The chapel was really close.
Alseid got out of the carriage first and reached out to me.
As I quietly held his hand, he was half a step ahead of me, and his pace was a little slower than before.
'Are you considerate?'
I moved my legs again to keep from falling down.
After walking a few steps, the Halias Chapel was in full view.
The chapel was as jagged and strange as its nature, and it was so big that it was unfamiliar to me, having spent most of my life on the small island of Lausanne.
The old stone building looked gloomy from the outside, but when I entered the interior, the blue of the ceiling shone brightly.
Alseid led me slowly to the altar.
Perhaps it was on purpose, but when I looked over the altar decorated in red like Meridy Castle, I saw two small portraits.
A woman with long fiery red hair and a man with soft brown hair and golden eyes.
It was my parents.
"Ugh..."
My mom and dad, whom I thought had forgotten everything, burst into tears.
No, I guess I couldn't forget it in the end.
Even though Bachel tried to erase them from me for a long time, they still remain in me.
"Mom... Dad..."
I didn't even dare to reach out for fear of ruining the portrait.
I collapsed on the floor and cried.
For the first time, I was able to let go of my parents, who had to be lost without knowing the time or reason.
For the first time, we can pray for their good fortune and mourn.
"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry."
I'm sorry that I was too young to protect you.
I'll make sure to find out who hurt Mom and Dad and who caused us to break up.
I will avenge you.
After crying for a while, I turned around and saw Alseid staring down at the portrait of my parents with blank eyes.
Was it my mistake that the water sparkled in his gray eyes for a moment?
Alsaed looked away from the portrait and stretched out his gloved hand to me.
"Wake up, Liana."
I hesitantly reached out to him.
Alseid didn't mind that his gloves were dirty, and he held my tear-soaked hands.
"It's time to go home."
Home.
I took Alseid's hand and headed back to the carriage, which quietly retraced its steps.
Under the cloudy sky, the castle of Halias with its pointed roof.
Alseid Halias talks about my home.
***
I seemed to have spent quite a long time in the chapel.
When I got out of the carriage in front of the castle of Halias, I saw that the sky was red.
Alsaid got out of the wagon and naturally sat me on his arm.
The butler who was pacing around the garden greeted us.
"You're late, master."
"Well, what are you going to do?"
"I don't know if there is."
As I listened to their conversation and happened to look toward the castle, several heads that had been staring out the window disappeared through the shutters.
I tilted my head and met Alseid's gray eyes.
He strode out without any explanation.
As I walked through the garden and up the stairs, the guards cracked open the gates.
Shion Halias ran up and shouted like the first day.
"Have you been there, father!"
I secretly searched for Theodore's face, but there was no one behind him.
No, it seems that there are a lot fewer users in the hallway, not just Theodore.
We walked down a long hallway and back up the stairs, half a step behind Shion and the butler.
However, when I arrived on the upper floor, Alseid passed by the room I was staying in.
"Oh..."
I hesitated for a moment, but there was no hesitation in his steps.
After walking for a long time, I saw the master's room in front of me.
Alseid knocked on the door directly opposite.
Knock.
As soon as the door opened, a loud shout erupted, and a firework-shaped cake was held out in front of me.
"Welcome to Halias, Liana."
"Oh..."
I looked up at Theodore dumbly, and Alseid finally lowered me to the floor.
"From now on, this is your room."
"He...here?"
Looking around, I saw an old-fashioned, beautiful, and large room full of rose patterns.
It was five or six times bigger than the guest room I had stayed in for a few days, and it seemed to be twelve times larger than my room in my previous life.
I was too surprised to continue, but Alseid bent down to me.
"If you lack anything, feel free to tell me."
When I wanted to be adopted, I never expected such a happy treatment.
'After a lot of calculations, you reluctantly adopted me, didn't you?'
Anyway. I should have thanked him, but before I could do that, he turned around and left.
