"Mother, why are you crying?"
Alice reached out in confusion and wiped the tears from Shinki's cheeks.
"It's nothing—"
Shinki smiled, not wanting Alice to worry.
This was not the first time she had felt this way!
The sorrow of seeming to have forgotten something important, not intense yet constantly lingering in her heart, had always troubled her, and she had no way to deal with it!
Only after Alice was born had the symptoms improved. They still occasionally resurfaced, but that was far better than before, when they came almost every day.
"Mom was just feeling a little sad, thinking that Alice will grow up someday too."
Obviously, Alice could not understand Shinki's sentimental words at her age, so she focused on what had been said earlier.
"Mother, Alice doesn't want to become king."
Hearing Alice say that so dejectedly, Shinki could not help but grow curious.
"Only because Mother dies does Alice have to become the new king..."
As she spoke, little Alice pouted, looking like she absolutely refused to accept it. "I don't want Mother to die, waaah—"
Shinki: "..."
After hearing Alice say that, Shinki instinctively quipped in her heart, No, Mom isn't dying. It's because Mom is getting married, so Alice will inherit the throne instead.
Thinking of that, a melancholic NetEase Cloud Music feeling rose in Shinki's heart again—being born human, I'm sorry.JPG!
No, wait!
Looking once more at Alice, who was crying in her arms out of worry for her, Shinki's heart was healed again. She smiled fondly and said, "Don't worry, Mom will absolutely never die!"
"Really?"
"Really—"
"Then pinky promise with Alice."
Holding Alice, Shinki murmured to herself:
"If only things could always stay like this."
Shinki naturally could not have imagined that the daughter who cared for her so much