The gurgling of running water in the pool makes the atmosphere not so tense. The gusts of wind between the trees were slowly rising. No one continued the conversation between the rest of us. I’ve been explaining what I’ve been thinking since this morning. My body became senseless without any calmness.Uncle Brandy had already explained something a while ago. I didn’t take it seriously because my mind was filled with opinions. The chair creaked as Thod stood up to turn his gaze towards the other object.“Why is there the same problem every day?” Thod murmured.“I’m looking for the answer, too,” Terrence said.“Do you think I like this thing? Breathing is very difficult, even if you hope that sleep will be calm after you experience this.” I stared at Thod’s back sharply.“Calm down. You don’t have to feud to discuss this problem.” Uncle Brandy spoke up and tried to look calm.“It doesn’t make sense, Uncle. Look, there’s no way the buried Boy isn’t the real Boy. We saw for ourselves

“I... I just—“ “You walked into the park in boots, Lady.” She is Mom. I breathed a sigh of relief for a moment if it was Mom. Mom tilted her head and looked at me with a strange look. “Is there anything wrong?” Mom asked me. I shook my head and stepped up to him. Worry hit the heart quickly. I suspect something regarding the herbal powder mentioned by Grandma a few seconds ago. Does Grandma intend to abort the womb? Who is pregnant besides me here? “Katie? Is there anything wrong?” Mom surprised me once again. I shook my head once more. “You’re so weird. Look, your face is so pale.” “I gasped at your presence, Mom.” I lied. Mom raised one of her eyebrows. Mom's unconvincedness to me was clear —she doubted my answer. I tried hard to control my emotions so as not to appear to be hiding something. “I'm not sure you're okay? You're scared of something I don't know, explain it, Katie.”“No big deal, Mom. I was surprised when I saw the hydrangea.”“You're so weird today. I hope y

Terrence went outside the house at eight o’clock in the evening, before leaving he went to get something from the servants’ bedroom. I don't know what he planned for that night. I didn't know at all until a knock on the main door surprised me. In my mind, it was Terrence who had gone home or some of his stuff was missed. But my thoughts were wrong. It was not Terrence but Thod who visited.“Grandma told me to deliver plums candied.” Thod thrust a transparent mica box filled with candies.I accepted it despite my doubts. Thod had taken the trouble to bring the plums candied to the house–even though it was only a few meters away. I felt like I was a burden for Thod. After all, the road between the wooden bridges had its lights off because it was struck by lightning a few days ago.“You're alone?” Thod asked me.I nodded and invited him inside. Thod stepped in doubt, from the look in his eyes I could read that he was awkward because he was not used to visiting my house. With a courteous

The creak of the iron being cut gave me goosebumps. Judith sharpened the iron with sandpaper until it was clean and shiny. There were three keys that we faked for a few minutes—the key to the graveyard gate, the key to the garden hut, and the key to the medicine room.“Soon this will be over, sir.”“That's good news. I have to return it as soon as possible.”The young man nodded and smiled. He was so deft in duplicating the keys as if he had over a hundred years of experience. A few minutes later the duplicate key was finished printing. Terrence hastily ran into the palace area to return the original keys to Grandma's room.“Excuse me, Lady may I ask a question? Where has Your Royal Highness Queen Isabell gone, Lady?” Judith asked me.“To the orphanage. They had been planning it since yesterday. They invited me to join but I don't have time because we are going to make sure of something,” I answered immediately.Judith nodded politely then signaled that Terrence was running over. I ru

I walked into a room with snow-white walls. Inside the room was a female doctor who was checking something on her computer. I greeted her softly, she turned her head and confirmed the location of the round glasses she was wearing.“What are you looking for in my room, Young Lady?” asked the middle-aged female doctor.I lowered my head and introduced myself as part of the Kingdom. The woman nodded and apparently, she was acquainted with Mom. She asked me about my life over the past eighteen years. She knows my age for sure. “I’m fine, Doctor. But there is one thing I want to ask you.” She cleared her throat and then told me to sit down. “Relate to the Duchess, I will make sure the bullet does not damage the muscle tissue in his shoulder. He is still very young. It would be so miserable if he lost his great ability. The backbone of him is so beautiful, indicating that the Alpha who married you is the Alpha with an angel-like personality.” “Sorry, Doctor. But I don't want to talk abou