Chapter 60 (2/2)

With my curiosity growing, I came out of the house with a deep sigh.

When I breathed in a cool night air, I felt much better.

“Who is there?”

I stopped at the sudden voice coming from the darkness. I saw a middle-aged man approaching me from the end of the trail.

“It’s me, Sir League.”

“Lady Monique? What are you doing here at this time? ”

“I couldn’t sleep. I think you’re on night duty today. ”

“Yes, I am,” said Sir League, who walked to me with big strides.

“I will escort you. You should not be alone at this time. ”

“Oh, thank you. Sorry for giving you trouble.”

“You’re welcome. It’s my honor to serve you, my lady.”

Of course, it was not a dangerous place because I was walking inside my garden, but I nodded gently when I noticed that he was genuinely concerned about my security. I was glad to see him. If he knew my mother, he could solve some questions that dogged me all day long.

“Sir League.”

“Yes, my lady.”

“Well, I would like to…”

“Please go ahead.”

“Well, do you know my mother?”

“Are you talking about your late mother? Of course, I do.”

As soon as he replied in the positive, I asked him questions without hesitating any more.

In fact, I kept on reflecting on these questions because I didn’t have the nerve to ask my father.

“In your eyes, do I look like my mother a lot?”

“I don’t think your father has said that. Who told you so?”

“The crown prince.”

“Oh, I see,” said Sir League with a sigh after hesitating for a moment, adding, “It looks like the crown prince also remembers today.”

“Really?”

“Yes, because the crown prince kept your mother’s deathbed.”

“Did the crown prince really?”

“That’s right. He was also there that day. ”

I stopped walking at the moment. I felt like I spaced out. Given his reaction at the palace, I thought he might be related to my mother in one way or another, but I didn’t know he was close enough to my mother to keep her deathbed. I have never heard of this in the past or even after I came back from the past.

“You may not remember it that time. You had convulsions while crying for a long time after knowing about her death. You might have lost your life unless your father had come and soothed you in time.”

“… ”

“Since that day, your father has forbidden anybody to speak of her in front of you, but I think somebody told you about it.”

‘Now I see what happened.’

Only then did I know why I couldn’t even remember my mother’s death. I also knew why my father didn’t even let me know about the date of my mother’s death.

“You look like her very much.”

“Pardon?”

“You have just asked me, right? You really look like your mother. You’re a chip off the old block except for the color of your hair.”

“…I see.”

When I replied with a hoarse voice, Sir League immediately stopped and said, “It’s spring, but it’s still chilly at night. Why don’t you go back inside, my lady? ”

“Ah, yes.”

With a heavy heart I headed back to the house, escorted by Sir League who insisted on taking me there, although my house was just around the corner.

My life as a knight was more interesting than I thought. I trained with apprentice knights in the morning and helped my boss with his work and worked or practiced personally in the afternoon. Thanks to my special status as the captain’s aide, I never had to be on guard duty, so I had more personal time than other knights. However, more personal time did not necessarily mean I had more break time.

“Hey, you have to swing faster! Don’t you remember I’ve told you as you can’t overpower the other party, speed really matters to you?

“… “