Don’t Remember Me

of her past overshadowed the voice of the present.
Rosé had to forcefully lift her head.
And she met the gaze of the Sun Queen.

It was right after that that her golden eyes, which had been looking at her with bored eyes, were distorted.

“…?”

The former queen tilted her head with a slight frown.
Rosé’s heart sank down, but she tried to pretend calm.

“Where did I see you… Ah, could it be Flitta?”

The former queen’s eyes looked up and down at Rosé, then moved to Flitta, who was on her back and couldn’t even breathe properly.

“Oh My God.
Are you now on this maid’s back?”

Queen Seon spoke to Flitta with a smirk as if she was stunned.
At the same time, interest in Rosé was completely withdrawn.
She had no interest in giving the maid an honor in the first place.

“I… Rosé, I…put me down.”

Flitta didn’t know what to do, then whispered in Rosé’s ear.
Rosé, who had been motionless like a frozen person in the middle of winter, hurriedly came to her senses at Flitta’s whisper, and carefully put Flitta down.

Rosé’s fingertips trembled as she touched the crumpled child’s dress while she was carrying her on her back.

Her heart was beating like crazy.
Her whole body trembled, afraid that the former queen would recognize her and her child, or that she might notice her relationship with Flitta.

Rosé managed to calm her agitated feelings, straightened Flitta’s clothes, and took a step back.

“Qu… Greeting Your Royal Majesty, the Queen.”

And Flitta gathered her courage, bent and straightened her knees slightly, and was polite.
Queen Seon watched the child tremble, and then, she kicked her tongue and opened her mouth.

“I’m afraid that someone might have seen that scene now.
The princess walks around on the back of a lowly maid.
What’s more, in a place where the late King’s Majesty was commemorated, what kind of frivolous behavior is this….”

“Fo, forgive….”

“This is why bloodlines cannot be faked.”

At the words the former Queen muttered in a lamentation tone, Flitta lowered her head and drooped her shoulders.
Rosé stood behind her, biting her lip and looking at her child.
The child’s narrow shoulders were shaking as if she was crying without making a sound.

Bloodline.

The humble blood Rosé gave to her child.

As a result, the wounds her child received pierced Rosé’s heart again.

“Guinters but has low blood mixed with it…”

“I’m sorry, but Your Royal Highness…”

Rosé intercepted Queen Seon’s words and opened her mouth.
Everyone was stunned by Rosé’s behavior and widened their eyes.
Their gaze was like that of a madman.

She, too, was unaware that what she was doing was crazy.
She dared to cut off Queen Seon’s words in the middle and bring up her own words.
Moreover, until just a moment ago, she was trembling because the former queen might recognize her.

Even so, she couldn’t help but speak in this situation unfolding before her eyes.
In Flitta’s listening, she couldn’t let the words of ‘blood’ come out any longer.
Rosé bit her lips, opened them, and continued her words towards the late queen.

“Since the princess injured her leg, I offered to carry her on her back.
I just thought it would be better to heal her princess’ wounds as soon as possible.
Therefore…”

“So, you’re saying it was wrong for me to scold the Princess?”

The former Queen’s voice subsided.
Her annoyance was evident.
It was natural for her to be a mere maid who interrupted and retorted.
At that moment, the middle-aged woman who had earlier scolded Rosé for not being polite to the former queen stepped out again.

“How can you be rude to the Queen?!”

Jaak!

The middle-aged woman fiercely slapped Rosé on her cheek.
She almost snapped Rosé’s head to the side.

“Ro, Rosé…”

Flitta’s eyes widened as she saw the scene right in front of her.
Rosé hurriedly tried to soothe Flitta, paying no heed to the burning heat on her cheeks and the deafening shock in her ears.

“Princess, I’m fine…”

“How dare you, a lowly maid?!”

The middle-aged woman grabbed Rosé by the shoulder once more and raised her hand.

“Oh no! Rosé!”

Cries broke out from Flitta.
Being slapped on the cheek was nothing but Rosé felt her heart break at the sound of her child’s cry.

‘Maybe I should have endured listening to Queen Seon.’

But she couldn’t sit still and watch Flitta hear those words.

She closed her eyes tightly in anticipation of being slapped once again.
However, contrary to her expectations, she was not slapped.
She has already been beaten several times before she experienced this.

“…?”

Rosé carefully opened her closed eyes.
She saw a woman who was pale and looking somewhere.
Queen Seon has the same expression, and it was confirmed that she was looking somewhere.
It was right behind her… behind her back.

She casually turned to look at her back.
And Rosé’s face turned white when she saw someone standing there.

“… !”

Her wide opened green eyes crossed with calm blue gazes.
The owner of that gaze was none other than Haven.
He made eye contact with Rosé for a moment, then turned his gaze back to his daughter.