“Bianca, that accent is not northern... How did you find out?”
My voice trembled with an ominous and eerie premonition.
But Bianca just blinked her round eyes at my question.
"Yes? Of course...”
The child's blue eyes rolled to the side.
“Isn’t that what Teacher Lobelia always pronounced it like?”
“Lobelia...A southern accent?”
"Yes. Why are you doing this, Your Highness?”
Bianca asked with a look on my face as if she didn't know what I was talking about.
But even though I was looking at the child like that, she was so shocked that I couldn't speak easily.
'Lobelia has lived only in the north her entire life. And then all of a sudden Bianca unconsciously says, 'It's really weird that she has a Southern accent.'
A chill she sometimes felt when I was with Lobelia.
The southern accent she said oozed from her as was Rebecca's habit.
As I was putting it all together, a hypothesis crossed my mind.
‘The real Rebecca in Lobelia’s body, so... What if there's a crazy dog named Rebecca?'
She was obsessed with Cedric like a crazy person.
If she were in Lobelia's body, there would be only one thing she wanted now.
'She will do whatever it takes to get Cedric back. But what if she finds out that I obtained Cedric's imprint before Lobelia?'
My eyesight became dizzy.
She was a woman who viciously bullied those around her in ways you couldn't even imagine.
Was it for no reason that the epithet ‘mad dog’ was added to her name?
It was obvious that if she found out that Cedric's imprint had been taken, she would try to kill me.
'If it were me, I wouldn't have been treated like that by that crazy person. I'm sure I would have fought back. But now...'
Around the time I was massaging my stomach with my trembling hands.
Adrian, who had been staring at me with anxious eyes, finally parted his lips.
“Rebecca, I told you that I came to you because I had something important to tell you, right?”
Then, just as I arrived here, Adrian's face appeared again.
The face looked nervous somehow.
I swallowed dryly and waited for his next words.
“That day, after hearing the story from Rebecca, I went back to the family castle and searched for related materials. however...”
Adrian took a moment to catch his breath, looking nervous again.
“...I learned that most of the souls brought in by the bait made up like a novel met eternal death along with their bodies.”
“Eternal death?”
“Yes, using bait to bring in souls from another world is usually the work of wicked people who have to go to such lengths to abandon their bodies and get new ones.”
“...”
“He traps an innocent soul in his body, kills it, and lives a new life avoiding the eyes of people.”
“What if the body is not dead? Has that ever happened?”
I asked desperately, covering my stomach.
If my life was mine alone, I wouldn't be so desperate.
But I wanted to protect my unborn child at all costs.
Adrian sighed softly as he saw me looking up at him with a desperate face.
“It’s very rare, but it has happened.”
It was a nice thing to hear.
However, unlike me, who quickly became filled with hope, Adrian's face remained dark.
“But that’s if the owner of his body takes it back.”
“You’re getting your body back?”
"Yes. And that 'sinless soul'... It means that the body has been lost again and has disappeared.”
Either die with Rebecca's body or disappear with Rebecca's body taken away.
This meant that the choice in history was one of those two.
Neither of those options was what I wanted.
Adrian continued his speech.
“I can’t confirm anything, but one thing is certain: the person who created that bait was... This is the original Rebecca. Because she left, trapping another soul in her body.”
Adrian looked at my face as if it was turning pale.
However, he seemed to have made up his mind and continued speaking again.
“And according to what I heard earlier, it seems that ‘her’ is in Lobelia’s body right now.”
“...”
“If my guess is correct, ‘She’ will not want the current Rebecca to die along with her body.”
Adrian spoke calmly, but there was clearly tension in his voice.
He curled his lips for a moment and then opened his mouth again.
“As you know, Rebecca’s body now has the imprint of His Highness the Grand Duke that ‘she’ so longed for.”
“That means...”
As he continued his sentence with a frown, Adrian slowly nodded his head.
“‘She’ will soon appear to reclaim her body.”
“What does this all mean, Your Highness?”
“Of course, Princess. I really don't understand what you're saying..."
Bianca and Mina, who had been silently listening to our conversation until then, finally opened their mouths.
Although they did not understand Adrian's words, they seemed to intuitively feel that the current situation was not good.
“Who is trying to kill Your Highness? What does it mean to have your body taken away and your soul destroyed?”
The child's speaking speed became as fast as her surprise.
Mina was the same, rolling her eyes back and forth as if she sensed something ominous.
“Count Monter, please explain it to us properly! Rebecca, you are caught up in something dangerous, right?”
