Volume 3 Chapter 8 (2/2)

I opened the white box, and inside it was a necklace

“El-sama’s mother passed it over in her last moments She said she doesn’t need it anymore”

“Doesn’t need it anymore?”

I thought she would say so like ‘Please take care of this for me’ when she passed it over

“She had others This necklace, she slipped out of the castle just to buy this froht it with her own money”

“She wanted this that much?”

While I asked that, I lifted the necklace and it made a small sound while I examined it It’s a normal necklace At least, that’s how I see it

“Sh got a lot of presents from His Majesty that she can’t even count the accessories she owned When she bought that, she said it was a present In the end, she didn’t get the chance to hand it over so I had to unwrap it myself”

“It’s not a present for my father?”

It’s a men’s necklace from what I see so I asked To whom did she wanted to hand this down?

“That’s right There’s supposed to be a letter she wrote with all her effort I don’t knoho had it, but no one ca But I think she’ll be pleased if El-sama keeps it”

“I’ll treasure it! Good night, Edna…”

“Please have a good night”

“Ah, please wait”

I stooped Edna as on the way out of the room

“What is it?”

“Thanks you for lovingwith her”

She’s the person who died just to give birth to ize or say thank you, I can’t meet her anymore But when I saw Edna’s expression when she talked about ‘Mother’, it saved me a little Even now, there’s still someone who loves her dearly

After Edna left, I got up one again held up the necklace near the lamp

───A

A very tiny letter was engraved on it I noticed it when I touched it a while ago Perhaps, Edna didn’t notice it because the light’s condition made her unable to see it

Was it her name or the initial of someone’s na? Don’t tell me it’s for someone she had an affair with

“Even if I think of it, I can’t really comprehend it”

I’ll just sleep

Thank you for giving birth to me, I mumbled to the necklace