MCWD 23🍒

 

Summary

My mom always read me fairy tales. Stories where the heroine was loved by everyone, married a prince, and became an empress. “I want to marry a prince too!” I once said. And naturally, I dreamed of becoming an empress. “I’ll make sure you do,” Mom told me with a strange smile. At the time, I was too young to understand her words, so I didn’t think much of it. Years passed, and by the time I turned ten, I had already forgotten that silly dream of becoming an empress. ‘That’s impossible in real life!’ I thought. But one day, after being away from home for three days, Mom suddenly came back with a boy she said she bought from the slave market. “This is Claudiel Tenes Adeboil. He’s the current emperor’s illegitimate son,” she told me. As always, Mom said something unbelievable. Before I could even make sense of it, she disappeared again—this time leaving behind a strange book and a letter. When I opened the letter, I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. [Hello, Elena. I’m an alien. I know the future.] “What kind of nonsense is this?! Even for my weird mom, this is too much!” Now, standing in front of me was a boy who claimed to be the emperor’s illegitimate child. And Mom, who always acted as if she already knew the future, was gone—leaving only a book she called a prophecy. ‘Wait… could it be true? Is this boy really the emperor’s son?’ But one thing’s for sure— I don’t want to be an empress!