“!!!”

Aruka was stunned when he heard Avril's shouting, and then Avril continued.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't imprison you father and daughter with my own ideas. I have been suffering every day during this period of time when you left. At the same time, I have figured out that the beautiful surname is not important at all, and the life is not important. What matters is that I want to be with you, become Awuna's mother, and become your wife. I have never asked you for anything in the years, but I'll ask you once this time, please forgive me."

Avril hugged Aruka, and warm tears wet Aruka's chest. Aruka didn't know what to react to.

Hate?

The clan members and brothers just died at the hands of the Qili family, which had nothing to do with Avril personally. Aruka had already figured it out, so he hated not the "Qili family", he hated...

Deceive! Betray! Take Auna away!

What Aruka cares about is Avril's own mistakes, but Avril blames all her "self-wrong" on the "Qili family". She has always ignored her harm to Aruka.

But that kind of hurt is nothing compared to a 13-year relationship. That kind of hurt can only be solved by saying "Please forgive me" today, but it took Avril Ahmed to say this for half a year.

“…”

Aruka let out a long sigh, then the anger in his heart calmed down, and the hatred in his heart calmed down...

After stopping sobs, Avril looked up at Aruka, and met Aruka's plain eyes. She tentatively leaned over, and Aruka was waiting there quietly.

Soon, the candlelight in the house went out...

...

When Aruka and Avril heard the argument between him, Auna rushed towards the Elf King Tree among the Elf Tree while wiping her tears. After climbing the stairs, she ran towards the giant tree.

The cold wind around him hit Awuna, which was mixed with snowflakes, but the pain of being torn in his heart was far greater than the coldness of his body. Awuna, who was only wearing pajamas, continued to run towards the giant tree.

The sound of quarrels, that sound has been with her ears since she was 11 years old. The family can live happily together, but why do they have to have such meaningless quarrels?

They all said that they argued with each other for the sake of their own and their "home", but they didn't know that the quarrel between Aruka and Avril destroyed all the things they originally wanted to protect the most.

Is that 'love'?

Awuna didn't understand, and no one could answer it. With the pain and confusion in her heart, Awuna climbed into the tree hole of the Elf King Tree. Perhaps that powerful existence could answer it for herself.

Climbing into the tree hole…

In the dim candlelight, Sereya was sitting on the bed in her pajamas, and she was drawing something on the paper with her pen.

Due to limited time, the tree hole has only been passed through simple compartments and decorations. Although there is a huge space of 3 floors, there is only one bed, a table, and a chair in the entire tree hole.

Sitting on the bed covered with a quilt, Sereya is planning the construction of the future camp. Although this kind of work can be handed over to Dougsius, since it is her own camp, she has to do something by herself.

But suddenly, Sereya heard the sound of footsteps outside the tree hole.

"Is anyone there?"

Sereya turned her head and looked, and the closed wooden door came into her eyes.

"Yes... it's my queen."

Auna's voice was crying, but Sereya still recognized the voice.

"Auna!"

Sereya rushed towards the wooden door, and after opening it, Awuna, who was wearing pajamas, was standing outside and shivering.

"What are you doing standing here? Come in!"

Sereya said worriedly, "You know that it is snowing outside. No matter how strong the werewolf are, Awuna who comes out in her pajamas will definitely be frozen."

Walking in to Awuna, she saw that Awuna had a thin layer of snowflakes on her body, Sereya hurriedly took the snowflakes off, and then pulled her to lie on her bed.

While covering her quilt and feeling the softness and warmth of the quilt, Awuna also realized the coldness on her body. She curled up like an abandoned little beast.

Seeing the girl's pitiful appearance, Sereya asked.

"Is something going on?"

Facing Sereya's inquiry, Auna didn't want to say anything, but when faced with Sereya who was like the eldest sister next door, she hesitated for a while and still took the initiative to tell.

"They quarrel again, I'm scared."

Awuna said that although she usually showed maturity and wisdom far beyond her peers, that could not change the fact that she was still a 12-year-old child.

When Sereya heard that Awuna was so sad because of this, and ran out in the heavy snow.

"That guy Aruka is so inappropriate. Auna, wait, I'll go find him!"

Although it was someone else's family matter, when she saw the poor Auna, Sereya couldn't help but think of her former sister, and for this reason she was going to "talk" to Aruka immediately.

But suddenly, Auna grabbed Sereya's hand.

"Auna?"

"No, Queen Sereya, don't go, if you can, can you accompany me?"

Auna said with a sob. Although Sereya was still a little angry when she heard this, she still agreed.

"good."

Sereya said, at Auna's request, Sereya went up to the bed and pulled the quilt, and then Auna immediately came over to hug Sereya. Her cold body was pressed against Sereya, and Sereya felt a little distressed again.

"Queen Sereya, you are so powerful, can you answer me a question?"

"sure."

"Do Queen Sereya know what 'love' is?"

“…”

Faced with the question raised by Auna, Sereya was stumped by the problem.

"This...that kind of thing cannot be explained, I can only feel it myself, so I will understand when Awuna grows up."

"It was a perfunctory answer like Lola."

Auna said, and Sereya was a little embarrassed when she heard this.

Then, Awuna added another sentence.

"Can I sleep here today? I don't want to go back to my dad's place."

"Of course, it's okay for Awuna to sleep here all the time."

"Thank you Queen Sereya, Queen Sereya should sleep too. Sorry to bother the Queen."

Auna said, she drilled into Sereya's arms, and Sereya was willing to listen to her talk, and for this reason the sadness in her heart disappeared.

"I won't disturb me, Awuna will go to bed."

Sereya said, but by the time she looked, Auna's breathing was gradually calming, and she was already asleep with tears on the corners of her eyes.

"At the end of the day, she's still a kid."

As he said, Sereya made a move to help Awuna tuck the quilt and hugged her to help her quickly warm up her body.

Feeling Auna's gradually warm body, Sereya's eyelids began to tremble, and finally she fell asleep.
Chapter completed!