
"Lady, thank you. Thanks to you, me and the kids feel safe now."
"The Queen has announced the inauguration of the law on violence, you can file for divorce afterwards through me."
Countess Ava stared inside Daniela who was sitting next to her. "I wonder, has duke Vilvred not taken good care of the lady and duchess before?"
"Eh?"
"You insist on proposing the law regardless of your young age with determination in the presence of other nobles, this can't be just a matter of possessions, right?"
Daniela scratched her non-itchy cheek awkwardly. How huh? The fact is that it's money I think about hahahaha
Daniela knew she could not tell the truth, nor did she want to remember painful memories. "Actually the duke wasn't too rude to me and the duchess before, he was just trying to avoid us as if a contagious disease. We ourselves cannot blame her position but also feel unfair, the fall political marriage is always unfair to women. Because it's the only thing I can think of to make amends for past mistakes."
"Redeeming the past mistakes?"
"I was too small to understand the meaning of violence, which I knew only my birth was not expected. How much I try, dad will never care about me and when I see your condition, I think about my fate in the past."
Countess Ava smiled sadly. "True, we got married because of politics. The count doesn't really love me, he's just at the parents' behest. Submissive children are very proud of parents, but they can hurt others. I have always expected my daughters not to be submissive like their fathers, dissidents are so much better not to hurt others."
"Countess"
"Unfortunately it turns out that my children are all obedient children, not daring to refute the words of his father."
"Have you ever asked your children how they felt?"
"What?"
"Your children are still considered small, but do you not ask what they want? Maybe they don't want to be the kind of kids you think."
Countess Ava thought about what Daniela said until night and tried to ask her two daughters, before they went to bed.
"If you're separated from me, don't you guys have a problem?" ask Countess Ava who is trying to brave and prepare for the possibility of all the answers of her children.
"It's okay."
"That's exactly what we want."
"You're not angry? We're gonna lose a lot of things and can't stay in a fancy place anymore."
"What's the difference with no mother there?"
"It's cold there, nothing to expect."
"Dad doesn't care about us either."
"We're holding out for mom."
"Because I love you."
Both of Ava's countess eyes glazed over. All this time it turns out that it is not him who survives for the sake of children but rather those who survive for the sake of mothers.
"If we are politically married also according to the will of the father, who will take care of the mother? That's why we stayed in that place so mom could calm down."
"If we get out of that place, we don't need to get married politically and be able to do what we love."
Countess Ava was speechless.
"Ah, we got dad's birthday party invitation. Mother, we don't want to attend."
"Dad never loved us, we didn't want to attend."
"When are you going to file for divorce?"
"A little while." Answer countess Ava.
"Mother already has both of us, even though we're all women - we can protect each other."
"There's no need to wish on a father who's been turning his back on us for years."
Countess Ava did not know, how could her children have this kind of mindset. The two of them were indeed angry at his father but instead of revenge, they chose to stay away and live peacefully, not fussing over their father's possessions. None of her children mentioned dresses or jewelry, they only mentioned the future.
Sometimes this is what a mother forgets. Mothers who have never entered the world of society because of the assumption that women do not need to be highly educated or work, must rely on their husbands and families, forget feelings for the sake of children and the future but they never ask what their children want.
Not all children want to see one of their family members suffer and be left behind.
And that's how Daniela feels now when she sees the night sky in her house.
I miss you, are you happy up there? I was reincarnated because of the selfishness of the gods, I should have been happy with my mother there.
"Daniela, why are you here? Why don't you go inside?"
"I just want to see the stars. Where I used to be, the stars aren't as clear as they are now."
Daniela talks about her modern life.
Edrik was confused. "Huh?"
"You better get inside before you catch a cold."
"Well! Look, who's worried about who? Inside there was food from the temple, eating before it was cold. By the way all day you've been running around anywhere?"
"I told you, I'm looking for money. You must replace all my duties, fortunately the temple will understand."
"See this arrogant way of speaking." Edrik was getting upset. "It has succeeded in making the first prince work hard, now even talk carelessly."
"If you are aware of your position as the first prince, you should not give up the throne to the second prince."
"That's what I'm talking about again, but I've already explained."
"I'll help you ascend the throne."
"No, there's no need. I'm more comfortable with the position now."
"Are you not thinking of your people and the empress? The emperor was suspicious because your people were cooperating with the temple to help the countess, whereas if she wasn't a petty person, she wouldn't have to suspect anything insignificant."
"Lady Daniela."
"Is saving others to be suspected first? I understand Count Ava was one of the emperor's followers, but it still makes no sense for a leader to ignore the fate of his people." Daniela looked straight at Edrik with determination. "You should be able to think about the fate of others before deciding on anything else, the first prince."
Edrik did not want to ascend the throne so that his sister did not go down to war and his empress mother was safe, but after rethinking whether all the decisions so far right?
The father of the emperor did not announce the search for the first prince on the grounds of not wanting the enemy to know, the queen who was rumored to be holding a party that other nobles did not know what its purpose was for, what it was for, while the empress was grieving to pray for the first missing prince, her sister was reportedly close to Daniela's half-sister.
Daniela left Edrik who was still standing still thinking about her words. In this world, we cannot be naive, Your Majesty. If we ignore people's struggles for our sake, won't they be disappointed? Just like a child who is disappointed with the choice of one of his parents who has been battered in marriage but still survives on the grounds of the child.