Chapter 121
FIVE AND A HALF YEARS LATER, TIA’S 18 BIRTHDAY…
(She adult now, want to see it inmanhwa)
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I was sitting in an armchair with a fluffy backrest and closed my eyes.
A smile comes naturally, as I feel the gentle wind coming through the slanted open window passing through my skin.
The reason why I like my birthday is spring so I can always feel the wind mixed with flower scent around this time.
“Wow…”
Then, the baby sleeping in my arms began to wiggle.1
“Marilyn, are you awake already?”
“Haam-.”
As if to answer my question, Marilyn yawned with her small, toothless mouth wide open.
“Did you sleep well, Marilyn?”
As I caressed the baby’s white cheeks slightly, the black pearl-like eyes looked at me.1
“Yay?!”
“Did you have a good dream?”
I carefully kissed the child’s soft forehead smiling at me.
The baby’s unique sweet scent made me smiled.
“Who does our Marilyn look like to look so pretty?”
“Yay, woo!”
The baby’s small hand reached out to me.1
For a baby who had just learned to sit alone, it was the best way to express her feelings.
“Yeah, I love you, Marilyn.”
I took a small hand and kissed the soft palm once.
The baby stomped its feet, maybe it was itchy.
“Come on, be careful not to get hurt!”
I heard workers shouting outside, but my room was peaceful as if it was a completely different world from the noisy outside.
“Marilyn, shall we practice again?”
Marilyn, who was playing with my long hair, looked at me.
“Come on, copy me. Mom… Mom…”
I have never sung it properly, so the word that rolls on the tip of my tongue are a little unfamiliar.
But Marilyn has a mother who will love her more than anyone else.
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“Do you see my lips moving, Marilyn? This is how you do it. Mom… Mom…”
“Oh, my Lady. We still have a long way to go before she can talk.”3
Louryl, who returned from changing the water in the vase, came into the room and said.
“No, Marilyn is a genius, Louryl. If she keeps playing it like this, she’ll talk faster than the other baby.”
“I can’t stop you.”
Louryl looked down on me and didn’t like it, but her smile didn’t leave her face.
There’s no mother in the world who hates her child is called a genius.
“You need to grow up to meet the Lady’s expectations. Right, Marilyn?”
Marilyn is Louryl’s first baby, married three years ago.11
Louryl succeeded in a romantic marriage, with Flint Devon, the young division leader of the Knights of Lombardy.
Like Louryl, he was the third son of the Devon, one of Lombardy vassal families.
The Devon family, who is in charge of transportation and mobilization in Lombardy, passed away 4 years ago, lying in a hospital for a long time, and their eldest son, Clang, took over.
Louryl’s husband, Flint Devon, was Clang’s youngest brother.
Marilyn, who has just seen the light of the world for five months, was a really lovely child with light hair resembling Louryl and black eyes resembling Flint.
“Marilyn, come to Mom!”
Marilyn, who was comfortably in my arms, smiles softly and reaches out to Louryl.
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I supported Marilyn’s buttocks and handed her to Louryl.
“I’m going to the store for a while. Play with Marilyn here and when Flint’s training is over, go home together, Louryl.”
“No wonder, you’re wearing a ready-to-wear. Are you going out again? Do you want me to come with you? I can leave Marilyn alone for a while.”
“No, did you forget that Louryl is still on maternity leave?”
“But…”
At my words, Louryl fiddled with the petal and cried.
“Tomorrow is a special day. I haven’t even seen the Lady lately.”
“I went to Louryl’s house a week ago, didn’t I?”
“I know but, I haven’t seen you in a week. I’m worried if you’re having a good meal or if the Empress is bothering you at some banquet!”
“…Am I the one who’s easy to be bullied?”
“It’s not that, uh…”
Originally Louryl took care of me as if she was taking care of her younger sister, who had a big age gap.
But since the birth of Marilyn, her worries seem to have gotten worse.
“See you tomorrow, Louryl!”
“All right, Lady. I’ll prepare dresses and accessories for tomorrow, then.”
“Yes, Marilyn, see you tomorrow!”
I waved my hand and came out.
Originally, it was a mansion with a lot of people coming and going all day, but today it was even more so.
I put on my outerwear and a hoodie over my normal ready-to-wear outfit.
Fortunately, the workers who were mobilized for tomorrow were having conversations without recognizing me passing by.
“Tomorrow there’s a big event at the Lombardy house, isn’t there?”
“Huh? You’ve been working without knowing that?”
“Only if there’s someone who tells me.”
“Tomorrow is the 18th birthday of Lady Florentia Lombardy. She’s the only child of Lord Gallahan Lombardy who will become an adult.”
“Oh, that’s why it’s so grand…”
Right.
Tomorrow was a historic day when I was finally eighteen years old to be recognized as an adult.
“I’m here.”
I said, taking off the hood that was covering my head.
“Here you are, Lady Florentia.”
Clerivan welcomed me with his glasses off.
Clerivan, who proudly welcomed the last year of his 30s this year, was showing ‘this is what a man who ages handsomely looks likes’.