But anyway, isn’t he the number one candidate for being ‘Derek’?
A man who may be the father of a child who resembles Yves, and may be Yves’s lover…….
For a moment, Theodore’s cool smile, which remained near his mouth, disappeared without a sound.
“You rat.”
Frederick trembled as he swallowed his breath hearing the voice that sounded subtly like a curse word.
****
Brian and I moved to the next room and talked about what happened in the past.
“That day, I was able to escape with Celine’s help.”
Celine was a name I remember.
Celine Leobrante.
The woman who was Brian’s fiancee.
Just as I survived hiding in Ferdinand with Benjamin’s help, Brian also survived thanks to her, he relied on Leobrante.
After spending a long time there, he moved in search of me a few years ago when he found out that there was a story coming and going about Chernicia’s reinstatement.
It probably refers to the time when Theodore was on good terms with me before he lost his memory.
Theodore at the time fought alone to revive my family somehow…….
“I thought you died. I didn’t even know you were alive. The other family members…….”
Brian blurred out the end of his speech momentarily.
Even if he didn’t finish his words, he knew I knew what was behind the words, so my eyes also turned blurry.
“I tried to find you any way, but it didn’t work out. I’ve also contacted Prince Ernst…….”
“Then was it Brian who sent a letter to Ernst 4 years ago?”
“How do you know that?”
“No, it’s…….”
I remembered the letter of Ernst that came with the word, ‘Survivor of Chernicia’.
I forgot for a moment as I left the Imperial Palace in a hurry to hide my pregnancy, which I suddenly found out about, but I can’t believe it was really from Brian…….
“Please elaborate more, Brother.”
“Originally, I tried to approach Prince Ernst one more time by taking advantage of the Emperor’s engagement ceremony, but it failed when the engagement ceremony was suddenly postponed.”
“…….”
My lips closed.
I was the one who broke the engagement between Theodore and Katarina.
If the engagement had gone ahead…… Could I have met Brian earlier?
“Then I met Sir Lyndon, the captain of His Majesty’s escort.”
“Ah, Sir Lyndon…….”
“It was His Majesty’s secret order to find the survivors of Chernicia.”
“…….”
My lips closed once again.
I remember.
Sir Lyndon was the only one who knew the relationship between me and Theodore, but he was not by his side when Theodore lost his memory after his fall.
People were told secretly that he left to perform the Emperor’s order.
Others used to wonder about the absence of the chief escort who never left the Emperor’s side.
When he did not reappear after several months, there was even such a terrible rumor that he died while carrying out the Emperor’s order.
In history, the Emperor’s confidants often lost their lives while performing the imperial order, so I and my fellow knights implicitly believed the rumor to be a fait accompli.
I didn’t want anyone to talk about it first, but…….
By the way, Theodore before losing his memory……were trying to find my family members.
My heart warmed up at the thought at that time.
If only Sir Lyndon had been by his side, he might have believed that I was Yvone.
It was hard to figure out whether to thank him for not remembering me until the end or to resent what happened as a result.
“Then the situation became chaotic, and the story turned into a rumour for a while. Then a few days ago, His Majesty called me here and promised to help me reinstate Chernicia.”
“…….”
“Chernicia, he’ll reinstate it.”
Brian said that the Emperor was really pushing for Chernicia’s reinstatement.
“And I need you for Chernicia’s reinstatement, Yvone.”