Inside the palace, in the garden cherished by the former empress, Sinclair’s mother.

Unlike the ruins it used to be, the garden was now tended to with loving care, making it the most beautiful place in the Edenbell palace.

Elaina was waiting for her family there.

“Mom!”

At the sound of Seltin’s cute voice ringing in her ears, Elaina turned her head. She then smiled brightly at the child running towards her.

“Seltin.”

Elaina opened her arms wide and hugged the child tightly. Sinclair, who arrived right after, spoke with a slightly expectant face.

“I’m here too.”

“…Huh?”

“Nothing. I’m just saying I’m here too. You seemed to have forgotten.”

It had been several years since they started their married life, and they now had a child to raise. Yet Sinclair hadn’t changed a bit. No, maybe he had gotten worse.

He was truly an incorrigible man.

“Welcome, Sinclair.”

When Elaina pretended to give in and hugged Sinclair as well, only then did he smile faintly.

Seltin, who had gotten used to her parents’ affectionate antics, was not particularly surprised by their behavior. Instead, she pointed ahead with her chubby fingers and said,

“Let’s walk over there! There are prettier flowers there.”

“Okay, just a moment… Elaina, give it to me.”

By then, Sinclair had snatched the lunchbox Elaina was holding. He then held Seltin’s hand tightly. Elaina did the same.

“Seltin, don’t you feel a bit stuffy?”

After walking for a while, Elaina, who had been quietly looking down at the excited Seltin, opened her mouth very carefully.

“Our Seltin likes to run, right? Mommy can wait ahead, so you can run as much as you want with Daddy.”

Although Elaina’s health had improved a lot, her ankle had not healed.

She didn’t care about anything else, but she was worried that the child who loved to run around would hesitate on her account.

“No, it’s okay.”

But Seltin slowly shook her head and replied,

“You’re the one who taught me how to walk slowly like this. I like this too.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. And Daddy said that just because something is fast doesn’t mean it’s always good.”

“…”

“Daddy said he only lived very quickly because of his impatient personality, but he learned how to walk slowly from you. He said that’s why you’re so kind and considerate of people.”

“My daughter has a very good memory.”

Sinclair grinned, looking satisfied.

“So Mommy, let’s keep walking like this! All the way to the end!”

At Seltin’s words, a gentle smile spread across Elaina’s face.

Suddenly, she had that thought again. How could someone be so lovable?

No, could such a being even exist in this world? This was a conversation Sinclair and Elaina had seriously every day, marveling at it.

“There’s a big tree at the end over there. I think it would be nice to sit there and eat the lunchbox Anna packed for us. Right, Seltin?”

“Yes! I was going to suggest that too. You like that, Mommy?”

“Of course I do.”

“After we slowly return to the palace, Daddy will give you a bath. So have fun and play to your heart’s content, Seltin.”

To have such a happy and joyful day. To take a walk with Mom and Dad, eat a delicious lunchbox, and take a bath together.

And after having dinner, her parents would stay by her side until she fell asleep, as they always did. Reading the new fairy tale book brought from the princess palace this time.

Holding her parents’ hands on either side, Seltin smiled radiantly like a flower in full bloom on a spring day.

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Elaina and Sinclair kept their promise.

The family, who had successfully had a fun time and returned to the palace, spent a pleasant time together.

Sinclair washed Seltin thoroughly, and they all had dinner together.

These days, Seltin’s appetite had increased tremendously, perhaps because she took after her parents and was trying to grow taller.

So Sinclair was busy not only with Elaina’s portion but also cutting the steak for his daughter to eat.

After finishing dinner, they all went to the princess palace together.

Although it was called the princess palace, it was at most a 10-minute walk from where Sinclair and Elaina’s bedroom was located.

In fact, there were a lot of things that happened before Seltin got her own palace. And the same was true afterwards.

At first, the uneasy Sinclair would visit Seltin several times a night to check if the child was sleeping well, and Elaina would exhaust all her energy trying to stop him.

And then, Seltin asked.

[Did Daddy do the same to Mommy?] […Huh?] [Always coming to check as soon as I fell asleep, and coming to check again after a few minutes… Did he do that before I was born too?] [….] [I know Daddy loves Seltin, but I think he loves me too much.]

…Elaina had no idea how to answer her daughter’s story, no matter how much she thought about it, so she just ended the conversation with an awkward smile.

But now, Sinclair had also adapted a lot, so things like that didn’t happen anymore.

It was very fortunate.

Especially for Seltin.

Anyway, after putting Seltin to bed, the couple, who had finished their bath, returned to their bedroom, lay on the bed, and were having a conversation that was nothing special but precious.

“…So, you really told Count Schuler that? That Judith seems to be interested in him too.”

“Yeah. His face turned as red as a tomato and it was a big fuss.”

In fact, the first person to notice that Judith was interested in Schuler was Elaina. She still spent a lot of time with Judith and Anna, after all.

“I’m so glad they are getting to know each other’s feelings a little. But when will Count Schuler ask her out on a date?”

