Perseus could not say anything, his brows twisted. He was amazed.
Was it because of the food? Because she was hungry?
Finally, he saw the space inside the tower.
This tower was built as small as Elizabeths hut. However, it looked old and shabby.
He knew that she was living in a tower, but.
You dont have anyone to cook for you?
He hadnt asked before because he never wanted to know if theres anyone who can take care of this child or what she was doing. However, he took it for granted that at least soone was taking care of her as she was still a mber of the royal family.
But
The space inside the tower looked old and shabby, but it was neatly organized giving the impression of being cozy. It felt like it was organized by soone elses hand.
This kid couldnt have cleaned it up all by herself.
.
Emperor Perseus lowered his head again and looked at Lelia. The child looked thinner than the last ti he had seen her.
When Lydios died the other day, the man who had been looking after the child seed to have left. Has she been starving ever since?
Emperor Perseus clenched his fist bitterly.
No matter how much he hated her, he was also a father. He was not such a cruel person as to get angry when he heard the child was hungry.
Moreover, this child was the sa age as Juliana, whom he cherished.
She looked sick compared to his daughter.
And when the child said those words, I didnt steal anything, it must be true.
If she had stolen anything from the hut, Carius would not have let her go.
Didnt anyone take care of you after Lydioss death?
Lelia quickly raised her head at his words. Emperor Perseuss voice seed a little less angry.
They didnt know that I ca to the neutral territory under the orders of Emperor Lydios.
Well, it was more likely that all those who knew about it were killed by Lydioss own hands, as that was his nature.
Ill send soone here. But if you go there again, youll have to follow your mother.
Having said that, Perseus turned his back and went away.
[I cant believe youre sending to my mother. Well, do you think Ill die so easily?]
Lelia deliberately criticized him more openly.
Emperor Perseuss threat was frightening, but Lelia planned to go back to the hut.
[Of course, I should be more careful not to get caught this ti.]
She couldnt help it. The food was not the only problem, but she also had to find a way out of the imperial castle.
Lelia was so surprised that she had to lie curled up under the futon for a while to calm her heart again.
***
Contrary to the decision, Lelia had a hard ti going to the cabin for a while. It was because a maid began to go back and forth to her tower the very next day after Emperor Perseus visited her place. The maid brought food once a day and that too with a frown on her face.
It was just stale bread and slightly rotten fruit, but she wondered where it ca from.
It was surprising to know that the cabin even had ergency supplies.
However, Lelia couldnt leave the tower because of the maid, who ca to see her whenever possible, at an unspecified ti every day.
[Maybe Emperor Perseus sent her to keep an eye on ]
If the maid found no one in the tower, she would report it to Emperor Perseus imdiately. For this reason, Lelia had to wait all day for a maid, not knowing when she would co.
But one day
I have to attend tomorrows banquet, so I wont be able to co. Thats why I brought you enough food for tomorrow as well in advance, just so you know. The maid explained impatiently, but it was good for Lelia.
She wanted the maid to co once every few days, but she had to hold back.
She may do so and buy the maids suspicions or forget them forever. She didnt say anything because she was still getting this food to eat everyday.
[Isnt it on purpose to see if Im going to the cabin or not?]
Lelia suspected that it was a trap.
However, contrary to Lelias expectations, the maids job was to prepare als from the beginning.
There was no mission to monitor Lelia.
Lelia, who didnt know that, had no choice but to be careful about her actions.
It was not long before the next day dawned.
Lelia wandered near her ho early in the morning. Fortunately, what the maid said seed not to be a lie.
The banquet seed to be really happening, and the servants were busy.
It was probably a party for Julianna to make friends.
It had been a long ti since the doll incident, so it was almost Julianas birthday.
And before that, a banquet was held so that Julliana could get along with children of her age.
There was an incident in which one of the aristocratic boys, who attended the banquet, pushed Julianna away.
[It was a pretty serious incident.]
A scratch on Juliannas palm causes the boy trendous misfortune.
It was because Cedric and Damien, who loved and cared about Julianna too much, did not forgive the child.
Around this ti, Cedric and Damian protected Julianna too much, perhaps even more than Emperor Perseus.
It must be amazing and cute to have a younger sister for the first ti.
It was also the banquet where the hero would et Juliana for the first ti.
The two beco close friends after todays banquet and will develop into lovers in the future.
[Its none of my business.]
It was a day of opportunity for Lelia.
An opportunity to spy on the cabin in peace.
Emperor Perseus will also be distracted by Julianas banquet, and Lelia will be off guard for a while.
[I have to find it today.]
So after dinner, Lelia waited until the banquet began.
By the ti the banquet began, a faint sound of music was heard from the garden.
[Now, lets go.]
Lelia packed her bag and carefully left the tower.
***
Just in case, Lelia looked around the cabin for a long ti to make sure no one was around. Fortunately, there was no one around to watch her.
[I spent too much ti.]
Lelia, sticking her tongue out, quickly tried to open the cabins door.
Boom!
But the door was locked.
[Emperor Perseus!]
[Bad guy! He locked the door!]
However, it was already a little predictable. Lelia eventually took a thin iron stick out of her bag.
She had to open the door by force today. Opportunities like today wont co again.
Click clack!
It opened!
Despite being a little lost, Lelia succeeded in opening the door. She looked around and quickly went inside.
The air in the cabin was warm, even though it must have been empty the whole ti. Maybe Lelia felt that way because this place was her mothers arms.
Lelia ca to her senses belatedly after enjoying the warmth inside.
[This is not the ti.]
At first she looked at the places she morized, thinking, I should look there next ti.
But contrary to her imagination, there was nothing special about them.
There were accessories and jewelry in the dresser drawer, but it didnt look like a mana stone with special magic.
[None]
How can she not see a thing?
She had heard there are many interesting magic tools.
Did Emperor Perseus already take it?
She didnt know it would be the case. It was most likely. He always misses his wife, so hell look at the things and try to calm himself.
[Its been a long ti.]
Lelia had to leave the cabin in such despondency. She erased the traces of searching here and there, locked the door and left the cabin, and her legs relaxed.
For so reason, she felt like crying, so Lelia headed to the tower more vigorously.
But when she arrived near the tower,
What is it?
There was a trace of soone coming to the tower.
Lelia felt completely different from her usual self and quickly went inside. As expected, soone had broken into her hut.
what, you?
Uh!
.
The first to discover were Cedric and Damien, who frowned heavily.
They were whining to open the little door to the top of the tower. Probably ca to see the stars.
And behind them, she could see Juliannas hair.
[It looks like Cedric and Damien brought her to show her stars, I guess?]
She felt unpleasant at the thought of soone breaking into her safe space. But even before this, she felt that feeling.
[My doll !]
Julianna was seen holding a rabbit doll on the bed with her curious face looking around.
Lelias body moved first when she thought she might be robbed of the doll.
Its mine!
Lelia quickly approached her and strongly snatched her own doll from Julianna.
But she was so
Are you crazy?!
Hey!
Cedric and Damiens angry voices were heard.
!
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