It was good until he became intoxicated with the excessive medicine. However, when Annette fed him the detoxification through her mouth, everything changed. The problem began with insufficient detoxification compared to the amount consumed. Awkwardly escaping from the effects of the medicine, his body, which had been immobilized, began to move and pursue her.

The first kiss was agonizing.

‘I didn’t want this to happen while under the influence of the medicine.’

Since he hadn’t thought that Annette would kiss him first, he was discouraged. Helpless due to his body moving differently from his mind, he banged his head.

‘What will Annette think of me?’

Had all his efforts gone to waste? Would she reject him? Trying to soothe the churning inside, he faced Annette.

However, when he met Annette’s eyes, her gaze oddly followed his lips.

‘Wasn’t she repulsed?’

At the words he threw out as a test, her face turned red in an instant.

He fell into deep contemplation.

There was a distance from the Annette he had known until now.

Hertian knew she was very cautious in relationships and not someone who easily revealed her feelings.

“I might have been foolishly delusional all this time.”

He finally realized.

The letters he had received were just a small part of her thoughts, and reality was very different. The current Annette was different from the past.

“Do I have to be grateful to that guy?”

Hertian felt a sense of gratitude toward Cerdice, who had burned the framework of the letters.

There would be no more occasions for him to go through her letters.

I skipped breakfast and began to prepare for going out.

“Madam! Why is there something under your eyes? Have you already adapted to the North, and is it uncomfortable for the Viscountess?”

Betty, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, couldn’t help but be astonished as she looked at me.

“No, it was warm and comfortable.”

I just stayed up late.

I only fell asleep after crossing four in the morning.

“Well, you’re newlyweds, so it’s understandable that you’re tired. Hehe.”

Betty sent me a strange look, giggling.

Following Mom, now even Betty.

I just closed my eyes. Then I opened my eyes again.

Yesterday’s events seemed vividly depicted before my eyes.

“Oh, right. Yesterday, Lady Shuelly mentioned that the dress you took off is separately packed in my luggage.”

Betty pointed to the luggage.

When I returned to the room yesterday, I had left the dress, thinking I needed to wash it.

“No need to pack it separately.”

“Why? I heard it was a gift from Madam to Miss.”

“It’s too thin to wear in the North. Just wash it and hang it in the closet.”
Betty nodded as if she understood.

“I’ll keep the note that was in the sleeve separately.”

“Yeah, a note?”

“When I was organizing, I noticed a note falling out of the sleeve.”

Only then did I remember.

There was a note I picked up in the laboratory yesterday.

“Yeah, keep that separately.”

“It looked very old, and it seems like an important note.”

Betty asked with a curious expression.

“It doesn’t seem like that. If it were important, I wouldn’t have written it on such a note.”

“Have you not opened it yet?”

“Yeah.”

I don’t know. It doesn’t feel right.

The memories from the lab are entirely dark, and opening it now might bring back old thoughts, whatever the content.

My destination was the guest room of Charpenang.

I was planning to leave for the North immediately after returning to the palace tomorrow. Before that, I came here first to meet Violet and deliver a gift.

“How can I accept something so precious?”

Today, Violet’s reaction was also perfect. Her opened mouth gaped at the enchanted item I gave her.

“Compared to the jewels you, my lady, have, isn’t this nothing? Do you not like it?”

“That’s not true!”

Violet jumped up, as if afraid I might misunderstand.

“I really like it. Thank you.”

She took out the enchanted item and hugged it preciously.

This gift was a great success. Whether from Hertian or Violet, the reactions were big, so giving was satisfying.

The violet-colored enchanted item resembling her was attached to the necklace.

“Please wear it whenever you go outside. It’s not just a jewel; it’s a purified magical item. It will someday help you, Violet, with its purification magic.”

I explained to her the effectiveness of the enchanted item. Since Violet didn’t wear many accessories, she could just cherish it.

“Thank you for the necklace, but it’s a gift with magic… May I cry?”

With a trembling voice, she seemed somewhat different from when we first met.

‘I thought she was stiff at first.’

After getting closer, she turned out to be so honest and pure.

Serdice would be regretful not to know Violet’s cuteness.

“You must have been busy all along. When did you buy such a thing?”

“I saw it when I was touring the jewel shop yesterday. I immediately thought of you, my lady, when I saw it. As soon as I saw it, I thought of you, my lady.”

“If I had known, I would have gone to the jewelry store too….”

She swallowed her regret. Her dark hair flowed with a lowered head. It looked like the scene I saw on the alley yesterday.

“My lady, did you happen to go out yesterday during the day?”

It wasn’t her; it was Micaela who spoke. It could be a misunderstanding because it was a dark alley. Still, the person I saw was definitely Violet.

At first, her expression stiffened. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not, her expression softened again.

“I’ve been at the mansion all along.”

“Of course, my lady wouldn’t be in a place like that. She looked like someone similar. She had long hair like you, my lady, and her hair was violet….”

“It’s not me.”

Her tone sounded a bit annoyed.