Luna turned towards the sound. Now, not only could she hear her own voice, but she could also see herself.
‘Did I look like that?’
She was coming. It was awkward, as if she was recording herself and watching it back. The witch’s eyes turned to her after taking just two steps forward. Did she feel something suspicious even though she had tried to prevent the magical power in this body from being felt? Her eyes were sharp, as if she was looking right through her. She hoped she didn’t notice her hair standing on end because she was so nervous. As she was lying still like a mouse pretending to be dead in front of her cat, the witch’s eyes suddenly changed. Kindly.
“Oh my, the doll is really cute. It’s cute that it’s wearing the same dress as Luna.”
The witch heaped praise on Luna.
“Thank you. My brother kicked his tongue at me for carrying around a doll even though I was twelve years old. It was a disappointing car.”
In fact, that ‘oppa’ sleeps holding a doll at the age of 26. When Luna lied according to the scenario of ‘The Grand Duke is a tyrant in the corner of the room,’ the witch who was fooled told Elliot about something that made her sad today. The witch knows that Luna was friendly to her. If everyone at the Grand Duke’s residence was cold, it was easy to arouse suspicion. In addition, there must be at least one person who was close to the witch so that they could dig up questions or guide the witch’s thoughts in a way that is advantageous to them. So Elliot entrusted that important role to Luna, who was quick-witted.
“My brother is so… You make people feel bad with your words.”
Luna gave the witch her cursory reply and looked back at Luca, who was standing behind her, then clapped her hands as if she had forgotten.
“Oh, look at my mind. Then we’ll leave.”
It was a natural moment to pass by the witch. Sir Daniel, who was standing behind the witch, caught her eye. He looked more tired than ever.
“Where are you going?”
Sir asked the children.
“We’re in the cabin.”
“To water the garden.”
Since this was done every day, the witch would not be suspicious. So she thought she would let her go without saying anything…
“I will do it.”
An unexpected answer came out. Luna and Luca began to visibly panic. Luna stood with her back to the witch and winked at her. It meant that going to the cabin was because of her.
“I can do that too.”
‘You don’t know what’s going on!’
She couldn’t tell if the answer was because he understood clearly that it wasn’t watering the garden, or if he didn’t know. She can’t even tell the witch that she’s going to find her spellbook.
“It’s dinner time. You two, please go to the dining hall with Miss Hazel.”
“Okay.”
Luna replied in her sulky tone and she placed her on Sir Daniel’s shoulder.
“Please take this doll and put it in my room.”
She heard the footsteps of the chestnuts and the witch moving away. Meanwhile, she was lying limp on Daniel’s shoulder, looking at the floor. When the footsteps and voices completely disappeared, he whispered.
“What are you going to the cabin for?”
“I need a magic book.”
“Come with me. This is a car that I needed to change my mood.”
Daniel wanted to hand over his witchery to Luca and escape from his surveillance station. He must have been stuck all day, so he was sure to be tired. He nodded to let them go, but Daniel did not move and began speaking again in an embarrassed voice.
“Uh, but…”
“Yes?”
“I guess I should either pick up Miss Hazel or not…”
“Ah… It doesn’t suit the solemn captain of the guards to walk around with a doll.”
“You can just hold on to that for a while, but the problem is…”
The Lord trailed off his words and spread his hands. It was no mistake to think that he seemed like a person who didn’t know what to do with his hands.
“Because I need to touch Miss Hazel…”
“Ah!”
This meant that no matter how much the doll was, it would be difficult to mess with his friend or employer’s lover. That’s right. It’s strange to carry someone else’s lover. However, holding hands is strange and both the body and the head are inappropriate.
“Then I think you can grab it here and carry it.”
She lifted up a pair of ears that were drooping down. Wasn’t it okay here?
“…”
She guessed not.
“If I run into Elliot while holding him by the ears like a real rabbit, he might be upset that my lover is being treated like prey.”
“Well, I’ll just leave like this.”
She let her body draped over Daniel’s shoulder go limp. Of course, it was a useless worry. She didn’t encounter Elliot on her way to the boudoir. She didn’t know if passers-by would have wondered why there was a rabbit doll on the guard’s shoulder. They safely made their way to the cabin through the nanny’s room.
