Chapter 107 - The Curse (1) (2/2)

Our children

Ahh

He hoped that Enant soon, and they would soon have THEIR children

"All right I'll tell you what happened," said Mars "A long tier than me now, my father had a fiancée Her nahter of a duke in Draec Both of their parents were good friends and their betrothal had been decided since they were little"

Emmelyn slowly sat up and leaned back on the headboard She listened carefully to Mars' story Froet a conclusion that Mrs Adler's words were true

Emmelyn unconsciously held her breath

"Then? How did your father end upyour mother?" she asked in a low voice

"My father always knew that he would marry his fiancée He did not , he doirl that he didn't love"

Mars continued his story, "The thing is, up until that point, my father had never been in love and so, he did not object to the engageot randfather's permission to travel and see the world Because after he was , the opportunity to travel would disappear"

E at the tiambled with her father and bet that if her father lost, Emmelyn would be allowed to see the world

"So your father left, and then ?"

Euess what happened afterward It's the same as Mrs Adler said Mars's father met Elara on his way, fell in love with her, and then broke off the engageine the hurt that Lady Marielle must have felt Hurt and humiliation She was tossed away, just like that, after years of preparing herself to marry the crown prince

"My father traveled for a year And on his way, he saved my mother as kidnapped by a landlord on the outskirts of the Draec kingdom near the border to Gallifrey My mother, as you can see, is very beautiful That's because her father is an elf, while her ular huain Mrs Adler was right

Thisshe said could be trustedSo far, everything she said was exactly what Mars told Eht, when I saw your mother for the first tiht Your mother is indeed half-elf," said Eirl froe, but her beauty was known far and wide, even to the neighboring kingdoms There were so many men who tried to marry her either properly or by force "

"I can iine it," said Emmelyn She had never seen a woman more beautiful than Queen Elara Her husband should be proud because he ed to marry a woman whose beauty was famous everywhere and was desired by so ain

"Whenby a lower lord from Draec The man tried to force my mother to marry him," said Mars "The unfortunatethe crown prince When he knew, it was too late"

"Oh "

"After that day, my father fell in love with my mother so madly that he claimed he could not live without her So, in order to , did not reject my mother to be my father's wife,her to the palace and announced publicly that they were already ed that his engagement with Lady Marielle be canceled"