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Chapter 8 • ────── ✦ ────── • I Know My Place Dinner was very delicious. Madam Mollet asked Monica various things and shared the circumstances of the mansion. She mentioned that Mr. Mollet was difficult to see because he frequently travelled between the capital and La Spezia for work, and that the estate was at its most beautiful during the summer. Even while having dinner, Monica kept glancing at Riella. Riella handled her spoon with elegance expected of a noble young

Chapter 7 • ────── ✦ ────── • Gentle Daughter Madam Mollet had been consistently kind and gentle. Even when she frowned at Riella, a smile never left her lips. But, for the first time, genuine bewilderment appeared on her face. At the same time, her gaze shifted to Monica’s hand. “Monica?” Monica felt that gaze clearly, yet calmly bent down and gathered the torn pieces of the letter from the floor. If Madam Mollet’s gaze had been a spear, Monica would have been pier

Chapter 6 • ────── ✦ ────── • Hidden Agenda “Why did I come? I’m a little taken aback... Lizzie!” Why did she come? She truly hadn’t expected such a response from a friend she hadn’t seen in a long time, especially someone who had shared her life at the orphanage. Monica, simply just... No... Monica changed her mind. There’s no way she didn’t know. That couldn’t be. There was no point lying to herself. Liz had been hostile from the moment she saw her. Eve

Chapter 5 • ────── ✦ ────── • Lizzie “Miss Monica, I’m introducing you sooner than expected. This is Martinel.” “Hello, Miss Monica.” The young boy nestled in Mrs. Mollet’s skirts looked remarkably like her. His soft brown hair and glossy black eyes were nearly identical. His gently curved eyes, as if filled with all the goodness in the world, made him seem completely untouched by anything dirty or sorrowful. “Miss Monica, Martinel. You should call her Teacher .” “

Chapter 4 • ────── ✦ ────── • Riella The road from the train station square to the lodging was short but lively enough to delight the eyes. The dinner at the inn when after returning was also satisfying. Monica pondered the young man named Louis as she fell asleep, but she completely forgot about him the next morning because of the interview. Madam Oran had told her that the family she would be working for was called the Mollet family. The Mollet family’s mansion was in a

Chapter 3 • ────── ✦ ────── • Sol The place Monica worked during the war was a bit distant from the front line, and the wounded were brought in daily. Sol was one of the men brought in about two months before the kingdom’s defeat. During the transport, the young man’s dog tag was half torn off and worn, leaving only the name Sol and a part of his military number. He had been hit by shrapnel near where a bomb exploded. Unluckily, the shrapnel had damaged his eyes, and bo

Chapter 1 • ────── ✦ ────── • Monica The beautiful mansion and the roses that five gardeners had toiled for days to bring to bloom. Beneath the glow of gas lamps on a summer night, the flowers spilled outward in dazzling abundance. If the word wealth were to be translated into a landscape, it would look like this. It was a sight one could stare at endlessly, yet Monica could not. It was because of the man in front of her. “You’re saying you’re not Garcia...” Mo