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[Episode 79] – Drink alcohol in moderation

Well, well, well, well, well.

Every time I sat on the bed and shook my feet, the iron chains binding my ankles hit and made an unpleasant clanging sound. Fortunately, the part covering the ankle was leather, so it didn’t feel that cold or painful.

I thought, looking down at the chain between the bed legs and my ankles. ‘Oh, this is a dream.’ Apparently, I’ve had dreams like this a few times before.

Should this be called déjà vu?

It feels like something I’ve experienced before.

I’m sure I’ll forget this dream the moment I wake up, even before I can blink ten times. It was clear that when I opened my eyes and woke up, my heart would beat violently and I would forget all the details of the nightmare.

“Are you just drinking all day again?”

alcohol?

When I turned my head to where I heard the voice, I saw Titania leaning against the door and looking at me. His hair got shorter to his shoulders and he looked taller than me. It was Titania as an adult.

“No matter how much I said you can do whatever you want ‘as long as it’s in this room,’ it’s difficult if you just drink like this. Or are you protesting to me in this way?”

When I lowered my head, I saw empty liquor bottles scattered on the floor. The room must not have been cleaned for a long time, and there were dried out empty liquor bottles and unopened liquor bottles lying around on the floor.

There were traces of dried wine on the floor, probably from spilled alcohol, and the sweet smell of alcohol was wafting into the room. There was no ‘mirror’ in the room, so I couldn’t see my condition, but it was clear that I looked ugly.

In my dream, for some reason, I didn’t answer Titania’s words. He frowned in annoyance and refused to turn his head to look at Titania. Like a grumpy person.

“It would have been better if you had called me instead of drinking this much alcohol… alone. ”

“I? you?”

under!

I glared at Titania, laughing as if I was shocked. Whether I did it or not, Titania picked up the wine bottle rolling on the floor, raised the corner of her mouth, and made eye contact with me.

Even though it was in a dream, my heart sank when I saw Titania’s expression. That child, who only looked at me with the corners of his eyes gently curled in a charming way, was, as expected, a child I could not hate.

I turned my head again, clicked my tongue, and answered.

“Are you saying you know how to drink? “What kind of alcohol can a child who has just become an adult drink?”

As I spoke sarcastically in my dream, I heard a rustling sound from behind. The cork fell out of the wine bottle in Titania’s hand with a popping sound and immediately fell to the floor.

Titania opened the wine bottle and came to my side, looking down at me without saying a word. When I raised my head and looked at Titania, she just curled the corners of her mouth and smiled.

There was an unbearable silence for a while-

Titania put the mouth of the wine bottle to her mouth and started pouring it into her mouth like drinking water. Surprised by the sight of her holding a lot of wine in her mouth, I just stared at Titania.

With a popping sound, Titania’s neck throbbed several times and the wine bottle tilted further and further. The moment I was blankly watching Titania drinking-

“town-!!”

It happened really quickly.

Titania suddenly lowered her head to capture my lips and cupped my chin with both hands as if holding a glass. He twisted, pounded, and crushed my lips hard as if to force them open.

I tried not to open my lips, but-

Titania pressed my chin and forced my mouth to open. Between my thinly parted lips, the wine that Titania was holding flowed down and filled my mouth.

Grumble, growl.

The wine that came with Titania’s breath filled my mouth and forced its way down my esophagus. Just like a mother bird feeding her baby birds, my mouth was instantly filled with the wine that Titania had given me.

When I came to my senses and tried to spit out the remaining wine in my mouth, Titania probed my mouth with her tongue, as if she would not forgive me for spitting it out.

As my tongue was forcibly entangled in my mouth filled with wine, I couldn’t breathe properly. The wine that flowed between my lips instantly soaked the pure white negligee and dyed it red.

The extremely forceful kiss continued until I bit Titania’s lip.

At the same time a crunching sound came from my mouth, Titania’s lips separated from mine. I was breathing heavily and glared at Titania as if she were going to kill her.

“haha…! “You really… again…!”

Titania took a step back, grinned, licked the wine that flowed down the corner of her mouth with her tongue, and looked down at me. In my dream, I hated seeing Titania smile like that.

The child who smiled innocently at me when he was young now looks at me and smiles brightly.

It was definitely not a smile I would give to my ‘mother’. How on earth should I explain that smile?

…Yeah, that smile.

“how is it? “I know how to drink now, right?”

The smile that Titania gave me is a charming smile that can only be shown to someone you truly love.

In short, it was a ridiculous laugh.

*

“Ugh-”

Suddenly, the moment I opened my eyes, I had a headache.

“Mu, moul…”

I feel like my stomach is turning up and down, and it feels like someone is hitting my head hard with a hammer. Feeling like I was going to get nauseous at any moment, I fumbled around with my hands and looked for water.

As I couldn’t get out of bed and was just flinging my arms in the air, I heard a sigh coming from the bedside and at the same time, someone placed a cup of water in my palm.

“…Mom, here is the water.”

“Yes…”

As expected, my precious and lovely daughter.

Titania kindly handed me cold water that was like the water of life. It was only after I got up from my seat and gulped down the water that Titania gave me that my upset stomach seemed to calm down a little.

