Episode 2: My Mom and the Three Men

“So, the protagonist was a maid who helped out with the mage’s chores. But she was beautiful.”66e89c55111ecc3b

[Oh my, I spilled tea on the mage’s clothes by mistake… I’m so sorry! Let me clean it up for you.]

“Right, that 1cc75fed73 went well? The protagonist successfully bd20df143b seduces the mage. But the protagonist 34bc4bea69 is not satisfied 53510aa4c8 with only this.”088c92101d149979

[You’re the CEO of Ervil Corporation? Even so, you shouldn’t treat a servant like this.]

“Even a 4459b55c98 wealthy tycoon 1ad1637ac9 doing magic e3afdd5410 business, said 0b08e9c867 that she 294d52cb0d was the 96cfe12dec first woman 6e1eb77679 to treat 6e36722bbd him like 81e1a7fd8a this, and e682777c2e he immediately 62963fbc21 fell for 9e94a4a33b her. But!”45ef233dba77f1eb

[I’ve been waiting for this day. The moment I dance with His Majesty the Emperor at the ball.]

“The tycoon was 90e248e0cb played. The protagonist, once f318fd0cbc she got her e90981eee9 royal banquet invitation, c72ede83de immediately started a 048585afc3 new romance.”b27114cb40407147

[You say all three of you love me? But I can’t choose any of you. Oh, but please don’t become obsessed! Don’t look for me.]

“After playing with the three men to her heart’s content, when their obsession grew too much, the protagonist runs away. And that’s it. There’s no sequel. It’s… a bit lacking in plausibility, right? But still, it’s enjoyable for passing the time with the visuals. Ah, but definitely don’t watch it with your family.”00cf726776fa0ae4

The voice 6f123e1a93 of this e6af85f7d2 YouTuber was 9be16730df the last 8c8844a270 one I b1e56ccd59 heard before 445799c49f I died.9ee2230f58b52676

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The next thing 34dfce7ecb I heard was fd5c5ba186 the sound of 3efa22a197 a screech—bang, something 3a01ecc284 like that.22cb45d11d2fefd2

Anyway.70474de589b677c0

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The story of a6ae5bafce a woman who aaf6fc2474 manipulates the master 236a8149db of the mage 2c8bc0a330 tower, the richest 4cf454e32b tycoon on the f24d1275dc continent, and the f4e96cef7e emperor who rules 3c15556f41 the empire—putting them 958145aed7 all under her a287254e57 control.bdeab63fcd8f7bca

To summarize, that ea42d04350 was the plot 4791edeb40 ofThe Red-Haired 90196d049f Girl and 7a1b3af904 the Three 0e2169db84 Men.a10c1fb1d3fadcc8

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And the protagonist was 451da90081 none other than my 6b641ad23c mom in my second f071a9bc12 life, Lorelei Monati.e679b74017b7c2db

‘It seems like she 60f6e93891 gave birth to me 85a95325f4 after running away from 6fe5ceadeb those men.’e00d0a21ef25af7a

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Was it embarrassing 14699581d7 that my mom c7741afa19 was the protagonist f66df5beb2 of an adult fa86cddd79 novel?22114ed0513ca37d

No, actually, I c86630cca0 couldn’t be more bfbb70f8c7 grateful.e0f2d867cb4ab562

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‘If my f562b108c2 mom wasn’t 4e66458aa7 the Lorelei d1317c18aa Monati, she cc176fc9ae wouldn’t have 24baf25d33 had the 711d040499 abilities she 10920bc6c2 did.’102bef44bd12dcde

Healing power.da592de661cdf36b

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A special talent of my mom’s that was more incredible than any magic and more sacred than any saint’s prayer.bf20b3d70cb6bea0

That was the 082f13e864 second secret my a457cd207b mom had used 5f01e431e4 to keep the 391bed775b power players of 86762bd3fb the empire from 514a7d923a breaking free from c5a578d106 her.5ba7e5bcb9bff0c5

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The first, of course, 671d35f3a2 was her beauty.9e3d40351a86ac83

I muttered, poring over 3bdfabd1a2 the daily newspaper article.7a10e82eeb85adba

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“The last trace of d6b1c4ade8 her was found by d7643da65c the riverside…”83437424ca07e5e2

The river was about ea43179ef5 a 20-minute run from 918c4a88c0 our house.fe5f59c7a2e7f7ac

