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[Episode 105] – Promise, promise, promise (1)

Immediately after Titania and Vivian went out to enjoy the festival, Veronica met them, threw Katsy in her arms onto the bed, and laid down on her back.

I lay down on the bed, stretched out my arms upward, and looked at the ceiling with a blank expression. It was because I was more bored than I thought trying to stay home alone.

As I was rolling around in bed, thinking about what to do to kill time until the two came back, Veronica’s eyes fell on Ainsel. Come to think of it, have you ever had a proper conversation with that mirror?

When I thought about it, it seemed like it didn’t exist. Veronica was annoyed by Ainsel, who strangely avoided her. Although it was his fault for stealing the console, he clearly apologized for that.

At that time, the only way to prevent Vivian from finding out about Aurora’s situation was to cover Ainsel’s mouth. Honestly, who would have guessed at that time that my relationship with Vivian would be like this?

Moreover, Ainsel accepted his apology. He said he would forgive him and that he thought it never happened. So, he couldn’t help but feel frustrated with Ainsel who kept avoiding him from then on.

‘Besides… I think I know why you’re avoiding me… but I can’t tell you because I’m not sure.’

Veronica got up from the bed and glared at Ainsel. Okay, when would you talk to me if it wasn’t like this? I don’t want to continue being awkward. Veronica got up and slowly approached Ainsel.

“her.”

As Veronica approached the Ainsel hanging on the wall, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter as she looked at the mirror, which was the body of the Ainsel. No matter how much we try to avoid it, does it go to this extent?

“You… When Vivian comes back, this will all be done.”

There were exactly four letters written on the mirror.

[Away]

Veronica, who had never thought that Ainsel had this kind of function, just burst into laughter. No matter how awkward this damn mirror is, why is it so blatantly avoiding people?

Veronica clicked her tongue in frustration, sighed, picked out the romance novel that Titania had hidden on the bookshelf without Vivian’s knowledge, and flopped down on the bed.

To fill the empty space, Veronica held Catsy, who was lying on the bed, in her arms, and began reading a romance novel as if nothing had happened. I said I was away, so what should I do?

Veronica, who was flipping through a few pages of a romance novel, frowned in annoyance and turned her head to look at Ainsel again. Since he said he was Titania’s friend here, I thought Ainsel would be different…

‘It’s just as frustrating now as it was when I was Vivian’s familiar.’

*

Was the day always this short? Titania is impressed as she looks at the setting sunset! I frowned. What on earth did I do that it’s already like this? It was absolutely difficult to understand.

At most, I just walked around holding hands with my mother, bought a few things to eat at a street vendor, or took a walk with my mother to relieve my stomach and look at the festival streets. furthermore…

“Titania, I’m fine. “Let’s go into a roughly empty store.”

“…I’m sorry, I should have looked into it more…”

“Don’t be too upset. I didn’t expect that there would be so many people until the evening when the festival ended. Who knew that most stores wouldn’t have empty seats?”

Titania lowered her head and cried.

I wanted to eat with my mother at a famous restaurant for dinner, but I couldn’t even go into the restaurant. As the rumor spread, a lot of people flocked. Besides, it was festival season.

Since it was the festival season, many people came from all over, so you had to wait in line to get into most stores, let alone restaurants. Also, the line was longer than I imagined.

If you tell the restaurant that you are a princess, they will immediately make an empty seat for you, but then there will be no reason to hide your identity to enjoy the festival. But the line was too long…

While Titania was looking for a store to go into without knowing what to do, Vivian tapped her shoulder and pointed somewhere with her finger.

“Titania, my legs are sore, so let’s just eat over there.”

“Gwae, are you okay? “Over there…”

The place my mother pointed to was not a good restaurant. It’s shabby and noisy. It was far from what he thought was a ‘place with a good atmosphere’. Besides, it’s not a restaurant…

“That’s a store that sells alcohol…?”

“You’re saying it’s a bar and it doesn’t sell meals? Luckily, I can get in without waiting in line. Oh, of course, even if you go into a bar, you still can’t drink alcohol? “I won’t even buy it for you.”

“I’m an adult now too…”

“But that doesn’t work.”

Vivian looked at the tavern with interested eyes.

Certainly, as the sun went down, people began to flock to that store. The boy who was soliciting customers made eye contact with his mother, smiled brightly, and motioned for her to come in quickly. They say it’s cheap and delicious.

Come to think of it, my mother liked drinking. Although he did not show himself drinking, he did not stop drinking. Because I sometimes ate it with my grandmother.

‘But… on a day like today, I wanted to eat just the two of us in a place with a nice atmosphere…’

Titania pouted her lips slightly.

It wasn’t that I didn’t like it. No matter where I ate, it was nice wherever I was with my mother. However, Titania was a little embarrassed because she did not expect to eat at a tavern.

