''Grand father'' Elsbeth said with a smile. ''It's so great to see you again'' she said. ''Hello Baba'' Derik said and bowed for his grandfather. Even though he knew very well that his grand father's name wasn't Baba, he still said it since it felt normal for the boy. Elsbeth smiled. Derik walked around and then sat down on the little throne his grandmother and father had placed down for him. ''Look mother! I am king'' he said. Elsbeth smiled. ''You will be a great king when your grown up'' she said and then faced her grandfather again.

''I am glad that you say that grand father, but I can't rule without a man.. But, not any royal man I met, isn't the one I am willing to spend my days with'' she said. ''They are all so serious.. and so worried about money... I need someone that is ready to die for his people.. Someone.. That can be like a real father for Derik..'' she said. She now sat down in front of her grand father, legs crossed and her hands cupped and laid on her knees. 

''Plus.. I keep feeling like a piece of me is missing.. And not the way I feel when Derik isn't near me.. It's just.. so weird that I can't remember who his father is... Or where he is'' she now whispered, not willing to let Derik know she didn't know about his father anymore. ''And it's not that, that drives me crazy... I just want the man to know he has a great son.. Soon, probably sooner than wanted.. Derik is gonna ask who is father is.. If he didn't do so already... And I can't tell him a lie'' she said.