Vicen’s butler, Fallon, doubted his ears.
‘It must mean that someone who knows how to handle a bow shot and killed the man in the watchtower and sneaked in through the door. Then brother. It can be explained that you smelled blood, and the battle had already taken place.’
Just in case, he asked Zenon in a whisper.
“Did you explain it to her?”
“No. She deduced that alone.”
In fact, the butlers read most of the situation from the moment the watchtower was empty. However, what the butler found out and what the seven-year-old princess found out were different things.
“Did the Duke secretly provide special education?”
“No. He found her by accident and brought her to the mansion.”
“But how…”
Fallon was not convinced. He couldn’t understand how she could have such insight, no matter how genius she was.
“Grunt. I just don’t understand.”
“One way is to just accept it when you don’t understand.”
“Do you understand?”
“When there is something you don’t understand, just accept it.”
“It would be nice to be that comfortable.”
Fallon frowned.
“I will go first to attend prince Vicen.”
Fallon’s body disappeared. He was in order to covertly carry out Vicen, who had run first.
Zenon followed the slow-moving Viola.
“Aren’t you going with them, Princess?”
“Huh.”
“Why?”
“I found a very small set of footprints coming here. Didn’t move in groups. It doesn’t look like a bandit’s thing.”
She knew everything. That Tundra came there.
“It must be a child who is good at tracking. I think it’s around 12 years old.”
“It’s fun. Why did you come looking for wild vegetables yourself?”
“Why do you think?”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
She gave a plausible reason.
“Like the brother of the woman who died earlier. There must be a grudge. It seems like he ran without covering his face because he was a child who couldn’t tell the difference.”
“…”
“What? Is my analysis wrong?”
“No. That’s exactly what I analyzed.”
Viola continued walking. A scream came from far away. A bloody scream.
It seemed that Vicen was subduing bandits and Viola’s body trembled.
‘Let’s get used to this world.’
Viola followed the footprints. She walked past the yard. Here and there, there were old wooden buildings in the form of cabins.
“A child who can’t tell the difference. If he had followed this place blinded by vengeance. Perhaps he was shot with an arrow or cut with an ax before he could get his revenge. So there was no commotion inside.”
Zenon listened to Viola in silence. He guessed that Viola wasn’t just talking about this.
‘She’s telling me to listen.’
Viola Bellato was acutely aware of her position and role. So now she had insight into everything and was telling it on purpose. In other words, she was self-appealing. It was a surprise for Zenon.
‘Awesome… For her..’
Viola said.
“Then isn’t he hiding somewhere over here?”
“You seem pretty sure he’s hiding?”
Kiik—
She opened the door. Inside she saw a boy in the far corner. He had messy hair and leather clothes before dirt and sweat. He must have been badly injured and was covered in blood here and there.
Viola felt as if she had been hit in the head for a moment.
‘What?’
There was no such description in the novel.
‘Who are you?’
He was very much like someone she knew well.
* * *
He always had words of comfort to Arin, who was abandoned at the nursery school.
‘Are you okay?’
It was Kang Joon, a guy five years older than her.
‘Are you okay? I will help you.’
Those words came to Arin like magic. Her parents said they would be back soon but they didn’t. In her worst moment he just said that he would help her, that he would be by her side, and in fact, he was always by her side. When she went up to the school roof, the first person that came to her mind was also Kang Joon.
Time passed and passed.
In no time, Arin turned nineteen and her mind was complicated.
‘Do I like him?’
It was an ambiguous feeling. Did she like him as a man, or did he just feel like a strong protector?
‘Let’s not get confused. He is just like my guardian.’
They have just been together for a long time, spending a long time together… There were so many memories made together. So she thought it would always be like that.
Then one day, Kang Joon introduced his girlfriend.
She was a pretty girl. Much more than her.
That day, Arin thought she was going crazy because of her jealousy. She had fallen in love with Kang Joon. She just admitted to herself, but she hid her heart. It was clear that if she spoke now, she would be rejected.
There was always love in Kang Joon’s warm eyes, but that love was not romantic love.
Time passed faster than expected.
‘I’m an adult now too.’
She chose to be honest with her feelings.
‘What’s the difference between a cool rejection and never confessing?”
Still, she was afraid to confess.
“Let’s think about it for one more day.”
And a day later, she had to wear black.
The subject of contemplating her confession has gone too far. Kang Joon, who was always by her side, disappeared as a star in the sky. It was a traffic accident.
That day was the day he had an appointment with Arin. Dressed in black, she wept for a long time in the corner of her funeral home.
“He said he would buy me something delicious with his first salary. Why did he buy it?”
No matter how desperately she called, Kang Joon did not come back.
But now he appeared like this. As a child of twelve.
* * *
She saw a boy breathing heavily like a beast. His body was disfigured, but his eyes were alive.
Tundra saw a girl who suddenly appeared. She was very small, like five or six years old.
“Who…?”
Viola moved closer to Tundra like someone possessed.
It was the same as Kang Joon, not just a resemblance.
“Go, don’t come any closer.”
Tundra pulled out a small knife from his bosom. It was an old, ugly knife. But the hand holding the knife was trembling.
Viola looked at Tundra’s face.
‘Same.’
Viola stood right in front of Tundra.
“Oh, I will stab you if you come!”
Viola didn’t pay attention to that. She squatted down and raised Tundra’s legs.
‘Let’s see.’
She checked my calves. He had three moles on his left calf in a triangular shape.
‘What…?’
Why was that the same? Viola squatted and looked straight into Tundra’s eyes. The eyes were the same, but different.
‘This… Is it a coincidence?’
There was nothing like that in the novel.
“Why is there such a coincidence?”
For a moment, she felt dizzy.
‘Uh… I’m sorry.’
Tundra pondered a thousand more times in his head.
‘Should I stab her? Should I not?’
The girl in front of him was too small to stab. But somehow he felt threatened.
‘Is this the boss’s daughter…?’
Not only did she act outspokenly, but the clothes she was wearing also seemed to be of high quality.
‘If it’s really the daughter of the boss…’
She clenched her teeth.
‘No matter how young you are, I can’t forgive you.’
Tundra asked.
“Are you the boss’s daughter?”
“…”
“Answer me. Are you the daughter of the boss?”
Viola did not answer. No, she couldn’t answer. Viola, who met eyes with Tundra, felt more and more dizzy.
‘Why am I so dizzy… uh?’
For a moment, it felt like Tundra’s pupils had become huge. It seemed that huge eyes were coming closer. Something was…
Looking at it, she felt like she had seen something that wasn’t supposed to.
Took!
Something seemed to be disconnected in her head.
At that moment, Tundra, who was looking for an opportunity, quickly stretched out his arms. He pointed the knife at Viola’s neck and pulled her up.
He said to Zenon.
“You, bring the boss. Otherwise she will die!”
But then, a bleak voice leaked from Viola.
“Are you pointing a knife at me?”
Viola’s eyes and spirit changed instantly, and Zenon chuckled.
‘I think you’ll finally show your true self, Princess Bellato.’
From Zenon’s point of view, Viola’s behavior was strange. She’s like that, she’s so defenseless that she approaches and lifts her little leg. She continued to show her defenselessness overly.
‘You intentionally exposed a loophole.’
If so, this situation makes sense.
‘Princess Viola seems interested in that little boy.’
So she seemed to provoke him on purpose. The aroused boy pointed his sword at the princess.
‘Everything is according to the will of the princess.’
The princess’ strategy seemed to be a complete success.
‘Then what are you going to do now?’
Viola Bellato finally revealed her true heart. And her butler decided to watch how she would move.
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