The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 49

The Empress had secluded herself in the detached palace for three years.

Everyone assumed she’d been locked away there ever since the gambling incident, but in truth, she had deliberately avoided all indulgence and luxury from that moment onward.

Perhaps it was wisdom gained with age, or perhaps it was the long-standing plan of her elderly nanny, who had lovingly raised Charlotte to the very end.

In any event, Charlotte was utterly flustered to encounter her mother—someone who hadn’t even attended her birthday banquet—in front of her friends.

And now her mother had shown up at her kindergarten field trip!

Meeting parents who worked in the Imperial Palace might be unavoidable, but the Empress hadn’t come here under any such pretense.

As always, Charlotte began to feel uneasy, wondering what flamboyant spectacle her mother—who loved grand entrances—might pull off.

Sure enough, soon all the teachers and children bowed respectfully, and Charlotte, already burdened by this, whispered anxiously,

“Why, why did you come?! It’s embarrassing for a mother to show up on a field trip!”

The Empress’s face fell at those words.

She had come quietly, thinking this might be a good opportunity, but feeling guilty for her daughter’s hasty misunderstanding, she could only shrink back.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness. But our daughter’s friends are here—how could I just stay home like any ordinary mother?”

Charlotte’s cheeks flushed at her mother’s words.

Perhaps deep down, she’d secretly hoped her mother would appear, just as Nia’s mother sometimes did for unknown reasons.

Yet young Charlotte, unwilling to admit she was happy, stubbornly held back her feelings.

Read full content of this chapter on r e d c a t t y . c o m