Adrian looked at me with anxious eyes and then nodded his head towards Mina.
"You're right. Rebecca, you need to hide yourself as soon as possible.”
Then, a flame appeared in Mina's eyes.
“Who on earth is threatening our Rebecca? Lobelia, is that her? Even if she comes here, if we catch her and kill her, that's it for her. All the mixed-blood demons in this area won’t stay still!”
Mina raised the blood vessels on her forehead and screamed as if she was going to rip the opponent to pieces at any moment.
She looked like a ferocious beast roaring to protect its cub.
Even as someone who is always close to mixed-blood demons, this is the first time I've seen a face full of life.
Unlike me, who was scared by him, Adrian slowly shook his head.
“You can’t kill her now. If you kill her...”
Adrian's eyes fell on me again.
“Rebecca’s body, which is connected to it, will also die immediately. This body is still subordinate to the original soul.”
“So there’s absolutely no way to kill that crazy dog without me dying?”
I asked as if I was shouting in fear.
I couldn't die like this.
Now, don’t I have things I need to protect?
My child’s life, my love with Cedric, and my family’s happiness.
I couldn't have our precious foundation, which we worked so hard to build, be taken away like this.
“There is one way. After severing the connection between Rebecca’s body and the body pole, we kill the body pole.”
"Then...!”
“But that’s unprecedented. So for now... I don’t know how to reliably disconnect.”
Adrian bit his lower lip.
A deep look of nervousness seeped into his eyes again.
“So for now, the best way is to stay hidden. At least until we find a way to disconnect the body from the soul.”
I didn't want to believe Adrian's words.
But no matter how much I thought about it, I ultimately concluded that it was best to follow his words.
Right now, I have to hide from Rebecca, the crazy dog in the original.
I had to run away without anyone knowing.
I hated running away without being able to do anything, but there was nothing I couldn't do to protect my child.
“I will follow you wherever you go, Your Highness.”
“Your Highness, I will inform my brother of this immediately and ask him to summon the knights!”
I shook my head as I looked at Mina and Bianca who were shouting urgently.
"No. If I make a fuss like that, she'll find me somehow. It would be best for me to move alone now.”
Of course, I wanted to let Cedric know where I was hiding.
But if that means he continues to come and go to my hideout...
'It will only be a matter of time before the woman who was and is still obsessed with Cedric's every move finds my hiding place.'
Then isn't it worth the effort to hide?
What mattered now was buying as much time as possible until they could find a way to sever the connection between Rebecca's body and soul.
Until I can deal with that crazy dog.
Before doing so, I wanted to avoid doing anything that would reveal my hiding place as much as possible.
I turned to Mina and ordered.
"Mina. You will guard this mansion until I return. You know that even if you see Lobelia, you shouldn’t kill her, right?”
“But, Your Highness!”
“Mina, please do me a favor.”
“... Okay... Yes.”
“It may be hard to understand, but follow what I say. And Bianca,”
I knelt down in front of Bianca.
Tears were already welling up in the child's eyes.
“Bianca. I will leave a separate letter for His Highness the Grand Duke, so can you keep all this a secret? Just until I can hide safely.”
“Your, Your Highness... I will, I can.”
Bianca nodded her head repeatedly, holding back her tears.
“Thank you, Bianca. You’ve really become a lot more courageous.”
“Of course, Your Highness. I can’t cry!”
Bianca quickly wiped away her tears with the hem of her sleeve and cried out cheerfully.
When I see such a child, I feel as if I will burst into tears.
After leaving like this, when will I be able to see this child again?
The unexpected separation made me feel sad.
I tried to suppress the sadness and turned my head away from the child.
“...Mina, take Princess Bianca to Twins Castle.”
“Your Highness...!”
Her small hands grabbed the hem of my skirt.
I bit my lower lip and with difficulty pulled the child's hand away.
"Right Now."
Finally, Bianca burst into tears.
As Mina left the living room, holding Bianca in tears, the child's cries grew louder.
“Your Highness! Your Highness, ugh...!”
I ignored the child and did not look back.
The corners of my eyes were already wet.
Adrian, who was looking at me pitifully, stretched out his hand, but I quickly withdrew it.
Then I looked up at him with my teeth clenched.
“I must protect my unborn child at all costs, Adrian.”
The wet eyes filled with evil, the stern tone of voice, and the fact that I was pregnant, which he had no idea about.
The blue-violet eyes facing me slowly opened wide.
