In his hand was the Emperor’s decree that would solve all the problems Rona was facing. But Rona was gone. The idea of reaching Rona seemed to pull Illeon’s consciousness away.

Until the woman who had just passed by him raised her voice.

“Elysia, are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m sorry. I’m not used to these shoes.”

The steps of Illeon, who was walking nonchalantly, stopped. All his attention was drawn to the sound of footsteps behind him, disappeared into the Sun Palace.

“Rona.”

It was the voice that had woken his world every day. Illeon’s day started with Rona’s voice and ended with Rona’s voice.

A familiar and missed voice.

A voice that seemed to drive him mad just by hearing it for a moment.

He clenched his fist tightly, almost dropping the Emperor’s decree he was holding in his hand.

He needed to confirm.

Although he wanted to get out of the Imperial Palace after seeing what he needed to see, Illeon waited for her to come out of the Sun Palace.

“The banquet is at tea time since I heard about it, so it should take two hours at most, and one hour at the fastest.”

He knew how the Emperor’s audience took place. However, even that one hour seemed to pass more slowly than usual, and he had to keep looking at his watch without realizing it.

To get to the audience room from the carriage he had taken, he had to pass through this corridor. Illeon stood in the shade of a nearby tree, watching for her to come out.

Soon the woman was guided by a palace maid to the garden where Illeon was, waiting to start a conversation. As he slowly approached her from behind…

“Ah!”

Illeon caught her slender body which was swaying as if it would fall.

The answer was in the eyes of Elysia, who looked up at him.

Whether there was any pain, whether the eyes were clear, whether it was going well.

There was no one who would worry about these things if it wasn’t Rona.

For a blind beast.

At that moment, Illeon unknowingly lowered his head and almost kissed her.

How did he resist that urge?

With the determination that he couldn’t become a seeing beast from a blind one, he barely repressed the desire he wanted right now.

“Elysia Euter.”

Even the name is pretty.

If there was no difference in status, there would be no problem at all in bringing her to the grand duke’s family.

“It’s useless now.”

Maybe not. Since he went to the palace to get that useless thing and found her, he might have to take it as a family heirloom for generations.

Knock, knock.

Butler Bernard entered. He had just returned from the territory and brought a lot of special products from the Clement territory, so he was enthusiastic about preparing meals today.

“Your Grace, when will you have dinner tonight? You came back from the palace later than usual, didn’t you?”

He was asking if he had filled his stomach with something. Instead of answering Butler’s question, Illeon asked another one.

“What did Rona look like?”

“Do you mean Miss Rona?”

Bernard hesitated and then opened his mouth.

“Her hair is blonde, but it’s not a common blonde. It’s not dull but dark like a wellbrewed tea. And her eye color is purple, but it’s not a very common purple. It’s a dark color and when she smiles, it twinkles brightly, giving a pure and cute impression.”

“Have you seen that?”

Illeon felt uncomfortable. The butler, who didn’t notice, poured out his descriptions to comfort the mind of his master, who was downhearted because he couldn’t find Rona who left the house.

“She said she was twentyseven years old, but she looked much younger. Her skin was also white. There were a few guys who were interested in Miss Rona while working at the Grand Duke’s house, but when she said she didn’t have an identity proof, they seemed to lose interest.”

“Bring me the documents from the introduction agency.”

The butler immediately brought a sheet of documents he had quickly taken from his room.

“I should have taken the butler with me when I went to the Information Guild.”

Then he would have corrected me when I was looking for red hair and blue eyes. There was nothing Cedric could do because he hadn’t seen Rona.

“Why did she lie like this?”

Illeon couldn’t believe it.

“And why did she lie about her identity?”

Did she think she wouldn’t be able to open her eyes?

But she wouldn’t think that way because she didn’t recover her eyesight after drinking the medicinal tea she provided. If she didn’t want him to open his eyes, she wouldn’t have bothered to get him the medicine.

Considering that she had cared for Elleon with such dedication, despite being a very discerning butler, it would be a disaster if anything went wrong. She had looked after Elleon with such earnestness, despite his lack of skill in etiquette.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. We’ll have plenty of time to talk after we’re married.”

The butler, who had been listening to Elleon’s soliloquy, widened his eyes.

“Excuse me? Your Highness? What did you just say… Are you getting married? With whom?”

Elleon spoke again, once more flipping through the materials on Elishia, provided by the information guild.

“Dinner. Let’s have it now.”

“Your Highness?”

That night, the cries of a butler, wounded by neglect, echoed sorrowfully throughout the duke’s mansion.

The next day, Elishia stood before the sudden arrival of Crown Prince Saviel at the duke’s mansion, wearing an awkward smile.

“Yesterday, Her Majesty the Empress told me that Lady Elishia would be waiting in the garden. She said she had a conversation to have with the Duchess of Euter, and asked me to keep her company, but I forgot due to being busy. What is this about?”

“Is that so?”

The mystery of the two or three sets of teacups prepared on the table was solved. The incident in the garden yesterday seemed to have been a trap set by the Empress.

‘Elleon seems to be doing fine.’

Does he have some business in the imperial palace? Could he be about to leave somewhere, perhaps somewhere far away?

He was a man who had stayed on the battlefield for seven years until his eyes were injured. While there were no major battles, the borders of the large empire were always tumultuous. There were still many places where strong knights were needed.

“Anyway, I heard you lost your memory.”

“Yes.”

Saviel was a cousin to Elleon. Perhaps that was why, but there were similar aspects such as his height and black hair. However, with his blue eyes, curly hair, and facial features, she didn’t think they looked alike.

Still, he was certainly a handsome man who could steal Carina’s heart. Elishia, who had a rough idea about Saviel due to Carina’s unwanted boasting about her boyfriend, was simply puzzled as to why he had come to see her.

“The Empress wishes that I get along well with the Lady.”

“Excuse me?”

“She wants to welcome the little fairy born from Euter’s paradise as the Crown Princess.”

At that moment, Elishia felt a chill.

The little fairy born from Euter’s paradise.

‘This person is…’

Elishia realized what role she had to play in the body she had possessed.