Clearly, I moved my mouth to make a sound, but the voice I heard was not my familiar one.

Trinity tried to brush her nape.

“Stop it!”

The man shouted, roughly snatching Trinity’s hand as it moved towards her nape.

“Ah, how dare you!”

Trinity glared at the man, unable to hide her anger.

To touch the body of a royal. How impudent.

Trinity could now properly see the man who was practically embracing her body.

Black hair neatly arranged without a strand out of place.

Moderately thick and dark eyebrows.

A straight forehead leading to a high nose bridge, with a nasal ridge that seemed as if sculpted by a master craftsman.

‘…Duke Cabelased Cardia?’

Trinity had seen this man a few times before. It was quite a long time ago, but she remembered clearly.

No, anyone who had seen him up close even once would never forget for a lifetime.

It was rare to find someone with such captivating looks, regardless of gender.

His upright and correct posture, actions, speech, and gaze all exuded the dignity befitting a great noble.

So much so that anyone who saw him would immediately realize, “Ah, he must be of noble birth.”

But Trinity had a different reason for remembering him.

While outwardly treating her with utmost courtesy befitting a royal, his eyes held a subtle contempt.

It was an uncommon occurrence.

To not appear even slightly submissive before a royal, especially the First Imperial Princess who was mentioned as the next Emperor.

When Trinity’s gaze moved to his wide-set almond-shaped eyes, his lips parted.

“How dare you…”

The low voice sounded rather dry. But she could still sense the subtle irritation buried within.

As Trinity simply stared at him without replying, a chilly voice soon sprang from his mouth.

“…Did you just say ‘how dare you’ to me?”

Her shoulders suddenly trembled.

It was a first. For her shoulders to instinctively shrink from someone’s gaze.

It had never happened before, not even under the piercing gaze of the Emperor, the greatest power in the empire, nor when she was forced to kneel before the leader of barbarians who knew no mercy.

“I…”

Trinity opened her mouth, then closed it again. Her own voice, trembling faintly, was too unfamiliar.

‘But what on earth has he been saying… Jieselgrante?’

Feeling that she wouldn’t be able to communicate with the man right in front of her, she quickly tried to call for a maid.

As she turned her head to pull the bell cord, she was startled.

“…!”

In the mirror located where she turned her head, the face of a woman who looked much younger than Trinity was reflected.

The woman in the mirror stared directly into Trinity’s eyes without averting her gaze.

Trinity soon realized why Duke Cabelased Cardia had been calling her “Jieselgrante Amaterasu” from earlier.

“Ha… Ji, Jiesel… grante?”

A mirthless chuckle escaped her lips.

“Yes. Jieselgrante. That’s the name you’ve been called since birth.”

Cabelased spat out the words mockingly. She glared at him with sharpened eyes. And just as he was about to open his mouth again.

“…Oh, Miss?”

A young maid who had walked into the bedroom muttered as if she had seen something bizarre, stopping in her tracks.

Then she immediately shouted towards the corridor.

“Miss! Miss Jiesel is alive!”

Hearing that powerful voice, soon a middle-aged maid ran into the bedroom.

“What nonsense are you… Miss?”

Following her, several young employees entered the bedroom, and their reactions were not much different.

“Bring the Duke.”

Duke Cardia ordered the employees who were standing dumbfounded, staring blankly at her.

“…”

“It seems the doctor made a mistake. As you can all see, it’s not true that the Amaterasu Duke’s daughter has passed away.”

“…”

The employees who had been blinking their eyes finally nodded their heads and hurriedly left the bedroom.

“I’ll bring the Duke and young master!”

“I’ll get the doctor…”

“Then I’ll fetch the head butler…”

Shortly after, when Duke Amaterasu entered the bedroom and saw Trinity, he shed tears of joy.

“Thank goodness… Thank heavens.”

The young Amaterasu master also couldn’t take his eyes off her face.

“Jiesel…”

The butler kept repeating words of gratitude to God, and the maids’ reactions were roughly similar.

Trinity still wanted to ask what had happened to her.

But as the atmosphere was not at all conducive to asking such things, she just kept her mouth shut and looked at the people in the bedroom.

Then her eyes met those of the man who remained expressionless amidst the panic-stricken people.

“…”

Duke Cardia, who had been staring at her with an inscrutable gaze, opened his mouth.

“Wouldn’t it be better if we left so the young lady can rest?”

Trinity, the First Imperial Princess of the Feisis Empire. That was the name that referred to her. Not Jieselgrante, the Amaterasu Duke’s daughter.

