“Your Highness.”

Belia furrowed her brows against the sunlight streaming through her closed eyes.

“Your Highness, you need to wake up.”

“Umm…”

Somehow, her body felt heavy.

However, with another sharp voice urging her, Belia reluctantly sat up in bed.

“His Highness is waiting for you.”

Khalid? Is something urgent…?

If it were the usual Khalid, he wouldn’t wake someone sleeping like this out of the blue…

In a dazed state, Belia put on light clothing and walked to the door connecting her room to his.

‘Huh…?’

Plush red carpet and a luxurious room.

The exquisite furnishings felt strangely familiar yet alien.

Thinking it was a bit strange, Belia casually opened the door and stepped inside.

“What’s going on all of a sudden? Why so urgent…”

Ah.

Belia’s words stopped abruptly.

“You came?”

There, Raul was casually reviewing documents in light attire.

He raised his head for a moment to look at Belia and spoke with a furrowed brow.

“I told you not to use that door. Make sure this doesn’t happen again, Belia. You should have blocked it off altogether.”

Right. When they were lovers, there was a door connecting his room to hers.

But she hadn’t used it and eventually blocked it off with a large wardrobe, just as he had suggested.

Belia looked at Raul, who was making an unpleasant expression, with a blank stare.

“Why are you like this?”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

“Sit there. I’ll finish dealing with the documents, and then we can talk.”

What on earth is happening?

This was indeed Raul’s room.

Belia sat on a small sofa, glancing around in confusion.

Thud.

With the dull sound of placing a pen on the desk, Raul stood up and approached Belia.

“I can’t focus because I’m worried. It’s better to have a conversation first.”

“What do you want to say?”

“Your words are a bit sharp, Belia.”

Even his tone, saying so, sounded somewhat pitiful.

Belia, with a slightly fatigued expression, spoke deliberately.

“…Say what you have to say. Anyway, it seems like you wanted to wake me up to talk.”

“That might be your fault for sleeping until now.”

It was much earlier than her usual waking time.

A selfish and inconsiderate person.

But for now, it was better to leave this place and assess the situation than confront Raul.

With an expression deliberately showing more fatigue, Belia said, “Do as you please. Since you probably planned it anyway.”

Then, as if she had nothing more to say, she stood up. Belia walked towards the door connecting their rooms but paused, turning around and leaving through the main entrance.

‘Did Raul inform me like this before?’

The memory was now blurred.

Surely, Raul bringing Erzhe to the palace occurred after her wedding ceremony.

She recalled being angry and slapping Erzhe on the face when they unexpectedly met at the palace. Although her relationship with Raul had already reached its end, she was still clinging to lingering emotions during that time.

Mumbling to herself, Belia entered her room.

“Why am I even here?”

Is it a dream?

But it doesn’t feel vivid enough for a dream.

Belia pressed her temples.

Moreover, Erzhe coming to the palace meant that her and Raul’s wedding had already taken place.

‘Surely not.’

As Belia continued her thoughts, her expression turned from confusion to astonishment.
It was possible to go back to the past. If so, it might be possible to go back to the previous life.

Belia knew that transcending time was not impossible.

“Back again? To that dreadful time?”

Belia sat down in the chair, covering her face with both hands.

Unbelievable.

Now, when she was trying to be happy…

The last memory was losing consciousness after being stabbed with a knife.

“Then, did the me there die again…?”

If Khalid comes back and learns that she died, he will be very upset.

She worried about Khalid being left alone there.

“…I couldn’t even see his face.”

It would have been better not to know.

If she didn’t even know that she could have such happy times, the despair might not have been so great.

Belia bit her lips out of habit.

Or perhaps, rather than going back to the past, she was just wandering through time like this.

If the present her dies, will she live in another time?

“If only this were a dream…”

It was filled with uncertainties.

Belia sighed.

Belia had not opened her eyes for over a month.

The news that someone had attempted to assassinate the Second Prince’s consort, Belia, spread a gloomy atmosphere throughout the empire.

The imperial citizens prayed towards the palace where Belia resided.

Please protect their beloved princess.

“Belia, I received a message from the Sacred Kingdom. The High Priestess couldn’t ascertain the reason why this necklace shines, but she said it’s filled with sacred power and shouldn’t harm you.”

Khalid wiped Belia’s sweaty forehead.

Fortunately, Belia’s pale complexion seemed to be improving as the days passed.

“This necklace is probably what detoxified you.”

As if Belia were listening to all of his words, Khalid didn’t stop talking.