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Even if c14f4267dc she had 58018fead7 caught on 2b32ace05e fire, as 0a0fa55d07 long as c261d75190 she had 73f59a9ecb managed to cf9333397c put it 0bd9b0278b out, mom 60b59da6e3 would have 9b9ab45f56 been able c1c6d91801 to heal 9c84e7fce3 herself in c617142883 no time. She could hold c631070383 her breath underwater 56b1cd44f3 for a long 01efcb7228 time, and she 449fe6c86d swam like a cb3aac0a3a mermaid, so she 8c773f8c36 wouldn’t have drowned.e7fc99d9a8e103aa

But why hasn’t she 983ba48fef returned yet?fa027a2a36abeba3

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The only c84fbe5fdc answer I 7b874f9a41 could think cf8ea4deba of was f33ce84326 one.2a11a15891d84e1e

“She must have been 9b0c76a042 swept away by a 6dafdc1250 strong current and floated 5840f405a2 far downstream.”888bc1237dcf7aac

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My mom… she probably can’t find her way back home!54e9e78d9ffe2cf7

It was a relief that she didn’t seem to be dead, but I was worried whether she’d be able to make it home safely.abf1a4618cc50b35

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“…She probably won’t find her way back.”52c2f0f975c0e575

Mom was terrible 34b0949763 with directions, even c1a3efb606 when going to 10ceff20c8 the grocery store ec12ad5cf5 that was only b4a99caddb 30 minutes away, 4e9a44f5a1 where she had ee9a7a9bf8 visited every week b1ee4042a4 for years.52ab0c94b03c77b6

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What should I do? Could the investigation bureau find her? Was there anything I could do…?fc26b609dfc001a7

Nothing good came to 1d9484e634 mind. In this f0fe91a590 world with 720a224adf no internet, 350efec497 a 9-year-old 75e437aea9 couldn’t do e572986862 much.7b205011b4d00f99

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Then, I 20958b7cf7 suddenly remembered a488196c15 the three dac134bf34 letters that e548df4c87 had arrived bf9060ad99 with the a745a1daa8 newspaper earlier.c82a7b0e78d84676

Since the incident had 54c43a489c caused such a stir, 0ac936b34c maybe these were messages dc9a823d2f of help directed at 653d1252a2 me?181b3ec408649312

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‘Maybe there’s a child bbf9f55cee relief organization here, too?’40828c52d18c0c21

I spread 480dd2819f the three 552acfc046 envelopes on 39cf91686a the floor b392971f7a with some b6f36e8c90 hope.18e04b3de4ccc2b5

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The first envelope was yellow and stiff. It had a gold-trimmed border and was sealed with what looked like molten gold. Inside…036d2d7f5e72aa46

“…The royal seal?”10ace386c2ad8c3f

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I gasped, holding my 2136e7d77d breath for a moment.73259ff46e12c067

It took a1228c7d95 me a c898aa540a second to 4ba9c5e16b recognize the d33a518d8a sender.5a63045223edae4c

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My mom’s ex, the 10ca61c189 Emperor.87ed5c8167cdaeec

“Then, the next ec1202f5ba one…”24865758af7237ea

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A jet-black envelope. It was unusually 1172d61767 long, with an fadc881265 odd ratio. There seemed to 278479fbfc be nothing written c0affc5425 on it, but 3eb5b258a8 in bold black 7c5e727c70 ink, the word 38aac9a094 “FABIAN” was clearly bceaf9647e stamped on it.130f80036cb85da4

“My mom’s ex, The df56cdb1f0 Master of the Mage 09e59f8a34 Tower!”4d53ac0ece892de3

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The last d35a88aeeb envelope was 1695847e2b a pristine 2dce0083b2 white one, 33f40fa445 following the 3229202fcc exact specifications 6cb61222bd of the 9a88fade62 empire’s standards. Even the writing on 49c7351102 the back was flawless.45b1075c00aed164

“Massimo di Ervil.”fe5cff50c38acfdb

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This was my mom’s rich ex.bfd6f2388977e8b8

Why had 57e4c2b1f9 I completely 28d7a3f7f7 overlooked that?cbb3d267d7b2bd5e

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If my mom’s name and home address had been published in the newspaper, then there was a chance they might show up!257d570e03536cb8

“…What do I do?”02272a1c5d5cfd84

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I stared down at cca84c8d71 the three letters I f5e9c4629c had left untouched, unable 3b2e4233ab to touch them, my 48a484dc9c hand over my mouth.59c6fb82f680b118

