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"Einer...? Einer...!"

Einer opened his eyes slowly. The surroundings were blurry, but the face was very clear. Einer was dumbfounded and could hardly believe what he was seeing.

"Mother?"

The woman smiled, stroking Einer's head. For a moment Einer thought, and he realized that this was a dream. Einer knew he was having a lucid dream right now, but he wanted to deny that this was a dream.

The happiness, the warm smile and the woman's touch felt so real. Einer even remembered what Oliver had said to him and once again tried to deny that this woman who always treated his warmly, was not that good.

"Mother... I miss you~"

"Einer, I'm never far from you. Don't miss me to the point of making you cry like this, because we are inseparable."

"I know, but I feel really empty without you."

The woman, Zia, only smiled without replying.

Then her smile faded as she looked at Einer's neck.

"Einer, where is your necklace?"

Einer looked confused, but when he touched his neck, the necklace was missing.