Chapter: 71

Successive emperors enjoyed hunting in this forest all day long and then returned to sleep at the hunting lodge when the time was late.

Kaizen twinkled his eyes, and he stared at the little child.

According to Vellian, this child lost his father before birth, and when he was a baby, his mother left.

Kaizen remembered the appearance of Astelle holding this child.

Astelle took care of him like her own child.

If other people saw her, they might think that she was really this child’s birth mother.

This child lost his mother when he was a baby.

Astelle also lost her mother when she was a baby.

He wasn’t interested in Astelle, but he knew it for sure.

Kaizen suddenly remembered a very long time ago.

The day of his mother’s funeral, the Empress.

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The Empress, Kaizen’s mother, was weak.

She lay sick for a long time after giving birth to her only son, and then died.

Throughout the funeral, young Kaizen showed no tears.

As a prince, he vowed not to show his tears in front of the nobles.

However, after the funeral ended and he returned to the imperial palace with a tired body, unbearable sadness came as he faced an empty garden.

He was sorrowful that his memories of his mother remained in every corner of the palace.

Kaizen cried alone sitting on a bench in the corner of the garden.

Above his head was a lilac tree growing high in the sky, hanging like a roof.

It was at that moment when he heard a rustling sound in a corner of the garden.

“Who?”

He shouted in surprise, and a little girl came out of the grass.

A pale white blonde. It was Astelle.

“……Sorry. Majesty.”