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"You want to pretend that you don't know?"

Lelia couldn't answer.

[Do I really want to pretend that I don't know?]

[Honestly... I could tell how Oscar felt. I couldn't help, but know.]

Oscar had confessed to her before that he has a crush on Lelia.

But Lelia couldn't accept it.

She didn't mean that she wouldn't be able to love Oscar for the rest of her life.

His request was an extremely selfish request that was hard to accept.

For Lelia, the Superion territory and her family were precious.

She would have to give up everything to follow him...

But if it wasn't for that request?

If he had confessed and only asked for her to accept his heart, would she have been able to accept it then?

"...."

Lelia couldn't easily find an answer to that.

Perhaps because of the medicine's effects, a cold voice shot back at her from a corner of her heart.

'Don't you really love Oscar?'

'Does it really matter to you if Oscar marries another girl?'

'Would it really be okay if you parted ways for the rest of your life and you become someone else's woman? Really?'

***

It was when she was in agony for a long time and turned her head without answering.

"...!!!"

Obviously, Oscar, who was next to me earlier, had disappeared.

Lelia was surprised and looked around.

She tried to go out the door because she was wondering if he left.

Clank clank

The room door was locked from the outside. It's not even a prison...

"Where did he go?"

Lelia walked nervously around the room. When she couldn't find Oscar, she felt uneasy.

"Did he go out for a bit?"

After contemplating for a long time, Lelia soon stopped thinking about Oscar and looked around the room.

Off to one side, there was clean, well-folded clothing. When she unfolded it, there was a chemise dress that looked like it had been prepared as a nightgown.

Seeing that, she suddenly felt tired. She washed up and decided she wanted to sleep.

***

She washed up in the bathroom attached to the room and changed her clothes.

Oscar still hadn't returned.

Suddenly, she felt scared. She worried that Oscar just left her here and ran away.

But seeing that the door was locked from the outside, it didn't seem likely.

Lelia lay in bed and looked out the window.

[Just like before, the Imperial castle was suffocating.]

Now, she was lying in a hotel in a far away city and looking out the window.

Very laid-back.

Everything in front of her felt unrealistic.

Of course, the most unbelievable thing was the fact that she was kidnapped by Oscar.