As she closed her eyes, it felt as if her emotions were spreading out and enveloping everything around her.
An intangible bond developed between them, a melody beyond the range of ears, but lucid for the heart.
disappear. She wasn’t in her room in the first place….”
Then, she heard voices answering his questions.
‘Is that… Head Maid Betty?’
Aria could hear Betty stamping her feet.
“I was the last one to see her.”
“I threatened her. I had said that I would kill her.”
With such a bold confession, Betty seemed to be at a loss for words. She was silent and couldn’t answer anything for a while.
“Th-then, it won’t be strange if she hid because she was terrified….” Betty stuttered.
“It is too dangerous for a young lady to roam alone in this mansion. And especially because she’s from outside the border!”
After a moment of contemplating silence, he spoke, “I’ll take responsibility in finding the rabbit.”
Lloyd’s footsteps went farther away.
‘Idiot. You’re going the wrong way.’ Aria thought as she listened to the footsteps of the boy walking towards the opposite direction.
Aria tried to raise herself, but she didn’t even have the strength to do so.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of birds chirping.
She turned her head, only to find a white pigeon sitting on the windowsill.
Some pigeons were trained to send letters.
“I have a favor to ask of you,” Aria said to the bird.
“The farthest room on the highest floor of the main palace.”
“Send them this message.”
She hoped the bird could convey her words correctly. Though it was unlikely, she placed her faith in miracles.
The bird spread its wings and flew out of the window as if it had understood Aria’s words.
‘Did the bird understand my request?’
That couldn’t have been possible.
She tracked the bird’s location with her keen senses.
However, her knees began to give out.
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With one step backward, she crumpled like a puppet whose strings were suddenly cut.
She could hear someone yelling from afar, “Hurry, call the doctor!”
Everything became fuzzy, and by the end of the words, she was out cold…
Song Quote: “Ombra mai fu” from opera Serse by George Frideric Handel.