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nine.

【note: before anyone gets confused, this is in cassis's pov】

It was not until dawn that Cassis opened his eyes.

How long has it been since I fell asleep?

Cassis had been nervous ever since he came here to Montez, and he couldn't sleep easily.

The pressure on him was not much different, both in and out of the capital.

No matter where I went, there were always eyes to replace my parents.

Cassis blinked his eyes and checked his condition.

Seeing that the weight that had been crushing his body had disappeared, Cliff seemed to have taken action.

Then it's reached my father's ear.

Cassis frowned. Cliff was a man of the Duke of Urquio.

He was always monitoring and reporting Cassis's physical condition and behavior.

Cliff might have noticed that Cassis didn't take his medication.

Cassis stopped trying to get up quickly to see if the medicine box containing the medicine was well hidden.

It was because someone was holding his hand tightly.

"Evelyn?"

Cassis belatedly found Evelyn, lying prostrate on his bedside and fast asleep.

She was a child who slept with her mouth open.

Cassis stopped what he was doing and stared blankly at Evelyn.

A girl who has something he doesn't have.

So I wanted to keep being mean, as I couldn't act like she does.

Cassis still vividly remembered the day he first met Evelyn.

The appearance of her being adorable in her mother's arms was unfamiliar to Cassis.

Cassis had never felt that kind of warmth from his mother.

【note: still crying 💔】

The Duchess of Urquio, always graceful and dignified, was a stern and fearful person even to her son.

In the end, his frail self, who did not meet his mother's standards, was exiled here to Montez, far from the capital.

Yes. It was a convalescence that matched the term exile.

If it hadn't happened, I wouldn't have been sent to such a distant place.

Cassis recalled that day and gave Evelyn strength to the hand that clasped his.

If I die like this, will my parents laugh or cry?

No. Maybe they don't care.

Cassis sneered at himself, thinking such bitter thoughts. I often felt sulky when I was sick.

So. That's why I didn't take medicine on purpose.

I wondered until when I could hide it, but the first one who caught me was Evelyn.

What's more, even Paul, who was by his side, didn't know what was going on today.

But why was this little girl aware of his condition at once?

Cassis wondered if she had concentrated all her attention on him.

Cassis frowned, thinking of her, recalling her ask 'Are you sick?'

Moreover, the last person I saw while I was losing consciousness was Evelyn.

Seeing Cliff by her side, she seemed to have called him in.