“When you arrive at the Polroid Empire, Roa, you will enter the Duke of Di Glosten’s residence.”

Teishar got up early in the morning to finish his training, and after summoning the chefs, his heart began to ache again at the thought that he could no longer prepare breakfast for Lorencia to eat. It was natural to send Lorencia back to her original family, but in fact, he didn’t want to send her back.

“I feel uncomfortable thinking that I can’t take care of Roa’s food and cocoa early in the morning.”

Lorencia knew very well that Teishar managed all her meals and snacks every day. Thanks to his devotion, her skinny body gained weight and her face regained vitality. The more she felt his heart and devotion every day, the more lovely Teishar looked.

“When I enter the Di Glosten residence, can’t I see Ter every day?”

Her heart began to ache subtly at the thought that she could no longer see him, whom she loved, every day.

“No. As lovers, I plan to visit Di Glosten’s residence every day.”

“Then, on days when Ter is busy and can’t come, can I go to the Spencer residence?”

“Of course.”

Lorencia also knew that unless they were engaged, it would be scandalous for a noble lady to stay at the residence of an unmarried noble man. When she thought of the engagement, she turned her gaze away, feeling embarrassed for no reason.

Lorencia opened the small window of the carriage. The sky was clear and sunny. Hoping that this scenery would continue until they reached the Spencer residence, Lorencia leaned gently on Teishar’s shoulder inside the swaying carriage. The peaceful feeling was short-lived. Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

When he heard the commotion outside, Teishar frowned.

“It’s a monster attack.”

The knights outside the carriage announced the monster’s attack.

“Roa. You must never go out the door.”

Teishar said earnestly as he went out of the carriage. Lorencia looked out the window with a worried heart. A pitch-black human figure four times her size stood in front of the knights, roaring loudly.

“Everyone, enter battle formation!”

In Lorencia’s ears inside the carriage, the monster’s roar sounded not like a roar, but like a human pleading for life.

[Save me. It hurts.]

A painful voice.

Lorencia was perplexed by the strange voice that kept coming. She covered her ears with both hands. But the voice seeking help from her only grew louder.

[Help me. Help me. Please. Child of Goddess Ella.]

Lorencia took her hands off her ears and looked at the monster visible through the carriage window. Their eyes met. It wasn’t a roar to attack people. It was a sad and painful cry.

Lorencia opened the carriage door and went out. Amelin and Evan, who were guarding the outside of the carriage door, stopped Lorencia from coming out.

“Miss Lorencia. It’s dangerous.”

“It’s calling me.”

As Lorencia got out of the carriage, she met eyes with the huge monster in front of her. The monster, which had been roaring threateningly, suddenly became quiet when Lorencia appeared.

Teishar and the knights, who had taken a fighting stance, looked at the scene in wonder.

[Save me. Child of Goddess Ella.]

“You want me to save you?”

[It hurts.]

“What should I do?”

As soon as Lorencia’s question ended, the amethyst necklace suddenly began to glow. Lorencia grasped the necklace, then took her hand off it and looked down at her palm. As the light from the amethyst necklace grew larger and larger in her hand, Lorencia carefully approached the monster.

“Roa. It’s dangerous.”

Teishar ran to stop Lorencia from approaching the monster.

“It’s okay. Ter. It’s not dangerous at all.”

Lorencia stood in front of the monster and put the light gathered in her palm directly into the monster’s body.

[Finally…]

As the small light in Lorencia’s hand touched the monster, the light grew larger and larger, beginning to envelop the monster’s entire body. Teishar and the people behind him looked at the monster enveloped in light.

[The child of Goddess Ella has returned.]

As the light enveloping the monster subsided, instead of the scary, hideous monster disappearing, a palm-sized person with butterfly wings, a fairy, appeared.

Lorencia tilted her head and looked down at the cute fairy sitting on her hand.

“Was the monster just now…?”

[That’s right. I’m Fairy Coa. Thank you for saving me. Child of Goddess Ella.]

“Roa. How did the monster…”

“I don’t know either.”

Lorencia blinked and alternately looked at Fairy Coa and Teishar.

[Now that the child of Goddess Ella has returned, we must let everyone know.]

“What do you mean by letting them know?”

Teishar tilted his head at the sight of Lorencia looking at her palm and talking.