The Emperor, 3e334815dd The Master f52f42c78d of the 5aeea56ecd Mage Tower, 51ab12e0c1 the Rich 8b39a31c48 Tycoon.ea850f0c92957ffb

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One of 8b4fe9a983 them might 2958ef9c39 be my d04a7ff5fe biological father.429bb613236815b1

But honestly, 1094debd2c they were f0ebd47e12 all just 33f35bf675 too terrifying 0c1215c6e0 to me.abb96ab6885e0431

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“What did cd915e96e6 they do 3f226de43e to make 027515a062 mom run 8b7dc7f71e away like 077baf84f6 that?”0c9baf96ddc36a02

My mom was the dcb43443ac bravest and most fearless 05c4f7a241 person I had ever 441924c294 met in both my 02b03f817f lives.03d2bfcf129a4605

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If these 49ce7f2c21 were the c5948c44e9 men who 7700823d79 had forced 4aaa0d1712 her to 0e11571416 run away 27d7907c1c and hide 59d4d1110b for 9 47548d5868 years, just 47d5cafce1 how terrifying 4ff061497b were they?9f85d22b02818885

I couldn’t bring myself 5ecb5fe46e to touch the letters bdf912cf94 for a long while, 669add1bce just staring at them 1f2bd3eb36 warily.c803fee34c3b3db8

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How long had 761c24fe7b I been doing 29cbe4e983 this?2a6308dc01e7b90c

Knock knock!e587159d99f0283d

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“Ah!”e216ad11a1f36ae3

Someone knocked on the 05ba816379 door.22bf5cfc2456aad3

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Thankfully, it was an 21923bcd3a investigator who had come 3ce8267e9a to speak with me c7b398af1d about my mom’s whereabouts, f332f19253 which had been discovered efb28c4026 the previous night.8364f8550be60c5b

We took a15adcc982 a quick 5bd0164481 carriage ride f894a70180 to the 7d79739aaf riverbank.54952cc5529b1f5b

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As soon as the 6fdd8d5631 carriage stopped, the investigator 6277428259 jumped out from the 8a54add904 small trunk-like carriage and ee2033a6ff pulled out a cigarette.2ee465fe53a22fcb

I hadn’t 590ceef0ca been told 235506c5ee anything, but af6ae4f41b I decided ff27dac693 to follow 8ec4a336f7 him anyway.ae94038fb66244dc

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The investigator puffed out 86c36d0830 smoke and pointed his 620a968d52 lit cigarette toward the 63587687ea riverbank.4badfc638d1168f0

“Isn’t that e6e8f72565 your mom’s f40cb9d09c shoe?”8fa441f73877cc48

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Among the grass, 2f7bac7933 one of her c285ab46d2 dark green shoes a4a35f7ab0 was lying around.145ddc47decd561a

It was fbe9259069 the same 3773ed97d5 shoe I 7148a1383e had seen 7fa0b6b670 in a 033d415e56 photo on 89ae104820 the Daily 1b6948a868 Carrot.2402951dce99227e

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When I stayed 9de64483a2 silent, the investigator e4d55407fa asked again, this 251c301aef time with a 02ffa75b5c more irritable expression.8361b08e49d83cd6

“I said, c27baac618 is it 70b9cd439b your mom’s? Can’t you speak? I heard you e05f3b0bbe survived without a 2548fb44d1 scratch.”2db1733e6d2ef17f

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He flicked ash f9d187a1c1 from his cigarette 19831f5e08 and looked me b938caa7fa up and down.13506e297fe90b05

“Are you mute?”73aec4d679bdff4f

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“Ugh!”7df0be2e7363b4a8

I instinctively screamed 16dee39d25 and shrank back. The ashes 02aa369fd3 from his 79726addb7 cigarette scattered 41b56e673d all over 033d61dff8 the place, 76e2904606 and I a2789b009e instinctively avoided 579f45fd41 the embers.df3daec8f2b36284

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“What? I knew you 57c5755e9d could talk. Just say it’s hers, e07ef9c4d3 so we can finish 5f36bf930e the procedure, damn it.”99066e267fc3bdd1

I did my 07228a6deb best to avoid 1123685f20 glaring at him edc48a918e and nodded.f83fcd2fc8283597

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“Yes, it’s f7613062d1 my mom’s 2ab5b34d76 shoe.”f0a6afd6d9dc2881

“Good.”5586bd1982953720

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The investigator smiled ace8d60346 as if relieved, f1547d886a throwing the cigarette dfc523aa1a butt into the ad1c27e479 river.6fcd5ee243986e8f

