I Became the Black Swan Mother of the White Swan Princess

ht, carrying her in my arms.

“Who would think of escaping during the day? Since there’s the admissions ceremony today, all the animals in the vicinity will come, and we’ll take advantage of the crowd and slowly escape from the back.”

[I got it, Madam.
Let’s meet at the reeds where the new students gather.]

“Okay.
I’ll move all our bags over to the entrance of the lake in advance.”

It felt uncomfortable walking through the Winter Palace to escape the lake, but it was better than walking through the main annex.

I would not be cutting through the Winter Palace, but rather through a sidewalk like the last time.

‘Great.’

The timing would be perfect, hiding the bags there in advance and then carrying her on my back and escaping after Haniel was done with her admissions ceremony!

[Mommy, why aren’t you goin wit us?]

“No, mommy will be going.
Haniel is just going with nanny first.”

[B, but…]

Haniel was jumping around excitedly earlier, but she was now depressed.
It was common for babies to have mood swings, but I got flustered as a novice mother.

“Why? Are you nervous? Mommy must go.”

[Haniel waited for mommy for bery bery long.
R, really bery long.]

“…”

[Twin brother said that mommy will come if I listen to him well, but didn’t.
So Haniel came to lake to look for mommy.]

Like that!

Whimpering, Haniel spread her wings, expressing her reluctance to leave me.
Her anxiety for waiting for others was so evident that it made my heart wrench once more.

As I was about to speak after remaining silent for a while, Haniel’s bright eyes sank.

[Is mommy angry? Because you don’t lik Haniel waiting?]

“No.
Mommy knows.”

How could I not know as a mother?

I put down the baggage in my hands and knelt down before her.

It was rare to have someone who knew the deep and empty meaning behind that word, wait.

I’ll come for you.
I’ll be back soon.

If you stay here quietly, I’ll soon…

“Mommy will never make a promise I can’t fulfill.
So I might be late, but I will definitely show up.”

[Really?]

“Yeah.
You see that sun?”

I looked at the frightened Haniel directly and pointed at the sun in the sky above the lake.
It was still daylight, so the east sun shone into her clear pink eyes.

[M, my eyes hurt.]

“It’s blinding, not pain.”

How could I go anywhere else without you?