What about after becoming Elysia?

She thought the ground beneath her feet would solidify when she had a family, met those who remembered her in this world.

But in reality, she had to learn who ‘Elysia,’ whom she did not remember, was and fit her thoughts and actions into that frame.

Therefore, that sense of stability was not happy and cozy.

She felt more comfortable and better when she was with Illeon.

“Did I make the wrong choice?”

Even in Hadyunsha, even in the Duke of Yuter’s family, she thought she couldn’t let go of ‘Elysia.’

It’s normal.

Even if she couldn’t remember, if a family member went missing and got lost, it’s common sense to try to put her back in place somehow. Where would parents be who would let her live as a maid because she couldn’t remember?

But because she became Elysia, she remembered. The insignificant role entrusted to her in the original work.

“What are you thinking about?”

Illeon, who was sensitive to her mood, reacted again. As in the past, as in now. Elysia let out a short sigh and answered.

“I was thinking about a retort.”

“Hmm.”

“I’ve thought of it now. I’ll tell you. ‘Why would I dislike it?’ Next, if I disliked it, Your Highness wouldn’t have been able to finish even the first dance with me.”

“Hahaha.”

As Illeon laughed out loud, some of the people dancing on the floor tangled their steps and wobbled. The voices of the murmuring spectators grew louder as they watched them.

“May I ask something?”

“Anytime.”

Following the steps of the dance song, they turned around once, and Elysia, who had held his hand again, asked.

“Do your eyes see well now?”

At her words, Illeon’s eyebrows twitched.

“I don’t mean anything else. I heard you were sick for a long time. So I thought there might be some discomfort.”

“Not at all.”

Illeon answered her coolly.

“My butler made a bigger fuss. He said if I suddenly see light, my eyes could get hurt and called all the doctors from the capital to the ducal mansion. Thanks to him, I was confined to my bedroom for three days.”

“Choke. Hehe.”

Bernard was skillful enough to do that.

“Why are you laughing?”

“I find it funny that Your Highness listened to the butler’s words. You seem like someone who would do whatever you set your mind to. Just like how you danced with me twice.”

Besides, hadn’t Illeon cut off the Empress’s words and brought her onto the floor? It was extremely uncomfortable to know that the Empress intended to pair her with Saviel, but it was surprisingly refreshing to give her a run for her money.

“Hmm. I suppose I can’t say that’s entirely correct.”

“Huh?”

“I didn’t listen to the butler’s words.”

Elysia’s body turned around in the opposite direction from before.

“I was threatened.”

“Huh? You were threatened?”

It was impossible for Bernard, who seemed to have become a butler at the ducal mansion to be Illeon’s fan, to threaten him.

“There’s a woman I’m looking for.”

Thud.

For a moment, Elysia’s foot stopped.

But Illeon smoothly wrapped his arm around her waist, drew her into his arms, and moved the stiff Elysia whole to the opposite side of him. Elysia hurriedly started stepping again.

“If I don’t do as he says, when I find that woman, he’ll tell her that I went out without even getting an examination as soon as I woke up. He said she would definitely get angry and worry if she knew I was wandering around as soon as I opened my eyes.”

Elysia felt a lump in her throat.

‘Everyone thought they’d forget me soon.’

The butler still remembered Lona. Plus, Illeon was looking for her.

‘I thought they’d be fine without me.’

Was she of any significance to him yet? Was she important enough that he might be angry if she didn’t manage her gaze properly?

A subtle heat began to simmer within her, unable to be honest with him. It was as if a piece of charcoal had caught fire, a warm glow pressing firmly on one spot, gradually making her heart flutter.

Before long, the second song had ended.

Ileun offered his hand to her again.

“How about we cause a major scene, now that it’s come to this?”

“I prefer to live quietly.”

“Hmm. Your Highness seems to not know yourself well. If you preferred to live quietly, you should have walked away in the middle of the second dance.”

Ileun’s large hand waited for Elisha.

‘If I take his hand now…’

She had a premonition that she wouldn’t be able to go back to before her debutante ball, before she danced with him.

‘Nevertheless…’

Almost simultaneously, she heard her name being called.

“Elisha.”

With a confused face, Mariella.

“Her Highness Elisha!”

The sight of Crown Prince Saviel, who seemed to be trying to ask her for the third dance, rushed towards her.

In the next moment, Elisha held Ileun’s hand as if to drag him along and headed to the dance floor.

“Unexpected.”

“Isn’t it what you wished for?”

They stood side by side with their arms crossed and joined the ranks of the dancers.

“I was hoping for it, but I didn’t know it would be this bold. I thought you’d be timid, having been a priestess for so long.”

“How did you know that?”

“If you don’t know Priestess Elisha in the capital, you’re an uncivilized man.”

“My name is already scandalous.”

Did Ileun have an interest in Elisha?

Suddenly, such a thought crossed her mind.

She had avoided the predestined fate with Karina in the original work. The role of Karina, who should have regained Ileun’s eyesight and fallen in love with him, had partly gone to Lona.

However, the Lona who made him open his eyes was a nonexistent person. After just helping him regain his sight, she disappeared from the story.

So, was Ileun supposed to live in a world without romance?

There was a time when she was curious about that.

“By the way, why are you telling your partner about, um, another woman?”

Perhaps because there was a personal feeling involved, her voice trembled slightly.

“Another woman’s story?”

“You said you were looking for a woman.”

Suddenly, Elisha thought that she might be jealous of Lona.

Although it made no sense, that was the only way to explain her feelings.

“Have you found that woman?”

“Halfway.”

Halfway? It’s either found or not found, what does halfway mean?

‘More importantly, he found Lona?’

Elisha asked, perplexed.

“Why is Your Highness looking for her?”

At her words, Ileun softly smiled.

“The woman I’m going to marry.”