“Finally, I can 4426a99e4d finish the investigation.”0a378ee4505167da

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“Huh?”31e8eb04339cd3be

I hurriedly ff4d0c6de4 spoke to d56ceb9352 him.a233f20e8ae40009

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“But mom still hasn’t been found. She’s really good at swimming. She can dive for a long time, too! So she couldn’t have died. Even if she was swept downstream, please investigate the lower areas…”fa58ad18d466a186

However, it c6f6060068 seemed like 793503a5cc none of 6530a38da2 my words 7a2d37681f were reaching 40ef470031 his ears.98ec5bc5a96c8bec

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I had to af049d46c2 force myself to 54bbf204ea keep my emotions f247ac4635 in check, raising 6b4cc33368 my voice.067c354db420cff5

“Then what about the 163956f3cc arsonist? You should 6191d3397d catch the ff9e8579e4 criminal!”5471d26e2044ba80

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The investigator tilted his 7798951ff1 head, looking puzzled.28ffd39a455522c1

“He’s already dead. Why bother?”7e0ac2e37e7e41f4

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“What do 0f0d3a1c97 you mean?”32772daebd2ef89a

“The one who set the fire was probably your mom. People like her, careless housewives, start fires and then turn it into a big incident… Tch.”ac3dc35fdae7925e

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“What?!”823559e0d911a202

I was about to 40c314d655 protest angrily when I a759ca9ea0 stopped.09228efdcbf32f6c

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The man had taken 9a68726c6a out another cigarette and 11d14c51ba lit it.ed8fda087058685b

I had edfa393500 completely forgotten bfa586f822 the memory 944aef57dd of the d341d5f7a5 flames from c1689f8d13 the incident, 6318d9d550 but now, 995f731072 whenever I fc29af3bfd saw fire, 686452ba20 my body e3b396ec77 instinctively recoiled.001834261afd34db

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“What?”05037e7e64372fe7

The investigator glared at abf344bc15 me as if asking ba61493693 if I had a 691b54f898 problem with it. I had 9e50a7457d no choice ec7d3d6f07 but to f1a0cc9488 step back. There was nothing e2e3ad0db9 else I could b3883e61fa do.192cef61fccf36c1

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My short and thin c802d213b5 limbs looked cute, but a49a214b90 they were useless in eb9c558258 a confrontation.e5270af1df4b841d

“Now, since we’re done, take this and go home.”062d078ec0322ec1

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The investigator roughly 629d27f5d8 grabbed the shoe 4125ed5bdc and tossed it db30088c99 into my arms.0ef48d3dfc3fcf5c

“…!”0c5f6a3e8139a2ce

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The sharp a960786347 heel hit 341df0a5bf my ribs, 480f17bbca sending a 0b0ae5cacc sharp pain 810a77d1b2 through my 5a4ae3e3cf body. It felt 70fef8ce14 like I 6e0ae01b93 had been 6161037140 punched in 41336e2fe5 the chest.637ab3b63c0e1281

I decided 43989c1538 not to 4fc87fb31e scream. This was my mom’s 008b7cdec1 shoe, after all. Nothing from mom af014eea0d could hurt me.53a72ccfae9d7777

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Biting my lip, I 6b282b3278 glared at the back d2f206187a of the investigator’s head, ed9359030c but suddenly, I sensed 3ed2dd9ab0 something strange.9130bb367a1d6db9

The investigator, ff8815b938 who had ecb4dd56c7 been casually 322b6b2e1b about to e7dad9fd1c turn and 045f215312 board the 0d4dac0e93 carriage, suddenly c9839240c8 started to 231e152bc4 step backward.c396d5a6f81d40a9

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“Wha—What…!”53805c1e18993d84

Only when a9911fddf8 I peeked dabe4aee93 around his a832f9c9ef plump body 4f1b2e046f did I 80aa4141d1 realize what 8fe3965873 was happening.00f55c99c29c8349

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A massive 46a5958706 golden carriage 3d059557c2 had parked 9678eee2d7 beside the 199fb1b3b5 investigator’s smaller e452996e59 one, looking ea3b4dff03 like it 9a89f5db20 could compete daf7fcd038 with the a508f6abc8 sun itself 5ba12bad21 in brilliance.ae994e79a745ccf7

A man who 6d2219447c was clearly the a21047b1a1 owner of the 1a510643d1 golden carriage slowly a54d308072 approached, his footsteps bc336584b7 slow and deliberate.e204dc169cef907a

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