Skaha took a leisurely walk through the expansive garden of Lindcoem Mansion, where autumn was in full swing.

Well-maintained trees and shrubs adorned the surroundings beautifully. The late autumn sunlight bathed each tree, celebrating the season with various shades of red and yellow.

Mahha, nestled in a stroller, made various sounds while taking a nap.

Casar strolled gracefully, holding Skaha’s hand with one hand and pushing the stroller with the other.

It was a dazzling peace.

Skaha recalled a scene she had once imagined in her mind, walking together with her baby. The reality painted before her eyes was much more beautiful than the meager imagination she had considered nearly impossible.

“How is your body? The nun said you’ve recovered a lot.”

“I’m much better. Just a little bleeding.”

“Still, endure for about a month.”

“What… Oh!”

Skaha realized Casar’s intention belatedly, as he shamelessly mentioned her complexion without changing his expression. In embarrassment, Skaha tried to withdraw her hand quickly, but the man had already noticed and held onto her hand firmly.

“Really, every chance you get…!”

“I only relayed what I heard.”

He must have heard about it. When he directly asked Etein when their relationship could become possible.

The nun is a virtuous person, only studying and assisting with childbirth and postpartum care. Yet, she received numerous embarrassing questions from this shameless man, not completely of explicit intent but often inquiring about good places to massage for expectant mothers.

“But I lost the letter you wrote for me.”

“What letter?”

“The heartfelt love letter Casar wrote to Skaha in Ebon Vaha.”

“Oh.”

Embarrassment or shyness was usually Skaha’s domain, but this time, Casar’s ears turned red.

“Huh? He’s embarrassed.”

“…No, I’m not.”

“Uh-huh, not at all! Your ears turned red!”

Skaha tried to turn and shake him off, but he covered his ears and turned his head. He seemed cute, not realizing that he would be teased even more.

“Lugard heard my story and went to check the road again, but there was nothing. It seems to have gone somewhere, like the broken carriage.”

“I’ll write it again… Can you remember the contents since you’re so smart? Should I write it exactly the same way? My beloved Skaha, I’ve missed you since the moment you left.”

Skaha recited a deeply moving passage from the letter, and Casar closed his eyes, embracing Skaha tightly.

“Stop it… I remember everything.”

Seeing Skaha smiling and reciting the poignant lines, he couldn’t bring himself to say harsh words anymore.

“But how… I placed it in the family tomb. How do you have it?”
Come to think of it, there was also something like an urn along with the letter. It seems that the lady opened the family tomb in Lindcoem perfectly to erase any traces of Skaha.

At the time of receiving it, I was so disoriented by the fact of being driven away that I couldn’t understand what was happening or what the family tomb had to do with it.

“…When I said I was going to Lindcoem, the lady brought it out.”

“Really?”

Worried that he might notice something strange, Skaha quickly changed the subject.

“Oh, but I haven’t seen Lugard for a few days. He seems to have been in the sanctuary, but…”

While the Imperial Army guards had not yet returned and were still guarding in pairs, Lugard was nowhere to be seen. A light peck followed Skaha’s wandering thoughts.

“Are you worried? He’s not really my younger brother.”

“Nemed isn’t a real brother, but I’m worried. Lugard isn’t a real younger brother, but I’m worried. I wonder where Eriu, who isn’t a real sister, is and what she’s doing right now.”

The man, expressing dissatisfaction by lightly twitching his eyes at Skaha, who was murmuring rebelliously to his question, soon let out a faint sigh.

“Mr. Nemed is working hard at the lawyer’s office, that scoundrel Lugard is locked up in the royal prison, and Mr. Eriu is known to have joined Corv Comprehensive Hospital after the war.”

Ah…

Skaha, with a blank expression, wondered for a moment what to ask first.

She probably found out where Eriu was working during the process of handling various rewards after the war. As a smart man, he would have remembered where a few medical staff members were working.

More than anything, Lugard was important now.

“Why did Lugard go to prison?”

“He’s accused of taking money from the fake princess hired by Pederimede.”

“Lugard? Why?”

“Well, maybe he tried to escape with you.”

Skaha firmly denied with a raised head.

Lugard has never attempted such a thing, nor has he shown any similar signs…

‘Sister, if you ever feel like running away, even a little…’

Suddenly, Skaha recalled Lugard’s words in the library, stopping her steps for a moment.

Perhaps that’s it…? But it was attached with a clue like ‘if Princess Erwin harasses,’ and it wasn’t such a strong claim, so she thought it was just passing words.

Without asking anything, Casar, who had stopped walking, waited quietly for Skaha.

“Even if he received it, there must have been other circumstances…”