It was a woman wearing a fitted black robe, giving off a steady and neutral impression.
The woman was wearing a veil and her light blonde hair was tied into a long braid low to her neck. Although her face could not be seen clearly, she gave off an indescribable charm.
After seeing this woman, Xiao Niaoyou greeted her:
"His Majesty……"
Her tone was respectful.
Xiao Niaoyou has always respected this woman.
But this time, there was a hint of hesitation and doubt in this respect.
"Is it also a clone this time?"
Looking at the woman's unformal appearance, Kotori muttered to himself.
The woman in front of her was probably not her real self, but an illusion created by magic.
From the beginning, this woman seemed to like staying alone in the palace, and the queen that most people saw was an illusion created by magic.
The queen's real body is sleeping in the palace or some unknown place most of the time.
The woman with light blonde hair didn't say much, and her expression couldn't be seen beneath her veil.
Until this woman appeared, Kirishima Ai and the others didn't realize when she arrived.
This blonde woman wearing a veil is the monarch of this country, the queen of magical girls, Albai.
Just as Shiori Kotori said, Albe came here in the form of a clone.
After all, her real body was still wearing her nightgown and curled up in her bed. The state she had just woken up was not suitable for meeting guests.
On the other hand, she didn't want to scare the friends her daughter brought with her.
She then looked at the other two children in the hall.
The black-haired, seemingly silent child is Kirishima Ai, the young magical girl who transformed into Silver Feather and defeated the Demon King.
The other child who looks nervous should be Chika Sakaki, the descendant of a magical girl of Luluye.
"Good afternoon, Yinyu and Xinghua, thank you for taking care of this child."
She touched Xiao Niaoyou's head again.
"Sorry, I overslept a little and haven't prepared anything to entertain you yet. I hope you don't mind."
However, for Albai, it was not a difficult task to prepare cakes and tea in an instant. After casting a spell, she made the exquisite snacks appear on the table.
She had originally planned to treat these children well this afternoon.
In fact, she had already planned this before Kotori returned to Luluye.
Moreover, as the queen, she was well aware that besides Kotori and the others, there were other people who had returned to this place.
The daughter returned to Luluye, and the long-lost lover did the same. This should have been double the happiness, but why...
Xiao Niaoyou sighed, and his expression was very complicated for a moment.
Then he quietly took Albai's hand, trying not to let the other two notice.
"…Your Majesty, could you please explain this to me later?"
"…………"
Albai's face was hidden under the veil, and no expression could be seen, but Kotori felt that the hand he was holding became a little stiff for a moment.
Chapter 53: New Enemy
The conversation between mother and daughter took place in a study in this garden.
Before this, Kotori had also been to this room and naturally saw the portrait of a woman in this room.
The portrait was of a gray-haired woman. She had seen the portrait of this beautiful woman in the palace occasionally before, but if she asked others about it, everyone would keep silent, as if it was a taboo topic.
In Xiao Niaoyou's impression, women don't really like to pose for other people's portraits or photos.
Not long ago, when she was in the Queen’s private room, she was completely shocked by the various photos she saw that filled the entire room.
Now here, a portrait of another woman appeared, which made Kotori more or less have some guesses.
Her Majesty the Queen of Luluye naturally sat on a high chair, picked up the portrait, and looked at it quietly and seriously:
"She's very beautiful, isn't she?"
"Ah."
Xiao Niaoyou admitted it calmly.
Although I don’t know the woman in the portrait, I think no one would find her pretty.
"Although I cannot tell you who she is, this person is your mother."
Albai stroked the portrait, his tone full of nostalgia.
Xiao Niaoyou did not seem surprised. After a moment of silence, he nodded:
"I don't really look like her."
Although she is not bad-looking, overall, she looks more like Albai.
At most, there is a little color belonging to that woman in her hair.
Even after learning that the person in the portrait was her mother, Kotori did not feel much, because she did not know who this person was and did not feel much sense of intimacy.
However, she didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt like she had seen this woman somewhere else.
It seems like... the time when I had the hallucination at Mr. Haibara's house.
