Chapter 99 (1/2)
Chapter 99
“Sister”
With a relaxed gait, I returned to the main area of House Valentine’s barracks
I found Alicia sitting on a sofa, but she soon jumped up and welcomed me
“Sorry you had to wait, Alicia”
“Not at all How is Lady Evelyn?”
My conversation with Evelyn took a while, but Alicia shook her head as though she didn’t mind at all
Instead, she just asked about Evelyn, as nowhere to be seen right now
I reached forward to touch Alicia’s hair
Perhaps she fiddled with it while waiting, but the ends of her hair was a twisted mess
“She went ho well It took me a while to come back here because I saw her off”
“Ohwell?”
“She said she had a bit of a headache It’s nothing serious, you don’t have to worry”
As I said this, Alicia nodded
‘Right, absolutely nothing to worry about’
Far fro sick, Evelyn must currently be the happiest person in the whole e in the carriage right now—the one that I had prepared in advance through Blanca
As I glanced at the cloth, I realized that the ti speech was fast approaching
“Goodness, we’re running out of tiin soon, so we should go now”
“Yes, Sister”
Answering with a refreshi+ng tone, Alicia gently linked arms with me
No matter how much I think about it, Alicia was better suited to be the fest novel
It’s absolutely ridiculous that a child like her was the ht frustration, I averted aze and looked towards the wall to the side
And there, I saw Cassion, as standing still in one corner
“Maxwell”
He turned this way after hearing me call him
“Yes, Milady”
Soon, a low-pitched answer came back
It felt like our eyes ht now, he earing ahis face from the eyebrows to the tip of his nose
It was a mask that was especially made for today’s occasion
There was no event other than the hunting festival where so ot him a mask just in case But honestly, he didn’t exactly look inconspicuous with it
He’d stand out for no reason the moment he went outside, to a crowded place, so I told him to stay and wait here at the barracks instead
In any case, there was only a brief ti festival, and I needed to use that time only to solve that o out in front of other people with that mask on later anyway’
Still, wouldn’t it be nice to have a grand entrance and first appearance at the right time?
“Follow closely”
“Yes, Milady”
A clear answer came after the brief order
He soon followed behind ht turn of the head was enough for azes lances without a word, and at the same tinated place for the opening ceremony was already crowded
Most of the participants of the hunt had already changed clothes or had already donned their hunting apparel
Donning similar leather attire, this man and that man almost mirrored each other
Nevertheless, there was one such figure who stood out a the rest
A man as taller than many others
Da around to find Daher, it would be easy for her to find him
“Alicia, over there”
As she was busy looking around the wrong spot, Alicia looked towards the direction I pointed out
Her expression was serious just now because she was doing her best to search for hiradually dawned upon her lips
She raised one hand with great delight and was about to greet his, she dropped her hand
It seeazes turned this way
“Brother!”
It wasn’t until we got near Damien that Alicia called hiear, Damian slowly turned around
Alicia’s voice seeood mood, and there was already a faint smile on his lips as he turned
“Alicia”
A gentle tone replied to her Then, as I stood behind her, Daaze met with mine
He hesitated for a moment
“…Rosetta”
A moment of silence passed before he called my name
‘Don’t force yourself, please’
‘I’ve told you tiain You don’t have to pay attention to me Just take care of Alicia’
After e talked about in our last conversation, I felt a bit aard
I s the same way, Damian just blinked in response
“Brother, Brother You’re also going to participate in the hunt today, right?”