Chapter 39: Mischief in the Kitchen
Flora hesitated for one second. “Going to sneak off and make something… Is that really all right?” She said this aloud, but her body was already rising from the bed.…
Flora hesitated for one second. “Going to sneak off and make something… Is that really all right?” She said this aloud, but her body was already rising from the bed.…
Midday light poured down from the high casement windows of the castle. It was not dazzling, yet it was clear. The passage outside the castle had been prepared, and the…
“I didn’t expect you to be here.” Flora was staring blankly at the books when a familiar voice suddenly rang in her ear. Flora’s fingertips paused for a moment, and…
Lena nodded, asking no further questions. She led Flora deeper into the library, her footsteps light. There was no one in the library. In fact, it was usually like this.…
“Ilya…” she spoke hesitantly, “what if one day, I still want to leave?” The room fell silent for a moment. Ilya’s hand paused, but she didn’t pull it back. “That…
In another distant location, a young girl sitting on a bed slowly opened her eyes. She was Owen’s sister, Eileen. Eileen was now able to get out of bed. Owen’s…
“You weren’t ‘turned into’ anything.” Flora was stunned. “The appearance, aura, and bloodline reaction you possess now,” Lias said, enunciating every word, “they aren’t external additions, nor are they the…
After Ilya left, the room returned to silence. That silence wasn’t abrupt; instead, it felt like the natural rhythm of the castle. The door was gently closed, and the sound…
Flora felt as if she had been struck by lightning. “A-Again?!” she bristled reflexively. “Don’t just say things like that out of the blue!” Her face flushed red all the…
After leaving the doorway to Xueli’s room, Flora did not linger in the corridor any longer. She walked very slowly, her footsteps instinctively light, as if the tension from that…