Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 114 I am, Mom (3.2k)

A week later, Caesar was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

Yumilia came to pick him up early in the morning. He packed his things, said goodbye to the two classmates who were still in the ward, and left the hospital with her.

After leaving the hospital, I saw a white Volkswagen Foton sedan parked at the main entrance.

“Caesar,” Caroline greeted him with a smile.

“I heard from Yumilia that you’ve recovered and can be discharged from the hospital. I happen to have some free time, so I came over to help out,” Caroline said.

“Thank you, Aunt Caroline,” Caesar said with a smile.

Yumilia looked at Caesar, then at Caroline, and patted her chest in relief.

To be honest, she was quite apprehensive about agreeing to come to Caroline's invitation, since Caesar had previously shown considerable hostility towards Caroline, and her arrival might displease Caesar.

But to her surprise, Caesar was surprisingly friendly, which relieved her.

Actually, Caroline had been wanting to visit Caesar for a while, but the attack on the expo had affected the company, and she had been too busy to come. She only managed to find an opportunity to come today.

I got in the car, it started, and we drove towards home.

"Ms. Caroline, we've gone to so much trouble for you this time. You're so busy with work, yet you still have time to care about us."

Sitting in the car, Yumilia said shyly.

“It’s alright, I’ve taken care of all my business now. Taking you home won’t be much trouble, and besides,” she smiled at Caesar, “this way I’ll also have a chance to see our little hero, won’t I?”

Caesar smiled helplessly.

During this period, the newspapers had basically reported on his deeds, and even in the hospital, passersby greeted him, making him an instant focus of attention.

Saint Yaro Academy also wanted to take this opportunity to promote the excellent character of its students. It is said that they even managed to obtain a Morning Star Medal from the kingdom. This medal is specially awarded to outstanding young people in the kingdom. Only fifty-four medals have been awarded in the past thirty years, so it is very prestigious.

To be honest, this success was partly accidental and partly due to luck; he hadn't thought much about it when he made the move.

Although receiving the medal was a good thing for him, the attention and exposure it brought still bothered him.

He originally intended to be as inconspicuous as possible, but things didn't go as planned once again.

As the vehicle drove through the city, Caesar saw many people holding flags and carrying out a demonstration along the roadside.

The attack on the expo shocked the world and had a heavy impact on Finn, with direct and indirect economic losses amounting to tens of billions of gold ronins.

This attack resulted in the deaths of 241 people from various countries and injuries to more than 2,000, making it the deadliest attack outside of war in the past 30 years.

The kingdom defined the incident as a retaliatory terrorist attack, and made no reports about either the mysterious knight who helped them or the black cat sorcerer, sealing it away with the highest secrets.

At a previous press conference, King Otto VI announced that Finn was now under martial law at its highest level, and that a massive crackdown on all terrorist organizations, both domestic and foreign, would be carried out at all costs.

However, much of the public opinion on this matter has been directed at Finn, accusing him of incurring retaliation for his previous attack on the church in Stream Town, and claiming that the decisions made by the higher-ups led to the deaths of so many ordinary people.

During this period, various newspapers with differing opinions were engaged in heated debates, creating a very chaotic situation.

In addition, Sia, who is at the core of this storm, has not appeared for more than half a month. Caesar knows that she has been secretly guarded and will not appear until she is completely safe.

After leaving the bustling streets filled with parades, the area where Caesar and his companions lived remained quiet, everything as usual, except that various slogans were pasted on the walls at the street corners.

The car stopped, and they got out.

“Ms. Caroline, if you have some free time, would you like to come up and sit for a while? Have a cup of tea?” Yumilia asked.

“This is too much of a disturbance,” Caroline said.

“No, no,” Yumilia said repeatedly. “I am truly grateful for your kindness to Caesar and me. Please accept this small token of our appreciation.”

Caroline's gaze fell upon Caesar.
Caesar simply shrugged at her.

She smiled and said, "Then, I'll take my leave."

Caroline followed them upstairs, entered the house, and sat down on the sofa. Yumilia went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

Caroline watched her daughter's busy figure in the kitchen, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Caesar glanced at her and asked in a low voice, "When do you plan to be honest with her?"

Caroline withdrew her gaze and smiled helplessly. "Actually, I planned to confess to her after this expo. Everything was ready, but this happened, so I had to put it on hold. I've also been busy with my own things lately."

She sighed, her eyes filled with melancholy: "Perhaps this is a joke God is playing on me. Just when I finally mustered up the courage, this inescapable factor appeared."

“Man can conquer nature,” Caesar said. “And sometimes, once you start doing it, you’ll find things aren’t so complicated.”

