Garcia's eyes widened in surprise.
"I'm really grateful that you have such courage. But who was I, Baby?"
"A...Guardian."
After thinking about it, Garcia grabbed my hand tightly.
"Yes, that's why I'm going to give you a protective color. It's much more effective than cutting your hair."
"...color?"
"You know chameleons, baby, don't you?"
I nodded, and Garcia continued.
"Like a chameleon, you change your hair color for a moment. Of course, you can take it back."
"...Is that so?"
So, did the Marquis de Haan in my previous life change my hair color with this kind of magic?
Just as he deceived me for a long time in the past, I would be ashamed if I did the same.
Garcia asked again.
"Even if you live in Halias, you can change it to a color that doesn't stand out. Can you do that?"
Before I knew it, I was standing in front of the mirror.
I carefully wrapped my mother's red hair around my fingertips.
Red hair isn't the source of magic, so what...
"Is it okay?"
"Really. I can promise you, baby."
I nodded slowly, and the shaman's palm rested on the top of my head.
"Would you like to close your eyes?"
An incomprehensible ancient language lingered in my ears for a long time.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Grand Duchess Halias standing in the mirror.
I can assure you that anyone would think so.
I muttered to myself.
"...Thank you, Gardilla."
Garcia smiled with satisfaction.
"You look good with silver hair, I thought so."
***
Alseid stood by the window and watched Garcia leave.
Garcia's vacation to the castle after the unprecedented invasion was a burden for him as well.
However, there were several reasons why she was allowed to go out.
After Liana woke up, Alseid went to Garcia and showed her the stone fragments he had brought from Meridy.
Garcia rolled the piece in the palm of her hand, and after a moment, she replied with a blue face.
"It's a spirit stone, lord. How could this... happen?"
"I found it in Meridy's hearth. Can you tell who did it?"
Garcia shook her head in a hurry.
"There are traces of a witch. Alas, who dares to do this..."
"Calm down, Garcia. Don't you know who it is?"
Garcia's green eyes widened.
She seemed to be following the traces in a daze, groping for the stone in her palm, but her small head was shaken again.
"I don't know about that, my lord. Alas, how could this happen... If you didn't keep your mouth shut when you lost the Spirit Stone in the royal family, you moved it on purpose. The only stone on this continent is so vain..."
Garcia muttered to herself in shock, then bowed to Alseid.
"If you allow me, I might go to the magic Tower for a while, my lord."
"...In the tower?"
"I was going to check the North Wall, but I need to collect some stories about the Spirit Stone."
It was the north wall that bothered her more than the defense of her nature.
Alseid couldn't help but nod.
"Garcia, please take care of yourself. Don't even think about biting the Templar."
"By the way, my lord. If baby Liana permits."
When he looked at Garcia with puzzled eyes, Alseid heard an unexpected proposal.
"Why don't you change your hair color for a while?"
Alseid's gaze turned out the window again.
The shaman and the Templar drifted away from each other, and two small figures appeared in the wavering crowd.
They both had the same silver hair as he.
***
After frantically seeing Garcia off, I looked back into the mirror.
My hair was as pale as Shion's.
However, it was not bluish like Shion, but a little pink.
'Pink hair... The closer I look, the stranger it seems.'
Thanks to this, my red eyes also looked more popping than before.
I pulled my hair awkwardly, and Dorian dragged me up to the chair.
"I'll touch your new hair so that it doesn't look awkward, baby."
Then she braided my hair neatly and attached a red ribbon to it.
Shion, who was beside me, touched the ribbon and admired it.
"I thought Garcia only used invisible magic."
Dorian replied.
"Yes. I've never seen anything like this before."
I don't know exactly how the Marquis de Haan changed my hair color in my previous life.
However, if silver hair is a protective color, then it would be the Guardian's domain, as Garcia said.
I looked in the mirror and shook my head, and my silver hair swayed from side to side.
Shion's eyes sparkled.
"So pretty, Liana. It's really pretty."
Then I heard a knock.
Knock.
It was time for Shion's class, and Beth was supposed to pick him up, but it was Caliph who looked out through the crack in the door.
"It's class time, Shion."