“Is there something on your palm, Roa?”

“It’s a fairy.”

“A fairy?”

“Ter, can’t you see the fairy on my palm?”

Teishar narrowed his eyes and stared at Lorencia’s palm. But he couldn’t see anything.

“I can’t see it at all.”

“Only I can see the fairy.”

When Lorencia subdued the huge monster that suddenly appeared in an instant, the knights began to murmur.

“Roa. Let’s go inside the carriage for now.”

Teishar picked Lorencia up in his arms.

[This is the timeline separator]

After the child of Goddess Ella disappeared, the appearance of monsters increased at an alarmingly rapid rate. Of course, due to the appearance of monsters, a peace treaty was made between the Isuter Empire and the Polroid Empire, but many people were sacrificed to protect the trade routes and outlying areas from monsters.

Teishar recalled the words of his father, Magus. At that time, he couldn’t understand it at all, but now, looking at Lorencia, he understood everything Magus had said.

Teishar kept looking at Lorencia’s palm. The fairy sitting on her palm wasn’t visible. It seemed that only Lorencia’s eyes could see it.

“Roa. Do you know how surprised I was?”

Teishar’s heart sank at the dizzying situation that had just occurred.

“Of course, if the monster had moved even a little, I could have protected Roa by slashing it with my sword, but I was really surprised when you suddenly came out of the carriage and went in front of the monster.”

Sighing, Teishar began to look at Lorencia. When Lorencia, who should have been inside the carriage, ran out of the carriage, his heart sank. His mind became complicated and his palms sweated.

“I’m sorry for surprising you so much…”

“Don’t apologize. Roa did nothing wrong.”

Teishar stopped Lorencia from apologizing.

“Still, I’m sorry!”

“Look at me. Roa.”

“Ter. You’re not angry, right?”

Lorencia felt uneasy. It felt like her heart was falling to the bottom and sinking deeper and deeper into a pitch-black swamp. She liked Teishar, so she didn’t want to be hated by him. She began to regret a little going out of the carriage.

“Roa, you didn’t do anything to make me angry.”

Teishar smiled kindly at Lorencia, whose eyes were drooping.

“But aren’t you angry at my actions?”

“Roa. Listen to me carefully.”

Seeing Lorencia’s anxious face, Teishar combed her red hair with his long fingers.

“When someone you like does something dangerous, you don’t get angry, you get worried.”

“Worried?”

“Worries like, what if they get hurt? That’s what I’m talking about.”

Lorencia looked into Teishar’s red eyes. There was no anger, rage, or irritation in his eyes.

“I was worried about Roa. I never brought it up to receive an apology.”

“No? But I didn’t listen to Ter.”

Lorencia’s violet eyes began to grow bigger and bigger. She couldn’t understand.

“I won’t get angry because you didn’t listen.”

“You mean you’re not angry at my actions?”

“I was just worried because it was dangerous. And I thought there must be a reason why Roa acted that way. Am I right?”

“Yes. There was a reason I came out of the carriage.”

Lorencia briefly explained to Teishar about the voice she heard from the moment the monster appeared and the fairy Coa sitting on her hand.

“Just know this one thing. No matter what Roa does or says, I will never get angry. I will only be worried.”

“Worried?”

“It’s natural and obvious to worry about someone you like.”

Lorencia’s lips trembled. His words made her feel like she had been hit on the head. She didn’t listen to him and went out of the carriage on her own. She thought she had to apologize for not listening. But Teishar said there was no fault and didn’t accept her apology until the end.

“I only thought I had to apologize.”

“If you’ve made someone you like worry, it’s best to say thank you for worrying about me rather than apologizing, Roa.”

“Thank you for worrying about me, Ter. And I’ll be careful from now on.”

I was wrong. For the first time, she realized that an apology is not the only way to improve someone’s mood.

“Roa.”

“Yes.”

“You don’t have to unconditionally listen to me, Roa. If you judge that it’s okay not to listen according to your thoughts, that thought will be right.”

Teishar is not someone who induces an apology. He is not Ruans. She realized that just the fact that someone sincerely cares about her can make her heart so full.

Something built up in her heart seemed to melt away.

“Thank you, Ter.”

Teishar laughed silently and gently stroked Lorencia’s cheek. Lorencia raised the corners of her mouth wide, her face red at his gentle touch.