episode_0007

After her sister left, Katlena went into her room with some doubts in her mind about the incomprehensible situation.

“Mom, am I here..?”

Catlena entered the room, thinking of the person who was always so kind, both in the past and in the future.

But the next moment, the scene she saw made her ask herself a question similar to the one she had just received from her sister.

“Yeah. You’ve worked hard, my daughter.”

The sight of Rosebetta smiling as she looks at her.

However, Katlena could tell that the smile wasn’t just full of warm emotions as usual.

Because at that moment, there were tears in Roseveta’s eyes, even if only a little.

‘What the heck… Oh, by the way, didn’t your sister just come and go?’

Katlena asked a question casually, thinking that her mother had probably just been talking to her older sister.

“Excuse me, Mom, is something wrong?”

“Huh? Oh. No. Just. I have something to worry about because of your sister.”

“Sister? What happened to Sister Elios?”

“… Sigh.”

“… ”

When the expected answer came out, Katlena asked with even more curiosity, and Rosebetta sighed heavily and hugged her body.

“Oh my..what?”

“Later. I’ll let you know when Katlena gets a little bigger. Okay?”

Duchess Rosetta is trying her best to keep her words to herself, as it seems like a serious matter for her to hear, even though she is still young.

However, Katlena could vaguely guess the reason for her behavior.

‘If I were to say that it was a story that was difficult for me to hear… maybe it had something to do with that? A story that would have been quite difficult for me to accept at this age…’

I found out years later,

It was a truth that was surprisingly easy to find out, but it was a considerable shock to the person involved.

Thinking back to that again, Katlena felt slightly bitter and silently surrendered herself to Rosebetta’s embrace.

‘Really… I don’t know why my father makes things so hard for me and my mother. Honestly, if my eldest sister and my father had been on good terms, wouldn’t this have happened…?’

At that moment, a thought and a related question suddenly began to arise in Katlena’s head.

‘In fact, regardless of my position and the people around me, the biggest problem was the discord between my eldest sister and my father. However, looking back now, something seems strange… How could the two of them be so bad on each other?’

To be honest, the relationship between the two was not so good, simply due to their differences in personality.

The two people have maintained a cold relationship since Katlena was a child, as if they were enemies.

In addition, it could be said that it was strange that problems arose in every series of events that involved the two people.

‘There must be a reason… Even though they are blood-related, there is no reason for their relationship to be this bad.’

As she began to think like that, Katlena began to force herself to calmly consider the situation, having briefly given over to her emotions.

‘My mother used to say, ‘Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be in danger. I need information… First, I need to find out more about what happened between my sister and father.’

Katlena’s thinking was that if she could just figure out the root cause, she would know how to fix it.

‘There must have been some decisive moment. And my mother would definitely know about it. She has lived with my father all her life.’

As she concluded, Katlena slowly raised her head and looked at the face of Rosebetta, who was stroking her head.

“Huh? Why are you like that, baby?”

“Come to think of it, Mom. Just a moment ago, Sister Elios also patted my head.”

Catlena speaks in a pure tone, as if she is boasting a little.

And when Rosebetta heard those words, a slight expression of joy began to appear on her face.

“Oh, is that so? It was Elios, right?”

Rosebetta begins to show great interest in her eldest daughter’s story of worry.

Then, Katlena began to tell the story she wanted to tell with bright eyes as if talking to herself.

“Actually, Katlena wants to be friends with her sister, but she doesn’t know how. Her sister has a cold face, so she’s a little scared to talk to her. Her father also seems to dislike her sister. Did her sister do something bad? But Katlena doesn’t hate her sister…”

“Katlena That’s…”

Katlena speaks with a slightly cute expression and an innocent expression.

Rosebetta, who was about to reflexively say something in response to her question, began to choose her words for a moment.

It seems like he’s trying to say something, but trying to keep it as mild as possible.

Looking at this, Katlena’s eyes began to light up slightly.

Frankly, it wasn’t a very nice picture of her being used as an innocent child to get information from her, but in a life-or-death situation, Katlena wasn’t in a position to be nitpicking.

“ha..”

After a while, after letting out a small sigh, Rosebeta finally began to slowly open her mouth.

however..

“There is no such thing. Sister Elios did nothing wrong. It’s all just because of this mother’s shortcomings.”

Her reaction seemed to be an evasive attempt to answer.

At this, Katlena spoke to her with a little force.

“There is nothing wrong with my mother. She is the mother of Katlena, the one who gave birth to Katlena. I don’t know what happened, but it must have been my father or my older sister’s fault.”

“… ”

Katlena pretends not to know and gently touches a landmine in order to somehow derive the answer.

However, Rosebetta did not say anything more about this and simply responded by quietly embracing Katlena’s body.

‘Hmm. Is it still not working even after doing this much? If so, then this must mean that this is the limit for now..’

Katlena began to feel regretful inside as she failed to elicit the answer she had hoped for.

As of now, all we can guess is that the conflict between the two may have had something to do with Rosetta.

So, deciding to hear the rest of the story later, Katlena was leaning against Rosebetta’s arms for the time being.

“Katlena… wants to be friends with Sister Helios?”

“Huh? Ah.. yes. There is a big age difference, but she is still my sister.”

To be honest, I strongly wanted to live in peace without getting involved with you if possible.

Since she had said it with her own mouth before, she had no choice but to agree with it.

“I see. Then, should I help this mom a little?”

“ㄴ.. Yes?”

Rosebeta brings up an unexpected story.

At this, Katlena felt embarrassed and spoke a little urgently.

“That. It’s not necessary. Mom doesn’t have to step in. I’ll take my time thinking about how to get along with my sister…”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to refuse. In fact, Mom has always wanted you to be close. I’ve been very busy lately, so I haven’t been able to pay much attention to you, but since it’s something Katlena wants too, I’ll help.”

Rosebetta speaks with a warm smile.

A series of stories that I had already told myself before.

And on top of that, Katlena couldn’t refuse the pure kindness of her ‘mother’.

‘Sigh… Shit. How did things end up like this…’

Catlena sighs inwardly as she goes along with the unexpected flow.

It’s so scary that just looking at it makes you lose your mental strength.

I don’t want to get close to you, for better or worse.

In short, Katlena began to feel her insides burning at the thought of having to spend time with someone she really didn’t want to be associated with.