Blair smiled and shook her head. “No, don’t do that. I’m fine as long as you are. I hope you get along well with other people.”

“But she also did wrong to the lady.”

Blair held Lena’s hand and spoke in a gentle voice.

“Lena, everyone makes mistakes.”

“…”

“Of course, there are mistakes that cannot be forgiven no matter what, but there are also things that can be corrected, even if it’s late.”

“…”

“What Meli did was wrong, but I don’t think it was a mistake that can’t be undone. And, most importantly, she seems to regret it herself.”

Last night, on the way back from Blair’s room to the servants’ quarters, Meli had apologized to Lena.

Remembering that scene, Lena nodded slowly in agreement with Blair’s words.

Blair smiled and asked, “So, how about giving that child a chance to make amends?”

“Sigh, our lady is too kind.”

Lena sighed and complained, but there was a faint smile on her face as she said that.

“Well, anyway… as the lady says, she didn’t seem like a bad child. She was the one who first noticed when the lady fainted yesterday and took action.”

“Really? Then I should thank Meli.”

The fact that her actions were different from her past life and had caused a change in her was secretly satisfying.

Blair listened to Lena’s stories about the small things in the mansion that she had prepared while she finished her morning routine.

After finishing her morning routine, Blair wiped her face with a towel, and at that moment, Lena let out a small exclamation as if she had just remembered something.

“Oh, right! His Excellency asked me to tell you that we should have the meal together that we couldn’t have yesterday.”

“…Is he awake?”

That meant Herdine hadn’t had a meal yet.

Blair tidied up her skin and changed her clothes, then went straight to the dining room. Mason, who saw her, bowed and greeted her, then opened the door for her.

He was sitting in the dining room, dressed impeccably, but with a lazy expression, leaning over a glass of wine.

“Did you sleep well, Your Excellency?”

Impeccably dressed, but with a lazy expression, he gave off a somewhat dangerous vibe, a feeling like a mastermind in the social scene.

Even if he had good manners, dressed neatly, and had a decent appearance, there was something about this man that couldn’t be hidden, something like his sharp nature.

Knowing the danger but perhaps even more attracted to it, a certain atmosphere.
Here is the English translation of the Korean paragraph:

In childhood, the impression of him was not much different from when she first met him.

Blair sat down next to him, feeling that fact anew.

“Yes, thanks to you.”

As Blair took her seat, the dishes began to arrive. The only sound in the dining room was the clinking of tableware.

Herdin was not the type to speak first, so the silence was familiar to Blair. The only difference from before was that the silence didn’t feel uncomfortable after last night.

Blair carefully took a bite of her steak, cutting it into small pieces and chewing it thoroughly. Then she cautiously spoke.

“Herdin, about the conversation we had yesterday.”

Instead of a response, his gaze turned to her.

“I understand that from your perspective, I could be very suspicious.”

They had talked about it yesterday, but it had ended with his apology. She felt like she should give her own reaction.

“But I promise you, I will never harm you, even if I have to stake everything I have.”

Blair’s expression as she said this was quite determined. Herdin, watching her with a calculating look, raised an eyebrow.

“Does that ‘everything’ include you?”

“What?”

“What is more precious in the world than ‘me’? If you’re going to bet everything and swear, it loses its credibility when you leave out the most valuable thing.”

Blair looked at him with a confused expression.

She had clearly said yesterday that she wouldn’t doubt him in the future, and now, just after one day, he was changing his words.

But despite the confusion, she replied with sincerity.

“…Of course, it includes you. And my words about wanting to maintain a good relationship with you are sincere as well.”

Herdin chuckled as he looked at Blair like that.

A woman who wanted him to trust her, even though she couldn’t tell him everything.

Absurd, but… maybe he should trust her for now. Besides, he didn’t smell the scent of another cub from her today.

Herdin, with an interested look, was tapping the wine glass in his hand when Mason entered with a knock.

“An invitation has arrived for both of you.”

He handed them an invitation with the emblem of the Hwang family on it. It was an invitation to Katrina’s birthday party.