Chapter 64 (1/2)

“Sir League, can I talk with you for a moment?”

“Of course, my lady! ”

“My lady, why are you favoring him. This is discrimination! ”

“Right! We also want to talk with you alone.”

I smiled awkwardly at the knights who complained that I was only talking to Sir League.

The only reason I called Sir League was I felt he knew something about my mother. I didn’t have any reason to favor him.

“Well, if you don’t mind, you can join our conversation…”

“Thank you, my lady!”

When they approached me with a bright smile, I greeted them and sat in the shade of a tree. Then, I asked them first as they seemed to be curious about what I had to say.

“I have something to ask all of you. I hope you can tell me the truth. ”

“Ask anything, my lady.”

“If you have any questions, we will answer with sincerity.”

They spoke with great fervor. I was worried because they might tell me more than I wanted. Can I handle the matters related to the knights if I am weak? I may have to ask my father about it, but I had something more important to do right now.

“Thank you. What I want to ask you about is my mother. ”

When I mentioned my mother, all of them shut their mouth all at once. As they turned their eyes from me, I hastily looked around and talked to Sir League, “You have already told me about my mother. If you don’t answer me, I will tell my father that you broke his order to keep quiet about my mother.”

“Oh my god, my lady. Please don’t!”

“I’m sorry, Sir League, but I’m really curious. She is my mother, and I have the right to know. ”

“That’s true”

I felt sorry when I saw Sir League getting nervous. As this was an important issue for me, too, I didn’t want to give in.

“Tell me please. What kind of family was my mother from?”

“Your mother’s family?”

“Yes, I mean my mother’s family. I don’t have any memories of my mother, but why don’t I have anyone on my mother’s side of the family?”

I looked closely at the faces of Sir League and other knights. I thought that if there was something secret about my mother’s origin, they might make a slight change in their facial expressions, but they were not surprised, or they didn’t show any intention to hide their surprise, although they wondered why I asked such a question.

“Well, as far as I know, your mother’s family are Baron Sonia’s family.”

“Baron Sonia? I’ve never heard that name.”

I memorized the list and family trees of all the nobles in the empire last fall when I took the empress classes in earnest. However, no matter how hard I traced my memories, I never read or heard about the name Baron Sonia.

“Maybe you might now know because the Sonia family doesn’t exist now.”

“Why?”

“Because your mother was the last blood of the Sonia family. As I understand, your mother’s family was stripped of its baron title when your mother got married to Marquis Monique.”