It's Not A Childcare But A Contract Marriage - Chapter 24 Part 2

“Think about it carefully.”

“… …”

My mother blinked rapidly, probably a little nervous when I didn’t answer right away, before she opened her mouth.

I roughly expected what would come out of her mouth.

‘She will ask me to take care of the current situation, which she feels is strange, and turn it around to her advantage.’

“If there is an important misunderstanding, the right thing to do is to correct it, even if it is a little embarrassing.”

Indeed, without a single error!

My mother, with tears in her eyes, held my hand tightly with both hands, as if she wanted to shake my heart.

“This mother believes that our daughter will always follow the right path.”

My mother, with her eyelashes lowered to her feet, seemed to be absorbed in the sorrow she was portraying.

“Of course, I know that it may be difficult for a kind person like you to point out someone else’s mistake in front of many people…”

A kind-hearted and gentle mother.

It had been a long time since I had seen my mother like this.

‘I’ve had it easy so far.’

Recently, they have been using the illusion of beloved family openly without any sincerity.

‘Seeing you take out a mask that worked well for the first time in a while, I guess you must have been quite anxious?’

How I wish I could control myself and turn things around today.

Even though the corners of her eyes were twitching, my mother still had a look on her face saying, ‘Are you going to do as I want? This mother trusts her daughter.’ 

‘It’s been quite a while, that facade’

How long can you keep up this act?

I purposely just stared blankly at my mother, who had been spewing out one-sided words to me since earlier, without answering anything.

“… … Evely.”

As expected, it didn’t last very long.

My mother spoke coldly, her eyes turning cold in contrast to her gentle expression from before.

“Are you going to keep acting like that?”

“… … ”

“If that’s the case, I’ll be disappointed, you know.”

Oh. It comes out strong.

In the past, her final assault was a stern expression that would break me when she said, ‘This really won’t do.’

The cold, piercing gaze and the stiffened lips that seemed like they would never open again.

When I saw that face, I couldn’t help but feel helpless and afraid that my mother would be disappointed and withdraw her love.

A daughter who wanted to be loved.

She was glaring at me with extremely disappointed eyes, and she still didn’t say a single word that would be unpleasant for others to hear.

‘You’ve always been like that.’

She was a mother who handled a child who wanted to be loved better than anyone else.

‘But you probably didn’t know this.’

The child who felt her cold gaze like a cutting wind had grown up a long time ago.

The gullible family fool was no longer here.

‘If you keep looking at me and thinking like in the past, it could be a big problem.’

I could already feel that the people around us were starting to notice something odd and exchanging glances.

Yes, even to a stranger, it must seem strange.

“Why is Countess Sinkere acting like that all of a sudden?”

“At first, I thought she must have come to congratulate her daughter on her happy day… … .”

“It looks like Baron Plenius is in a lot of trouble since she just listened and couldn’t even say anything to her mother, right?”

No matter how much she tried to twist and turn her words.

There was no way that nobles seasoned enough to be invited to the imperial banquet would not be able to read the implications in my mother’s words.

‘My mother was the only one who couldn’t grasp reality.’

In the meantime, even with their visible acting, I accepted everything from my family.

“Didn’t she say that the Countess cares a lot about her daughter? She is the precious daughter of the Singkere.”

The sound someone was whispering contained exactly the questions people were having right now.

‘She doesn’t fit the picture of being the beloved youngest daughter.’

Did she really think I would keep the image they had been marketing in the marriage market of a “harmonious family” intact?

“Evely Sinkere.”

“Hey, Pudding. Mom is calling you. Aren’t you going to answer?”

Let’s look at the family who are still walking into their own mud without knowing what the situation is.

Without realizing it, the corners of my mouth went up.

“Ho-ho. Yes, that’s right. You finally understand my words.’

I wondered how they interpreted it.

“It’s not too late even now.”

As if offering a prize, my mother looked at me warmly again and extended her hand.

“Now, let’s go see His Majesty. We’ll explain that there was a misunderstanding in the middle—”

As if she was going to grab my wrist and lead me, I deftly avoided my mother’s outstretched arm.

“Evely?”

Just like in the past when she smiled at me and I would always respond with a happy smile.

I answered with a playful grin.

“Don’t want to?”