Even though a glass of water wasn’t enough to quell the terrible hangover, I still felt like I could survive, so I sighed and looked up at Titania and smiled. I really wanted to say thank you, but…

“Titania…?”

“…Mom, come sit here.”

Titania pounded the side of the bed and glared at me. Uh, what…?

I swallowed dry saliva without realizing it as I heard Titania’s cold voice and gaze, which I had never heard before. Has Titania ever looked like that at me? No, I didn’t remember.

I crawled across the bed on my knees to the spot where Titania told me to sit, and quietly knelt down. I tried to wrap my head around whether I was drunk yesterday and did something wrong to Titania, but-

‘There was a big problem. ‘I don’t remember.’

All memories of last night had been completely erased. Yesterday, I clearly remembered that Haley, Yvette, and I drank a lot together. It seems like we chatted loudly and talked about a lot of things, including the masquerade ball that was going to be held today…

‘I really don’t remember…’

All that came to mind was fragmentary memories, and I couldn’t remember exactly what we talked about. I covered my head and tried to think of it, but I couldn’t because of the pain that felt like I was hit on the back of my head with a hangover.

“mother.”

“Yes. Titania.”

Titania calls me with a frosty voice. I quickly took a stance and glanced at Titania. And soon the ground disappeared and he let out a deep sigh…

“I have never interfered with my mother’s drinking when she comes here. “My mother also enjoyed drinking and playing with Countess Serena.”

“Yes, yes… thank you…”

“But… yesterday was so bad. “Last night, my mother was drunk and had no trace of the dignity and grace that a queen of this country should have.”

“……”

“The saying that when you get drunk you turn into a dog… I never thought it was true. mother.”

The harsh criticism I received from my 13-year-old daughter… was more heartbreaking than I could imagine. How on earth did he have to be so drunk that he was completely out of his mind to hear something like this from Titania?

“…Mom, would you like to see my negligee?”

“negligee…?”

“Doesn’t it look different from usual?”

I looked at Titania’s negligee with painful eyes that felt like they were about to fall out. Certainly, she was wearing a different negligee than usual. It’s bigger than usual and the arm length doesn’t seem to match…

“Yesterday my mother soiled my negligee, so I had no choice but to borrow it from Viola to wear it.”

“oh…”

“And I was the one who cleaned up the dirty negligee. “My mother has retched in her room, and I’m worried that if I call the maid to clean it up, my mother’s dignity will be ruined!”

phut!

Titania hit the bed with both hands and glared at me strongly. Really, there was nothing I could say to justify it. Not only was it bad that the film was cut off because you were drunk, but you also soiled Titania’s clothes. You’re disqualified as a mother…

“I’m sorry… I should have restrained myself…”

“…I know that my mother doesn’t usually drink alcohol. You never eat it alone unless you eat it with your grandmother. “I know you don’t want to be seen drinking in front of me.”

…That was correct.

In the royal castle, I tried my best not to appear drunk in front of Titania. However, should I say that once I come here, I feel a little more relaxed? The fact that I wasn’t a strong drinker relieved some of the pressure, so I enjoyed drinking alcohol.

I wonder if he’s trying to relieve the accumulated stress with alcohol… It was definitely too much yesterday. I’ve never drunk enough to break the film like this, so I thought I could control myself, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

“I’m so sorry. From now on, I will use a little more restraint…”

“A little?”

“…I’ll try to quit drinking.”

little? I felt a huge amount of pressure from those words, so I decided to quit drinking. When I said I would quit drinking, a bright smile appeared on Titania’s face. How annoyed must you have been to take care of me while I was drunk yesterday to put pressure on me like this…?

Titania smiled and looked at me, folding her hands, as if she was satisfied with the answer.

“You’ll be in so much pain until you quit drinking, so I’ll just refrain from drinking here from now on. They say alcohol is bad for your health, right? “I don’t want my mother to lose her health because of alcohol.”

“Yeah, yeah… I promise I’ll never drink here again…”

“and…”

Titania, who was holding my hand tightly, pursed her lips as if she was embarrassed.

“When I grow up, I want my mother to be my first drinking partner. So… until then, you must stay healthy. “You understand, right?”

Titania smiles brightly to hide her embarrassment. When I looked at that smile, I couldn’t help but chuckle. Really, I made my cute daughter worry like this.

“Okay, the first time you drink alcohol, you should definitely join me.”

“Really? “Is this a promise?”

“Yes, yes. At that time, I guess I’ll have to ask the Minister of Education for a good drink again. “No matter how expensive the alcohol is, the Minister of Education will definitely hand it to you willingly.”

When I nodded, Titania hugged me. For a moment we hugged until we were out of breath, then looked at each other with wide smiles.

Titania, with a bright smile, got out of my arms, jumped up, lay down next to me, and looked up at me.

“Now they say they are starting to prepare for the prom. “Are you sure your mother is attending too?”

“…Yes, I will attend.”

I turned my head and looked at the clock.

Perhaps because I woke up late, it was already just before afternoon. Since the masquerade ball was held at night, I felt like I had to move quickly now to avoid being late.

I barely got out of bed, my body and head shaking due to a hangover. Maybe she was already exhausted from the hangover, but I smiled sheepishly and looked at Titania.

“If we don’t want to be late, let’s get ready quickly. “It’s the masquerade ball you’ve been looking forward to.”