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"No, that's not the case—it's about getting ready for the next step."

Shaking her head to refute Echidna's insult, Emilia said firmly.

These words made the witch frown, and it happened at the same time as the scene full of greenery expanded.

Passing through the long tree-lined path, what appeared in front of me was a giant tree that was particularly tall even in the Great Forest of Ariol——

"It's not an ordinary big tree. There is a door at the root. Someone is using the hole in the trunk?"

Seeing the giant tree, the sharp-eyed Echidna stared straight at the center of the root exposed on the ground.

There is a hole in the center of the giant log, and inside it is a space about a room wide. The entrance is firmly closed with a door panel, and the door bolt is even locked from the outside.

"You could tell someone was desperately trying to keep someone in there."

"... Echidna, did you say that because you knew?"

"The question without a subject is annoying, what the hell is it talking about?"

Although she raised her eyes and stared at her, Echidna shrugged her shoulders with an expression of ignorance.

Do you really not know, or do you say this on purpose after seeing through it?Emilia thinks it's probably the latter.

"This is the 'Princess Room' - I used to play here when I was a kid."

As soon as the exit was made, the memory of that time was vividly revived. The "princess room" literally means that it is a special place where Emilia, who was treated as a princess in this forest, can play alone safely.

I have been brought here countless times, and I have had alone time here countless times.

"Ah, if you can't touch the door, can you go in directly?"

"Because it's a world where this kind of cognition can be used, of course, for people who lack flexibility in their thinking..."

"Wow, really, I went through it, I went in... Echidna, why don't you come?"

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Looking at Emilia whose upper body passed through the door panel, Echidna narrowed her eyes silently.

She seemed unhappy, but she didn't seem to intend to explain the reason, so Emilia walked through the door first in desperation.

As soon as he entered, he saw a figure in a room with only dim lighting.

"what……"

There are two figures, an adult and a child, staring at each other and talking.

As soon as the blue-purple pupils saw this scene, Emilia's throat made a small noise.

The girl facing the entrance has long silver hair and round blue-purple pupils.

Because it was consistent with the characteristics in memory, Emilia immediately knew that it was her past self.

For myself who hasn't looked in the mirror for a long time, the appearance in memory remains at that time.

"That toddler must be you. Although you don't know much about the world yet, you'll get bored just by looking at it with a careless expression."

"Don't even have opinions about me when I was a child, and now, compared to me when I was a child..."

Neither Echidna's bad words nor her younger self mattered as much as the other.

"—"

Emilia held her breath, walked around behind the figure with awareness, and then saw the figure who was talking face to face with her young self - a fairy with slightly longer ears than a human and a dignified appearance.

Like Emilia, she is a woman with silver hair and purple eyes.

The difference was that the other party's shining silver hair was annoying, so he cut it short, and his beautiful eyes, which were like jewels, were slender and sharp.

She herself said that she had fierce eyes, but Emilia liked her very much.

The heroic appearance is so vivid that the memory is revived enthusiastically, even to the point of being mistaken for pain, she is exactly——

"Mama Fortina."

A woman who lives with Emilia in this great forest of Elliot, and takes on the role of mother.

At least for Emilia, her family is equivalent to a real mother.

For a moment, forgotten memories slowly poured out.

|-2{6 In this princess room, what did I and my mother say at this time?

"Emilia, I have something important to do next, so you should stay here obediently."

That's right, being locked up in the princess room made the young Emilia very dissatisfied.

In the fairy village in the Elliot Forest, from time to time there would be times like this when Emilia was excluded and only the adults went out to do what they called important things.

The adults who usually love and love Milia will never listen to her willful demands at this time.

Of course, Emilia was not raised as a willful child who wants everything to be her own way.

Follow orders, respect each other, and respect norms.

Emilia learned these lessons from her mother, Fortuna.

Saying 'equal to mother' is a bit roundabout, but the person who always said this to Emilia was none other than Fortna.

She always said sourly that she was just a surrogate mother.

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This is Fortna's statement, and Emilia can't forget the shock she received when she heard it for the first time.

But it wasn't that she felt hurt, on the contrary, she felt great at the time.

Regardless of the facts, to Emilia, mother was Fortina.

However, she said that she has another mother. Most people should have only one father and one mother, but she has two mothers—so she was so happy that she was taken aback.

"Your silver hair is inherited from my brother, and the color of your pupils is also due to our family blood.

...However, your gentle appearance is inherited from your mother, because everyone in our family has fierce eyes. "

"I like Mama Fortina's eyes very much?"

Those were sharp eyes like animal teeth, and occasionally disobedience angered Fortna, and the original sharp eyes would become more severe, making Emilia tremble.

However, despite the bad mood, Fortna is Emilia's ideal mother, and she can even love those sharp eyes from the bottom of her heart.

Although Fortuna is strict, she is a gentle mother, and her strictness is also gentle strictness.

"I regret it very much. If only I could be more gentle with others."

Chapter 710 Nine

"I regret it so much, if only I could be more gentle with people.

If this had happened earlier, my brother would not have entrusted you to me at the end. "

"Extremely"——Fortina's habit of speaking, when she was whispering, her face looked quite lonely.

That scene was so strongly imprinted on Emilia's mind that she decided to imitate her mother's speaking habits.

Not when you are sad, but when you are happy and laughing.

I hope that my favorite mother will not be burdened with sadness and loneliness, so I want to cover it with good memories, it is really a superficial wish that only children have.

"Mm... so boring—"

Then, back to the beginning of the incident, Emilia was left alone in the "princess room".

In order not to bore her, who is always praised by adults as being as beautiful as butterflies and flowers, the "Princess Room" is equipped with picture books, dolls, drawing tools and other things that can pass the time.

Even so, boredom was boredom - and Emilia didn't like that time.

"Tell me not to lie and hide things, and it turns out that my mother is like this, hum."

Adults are very cunning. They usually give orders to children repeatedly, but they themselves will immediately violate the rules depending on the time and occasion. Everyone must have gone outside to have fun without telling themselves.

I really want to see what they play, I want to join if possible, but Emilia's thoughts are only wishful thinking, it is normal to stay here and wait for mother to come back, but——

"I really want to go outside..."

It's not talking to others, it's just muttering to yourself. Although the wish of saying the words is not conveyed to the adults, it is conveyed to "them" at this time.

"—?"

A bluish-white phosphorescence suddenly appeared in the corner of the room, and the helpless, crumbling faint halo appeared suddenly, which scared Emilia.

In this way, the phosphorescence slowly moved across the room under her gaze, and then was sucked into the wall and disappeared.

"How treacherous! Wait a minute! Wait for me!"

She was not frightened by the scene in front of her, but Emilia, who was jealous, ran to the corner of the room and fumbled around the wall that sucked in the light. Although she felt uneasy, her curiosity was stronger.

"what!"

As a result, I found a hole in the wall that I could pass through with my hand. The light spot must have escaped from here.

This hole is actually a gap formed by intertwined tree roots, and it should be widened as long as it is opened a little harder.

"Hmm~"

Emilia, who had her hand in the hole, became troubled.

The entrance to the "Princess Room" was bolted tightly and would never be opened until Fortna came back.

That is to say, this hole is for itself the only way to freedom.

However, I was told by my mother to wait for her to come back here, so my heart fluctuated violently between curiosity and education.

"...But Mama Fortuna and the others also kept it from me, so it's evened out."

Finally finding such an excuse, Emilia slipped between the roots of the tree.

Young Emilia has a small body, but the gaps are even smaller than hers.

As a result of trying to squeeze in, the face and clothes were dirty with mud, but anyway, they crawled out of the cave.

"--what."