The starry sky and the cool sea breeze brushed my cheeks. The ship that departed late at night was sailing across the sea to the Kingdom of Lund. It was late and there was no one on the wide deck.
The room was spacious, but I was admiring the beautiful sky and the warm sea that came out to blow the wind in my heart.
“Lady, the sea breeze is cold, why don’t you just go in there? I’m afraid you’ll catch a cold,” Helan, who followed me, spoke anxiously, but I wanted to stay a bit more.
“I’m fine, so go in first. I’ll go in by myself for a while.” Helan hesitated and nodded.
“Then I’ll prepare a bed for you. You should come in soon.”
Helan entered and I took a deep breath. As the cold air entered the depths, the complicated head seemed to have calmed down a bit.
I confidently told my father not to worry, but how could I not be afraid? Leaving the empire so far away, or abandoning the status of aristocrats and living, had never been done before.
I was also afraid of whether I would be able to raise a child well on my own and how I would live in the future.
“You have to do it. You have to be strong.”
That way you can protect your child. I put my hand on my stomach. I was worried and afraid of the future, but thinking of my child gave me strength. If I could raise a child safely, I could have abandoned the life of an aristocrat a hundred times or a thousand times.
“Let’s live happily ever after, sweetheart.”
I looked up at the sky with a smile on the cool breeze that gently whispered.
Countless stars were shining in the clear, cloudless sky. And I also saw my favorite constellation. The constellation that always stays in the same place, Stella.
‘Today, I can see the star you like. Maybe it’s because we’re always in the same place, sometimes when I look at that star, I think of Ellie.’
For a moment, I remembered what Raymond had said.
He might have said it without thinking, but the day I heard it, I was so happy that I couldn’t sleep at night.
When you look at that star, will you think of me at least once?
I suddenly had a thought. That star will always be in the same place from now on, even if Raymond will think of me even once.
“It’s a pointless thought.”
Now it was an over love. I lowered my gaze from the star that evoked anxiety for nothing.
As I looked around the deck, my gaze stopped at a man.
Platinum blonde that shines in the dark. The side face of a pretty handsome man was a face he had seen before.
Feeling my gaze, the man who was looking at the sea turned his head.
The amber-colored eyes that widened in amazement at me were matched by the man who danced with me at the party.
The man, who was astonished and stiff, walked towards me.
“I never thought I’d see you here. Croft Young-ae.”
At the party, he was wearing an expensive tuxedo like a nobleman’s, and now he is wearing the clothes worn by commoners.
“Of course, I don’t think there’s anyone in the Empire who doesn’t know Croft Young-ae.”
Neither the man’s name nor his identity was known. All I did was get help in a difficult situation.
“Oh, that’s what you meant.” The amber eyes, which had grown for a while, were loosened.
A man with beautiful white eyes reached out to me.
“The introduction is late. My name is Jeremy, Young-ae.”
“Jeremy….” To have no last name means to be a commoner. Of course, the man in front of you would be a commoner.
No matter how plainly dressed, there were manners that were habitually cut into a man’s body.
As I can feel from the moment we danced together, his actions are not in the form of imitating aristocrats that are hard for commoners.
Are you hiding your identity?
I looked at his amber-colored eyes, and grabbed his hand.
“Nice to meet you, Jeremy.”
“Are you going on a trip to the Kingdom of Lund?”
I let go of his hand and smiled. I still don’t know what kind of person he is, so I had to draw an appropriate line.
“That’s right. Lund Kingdom is a small kingdom, but it’s safe and tolerant of foreigners, so it would be good to travel.”
Fortunately, Jeremy didn’t ask any more and smiled. “It’s a nice place.”
“Yes. It’s a good place to live quietly.
“Young-ae. Do you know that star?” Suddenly Jeremy pointed to a shining star in the sky.
Coincidentally, it was the one I had seen a while ago. “…Stella, this is the star that means starlight.”
“Yes. In the Empire it is called so, but in the Kingdom of Lund it is called Baby Odita. It means the Holy Star. In the Kingdom of Lund, there is a story that if you make a wish on that star, it will come true.”
“So, make a wish, Young-ae. We’ll never know. Young-ae’s wish might come true.”
I looked at him with my eyes as if I knew I was leaving the empire for a long time.
