“Miss!”

Amy, who was leading the way to clear my path, turned around at the sound of my scream. Amy noticed me staggering, and with a surprised expression, she hurriedly ran towards me, but there was no way she could prevent me from falling. Despite trying to maintain my balance, the person I collided with was of a robust build. It was a moment of resignation, realizing that I couldn’t avoid falling to the ground.

“Be careful.”

Someone behind me reached out, holding my shoulder and preventing me from falling.

‘This voice…’

Even in this urgent situation, I immediately recognized the owner of the voice, thanks to our unexpected encounter yesterday, which was deeply ingrained in my mind. I promptly turned my head backward to look up.

As expected, the owner of the voice was none other than Blake Warren.

“Miss! Are you okay?”

Amy urgently approached, checking my condition.

“Oh? Uh, I’m fine.”

“You almost had a serious accident! If you had fallen in such a crowded place, you might have been seriously injured. Thank you. Thank you for saving our miss.”

Bowing with her waist, Amy expressed continuous gratitude to Blake.

At that moment, I noticed that Blake was still wrapping his arms around my shoulders.

I calmly stepped out of Blake’s embrace and, like Amy, expressed my gratitude to him.

“Thank you, Lord Warren.”

“This time, you recognize me.”
Blake opened his mouth, wearing a gracious smile.

“It would be impolite not to recognize someone I met yesterday. Thank you once again for saving me.”

“No problem. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No, thanks to Lord Warren catching me, I’m unharmed.”

“Well, then, I’m relieved.”

Saying that, Blake laughed brightly.

“Wow…”

A voice of admiration was heard from beside us for a moment.

Amy, with a face filled with enchantment, was looking at Blake.

“Was it on your way back after seeing the departure ceremony?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“But it’s risky to walk through the crowd. Did you not come by carriage?”

“Oh, no. There were too many people, and the carriage couldn’t come into the square. So, instead, we were on our way out.”

“I see. I was also on my way back after seeing the departure ceremony.”

“Yes…”

I was grateful that he saved me from almost falling, but I didn’t want to chat with him for too long. Even though the actual events did not happen, he was the one in the original story who tried to kill Kaern. Moreover, it felt a bit awkward to deal with him as if he knew me.

“Well then, I’ll be going…”

“My carriage is right in front of the entrance. If you don’t mind, why don’t you ride with us?”

So, after a hasty farewell, when I tried to leave, Blake spoke again and caught me.
Certainly, when I looked at where Blake pointed, there was indeed a large carriage in front of the entrance, just as he said.

“No, it’s alright. Once we leave the square, our family carriage should be there. Right, Amy?”

“What? Yes. Miss.”

Since the place where the family carriage was parked was not far from here, there was enough reason to refuse.

“In that case, I’ll escort you to where the carriage is.”

“Oh…”

I wanted to refuse, saying I could go alone, but it was difficult to do so after having just stumbled.

“Please go.”

“Yes. Then, please just take us to the carriage.”

His assistance felt awkward, but it was certainly easier to leave the square with his help than walking alone.

“Where is the carriage Youngae rode?”

“Well, that…”

I looked around and tried to find our family carriage.

However, no matter how much I looked, I couldn’t see the carriage I had ridden.

“Miss, I’ll go and check where the carriage is.”

“No, just ride with me on the carriage I came with.”

Before I could respond to Amy, Blake spoke first.

“No, that’s not necessary. You’ve already helped me get this far; I can’t burden you again.”

“Don’t consider it a burden. Really, it’s alright.”

“It’s genuinely fine. Ah! There, our family carriage is coming. Thank you for today. Well then…”

As I was contemplating what else to reject, fortunately, a familiar carriage was approaching.
“Yeongae seems quite uncomfortable with me.”

So, as I was about to move quickly in that direction, Blake’s words stopped me.

“Yes?”

I stared at him, trying to hide my surprise as much as possible.

His face, which had been smiling all along, stiffened slightly.

“I was glad to see you again, but it seems Yeongae wasn’t.”

“Oh, it’s not that…”

“I’m happy to have a brief conversation like this today. So, I hope that next time we meet, you’ll feel a bit more at ease.”

Saying that, he greeted me and then turned around, stepping away one by one.

I blankly watched his retreating figure, feeling a mixture of apology and a need to reassess my thoughts.

‘I have to be careful.’

Just because he showed kindness to me today doesn’t mean he can be trusted.

So, it might be better to show that I’m uncomfortable around him.

After all, the one who hated Kaern in the original work was none other than Blake Warren.

I should avoid crossing paths with him as much as possible.