Me and the chairman immediately headed to Vallua's mansion.
In front of the mansion Dad, Henry, Nos, and the investigator of the Imperial Palace were there.
It was because I owned the Vallua mansion, and the notice of the house search was delivered to dad, my guardian.
Henry seemed to have come with dad because he was the one who took Vallua's mansion on my behalf.
The investigator had a large parchment in his hand.
'It's a blueprint of the place.'
"If you have any other spaces than those indicated on the blueprint, please inform us in advance. If they are found during the search, you cannot avoid punishment."
"I didn't get notice of the extension when dealing with the mansion."
Nos handed in a document signed by the Duke of Vallua saying that there was no extra space.
The search has begun.
I followed the investigators around pretending to be watching the search.
Vallua's mansion is a huge-sized mansion with three-story main house, four separate houses, a servant quarter, a military barracks for the knights and a huge study in the private quarters.
It was built more than a hundred years ago, but it is very well-managed, so no place has been damaged.
I walked carefully along the courtyard.
"Oh my God, Niel. You run around so I bump into it. Let's see, my baby. ...what are you looking at, rat! You can't go in here! You're such an ugly little girl."
"S, sorry, mother..."
I was eight years old when I had a fever and couldn't even control my body. When I sneaked down to get a pill, the Duchess was looking carefully at Niel, whose forehead was slightly red.
I remember my heavy and hot body, as I tried hard to move.
"There's nothing unusual about the courtyard to the south of the 1st floor."
"Let's go to the dining room."
The investigator went to the old cupboard in the dining room.
It was the dining room that I often sneak into because I was so hungry.
When I was six-years-old, I hid under the cupboard as I ate dry and stale bread cautiously.
My body was trembling.
The memory was still vivid in my mind.
I blankly looked around the mansion and I saw an illusion.
There was the young me with curly hair holding a glass of water as I sneaked through the corridor covered with old carpets.
The seven-year-old me breaking a vase and picking up a piece of glass with my bare hands.
A little bit older than that, I curled up and trembled in a narrow corner next to the cabinet.
I lowered my head holding the hem of the dress tightly. I nearly ran out of breath.
When my eyes were moist,
"......miss."
"......."
"Little miss."
I could hear someone calling me.
As I raised my head, I saw Lea bending her knees and looking at me.
Smiling affectionately, she lightly rubbed my cheek with the back of her hand.
