“Time was more delayed than I thought.”

Late at night, Rosé, who had arrived at the earl’s house, sighed. Her looking around behavior seemed very cautious.

Rosé followed the wall of the earl’s mansion to a dark place.

The huge barrier was so high that even a sturdy man couldn’t jump over it.

Rosé looked up and down the massive wall and took a deep breath.

Could she possibly be thinking of jumping over this wall?

Rosé, who breathed in as if she would run at any moment, rounded her mouth.

“Whistle whistle whistle.”

In the quiet darkness, the faint sound of a whistle echoed three times.

Rosé leaned her ear against the wall of the earl’s mansion as if she were waiting for someone’s signal.

“Could it be, no one?”

The confident expression on Rosé’s face as she whistled turned uneasy.

“Oh, what to do. If not this way, there’s no other way in….”

She became anxious.

She was a little late, but she thought she could easily get in here.

Rosé gnashed her teeth and nervously rolled her eyes.

She leaned her ear against the wall and also knocked on it toc toc.

But no matter how long she waited, there was no reply to her signal.

“It’s over….”

She thought it had been a perfect day since the negotiation with Archduke Artem ended well.

She didn’t anticipate this variable.

If Jane, who is lying in her bed instead of herself, doesn’t go to her accommodation by dawn, people would definitely sense something strange.

Rosé jumped on the spot, intending to jump over the wall.

A trivial jumping ability.

With this level, it was not even close to jumping over the wall, she couldn’t even reach it with her hand.

Rosé, looking very gloomy, sighed as she looked at the giant wall in front of her.

“Ha, let’s try whistling one more time.”

She whistled again, as if grasping at straws.

“Whistle.”

Once,

“Whistle.”

Twice, and then,

“Madam!”

Just as she was about to whistle for the third time, someone called out to Rosé.

Rosé lifted her head toward the direction of the voice. Looking up at the sky, she could see someone agile jumping over the wall.

He landed in front of Rosé without hesitation.

“Seren!”

It was Seren, Rosé’s escort knight.

She couldn’t hide her pleased expression and greeted Seren.

“Where have you been? I thought you were gone.”

“I’m sorry. I accidentally fell asleep.”

Seren, rubbing his sleepy eyes, lazily spoke to Rosé.

“I’m glad you showed up.”

“You’re quite late, have you finished your business? I was so worried. You were adamant about going alone!”

Seren complained to Rosé with a disgruntled expression. Seeing him still yawning, a faint smile escaped Rosé’s lips.

“Were you worried? You seem to have fallen sound asleep to me.”

“That, that’s because you were much later than you promised! I was tired from searching the entire village! I just dozed off a bit.”

Seren reacted as if he was being teased by Rosé’s words.

Feeling sorry for Seren, who was pouting his lips, Rosé smoothed over his feelings, telling him it was just a joke.

“Come here. You need to get inside now.”

Seren, while grumbling, reached out his hand to Rosé.

Seren, who still seemed young, lightly picked up Rosé. Rosé wrapped her arms around his neck.

“Hold on tight. We’re going over.”

Seren, holding Rosé, took large strides backward. He took a deep breath and ran at a tremendously fast speed.

Rosé tightened her grip on Seren’s neck. Even while carrying Rosé, Seren jumped up very lightly.

With one hand holding Rosé, and the other hand touching the wall, he jumped over it.

“We’re here. Please go in quickly. Jane should be waiting.”

After landing safely, Seren whispered to Rosé as he put her down.

“Thank you, Seren.”

“I absolutely can’t do this kind of favor again in the future.”

“Okay!”

Responding quickly to Seren’s worried words, Rosé hurriedly went into the mansion.

It was a time when everyone was asleep.

While several guards were protecting the house, no one was paying attention to Rosé, who was dressed in maid’s clothes.

Rosé sneaked into her bedroom like a kitten.

As soon as she entered, she saw Jane lying in her bed. Jane, at Rosé’s request, was wearing a pink wig and was covered with a white bed sheet.

“Jane.”

Rosé called out to Jane in a whisperlike voice.

But only heavy silence answered, no voice was heard in return.

Jane, lying on her back, looked deflated. Rosé was worried at the sight of her listless figure.

“Jane, I’m sorry. I’m too late.”

She didn’t mean to come this late. The clock pointed at 10.

Approaching Jane, Rosé felt something was off. The maid who she thought was asleep was visibly trembling.

“Jane?”

Rosé rushed towards Jane, then swiftly checked her face, which was silently crying.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

“Lady…”

Jane’s trembling fingers held onto Rosé. Rosé lit the bedside lamp and looked at Jane worriedly.

“Jane, are you okay? Why are you crying? Did Eric do something?”

Rosé grabbed Jane’s shoulder and asked. Jane just shook her head with her watery eyes.

“No…”