The doctor who came out of the room cautiously talked about Dylan’s poisoning aftermath.

“It may be temporary, and we need to monitor the progress, but…”

Brandon Osborne sighed as if astonished.

“The limp has now reached his eyes.”

Everyone fell silent.

Brandon Osborne wiped his tired eyes and said.
“As you heard, in any case, we can’t ‘show’ those glorious figures anymore. I apologize for raising my son like that.”

“……Now please leave.”

With Arthur’s permission, Tristan returned to the unit and began questioning a renowned doctor who had experience treating blind patients, as well as a priest and a scholar. He visited people who had temporarily lost their sight during the war and recovered, and also inquired about soldiers currently seeking treatment for vision problems. And during all these tasks, Tristan suddenly found a reasonably good excuse to inquire about Arthur’s vision problem.

On the surface, it was for one person.

In reality, for both of them, Tristan began to act.

Chirp chirp…

Reyna woke up alone in bed.

And she realized that Arthur hadn’t returned last night.

“…….,”

Reyna got up and opened the window. The soft breeze and the morning sunlight shook Reyna’s hair. Reyna closed her eyes and felt the wind.

It’s okay even if Arthur doesn’t come.

I’m okay.

If I can go back to Grandma, that’s enough for me.

With closed eyes, Reyna recalled the day she received a cup from Arthur.

Contemplating whether to talk to him,

the day she thought would become a lifetime memory.

It seemed it would turn out that way.

It was such a good time.

Reyna stretched confidently.

“Lord Arthur was just a little angry.”

“Your role is just to calm down the current chaos. Nothing more, nothing less.”

How much time had passed?

It felt like a very long time since I heard that story.

As if Lady of the manor and Miss were things of the distant past,

I felt like I had been by Arthur’s side for a very long time.

Even though I lived a life waking up at dawn in the maid’s attic for more than ten years,

I quickly became accustomed to the bed that was so white and warm and the midday sunlight.

But when Brody came in and put on a new dress that she had never worn before and dressed her up beautifully.

Reyna finally burst into tears when she looked at herself in the mirror.

“Reyna, why, why are you crying?!”

“…….,”

I don’t know. Even I don’t.

Why am I crying?

Reyna couldn’t understand her own feelings.

Now, Lord Arthur won’t come to me.

He won’t come into this room.

Brody didn’t know what to do and fidgeted,

“Do whatever you want, Reyna!”

Shouting, she adorned her with all the precious jewelry she usually didn’t wear.

Reyna sobbed as she received the makeup as Brody did everything for her.

Eventually, when Reyna came to her senses, she was wearing the world’s most expensive pearl earrings,

adorned with flowers, and stood in front of the tailor on the day of the improvement ceremony.

Reyna awkwardly smiled, welcoming Taylor with reddened eyes.

“……Taylor.”

It seemed like she had been contemplating how to greet Taylor.

She forgot everything.

There seemed to be something she wanted to ask Taylor,

but now she didn’t know what she was doing.

The mismatched dress looked absurd.

Brody’s compliments, calling it very pretty, seemed like an absurd joke.

And when she realized she stood in front of her only friend without preparing anything,

Reyna was suddenly overwhelmed with fear.

When their eyes met, it was because Taylor could tell that she didn’t know everything.

“…….,”

Taylor endured the shock without showing any expression.

“…….,”

Reyna awkwardly twisted the hem of her dress and bit her lip.

Please don’t just ask what she’s doing right now.

Please don’t make her forget or ask about this and that.

She had no confidence to answer anything.

It would have been better if he had come knowing everything…

After a short silence, Taylor smiled at her.

“……Yes, Miss.”

Reyna looked at him in surprise.

Her long-time friend bowed his head and calmly expressed his greetings.

“……It’s been a while.”

Reyna burst into tears again.

As Reyna began to cry, K and Lionel, who were guarding by the door, approached and made Taylor step back from her.

Then, with their gaze, the two knights silently drew an invisible line between her and Taylor.

I’ve imagined you in a dress before.

But it wasn’t in a situation like this.