Caroline smiled at him: "Thank you, Caesar, but I'm sorry, please give me some more time. I will find an opportunity to confess to Yumilia when I am ready."

Caesar simply nodded and said nothing more.

"What are you talking about?" Yumilia came over carrying a pot of tea, a few empty cups, and a plate of snacks.

“It’s nothing, I was just asking about Caesar’s studies,” Caroline said with a smile.

"You're amazing, Yumilia, for raising such a bright child." Yumilia, who was pouring tea, blushed slightly. Praise for Caesar always made her happy, and this time she chuckled.

"I... I'm not that good. It's just that Caesar is a smart kid, and I haven't really been of much help to his studies."

"Mom's teacup is full," Caesar reminded her.

Yumilia then noticed that the tea had overflowed, and she quickly apologized and grabbed a cloth to wipe it clean.

Caroline stayed there to chat with them, and before she knew it, a long time had passed.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. It was Caroline's assistant who came in and whispered something in her ear.

Caroline's expression changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure and smiled as she said to them, "Excuse me, I need to take care of some company business. I'll be back in a bit."

“Oh, okay, okay,” Yumilia said repeatedly.

Caroline went downstairs with her assistant and got into the car. The assistant placed a small iron stove in front of her, lifted the lid, and after a moment, a wisp of white smoke rose from the stove, forming the shape of a man's head.

The man's head, formed of smoke, spoke in a hoarse voice.

"What have you thought about that matter?"

“I will not join,” Caroline said coldly.

"Heh. You're such a woman. Since that's how it is, I'll just have to destroy 'that'," the man said.

Caroline gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and said, "Whatever."

The man sighed: "You don't understand yourself at all, Freya. Do you think that leaving us now will still guarantee a smooth future? Don't think that your elven bloodline will help you much."

“I told you I wouldn’t join,” Caroline said sternly. “I’m not interested in your ideas. The previous cooperation is over, and we’re even now.”

"Even if we're even, haha. Do you think you can completely wash the mud off your clothes? You'll regret it someday. You might as well get rid of it now."

Caroline suddenly removed her transformation ring, and her long, gray hair fell down. She transformed into Freya, except now a faint green mark was visible on her forehead, beneath which her beautiful eyes coldly stared at the wisp of smoke.
"See? So don't think I'm helpless against you, unless you want to talk to [the professor in the Institute of Ecology]."

The smoke was silent for a moment, then emitted an extremely vicious sound:

"We'll see."

The smoke exploded and quickly dissipated.

Caroline took a deep breath, put on the pinky ring, and transformed back to normal. At this moment, she felt a bit of a headache.

I never imagined that a single impulsive act would bring me such a huge problem.

I can only be thankful that I have received help from that "professor" and am temporarily out of danger.

"Throw this away, throw it into the river." She pointed to the iron stove.

"Yes." The assistant nodded.

Caroline calmed herself down and decided to go see Yumilia again.

After getting out of the car, she was about to go upstairs when she suddenly saw Yumilia standing at the apartment door.

“Yumeria, you…” Caroline was about to ask when she noticed that Yumilia’s expression was somewhat blank.

"Ms. Caroline, why did I smell my mother's scent in your car just now?"

Yumilia looked like she had run down, still slightly out of breath, staring intently at her. Her eyes widened, and her voice trembled as she asked.

Caroline was stunned.

Just now, she completely forgot that elves have a very wide range of perception of auras, especially familiar auras.

Yumilia could have noticed that she had just taken off her pinky ring upstairs.

She stammered, her mind blank, unsure how to cover it up.

This change completely disrupted her plans.

Yumilia hurried towards her and grabbed her arm urgently: "Ms. Caroline, are you in contact with my mother? Where is she? Please tell me! I beg you!"

Yumilia's eyes were wet with tears, and her expression was extremely anxious. She pleaded repeatedly, "My mother left me a long time ago. I really want to see her again. No matter the reason, please tell me where she is. Even just a little bit of information."

Caroline looked at Yumilia's anxious expression, but with her mouth open, she had no idea how to respond. She had never expected to be exposed at this moment. All sorts of emotions surged up in her heart, and her body froze completely.

Then she saw Caesar, who also came down the stairs and silently watched her.
She thought of what she had just said: "Some things are not as complicated as she thinks."

Gradually, her gaze calmed down, and then she slowly took off the pinky ring.

Her long, gray hair fell down, and her appearance changed in Yumilia's eyes, becoming familiar again, overlapping with the figure in her memory.

Freya took a deep breath, cupped Yumilia's face in her hands, her lips trembling, and whispered:
“I am your mother.”

(End of this chapter)