The lady who held onto my sleeve weakly shook her head.

Seeing the lady’s body falling to the ground, I extended my arm to support her.

Thud. The lady’s body lightly collapsed onto his chest. It seemed like she had fainted due to a sudden headache.

‘Was the lady already unwell?’

Elijah narrowed his eyes. It was heard that the lady didn’t grow up in the Duke’s mansion from the beginning.

She was found and brought to the Duke’s mansion after being raised by someone else.

If that was the case, she might have some illness that she didn’t acquire while growing up in the Duke’s mansion.

Elijah hesitated for a moment. It seemed appropriate to take the lady with him, but…

‘No one knows I’m here.’

Although I had lightly disguised myself, my face hadn’t changed. If I were to meet the Duke or the other nobles, they would recognize me immediately.

On the other hand, leaving the lady here wasn’t an option either. If this fact were to be revealed, the Duke would not view him favorably.

In the end, Elijah cautiously sat on the ground. The lady was still sweating and biting her lips in apparent pain.

After taking a deep breath, Elijah gradually activated the latent divine power within him.

Quietly, so as not to be noticed by the sensitive twin nobles.

As the divine power flowed in little by little, the lady’s expression noticeably relaxed, and her faint breathing gradually stabilized.

‘This should be enough.’

Elijah gently leaned the lady against a tree, expecting her to recover soon.

As he was about to stand up, the lady’s facial features caught his attention.

He recalled the Duke’s face that lingered in his memory. Elijah compared the remembered face with the lady’s face before him.

‘It looks somewhat similar, but then again, not really…’

Judging solely by the black hair, he could be confident that she was his own daughter. However, when it came to other facial features, it was ambiguous, not quite similar yet not entirely different.

“Hmm.”

There was no way the thorough Duke would bring her here without properly recognizing her. Elijah quickly dismissed the thought.

Familiar embrace, a familiar scent. Warm and cozy.

‘Hehe, it’s Dad.’

I smiled with satisfaction, delving deeper into that embrace.

“Diene, are you awake?”

“Yeah…”

I couldn’t tell how long I had been sleeping so deeply. My father gently swept his forehead.

As I slowly opened my eyes, a strange scene came into view.

“Miss! Miss! Finally!”

“Miss, we’re so relieved that you’ve awakened…”

“Miss, oh, thank you, thank you, O divine one!”

Filen looked at me with gratitude, and Butler Doston wiped away the tears pooling in his eyes with a handkerchief.

Beside them, Physician Garrison was kneeling, searching for a god.

Under the gaze of the three, a deep shadow settled.
‘What on earth happened?’

Clemens was sitting next to me. Clemens was wearing a smile as usual.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yeah, I guess…”

Below the sofa where I was lying down, Dayvon squatted, staring at me.

“Why did you sleep so deeply? You didn’t even wake up when I pinched your cheek.”

“Oh, really?”

I did sleep soundly. I didn’t feel groggy or tired at all.

‘What did I do before going to sleep?’

I attended the banquet, prevented Asilwood Jak from cheating, had the Silver Snake tail me, and waited for the payment…

Then, belatedly, I started thinking about the current situation.

‘I collapsed outside, didn’t I…?’

For a moment, I wondered if the boy I encountered brought me to my mansion, but if that were the case, the servants wouldn’t be so restless.

“Who brought me here?”

“Your father did. He found you lying behind the annex.”

Clemens kindly explained. Only then did the puzzle pieces of the current situation fall into place.

“Why do you all look so exhausted?”

I asked cautiously, examining my family members’ faces.

“Did you get very surprised because of me?”

“It’s okay; we found you quickly. Thankfully.”

Dad’s voice was as calm as usual. Still, it felt like Dad wouldn’t have passed over this quietly, so I asked again.

“Dad, did I break anything or…?”

“Yeah.”

I breathed a sigh of relief at his immediate response. Then, Doston, wiping away tears of gratitude, said,

“Master, I’ll go check on your carriage for repairs. I don’t know if I can fix it, though. Ah, please don’t worry about the carriage you’ll use tomorrow; I’ll prepare a different one for you.”

As soon as Doston finished speaking, he swiftly left. Hearing his words, I stared at Dad with a puzzled expression.

Whether he sensed my gaze or not, Dad awkwardly averted his eyes and replied,

“…The wheel just came off a bit. I thought you weren’t at the mansion, so I rushed to leave, not realizing it.”

So, Dad’s words meant it was just a mistake, right? If it was a mistake, I could understand it.

“What are you talking about, sir? Are you saying that my lord accidentally caused a carriage to crash because he rushed to the mansion, thinking you weren’t here?”