“I think it will be soon. I even gave him a push on the back. Told him to try asking her to see the flowers together or something.”

“I hope it goes well. They are both very precious people to us.”

“It will. If Schuler hesitates and stalls for time again, I’m even considering kidnapping them and locking them up together.”

Oh my gosh. Elaina laughed.

“…I think I’ve been really happy these days, Sinclair.”

She then said, looking at Sinclair with brightly shining eyes.

“Everything is so fun and enjoyable. Every night when I go to sleep, I look forward to what will happen tomorrow.”

“…”

“When I wake up in the morning, Seltin will have grown subtly again. And Judith and Anna will prepare breakfast with full devotion as always… Then I’ll ride in a carriage with Prince Chaiz to school.”

When she arrives at the school like that, the children will come running out in a swarm to greet Elaina again.

As always, Elaina will try to enter the school as quietly as possible while hiding her presence, but children are naturally good at hide-and-seek. Even if the other person is none other than the Empress of the Empire.

“Wait a minute. What about before that?”

“Huh?”

“When it’s just the two of us, weren’t you happy then?”

When Sinclair asked with a serious expression, Elaina let out a small laugh.

“I haven’t finished talking yet.”

“Okay, go on.”

“After returning to the palace and taking care of Seltin, night will fall again. Then, just like now, we’ll talk about the things that happened today, one by one, together like this.”

Elaina continued.

“Actually, they are just ordinary days with nothing special, but I’m so happy with this daily life.”

It was only natural. A life of always being together with the person you love. Until she was reunited with Sinclair, she had never even dared to imagine such a thing.

“You know what? Every time you say that, I feel like the happiest man in the world.”

Sinclair slowly reached out and gently stroked Elaina’s cheek.

“So I’ll do my best to work even harder in the future.”

…But it was already overflowing as it is now. Although she thought that, Sinclair seemed quite cute as he somehow felt resolute, so Elaina decided to keep her mouth shut.

“Ah, that’s right. I want to go to that villa before it gets even hotter.”

The former empress’ villa.

In fact, the family visited that villa at least once every three months.

Seltin especially loved the place, and whenever Sinclair saw the child running around here and there with flushed cheeks like a foal, he would smile contentedly.

“Yeah, let’s do that.”

“Remember? Last fall, when we last visited the villa, what Seltin did.”

As Elaina said, last fall, the couple, who had stepped into the villa without fail, witnessed a very suspicious scene.

“She was letting the fallen leaves flow into the Hilden River, right?”

“Yeah.”

Sinclair quietly watched his daughter, and then very carefully asked Seltin why she was doing that, wondering.

“She said she wanted to show the pretty fallen leaves to Grandma.”

“That’s right. This time, she’ll probably pick flower petals and let them flow. There are many pretty flowers there.”

The pure thoughts of a child were a great comfort to Sinclair. To an extent that couldn’t be better.

The few places with happy memories of his mother were being painted over with new memories like that, coloring Sinclair’s life with various colors.

And watching him like that was one of Elaina’s favorite things to do.

“What do you want to do in the summer?”

Sinclair asked, reaching out his arms and hugging Elaina tightly.

“Let’s go to the valley. It would be nice to play in the water together there.”

Now, instead of the cries of poor children who had nowhere to go, the laughter of a happy family would spread widely in that valley. That alone was good.

“Elaina, then shall we visit your mother in the fall? I told them to plant cosmos flowers all around the grave. It will be very nice. Mother will like it too.”

At Sinclair’s kind consideration, Elaina smiled brightly.

“And what about in the winter?”

“Your Majesty the Empress, in the winter, snow will pile up again, so going out is forbidden. Of course, the same goes for Her Highness the Princess.”

Anyway, there seemed to be no way to fix this obsessive eight-no-exit rule.

…But it wasn’t an unfounded worry, and in fact, there was an experience where she had secretly slipped out with Seltin without listening to Sinclair’s words and they both had rolled a little in front of him, so she had nothing to say.

“If we spend time like that in the palace, spring will come again, right? Just like today.”

“Probably.”

Sinclair replied with a smile.

“…”

Elaina looked at Sinclair silently for a moment. Then she endlessly burrowed into his unchanged warm embrace.

And she thought.

Ah, what a happy life this is.

As if he already knew her heart, Sinclair lowered his head slightly and whispered in a gentle voice.

“I love you as always today, Elaina.”

“…”

“It will be the same tomorrow.”

Me too.

With a loving reply, Elaina kissed Sinclair.

Soon, the two hugged each other tightly in their arms as always, and slowly closed their eyes, looking forward to a tomorrow that would be as mindlessly happy as today. Listening to the sound of their heartbeats beating as one.

Now, there was no longer the cripple of the Aswald family or the good-for-nothing of Edenbell.

There was only a couple who cherished and loved each other deeply.

Like that, one of the peaceful and warm days the two spent together was peacefully drawing to a close.

Filled with love.

[The Savior Who Beats My Neck Side Story End]