“What kind of magic book are you looking for?”
“I need a book on how to increase mana in a body without a mana well.”
There were no books with that title, so they looked through the magic books in the cabin storage room and basement, just like they did in the library. Daniel was sitting in front of a table in the basement, and I was sitting on the table looking through a book. Sir was reading an old book and handed it to her.
“How about this?”
“Hmm…”
After reading the passage he pointed to, she shook her head.
“This is a method used on living things. Because I am an inanimate object…”
“It’s difficult.”
“I know, right.”
She took a deep breath and looked at Sir’s expression. He should be resting, but wasn’t he instead taking on more troublesome and boring work? However, Daniel’s expression looked much fresher than before.
“Sir.”
“Yes?”
“Did you like it when you were watching me?”
At her joke, Daniel turned the pages and smiled sheepishly.
“These days, I find myself looking back on that time. There are bad witches, but we were suspicious and wary of a good witch.”
“It was inevitable because no one knew.”
No matter how much his appearance changed, you wouldn’t think he was a different person. The evil that the witch unleashed in front of people in just a few days until her appearance was changed by the picture she drew and her soul possessed her body was incredible.
‘Lady told me the story and it made her feel good.’
So it’s easy to understand.
“I don’t think that just because you can understand it with your head, it doesn’t mean you can understand it with your heart. If it were me, I would feel unfair and angry and hate everyone.”
“Actually, there were times when I was upset, but I never hated you.”
Daniel looked at her blankly, then put down his book and made a serious face.
“It’s late, but I want to say I’m sorry. Everyone at the Grand Duke’s residence probably feels the same way as I do.”
“It’s fine. If you think about it from the perspective of Daniel and others, you couldn’t help but doubt it. But I think it will put your mind at ease if I accept your apology, so let him accept it.”
She followed Luna and acted like a haughty noble lady, and Daniel smiled and showed courtesy. Sir Daniel, who was always stiff, was a little loose today. She turned the pages again and started chatting to Daniel, something she normally didn’t do.
“And I think it’s fortunate that the people of the Grand Duchy are very suspicious and wary. Otherwise, I might have been fooled by that witch.”
Elliot thought the witch was me, kissed her and slept in the same bed. Just thinking about it gave her goosebumps and made her body tremble with anger.
“But on the contrary, they are using witches to our advantage. In some ways, that’s a good thing.”
Daniel nodded his head, and while keeping his eyes on the bookshelf, he blurted out something unexpected.
“Congratulations on finding the method you’ve been searching for.”
“Thank you.”
When she received the congratulations, a thought occurred to her.
‘In the past, didn’t you object when me and Elliot started dating?’
So he was against marriage, but she thought he didn’t show it to her, but he congratulated her on the fact that the obstacle to marriage was gone before she even said anything. It was unexpected.
“Sir Daniel.”
“Yes.”
Why wasn’t he opposed to their marriage? She was curious, but she thought it’s a very difficult question. Instead, she brought up a different story.
“What must I do to become a respected Grand Duchess like Elliot’s mother?”
Sir looked at her with his puzzled eyes, and then he asked her back.
“Why are you wondering that?”
“Of course…”
She was a witch, not a saint, and a commoner, not a noble. Even though she was something that couldn’t be compared, she was the only Grand Duchess who could serve as a standard for her. If she married Elliot, her role would be twofold. His wife and Grand Duchess. She was confident that she would be a good wife, but she did not know how to become a good Grand Duchess. Even if she was not able to become a grand duchess who would go down in history, I did not want to remain as a grand duchess who would be a source of shame for the grand dukedom for a long time.
If you ask Eliot or the others, she will always say only good things, saying, ‘Hazel is already a great Grand Duchess!’ I plucked up the courage to ask because I thought Daniel, who was cool-headed in everything, would give an honest answer. She honestly confessed all of these thoughts and asked Sir Daniel, who still had a sullen expression on his face.
“Am I dreaming too big?”
Compare it to the previous Grand Duchess. There was a time when she thought she was sulky because it sounded presumptuous.
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