🦋M.o.m.m.y V.i.l.l.a.i.n.e.s.s🦋

Chapter 3

For today's outfit, Tilly opted for a lavender off-the-shoulders long dress. She chose light clothing because she didn't plan to go out anyway. Plus, her Mana kept her body warmer than average humans. So even if it was autumn, she didn't feel cold.

According to her father, her late mother also possessed the type of Mana that kept her body warmer than normal.

[But Father said that Mother's Mana only served as a protection from cold.] Tilly thought to herself while enjoying a cup of tea in the rose garden. [It's a shame but that's also the case for me. In my first life, I thought I could be a Fire Wielder because of my warm Mana. But it turned out that my body was just resilient to cold.]

But she thought her strange warmth had something to do with her ability to give birth to Kiho's son. Her earlier memories of the past are kind of hazy now so she doesn't remember most of it. Maybe it was because it happened a long time ago. After all, she lived a second life before she went back in time.

[I was thirty years old when I was sentenced to death in my first life. Then, I was twenty eight when I died in my second one. Currently, I'm nineteen years old. If you add them all, I've been living for seventy-seven years now. Wow, I'm old.]

"You're here, Tilly."

Tilly stood up when her father arrived. She didn't see him this morning because he was summoned to the royal palace early. "Welcome back, Father," she said politely to the duke before she turned to the maids. "Prepare another cup of tea for my father."

"Yes, my lady," the three maids answered in unison.

A few moments later, her father has joined him in her afternoon tea. He looked distressed and that made her worry.

"Father, what's the matter?" Tilly asked worriedly, breaking the silence between them. "Did His Majesty summon you?"

The duke nodded gently before he responded to her. "Tilly, it seems like Captain Kiho's decision to marry you has wavered."

Okay, that made her stop sipping from her cup of tea.

[I don't remember Kiho hesitating to marry me in the past. He just went along with His Majesty's order like a loyal knight that he was.]

"Father, did Captain Kiho express his hesitation to His Majesty?" she asked curiously. "Did the captain say that he doesn't wish to be married to me anymore?"

"No, nothing like that happened," the duke denied while gently shaking his head. "But His Majesty said that a few days ago, Captain Kiho asked him if he really have to marry you. Specifically, the captain asked if it has to be you or if another dark-haired "will do.""

[Ah, that's so Kiho.]

Unfortunately, the captain wasn't the best at communication. Plus, Kiho didn't enjoy talking much and he had a bad habit of shortening his words in a way that could be easily misunderstood. As a result, he sounded rude most of the time.

[But that's not the main problem right now.]

Have Kiho already met Lucina Morganna? In her past life, Lady Morganna was the only other dark-haired woman that the captain met. "Does it mean he met another dark-haired woman, Father?" she asked nervously. "Is that's the reason why the captain is hesitating now?"

The duke paused for a while before he put down the tea cup on the table, then he looked at her straight in the eye with a worried look on his face. "My daughter, His Majesty suspects that Captain Kiho met a woman when he went to visit a port town last week."

She raised an eyebrow when realization dawned upon her.

[Father didn't send Captain Kiho to Atlanta that night. So the captain and I met by chance?]