“So help me hide where she can never find me.”
But Bianca just blinked her round eyes at my question.
"Yes? Of course...”
The child's blue eyes rolled to the side.
“Isn’t that what Teacher Lobelia always pronounced it like?”
“Lobelia...A southern accent?”
"Yes. Why are you doing this, Your Highness?”
Bianca asked with a look on my face as if she didn't know what I was talking about.
But even though I was looking at the child like that, she was so shocked that I couldn't speak easily.
'Lobelia has lived only in the north her entire life. And then all of a sudden Bianca unconsciously says, 'It's really weird that she has a Southern accent.'
A chill she sometimes felt when I was with Lobelia.
The southern accent she said oozed from her as was Rebecca's habit.
As I was putting it all together, a hypothesis crossed my mind.
‘The real Rebecca in Lobelia’s body, so... What if there's a crazy dog named Rebecca?'
She was obsessed with Cedric like a crazy person.
If she were in Lobelia's body, there would be only one thing she wanted now.
'She will do whatever it takes to get Cedric back. But what if she finds out that I obtained Cedric's imprint before Lobelia?'
My eyesight became dizzy.
She was a woman who viciously bullied those around her in ways you couldn't even imagine.
Was it for no reason that the epithet ‘mad dog’ was added to her name?
It was obvious that if she found out that Cedric's imprint had been taken, she would try to kill me.
'If it were me, I wouldn't have been treated like that by that crazy person. I'm sure I would have fought back. But now...'
Around the time I was massaging my stomach with my trembling hands.
Adrian, who had been staring at me with anxious eyes, finally parted his lips.
“Rebecca, I told you that I came to you because I had something important to tell you, right?”
Then, just as I arrived here, Adrian's face appeared again.
The face looked nervous somehow.
I swallowed dryly and waited for his next words.
“That day, after hearing the story from Rebecca, I went back to the family castle and searched for related materials. however...”
Adrian took a moment to catch his breath, looking nervous again.
“...I learned that most of the souls brought in by the bait made up like a novel met eternal death along with their bodies.”
“Eternal death?”
“Yes, using bait to bring in souls from another world is usually the work of wicked people who have to go to such lengths to abandon their bodies and get new ones.”
“...”
“He traps an innocent soul in his body, kills it, and lives a new life avoiding the eyes of people.”
“What if the body is not dead? Has that ever happened?”
I asked desperately, covering my stomach.
If my life was mine alone, I wouldn't be so desperate.
But I wanted to protect my unborn child at all costs.
Adrian sighed softly as he saw me looking up at him with a desperate face.
“It’s very rare, but it has happened.”
It was a nice thing to hear.
However, unlike me, who quickly became filled with hope, Adrian's face remained dark.
“But that’s if the owner of his body takes it back.”
“You’re getting your body back?”
"Yes. And that 'sinless soul'... It means that the body has been lost again and has disappeared.”
Either die with Rebecca's body or disappear with Rebecca's body taken away.
This meant that the choice in history was one of those two.
Neither of those options was what I wanted.
Adrian continued his speech.
“I can’t confirm anything, but one thing is certain: the person who created that bait was... This is the original Rebecca. Because she left, trapping another soul in her body.”
Adrian looked at my face as if it was turning pale.
However, he seemed to have made up his mind and continued speaking again.
“And according to what I heard earlier, it seems that ‘her’ is in Lobelia’s body right now.”
“...”
“If my guess is correct, ‘She’ will not want the current Rebecca to die along with her body.”
Adrian spoke calmly, but there was clearly tension in his voice.
He curled his lips for a moment and then opened his mouth again.
“As you know, Rebecca’s body now has the imprint of His Highness the Grand Duke that ‘she’ so longed for.”
“That means...”
As he continued his sentence with a frown, Adrian slowly nodded his head.
“‘She’ will soon appear to reclaim her body.”
***
“What does this all mean, Your Highness?”
“Of course, Princess. I really don't understand what you're saying..."
Bianca and Mina, who had been silently listening to our conversation until then, finally opened their mouths.
Although they did not understand Adrian's words, they seemed to intuitively feel that the current situation was not good.
“Who is trying to kill Your Highness? What does it mean to have your body taken away and your soul destroyed?”
The child's speaking speed became as fast as her surprise.
Mina was the same, rolling her eyes back and forth as if she sensed something ominous.
“Count Monter, please explain it to us properly! Rebecca, you are caught up in something dangerous, right?”
