Earl and Fairy: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 4] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

Since Theresa’s spirit hadn’t kept any of her memories, Lydia’s lack of knowledge about the Collins family wasn’t a problem. In fact, it was rare for her to see Mrs. Collins without a smile.

“I have your favorite here, Theresa: custard pie! Be sure to eat it all up!”

Mrs. Collins spent much of her time sleeping or absentminded, likely an effect of the medication she was taking to help keep her mind stable. It wasn’t until their afternoon tea that Lydia saw her that day.

“Thank you, mother.”

Mrs. Collins’s eyes welled up. “I never thought I would get the opportunity to have tea with you all grown up... It has been a constant feature in my dreams.”

She took Lydia’s hand as if to reassure herself that she wasn’t dreaming now. “I never believed you were dead. I believed someone else must have been raising you with tender care, until the day when fate would lead you back to your mother’s side.”

Lydia felt a prickle in her chest as the thought crossed her mind that she was lying to this woman.

“I wonder if that hair of yours comes from your grandmother. It was a light brown when you were young, but now it has taken on a redder shade. I don’t recall that yellow in your green eyes, either.”

It was as though she had forgotten that her daughter was supposed to have returned from the dead. Strangely enough, Lydia wasn’t finding their time together all that unpleasant. It was clear to her that Mrs. Collins’s strong affection for her daughter was genuine. A part of her wondered whether her mother would have treated and spoken to her just like this.

With her prominent northern ancestry, Lydia’s mother had possessed platinum blonde hair and fair skin. She had been utterly gorgeous, and everyone who had known her said that she and Lydia were nothing alike. The plump, friendly Mrs. Collins barely resembled the vague memories the fairy doctor had of her own mother. Still, there was something familiar there: a gentle tenderness. A feeling of safety in her presence.

“You’ve grown into such a beautiful young woman, Theresa.”

When Mrs. Collins embraced her, Lydia found herself thinking it wouldn’t be so bad to just let herself be coddled. She was no longer a child, but surely she had to have the same yearning for her mother as anyone else. If her own mother were still alive, would Lydia be embraced and called “beautiful” like this?

Perhaps her mother had been as desperately sad to leave her so young as Mrs. Collins was to lose her daughter.

“You won’t have to live without love anymore. I shall make you the happiest girl there ever was.”

“Mother...” Lydia allowed her hair to be stroked like a child while thinking of what she had lost.

“Oh, look at me, shedding tears! Ah, yes, Theresa, I have a cameo brooch I would like you to wear. I was saving it for when you were a suitable age to start thinking about marriage. One moment.”

An heirloom, passed down for generations.

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