Chapter 214. Mary's Saga (2)

"Excuse my curiosity, but where are your parents? Or are you an orphan?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Because you said you can't feel part of anywhere."

"Actually, I don't know where I come from, I don't remember anything about my life before the age of fifteen. At least, that makes a bit of sense. The memories I have of my childhood are so vague that they seem to have been implanted in my mind. I can't believe them. Even the name I bear is borrowed."

"How did that happen?"

"You'll think it's funny, but the principal of the orphanage where I lived swears that she dreamt of my parents handing me over to her, and the next day she found me asleep at the entrance to the orphanage. However, I could only stay there until I was eighteen. When I turned eighteen, Mrs. Risia, the principal who took me in, invited me to work at the orphanage, because she said that my parents had promised to