Chapter: 151

“Huh?”

Theor was asleep with his eyes closed.

The sleeping face looked comfortable.

“Theor seems to miss his mother.”

Kaizen turned to Astelle who spoke to him.

Astelle picked up an old teddy bear that was rolling near the chair.

“Well, no matter how young he is, he may be curious about his mother,” Astelle said.

Kaizen turned his gaze to Theor, who was sleeping quietly.

He heard that this child’s mother was a maid.

She was Sigmund’s lover who only gave birth to Theor. Due to her low status, she had to part with him.

It was all the information he heard from Vellian.

‘Poor kid……’

Kaizen was born with the noblest blood in the empire, but he hated such customs of nobles who only received noble blood.

Such an inhumane behavior of separating a young child from his birth mother because of her low status.

He raised his hand and carefully stroked Theor’s hair when he was asleep.

Fine black hair is wrapped between his fingers.

He was a poor child.

A young child has no choice but to miss his parents.

Even if Astelle sticks to him every day and takes care of him like his own mother, there’s probably not enough.

Kaizen stroked Theor’s head and asked as if he was sorry, “Does the child often miss his parents?”

At that moment, Kaizen felt as if Astelle was looking at him.

But when he turned his head, Astelle was putting the old teddy bear down on the chair.

“……Sometimes I wonder too because Theor never met his parents,” Astelle replied in a calm tone.

In the room, there was silence for a while.

The flames of a blazing fireplace drew a shadow over the dark wall.