In her previous life, Lia always wanted a place to live in peace and wanted someone who needed her.
But Bianca Marietta, and no one else, was the one who told me this, and I was so surprised that I didn’t know if my heart was beating properly.
While Lia was confused, the Duke frowned and said, “I don’t know why you’re saying that all of a sudden, but don’t worry. Even in the Duke Castle, there are plenty of wizards who can handle mana.”
“However…!”
“Don’t tell me you’re going to take the people of the Empire to the Duchy without any special reason.”
Bianca bit her lip as the Duke wasn’t wrong.
All the children of Tessar Orphanage were under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Elrad, and in particular, the Duke had decided to take Lia himself, so there was no room for Bianca to intervene.
But Bianca could hardly relax…
Even she couldn’t understand it, but if she left Lia and went back to Belarus, it felt as if she would deeply regret it.
“Lia, tell me. What do you want to do?”
When Bianca didn’t break her stubbornness and turned to Lia to decide, the Duke clicked his tongue out in disbelief.
And she asked, looking at Lua as if she couldn’t lose.
“Yes, answer me. You followed Diana here. Will you go with Count Marietta?”
“Your Excellency, aren’t you being too mean?”
Bianca glanced at Diana, who was holding Lia’s arm tightly, wondering if Lia would leave, and she bit her lips.
Still, if there was one hope, it was the child’s reaction.
The child had a look of disbelief with her eyes wide open, but she was blushing and her eyes twinkling. Anyone could tell that she was happy.
In fact, Lia was shuddering with joy.
Bianca, who made such an offer to me, and Diana, who looked up at me with sparkling eyes, holding my arms tightly as if asking me to never leave.
‘There’s someone who wants me.’
Perhaps Bianca suggested it because she was worried about Lia’s mana’s runaway, but everything seemed like a dream for Lia.
As Lia hesitated to answer with her mouth closed, the Duke waited for the child’s answer feeling nervous for some reason.
“I…”
Then Lia’s lips opened…
In a carriage alone with Diana sleeping, I looked out the window at the moon shining through.
Beyond the mountain range, it was the Duchy of Elrad.
As a result, I chose to go with Diana.
It was because I felt a sense of responsibility to put back Jack’s position, which was changed because of me, immediately.