There was severe bleeding from her head. Thinking she might lose Larisa, it felt dizzying.

“Let’s go to the mansion right now. Larisa will be okay.”

Guinevere reassured herself as she spoke. William nodded.

“Just a moment! Duke Rodante!”

“Your Highness!”

The professor that Guinevere had brought along hastily supported the princess, who walked out behind William. The princess quickly grabbed William’s arm and said,

“Please take me too. Larisa tried to save me and got hurt.”

“…”

“I want to be by her side when she wakes up.”
The princess’s voice trembled lightly. William nodded and teleported with the princess and Guinevere to the mansion.

Leaving Larisa’s treatment to the royal physician, the three waited by her bedside for Larisa to wake up.

“What if she doesn’t wake up like this? Huhuh.”

The princess shed tears with anxiety.

“Don’t say unlucky things.”

Guinevere coldly rebuked. William, feeling that Guinevere was pressing too persistently, sighed.

“The physician said she’s okay, so she’ll wake up soon.”

“William… William Rodante, the Duke, right? I’ve heard a lot about you from Larisa.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. She said you were a kind person…”

Realizing that both gentlemen were interested, the princess brought up Larisa’s story.

“Larisa, although we haven’t known each other for long, is a precious friend to me.”

There was a clear reaction. Even Guinevere, looking at her, made the princess smile faintly.

“Do you know about this? It’s a snowflake flower… a flower that heralds the beginning of spring. Larisa thought of me and picked it for me while walking down the road… I’ve never received such a gift before. It’s a gift that suits Larisa, isn’t it?”

“Lara likes wildflowers.”

With Guinevere’s words, the princess was convinced. Unlike the general assessment, Guinevere greatly valued Larisa. Even now, he seemed much more restless than the calm duke.
The child who made Guinevere Rodante uneasy, Larisa, turned out to be more formidable than expected.

“I made a bracelet with real thread to celebrate our friendship, but Larisa insisted on just keeping it without wearing it, saying it would be a shame if it broke. It’s just a simple thread bracelet…”

The princess shed tears and twisted with emotion. As expected, William supported her.

“Your Highness, it would be good for you to have a check-up as well.”

“I’m fine. Larisa took care of me, didn’t she?”

The princess continued to insist.

“If Larisa is aware that I’m okay, she’ll feel relieved. She got hurt so badly trying to protect me…”

“Then I’ll prepare a nearby room. Lara won’t like it if she knows Your Highness forced yourself.”

“But…”

A while later, with the servant’s announcement that the room was ready, William escorted the princess himself. After escorting the princess to her room, he returned to Larisa’s room and asked,

“What happened?”

It was an unavoidable conversation in front of the princess.

“The magic professors used Meteor.”

“That’s… Mother’s magic.”

“Yes.”

Guinevere sighed deeply.

“Those foolish professors succeeded in reading the flow of the stars and even successfully deviating the meteor from its orbit.”

Guinevere let out a frustrated sigh.

“They just canceled the magic in that state, so we didn’t know where the meteor would fall.”
“So, Mother destroyed it herself.”

“Yes. That’s why I couldn’t go directly to rescue Larisa.”

William also sighed along. In the situation where Larisa had lost consciousness, he had to find her with detection magic.

When he found Larisa buried in the debris within the magic circle, it felt like his heart sank.

If Larisa’s wristwatch didn’t have a feature to determine survival status, he might have panicked as well.

That feature was an addition William had researched in alchemy during the past hours.

“In the past, such things didn’t happen.”

Guinevere nodded.

“The only change is that I started developing the territory, and it seems like I’m being restrained because of that.”

“William, it’s not your fault.”

“I’m not blaming myself. What I mean is, this kind of thing might happen again in the future. Mother.”

William said with a calm face. His gaze touched the pale face of unconscious Larisa. Her young face was already soaked in blood.

Daisy was diligently wiping away the bloodstains on her face and hair, but the water in the basin was entirely reddened due to the severe bleeding.

William’s heart sank cold.