“Do you really intend to go? Your Highness, you don’t like going to such places. Why on earth…”

“Don’t you usually become friends at such places?”

The words that flowed from Ian’s mouth were quite unexpected, and Neison scratched his cheek with a flustered face.

“It is a place to build relationships.”

“So I must go there.”

“Are you serious?”

Ian frowned as if asking how many times he needed to say it for Neison to understand. Neison wisely shut his mouth and pondered.

‘Is Commander Gabriel attending the party?’

Kaiden’s birthday party preparations had made the house chaotic for days. The one place that escaped the noise was the library in the annex.

“Vivian, will you continue to stay here?”

“Yeah. I like it here because there are many books.”

Smiling at Vivian, who seemed to bury her head in a book, I turned my eyes to the medical book I had been reading until recently.

It was already the third medicalrelated book, but no matter how much I searched, I could not find any mention of arrhythmia.

I thought that medical facilities would be quite advanced, but it seems that medical knowledge hasn’t progressed much.

Of course, that’s probably why the Lailly family, who excel in herbal cultivation and blending, holds significant influence.

As I put down the quickly skimmed book, I saw Vivian, who had fallen asleep. After covering her with a blanket, I picked up the fourth medical book.

How much time had passed? Feeling my clothing rustle, I opened my eyes to see Vivian’s face close to mine.

Did I fall asleep unexpectedly?

“Sister, Vivian is hungry.”

As I got up in response to Vivian’s declaration, I opened the library door with my left hand and grabbed Vivian’s hand with my right.

Why does Vivian’s hand feel hot?

“Vivian, you…”

“But I think I’m sick, sister.”

Vivian, whose eyelids were moving slowly, wobbled in place. I picked her up and ran towards the main building.

“It’s a mild fever. You’ll get better quickly if you take medicine.”

I finally caught my breath at the doctor’s words. Herman and Olivia, who had rushed over to hear about Vivian’s condition, also looked relieved.

“What on earth did you do with Vivian for her to end up like this when she was fine this morning?”

“We just read books together in the library.”

I answered, looking straight into his golden eyes. That was the plain truth.

“Herman, Vivian’s body has always been weak. And how would Rose know that Vivian was sick? They were reading books together, so it would have been easier to notice.”

Olivia’s gentle words reached Herman’s ears, and anger surged across his face.
“Yes, no one in our family is unaware that Vivian’s body is weak. But do you think it makes sense that you didn’t know Vivian’s condition while being in the library together for such a long time? Vivian follows you so much, Rosebelia, do you consider Vivian as a sister?”

Herman’s voice rose, and Olivia wiped the corner of her eyes with a sob.

“I may be unpleasant, but do not hate the children, Rose.”

Herman’s sudden anger, Olivia’s disgusting acting, it was all quite disgusting.

“Sis doesn’t hate Vivian! Vivian was sick since morning, but didn’t tell and followed me because I was reading.”

Vivian, thought to be sound asleep, jumped out of bed and spoke.

“Oh my, Vivian!”

Between Olivia’s startled voice, I quickly embraced the staggering Vivian.

“Vivian wasn’t well since morning?”

“That is…”

“Master, Miss Vivian told me never to tell you, so she could be with Miss Rosebelia. I didn’t tell the lady, not knowing it would come to this.”

Margaret, her exclusive maid, stepped in, her voice trailing off in embarrassment instead of Olivia.

“Sis, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t worry and get some rest, Vivian.”

As Vivian closed her eyes with a small nod, I approached Margaret, who hung her head like a criminal.

“If Vivian wasn’t well since morning, you should have called the doctor immediately. What would you have done if you had made her follow me to the library?”

“I apologize, Miss Rosebelia.”

“You should have scolded me at least. If you and Mother decided not to tell until the end, Margaret, you should have come in from time to time to check on Vivian’s condition, but you didn’t even do that.”

“It was my negligence, Miss.”

I stared straight at Olivia, feigning calm beyond Margaret.

“But I didn’t know Vivian was sick while being with her. If I had known, I would have sent Vivian out of the library and called the doctor right away. That’s not like Margaret, who knew and kept quiet.”

I felt Herman watching me, but I turned to Vivian’s bed without a glance at him.

Holding the soundly sleeping Vivian in my arms, the sudden destruction of the Winters family in the original work came to mind.

Initially, I just wanted to avoid the impending doom, but more and more people were becoming happy.

I gently squeezed Vivian’s small hand and stood up.

“Rose, why can’t you concentrate today?”

“Oh, sorry.”

My mind had been cluttered with what happened yesterday. That had to have been Olivia’s doing.

Margaret would have reported Vivian’s condition to Olivia, and if Vivian’s symptoms had worsened, Margaret could have been driven out of the duchy.

Longserving Margaret would not have taken that risk.

If everything was Olivia’s plan, as I suspected, then she knew Vivian was ill but left her in the library.

Why go to such lengths? To scratch me and gain a lot?

The quick betrothal, the clear desire to get me out of the mansion…

“It’s not something to apologize to me for, but I’m worried you’ll get hurt…”

Edwin approached me with a worried look but abruptly stopped. The door of the training hall opened rather noisily.

“Rosebelia, are you here?”

Rushing into the training hall, it was Vanessa.

“Vanessa senior?”

“Thank goodness. Edwin’s here too.”

Vanessa came up to Edwin and me, catching her breath.

“What’s going on?”

“The Order of Knights, or rather, a knight from the Order of Knights has requested support.”

“Support request?”

The Order of Knights and support request were hardly compatible words.