Ternya naturally inserted herself, holding Ludmila’s hand. Her thick hand was also affectionate as she caressed it.

“Lady? You mean us, Lady? Oh my, oh my. Of course, I’ve been thinking since earlier, your appearance is really noble. What’s the point of being an Ozar? How about just being a king?”

“That’s a great idea. If I become king, I’ll make the country overflow with honey and food, so that the ladies’ delicate fingers won’t be harmed.”

Ternya joked with good humor.

“That’s a great idea. Yes. What’s the point of being an Ozar? You be king. I’ll strongly support you.”

“It’s truly an honor to have the beautiful Lady as my first supporter.”

Ternya folded her eyes in a smile and kissed the back of her hand.

(This is a time divider.)

We eventually returned to our original spot without any gain.

I sighed heavily as I wiped the sleeping child’s drool with a handkerchief.

“Did we really abandon the child?”

“Oh, Sila. Don’t look like that. It feels like my heart is tearing apart too.”

Ternya lightly embraced my face with her palm.

Now this level of physical touch didn’t feel strange at all. I learned that he did this to women of all ages while going around the train.

Of course, Idrish didn’t seem to think so, and grabbed and threw his wrist.

“Ugh, stop fighting. Now’s not the time to fight.”

I sighed heavily.

Idrish became obedient again at my nagging. Why is he acting like this today, of all days?

“What should we do with the child? We really can’t raise it, right?”

“We have to leave it in its original place.”

“But then the baby will….”

The baby, perhaps exhausted from searching for a guardian, fell into a doze. Seeing the face of the baby, who was sleeping so harmlessly, even my heart ached.

“How could the guardian abandon the baby? It’s already hard for me to leave the baby after spending a little time together. They say to take it from a rich house, but how many people actually take the baby and raise it? If no one takes it, it’s sure to die….”

I stopped talking suddenly. I felt like I might realize something.

(This is a time divider.)

The baby, as Idrish said, returned to the corridor where it had been at first. The baby lying on the hard corridor floor was sleeping soundly now, unlike before.

However, it seemed uncomfortable as it occasionally fussed and whined. It was only a matter of time before it woke up crying again.

Idrish and I went into the narrow bathroom instead of the room and watched the baby through the crack in the door.

“Will anything change by doing this?”

“Shh, be quiet. Because of you, Idrish, even the people who might come will run away.”

“Why would someone who abandoned it once come back?”

“No, not coming back, but I think they were watching nearby from the beginning. Think about it. If we don’t take it here, it will definitely die. What’s the reason for buying a train ticket and abandoning the baby here?”

Idrish seemed to have no clue at all. Well, if you don’t have empathy and understanding for affection toward a child, it’s hard to understand my words.

“It’s for the child’s happiness. Such a person wouldn’t just leave the child to die. If they were going to do that, they would have just left it on the street. Ah, it’s ticklish. Stop it.”

Idrish was playing with my hair as he halflistened to my explanation.

“I don’t know.”

“Don’t be mean and put my hair down quickly.”

“I couldn’t even lift the curse because of this.”

Idrish mumbled softly and buried his face in my neck. The feeling of being hugged from behind and the rising body temperature were palpable. I could clearly feel Idrish inhaling and exhaling on my neck.

But I couldn’t push him away strongly.

I just pretended not to notice and focused on observing the corridor.

The baby’s fussing on the floor grew louder. It seemed like it was hungry after a while without eating anything.

That’s when it happened.

The door to the fourth room slowly opened.

A small and thin woman peeked her head out. She was clearly looking at where the baby was lying.

It was the woman who had coldly answered earlier that she had no baby.
I had a strong premonition that the woman was the mother.

Indeed, now that I look, the round nose is exactly alike.

The woman slowly walked out, her face looking like she would cry.

She looked around and then picked up the baby.

“Roselin. Are you hungry? I couldn’t find good parents for you again. I’m sorry. Somehow, there’s nothing to eat…….”

Her voice was faint, as if it would dissolve into the air at any moment.

At that moment, I slammed the bathroom door and left.

The thin woman was greatly startled, and she fell backward without even the energy to run away. Her eyes, looking at me and Idrish, wavered.

(This is a time separator.)

I brought her into the guest room.

The woman, holding the baby like a sinner, hung her head. Her hand, constantly caressing Roselin’s back, trembled pitifully.

“Sit down.”

But the woman only lowered her head. Then she slowly opened her mouth.

“Could you please take care of Roselin for me, though it’s impudent to ask?”

“What?”