Chapter 193 Peach Tree (2/2)

—Don’t say that, Princess. The royal family has no need to apologize unnecessarily.

The girl smiled a little, and though the attendants tried to look serious, they ended up smiling back. The girl suddenly thrust the flower toward Blain.

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—You can have this.

She had nearly fallen out of the tree to obtain that flower. Holding out to Blain, she added,

—Next time I’ll pick a peach for you.

—……

Wordlessly, Blain took the peach flower. His heart was beating so fast. From that day on, he always carried that flower in his pocket.

The flower eventually died, but he didn’t throw it away until worms appeared in its petals and it began to smell bad. After that, he went to his mother.

—I want her.

Cerdina understood what he wanted. She smiled faintly.

—It’s something you can’t currently have, she replied. But…

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—Then, what should I do?

Her smile grew wider. In the same way she had said that she would become royalty, she told him calmly,

—Become the king. Then you can have everything you want under your feet and you will look down on others.

He had done everything to make those words come true. But even after he became King, he still did not have what he wanted. All he had done was make that woman, fresh and pink as a peach, begin to rot.

“……”