LUCIA

Chapter 110 Everything is as it should be

Because of the conversation she had with the noblewomen at the party today, Lucia looked back on her memories from the dream, that she had forgotten for several months. The dream memories that Lucia called another future, had already changed a lot in reality.

In order to sort out her jumbled childhood memories, Lucia sent someone to the village where she grew up and found out a few facts.

Rossa, whom she played around with when she was young, had grown up and was about to marry a neighborhood youth. And the more surprising fact was that the tree at the village entrance that they used to play around on, only had a stump left.

Apparently, many years ago, when Lucia was about five years old, the tree was struck by lightning and burnt hideously black, so it was chopped off. Since there was no tree to climb on in the first place, Lucia's accident when she was a child did not happen.

Lucia believed that the future had split from the moment the village tree was struck by lightning. There was a future that had changed but there was also a future that was still flowing the same way. This could be seen in the case of the King pushing for the marriages of the princesses.

Lucia had lightly asked a noblewoman, who was well-informed in high society rumors, about the news of the Countess of Matin.

[They divorced a few months ago, that is, earlier this year. I heard the Countess was going down to the west, where her family's home is.][1]

Lucia felt shocked out of her wits; it was as if she had been hit in the back of her head. The reason why Lucia got married to Count Matin wasn't because their conditions matched specifically, but because Lucia was the oldest princess in the palace.

Now that Lucia was gone, the oldest princess, although younger than Lucia, would marry Count Matin. It was a case where her terrible future was being shifted onto another person's head.

His arm, which was wrapped around her waist, tightened around her. He turned his body slightly to the side, meeting Lucia's eyes for a moment, then he kissed the corner of her eyes.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" (Hugo)

Hugo had been listening to her as she gave small sighs from time to time, unable to sleep. He thought she was worrying about a child, so he also couldn't sleep and was panicking. He knew he had to talk with her about the issue of a child, but he was deeply worried about what extent he had to talk about it.

"What about you?" (Lucia)

"You keep sighing beside me."

"Did I do that? I'll be quiet now. Go to sleep."

"What is it? Are you worried about something?"

'Does it have to do with a child?' The words hovered in his mouth.

"...Do you know that His Majesty plans to marry off the princesses of the late king?"

When Hugo heard the unrelated words coming out of her mouth, his tense nerves lost their energy.

"Mm, I've heard." (Hugo)

While she hesitated as if picking what to say, Hugo waited without urging her.

"Today, I heard that the Countess of Matin had gotten divorced."

"Matin?"

"You probably don't know it. It's not a family that people usually talk about."

"Were you close with her?"

"...I just know her a little bit."

Lucia was not the type to tell Hugo every little bit of gossip in the social circle. Which is why Hugo thought that she was quite close with the Countess, seeing as she had brought up someone else's private affairs.