Chapter 15 (2/2)

The bawling Luca abruptly argued without slurring his words.

Like sparkling blue crystals, his eyes shone with resilience.

Disregarding Luca’s defiance, I promptly listed the reasons why I had to stay behind in Emden.

“Living a simple life appeals to me.”

“You said you wanted to wear jeweled rings on all 10 fingers.”

“My tastes are so simple that eating greasy meats upset my stomach.”

“But you said that you’d die to have a slice of veal steak.”

“…”

He kept rebutting everything I said; by the end, I had no more excuses to give.

Luca recalled a lot of Judith’s past remarks verbatim rather well, a lot more than I thought.

Even I had no memory of it at all…

Until now, I was unsure whether Luca was calling me mom intentionally or not, but this time, it finally became clear to me.

This was absolutely deliberate!

Looking at it from all sides, even from 100 yards away, it was obvious that this was on purpose!

At this rate, I’ll really be dragged with him to Winterwald.

I tried to persuade Luca in my most stern voice.

“Luca, of course, I would love to live a wealthy life, like others. However, I lived in Emden all my life for 27 years. All my friends are here too. I don’t want to live anywhere else.”

I was thinking about going near the capital after Luca left for Winterwald, but no one knew of my intentions.

Without any hesitation, these blatant lies slipped out from my mouth.

“Aunti- I mean, mom, but you don’t have any friends.”

Oi, Luca.

Sheesh, must you say such hurtful words to someone?

Good grief.

Even if Judith had no friends to call her own!

I looked at him with eyes full of anguish as he raised his chin confidence.

“If you say it like that, then I also lived here my entire life for 10 years and all my friends are here, so I’ll stay here in Emden forever.”

Like this he spoke clearly before turning a 180, changing his attitude as he bawled instead.

“You wanted to get married, after you sent me off, right? Since I’m such a burden, you sold me off to that stranger! I know it all! I’m not going anywhere, no way! I’m going to live with you for the rest of my life, mom!”