But he didn’t really want to talk anymore, so he put his arm on the railing with a soft smile.
And he looked up at the night sky without saying a word.
He just stayed around so quietly. The startled mind seemed to be calming down, but the disturbed mind at the quietness he gave me gradually calmed down.
I turned my head as I looked at my platinum hair swaying in the wind. And I looked at the star.
“Baby Odita ······.” Baby Odita, not Stella. It was a new name. Like my new beginning in the kingdom of Lund. Please let me live happily with my child there.
Having made a wish in my heart, I looked at the sea with Jeremy for a long time.
The warm sunlight poured down on the flowers in the yard. The pink hair of the woman watering the flowers glistened in the sunlight.
From cute little flower buds to beautiful flowers in full bloom.
The sound of the door opening of the flower shop lined with various flowers and trees rang out.
When the clear bell rang, I got up, who was watering the little baby flowers.
“Ellie, good morning.” A middle-aged woman with yellow skin typical of the people of Lund Kingdom held a basket and smiled sadly.
“Good morning, Marge. You don’t have to take care of me like this…”
I could tell what was in the big basket that Marge was carrying without even looking at it. There will definitely be freshly baked bread and fresh fruit.
Marge is the first neighbor I met after settling here. She ran a bakery and used to give me food every morning.
“Oh, I don’t come here once or twice, I come every day, so don’t you get tired of saying that?”
“It’s always because I’m sorry and thankful.”
“What are you sorry for. All the neighbors are helping each other out. And Elli also gave our house pretty flowers for free and saved a dying fruit tree.”
“It’s not that difficult for me.”
“Right? I don’t think it’s hard to bake some of these pods either. I baked every morning anyway.” Marge smiled and held out the basket to me. At her words, I couldn’t help but smile.
“I’ll eat well today. Marge.”
“Yeah, yeah. Oh, my God, this Lepori tree, it’s finally alive. It was dead when I came into the flower shop a few days ago.”
“Ah. Yes, it’s a little bit better now.”
“Ellie is really a botanist. How are you going to save these dead flowers and trees?”
Ha. “Oh.” Marge said astonished when she saw the red-flowered tree on the side of the shop.
“As always, it’s devotion and love,” …. I have the ability to save plants.
If I say that, of course, the Lund Kingdom will be noisy in the neighborhood.
What I felt after using this ability for six years was that my ability was greater than I thought. Not only did it save dead plants, but it also had the ability to purify and fertilize the soil.
It was a skill similar to that of a higher level spirit magician of the earth. Of course, when I added to the handling of plants, my abilities were stronger than that of a senior spirit sage.
Seeing Marge with a clever smile, Marge laughed out loud.
“Oh, yes. Even flowers know pretty people, and this pretty Ellie pours out her love and sincerity, the plants will survive and won’t die. Haha. That’s right, right. Oh, but Ellie.”
“Last time, that Portois flower perfume. Can you make more? My daughter kept asking, I don’t know if she liked the scent..”
“Of course. I’ll make it for you by tomorrow.”
“Thank you. What’s the price?” Marge looked through her pockets as if to pay for the perfume.
“No, you just said we were helping each other out.”
“No, take it. It’s not that I don’t know how expensive perfume is, and how can I not give it to you?”
“Then bring me some cream buns tomorrow. I’ll pay for it.”
I held her hand tightly to prevent Marge from opening her pocket and greeted her out of the store with a smile.
“See you tomorrow, Marge.”
“No, ahhhh…. Okay.Then I’ll bake a delicious cream bun tomorrow.” Marge, who smiled sadly as if she had lost, went into the bakery across the street.
I feel the start of a lively day today as I look at the shops that are starting business one by one.
This was the shopping street of Lundra, the capital of the Lund Kingdom.
She had to hide her identity, so she originally planned to settle in a quiet rural village, but then it was difficult to earn money.
As there is a saying that it is dark under the lamp.. after thinking about it, I purposely came to the capital with the most people from the Kingdom of Lund.
Raymond wouldn’t even think I was in the capital. It has already been six years since I left the empire.
Now the name Ellie, the owner of the flower shop in the Kingdom of Lund, is more familiar than Ellie Croft.
A loud voice echoed in the street. She turned her head and held the child running into her arms with a bright smile.