Theodore was strolling alongside the lake in Tahata.

It was the place the place Mary cried her eyes out when she heard their household’s secret whereas strolling on this lake with Rex.

As Theodore flopped down on the grass close to the lake, the knight beside him fidgeted.

“Grasp, in the event you sit in a spot like this…….”

“It’s okay. I need to relaxation slightly as a result of the solar is sweet.”

Considering of Theodore, who had been wandering round this small city all day, the knight may not urge him to rise up, so he saved his mouth shut and stayed by Theodore’s aspect.

Theodore gazed languidly on the floor of the lake, glistening within the daylight.

He puzzled what Mary was doing now.

The one sister he’d ever had.

She was his one and solely youthful sister. Though they have been separated once they have been very younger, she resembled their mom in every part besides eye and hair colour.

For that purpose alone, Mary was a pricey and treasured sister to her three brothers.

But, generally, when Mary checked out him and his brothers, there was a wierd sense of discomfort in her eyes. Theodore wasn’t the one one who seen.

Generally Gilbert regretted that he had been so chilly to the kid the day he noticed her once more after 9 years.

How troublesome it should have been for a kid to be abruptly in a wierd place.

Gilbert, now eighteen, understood how younger and clueless nine-year-old Mary should have been. He had all the time admired their father and tried to behave sternly towards Aiden and Theodore, however sooner or later, he stopped hiding his affectionate nature.

As Gilbert reached a marriageable age, suitors from numerous noble households began approaching him.

Regardless of being the son of Grand Duke Conler there have been hardly any girls keen to enter the Conler household as a result of curse they have been stated to hold.

However Gilbert had rejected all of them, saying he was not prepared, and Estin revered his resolution.

Gilbert claimed he wasn’t prepared, however Theodore knew higher. Gilbert has all the time been making ready himself to inherit the Conler household’s curse, following Estin.

‘That goes for Mary Conler as effectively.’

The youngest of the household, Mary Conler, is at the moment the one one of many 4 siblings to have a fiancé.

Theodore generally didn’t perceive the Emperor.

Why would he select the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke of Conler, whom he hated a lot, to be his son’s fiancée, however Gilbert’s clarification made some sense.

There is no such thing as a safer place to be than within the Grand Duchy of Conler.

If Demimore got here to the Grand Duchy, he would not be a menace to Cameron and could be protected by the Grand Duke.

Contemplating the rumors surrounding Demimore’s mom, who had obtained quite a few assassination threats, it was most likely one of the best resolution the Emperor may have made.

Moreover, the Grand Duke couldn’t refuse an imperial order.

The thought that two harmless youngsters have been sacrificed for no good purpose doesn’t escape Theodore’s thoughts. They’re solely two years aside.

If the rattling bloodline was so essential, wouldn’t it’s higher for Demimore to succeed on the imperial throne? Feeling low on the considered his youthful sister getting used above all others, Theodore fumbled round along with his arms.

Grabbing a small pebble, he slowly rose from his seat and threw it into the lake with all his may.

Tough ripples shaped on the calm floor of the lake.

“Younger grasp!”

As Theodore continued to gaze on the lake till the ripples disappeared, a voice calling his title was heard from a distance.

What? Why are you screaming? Theodore frowned.

However his frown quickly turned to curiosity as he realized that in a city as calm and serene as this lake, it was uncommon to listen to such a loud noise.

“Phew, there you’re, my Lord.”

The knight who had rushed over bent on the waist and drew in a ragged breath.

What may presumably be the rationale for a knight who is taken into account among the finest on the continent to return speeding in such a rush and exhale so harshly?

Theodore’s thoughts rippled as if a stone had been thrown at him.

“Miss…”

“Mary?”

“They are saying she’s again!”

The knight’s tear-soaked voice rumbled in Theodore’s ear. It was an unreal second, as if it have been a dream.

The glowing lake was stunning, and the individual he all the time missed lastly returned dwelling.

“We must always get again.”

Theodore regarded up on the sky. The solar was so shiny that he felt like crying.

