Chapter 106 (1/2)

Chapter 106: Chapter 106

The shadow of the rook wandered between the two kings. I was confused while looking at them. My complicated thoughts and continuing confusion as long as I can’t erase my past memories.

I sighed, looking at the rook that was between a rock and a hard place.

When I saw the shade of the table that darkened the shadow of the rook by half, I suddenly recalled that woman with dark hair like that dark shade.

‘Jiun, who took him away from me. He who was everything to me.’

My confused mind began to settle. I thought everything was fleeting. Regardless of whether the king’s shadow is one or two, it would be invisible once it went into that dark shade. No matter how much he cares for me now, I’m nothing if he abandons me and falls for Jiun who will soon appear. There is no guarantee that my heart will beat again just because I am loved by him now.

I barely stood up by putting strength in my legs.

Putting down the king and the rook on the table, I hugged the sleeping Luna carefully.

After putting Luna on a fluffy cushion near my bed, I looked around the table once again.

The shadow of the king was still visible as two because of the flickering candle.

The shadow of the rook, half covered by the shade…

After a long sigh, I blew out the candle. I didn’t see the bishop, knight, or king’s shadow in the dark room.

‘Jiun will be here coming soon. Let me put off judging the crown prince until then.’

With a complicated mind, I pulled the bed sheet over my head.

It was a very tiring day.

I, Allendis, was a special child. They often called me a genius, not an ordinary genius, but an extraordinary genius. I was always praised, but I didn’t care that much because I took it for granted.

I still remember the moment I was born. I remember the conversations of the maids who helped my mother give birth to me, what my father said when he first saw me, and the pain of being spanked by him.

What I experienced once, whether I read it in books or said or did, came to my mind vividly as if it just happened. I remembered where I was in which year, which month, which day and which time, who I met, what clothes they put on and what color they were. No matter how difficult a book someone brought me, I mastered it by just looking at it once when it took several years for others to do so.

People were amazed by me, but my family was happy but at the same time scared. My sickly brother who was very smart, my ordinary mother and even my father, cited as the smartest member of my family looked at me with awe and surprise. As someone who was very good at understanding their emotions through people’s expressions and words, I knew how my family members looked at me.

I struggled not to show the genius aspects of my mind, but there was a limit to my efforts because I grew up as an extraordinary child. I still remember my father’s surprised expression when he discovered that even as a five-year-old girl, I solved a math formula instantly that would take some time for others to solve.

Well, the expression “still” was wrong because there existed nothing like oblivion in my head from the beginning.

My father loved me much more than my elder brother, Alexis, who was just good enough.

I could understand him because he was human. According to the books I read, humans were such creatures.

But my heart was always empty. Whenever I saw my brother smiling brightly at my father and mother, I felt chagrined and frustrated.

‘Dang it! He and I were born to the same parents.’

At first, I just felt bad about my brother, but as time went on, I hated him more and more.

I hated even my parents who liked him only, who were less smart and competent than me.