âhonestly bebe, i still canât believe youâre my daughter. but i think i instinctively know how much i loved you⦠iâm still surprised every time you call me mom, but maybe⦠i loved you so much.â
a soft hand patted my head.
i felt like i was about to cry. after my father came in, i heard from my motherâs sincerity. i felt overwhelmed because i seemed to know what my mom thought of me and how much she loved me.
âyes⦠i love my mom a lot.â
even if she lost her memory, my mother is my mother.
and even if she lost her memory, i love her so much.
at that time, my father, who was looking at us, leaned over and hugged my mother and i at the same time.
âi wonât let the two of you have a hard time. iâll protect you.â
dad wouldnât know how reassuring those words were.
my dad⦠heâs a little out of his mind, and sometimes he acts like a crazy person, but heâs more affectionate than anyone else⦠especially to my mother and i.
âof course, i didnât even know that dad liked my mom, and i didnât know that my mom liked my dad, so i feel a bit betrayed.â
itâs good though.
i looked up at my mom and dad and smiled brightly.
âiâm happy.â
other than those words, what other words could i say to express my feelings?
i was so happy that i didnât want to do anything but laugh like a fool after my dad smiled like a fool.
âi will protect this happiness.â
thatâs how i made up my mind. i will protect my mom.
after that day, my momâs memory still hasnât come back, but there have been quite a few changes.
my mother, who was always lying in bed, started practicing walking and started eating. and that change was when my brother allen came to visit her room blatantly.
in the past, sylvie was strangely wary of my mother. now, heâs very attached to my mom.
itâs probably because she kept throwing meat at him at every meal.
âyou say youâre a noble silver wolf, but you eat a lot.â
the first time he appeared in front of me was because i gave him food.
âwell, the food is good here.â
while i was sitting at the table with the intention of having lunch with my mother, i inflated my cheeks at the uninvited guest.
âbrother, why did you leave your room and eat here?â
âyes, i think this house has good food.â
âyes, this house has good food! thereâs no difference between the food that comes up to you and the food that comes to me!â
when i burst out, allen picked up the delicious meat in front of him with his fork and grinned.
âi see. itâs nice to eat here together, right mom? you donât want me to come?â
allen smiled at my mom with a brazen look.
âno, itâs nice to be together like this.â
âm-mom!â
knowing that allen wasnât her real child, my mother laughed as if nothing happened. on the contrary, as if to appease me, my mother shoved the meat placed in front of her into her mouth.
âiâm happy.â
âlook, mom says sheâs happy, bebe.â
âitâs my mom! not yours!â
âbebeâs mother is my mother too.â
my brother, who wouldâve died in a blink of an eye if it were me in the past, had become a little strange since my mother lost her memory.
was he particularly kind to my mother? then he started to do a little less well for me. of course, i sometimes said strange things.
âwhat do you think? am i sad that iâm not the only one good to my mom? do i miss the old days? am i jealous?â
i wondered if it was because of naughty allenâs behavior with my mother, but nothing was certain.
because of that, i kept my mouth shut, huffed and ate my food.
in the meantime, my dad cut the deliciously glossy turkey with a good, and one by one, placed them in front of my mom and i.
âiâ¦â
as expected, allen looked at my father with a sad look on his face.
âyou have to eat on your own. do i have to do all of these things?â
still, dad put some turkey legs in front of allen.
âyou grumble yet you do everything. xenox, youâre veryâ¦â
âisnât it attractive?â
dad laughed as if he had been waiting for momâs words. seeing that, my mother laughed too.
âyouâre sly.â
âwhatever it is, itâs a compliment.â
seeing the two of them change into a strange atmosphere whenever they had the time, i forked the dishes one by one.
the meal, which was a little strange that it somewhat tickled my heart, continued for a long time⦠as if it wouldnât end.
but it always happened when we were the happiest.
âyour highness.â
one of the knights that suddenly came in whispered in my fatherâs ear with a startled look.
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