Without hesitation, Caliph left the bedroom, and Felix, who had momentarily lost focus, quickly approached Evelia.

He carefully observed Evelia’s complexion with a sharp gaze. Evelia’s face seemed to be more relaxed day by day. Yet, why wouldn’t she open her eyes?

With a frustrated heart, Felix lowered his eyelids tightly and focused his mind. He had to wake her up. To do so, Felix injected an appropriate amount of energy into her body.

Swiftly, he assessed her condition through her veins. Clearly, there was improvement. Although not completely recovered, it was evident that she wouldn’t remain in such a deep sleep.

“But, why…?”

While instinctively chewing on his lower lip, Felix continued to gaze at the still-sleeping Evelia.

Meanwhile, the auras of Caliph and Yustia, which had been felt not far away, began to gradually move away.

Felix urgently approached the window. There, he could see Caliph provoking Yustia, increasing the distance between the Crown Prince’s palace and them.

The intention behind this was too obvious. Therefore, Felix couldn’t help but feel more tense.

“Please. Please, Caliph, just hold on a little longer.”

Felix whispered desperately towards the gradually receding Caliph. Then, he immediately returned to Evelia’s side.

He swiftly uncovered the blanket covering Evelia’s body and firmly grasped her folded hands. Then, he concentrated again.

He had to find Evelia, who might be wandering somewhere in her unconscious mind. With his earnest heart, he radiated a blue aura.

In an instant, Felix’s body, as well as Evelia’s silhouette, were completely covered in a blue light.

With narrowed eyebrows, Felix focused even more. There was no time. Evelia had to be awakened before Caliph became dangerous.

“Eve. Eve, wake up. Eve.”

In her drowsiness, a familiar voice kept tapping her ears. Evelia’s eyelids began to flutter little by little.

“Eve. Wake up. The cherry blossom branches you like have bloomed beautifully.”

The voice, unable to wait even for a moment, tapped Evelia’s ear again. Continuously, the voice eventually made Evelia lift her eyelids and blink her eyes.

The blurry vision quickly became clear. Reflected above her eye pupils was the boyish face of Caliph.

“Cal…?”

It was a face she hadn’t seen in such a long time. Therefore, it felt both familiar and unfamiliar.

Even though the emotions were vivid on her face, Caliph, in the form of a child, smiled brightly.

“Are you awake?”

“Yeah. But what happened? Where is this?”

“Where? It’s the hill behind the mansion.”

“Hill?”

Evelia, confronted with an unfamiliar name, involuntarily narrowed her gaze. The hill behind the mansion.
The mansion in the capital that Evelia remembered had a charming garden, but there was nothing resembling a hill at the back.

But had Evelia ever spent time with young Caliph in the mansion in the capital?

Evelia, who had been momentarily confused, soon realized that this place wasn’t the capital but a territory in the south.

If this was a territory, then the mention of a hill behind the mansion made sense. Though not vividly remembered, unlike the mansion in the capital, the mansion in the territory was surrounded by a forest.

Sometimes, when taking a stroll into the forest at the back, she used to lean against the cherry blossom tree, which fluttered in the wind and showered with cherry blossoms. Perhaps, that was what he was talking about.

“But why are we here?”

“You suggested going for a walk yesterday.”

“I did?”

“Yeah. Don’t you remember? You even asked me to read a book under the cherry blossom tree.”

“Ah… Did I say that?”

“What? You really don’t remember?”

Caliph looked at Evelia with a face full of disappointment. Due to this, Evelia couldn’t discern her own feelings and felt flustered.

It was natural for her not to remember. Waking up suddenly to a voice while sleeping sweetly, would she remember a promise made yesterday?

Nevertheless, facing Caliph’s disappointed face was too anxious.

Looking at Caliph with apologetic eyes, Evelia gently held his hand.

“Sorry, Cal. I must have forgotten.”

“It’s okay; it happens. Anyway, the fact that you and I are together now hasn’t changed, so that’s enough.”

Caliph still couldn’t hide his disappointed expression, but he said it with determination. Why did Evelia find his downturned lips so ticklish? Unable to endure any longer, Evelia brightly smiled.

Although her memories were blurry, Caliph in his childhood had been like this. Somehow, this situation felt like an unexpected stroke of luck for Evelia.

Even without this, not properly remembering him had always been a burden on her heart. Recalling a point in time when he was young, and accurately remembering memories with him were two different issues.

But today, somehow, it seemed like she had a chance to lighten the burden that had been persistently weighing on her heart.

“Cal, what did you say earlier? I heard you saying something in my sleep.”

“Oh, there.”