Chapter 254 - Smiles (2/2)

And at that moment, I felt like the shell that had been used to isolate me fronificance of my existence

However, the result offor, protecting, and building the future for them My people

I will deny all those who have followedtowards that future with me, and the existence of the children here present

The e in

I have my way and there are ress

And… there is also everyone alks with ether, above all

“… Iris, I’m sorry”

When I returned inside from the balcony, my mother just entered the rooht now”

My hed

“Yes I ’ood … did you love him so much that you were so upset for his death?”

When my mother pointed it out, the blood on my face fade for a ht … Mother, I’m an idiot”

“Oh, what do you , only now… I understand how is… I didn’t knoere so deep, until he passed away

What was inwith obsession

Mother listens to my words with a serious expression

“I was separated fros for him Even if he was on a different path from me, it would be fine if he existed”

“… isn’t it love?”

I looked atwhat she wanted to say

“Even if the other party does not follow the same path as you… You can believe in the love you shared and continue forward”

I smile at my mother’s words

“Yes, I love his

Surely, I will continue to regret it

“But … I have other things that I love”

this time, my mother instead looked at me onder

“… what is it?”

“I know this territory and the people who live here I know the pain of ht I could never recover Surely, if while soaked in ret it forever ”

I can never compare both loves… Both are indispensable forthe world foryou alone I want him to look at you from above and be ashamed of the excellent lady he lost”

“… Nice”

I smiled at my mother’s words

“My Iris is very nice… My Iris is a lovely lady If you still feel like crying and becoain, I’m here to look out for you”

Surely, that’s my mother

So much power has been released from mother at those words, that it makes me tremble from emotion

“I was s I care about and need to protect”

“……Thank you ain and again But don’t forget Sorieve, but don’t be trapped in it … You’re alive ”

Mother gently clasped my hand

“I told you once that I lost ht?”

In response to that question, I shook et The past ave th to rief of losingto attain e, just to kill the robber who killedI lost and overlooked the is that were there, and as a result,a lot about me… -You are alive now- et revenge on her-“

“It’s not just ht that I was the saddest person in the world And that rong ”

“……et back what I lost That’s why it’s natural to grieve But don’t be trapped in it and look at what you’ve not yet lost Don’t just look at the past If you lose an iain, because you know the pain of losing, because you kno hard it was Soain, because you’re butyou can do about it, the tiether with them is limited, but that’s why people treasures those ret it later, and as your mother I want to say… Because you are an i for love and being who you are”

I refute rave them deeply in my heart

“… Thanks you, ed me

“You did your best, Iris Great, really… You remembered what’s important for you yourself”

“…!”

To the warain