To You Whom I Don’t Love That Much (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 146

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“Then let us go as well.”

Rowa and Lady Blake followed the Imperial Princess through another door. Inside was a long corridor, and at its end, a narrow staircase appeared. After climbing the stairs, they came upon an iron door leading directly to the palace garden. The Imperial Princess manipulated several mechanisms to open the door.

“Come out carefully.”

The courtyard was empty, but the twilight cast a bluish hue. The grass blades were soaked with dew, dampening their hems with every step. The Imperial Princess pulled a sandglass from within her robe.

“Once this door opens, the Royal Knight Corps will be alerted. They’ll arrive within five minutes. Follow me quickly. We’ll get wet with dew, but we must return by the path Owen showed us.”

Dew. Suddenly, a line from Demecaron, long forgotten in Rowa’s mind, resurfaced.

‘Holy water, or the first dew of dawn, and the blood of a pure soul.’

She quickly looked up at the sky—intense sunlight was just beginning to emerge. Once the sun rose, all the dew would vanish. Rowa grabbed the Imperial Princess’s arm.

“Your Highness. Could you give me that sandglass?”

“We must leave before time runs out. Is it urgent?”

“Yes. It’s urgent, and absolutely necessary.”

“In that case… here.”

“Thank you.”

The moment Rowa received the sandglass, she detached the glass container holding the sand from its frame. She placed the empty half on the ground and stomped on the sand-filled half with her foot, shattering it.

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