***

Tia Bluea was on the Grand Duchy once more immediately.

The Grand Duke turned subtly chilly proper after Mary Conler disappeared, however he had handled her with extra heat.

Though they’ve been prying round about Duke Bluea. Tia Bluea had been preserving her mouth shut as a lot as doable because the Duke of Bluea’s spy.

Tia appreciated this place.

The title Tia Blua, the individuals who handled her kindly, the gorgeous clothes, and the glowing jewels—every part right here captivated her.

There have been occasions when it was boring, and there have been occasions when her delight was bruised, however when she realized that when she bought via all of that, she would have this large mansion in her arms,

“It’s been some time!”

“Sure, I see you’ve come immediately.”

Duke Bluea was additionally fairly good-looking, however Grand Duke Estin actually regarded like a sculpted masterpiece.

If the divine creator actually exists, he have to be an excellent sculptor.

In reality, generally he was scary, however his face, one may get misplaced in its magnificence and mistake him for a kind-hearted man.

“Miss!”

Tia’s head, which had been mounted on Estin’s face, turned again on the sound of somebody calling her.

If she wasn’t mistaken, the voice belonged to Lucas.

‘Did he solely simply discover my arrival? Have been we shut sufficient for him to be so happy to see me?’

Nonetheless, what Tia noticed inside her line of sight was Lucas’s again. His gaze remained mounted on the doorway.

‘What’s happening?’

When Tia turned her head once more, Estin wasn’t her both. He had a subtly tense expression as he gazed past Lucas’s again. Tia started to really feel uneasy.

“Mary Conler…….”

Mary Conler is again? Tia turned to see Mary Conler clutching a colourful bouquet of flowers in her arms.

She had a clumsy smile on her face, as if she was embarrassed to be again.

“I’m again…….”

“Miss!”

Mary was greeted in a hushed voice, and Lucas rushed over to her and wrapped his arms round her tiny physique.

As if she anticipated him to take action, she handed the bouquet in her arms to the person subsequent to her.

The person beside her was a good-looking boy with silver hair and crimson eyes. Tia acknowledged him instantly.

That was her fiancé, Demimore Arstans, the Second Prince of the Empire, a good-looking man whose noble lineage was evident.

Though his face was extra precisely described as stunning relatively than good-looking at this level, his options have been delicate, and his tall, slender determine hinted on the future transformation of a good-looking man as he aged.

All the servants got here operating on the sound of Lucas’ voice.

Some burst into tears on the sight of Mary Conler in Lucas’ arms.

Tia Bluea was confused. Why have been they so overjoyed to see somebody who left and returned as she happy?

“You’re again.”

Although Estin was nonetheless by her aspect, Tia couldn’t assist however really feel uneasy as he walked in the direction of Lucas and pulled him away from Mary’s embrace.

Tia noticed the scene, feeling a way of jealousy. Mary, too, appeared flustered as she blushed barely upon seeing Estin.

“Oh, father…”

“Sure, Mary Conler.”

“Do you bear in mind…”

Mary requested expectantly as she watched Estin bend his knees to satisfy her gaze. Nonetheless, earlier than her query may totally kind, Estin shook his head, inflicting her expression to show unhappy as she lowered her head.

“I see. If I burdened you in any method, I apologize. It’s simply the way in which you have a look at me so tenderly… it jogs my memory of Father…”

“I’ll have misplaced my reminiscence, however that doesn’t imply I’m not your father.”

Tia clenched her fists on the sound of Grand Duke Estin’s affectionate voice.

Irrespective of how a lot she tried to behave like she didn’t care, this was insufferable. The affectionate perspective Estin confirmed Mary now was not the identical formal demeanor he displayed in the direction of her.

“I must be the one to apologize.”

“Father…”

Her father, who was all the time so type to her, her stunning fiancé, who stood by her aspect as she cried, the workers, who cared for her and liked her, and this spooky, stunning mansion.

‘It’s mine…’

It was the seat of Tia Bluea that God promised.

Not that faux one. Tia stood right here, biting her lips. The second she had been ready for was coming quickly, very quickly.