As Titania was at a loss and didn’t know what to do, Vivian clasped Titania’s hand and headed toward the tavern. Wow! Titania nodded, looking at the captured hand.

‘okay! ‘It’s more meaningful to go to a place that my mother likes more than me!’

With her clasped hands and a smile, Titania entered the tavern, being led by Vivian. The sun had set and it was almost evening when Titania and Vivian entered the tavern.

The inside of the store, which had already become dark, was illuminated by soft candles, and the music played by the band could be heard cheerfully amidst the voices of drunken people chatting energetically.

The inside of the store was very different from what Titania expected. Titania thought the tavern was a bit dirty, noisy, and a place where drunk vagrants wandered around.

However, this was a large bar with seating up to the second floor, and a band was playing music in the empty space in the middle of the store. It felt old rather than dirty, and it was lively rather than noisy.

“Is it much different from what you thought?”

Titania smiled awkwardly, as if her mind had been read. To hide my awkwardness, I pretended to look at the bar menu and choose food.

I glanced at my mother out of awkwardness, and she smiled and looked at the orchestra as if she was somehow familiar with it. Seeing her mother like that, Titania tilted her head and asked.

“Has your mother ever been to a place like this?”

“no? This is my first time in a place like this. but…”

Vivian chuckled as she watched the people chatting noisily.

“When I became an adult, I went to a similar place a few times with my friends.”

“Friend…?”

Your mother probably doesn’t have any friends of the same age…?

When Titania heard Vivian call her a ‘friend’, she felt her heart being stabbed. The sight of my mother’s face as she looked back on those days, as if she missed them, made me feel bad for some reason. A friend to my mother… who the hell is she?

No matter how much I thought about it, my mother didn’t have any friends of the same age. She may not know it, but most of the people she could call her mother’s friends recently were the parents of ladies she met in social circles.

This meant that Titania knew all of Vivian’s acquaintances. Most of the people her mother met privately were connected to her.

So, the fact that Vivian had a friend of the same age that Titania didn’t know about made Titania feel uncomfortable. When she thought that those ‘friends’ knew her mother whom she didn’t know, she felt not only uncomfortable but also uncomfortable.

Vivian, perhaps aware of Titania’s feelings, looked at the menu and then ordered several dishes from the clerk. Of course, including alcohol to drink alone. Titania’s cheeks puffed out because Vivian did not let her drink until the end.

“Mother… I am now an adult who has made my debut! You’re old enough to drink alcohol! “How long are you going to treat me like a child?!”

“…Isn’t fifteen years too early anyway? At least-”

Even before she finished speaking, Titania’s cheeks swelled more and more, and it felt like they were about to burst. Vivian burst into laughter at the thought that she would definitely drink alcohol today, and poked Titania’s puffy cheek with her finger.

Push – Titania’s eyebrows frowned strongly along with the sound of air leaving her mouth. When Titania raised one hand and tried to call the clerk, Vivian stopped her and urged her.

“No need to waste it! Anyway… fifteen is too young to learn how to drink!”

“Then when can I start drinking? “How old will my mother be…!”

Will you see me as an adult?

Trying to swallow the words that were rising to her throat, Titania widened her eyes and glared at Vivian. How old is an adult to my mother? If you reach an age where your mother considers you an adult, will she see you as an adult then?

“that…”

Vivian hesitated for a moment, then opened her lips.

“At least until you graduate from the academy. “It will be okay when that time comes.”

Titania’s eyes wrinkled even more at the mention of the academy. At this moment, Titania felt like the academy was a wall. A big wall that blocks your life. A long wall that takes three years to overcome.

‘That damn Academy, Academy, Academy! The reason I have to be away from my mother for 3 years is because of the academy! Academy is also the reason why my mother doesn’t look at me as an adult!’

I wanted to throw a tantrum and say I didn’t want to go to the academy, but Titania was patient and endured it. If what her mother said was true, it meant that she would be viewed as an adult after graduating from the academy.

No longer a child, but an adult.

Titania sighed and cooled the frustration boiling inside her, then raised her head and glared at Vivian. Then, he continued speaking clearly, as if he were declaring war.

“…My first drink… I will drink it with my mother. Then go and don’t say anything else.”

“…okay.”

“Then I promise.”

“promise?”

Titania held out her little finger to Vivian. Vivian couldn’t help but smile bitterly as she looked at Titania’s little finger, which had become longer than when she was young. Because I didn’t know you still remembered.

“…I see you still remembered. “I haven’t done it since then.”

“of course. “There’s no way I could forget that promise, right?”

Titania quickly lifted her little finger. Vivian sighed as if thinking for a moment, then sighed and hooked her finger around Titania’s little finger.

Titania, shaking her intertwined little fingers up and down, did not miss the last order.

“What if I break my promise?”

“…a thousand needles.”