Suziebethel rushed in as if they had been waiting for it.
"This is a welcome gift from us!"
Suzy held out a small heart-shaped cushion.
"I made it with the underskirt you wore on the first day. Somehow, it was so messed up that you couldn't wear it again, so I washed it clean."
"Oh..."
Oh, all I could say was.
It was certainly a grateful favor even amid sadness, but I didn't remember receiving anything like a gift in my previous life.
What a gift that was so sincere.
I had learned the lives of the servants properly during my previous life.
In a busy life that starts even before the sun rises, how hard it must have been to wash and iron the dirty underskirt carefully and make a cushion in one day.
Dorian Intervened and grabbed my wrist.
"Everyone, get out of the way. Doesn't Baby Princess not be able to see the room?"
Dorian lifted me up again and hugged me comfortably.
"What do you think, baby? Do you like the new room?"
Dorian carried me around and showed me around the room.
On the large bed in the middle of the room, a long curtain with a rose pattern was draped, and an antique white tea table was placed by the window, like a painting.
The stool underneath has a cozy pink cushion.
'Why... you sit on that kind of floor?'
The large wardrobe was decorated with gold borders, and a small but ornate chandelier hung from the ceiling.
"The chandelier is in the room..."
Suziebethel chased after her and sneered excitedly.
"This is the room that Her Highness the Grand Duchess used during his lifetime. Please use this room as soon as you are in a hurry. As you can see, this is the only room with bright wallpaper."
I was even more embarrassed and speechless.
The room used by the Grand Duchess? You mean the room that Shion's mother used, right?
"Bu, but..."
Shion, who was nearby, said softly.
"Hey, I usually come here to play a lot, right? It was my mother's room. So if you don't let me in your room, I'll die?"
"Tion..."
"Shion!"
Shion flinched in surprise at the sudden scream, and Theodore interrupted with a kick of his tongue.
"Shion, the baby is surprised."
Then he added softly to me.
"But Liana. Now that you are the youngest member of your family, you must call all your brothers."
"Bro... Ther?"
And him?
I glanced at Shion with my sullen eyes, and he straightened his shoulders and demanded boldly.
"Come on, Shion's brother. Try it."
I closed my mouth tightly, and Shion rushed over and pressed his palms against my cheeks.
"Quick."
Ugh, can you please go away...
I couldn't help but follow it slowly.
"Thion.. Brother?"
Shion shook his head and corrected.
"No. I can't. Just call me brother. Please call me brother. It's not Shion, it's my brother."
Shion seemed to be having a lot of fun getting out of the youngest place, but is that really enough?
"But... I... No, this room... Do I use it?"
Then Shion sighed heavily.
"I don't remember her anyway."
What?
I opened my eyes to something I hadn't thought of.
Come to think of it, Grand Duchess Halias passed away when she gave birth to Shion...
Shion muttered to himself.
"Rather than this room always being cold and covered with a cloth... I thought it would be nice if you could stay here and light the stove."
"...Thank you."
When I managed to squeeze it and thank him, Shion's eyes widened.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"...Hmm?"
"My, why did I talk about my mom? Hey, don't cry! Don't cry, tuk!"
It was then that I realized that I was crying again, but I couldn't stop crying.
"Heh...."
I was too sad all day for that.
"Oh my God, Liana. Come here."
Theodore's embrace was so warm.
"Oh my God, baby.. Poor baby..."
The cushion that Suziebethel made was too soft.
"Aaaaaang..."
"It's okay. Liana. Nice... Everything will be fine."
Dorian turned around and wiped away tears, and she was so sweet.
"Ugh."
I cried just as well as I was three years old, and looked up at Theodore.
'Oh... Suck?'
Heh, I was glad I didn't say it out loud.
In the castle of Lausanne, where I was lonely in my previous life, I felt so lonely and sad without any brothers or sisters.
But now all three Halias brothers are my brothers?
The more I think about it, the more I overdo it.
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