"Oh! Yes, brother!"
However, even after Shion rushed out, Caliph's face did not disappear.
I looked up to see if he had any business, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled.
"...I thought you were cute because you had red hair."
I opened my lips in shock, but the door closed.
Looking at the closed door with bewildered eyes, Dorian burst out laughing.
"Oh my God, the great master has come to see you. I don't think he's going to take care of his class."
...I guess you came to see it, rather than to see it.
I stopped paying attention to Caliph and looked in the mirror again.
"Like a chameleon, you change your hair color for a moment. Of course, you can take it back."
Everything Garcia said so far has come true... I believe this time as well.
Apart from that, I have to meet Alseid.
***
"Brother Thion!"
When I waited for the class to end, Shion smiled brightly so that I could see his white teeth.
"Liana! Did you come to play?"
Seeing Shion thinking that I had come to his room to play, his conscience pricked me.
"Woo, that's why it's an estuary..."
"Wow, do you want to do this together?"
However, the moment Shion took out the puzzle box, he realized.
Now is the time to be honest.
"Brother...Thion..."
"Yes, if it's difficult, I'll help you!"
"It's good..."
Fortunately, Shion noticed it right away.
"Or do you want to do something else?"
I nodded cautiously.
Originally, it would have been enough to just ask him to interpret for me... I decided to take a more transparent approach for Zion's quick cooperation.
"Uh... That day... I'm the only one who has been smashed."
Sure enough. Shion's eyes widened.
"Hmm, what was that day?"
"That man, who knows."
"What? Is that true?"
"I'm going to talk to the Grand Duke... I want to go speak to His Excellency..."
"Yes! Can I come with you?"
That's it!
I nodded quickly.
As I walked to the castle lord's room, which was just a few steps away, Shion nagged me.
"But you can't call your father sir. My brothers and you are brothers, so how can only our father be Your Excellency? Call him 'Father' straight."
However, when I pretended to be pitiful as much as I could, I quickly became generous.
"I'm scared of my father."
"Of course not..but..."
Then he suddenly said loudly.
"But Liana, you're cute and strong, so you'll be fine! That's why they are doing the construction of hot springs."
"Uh... yes..."
The damn hot spring construction was in progress.
I stood in front of the lord's room, groaning inwardly.
Knocked on the door.
"Father, this is Shion. Liana said she had something to tell you, so I brought her in."
Alseid replied calmly.
"Come in."
Wow. I suddenly remembered the past when I entered this room, and a stiff tension came over me.
The night I had to beg him not to abandon me...
Shion opened the door vigorously, and I woke up from his sentimentality.
Alseid's gaze lingered on my changed hair color for a moment, and then withdrew.
"Hair color... It looks good."
***
"Yes. What do you mean by that?"
Alseid went straight to the point, so I put down the sweet black tea and came to my senses.
"Oh, that man..."
"Speak slowly."
So I started talking.
The man who broke in last time was the same man who tried to arrest me.
Alseid was not surprised, as he had already guessed.
"A man named Edipa Sischel, right?"
I nodded and said.
"He's coming again..."
He raised one eyebrow
"Did he say that?"
"Just a feeling..."
Unexpectedly, he laughed.
"Do you have feelings?"
"Oh sure..."
But Shion started laughing along, so I sat there feeling like a fool.
Alseid stopped laughing and spoke softly.
"It's okay to trust your own feelings. But now you don't have to worry about it."
Then he picked up a stack of papers nearby, as if the conversation was over.
No, it shouldn't just end like this...
However, it was difficult to unravel more information about Edipa that I knew.
The rich people of Halias have just opened up to me, and I don't want to be seen as a weird child.
The information I know is extremely limited to pretend to predict the future...
I had no choice but to choose the most appropriate adaptation for a three-year-old level.
"But, father..."
Alseid laughed, and Shion nodded as if I had done a good job.
I mustered up the courage to continue.
"He is coming again."
Alseid laughed and rested his chin on the armrest of his chair.
"Well, what if he comes again?"
I clenched my fists and replied harshly.
"By all means, be careful."
Alseid laughed again.
"Yes. I promise."
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