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When a person feels betrayed…

That’s when something you believed turns out to be false.

It didn’t matter what the other person’s intentions were or what the results were.

The important thing is that what is underlying it is not true.

And in that respect she

Princess Katlena Sophia Dragona was so deeply immersed in that sense of betrayal.

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The servants guarding the front door.

Their faces were all filled with worry and concern, and the atmosphere was extremely dark.

Looking at their appearance.

Her.

A woman who has been designated as the next duke of the Dragona Duchy.

Princess Catlena Sophia Dragona asked in a cold voice.

“How are you, Duchess?”

“Yes.. That.. According to the doctor, it will be difficult to last more than a few days..”

“Really?.. That’s right..”

At those words, Princess Katlena felt a wavering emotion in her heart for a moment.

However, she soon dispelled such thoughts and spoke in a cold tone.

“Open. You will see the Duchess.”

“Ah.. yes, I understand.”

The servant carefully opens the door at her command.

Immediately after that, Princess Katlena began to see her before her eyes.

The person I met again after almost a year.

Her face was noticeably haggard compared to a year ago.

At first glance, it looks like it doesn’t have much life left.

Taking in the sight, Katlena carefully sat down on the bed.

“… I’m here. Rosebeta.”

“… ”

Duchess Rosebetta slowly begins to open her eyes at Catlena’s words.

Immediately afterwards, a complex emotion began to enter her eyes that was immediately recognizable.

Pain and sorrow… and something else I can’t quite put my finger on.

Looking into her eyes that contained such things, Princess Katlena spoke in a quiet voice.

“The world is…so unpredictable. Who would have thought I would see Lady Roseveta lying in a sickbed like this? How could someone who seemed like he would last a thousand years…”

A voice with a hint of sarcasm.

However, even while hearing this, the emotion on Rosebetta’s face did not change.

As if I was already ready to accept everything.

And, seeing her like this, Katlena spoke quietly in a bitter voice, her expression half sarcastic.

“I don’t know if you remember. When I was 6 years old, I was playing in the lake and almost drifted away, but Roseveta threw herself and saved me. At that time, I was trembling with fear and crying, and she hugged me tightly and said, “It’s okay now, my baby. No matter what happens, I, Mom, will protect you.””

“… ”

As she said that, Catlena’s eyes began to turn slightly red.

Then she looked at the Duchess, who was maintaining the same expression on her face as she felt her emotions rising, and said:

“At that time, I thought that was true. That I always had a mother by my side. That I had a mother who supported and loved me no matter what..”

“… ”

“But in the end, it was all just a nice illusion. There were many things along the way, but I finally realized it when I saw that you didn’t support me as your successor until the end.”

Katlena clenches her fists in anger.

Then she shouted at Rosetta in an even more agitated voice.

“No matter how much you say nice things, in the end I could never be your daughter. Unlike my sisters, I am not the child you gave birth to through pain. Your blood does not flow through my body!”

“… ”

Princess Catlena begins to shed tears from her eyes as she says those words.

Looking at that sight, Rosebetta just quietly gave her a sad expression.

“Rather… You shouldn’t have treated me as your daughter. You should have just seen me as a man born from your dead husband’s wife! Why did you give me your heart and make me feel this betrayed! On earth… On earth why!”

Katlena shouts in the midst of heightened emotions.

However, Rosebetta remained silent about this and just looked at Katlena.

Is it because there is really nothing to say?

Or is it because there is no energy left to speak in the midst of a fading life?

Katlena couldn’t tell for sure.

However, for Katlena, it didn’t matter anyway.

After all, the reason she came here was not to receive an apology from Rosebetta, nor to receive her belated recognition.

To see her one last time, as she doesn’t have much time left to live.

And.. as revenge on her for deceiving his heart, it was to tell him one last truth.

“It doesn’t matter what you were thinking when you did that. The bow has already left the bow.”

“… !”

The moment she heard those words, Rosetta’s expression changed like ripples spreading across a lake.

Seeing this, Katlena approached her and spoke in a quiet voice.

“Just before he left on his business trip this time, my father made a decision. He decided to completely remove Elios, the woman he loved so much, from the political world of the principality.”

Rosebetta’s face begins to harden at Katlena’s words.

Katlena felt her anger rising again as she saw her react only after hearing that her own daughter was in danger.

“By now, we should have successfully captured the woman who entered the castle. Now, there is no place for her in this country… or anywhere in the empire.”

“Ah..ah..”

At those words, Rosebetta begins to speak with difficulty.

However, that only served to fuel Katlena’s anger.

A woman who had remained silent to herself reacts violently to the news that her own daughter is in danger.

This only came across to Katlena as clear evidence that Rosebetta was discriminating against her and her sister.

“Then, I will never see you again. Goodbye, Duchess.”

Catlena reacts by saying that she has said everything she wanted to say and is about to get up from her seat.

at that time..

“!”

The feeling you get in the next moment.

At this, Katlena felt embarrassed and slowly turned her head.

What was there was…Rosebetta holding onto her wrist tightly.

A look of surprise began to take hold on Katlena’s face at her actions, even though she had not been able to move a single finger until just a moment ago.

And, looking at such a catlena

Rosebetta spoke to her in a weary voice.

“ If..you..don’t..go..my..baby..”

Katlena, with desperate eyes, begged with difficulty.

At this, Katlena’s heart began to waver for a moment.

Even though it was a lie, she was a woman he had called mother for half his life.

It was quite difficult for her to cut off her feelings for him.

But, despite this, Katlena began to shake off the thought with difficulty.

“ Nothing will change even if you hold on to me! Sister Elios is already finished, and all that’s left is for me to become the duke. But don’t worry about that, I didn’t kill her out of courtesy. ”

“..ah..ah..”

With those words, Catlena forcibly shook off Rosebetta’s hand and left the room.

As she watched Katlena disappear beyond the door, tears of despair began to flow from Rosebetta’s eyes.

It was a natural thing.

Because she knew very well what would happen next, as she had a handle on most of the situation.

The most horrible scene that was coming to her mind at this very moment

Something I never want to see.. and something I can never tolerate.

If it weren’t for my physical condition, I would have run over and stopped that scene right away.

Thinking about it, Rosebetta let out a desperate scream in a voice that wouldn’t come out.

‘No… You can’t go, baby… My baby… I can’t let you go like this… Please… Please come back… Katlena!’