Well, time goes back a little.
After I broke up with Meer, there was a little incident at Anne's house.
This way, please.
Following Ellis, the girl with glasses, the patties entered the house.
It was an aristocratic mansion - it was incomparably smaller than the mansion of the Clausians... it was incomparably warmer and more comfortable.
--No, it's normal... It's not a big deal.
Patty tweets to herself in her heart.
- Normal house. It's a boring house for civilians.
With a small sigh, Patty squeezed her wobbly heart.
Patricia Claudius. She was not an aristocrat by nature.
As a civilian girl... she spent her days with her mother and younger brother when she was seven years old... It was not long after my mother died.
The fact that the blood of the imperial gatekeeper nobleman, the Marquis of Clausius, is flowing in my body means that my brother and I will be taken away as traces of it...
There was no magic trick for her to make that decision at a young age.
Not to mention, if my brother falls ill and the Clausius family has the art of curing it, then there is no other choice...
Patricia became the daughter of the Clausius family.
The situation was similar to that of Julius, but the environment surrounding Patricia was far more harsh.
What she asked me to do... was to wear a snake's handiwork and drive the person who had entered into the wedding into despair.
The ideal statue of the emperor, as the first emperor sought it. Hate the world and destroy it, or curse the whole continent... When the Imperial family forgot about its appearance, the Clausius family was given a mission to remind them. It was the absolute raison d 'être.
As a concubine, I despair the Emperor and curse this world. It was Patricia who wanted to spend her life for that purpose.
That's why I was thoroughly taught how to think about snakes, along with my manners as a noble lady.
That... is not a decent way of life as a person.
It was only natural to reject it. It was only natural that I ran away.
But Patricia didn't escape.
My brother, the only remaining flesh relative in the world, said to me, "Protect me" from my mother, because it was the only way to save my brother's life.
She learned the art of tricking people, killing people, and killing creatures... Patricia stopped laughing when she was asked to do it without changing her expressions.
Don't be angry, don't cry... I just started living true to the serpent's teachings.
Everything to help my brother, Hannes.
To heal Hannes' incurable illness with a secret trick that only the serpent will know.
Unnoticed... I froze my heart so hard that I didn't realize I was having a hard time...
- It's okay, it won't shake like this. Because of Hannes, that's why...
Grabbing the collar of my clothes gently, I went to the back of the house.
It was at the table that I was passed through.
"Come on, you must be hungry, right? There's only this kind of thing, but eat plenty."
And so, to the dish that came out...... Patty opened her eyes wide.
It's a traditional dish that has been familiar to the Empire since ancient times...
My beloved mother always made me such a nostalgic... happy dish...
So,
"Mama..."
Patty fails. "I'm going to swallow that crush..."
- Oh, it's been a long time since your mother's cooking.
Anne looked at the dish with a smile on her face.
It's a dish called morose, in which a dumpling that has been crushed and rolled is floated in a soup of shredded meat. The taste of slowly simmered dried meat and crispy taro dumplings are a nice traditional dish of the Empire.
It's also Anne's mother's specialty.
--This dried meat with a good soup is very delicious...
With this dish, I thought the children would like it, and I turned to Yana and the others... I saw Cyril chewing the taro dumplings happily. Next to it, Yana holds a spoon, slightly nervous.
Anne's younger siblings are looking after such young children.
John, who was Yancha, bumped his niisan and told Cyril, "It's going to be delicious," and Emilia, who was a good person, was talking to Yana.
--You 've grown up even though you were all children...
My eyes shifted to Anne's next door... and she was unexpectedly shivering.
Yana and Cyril stopped moving when they noticed it.
Patty... Patty never moved her face at any time... because she was crying.
From the wide-open eyes, the fluttering, fluttering tears unstoppably dropped down my young cheek.
"Huh? Huh? Patti-sama...?" What's going on? First of all, even if it was a bad thing or something I don't like..... "
Gently, in a great hurry, I wiped my cheek with my handkerchief, but Patty shook her head in a small way...
"... I want to see you. To your mother..." I want to see you.... "
A wish to be spun with an uninterrupted and uninterrupted voice. As expected, Anne can't make it happen anymore... But!
"Excuse me..."
Anne hugged Patty after turning her down in a small voice.
"I'm sure if Meer were here, I would have done it..."
"With Meer's arm, I'm sure it'll move like this..."
Patty didn't resist, but she was left alone...... but immediately, she gripped Anne's clothes. From his mouth, the cry of being pushed to death spilled out.
Suddenly, my mother nodded quietly.
So, she thanked her mother for pushing her back to the correct answer, and Anne quietly lifted Patty's back.