marie seems to think she is a helpless person.
She is about to cry as it is.
Erika hugs Marie.
“That’s not true. I’m happy to see you, Mom. ―― I’m sorry you had to work so hard for me.”
“I! I aaaam! I’m finally trying to do something like a mother! That’s why, that’s why!”
Marie hugged Erika tightly and burst into tears.
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