The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 93

Ellen left so mother and daughter could fully enjoy their reunion.

Neris and her mother first went to the room where her mother was staying. They embraced each other tightly and spent a long while catching up.

Her mother, who had initially been brought to Maindlant as if kidnapped, had apparently caused quite a ruckus. Knowing how utterly unreasonable her mother could sometimes be, Neris nearly broke into a cold sweat.

The knights of Maindlant who had brought her mother must have heard every insult imaginable—bandits, kidnappers, and worse.

Yet after continuing to receive kind treatment here and several reassuring letters written unmistakably in her daughter’s handwriting, she had begun adapting energetically.

Neris felt conflicted. She was overjoyed and moved to see with her own eyes that her mother was truly alive and well, yet at the same time, an irrational doubt nagged her—what if this were still just a dream?

But the warmth from her mother’s hands and the familiar scent that enveloped her when she hugged her quickly banished all doubt, flooding her instead with pure happiness.

“My daughter, studying and graduating from that difficult academy—of course! A clever girl like you would have been wasted without formal education.”

Even as she said this, her mother’s expression still betrayed some lingering skepticism. Understandable, really.

Neris didn’t know how much Cledwin had told her. But if it had been him, he probably hadn’t said anything at all.

He must have known full well that only Neris herself could convince her mother.

“But dear, won’t you show your face to Mama?”

At last, after their long conversation, that question finally came.

Slowly, Neris removed her veil. Her mother’s face, previously blurred behind the dark, coarse silk, now appeared much clearer—as if suddenly brought close.

Her mother’s eyes, fixed on her daughter’s, widened in shock.

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