Adrian looked at me with anxious eyes and then nodded his head towards Mina.
"You're right. Rebecca, you need to hide yourself as soon as possible.”
Then, a flame appeared in Mina's eyes.
“Who on earth is threatening our Rebecca? Lobelia, is that her? Even if she comes here, if we catch her and kill her, that's it for her. All the mixed-blood demons in this area won’t stay still!”
Mina raised the blood vessels on her forehead and screamed as if she was going to rip the opponent to pieces at any moment.
She looked like a ferocious beast roaring to protect its cub.
Even as someone who is always close to mixed-blood demons, this is the first time I've seen a face full of life.
Unlike me, who was scared by him, Adrian slowly shook his head.
“You can’t kill her now. If you kill her...”
Adrian's eyes fell on me again.
“Rebecca’s body, which is connected to it, will also die immediately. This body is still subordinate to the original soul.”
“So there’s absolutely no way to kill that crazy dog without me dying?”
I asked as if I was shouting in fear.
I couldn't die like this.
Now, don’t I have things I need to protect?
My child’s life, my love with Cedric, and my family’s happiness.
I couldn't have our precious foundation, which we worked so hard to build, be taken away like this.
“There is one way. After severing the connection between Rebecca’s body and the body pole, we kill the body pole.”
"Then...!”
“But that’s unprecedented. So for now... I don’t know how to reliably disconnect.”
Adrian bit his lower lip.
A deep look of nervousness seeped into his eyes again.
“So for now, the best way is to stay hidden. At least until we find a way to disconnect the body from the soul.”
I didn't want to believe Adrian's words.
But no matter how much I thought about it, I ultimately concluded that it was best to follow his words.
Right now, I have to hide from Rebecca, the crazy dog in the original.
I had to run away without anyone knowing.
I hated running away without being able to do anything, but there was nothing I couldn't do to protect my child.
“I will follow you wherever you go, Your Highness.”
“Your Highness, I will inform my brother of this immediately and ask him to summon the knights!”
I shook my head as I looked at Mina and Bianca who were shouting urgently.
"No. If I make a fuss like that, she'll find me somehow. It would be best for me to move alone now.”
Of course, I wanted to let Cedric know where I was hiding.
But if that means he continues to come and go to my hideout...
'It will only be a matter of time before the woman who was and is still obsessed with Cedric's every move finds my hiding place.'
Then isn't it worth the effort to hide?
What mattered now was buying as much time as possible until they could find a way to sever the connection between Rebecca's body and soul.
Until I can deal with that crazy dog.
Before doing so, I wanted to avoid doing anything that would reveal my hiding place as much as possible.
I turned to Mina and ordered.
"Mina. You will guard this mansion until I return. You know that even if you see Lobelia, you shouldn’t kill her, right?”
“But, Your Highness!”
“Mina, please do me a favor.”
“... Okay... Yes.”
“It may be hard to understand, but follow what I say. And Bianca,”
I knelt down in front of Bianca.
Tears were already welling up in the child's eyes.
“Bianca. I will leave a separate letter for His Highness the Grand Duke, so can you keep all this a secret? Just until I can hide safely.”
“Your, Your Highness... I will, I can.”
Bianca nodded her head repeatedly, holding back her tears.
“Thank you, Bianca. You’ve really become a lot more courageous.”
“Of course, Your Highness. I can’t cry!”
Bianca quickly wiped away her tears with the hem of her sleeve and cried out cheerfully.
When I see such a child, I feel as if I will burst into tears.
After leaving like this, when will I be able to see this child again?
The unexpected separation made me feel sad.
I tried to suppress the sadness and turned my head away from the child.
“...Mina, take Princess Bianca to Twins Castle.”
“Your Highness...!”
Her small hands grabbed the hem of my skirt.
I bit my lower lip and with difficulty pulled the child's hand away.
"Right Now."
Finally, Bianca burst into tears.
As Mina left the living room, holding Bianca in tears, the child's cries grew louder.
“Your Highness! Your Highness, ugh...!”
I ignored the child and did not look back.
The corners of my eyes were already wet.
Adrian, who was looking at me pitifully, stretched out his hand, but I quickly withdrew it.
Then I looked up at him with my teeth clenched.
“I must protect my unborn child at all costs, Adrian.”
The wet eyes filled with evil, the stern tone of voice, and the fact that I was pregnant, which he had no idea about.
The blue-violet eyes facing me slowly opened wide.
“So help me hide where she can never find me.”
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