The Duke of Vicente's maid left Ivanna in a large room and went out.
As soon as Ivanna was alone, she ran to the corner of the room and squatted down. She slowly looked around the room as she hugged both of her legs.
"It's not a prison,······"
People had always kept me in small, cold prisons. So I thought it would happen again this time.
Far from being a prison, in fact the room that the woman took me to was large and shiny. The walls were white, not black, not damp.
It was so strange to be in such a nice place. It did not seem like a place that an offering like me could live in.
Oh, is this Dad's room?
Ivanna thought about the man who was like a cat.
Black hair and yellow eyes. A man who resembled a cat.
The woman who took her here said he was my dad. The man my mom loved. The man who loved my mom.
Dad.
"······dad."
I tried muttering carefully, but I didn't feel anything.
It was just weird.
Why did he suddenly show up? I've never seen him before, so why now?
Ivanna spread out her hands. She looked at her dirty palm and whispered in a small voice.
"Solene."
However, there was no reaction from the palm of her hand, which was so skinny that it revealed the shape of her bones.
Ivanna twisted her face as if disappointed and hugged her legs again with both hands.
"Will Dad hurt me, too?"
Mom was the only one who didn't hurt her. Everyone who wasn't mother hurt Ivanna and took away her power.
Everyone did, so I'm sure he'll torment me too.
"It'll hurt if I get hit by him."
Ivanna hugged her head in deep dejection.
"Dad's hands are so big, wouldn't I feel a lot of pain if he hit me?"
Ivanna looked at the big window.
If I go out there, can I get away from here? Could I not get hurt?
"......"
No, this place is so big that I can't get anywhere with my short legs. And if I get caught, I'll be beaten severely. It'll be just like what everyone else did to me.
Ivanna clasped her head in hands again. I felt sick. The places where I had been hit before were searing pain.
Pain I could never get used to.
Since the first life.
"......I wish I had died then."
Why did I come back to life, was it to get hurt again?
Will I be in pain every day like my first life again? So, is that why I was born again?
"Someone hates me a lot."
Why do you hate me when I've tried hard for everyone? What did I do wrong? Was the sacrifice not enough?
Ivanna felt this was unfair.
I tried hard...
knock, knock
"Lady, It's Alaine. I'm coming in."
