“Now let’s go back. To our home. I’m nervous, and… I’m trembling.”

There was no more delay. Since she confirmed her safety, we headed straight to the star palace. Shasha and Radelo, who had been tense about us coming in late, looked quite surprised when they saw Princess Adeltrina.

Since she was a princess they didn’t even know existed, the children looked at us with wide eyes. Lianne calmly explained to the children who Princess Adeltrina was. He didn’t mention what happened to her or the details, but he shared that she had just completed a very long journey and would now live with us.

As Princess Adeltrina held the children tightly in her arms, Lianne spoke to Shasha. “You are our child. But something unexpected happened.”

“No.”

Radelo opposed.

“Huh? Why not? Radelo, don’t you like it too?”

“Dad doesn’t know. Really… If we become a real family…! Then!”

The child’s lips pouted.

“I don’t want a family. I don’t want to be the emperor’s daughter.”

Even Shasha rejected Lianne’s consideration.

“Kids, we can live together, and what’s wrong with that?”

“If that happens…! Then…! We can’t get married!”

“And we can’t date! Unni. I want to keep being Unni.”

“Ah…”

So that was the reason. I laughed at the emptiness. I was briefly worried that there might be another reason.

“If that’s the case…”

“So don’t make me the emperor’s daughter. Let me be Unni’s sister. Is that okay, Emperor?”

Lianne made the same expression as me but chuckled belatedly.

“Sure. If that’s what you want, there’s nothing I can do.”

“But still…”

Is that right? In the novel, Shasha liked Radelo just like now. But Radelo didn’t like Shasha and only used her.

However, now that Shasha seemed to like Radelo again, a bit of anxiety crept in.

But that anxiety disappeared in an instant.

“I want it. I like Shasha a lot, a lot. After Mom, I like her. So please let it be like that.”

Radelo, who felt my hesitation, quickly spoke up. What more could I say after hearing that much? The novel and reality were different. I nodded my head, feeling that once again.

“Alright. If that’s what you all wish for…”

“Still, for me, you two are lovely nieces. Got it?”

Perhaps worried that Shasha might feel left out, Princess Adeltrina hastily spoke.

“Yes! Your Highness!”

“Yes!”

Without waiting for someone to say it first, Shasha nodded her head, and looking at Radelo, I also nodded my head.

Thus, our novel came to an end.

The next day.
On the day we came to the palace, the daycare director received her punishment. She shouted loudly that I had promised to protect her, but no one paid attention.

It’s common to say pleasing words to criminals to expose their crimes.

The daycare director, who thought I, the empress, couldn’t do anything, asked for Beatrice and the former Emperor Lahel to be called. However, since they were also criminals, she ended up being treated like a fool.

Her foolish act, not knowing the situation only existed in the temple, led to the exposure of all the crimes of the former Emperor Lahel. The whole story of Lahel planning Adeltrina Princess’s death was revealed.

Adeltrina Princess had done nothing wrong. It was all due to the former Emperor Lahel’s inferiority complex.

An emperor who must always be perfect. However, the one thing not perfect to him was Adeltrina Princess. Because of this, Adeltrina Princess had to live a terribly difficult life.

The Empress hated Adeltrina Princess intensely until she disappeared.

And that hatred even extended to pressuring her husband. Unlike the two princes he bore, Adeltrina Princess’s mother was a servant.

An orphaned servant with no notable background and no one to look after her. She entered the palace with great difficulty, caught the emperor’s eye, and gave birth to a child at an early age.

That child was Adeltrina Princess, and her mother died giving birth to her.

The Empress considered
“Yes, Your Majesty… Why did you come here!”

“As the empress, is there anywhere I cannot go? Moreover, you are left with the son you cherished so much.”

“Ha, did you come here to mock us now?”

“I wouldn’t do that. I just wanted to see the end.”

The Viscount and Viscountess Velocci’s crimes were aristocratic insult and child abuse.

However, since it wasn’t a capital crime, they were ultimately banished from the empire. Today was their last day alive.

“Yo… You think expelling parents will make you feel better! What did we do wrong!”

“Not knowing what you did wrong is the wrong itself.”

“Well, what…”

Viscount Velocci didn’t say anything. He just accepted everything calmly.

Contrary to the chaos whenever he counter-questioned, it was the right behavior as the situation got worse. But the Viscountess was different.

“Stop them, expulsion! How can we be expelled? How!”

“You never reflect to the end.”

“What?!”

“Take care. This is my last greeting to the ones who gave birth to me.”

That was it. I stood up and turned away.

I felt that there was no need to endure everything just because they were family. There are so many families.

There are parents who do anything for their children, sacrificing everything for them, and there are those who force unwanted things in the name of caring for their children.

Then there are Veloche Viscount and Visco
“Well, wait. Bella! Our beautiful daughter, this isn’t the end, right? This is just a formality… It’s nothing. Right? Surely they won’t expel us from the empire. What can we, old and helpless, do? Huh? Huh? Please…”

As soon as the jailer opened the door, the Viscountess rushed towards me.

Then she clung to my legs.

“We can’t go like this. Not like this! What wrong did we do… It’s unbelievable. It’s absurd!”

“You won’t see us again in your lifetime. It’s not just a formality. Still, consider it a favor since you won’t die or rot in prison for the rest of your life.”

“No. No!”

That was the end. I forcefully lifted her clinging hands.

“Ah… Ah.”

The jailer quickly grabbed her. The Viscount had already given up and was led outside by another jailer. I entered the depths of the prison without looking at their final moments.

As if unable to understand the situation until the end, the Viscountess shouted and screamed, and inside the prison, only her voice echoed.

“Ha…”

“Are you okay, Empress Mama?”

“Ah…”

“I remember you struggled when you came to the underground prison last time and worried about it.”

Ken approached me like that. It seemed like he was worried I might collapse, sticking close to my side.

“Ah, that happened.”

“The underground prison has poor air… That’s why…”

“Ken.”

“Yes.”

“How’s Ron?”

“He’s regained consciousness. He’s very sorry and doesn’t know what to do. Of course, he’s not completely okay, so… He said he would come and apologize when he fully recovers from the situation he caused.”

I turned slightly to look at him.

“Ron and Ken living like human beings. That’s why the twins are not ‘cursed beings’ but ‘beings who can live.’ So that it can be a hope for other twins. That’s enough.”

“Ah… But what we did…”