Aria's eyes were moistened, and tears started rolling down her cheeks.
Her mother… she remembered her mother's face… and Aria remembered who her mother was. Her mother was Princess Trixy, the second princess of the Fairy Kingdom.
Her mother…
Her mother was gone…
Aria's shoulders dropped further, and her head sank between her bent knees. At least now she knew… she wasn't abandoned.
Her parents, or at least her mother, didn't throw her away. Her mother tried to save Aria but ultimately failed and was killed.
"You already remember it."
Aria lifted her face to look straight into the deer's eyes. "You knew?"
"I knew it from the first time you entered this forest. I am the protector of this place, so I have to look at the hearts of each person who enters this place. That's how I learned that you are our queen's heiress."
Aria wiped her tears and walked over to the deer before sitting opposite the beast.
