“Are those two dating?”

“Yes, you can go and ask.”

Fortunately, Fernando didn’t ignore my words. That alone made Hanna breathe a sigh of relief. Now, she had to convince him somehow.

“I found out by chance, and it won’t be long before others notice. Etienne might reveal it before that. So, Fernando, let it go.”

Hanna placed her hand on his arm and looked into his eyes. He was so cold before, but now he seemed empty.

“And be careful of Prince Rudvi.”

It wasn’t something ordered by Prince Rudvi, but Hanna wanted to say it.

The power struggle between Prince Rudvi and the Crown Prince didn’t matter. As long as Fernando stayed unharmed, everything else was okay.

“Fernando, I’ve always been looking at you. So, I’ll wait here. I’ll be waiting for you to come to me.”

Hanna’s hand slipped down from Fernando’s arm, lightly brushing against his hand. Unable to touch him further, she opened the door and left.

Closing the door behind her, Hanna quickly walked through the corridor. When she thought she had distanced herself enough from Fernando’s room, she leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.

“Ugh.”

Telling Fernando the information Prince Rudvi had shared was all Hanna did. She didn’t know if it would shake him, but at least she herself was greatly shaken.
Fernando’s empty gaze, like glass, painfully illuminated my face.

Hanna clutched her chest tightly and sobbed. Then, holding back tears, she murmured.

“I will wait.”

Wait for Fernando to sort everything out and come to her.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

After Hanna left, Fernando, left alone, stood there for a long time.

“Etienne…”

Became the lover of the Crown Prince.

The woman he had longed for shared her heart with someone else.

As Fernando imagined Etienne smiling at the Crown Prince, embracing him affectionately, and sharing tender glances, a little bit of vitality drained from Fernando’s eyes.

Although he had thought at some point that he might be able to look at someone else, the vague pain became palpable as the reality unfolded, gnawing at his heart.

“Etienne.”

Even calling her name was agonizing. Fernando, breathing heavily, pounded his chest, feeling stifled, and impulsively opened the door. He wanted to see Etienne and ask her directly.

He confessed to her and was rejected, but he had resolved to confess again, asking her to look at him again.

Leaning against the wall for support, Fernando staggered towards Etienne’s room. Strangely, his hand, which wasn’t moving well, knocked on the door. No matter how many times he knocked, there was no response from inside.

“Etienne… Etienne!”
Suddenly, Fernando knocked on the door with both hands, searching for Etienne. Wondering if this was where she stayed, he looked around and grabbed a passing servant.

“Is this where Etienne Claire is?”

“Yes, it is.”

Although the servant confirmed, no sound came from inside. Fernando knocked on the door a few more times and then lowered his hand. Leaning against the door, he took a deep breath.

His desperate heart couldn’t easily accept the possibility that she might be somewhere else. He wanted to meet Etienne and ask her. As Fernando was about to knock on the door forcefully, he straightened up, exhaling a rough breath.

If he couldn’t find Etienne, he could go to the Crown Prince.

With the intention of seeking the truth from him, Fernando turned away. Whether it was his body or his heart, the pain was unbearable, but he didn’t stop walking.

When he knocked on the Crown Prince’s door, the knight guarding it opened it.

“Where is the Crown Prince?”

“He is not here.”

The Crown Prince wasn’t in his room either? Naturally, he thought they might be meeting. Fernando grinned with bitterness.

“May I enter for a moment?”

Upon his request, the knight stepped aside to make way. It was an action Fernando could take, given the information he received from the Crown Prince. As Fernando entered, the knight went outside to give him privacy.

As the door closed behind him, Fernando let out a long sigh.
If Etienne and the Crown Prince are really dating… Hana said she found out by chance. If she hasn’t revealed it to anyone yet, there would be no way to know just by looking around this room.

However, Fernando didn’t give up and continued to look around the room.

Fernando’s gaze, moving along the wall, reached a flower vase on the dresser. Quietly staring at the vase, he slowly reached out and touched it.

As Fernando closed his eyes, the water in the vase seemed to rise into the air, transforming into hundreds of water droplets spreading in all directions.

“Finding something strange.”

Something that wasn’t there before in the Crown Prince’s room. If there was something gained from starting to date Etienne, he could find out through the water.

Fernando boldly used the water ability he possessed. Even if he used it to find traces of Etienne, it was his power anyway.

At the end of his journey to find the Mitri tree, Fernando fully awakened his water ability. It took quite some time to make it his own.