I Became the Black Swan Mother of the White Swan Princess

efore turning into a swan. 

“What do I do!”

My back felt chilly in an instant. 

This was the first time I’d gone outside, so I’d passed time unaware of how quickly the sun would set. 

The dessert shopkeeper backed away as I looked at him. 

“Excuse me, could you give me a moment!”

“I, I am so sorry, Your Ladyship! But I haven’t done anything wrong! I was just following the orders I’d received…”

“That’s not what I wanted to say, could you come with me for a sec-”

And now, my shoulders started to get colder.
Whether it was because of the sudden cloud that was quickening my transformation, or because I felt someone’s gaze on me, I knew I couldn’t stay here any longer. 

“Hahh.”

What is this.

I couldn’t hide my dejected expression as I turned around. 

If I went into the shop to catch the shopkeeper and the sun went down I’d be doomed when it came time for me to turn into a black swan. 

I just needed to at least get to a spot with no one nearby before I transformed… 

“…Wait.”

Not you again!

As the one in the black robes approached me, I felt like my chest was going to explode. 

Why can’t you just bother someone else, I don’t have anything else to give you anymore! 

I heard the sound of unsheathing metal as I defiantly bore my eyes into the black-robed figure. 

“Are you really…”

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“Could you step aside? I’m a little busy at the moment.”

“…”

“Hey, I’m not joking around here, you know?”

The stiffening sensations had gone past my shoulders and all the way to my elbow.
At the ominous sign that I’d soon be covered in black feathers, I pushed the man’s chest with all the strength in my hands.

“Hyu, Hyung-nim!”

“Ah…”

So why didn’t you move when I asked you to. 

As I pushed the man, his robe shifted a bit and a sharp jawline was slightly revealed, but I only had one thing to say at that moment. 

“Eat something sweet and relax a little.
You seem like you’re going to kill someone.”

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“…Hyu, Hyung-nim.”

“Move.”

In the now empty city square, Rashid pushed aside Tenon’s arm. 

It wasn’t his usual dangerous aura. 

Though Rashid hadn’t taken a single step, Tenon gripped his sword as he felt a murderous bloodthirst seeping out from his brother. 

Living up to his reputation as the empire’s sword, his sword ki was so strong it seemed like the sword itself would break. 

“Please calm yourself.
What if someone sees and discoveries our identities.”

“…I told you to shut your mouth.”

Even the sound of his breath was quiet, which made the two brothers even more nervous. 

It was almost exactly the same as the time he’d held up the bloody head of King Tenas on the battlefield. 

“Big brother!”

Peyton yelled out as he returned, pushing Tenon, who’d helplessly stiffened up, behind him.

The motionless Rashid, who looked as if he’d never move again, turned his head. 

“…And the woman?”

“I went after her immediately, but she got away.
I definitely went after her back but she disappeared without a trace among a field of reeds.”

Peyton bowed his head desperately as if to ask for forgiveness. 

The cold-blooded Rashid let out a harsh laugh. 

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“Are you joking with me?”

“Hyung-nim.”

“You’re saying she shook off your pursuit? A woman escaped from the commander of the knights?”

“…”

The two brothers didn’t dare move an inch at Rashid’s thundering voice. 

However, this was actually the first time they’d lost track of someone in pursuit of them…no wait, this would be the second after Haniel’s incident. 

“It looks like the rumors about the Duchess are a li-little different than what we expected.
For a witch, she seems to be too beauti- wait uh, what I meant was-” 

“Watch your mouth, Tenon!”

What impudent behavior in front of the emperor!

Peyton tried to change the topic by scolding Tenon and rambling on to divert Rashid’s attention.

Though he agreed that the duchess was certainly different in person than the rumors, this wasn’t the time for that. 

Their emperor and big brother was now in a mood far beyond foul…

“…”

*Gulp.*

The two brothers’ gazes stopped at the pink box in Rashid’s hand. 

They’d rather have an enemy king or commander’s head cut off and held up in front of them. 

They felt like their nervous hearts were going to beat right out of their chests. 

“Hooh.” 

The item was soon crumpled up in his hand. 

They’d predicted that he’d react like this but seeing the ruined cake, their hearts dropped to their stomachs. 

Rashid slowly pulled down the head covering with his other hand. 

“Though I don’t have any interest in getting involved in another household’s matters with my status as the emperor…”

“…Hyu, Hyung-nim!”

“I need to see if a witch really is living on my lands.”

His hair, golden as the sun, fluttered with the chilly winds of the North. 

The blood-red eyes rocked with more tranquility than ever. 

“Tell them to turn on the lights of the Winter Palace, at once.”