She still couldn’t believe the fact that she had suddenly become Jieselgrante after living her entire life as Princess Trinity.

‘Have I… gone mad?’

She thought that for a moment, but she was clearer-headed and more sane than ever.

‘Or maybe I’m dreaming…’

That didn’t seem to be the case either. It was too vivid for all five senses to be a dream.

‘Then why…’

As she mulled over the incomprehensible current situation, she soon decided to set aside problems she couldn’t understand right away.

And she tried to recall her memories from before possessing Jieselgrante’s body.

She had gone to her bedroom as usual, tossed and turned a bit, but fell asleep. That was all she could remember.

It was when she was confused by the incomprehensible situation.

Knock knock.

The sound of someone knocking on the bedroom door was heard.

“Miss. Have you calmed down a bit?”

Judging by the way she was addressed and the cautious voice, it seemed to be the maid who had been attending to Jieselgrante.

She had just been thinking that she needed information to overcome the current frustrating situation.

She immediately answered.

“Come in.”

A maid and an old man with white hair wearing a monocle entered the bedroom.

“It was really true…”

The old man, who had been looking at her with disbelieving eyes, soon bowed deeply and apologized.

“It was my mistake. I’m truly sorry, Miss.”

“…”

She couldn’t know what kind of mistake he had made to apologize like that.

So instead of answering, she just looked at him with emotionless eyes.

“It’s awkward to say this after making such a big mistake… but this is truly miraculous! In my 20 years as a doctor, this is the first time I’ve experienced something like this…”

The old man lifted his head slightly, seeming a bit excited.

“A miracle?”

Jieselgrante’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Perhaps thinking it was an expression of anger, the white-haired old man bowed his head and continued speaking.

“I, I’ll stop making excuses. I’ve committed a grave offense. Please punish me.”

Looking at the old man who was asking for punishment with his head deeply bowed, she felt somewhat tired.

It was difficult to hastily ask about the whole story. Moreover, she didn’t really want to know.

What kind of mistake he had made, such things were not her concern right now.

“That’s enough. You may leave now.”

The old man slowly raised his head and examined her expression, his face tinged with tears.

“Are you not going to punish me for committing such a grave error?”

Trinity thought for a moment and then waved her hand in the air.

It was again a gesture telling him to leave.

“Then before I depart, may I examine your physical condition, Miss?”

“Ah…”

Trinity only then realized. That the old man before her was the Amaterasu ducal family’s physician.

Although she felt better than ever, perhaps due to the change in her body, Trinity nodded, hoping to learn something through him.

“…My goodness.”

The physician shook his head after finishing the examination.

“Why, what’s wrong?”

The maid asked with a worried expression, and the physician swallowed dryly before speaking.

“A truly miraculous thing has happened.”

“Why?”

“It’s still hard to believe, but the Miss’s illness has completely disappeared.”

‘Illness…’

“Then I’ll take my leave now. I must hurry to deliver this joyous news to the Duke and young master as well…”

After the physician left the bedroom, the maid placed a mug filled with warm milk in her hands.

“God must truly cherish you, Miss. That’s why He held onto your soul, not letting you depart early.”

“Held onto my soul?”

The maid seemed flustered for a moment, her lips quivering before she spoke.

“Miss. Perhaps, are you having trouble remembering?”

Trinity stared at the maid and nodded.

The maid seemed to contemplate for a long time, unsure of what to say first, before finally opening her mouth again.

“Actually, you were pronounced dead just a short while ago, Miss.”

“What?”

A shrill voice escaped Trinity’s lips.

Soon, the unfamiliar feeling of it not being her usual voice struck her again.

“Because of that, the ducal residence was turned upside down. But then you miraculously woke up like this. That’s why everyone is confused but also overjoyed.”

The maid continued speaking calmly, trying to suppress her slightly excited mood.

Through her conversation with the maid, Trinity was able to learn various pieces of information. Starting with the fact that the name of the maid babbling in front of her was Lindsey.

“So, Lindsey. You’re saying I was about to die?”

“Um… how should I put this… Actually, it wasn’t so much that you were really about to die, but rather…”

Lindsey trailed off, gauging Trinity’s reaction.

“Tell me everything honestly, without hiding anything.”

At Trinity’s urging, Lindsey just blinked her eyes as if hesitating.

“It’s okay, go ahead?”

Trinity, realizing her own somewhat overbearing tone, coaxed Lindsey more gently. Finally, Lindsey opened her mouth.

“It was… a kind of performance to attract Duke Cardia’s attention.”

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