It was quite a chilling imagination.

Assuming that something is inside every meal consumed requires a tremendous amount of physical and mental exhaustion.

But it was necessary to heed Lennen’s words. Seven years ago, something unimaginable, or rather, something she hadn’t even considered, happened.

She had swapped the child in front of the exhausted mother with wide-open eyes. Attempting poisoning was much more common and easier.

Although it rarely led to death in reality. Still, ingesting poison isn’t a pleasant feeling.

‘I need a pen and paper.’
Aria searched through the bookshelf in the room. There, she found drawing paper, pencils, and watercolors that Luke had brought in for Bonita.

She applied saliva to the corner of a large drawing paper and tore it apart.

Then, she began writing her reply.

Dear Oh

Aria struggled from the beginning.

Because she couldn’t write the letters ‘오라버니’ (ohraboni) no matter what.

In the end, Aria had to change the opening of the letter that she had thought of in advance.

Dear Oh Lennen,

I received the letter well.

I’ll be sure to keep your advice in mind.

Otherwise, Oh Lennen, if you don’t mind due to the curse, as a gift, a small animal

Thinking about it, raising an animal for poison detection seems excessive.

If the affectionate animal were to die, it wouldn’t be good for Bonita’s education either.

Could you possibly get a magical device that can detect poison and send it?

If possible, it’s better to disguise it as something like a fountain pen.

Then, I’ll wait for you to visit the Duke’s mansion in the near future.

“……. ”

The pen nib hesitated and stopped with hesitation.

Naturally, even in the concluding part of the letter, the word ‘엘로디’ (Elodie) could not be written at all.

Aria finally had to write it like this:

Aria

It was a truly plain signature.

The reason for not writing the last name was not so much a sign of intimacy but more to withdraw the foot in case the letter was caught if, by chance, it was leaked.

Looking at the contents of Lennen’s letter, it seemed there was no need to worry about leakage.

‘Lennen is not the type to take risks.’

If he thought so, it was probably safe.

There were only a few cases in history where Serengoo’s information leaked.

“Kururuk.”

After gently caressing the neck of the satisfied Serengoo, Elodie folded the letter and tied it to the pigeon’s leg.

Tied it… “Is it a bit too big?”

“Kururuk!”

The pigeon that was flying energetically came back to the ground.

The little one pointed to its leg with its wing.

“Kururuk!”

“Sorry. I’ll write it on a smaller piece of paper.”

In the end, Aria copied the letter she wrote on a smaller piece of paper in small letters, put the original back, tore it up again, and burned it in the bonfire.

Sending a letter was really difficult.

“Can I go to sleep now, sir?”

“Sure.”

As we finished our meal, the sun had completely set. Luke, looking outside the tent, calmly spoke.

“The servants have been ordered to clean the room you used before. Oh, are you going to share it with Bentley? We can clean another room for the kid.”

“Ah, even if I share”

“I prefer being alone!”

Bentley, who was following the two adults, shouted desperately.

“I can’t sleep well when I’m with someone. Even at home, I always sleep alone.”

“Bentley is quite mature.”

“Hehe, no. It’s nothing special.”
Having received praise from Luke, Bentley glanced at Bonita and smiled slyly.

“If you’re ten years old, it’s natural to sleep alone.”

Bonita raised an eyebrow.

‘What do you mean?’

In any case, he was a strange kid.

Luke, who didn’t notice the tension between the two kids, called for the maid.

“Prepare a room for this kid to use. There’s not much time left until bedtime, so do it as quickly as possible.”

She immediately bowed and disappeared at an astonishing speed. It was always a surprising agility.

“Bonita, do you want to play a little more?”

Bentley raised his voice while holding Bonita’s hand. The boy looked at Luke with sparkling eyes.

As Luke nodded, the boy dragged Bonita back to the playroom they were in earlier.

It was the desperate struggle of a child who didn’t want to get scolded by his father.

“He’s really good at playing. Right, sir?”

“That’s true.”

Oliver, who was watching the two kids, smiled briefly and then turned his gaze to Luke.

“By the way, sir. I have something I want to ask.”

“What is it?”

“I heard that the woman who brought Bonita is staying in this mansion…”

Tap, tap.

He lightly tapped his fingers and asked with a suspicious tone.

“Where is she?”

His dark eyes flashed with a hint of danger.