However, that's not what she wants to hear now.
She lowered her head.
Kotori doesn't have much of a real sense that she is the other party's daughter. On the contrary, most of the time, she just feels that she is an ordinary and weak magical girl.
So, she didn't have much confidence.
"I still don't understand, why is it her?"
But thinking of the woman who was very special to him, Kotori still asked this question.
After seeing Kotori waiting for a response, Albe was silent for a while.
"Shiori, after your mother passed away, I have actually been...very miserable."
She slowly stroked the portrait of the gray-haired woman.
Ever since Xiao Niaoyou could remember, the Queen has always been alone and has no lover.
In these hundreds of years, there has never been any rumor about the Queen's love affair.
If Kotori considers that she is their daughter, then perhaps her mother died shortly after she was born?
But it doesn’t seem to make sense.
"I always thought I had lost her forever."
There was a hint of sadness in Albai's tone, but soon, the sadness faded away and turned into other emotions.
"But recently I found that this is not the case..."
The Queen raised her head.
"I think... this must be a miracle."
For her, it was a miracle of resurrection from the dead.
When Xiao Niaoyou heard the queen's words, he lowered his head and looked at the woman in the portrait...
To be honest, in terms of temperament, they are a bit similar.
They are all a bit cold, gloomy and expressionless.
But one is a beauty who is just as beautiful as the queen, or even more dazzling, while the other is a gloomy and ordinary high school teacher.
She didn't think the two men were very similar.
"Because...she looks a lot like your lover, did you fall in love with her?"
“…Maybe that’s it…”
He hesitated for a while at first, but for some reason, Albai quickly confirmed his daughter's guess.
At some point, Xiao Niaoyou gently grabbed the hem of her skirt and swayed it a little bit at a loss.
Falling in love with someone because he or she looks very similar to your deceased lover is like treating Teacher Haibara as a substitute.
Moreover, the relationship between the Queen and her biological mother can be replaced by Xi at will...
At first, Xiao Niaoyou felt a little angry.
But soon she felt something was wrong.
"…………Wait a minute, if you think they look alike, why have you been secretly taking photos of her since she was a baby?"
It's impossible that we have felt alike since infancy.
"…………………"
Xiao Niaoyou's gaze gradually became a little cold.
And Queen Albai fell into an awkward silence after her story was exposed.
Judging from the look of things, the Queen probably won't tell her the truth.
She was neither discouraged nor angry. After thinking about this fact, she raised her head little by little.
After staring at each other for a while, she opened her mouth.
"Can you let her go?"
Kotori's expression seemed to be silent as she spoke.
She rarely raised her head and looked the woman in front of her in the eye like this, but as she said this, she was looking at her, waiting for a response.
Albai was confused at first, but after looking at Kotori, he also became silent.
Looking at this majestic and powerful mother, Kotori said word by word:
"She is nothing like the person you like. She looks ordinary and has a bad personality. She is just an ordinary person that you can find everywhere..."
"Isn't this kind of person worthy of you doing this?"
It's hard to say that there's anything outstanding about that woman.
He has an unremarkable appearance, is unpopular as a teacher, and is not someone special who can use magic.
He is troubled by problems in class every day and has no motivation to teach, but he would flirt with JK with great interest on weekends.
Of course, it is impossible for such an ordinary person to have any intersection with the Queen of Luluye.
but………
"But to me, she is special, so..."
Even if she is an ordinary person, doesn't live long, and doesn't know magic, it doesn't matter to her.
Because she herself is just as good for nothing.
"No matter what her relationship with your ex-lover is, she doesn't know you, so please let her go and don't bother her anymore."
Kotori looked up at the queen seriously and said this.
After she finished speaking, the queen of magical girls was rarely stunned for a moment, then she slowly walked towards Kotori and stretched out her hand.
At first, Kotori subconsciously closed her eyes, thinking that Her Majesty the Queen was angry about this, but what she got was no blame or lesson.
She felt her face being gently touched.
"………His Majesty?"
Albai stroked her face.
It seems that her child now has something he wants to protect.
but………
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