Liz cautiously opened the door and entered.

Sunlight stretched to every corner of the bedchamber. It wasn’t the dark and gloomy room I had been staying in for the past few days.

Herisys was leaning against the bed, flipping through a letter. When he heard the sound, he looked up.

“…Who?”

“Don’t play around. It’s not that serious.”

When Liz retorted, Herisys chuckled.

“I guess I should have warned you about Ishaar. It was a chance to tease you.”

Saying that, he tapped the spot next to him on the bed. Liz pursed her lips and approached, sitting down cautiously.

“How much do you remember?”

Ishaar had mentioned that he experienced temporary partial memory loss. Fortunately, it wouldn’t affect his work significantly. He only said that much.

“Until the time you were giving magnificent speeches in front of people.”

Liz’s expression stiffened.

‘Why does the memory cut off there? It would have been better if it cut off before that.’

She bit her tongue inwardly. Suddenly, he enveloped Liz’s cheek with both hands and spoke.

“Even if you lose all your memories, I will definitely remember you, so don’t worry.”

It was a dazzling and beautiful smile, like the sunshine after a long time. Even if he remembered my embarrassing past ten or a hundred times, it didn’t matter now. I was just grateful that he woke up.

“Don’t worry.”

After Herisys gave Liz a satisfied kiss on the lips and released his hand, she asked, “How is your body? Can you return to work right away like this?”

Liz looked at the stack of documents placed beside her.

“No problem. I feel refreshed after a good sleep. I’ve slept so much that I missed.”

“Fortunately. From now on, make sure to get enough sleep regularly.”

“I will.”

Liz gazed at him carefully.

His face was calm, to the extent that it seemed like all the uneasiness she had felt before had been unnecessary.

Liz asked softly, “Do you remember anything about the day of the accident?”

“The day of the Junma trial?”

“Yes.”

“No, not at all. Tell me about it.”

He thought for a moment and then answered. He looked at Liz with a somewhat sad expression and continued.

“If I had gotten hurt while trying to save you from falling, I would not have forgiven myself. Luckily, that didn’t happen.”

Liz remained silent.

She felt like Ishaar had briefly explained the events of that day. He provided a concise summary, leaving the rest to Liz.

“But how did I fall? I heard that I personally chose your words. Maybe my choice was wrong?”

“No, not at all.”

Liz forced a natural smile, tilting her head.

“The words you chose were very gentle and intelligent. It’s just my lack of skill… that’s what happened.”
Herisys’s deep and profound eyes seemed to pierce into my eyes. Liz sensed that she needed to change the subject.

“But how did you appear so skillfully at that moment? It was as if you knew I was in danger.”

“Maybe I did?”

Herisys’s eyes curved like a bow.

“I’ve never mentioned this before, have I? Since childhood, I’ve had a strange premonition whenever something might happen to you. Sometimes I heard ringing in my ears, sometimes I had headaches, and sometimes both.”

“…”

“The worse the situation, the more severe the symptoms. It was the same a year ago during the carriage accident. Probably the same that day too.”

“Ah… I see.”

Liz nodded as if understanding, but in reality, she was still bewildered.

‘That’s possible?’

As if our souls were connected… it was fascinating.

At that moment, Herisys frowned and touched his temple. Liz would have been quite uneasy if she hadn’t heard from Ishaar that he might complain of headaches as an aftereffect of the accident.

“Take a rest. Do the work only when you fully recover.”

“Right, I guess that’s the way to go.”

Herisys followed without saying a word.

Liz pushed aside the documents on the desk and brought a cup, slowly pouring water into his mouth. After finishing the water, she gently tapped his lips with the rim of the cup.

Herisys obediently leaned into her touch.

“You’ve been doing this for the past few days, haven’t you?”

“…”

“And you couldn’t sleep properly.”

“I managed to sleep here and there.”

Liz replied as she placed the cup on the table.

Attempting to cover him with a blanket, he grabbed Liz’s wrist and pulled it toward him.

Liz stumbled, unintentionally placing her hand on her lower abdomen, but Herisys didn’t notice.

She lay down on the sheet at some point, and he was conquering her.

The backlight made his pupils even deeper. Liz swallowed dry saliva. Somewhere, she remembered hearing that men were full of energy when they slept well and woke up in the morning. Herisys seemed to be in such a state right now.

‘What should I do?’

Liz had promised to fulfill any of his desires once he woke up. But now, facing the situation…

‘Was it allowed to have intimacy in the early stages of pregnancy?’

She wasn’t sure, but it seemed somehow inappropriate.

“!”

He slowly lowered his face. In a state of indecision, Liz accepted his lips.